THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 29 NOVEMBER 1973

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• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
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• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: November 29, 1973

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The President's Daily Brief
29 November 1973
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THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF
29 November 1973
PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENTS
Yesterday's cease-fire violations in the Middle East
included the killing of an Israeli soldier at the
unloading point for Third-Army-destined supplies.
The Arabs ended their summit conference by reiterating
their conditions for a peace agreement, while Israel's
Labor Party leaders drafted a platform that reportedly
contains significant concessions to party doves.
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In Greece, comments by General Ioannidis in-
dicate that the promised new elections are a long
way off. (Page 3)
President Makarios of Cyprus is buying more arms from
Czechoslovakia, and Turkey warns that it is ready to
paradrop arms to Turkish Cypriots. (Page 4)
North Korean gunboats penetrated South Korean waters
yesterday, but withdrew before South Korean naval
units could act to remove them. (Page 5)
In South Vietnam, both Saigon and the Communists con-
tinue to raise the level of military activity in the
highlands and north of Saigon. (Page 6)
Notes on the sharp rise in the price of gold yester-
day, on troop infiltration in Vietnam, and on South
Korean student unrest appear on Page 7.
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ARAB STATES - ISRAEL
Sporadic exchanges of small arms fire marred
the cease-fire on both the Egyptian and Syrian
fronts yesterday, but the Egyptian-Israeli talks
at Kilometer 101, suspended yesterday at Israel's
request, are scheduled to resume this morning.
In the most politically sensitive violation,
an Israeli soldier was killed by sniper fire at the
unloading point for supplies destined for the Egyp-
tian Third Army. Tel Aviv protested to the UN Truce
Supervisory Organization that it was intolerable
that violations should continue, "particularly in
this area." Further incidents could disrupt the
movement of supplies to the Third Army.
Arab leaders closed their conference in Algiers
yesterday with a moderately-worded declaration re-
iterating the Arabs' basic conditions for a peace
agreement. They affirmed that a lasting peace can
come only when Israel withdraws from the occupied
territories, "first and foremost Jerusalem," and
restores the "established national rights" of the
Palestinians. According to Arab League Secretary
General Riad, the conferees also discussed Arab mil-
itary preparedness, decided to provide Egypt and
Syria with financial assistance, and resolved to
continue the use of oil as a political weapon.,
Riad told the press that in the future the Or-
ganization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries
will allocate Arab oil on the basis of other nations'
"stand toward the Arab cause." For December, Japan,
the Philippines, and most of Western Europe will be
exempt from projected cutbacks because of their re-
cent shifts to a more pro-Arab position. The Arabs
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also reportedly agreed to institute an oil boycott
and to sever diplomatic and economic ties with South
Africa, Rhodesia, and Portugal. They have guaranteed
the supply of oil to African states that have broken
diplomatic relations with Israel.
Prior to his departure from Algiers yesterday,
President Sadat repeated recent Egyptian charges
that the talks at Kilometer 101 are suffering from
Israeli "evasion and stalling." Although he did
not directly tie Egypt's participation in next
month's peace conference to progress at the talks,
Sadat asked "how can we meet at a peace conference
when firing is going on daily?" He reportedly in-
dicated that he would be contacting the Soviet Union
and the US about the implementation of the UN's
cease-fire resolutions.
Leaders of Israel's ruling Labor Party yester-
day drafted a platform from which to seek a vote of
confidence from the party's central committee.
Press accounts indicate that the document contains
significant concessions to party doves, but is un-
yielding on basic security issues. The most obvi-
ous concession reportedly came in a provision call-
ing for the "preservation of the Jewish nature of
Israel"--shorthand for abandonment of the policy of
annexing occupied Arab territories. The document
lists "striving for peace" as the central goal of
the party and allows for some territorial conces-
sions.
The new platform reportedly retains three basic
tenets that are in fundamental opposition to Arab
aims, however. These include Israel's refusal to
return to pre-1967 borders, its insistence that
Jerusalem remain united and under Israeli control,
and its opposition to the establishment of an inde-
pendent Palestinian state on the West Bank.
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GREECE
comments by General Ioannidis, the mil-
itary police chief who masterminded Sunday's coup,
indicate that the new elections promised by Prime
Minister Androutsopoulos yesterday are a long way
off.
Ioannidis has told a former ministerthat he
favors "free" elections only at the proper time, and
that parties representing Communists and leftists
would be outlawed, he
believes the Greeks are not ready for democracy, and
even if free elections were held they would not ac-
cept the results. Several months ago he stated that
the Papadopoulos junta had been in power too briefly
to experiment with democracy, and needed ten to 20
years to carry out its program.
For the present, Ioannidis says that the new
government will give priority to the country's eco-
nomic problems, and embrace all "politically clean
young nationalists of the right and center." Al-
though he claims he is not going to punish Papadopoulos
or any of the colonels around him, a purge of the
former president's supporters in the army and air
force is already under way. As a conciliatory ges-
ture, the government has released most of the stu-
dents arrested in the demonstrations that preceded
the coup and returned some expropriated land to
farmers.
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CYPRUS-TURKEY
Early this month an emissary of President
Makarios arranged for the purchase of arms from
Czechoslovakia The
arms are to be delivered along with machinery and
construction materials. They are intended to go to
the Cyprus "tactical reserve" units, which Makarios
has been expanding to counter General Grivas' quer-
A Turkish Foreign Ministry official on Tuesday
stated that Ankara would immediately call upon the
UN force on Cyprus to take custody of such a ship-
ment--as the UN did with Czech arms imported in
February 1972--and then to remove the weapons from
the island. He said that Ankara was ready to para-
drop arms to Turkish Cypriots and had so informed
Athens. Ankara fears that the Czech weapons would
be turned against the Turkish Cypriots if intercom-
munal fighting should recur.
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KOREA
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SOUTH VIETNAM
Both Saigon and the Communists continue to
raise the level of military activity in the high-
lands and the region north of Saigon. Twice during
the past week South Vietnamese aircraft struck at
major Communist command complexes in the border
provinces north of the capital. Commanders in Mili-
tary Regions 2 and 3 plan to step up ground action
against Communist bases and troop concentrations.
North Vietnamese troops in Quang Duc Province
have dug in along Route 14 and give every indica-
tion that they are as determined to hold this newly-
captured terrain as the government is to retake it.
North of Saigon, two North Vietnamese infantry regi-
ments are within striking distance of the Phuoc
Long provincial capital, which is wholly dependent
on air resupply because of the Communists' inter-
diction of Route 14.
In the highlands, intercepted North Viet-
namese messages have reported in detail on South
Vietnamese unit locations and have cited probable
targets of government operations.
As the government transfers most of its main-
force units to the highlands from Binh Dinh and
Phu Yen provinces, the Communists will be aware of
weakened defenses in these coastal areas. As yet,
however, there is no sign that they are moving
against these weak points.
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NOTES
International Monetary Developments: The price
of gold rose sharply to $101.50 an ounce yesterday
from $92 on Tuesday. The main factors stimulating
buying were:
--a lack of gold sales by European central banks,
despite agreement early this month to remove re-
strictions on such sales;
--reports that the Soviet Union has not sold
gold in recent months after an extended period
of regular sales;
--continued uncertainties regarding Arab oil
policy.
Vietnam: Hanoi has resumed troop infiltration
to southern South Vietnam. Yesterday a message
showed that a 500-man group earmarked for the COSVN
area had arrived in the Vinh area of North Vietnam.
This is the first group detected going to this area
since March; it is part of the increased infiltration
forecast by an earlier message.
South Korea: Student unrest seems likely to
continue to grow even though many schools are offi-
cially closed or in the midst of final exams. Some
Christian groups are encouraging student protests;
one Christian leader has stated that church build-
ings in Seoul will be open as meeting places for
students should the government lock them out of
their schools.
So far, the government
has handled the protests without excessive use of
force.
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