THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 30 NOVEMBER 1973

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005993999
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• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: November 30, 1973

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The President's Daily Brief
30 November 1973
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THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF
30 November 1973
PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENTS
Egypt accompanied its announcement yesterday of a
halt in the disengagement talks with accusations
and a stern warning to the Israelis. There are in-
dications, however, that only a suspension of nego-
tiations may be intended. (Page 1)
West Germany is now willing to normalize relations
with Czechoslovakia before settling the question of
Bonn's right to represent West Berlin's legal in-
terests. (Page 4)
The political controversy in China that began some
weeks ago with debates over ancient sages and em-
perors is moving into a new and more open stage.
(Page 5)
Military leaders in Argentina have decided to sup-
port Peron's wife should she succeed to the presi-
dency through her husband's death or incapacitation.
(Page 6)
\Bangladesh)
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/Pakistan.
Notes on the Soviet launching of an unmanned Soyuz
spacecraft and Saudi Arabia's interest in purchas-
ing more tanks from France appear on Page 8.
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ARAB STATES - ISRAEL
Egypt accompanied its announcement yesterday
of a halt in the disengagement talks at Kilometer
101 with accusations and a stern warning to the
Israelis. Cairo charged Tel Aviv with evading
implementation of the six-point cease-fire accord
and reneging on earlier proposals for disengagement
and warned that Israel will be held responsible for
"all consequences."
the Egyptians went to yesterday's meeting
expecting answers on specific questions concerning
the depth of Israel's withdrawal and the size, dis-
position, and armored strength of its force in
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ended with agreement to meet again in the near
future.
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the story may indicate
that Cairo believes a delay, accompanied by an
admonition to Tel Aviv, will induce the US to press
Israel to move more quickly toward carrying out the
six-point accord.
The Israelis have been slow to react to the
break in negotiations. General Yariv, Israel's
chief representative at the talks, commented soon
after yesterday's session that he assumed talks
would continue although he admitted no date had
been set for the next session. He emphasized that
the two sides had agreed to establish contacts at
the local level in an effort to prevent further
military incidents. Yariv described the main
stumbling block in the talks as failure to agree
on the "principle of territorial reciprocity."
The Ism4e1i press reported sporadic exchanges
of small arms fire at various points along the Egyp-
tian front. On' b clash lasted over 30 minutes and
involved anti-tank missiles in addition to light
arms fire.
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Egyptian air defense forces are maintaining
a high degree of alert.
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After an interval of little Soviet military
transport activity in the Middle East, three AN-22
aircraft arrived in Damascus yesterday. Two others
arrived in Damascus on November 28.
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WEST GERMANY - CZECHOSLOVAKIA
West Germany is now willing to normalize rela-
tions with Czechoslovakia before settling the ques-
tion of Bonn's right to represent West Berlin's legal
interests. Negotiations broke down earlier this
month when Prague rejected a compromise which would
have permitted West Berlin and West German courts to
deal directly with their East European counterparts.
Bonn's concession weakens its claim to a special
relationship with West Berlin. The move was presum-
ably prompted by a desire to give a needed boost to
Ostpolitik, and by a wish to allay Soviet concern
that Bonn might be losing interest in ties to the
East. The legal assistance issue will probably be
left to Brandt to negotiate when he visits Moscow
early next year.
West German Foreign Ministry sources expect the
? treaty with Czechoslovakia to be ready for signing
by December 12, and Bonn now hopes to establish re-
lations with Hungary and Bulgaria before the end of
the year.
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CHINA
The political controversy that began some weeks
ago with policy debates and criticisms of ancient
sages and emperors is moving into a new and more
open stage. For the first time since the contro-
versy began, wall posters attacking current or re-
cent local leaders by name have been seen in sev-
eral provinces.
Posters calling for the dismissal of unnamed
provincial and municipal leaders were seen in Wuhan
in mid-November. At least one of them demanded the
repayment of a "blood debt" owed by the left since
the Cultural Revolution; other posters attacked
former leftist leaders and Red Guard groups in Hupeh
Province. In Shantung Province, the current first
secretary has been attacked by name.
While most of the criticism in the posters,
as well as that in recent media articles, appears
to be directed against the left, some of it seems
less sharply focused and may reflect old grudges.
In fact, there are indications that a more intense
political conflict on the national level is fanning
local political and personal differences carried
over from the Cultural Revolution.
The future course and ultimate objectives of
the campaign clearly have not yet been settled by
the leadership at the center. Indeed, this lack
of definition strengthens the impression that power-
ful national leaders may be themselves in conflict.
There have been increasingly broad hints in the
domestic media that the two main protagonists are
Premier Chou En-lai and Chiang Ching, Mao's wife.
Some analysts, however, believe that it is too
early to tell how far up the leadership hierarchy
the problem goes.
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ARGENTINA
Military leaders have decided to support Peron's
wife should she succeed to the presidency through her
husband's death or incapacitation. They believe there
are no acceptable alternatives to Vice President Maria
? Estela de Peron. She and her closest associates are
linked with the conservative faction of the Peronist
? movement, and the military regard her as someone they
can control. Moreover, her assumption of the presi-
dency would be constitutional and would eliminate the
necessity of holding elections which the officers fear
would bring a leftist to power.
Although the military's solution might be accept-
able to old-line Peronists, the left wing of the coa-
lition would not tolerate Maria Peron's accession for
long. A violent reaction from young Peronists and
revolutionary groups within the movement could force
the military to play a more open role in the govern-
ment than they now wish to do.
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BANGLADESH-PAKISTAN
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NOTES
USSR: The Soviets this morning orbited an un-
manned Soyuz spacecraft. The spacecraft was launched
from Tyuratam and is expected to be recovered. The
Soviets may be testing design changes in the space-
craft in preparation for the joint US Apollo - Soviet
Soyuz mission scheduled for 1975.
Saudi Arabia - France: Riyadh is seeking 300
additional French AMX-30 tanks and is considering
buying the Crotale surface-to-air missile system.
Paris is already a major source of much of Saudi
Arabia's ground forces equipment and probably will
approve the sale. Deliveries of some 200 A4X-30
medium tanks, purchased earlier, began this year
and are scheduled to be completed by 1975.
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