THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 9 JANUARY 1974

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0006007642
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 10
• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: January 9, 1974

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The President's Daily Brief
January 9, 1974
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THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF
January 9, 1974
PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENTS
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In an effort to curb demands for political reform,
South Korean President Pak has decreed that persons
agitating for constitutional or other political
changes will be subject to courts-martial and impris-
onment. (Page 4)
Notes on the concern of both government and commu-
nist officials in Laos over possible coups and
Jamaican Government negotiations with its foreign-
owned bauxite industry appear on Page 5.
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SOUTH KOREA
President Pak has decreed that in the future,
persons agitating for constitutional changes and
other political reforms will be subject to courts-
martial and imprisonment. His action--the first
direct move to curb calls for basic political re-
forms which in effect would undermine the authoritar-
ian nature of his regime--was prompted by an exten-
sively circulated petition for reform, as well as by
critical statements of senior politicians. The de-
cree also reflects Pak's frustration over his failure
to mollify critics through conciliatory gestures and
appeals for popular support.
Pak is gambling that the threat of government
repression will be enough to silence his critics.
Similar emergency measures in 1971 and the martial
law decree in 1972 effectively halted open opposi-
tion. After more than two years of authoritarian
rule, however, Pak's opponents are better organized
and more determined to press their case. Most poli-
ticians will probably find it prudent to keep quiet,
but militant Christians and intellectuals may view
the action as a challenge which cannot go unanswered.
Thus there is a potential here for a serious con-
frontation.
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NOTES
Laos: Both the government and the Pathet Lao
have shown some nervousness recently that rightists
may be planning a coup. Although there is no firm
evidence of serious plotting, the rightists are again
voicing their concern that Prime Minister Souvanna
is prepared to sell them out if necessary to gain
Lao Communist agreement.on a new government.
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Jamaica: The Jamaican Government is preparing
to negotiate- with the foreign-owned bauxite industry,
and Prime Minister Manley has reiterated that nation-
alization is not being considered now. He has warned,
however, that his attitude could change. The govern-
ment had planned to begin discussions for increased
benefits from the bauxite companies in mid-1974, but
implications of the energy crisis apparently prompted
Manley to decide on discussions next month.
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