THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 19 JULY 1974

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• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
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• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: July 19, 1974

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The President's Daily Brief
July 19, 1974
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THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF
July 19, 1974
PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENTS
The focus of the Cyprus problem shifts to the UN
today.
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Jordan's King Husayn won indirect agreement from
President Sadat yesterday to Jordan's right to ne-
gotiate the return of the Israeli-occupied West
Bank without Palestinian interference. (Page 3)
Italian
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The USSR apparently will carry out underground nu-
clear testing again this year at Novaya Zemlya.
There is no evidence that the impending entry into
force of threshold test ban treaty has prompted
any increase in high-yield testing. (Page 6)
Ethiopia
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Cambodian government forces are on the offensive
on several battlefronts. (Page 8)
Notes on Saudi Arabia, France, and the USSR appear
on Page 9.
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CYPRUS
Archbishop Makarios will ask the UN Security
Council today for a resolution declaring him the
legitimate head of government in Cyprus, calling for
the withdrawal of the Greek officers in the Cypriot
National Guard, and pledging nonrecognition of the
Sampson government.
The US mission in New York reports that with-
drawal of the Greek officers of the Cypriot National
Guard has become the "irreducible minimum" that
nearly all Security Council members want in a reso-
lution. The draft being circulated by five non-
aligned members of the council contains that provi-
sion, but avoids the question of Makarios' position.
The Soviets want to make the resolution tougher
by referring to Makarios as President of Cyprus,
alluding to Greek interference in Cyprus, and demand-
ing the immediate end of Greek military intervention.
The UK is also proposing amendments to toughen the
resolution.
Turkish Prime Minister Ecevit returned home
this morning saying he is "closer to finding a solu-
tion."
Athens has told the NATO Council that Greek of-
ficers "placed at the disposition of the Cypriot gov-
ernment" will be replaced in stages. Athens is ap-
parently referring to the National Guard officers
who took part in the coup rather than to the Greek
mainland contingent due to be replaced today during
its semi-annual rotation.
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In an attempt to create a responsible image for
itself, the new government on Cyprus has been broad-
casting a report that Glafcos derides, Makarios'
constitutional successor, has agreed to continue as
the Greek Cypriot representative in "enlarged" talks
between the Greek and Turkish Cypriot communities.
The Yugoslav ambassador to Cyprus told the US embassy,
however, that Clerides has categorically denied to
him that he is willing to serve the Sampson government.
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EGYPT-JORDAN
King Husayn won indirect agreement from Presi-
dent Sadat yesterday for Jordan's right to negotiate
the return of thejSraeli-occupied West Bank. The
joint communique issued at the conclusion of Husayn's
three-day visit to Alexandria noted that both Jordan
and Egypt agree on the need for a disengagement
agreement on the Jordanian front as the next step
toward a Middle East settlement.
Husayn has been pressing this position for some
time. Because it implies exclusion of the Pales-
tinians in the next stage of negotiations, however,
Sadat had previously avoided the issue.
The communique accords the Palestine Liberation
Organization the status of legitimate representative
of Palestinians outside the Kingdom of Jordan, and
supports the need for an independent PLO delegation
at Geneva. The communique defers PLO presence at
Geneva until an unspecified "appropriate time" and
refers only to the Palestinians' right to "self-
determination." The West Bank, for which both Jor-
dan and the Palestinians consider themselves the
primary spokesman, is not mentioned. The communique
calls for continued and regular coordination with
Syria and the Palestinians.
The Egyptian-Jordanian statement marks Sadat's
first attempt to take a public stand in his effort
to coordinate the conflicting Jordanian and Pales-
tinian positions. -Sadat will face bitter criti-
cism from the Palestinians, however, for they will
interpret his accord with Husayn as an abandonment
of the Palestinian cause.
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ITALY
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USSR
Underground nuclear testing apparently will be
carried out on Novaya Zemlya again this year, but
probably not for a month or more from now. There
is no evidence that the impending entry into force
of the recently negotiated threshold test ban treaty
has prompted any increase in high-yield testing.
Novaya Zemlya, a large island in the Soviet
Arctic, is the normal site of Soviet
nuclear tests/
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Test Ban Treaty in 1963 and the end of 1972, the
Soviets exploded only one nuclear device annually
on the island. /
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ETHIOPIA
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CAMBODIA
Government forces are on the offensive on sev-
eral battlefronts. Northwest of Phnom Penh, Cambo-
dian army units pushed out from Oudong on July 16,
killing 180 Khmer communist troops in stiff fighting
just south of the town.
To the northeast of the capital, army command-
ers are reinforcing positions on both banks of the
Tonle Sap River, which is now open. A large civil-
ian river convoy moved 5,000 tons of foodstuffs
from the provincial capital of Kompong Chhnang to
Phnom Penh early in the week. Government clearing
operations are also continuing along the Bassac
River just southeast of Phnom Penh and along the
lower stretches of the Mekong River.
On the Route 4 front, the government task
force that last month relieved an isolated garrison
west of Kompong Speu City is now pushing on toward
Kompong Seila. That town has been under steady
attack since mid-May, and over half of its 2,000
government defenders have been killed or wounded.
Farther south, army units at the coastal city of
Kampot are moving to retake outposts abandoned in
the face of insurgent ground attacks late last week.
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NOTES
Saudi Arabia: Saudi Arabia is removing gold
stored in the US on the grounds that it decided last
December to comply with a law requiring that gold
backing for its currency be held domestically. The
move is scheduled for completion in mid-September.
The gold is officially valued at $109 million and
insured for the open market value of about $350 mil-
lion. Riyadh made the decision when Saudi-US rela-
tions were ata low point, but Saudi officials-main-
tain that the timing was coincidental. Since the
October war, a major Saudi concern in placing its
assets has been to limit risk of seizure. Saudi
Arabia recently purchased gold in Switzerland that
will also be stored in Jidda.
France:
USSR: The Soviet cosmonauts aboard Soyuz 14 are
scheduled to touch dawn in the Soviet Union about 8:20
EDT this morning.
The Salyut is ex-
pected to remain in orbit, and probably will be
visited by other cosmonauts in the coming weeks.
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