THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 3 AUGUST 1974

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0006007782
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• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: August 3, 1974

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The President's Daily Brief
August 3, 1974
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THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF
August 3, 1974
PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENTS
A recent sampling of Greek Cypriot opinion in Nico-
sia indicates strong support for Clerides and vir-
tual unanimity against Makarios' return. Leaders
of the Communist Party this week gave derides qua-
lified support but urged him to dismiss the right-
wing cabinet he inherited. Meanwhile, fighting
continued yesterday northwest of Nicosia. (Page 1)
The Portuguese junta's order temporarily suspending
publication of three major Lisbon newspapers Thurs-
day may bring on a serious clash between the ?junta
and younger officers of the Armed Forces Movement,
even though the junta has moved to reduce the ten-
sion and the papers will resume publication today.
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Venezuela
Cub
USSR
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Soviet and East European leaders may hold their
annual summer summit in the Crimea within the next
few days. (Page 4)
China. (Page 4)
UN Secretary General Waldheim has said that Portu-
gal will announce independence for Portuguese
Guinea during Waldheim's three-day visit to Lisbon,
which began yesterday. (Page 4)
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BULGARIA
ALBANIA
Ankara
TURKEY
CYPRUS
SYRIA
LEBANON
LIBYA
Territory controlled
by Turkish forces
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Kyrenia
Famagusta
massol
Akrotiri
Larnaca
LJ
CYPRUS
UK Sovereign base area
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CYPRUS
A wide sampling of Greek Cypriot opinion con-
ducted by the US embassy in Nicosia reflects strong
support for derides and virtual unanimity against
Makarios return. The political right, as expected,
continues to oppose Makarios on personal and ideo-
logical grounds. The center and communist left,
however, are retreating from their normal pro-
Makarios position because they fear his return will
result in civil war. Only the leftist group headed
by Vassos Lyssaridis, who has long been close to
Makarios, is insisting that the Archbishop return.
Leaders of the Communist Party gave derides
qualified support this week, but urged him to dis-
miss the right-wing cabinet he has inherited and
form a new one composed of individuals acceptable
to all political groupings. On the other side, the
leader of the extreme right ESEA--the political arm
of the Greek Cypriot terrorists who supported the
coup against Makarios--said on July 31 that his
organization opposed any immediate changes in the
cabinet. The right reportedly believes it is now
sufficiently united to serve as a political counter-
weight to the strong Communist Party, and that
derides need not cater to the left as Makarios
did.
Clerides now plans to reshuffle his cabinet
next week; he will have to move cautiously to avoid
a clash between left and right.
The fighting continued yesterday northwest of
Nicosia. Turkish tanks reportedly attacked one of
the few remaining Greek strongpoints on high ground
overlooking the towns of Lapithos, Karavas, Larnaka,
and Agridhaki. Turkish infantry units began moving
into the four towns yesterday after heavy artillery
barrages drove Greek forces out.
Meanwhile, the Turks have thwarted, with ar-
tillery and machine gun fire, attempts by UN obser-
vation teams to delineate Turkish-held territory.
Turkish units have complete control of the Lapithos-
Karavas road, and UN troops are convinced that the
Turks are pushing hard to seize the entire western
part of the Kyrenia mountain range.
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PORTUGAL
The Portuguese junta's unilateral order tempo-
rarily suspending publication of three major Lisbon
newspapers Thursday could lead to a serious clash
between the junta and younger officers of the Armed
Forces Movement.
The junta moved without consulting the commis-
sion, composed of members of the Armed Forces Move-
ment, that is supposed to supervise the media to
ensure compliance with the new press law. The en-
tire commission resigned to protest the junta's
action.
The matter may be brought before the Council
of State, which can declare any act unconstitu-
tional. President Spinola is said to control 11
of the 21 votes in the council, but the Armed Forces
Movement has exercised more influence within that
body than its seven votes would suggest.
Early Saturday the junta moved to ease the
tension by announcing that "the matter was satis-
factorily cleared up," after junta representatives
had met with editors of the three publications to
explain the suspension. The suspensions had ex-
pired by the time the junta made the announcement
canceling the penalty, however.
The junta apparently decided that strong
measures are needed to stop what it considers ir-
responsible reporting. Two of the papers--one of
them a Socialist daily--were reportedly suspended?
for giving prominent coverage to rallies held by
the far left. One newspaper in particular pro-
voked the junta by reporting that members of the
armed forces had taken part in such rallies.
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VENEZUELA-CUBA-USSR
There is growing evidence that Venezuela may
begin to supply oil to ?Cuba later this year in ex-
change for equivalent oil deliveries from the USSR
to Venezuela's customers in Western Europe. This
arrangement, which has been under consideration for
some time, would result in substantial savings in
transportation costs for both Venezuelan and Soviet
oil.
Cuba consumes some 160,000 barrels a day, al-
most all of which now comes from the Soviet Union.
Caracas apparently will fill only part of Cuba's
needs, at least initially.
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NOTES
USSR - Eastern Europe: Soviet and East Euro-
pean leaders may hold their annual summer summit in
the Crimea within the next few days. Czechoslovak
party chief Husak and Poland's Gierek are already
vacationing in the USSR, and there are signs that
Hungarian party leader Kadar is on his way. Talks
would probably focus on the conduct of detente
policy toward Western Europe and the US, the prob-
lem of China, and the situation in Cyprus and the
Middle East.
China:
Portugal - Portuguese Guinea: UN Secretary
General Waldheim has stated that during his three-
day visit to Lisbon--which began yesterday--Portu-
gal will announce the independence of Portuguese
Guinea. The Secretary General reportedly had
asked that the announcement be delayed until his
visit. Waldheim also predicted that Lisbon would
sponsor Guinea-Bissau's admission to the UN.
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