THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 26 AUGUST 1974

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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: August 26, 1974

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The President's Daily Brief
August 26, 1974
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TE PRESIDEAT'S PAILY BRIEF
August 26, 1974
PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENTS
The response to Moscow's proposal for an enlarged
conference on the Cyprus situation has been mixed
but tends toward the negative. A close adviser to
Turkish Prime Minister Ecevit has stated that Ankara
will insist on a permanent Turkish Cypriot zone, no
smaller than 28 percent of the island's area.
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Israel conducted its nationwide mobilization exercise
.yesterday
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President Spinola appears to have a slight edge in
the continuing contest for power with the Armed
Forces Movement. Agreements with leaders of the
"Republic of Guinea-Bissau" and of the Front for
the Liberation of Mozambique reportedly are about
to be announced. (Page 4)
Notes on Laos and Ethiopia appear on Page 5.
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GREECE-CYPRUS-ToRKEY
The response to Moscow's proposal for an en-
larged conference on the Cyprus situation has been
mixed but tends toward the negative. Greece and
the Greek Cypriots are expected to announce quali-
fied agreement today. Turkey is expected to reject
the proposal. Britain, which had been working to
win Greek agreement to resume the Geneva negotia-
tions, initially gave the Soviet plan a chilly re-
ception, but now says it will not reject the pro-
posal if it is acceptable to other interested par-
ties. The US mission at the UN believes the plan
will not win acceptance in the immediate future
unless there are new Turkish provocations on Cyprus.
Cypriot President Clerides, who has been hold-
ing talks with Greek Prime Minister Karamanlis in
Athens, has stated that Turkish "concessions" were
insufficient to warrant a reconvening of the Geneva
talks. He stressed that there is complete agree-
ment between Athens and Nicosia on policy regarding
the island.
UN Secretary General Waldheim conferred with
Karamanlis in Athens yesterday, then flew to Nico-
sia. He will go on to Ankara before returning to
Greece. His talks will concentrate on the mandate
of the UN peace-keeping forces on Cyprus and the
plight of refugees. Waldheim also is expected to
discuss the implications of convening a conference
along the lines of the Soviet plan.
In Greece
The Karamanlis government has taken additional
measures to consolidate its position. Former strong-
man Brigadier General Ioannidis and several other
senior officers were retired Saturday. Newly ap-
pointed Greek army commander Ioannis Davos empha-
sized last week that the army at all levels should
be exclusively concerned with military problems--
a statement the US embassy interprets as a pledge
that the army will avoid a political role.
, Two senior Greek Foreign Ministry officials
have expressed concern to the US embassy over the
deterioration in Greek-American relations. They
stressed that Karamanlis wants to avoid irreparable
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damage to Athens' relations with the US and Western
Europe but, at the same time, must contend with na-
tional frustrations. According to one of the offi-
cials, the Greek government in the coming months
will ask the US to renegotiate the modalities of
many of its agreements with Athens, some of which--
such as the status of forces agreement--the official
termed "anachronistic." He said that Karamanlis
recognizes cooperation with the US is in Greece's
best interests and does not want to dismantle that
cooperation but to "restructure" it.
Turkish Intentions
A close policy adviser to Turkish Prime Minis-
ter Ecevit has stated that Ankara will insist on a
permanent Turkish Cypriot zone no smaller than 28
percent of the island's area. The US embassy in
Nicosia believes Turkey wants a two-cantonal, con-
federal system and will trade territory for a trans-
fer of population. The embassy also believes Ankara
will make every effort to hold on to Famagusta or,
at a minimum, to insist on the Turkish community's
right to import freely from the mainland. This
could also be Ankara's position on the Nicosia air-
port.
Militarily, the situation on the island has
been quiet. Senior UN officials, however, report
continuing efforts by Turkish troops to force UN
peace-keeping troops out of northern Cyprus.
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ISRAEL-EGYPT
Israel conducted its nationwide mobilization
exercise yesterday0
would not risk being
caught unprepared by Israel's current military ac-
tivity, but neither would it violate the disengage-
ment agreement unless it felt forced to do so.
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PORTUGAL
President Spinola appears to have a slight
edge in the continuing contest for power with the
Armed Forces Movement. The current dispute centers
on Spinola's request for more authority. He feels
that the final decision-making power is spread too
widely within the government and wants the Armed
Forces Movement's Coordinating Committee to be down-
graded or eliminated entirely. The Coordinating
Committee currently supervises government decisions
to ensure fulfillment of the Movement's program.
Spinola's threat to resign two weeks ago
stemmed from frustration over the present arrange-
ment. Military officers are now being polled to
determine whether the Coordinating Committee should
be disbanded and Spinola given a military vote of
confidence.
One of the factors that may work in Spinola's
favor is a rift within the Armed Forces Movement
between those who support the President and the
more radical members who feel they can carry out
the Movement's program without him. The President
will also benefit from the support of Armed Forces
Chief of Staff Costa Gomes against the committee,
reportedly the deciding factor for many officers.
Portuguese officials and leaders of the "Re-
public of Guinea-Bissau" will sign an agreement
today in Algiers on the transfer of power to the
rebel government, according to the Algerian For-
eign Ministry. Actual independence may be an-
nounced soon, perhaps before mid-September.
In Mozambique, the acting governor-general
yesterday officially announced that an interim
government, presumably composed of Portuguese
officials and leaders of the rebel Front for the
Liberation of Mozambique, would be established
within the next few days. Another round of talks
to work out final details is scheduled for early
September, probably in Lusaka, Zambia. The terri-
tory will be granted full independence next year.
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NOTES
Laos: The Pathet Lao reportedly have announced
that as a "humanitarian and good-will gesture,"
Emmet Kay--a US civilian contract pilot--will be
among the first group ?of prisoners to be released
on September 12. The communists have consistently
maintained that they do not consider Kay a prisoner
of war because his capture last May occurred after
the cease-fire agreement had been signed.
Ethiopia: Ethiopia's dominant Armed Forces
Coordinating Committee has compelled Prime Minister
Mikael to dismiss three of the four cabinet minis-
ters to whom the committee objected. The fourth
has been moved to a less important ministry. In a
step toward ending the decade-long revolt in the
northern province of Eritrea, the committee has ap-
pointed a civilian governor-general there. He re-
places a military officer who had obstructed any
policy initiatives toward reducing provincial dis-
sidence.
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