THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 27 AUGUST 1974

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0006007802
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• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: August 27, 1974

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The President's Daily Brief
August 27, 1974
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THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF
August 27, 1974
PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENTS
Cypriot President derides and Turkish Cypriot leader
Denktash have agreed to hold weekly meetings to dis-
cuss humanitarian problems on the island. Athens
and Ankara continue their diplomatic maneuvering--
Athens apparently to delay negotiations, and Ankara
to resume them at an early date. (Page 1)
Israel's nationwid
ended yesterday.
e practice mobilization apparently
Syrians have also
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French
the Israelis report that the
increased their readiness posture.
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The Soviets launched Soyuz 15 yesterday. (Page 4)
At Annex, we discuss Australian Prime Minister Whit-
lam's Labor government and the more distinctive
Australian cast it seeks to give to foreign policy.
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CYPRUS
Cypriot President Clerides and Turkish Cypriot
leader Denktash agreed yesterday to meet every Mon-
day to continue the discussion of humanitarian prob-
lems. UN Secretary General Waldheim indicated that
progress was made in facilitating the movement of
foodstuffs and reuniting broken families on a case-
by-case basis. Waldheim hopes that in time the dis-
cussions will slip into political topics.
In Athens, the Karamanlis government reportedly
expressed "agreement in principle" yesterday with
the Soviet proposal to move the Cyprus problem into
a UN framework. There are growing indications that
the Greeks' refusal to reopen the Geneva talks as
well as their qualified acceptance of the Soviet pro-
posal are delaying tactics designed to improve their
negotiating position. Karamanlis may also hope to
hold off the inevitable concessions the Greeks must
make until domestic frustration begins to subside.
Turkish maneuvering on the other hand, is aimed
at the earliest possible resumption of talks toward
a political settlement. Foreign Minister Gunes told
US Ambassador Macomber last night that Ankara would
reject the Soviet proposal. Turkey hopes further
negotiations can be limited to Greece, Turkey, Great
Britain, and the two Cypriot communities. Warnings
from Turkish Cypriot leader Denktash about the pos-
sible establishment of an independent Turkish Cypriot
state and even the tactical readjustment of the cease-
fire lines appear part of an effort to force the
Greeks to the bargaining table.
The Turks, in the meantime, are continuing to
move unilaterally toward establishing a Turkish Cyp-
riot administration in the occupied territory.
Ankara has formed a cabinet-level planning committee,
and the Turkish ministers of finance and agriculture
visited Cyprus over the weekend to study economic
needs there. A career provincial governor has been
sent to the island as an adviser.
The Greek Cypriots are having difficulty estab-
lishing order. The problem stems both from the mass
of refugees and from the strong political views held
in some sectors.r
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Israel's nationwide practice mobilization that
began on Sunday apparently ended yesterday two hours
ahead of schedule.
Israeli military authorities have noted the
Egyptian forces' increased state of alert and have
also have increased their readiness
posture. The Israelis claim that the Syrians have
moved into the area adjacent to the UN buffer zone
some 25 to 30 tanks in excess of the number per-
mitted under the disengagement agreement. No simi-
lar claim was made about Egyptian forces. There is
no information at this time to corroborate the Is-
raeli allegation about the Syrians.
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FRANCE
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NOTE
The Soviets launched Soyuz 15 yesterday. The
manned spacecraft, originally scheduled to be launched
last week, is expected to rendezvous and dock with
Salyut 3 later today, and the cosmonauts subsequently
will enter the space station. Salyut 3 has been in
orbit since June and was occupied by two cosmonauts
from Soyuz 14 for 16 days in July.
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AUSTRALIA
The visits to the US of Prime Minister Gough
Whitlam and other high Australian officials during
the next few weeks will offer new opportunities to
gauge the prospects for our close alliance with Can-
berra. Since taking office in December 1972, Whit-
lam's Labor government has been trying to give a
more distinctive cast to its foreign relations and
to break away from the pattern of following the US
lead.
This effort appears chiefly in Labor's desire
to put US relations on a more equitable footing and
to seek stronger ties with Asian states and the third
world in general. Like its predecessors, the Labor
government is especially concerned to stay on good
terms with Indonesia, its potentially powerful neigh-
bor to the north, and has sought, in addition, to
reach some accommodation with Asia's communist na-
tions. Reflecting the strong pacifist sentiment of
Australian trade unionists, the Labor government has
tried to move away from anything indicative of cold
war rivalries.
The beginnings of this trend were apparent toward
the end of the 23-year tenure of the Liberal-Country
coalition--now in opposition--which developed the
ANZUS alliance and accepted US defense-related in-
stallations on Australian soil.
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Economic Relations
The Australians are not likely to stress eco-
nomic relations in talks with US officials, but they
may wish to bring up export and investment policies.
The liberal economic policies under which US invest-
ment in Australia after World War II rose to $6.5
billion--second only to the UK--and the US became
Australia's second trading partner have been tight-
ened in recent years. Again, following a trend be-
gun by the more conservative Liberal-Country coali-
tion, the Labor government is seeking to impose
greater Australian control over domestic mineral and
other resources.
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