THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 9 SEPTEMBER 1974

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0006007812
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• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: September 9, 1974

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The President's Daily Brief
September 9, 1974
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September 9, 1974
Table of Contents
Egypt: Cairo broaches compromise approach on West
Bank. (Page 1)
Iraq: Soviets providing sophisticated weapons.
(Page 3)
Cyprus: Athens eases terms for resuming negotia-
tions. (Page 4)
Argentina: Government likely to move forcefully
against terrorists. (Page 5)
Notes: Iran-Iraq; USSR; India (Page 6)
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THE WEST BANK
20 Kilometers
Haifa
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EGYPT
The Egyptians have come_up with a com-
promise approach designed to give the Pal-
estinians a limited role in negotiating a
return of the territory occupied by Israel
in .2.967 on the West Bank of the Jordan
River. Recently, the Arabs have been un-
characteristically united in insisting that
Middle East negotiations focus on this is-
sue before all others; they have, at the
same time, been characteristically at odds
over the question of the Palestinians'
proper role in such talks.
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IRAQ
the Soviets have given Iraq
MIG-23 fighters and the SA-6 surface-to-
air missile system. The MIG-23 is the most
sophisticated aircraft in any Arab inven-
tory. Syria is the only other country to
receive this aircraft. The SA-6 missile
is highly effective against planes flying
at low and medium altitudes.
The USSR has been particularly responsive to
Iraqi requests for modern weapons. Iraq is the only
foreign country to receive the supersonic TU-22 me-
ditm bomber.
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Kokkina
Kato
Pyrgos
Territory controlled
by Turkish forces .
Famagusta
Larnaca
Akrotiri
CYPRUS
UK Sovereign base area
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CYPRUS
Athens has eased its terms for resum-
ing negotiations on the Cyprus question.
Athens' new flexibility complements. that of
Clerides. He and Turkish Cypriot leader Denktash
reportedly agreed on Friday that the best solution
would be a geographically based federal system.
Meanwhile, Turks from the mainland are establish-
ing an administration in the northern third of the.
island, according to the US embassy in Nicosia. Turk!,
ish Cypriot leader Denktash's authority appears lim-
ited to Nicosia.
On the military side, the Turks have complained
to the UN that Cypriot National Guard forces from
Kato Pyrgos have been firing on Turkish positions
west of Limnitis. The Turks are threatening to de-
stroy Kato Pyrgos unless the firing stops. This com-
plaint could be a pretext for a Turkish thrust to
Kokkina.
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ARGENTINA
The "declaration of war" on the gov-
ernment issued Friday by extreme leftists
of the Peronist movement is likely to pro-
voke firm action against them. Before the
declaration, the Peronist government was
reluctant to move forcefully against the
leftists because of their nominal Peronist
allegiance.
? Mario Firmenich, leader of the Montonero guer-
rilla organization, called for armed struggle against
the government at a press conference Friday, which
was held in secret. Six small labor and student
groups joined Firmenich in the decision to go under-
ground.
Firmenich claimed that the government's "repres-
sion" had forced the Montoneros to return t6 their.
earlier strategy of armed resistance. He acknowl-
edged a personal role in the killing of former pres-
ident Aramburu in May 1970 and added that the Monto-
neros were responsible for several recent killings,
kidnapings, and bombings, which he said were carried
out to signal the opening of the "popular resistance"
campaign.
After the formal break by the Montoneros, Pres-
ident Maria Estela Peron met with the interior minis-.
ter and military service commanders to lay plans for
dealing With the guerrillas. The armed forces seem
ready to take a stronger hand in the battle against
terrorism. A special counterinsurgency group was .
recently formed within the Ministry of Defense,
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NOTES
Iran-Iraq: Tehran's reaction to the bombing by
Iraqi planes Friday of two villages near Iran's main
supply point supporting the Kurds has been moderate.
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India:
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