THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 11 SEPTEMBER 1974

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0006007813
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• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: September 11, 1974

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The President's Daily Brief
September 11, 1974
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September 11, 1974
Table of Contents
Greece: Foreign Minister Mavros tries to rally sup-
port in Western Europe. (Page 1)
USSR:
Vietnam:
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the
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A potentially significant battle develop-
in Quang Nam Province symbolizes some of
changes in the character of the war since
cease-fire. (Page 3)
China-Laos: The Chinese-built road complex in
northern Laos may be extended toward the royal
capital of Luang Prabang during the coming
dry season. (Page 4)
USSR: Jewish emigration from the Soviet Union to
Israel in 1974 is down 32 percent from the
same period in 1973. (Page 5)
Notes: USSR; Mozambique; Egypt - South Yemen; and
Cambodia (Page 6)
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GREECE
Foreign Minister Mavros is trying to
rally economic and political support in
Western Europe on the Cyprus issue and re-
lated matters.
Mavros said Greece would participate in negoti-
ations leading toward a federal solution on Cyprus
if the Turks first provided Athens with a face-saving
gesture. He said a symbolic withdrawal of Turkish
forces from current lines or permission for a return
of Greek Cypriot refugees to Famagusta would be ac-
ceptable.
The Greeks will argue during negotiations that
the division of the island must be proportionate to
the population. Turkish Cypriots constitute about
18 percent of the population, but Turkish forces now
occupy approximately 40 percent of the island.
There have been indica-
tions that Karamanlis wants to restructure, but not
dismantle, cooperative agreements between Athens
and Washington.
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USSR
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VIETNAM
A potentially significant battle de-
veloping around the district town of Thuong
Duc in Quang Nam Province symbolizes some
of the changes in the character of the
war since the cease-fire.
In past years, South Vietnamese counterattacks
usually quickly forced the withdrawal of Communist
forces from towns they had captured. Now, however,
the Communists have the advantage of a logistic net-
work developed since the cease-fire that provides
them with the maneuver capability and resupply ca-
pacity to defend towns they have taken.
The First Brigade of the government's experi-
enced Airborne Division has 1?eea cautiously attempt-
ing to retake Thuong Duc, which was captured by the
Communists in the summer offensive. Government
forces have been slowly moving to control high ground
around the town before mounting an assault.
/South Vietnamese commanders are planning
to send reinforcements. The Communists would like
nothing better than to hang a substantial defeat on
the First Airborne Brigade.
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Chinese Road Network in Northwest Laos
- Chinese-built road
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CHINA-LAOS
Chinese road building in northern Laos
during the coming dry season may focus on
construction of a road toward the royal
capital of Luang Prabang. Completion of
such a route would provide the Pathet Lao
with direct access to their forces in the
capital area.
For some time there have been indications that
a route to Luang Prabang would eventually be in-
cluded in the Chinese road-building effort. Last
year the Chinese began to extend the road system
from Muong Sai toward Nam Bac in north central Laos.
In May of this year a Chinese regiment, probably
an engineer unit, moved into the Ou River Valley
southeast of Nam Bac near an established supply
point only 62 miles from Luang Prabang.
In recent months, monsoon rains have prevented
the 23,000 Chinese engineers and support troops in
Laos from making any substantial additions to the
road system. Road construction activity should
pick up again soon with the advent of the dry sea-
son.
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USSR
Jewish emigrants from the USSR to Is-
rael during the first eight months of 1974
numbered 13,700, a drop of 32 percent from
the same period of 1973, when 20,287 re-
ceived permission to leave.
The Dutch embassy in Moscow, which represents
Israeli interests, reports that about 1,500 have
departed monthly since May of this year. The Dutch
believe that the decline in departures is not at-
tributable to any increase in the rate of Soviet
rejections of exit applications. Such refusals are
running at about 10 percent, the usual rate. The
Dutch see the decline instead as the cumulative ef-
fect of constraints, including the financial hard-
ships experienced by Jews who make application to
leave the USSR and the uncertainty of conditions
in Israel.
Some 145,000 Soviet Jews reportedly have
formal invitations from Israel,. Many are delaying
applications for permission to' leave, possibly in
the hope that Western efforts to negotiate a reduc-
tion of the costs and risks involved in emigration
will succeed.
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NOTES
USSR:
Mozambique: The rebellion by dissident whites
that broke out last Saturday in Lourenco Marques
fell apart yesterday. In a final announcement yes-
terday morning, the dissidents agreed to give up in
order to avoid further violence. The envoys from
Portugal who met with the rebels Monday night have
returned to Lisbon without comment, but it seems un-
likely that they offered any significant concessions.
Lisbon cannot revoke its agreement with the Front
for the Liberation of Mozambique, and the front is
not likely to offer its political opponents a place
in the transitional government--the dissidents'
basic demand. Front officials have announced that
they will begin setting up the transitional govern-
ment in Lourenco Marques next week. The front will
appoint a prime minister for the territory and two
thirds of the cabinet.
Egypt - South Yemen:
Cambodia: A representative of Prince Sihanouk
and an official of the Lon Nol government report-
edly met in Bonn last week. This would be the
first contact between the two sides since the Cam-
bodian conflict began in 1970.
As a result of the meeting, Sihanouk may
be sounded out on whether President Lon Nol's de-
parture could serve as the basis for a peaceful
settlement. Sihanouk and the Khmer Communists
have consistently rejected any compromise with the
Lon Nol regime.
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