THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 16 SEPTEMBER 1974

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0006007817
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• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: September 16, 1974

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The President's Daily Brief
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September 16, 1974
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September 16, 1974
Table of Contents
USSR-Egypt: Brezhnev reportedly wants early talks
with Sadat. (Page 1)
Arab States - Israel:
Israeli aircraft attack fedayeen in
southern Lebanon. (Page 2)
South Korea - Japan: Seoul and Tokyo pull back
from showdown. (Page 3)
Turkey: Rift deepens in Turkey's governing coali-
tion. (Page 4)
Notes: Cyprus; France; Israel (Page 5)
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USSR-EGYPT
General Secretary Brezhnev wants to
schedule a summit meeting with Egyptian
President Sadat
before Sadat makes his trip to
Washington this fall.
a site for
the summit--one of the matters that has hitherto
delayed plans for talks. Sadat has insisted that
Brezhnev come to Cairo, but Brezhnev has been un-
willing. Sadat's new emphasis on increasing Egypt's
influence in South Yemen and in the Gulf region at
Moscow's expense is another issue that could further
aggravate Soviet-Egyptian relations before talks can
be arranged. Egyptian Foreign Minister Fahmi pre-
sumably will discuss these problems when he goes to
Moscow next month.
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ARAB STATES - ISRAEL
Israeli aircraft attacked fedayeen concentra-
tions in southern Lebanon yesterday for the first
time in over a month. According to Israeli author-
ities, the attacks were limited to targets in the
Mount Hermon area. Earlier in the day, Israeli
artillery shelled targets in southern Lebanon.
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SOUTH KOREA - JAPAN
Seoul and Tokyo pulled back over the
weekend to avoid a showdown between the
two countries. The government radio in
Seoul announced yesterday that progress
had been made toward settling the dis-
pute, and that US mediation had helped
greatly.
The South Koreans have agreed to accept a letter
from Prime Minister Tanaka, which expresses regret
over last month's assassination in Seoul, but Tokyo
must provide in the letter further assurances of its
promise to curb plotting in Japan against Korean
President Pak. The Japanese have agreed.
Although tensions have eased, difficult nego-
tiations are still likely over the form and content
of the additional Japanese assurances. Seoul con-
tinues to press for an explicit Japanese commitment
to crack down on Chosen Soren, the pro-Pyongyang
association of Korean residents in Japan that Seoul
holds responsible for the death of President Pak's
wife. Tokyo may find it difficult, however, to come
up with a clearcut pledge without violating Japanese
laws which protect the freedom of organizations such
as Chosen Soren.
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TURKEY
The rift in Turkey's governing co-
alition deepened over the weekend as
Deputy Prime Minister Erbakan, leader
of the junior party in the coalition--
the National Salvation Party?directly
challenged Prime Minister Ecevit.
Ecevit, who has been finding the Sal-
vationists increasingly troublesome
partners, will decide today whether or
not he will resign.
Erbakan and seven other cabinet ministers re-
fused to sign a decree authorizing Ecevit to make a
trip this week to Scandinavia as the official repre-
sentative of the Turkish government. Erbakan said
Ecevit could travel as a representative of his own
Republican People's Party or as a "resigned prime
minister." Erbakan is miffed that he was not des-
ignated to act as prime minister during Ecevit's
absence. Ecevit appointed instead a member of his
own party.
Ecevit's difficulties with his right-wing part-
ner go back to last May, when 20 Salvationists broke
party ranks to vote against the government on a
crucial bill. Ecevit has been further annoyed by
Erbakan's political maneuvering and unhelpful state-
ments on Cyprus; he has been avoiding appearances
with Erbakan in public.
A government crisis now--coinciding with sensi-
tive negotiations over Cyprus--would be ill-timed.
Even if the government does not collapse, the func-
tioning of the cabinet as a unit has been seriously
impaired by the rift between Ecevit and Erbakan.
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NOTES
Cyprus: Acting Cypriot President derides an-
nounced Saturday that Archbishop Makarios, as Pres-
ident of Cyprus, will address the next session of
the UN. He affirmed that a "common line" exists
between himself and Makarios on handling the Cyprus
problem. The US embassy in Nicosia notes, however,
that Clerides recognizes Makarios' potential--and
probable intention--to undermine both derides', own
position and the ongoing negotiations between Greek
and Turkish Cypriot leaders.
France:
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Israel: The ruling body of Israel's National
Religious Party voted yesterday to rejoin Prime
Minister Rabin's coalition government, a move which
should broaden the coalition's narrow base of 61
seats in the 120-member Knesset. The leadership of
Rabin's Labor Party previously approved his formula
for compromising differences with the Religious
Party. Rabin's next step will be to seek the con-
sent of the other three parties in the governing
coalition. If they react as expected, the net re-
sult will be seven additional seats. Although the
small Citizens Rights Movement has threatened to
leave the coalition if the Religious Party joins,
leaders of the remaining two parties have indicated
that they can go along with Rabin's compromise for-
mula.
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