THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 21 SEPTEMBER 1974

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0006007822
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 9
• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: September 21, 1974

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The President's Daily Brief
September 21, 1974
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the Director of Central Intelligence
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Syria:
SepteMber 21, 1974
Table of Contents
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Brazil - UN - Middle East: The Brazilian foreign
minister may call for a separate Palestinian
state when he speaks at the UN. (Page 2)
USSR:
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Notes: Laos - North Vietnam; Japan; China; USSR;
USSR-Egypt; Japan (Pages 4 and 5)
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BRAZIL - UN - MIDDLE EAST
Brasilia may go beyond its recently
stated call for the removal of Israeli
forces from occupied territories when
Foreign Minister Silveira speaks to the
UN on Monday. He reportedly will call
for establishment of a separate Pales-
tinian state.
The US embassy in Brasilia has noted that during
the recent visit of the Saudi Arabian foreign min-
ister, Silveira failed to mention UN Resolution 242
in expressing support for an Israeli withdrawal.
This apparently deliberate omission has provoked
speculation that Brazil may call for reimposition of
the 1947 UN partition resolution that would divide
Palestine into separate Arab and Israeli states.
When queried on this point by the US ambassador,
Silveira did not exclude a return to the "original"
boundaries.
Some members of the Brazilian government and
military establishment reportedly distrust Silveira
and he may not, in fact, have wide backing for his
proposed statement at the UN.
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NOTES
Laos - North Vietnam: Hanoi reportedly has
agreed to construct a road network from northern
Laos to the seaport of Vinh in southern North Viet-
nam during the next year or so. The project appar-
ently will involve primarily the upgrading of an
existing route. Hanoi, however, is to provide work-
ers, funds, and material. Implementation of the
agreement would help legitimize North Vietnam's pres-
ence in Laos and could be used by Hanoi as one means
of continuing to keep troops there under the guise
of construction workers. The agreement was nego-
tiated by Soth Phetrasy, the coalition's communist
economic minister who is heading up the Lao govern-
ment's first aid-seeking mission to Asian communist
countries.
Japan:
China: The Chinese leadership is obviously in-
teresTJa?in having ailing Premier Chou En-lai meet
foreign visitors when his health permits, and yes-
terday he received Mrs. Marcos, wife of the Philip-
pine President, in a hospital. Chou's return to the
hospital--he was first hospitalized in June and sub-
sequently released--indicates that he is still very
ill. Chou had previously missed meetings with three
heads of state; his appearance on this occasion sup-
ports other evidence that his health is better and
attests to the importance China attaches to improve-
ment of relations with the Philippines.
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USSR-Egypt: Moscow reportedly is prepared to
honor Cairo's long-standing contract for MIG-23s,
but President Sadat may reject the offer. Within
the last month the Soviets have delivered two ship-
loads of spare parts and ammunition. By holding out
the promise of the MIG-23s, Moscow may be hoping to
whet the appetite of the Egyptian military for con-
tinued supplies of Soviet equipment and offset Egyp-
tian interest in buying arms from France and the UK.
Sadat may refuse the MIG-23s because the Egyptian
air force prefers to acquire French Mirage-5s--an
aircraft roughly similar to the MIG-23. The air
force would like to get some high-altitude MIG-25s
from the USSR.
Japan:
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