THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 24 SEPTEMBER 1974

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0006007824
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• Document Page Count: 12
• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: September 24, 1974

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The President's Daily Brief
September 24, 1974
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September 24, 1974
Table of Contents
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Iran-Iraq:
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Egypt - South Yemen - USSR: The Egyptians are mov-
ing ahead to diminish Soviet influence in
South Yemen. (Page 3)
MBFR: The fourth round of force reduction negotia-
tions opens today in Vienna. (Page 4)
Notes:
Greece; Ethiopia (Page 5)
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EGYPT - SOUTH YEMEN - USSR
The Egyptians, who are coordinating their strat-
egy with Saudi Arabia, hope to diminish Soviet influ-
ence in South Yemen and exert a moderating influence
there.
South Yemen, on its side, wants to attract both
badly needed Saudi financial aid and Egyptian techni-
cal assistance. The South Yemenis may also hope this
new arrangement will persuade the Saudis to stop
supporting groups that launch raids into South Yemen
from bases in Saudi Arabia.
The South Yemenis, however, may have misled the
Egyptians about their willingness to loosen ties with
Moscow. The Soviet Union is Aden's chief sour
arms.
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From Moscow's point of view, Cairo's actions
add another irritation to Egyptian-Soviet relations.
At the same time Moscow has been urging South
Yemen to moderate its foreign policy somewhat. The
Soviets presumably are anxious to forestall any ef-
forts by conservative Arabs to oust the Marxist re-
gime in South Yemen.
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MBFR
The fourth round of force reduction
negotiations opens today in Vienna. So-
viet Foreign Minister Gromyko suggested
last week that Moscow would make some new
proposals in the talks. Most West Euizo-
pean participants, however, believe there
will be little progress during this round
and advocate that the West not offer any
concessions to the Soviets.
During a meeting
last week, Gromyko said that only equal
percentage reductions based on the present force
relationship would be acceptable to Moscow, and
objected to the West's concept of a common ceiling.
The Soviet foreign minister added that the Soviets
would take "new initiatives."
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Most of the other Western negotiators share
the West German view that the Soviets will show
little flexibility. The West Europeans apparently
believe that the Soviets wish to continue to stall
in Vienna until a firm date is agreed for the con-
cluding phases of the European security conference.
Moscow wants to conclude that conference with a
summit meeting, and the course of the negotiations
in Vienna and Geneva has shown that Moscow is re-
luctant to move in the force reduction talks until
the West agrees to the summit meeting. The West
Europeans presumably also believe that the Soviets
will wish to assess further the new governments
in Europe and the US before moving in Vienna.
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NOTES
Greece: The new civilian government took an-
other step toward national elections yesterday when
it lifted a ban on the Greek Communist Party. Last
week the cabinet approved a new electoral law and a
special law is in the works that will outline quali-
fications for political parties. Most reports indi-
cate that Prime Minister Karamanlis will pick an
election date in late November, allowing him to cap-
italize on his image as a returned hero and also
getting the Greeks to the polls before the badly
fragmented left can organize some sort of common
front.
Ethiopia: Crown Prince Asfa Wossen's announce-
ment of his willingness to return to Ethiopia and to
become a constitutional monarch will force the mili-
tary to define its views on the monarchy. The mili-
tary designated the ailing Crown Prince as a figure-
head successor to Haile Selassie about two weeks ago.
It may have done so on the assumption that he would
be unable or unwilling to return, and its announce-
ment of his selection may have been a ploy to prepare
the Ethiopian people for the gradual abolition of the
monarchy. Meanwhile, the failure of university author-
ities in Addis Ababa to appear on the day of registra-
tion yesterday heightens the possibility of renewed
student unrest.
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