THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 14 OCTOBER 1974

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• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
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• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: October 14, 1974

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The President's Daily Brief
October 14, 1974
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October 14, 1974
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Israel-Syria:
UN-PLO: The draft resolution inviting the PLO to
participate in the UN General Assembly plenary
sessions on the Palestine issue is to be con-
sidered today, (Page 2)
India: The recent cabinet reshuffle was designed
to put the more competent ministers in charge
Of critical economic portfolios. (Page ,3)
Notes: USSR; West Germany - Portugal /(Page 4)
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UN-PLO
The draft resolution inviting the Pal-
estine Liberation Organization to partici-
pate in UN General Assembly plenary discus-
sions of the Palestine issue has been sched-
uled for consideration by the assembly today.
The Arab group managing the resolution's presen-
tation is reported to be confident of gaining at
least 80 or 85 votes. the group has therefore agreed
to move the resolution to a vote as soon as possible
by limiting the number of supporting speeches to eight
and waving the right to respond to Israel's reply.
Both the Arab and Israeli delegations are lobby-
ing heavily for support., particularly among West Euro-
pean states. The Israelis, estimating that some
40 states will abstain or vote against the resolution,
are trying to increase this tally and shift some of
the abstentions to the opposed column. Israel's dele-
gate has been optimistic that most of the West Euro-
peans would abstain
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INDIA
Prime Minister Gandhi's cabinet re-
shuffle on October 10, according to the
US embassy in New Delhi, was designed to
put her more competent ministers in charge
of the critical economic portfolios. For-
eign policy considerations did not appear
to play a role.
The basic ideological, regional, and religious
composition of the cabinet remains the same, as does
the apparent political influence of the senior cabi-
net members. Whether Mrs. Gandhi will give her new
economic ministers the leeway and political support
they will need to introduce effective economic pol-
icies remains a crucial unanswered question;
, The cabinet reshuffle is modest enough to per-
mit Mrs. Gandhi to call a snap election early next
year. The embassy concludes.. that it is still pos-
sible--but not likely--that economic and political
factors will move the Prime Minister to decide that
the Congress Party's chances will be better in 1975
than in 1976.
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NOTES
USSR: Soviet Communist Party slogans for the
57th anniversary of the October Revolution published
on. Saturday contain strong plugs for detente, in-
cluding "People of the world! Struggle to make in-
ternational detente irreversible, An editorial in
Pravda on Saturday reviewing developments during the
ten years since the October plenum that ousted
KhrUshchev, singled out the "positive turn in rela-
tions" with Washington as "a significant world event
which has considerably improved the international
climate as a whole."
West Getman - Portugal: Former West German
chancellof?d SoCial Democratic Party chairman Willy
Brandt will make a "Semi-state visit" to Portugal
beginning October 19. Brandt will meet with top
Portuguese government leaders during his three-day
visit, which is in response to an invitation from
Portuguese Foreign Minister and Socialist party
leader Mario Soares. Brandt probably deliver
a message from Chancellor :Schmidt, but no promise
of material aid is expected to be included.
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