THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 22 NOVEMBER 1974

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0006007875
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 8
• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: November 22, 1974

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The President's Daily Brief
November 22, 1974
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November 23, 1974*
Table ' of Contents
Middle East: UN Secretary General Waldheim will
leave New York today for Damascus, Cairo,
and Jerusalem. (Page 1)
USSR-Iran: The joint statement issued following
the Shah's departure from Moscow indicates
the two countries failed to narrow their
differences. (Page 2)
Greece: The new government is made up of older
technicians and veteran politicians drawn
only from Karamanlis' New Democracy Party.
(Page 3)
Notes: Middle East; Cyprus; Japan. (Page 4)
*Information as of noon EST November 22, 1974.
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MIDDLE EAST
UN Secretary General Waldheim will leave
New York today for Damascus, Cai"ro, and
Jerusalem.
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GREECE
The new government formed by Prime
Minister Karamanlis is made up of older
technicians and veteran politicians drawn
only from his New Democracy Party.
It is a cabinet unlikely to challenge Karamanlis'
authority. Holdovers from the previous cabinet
include Foreign Minister Bitsios, a career diplomat,
and Minister of Defense Averoff and Minister of
Public Order Gikas, both of whom have good relations
with the military. The key economic ministries are
held either by technicians or by politicians without
previous ministerial experience; this suggests that
Karamanlis will take the lead in this area.
The opposition parties that Karamanlis defeated
so handily have fallen to bickering with one another.
The communist United Left and former foreign minister
George Mavros' coalition claim that Andreas
Papandreou's new Panhellenic Socialist Movement stole
their constituency on the left. Papandreou's group,
which received 13 percent of the vote, has accused
the others of contributing to New Democracy's victory
by giving Karamanlis moral support.
The US embassy believes that Papandreou's reck-
less rhetoric during the final week of the campaign
drove undecided middle class voters into the
Karamanlis camp. Papandreou's political future does
not seem promising; his constituency is now almost
exclusively among students, radicalized workers, and
intellectuals.
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USSR-IRAN
The joint statement issued following the
Shah's departure from Moscow on Wednesday
indicates the two countries failed to narrow
their differences on some basic issues.
The key to this is the "spirit of frankness"
said to have characterized the exchange of opinions
on the Near and Middle East situation. We think
this formulation applies specifically to the Kurdish
cOnflict and resultant Iraqi-Iranian frictions.
The Shah endorsed detente, early resumption of
the Middle East peace conference, and Soviet efforts
to set up an Asian security system. The Soviets,
in turn, agreed with the Iranians that questions
pertaining to the Persian Gulf should be solved by
the countries of the area.
Bilateral cooperation in economic and scientific
matters received positive treatment, but no details
were given beyond the statement that agreement in
principle was reached on certain "big cooperation
projects."
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Middle East:
NOTES
Cyprus: Acting President derides announced
in London on November 21 that he will meet with
Archbishop Makarios and Greek Prime Minister
Karamanlis in Athens between November 28 and 30.
derides also said that Makarios will return to
Cyprus the first week in December. In Athens, the
three men will discuss Makarios' return to Cyprus,
the negotiations, and what role Clerides will play
in negotiations.
Japan :
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