THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 11 MAY 1974

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0006007954
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
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• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: May 11, 1974

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The President's Daily. Brief
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THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF
May 11, 1974
PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENTS
Fighting on the Syrian front was moderate yesterday;
Israeli aircraft reportedly attacked guerrilla con-
centrations in southern Lebanon. (Page 1)
Leaders of the major fedayeen groups reportedly have
agreed to support the establishment of a Palestinian
state composed of Jordan's West Bank and the Gaza
strip. (Page 2)
In Israel, Labor Party leaders have authorized prime
minister-designate Rabin to try to form a coalition
with two minor liberal parties, a move that may permit
formation of a new government within the coming week.
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Soviet
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All of Europe has been shocked by Chancellor Brandt's
resignation. (Page 5)
The Viet Cong yesterday pulled out of the two-party
military talks in Saigon, apparently in retaliation
for South Vietnam's boycott of political discussions
in Paris two weeks ago. (Page 7)
Khmer Communist "defense minister" Khieu Samphan has
reiterated that his side will not talk with the Phnom
Penh government. (Page 8)
Arms competition between Peru and Chile continues as
each worries that the other. has ,aggressive intentions.
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Beirut
Syrian Front
Mediterranean
Damascus
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Tiberias
Nazareth
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Tiberias
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ISRAEL-SYRIA-USSR
Fighting on the Syrian front was moderate yes-
terday. Israeli aircraft attacked again near Mount
Hermon; according to Tel Aviv, the targets were guer-
rilla concentrations in southern Lebanon. Syrian
planes struck inside the Israeli-held salient. Tank,
artillery, and mortar fire also was exchanged
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FEDAYEEN
Leaders of the major fedayeen groups--Fatah, the
Syrian-backed Saiqa, the Popular Democratic Front
for the Liberation of Palestine, and the extremist
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine--agreed
to support
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the establishment of a Palestinian state
Jordan's West Bank and the Gaza strip.
The leaders believe that they must push their
plan aggressively before a Syrian-Israeli disengage-
ment agreement is concluded in order to make sure
they are not left out of the Geneva peace talks.
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ISRAEL
Labor Party leaders have authorized prime
minister - designate Rabin to try to form a coali-
tion with two minor liberal parties--the Citizens
Rights Movement and the Independent Liberal Party.
Such a coalition would command a one-vote majority
in the Knesset and would have the prospect of addi-
tional votes on vital security issues.
Labor left other options open, including the
formation of a minority government. The leadership,
? also looking at the possibility of a broader coali-
tion, agreed to continue contacts with the Natipnal
Religious Party, although it agreed not to offer any
further concessions on the religious conversion issue.
The Labor Party's decision overrode Prime Minis-
ter Meir's objections to a coalition with the small
Citizens Rights Movement. Mrs. Meir has agreed, how-
ever, to support a Labor-Liberal coalition should
Rabin be successful in forming one.
If, as seems likely, the party's central commit-
tee ratifies the leadership's decision on Sunday,
Rabin will have a party mandate flexible enough to
permit formation of a government within the coming
week.
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USSR - LATIN AMERICA
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EUROPE WEST GERMANY
All of Europe has been shocked by Chancellor
Brandt's resignation, particularly since it comes on
the heels of Heath's defeat, the hardening UK attitude
toward the Common Market, Pompidou's death, and uncer-
tainty in Italy.
? The French worry that Schmidt regards relations
with the US as more important than relations with
:.France. Some of Giscard's supporters, too, are citing
:the Guillaume case as an.example of the danger of Com-
munist participation in a Mitterrand government.
Swedish Prime Minister Palme has lashed out at
?the East Germans, accusing them of undermining Brandt's
goals. The other East Europeans have made no effort :
to conceal their worry about the future of detente.
As the Yugoslays put it, "the harm done to peace in
Europe is much greater than the usefulness of the in,?
formation supplied."
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VIETNAM
The Viet Cong yesterday pulled out of the two-
party military talks in Saigon. The move was appar-
ently intended as retaliation for South Vietnam's boTT
cott of political discussions in Paris two weeks ago.
The South Vietnamese had also suspended the
diplomatic privileges of the Viet Cong's military
delegation in Saigon. The South Vietnamese had taken
these actions in turn to protest the Communist capture
of a border outpost and a general rise in the tempo
of Communist military action.
Both sides have been exchanging rhetoric over who
is responsible for the erosion of the cease-fire agree-
ment, and each has left itself room to reconvene both
the Saigon and Paris talks whenever the two wish.
The Viet Cong are apparently maintaining their
delegation in Saigon, and they have stated that they
are prepared to resume the two-party military talks
once the GVN restores the privileges and freedom of
movement of the Communist delegation.
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CAMBODIA
Khmer Communist "defense minister"- Khieu Samphan,
now concluding a tour of a?number of European and
African countries, continues to take a hard line on
negotiations. Samphan has reiterated in the course
of his travels that the Communists would not talk
with the Phnom Penh government, "no matter how the
current dry season offensive turns out" The Com-
munist leader boasted. that the insurgents control
"90 percent" of Cambodia's territory and thus have
no reason to negotiate.
Looking ahead, Samphan reportedly has claimed
that after a Communist victory in Cambodia he would
eventually replace Sihanouk as "chief of state."
Samphan has said that the Prince would be allowed to
return to Cambodia in a purely figurehead capacity-
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an arrangement which the Prince allegedly accepts--
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NOTE
Peru-Chile: Arms competition between Peru and
Chile continues as each worries that the other has
aggressive intentions. A Soviet arms carrier, de-
livering tank-related equipment and probably T-55
medium tanks, unloaded at Lima's port of Callao on
May 9. Peru received 35 tanks last November, and
more reportedly are on order. Meanwhile, Chile has
apparently had some success in acquiring additional
combat aircraft to counter what it views as an
alarming military buildup in Peru./
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