THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 7 JUNE 1974

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0006007977
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• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: June 7, 1974

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The President's Daily Brief
June 7, 1974
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THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF
June 7, 1974
PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENTS
Egyptian-
Israel
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King Husayn will use the President's visit to Amman
to demonstrate continuing US support for Jordan.
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Soviets
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About One third fewer Soviet Jews received exit
visas for Israel last month than in May 1973.
(Page 5)
In Iraq, the breach between the civilian and mili-
tary wings of the ruling Baath,Party appears to be
widening. (Page 7)
The South Vietnamese government will meet Commu-
nist demands in hopes that talks will resume in
Paris and in Saigon
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EGYPT-ISRAEL
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JORDAN
King Husayn.will use the President's visit to
Amman to demonstrate continuing US support for Jor-
dan.
//The Jordanians are un-
easy about their relationship with the US as a re-
sult of growing US attention to Egypt. They are
also concerned that they may be by-passed in an-
other round of Israeli negotiations with Egypt and
Syria or in a reconvening of the Geneva conference,
where Jordan's role might be pre-empted by the Pal-
estine Liberation Organization.
If Jordanian-Israeli negotiations have not
been held before the Geneva peace talks reconvene,
the Jordanians have said they will not attend un-
less Jordanian-Israeli disengagement is the first
item on the agenda. Ambassador Pickering in Amman
believes that King Husayn is willing to be flexible
about the timing' of negotiations as long as the
interval between Syrian-Israeli disengagement and
the start of' talks between Israel and Jordan is not
delayed more than a few months. A longer delay
could strengthen the, arguments of those army leaders
and East Bank tribal chiefs who regard the West Bank
as more trouble than it is worth, and Husayn needs
their support. Postponement could also reduce the
incentive for the fedayeen to take part in negotia-
tions. Although Husayn is opposed to the PLO's
playing a role at this point, over the long term
he wants the fedayeen to share responsibility for
whatever final settlement is concluded.
Husayn believes that he must make some respect-
able gains during negotiations to maintain his cred-
ibility among his fellow Arabs. He is unlikely to
be receptive, therefore,' to the Israeli proposal
that would allow Jordan to reassert its administra-
tive control over most of the West Bank while Is-
rael's military forces continue to occupy the area,
even if this were described as a first step. Hu-
sayn has said publicly that he wants the Israelis
to pull back an unspecified distance from the west
bank of the Jordan River./
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USSR
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USSR-CHINA
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USSR
About one third fewer Soviet Jews received exit
visas for Israel last month than in May 1973. De-
partures for the first five months of this year are
27 percent lower than for the same period. in 1973.
There is no evidence that the refusal of visas
has increased markedly, but the Soviets apparently
have discouraged applicationsthrough tightened pro-
cedures,.high fees, and a heightened media campaign
that stresses hardships emigrants face in Israel,
The Dutch consul in, Moscow, who-processes'Israel,
bound emigrants, believes some 150,000 Soviet Jews
are still considering filing application to leave
the USSR for Israel.
By slowing the emigration rate, the Soviets
probably intend to express displeasure with US
failure to grant the USSR most-favored-nation sta-
tus. They could make a dramatic gesture by allow-
ing a large number of Jews to leave at the time of
the summit meeting, even though this would under-
cut the Soviet line that the drop in departures
results from declining interest in emigration.
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CHINA
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IRAQ
As the campaign against the Kurds drags on incon-
clusively, the breach between the civilian and military
wings of the ruling Baath Party appears to be widening.
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SOUTH VIETNAM
South Vietnam's chief delegate to the Joint Mili-
tary Commission announced today that his government
will restore the diplomatic privileges and immunities
of the Communist delegates in hopes of getting talks
resumed in Paris and in Saigon.
The decision to restore the Communist delegation's
privileges and freedom of movement--which the Commun-
ists have demanded as a condition for further partic-
ipation in negotiations--was made by
President Thieu\
Thieu
has been under pressure from his advisers to reopen
the discussions as a means of encouraging favorable
votes on aid bills for South Vietnam now before the
US Congress.
There is as yet no Communist reaction to the
offer, and there is no guarantee that they will accept.
If they do not, Saigon will be able to put the blame
for the boycott on the Communists, and hopefully im-
prove Saigon's image abroad--especially in the US.
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NOTES
Burma: Rangoon is close to a general strike
as labor demands for larger rice rations and other
economic benefits grow. Yesterday, army troops
fired on demonstrating workers, killing 7 and wound-
ing 17. President Ne Win is due to return to Burma
from a good will trip in mid-June, and his subordi-
nates are unlikely to attempt any long-range solutions
before then.
USSR: The Soviets are evidently sending more
minesweepers to assist in clearing operations in the
Strait of Gubal at the southern end of the Gulf of
Suez. At least ten Soviet ships, including five
minesweepers, left the Sea of Japan yesterday heading
south, apparently en route to Egypt via the Indian
Ocean. Three other minesweepers, which probably are
also bound for Egypt, have passed through the English
Channel and seem headed toward the Mediterranean and
the Suez Canal.
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