THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 26 JUNE 1974

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0006007993
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• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 9
• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: June 26, 1974

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THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF
June 26 1974
PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENTS"
Prance and the Soviet Union my have _rhed major
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agreement on construction of nuclear power Plants in ?
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the USSR. (Page .1)
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French politicians _Opposed ?co Giscard -d'Estaing have ,
harshly :criticized. the -NATO declaration to be signed -
today in Brussels hir:Praisident Nixon. and Other' heads
-of. government ..1 (Page ?)
Syria)
\ Lebanon I
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The Soviets and Egyptians: have warned fedayeen of?
of alleged Israeli plans to assassinate selected
commando, leaders in Beirut late this month. (page 4)
- Moscow's Chief negotiator on border" issues with China
returned to Peking yesterday after nearly a year's ..
absence.: (Page 5)-. ? :.' '
Turkish
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? Notes on Page 7 report. a Soviet-Iraqi naval operation
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in. the Persian Gulf and Pakistan
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:...FRANCE-USSR.
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Prance and the SOViet, Union: may :have reached a
- major agreement on construction of nuclear power
plants in the USSR.??
desl.tp build nuclear plants
would probablyt-,inVOlire':the.US. indirectly, : because ,.
the light weiter,46eCtOrti- tided-in:France are built
under licensed.;rfioni,General Electric and Westinghouse. -
The French have developed their Own, technology for ?
.fast-breeder reactors, but only one: of 7these is cur-
rently in operation,' and, aonstrilatiOn. Of - d.,commer
-el:al-version will not begin .until sometime next year.
The USSR has:beian'eXpiering the possibility of
foreign cooperation in constructing nuclear power
plants in the Soviet Union, but. until now a West Ger-
man Vain has appeared to be the most likely supplier.
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FRANCE
French Political leaders of the left and right
have harshly criticized the NATO declaration that
President NiXori and other"heads of lgov?ment will
sign today in -Brussels.
The French politicians claim the declaration
compromises France's independence and implies that
President NixOn,.hae the authority to Speak for Paris
and other. West European governments at the Moscow
Summit. ? French President Giscard d'Estaing has no .
!_fitention? of reversing his government's decision to
sign the: declaration ,These attacks, however, under-
scorthedif fiOulties. he faces in trying to improve
the tone of relations ;14th: yiashingtOri....-?
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Or.thodot:GaiilliitS,:are aidong, the most bitter
critics Former defense Minister Michel Debre 'termed
the ,declaration another US tactic to subjugate Europe ?
and bring it Under US-Soviet hegemony Former Former for-
eign minister Michel Jobert: has. joined Debre, *reiter-
ating that Paris need's to pursue a Policy of national
. independence:. Jobert spoke of the 'subtle loss of .
? :liberty" that :results "when, One tries to please."
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Critics on the 'left have raised their voices in
&tardier key Socialist Party leader Francois
? Mitterrand spoke pejoratively of the !renaissance:
. of Atlanticism" that the declaration entails. Coni-
munist Party chief Georges Marchais insisted that
? the National Assembly give its approval before the
government signs the document, which he says threat-
.. ens to involve France in "interventions and provoca7
tic:the by the iiStieyorid the region covered by the
NATO treaty.
All of these political figures are outside the
government and share only a desire to put Giscard off
balance. Independence from Washington is a popular
. theme, and it will be difficult for Giscard to coun-
terattack without appearing subservient to the US.'
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. Ground-to-air missiles, probably. SA-7s, were
? fired at Israeli aircraft attacking fedayeen targets
at Palestinian refugee camps last week, but no planes
were downed. The missile is not very,effective
against high-performance aircraft and will not deter
" future Israeli attacks.
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The Soviets and Egyptians have warned fedayeen
officials of alleged Israeli plans to assassinate
selected command lers.in'BeirUt late this month.
. Lebanese security -forces. may already be moving,:
against suspected: Israeli infiltrators. The Beirut
? press on June 24 reported- that a -number of Europeans,
? including -British', 'German, and Swedish nationals, had.
been arrested on suspicion that they were. on:a "sub-
versive Mission for Igazel."
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Moscow's chief negotiator -01T border "issues With .
China, Deputy Foreign Minister IliChev, returned to
Peking yesterday after nearly .a year's absence: The,
timing of. his return--on, the eve :of President Nixon's
visit to Moscow--strongly suggests the SoViets Want. .
to demonstrate that .they can still deal directly, and perhaps even constructively, with Peking: The
timing suggests: also d. hope of forestalling any- em-
barrassing flare-up in Sino-Soviet relations during
: the President's: vieit.
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With "Ilichev'S return in hind, .the. Soviets ? have ?
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placed a:long article in a' leading Polish newspaper-:
outlining the border issue between the USSR and China..
The purpose :of the: article., which is being excerpted -
by the Soviet media,: is to convey "the Soviet, line on
.the border -problem without directly tying Moscow to
any particular position at this time. ;
There is no evidence that either the Soviets
or the Chinese are Prepared to make concessions that
would move the border talks, off deed center. The"
,Polish newspaper article, for example', reiterates
the Soviet contention that the two sides should con-
fine themselves to "specifying" the frontier line
that was "legally established" by prereVolutionary.
treaties.
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NOTES
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v: USSR-Iraq: ::On June 6, a Soviet warship operated
for several hours with six /raqi patrol boats in the.
Persian Gulf Soviet minesweepers and ocean escorts
of the Sovietiindian Ocean force have visited Iraq on
more than -ten occasions since .14arch 1973:. Sandler
exercises with the Iraqi navy therefore stay have oC7
? curred previously, , but this is the: first time there
has been clear :evidence ?
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