THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 5 JUNE 1975

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0006014816
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• Document Page Count: 16
• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: June 5, 1975

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The President's Daily Brief
June 5, 1975
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NATO: West European leaders generally were satis-
fied with last week's summit meeting. (Page 1)
Portugal: The Socialist Party has renewed its threat
to pull out of the governing coalition unless
the dispute over its newspaper is resolved.
(Page 3)
Jordan-Syria: President Asad is scheduled to arrive
in Amman on Sunday for discussions with King
Husayn. (Page 4)
China: Peking again has expressed openly its ap-
proval of a continued strong US presence in
Europe and Japan. (Page 5)
Note: Cyprus (Page 6)
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NATO
West European leaders who attended
last week's summit meeting generally
have been satisfied with the session.
Most were gratified by your assurance
that the US will continue to fulfill all
its commitments to NATO. Press reaction
to the meeting has been mixed, but many
European newspapers have complained
that the heads of government only dis-
cussed problems and did not arrive at
solutions.
Positive public comments have been made by
several leaders. Luxembourg's Prime Minister Thorn
commented that you have successfully calmed Euro-
pean fears that US reverses in Indochina would lead
to a disengagement from Western Europe. Turkish
Prime Minister Demirel made similar remarks. West
German Foreign Minister Genscher said the summit
was an impressive confirmation of the resoluteness
of the NATO Allies.
Danish Prime Minister Jorgensen played down
the summit as "undramatic," but said he was satis-
fied with it. Italian President Leone privately
stated that he was satisfied with the outcome.
Portuguese Prime Minister Goncalves used the
summit and several press conferences to stress that
Portugal will remain in the Alliance and is deter-
mined to meet its obligations. Reacting to ex-
pressions of concern about the leftist tendencies
of the rulers in Lisbon, Goncalves asked the Allies
for more "comprehension and less apprehension" about
Portugal. He also stressed several times that
Lisbon will not be a "Trojan horse" within the Al-
liance. Goncalves, treated to a hero's welcome on
his return from Brussels, said the Portuguese dele-
gation had scored an important victory in a "veri-
table information battle."
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Greek Prime Minister Karamanlis and Turkish
Prime Minister Demirel commented positively on the
summit and on the private meeting they held to dis-
cuss bilateral problems. Both men described the
latter meeting as useful and indicated that their
dialogue will continue.
French officials have not commented in much
detail. They probably would prefer not to arouse
new debate in France over whether Paris is moving
closer to or divorcing itself further from the
Alliance. Foreign Minister Sauvagnargues has tried
to reassure the public that your comment that there
should be no partial memberships in NATO was not
directed at France.
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PORTUGAL
The Socialist Party has renewed
its threat to pull out of the govern-
ing coalition; this time setting Sat-
urday as the dealine for final resolu-
tion of the dispute over its newspaper.
The ultimatum reportedly was delivered to the
Revolutionary Council last Friday, when the Social-
ists agreed to end their boycott of cabinet meetings
A Socialist source reportedly told the press that
the ultimatum was kept secret to give the military
time to pressure the Communist printers to go back
to work under the newspaper's Socialist editor.
Our embassy reports that the government appears
anxious to find an early solution and the dispute
may now be headed for a settlement.
Socialist leader Soares has used the newspaper
affair to dramatize his concern that the Communist
Party is making a concerted drive for power. Faced
with only a small minority of votes in the constit-
uent assembly and with their popularity declining,
Soares claims that the Communists are using delay-
ing tactics to discredit the assembly and other
political parties.
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JORDAN-SYRIA
President Asad is scheduled to ar-
rive in Amman on Sunday for a two-day
stay that reciprocates King Husayn's
visit to Damascus in April. The two
leaders will almost certainly discuss
military cooperation, but in talks with
Ambassador Pickering both Husayn and
Prime Minister Rifai denied that the
two countries would form a joint mili-
tary command.
Rifai told the ambassador that such an arrange-
ment would cause significant domestic "disruption"
and also aid Israeli efforts to block US support for
Jordanian air defense. He stated categorically that
there were no plans to station Syrian troops in Jor-
dan.
Recent reports, nevertheless, indicate Jorda-
nian-Syrian military cooperation has increased sig-
nificantly. Syrian military personnel were seen in
northern Jordan on several occasions recently, and
in mid-May, Syrian and Jordanian air force officers
reportedly surveyed sites in northern Jordan for
locating antiaircraft artillery and surface-to-air
missiles. Jordan also has reoriented some of its
forces toward Israel and away from Syria. During
the past several weeks, Jordanian armor has appeared
in the Jordan Valley for the first time in about
five years. Both the King and Rifai claim that the
Jordanian moves are a "precautionary" defense
against Israeli attack.
The attache believes that while planning for
missile sites may well have taken place, it is
doubtful that any missiles or accompanying Syrian
troops will be moved across the border unless Jor-
dan is drawn into a major conflict with Israel.
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CHINA
Peking again has expressed openly
its approval of a continued strong US
presence in Europe and Japan.
The Chinese press has given unusually positive
treatment to the NATO summit and your European trip.
The New China News Agency has stressed statements
that underline the US commitment to NATO, the deter-
mination of the Alliance to remain militarily strong
and politically cohesive, and US assurances that
detente with Moscow would not detract from US inter-
ests elsewhere.
In addition, a Japanese Socialist Party delega-
tion, during meetings in Peking three weeks ago,
was "astonished" by the openly benign attitude Pe-
king displayed toward the US. According to an ac-
count given to the US embassy in Tokyo, the Chinese
waved aside the Socialist Party's proposals that a
final communique call for a reunification of Taiwan
with the mainland and attack the US-Japanese Mutual
Security Treaty, as well as US policy in Indochina.
The communique did contain an unfavorable ref-
erence to US efforts to "bolster" President Pak and
"hang on" in South Korea, however, and claimed that
US bases "infringed" on Japanese sovereignty and
integrity. Our embassy reports, on the other hand,
that the Japanese Socialists believe the US was men-
tioned in the context of opposing superpower hege-
mony as a Chinese concession to the Socialists, ap-
parently in order to get them to agree to strong
anti-Soviet language. In fact, a member of the So-
cialist delegation stated that the Chinese reviled
and attacked Moscow throughout the discussions.
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NOTE
The second round of talks between Turkish and
Greek Cypriots is scheduled to begin today in Vienna;
no major breakthrough is in sight.
Prospects that Greek Cypriot negotiator Cler-
ides and Turkish Cypriot negotiator Denktash might
come to grips with major issues dimmed after the
experts' committee they commissioned at their first
round of talks in May failed to reach agreement on
the powers of the central government in a proposed
federation. In fact, the Turkish Cypriot negotia-
tor sought to postpone the talks, but apparently
was overruled by Ankara. Turkey wants to avoid
blame for the lack of progress when UN Secretary
General Waldheim--under whose auspices the talks
are being held--reports to the Security Council on
June 15. The Turks are also anxious to maintain
the better atmosphere with Greece produced by the
meeting between Turkish Prime Minister Demirel and
Greek Prime Minister Karamanlis at the NATO summit.
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