THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 20 JUNE 1975

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0006014829
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 13
• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: June 20, 1975

_
Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2016/07/14 : CIA-RDP79T00936A012700010009-7
1_ ?
The President's Daily Brief
June 20, 1975
5
----Top?rsertgel_25X1
Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2016/07/14 : CIA-RDP79T00936A012700010009-7
Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2016/07/14 : CIA-RDP79T00936A012700010009-7
Exempt from general
declassification schedule of E.O. 11652
exemption category, SKI ),(2).(3)
declassified onlXi on aPPomml of
the Director of Central Intelligence
?I,c
Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2016/07/14 : CIA-RDP79T00936A012700010009-7
Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2016/07/14 : CIA-RDP79T00936A012700010009-7
FOR THE PRESIDENT ONLY
June 20, 1975
Table of Contents
Syria: (
/(Page 1)
CSCE: The USSR is putting pressure on the West to
conclude the summit conference before the Au-
gust vacation period. (Page 3)
Portugal: Signs of discord are appearing within
the Armed Forces Movement. (Page 4)
Italy:
Communist chief Berlinguer
to concentrate on local
affairs. (Page 5)
Egypt-Libya:
Azores: The Portuguese military governor of the
Azores is willing to make administrative and
economic concessions but again has ruled out
independence for the islands. (Page 7)
Notes: Egypt-USSR; India; Greece; Canada-Pakistan
(Page 8 and 9)
FOR THE PRESIDENT ONLY
Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2016/07/14 : CIA-RDP79T00936A012700010009-7
25X1
25X1
25X1
25X1
25X1
Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2016/07/14 : CIA-RDP79T00936A012700010009-7
FOR THE PRESIDENT ONLY
SYRIA
1
FOR THE PRESIDENT ONLY
Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2016/07/14 : CIA-RDP79T00936A012700010009-7
25X1
Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2016/07/14 : CIA-RDP79T00936A012700010009-7
FOR THE PRESIDENT ONLY
2
FOR THE PRESIDENT ONLY
Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2016/07/14 : CIA-RDP79T00936A012700010009-7
25X1
Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2016/07/14 : CIA-RDP79T00936A012700010009-7
FOR THE PRESIDENT ONLY
CSCE
The EC foreign ministers will meet
in Luxembourg on June 24 and will probably
suggest that, if agreement can be reached
on the remaining issues, July 28 would
be a better date for the Helsinki summit
meeting than the July 22 date that has
been proposed by Brezhnev in letters to
heads of the major Western countries.
In recent weeks, Soviet concessions have fa-
cilitated agreement on many issues. There is now
a consensus that the present phase of the confer-
ence could be completed in time to permit a finale
next month, but only if something can be worked out
on such still unsettled issues as military-related
confidence-building measures, follow-on meetings,
quadripartite rights in Berlin and Germany, and
Cypriot representation at the summit. This last
question has been raised by Ankara's demands that
the Turkish Cypriot community be represented in
the Cypriot delegation and by Turkey's objections
to the presence of Makarios at Helsinki.
In proposing a specific date for the summit,
the Soviets are putting pressure on the West to
conclude the CSCE before the August vacation pe-
riod. The Finns have let it be known that they
will need four weeks' advance notice to prepare for
the meeting.
A postponement of the summit from July to some
time in the fall would complicate Brezhnev's cal-
endar, particularly his projected visit to the US.
Moreover, the longer the conference goes on, the
greater the chance that developments elsewhere--in
Portugal, for example--could imperil a successful
conclusion.
3
FOR THE PRESIDENT ONLY
Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2016/07/14 : CIA-RDP79T00936A012700010009-7
Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2016/07/14 : CIA-RDP79T00936A012700010009-7
FOR THE PRESIDENT ONLY
PORTUGAL
The deliberations of the ruling
Revolutionary Council over Portugal's
future enter their seventh day amid
growing signs of disunity within the
Armed Forces Movement,
The Council issued a communique yesterday ex-
pressing its displeasure with attempts to encourage
an "advance toward dictatorship of the proletariat
with the support of armed militias." The statement
said this course is incompatible with the "plural-
ist path already defined for the Portuguese revo-
lution."
This is a direct rebuke to the extreme leftist
organizations that have brought Portugal close to
anarchy in recent weeks and a warning to the Com-
munists. It suggests that moderate officers on
the Revolutionary Council are becoming more asser-
tive. The marathon session of the Revolutionary
Council points to deep divisions at the highest
levels of the Movement.
One member of the Movement
expects an attempt by
pro-communist officers to oust moderate members
of the Revolutionary Council. The radical officers
reportedly plan to call a meeting of the Armed
Forces General Assembly within a week to propose
changes in the membership of the Revolutionary
Council. They will accuse moderates of preventing
the Council from taking decisive action. Ousted
members would then be replaced by pro-communists.
4
FOR THE PRESIDENT ONLY
Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2016/07/14 : CIA-RDP79T00936A012700010009-7
25X1
25X1
25X1
25X1
25X1
Declassified in Part- Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2016/07/14 : CIA-RDP79T00936A012700010009-7
FOR THE PRESIDENT ONLY
ITALY
Communist chief Enrico Berlinguer
25X1
lis concerned about pres-
sure in the party ranks for new moves on
the national political scene and wants
to keep firm control of the situation
and avoid being pushed into hasty moves.
Berlinguer will be cautious, stressing, as he
did during the campaign, that the party's main ob-
jective for now is to provide "good government" at
the regional and local levels. Implicit in what he
says is the idea that Communist participation in the
national government is the only way of ensuring
similar progress at that level.
The Communists have all of the other parties
on the defensive. Even the Socialists, who reg-
istered moderate gains and almost certainly will
be joining the Communists in more local governments,
are worried about being overshadowed in these al-
liances.
The prospect of an increase in such local al-
liances is one of the reasons behind the haste of
Christian Democratic leader Fanfani in proposing
yesterday that the four-party, center-left coali-
tion be revived immediately. He is trying to get
the Socialists involved in negotiations before they
have time to put together many local governments
with the Communists.
Unless the Christian Democrats offer powerful
incentives, the Socialists are likely to resist for
the time being. In addition to being divided over
post-election strategy, the Socialists do not want
their option of joining the Communists at the local
level to become part of the bargaining for a new
national government.
5
FOR THE PRESIDENT ONLY
Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2016/07/14 : CIA-RDP79T00936A012700010009-7
Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2016/07/14 : CIA-RDP79T00936A012700010009-7
FOR THE PRESIDENT ONLY
EGYPT-LIBYA-LEBANON
President Sadat
Sadat has made a point of not interfering in
the affairs of other Arab countries in order to
divorce himself completely from the interventionist
image that Egypt acquired under Nasir. In Qadhafi's
case, however, he seems to have come near the end
of his patience. the
Egyptians would like to see Qadhafi replaced by
Prime Minister Jallud, the second-ranking member
of the ruling council.
The governor of Lebanon's central
bank told Ambassador Godley in Beirut
this week that Libya has transferred
funds considerably in excess of its
normal commercial and diplomatic needs
into Lebanon during May and June.
Libya uses these funds to support a variety
of leftist, Muslim, and radical fedayeen organiza-
tions in Lebanon. President Qadhafi would like to
see a radical Muslim government installed in Beirut
that would abandon Lebanon's policy of co-existence
with Israel and would provide active support for
the fedayeen.
The Libyan embassy has also bought outright
at least four Beirut newspapers. Lebanese authori-
ties are trying to close two of them for allegedly
slandering Egyptian President Sadat.
6
FOR THE PRESIDENT ONLY
Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2016/07/14 : CIA-RDP79T00936A012700010009-7
25X1
25X1
25X1
25X1
Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2016/07/14 : CIA-RDP79T00936A012700010009-7
FOR THE PRESIDENT ONLY
AZORES
The Portuguese military governor of
the Azores again has ruled out independ-
ence for the islands, but implied that
Lisbon is willing to make administrative
and economic concessions to satisfy the
disaffected Azoreans.
The military governor, speaking at an anti-
independence demonstration, acknowledged that the
Azores have serious problems and conceded that ad-
ministrative autonomy is an urgent requirement.
He ruled out independence as a solution for these
problems, however, and denounced the separatists as
wealthy landowners trying to protect their privi-
leged status. Earlier, it seemed that the governor's
position might be in danger because of his pro-
Azorean sympathies. So far, there have been no
reports of purges of pro-Azorean military officers,
and the governor is said to have been given a vote
of confidence in Lisbon.
Our consulate in the Azores reports that 9 of
the 36 detained separatist leaders were released on
June 17.
7
FOR THE PRESIDENT ONLY
Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2016/07/14 : CIA-RDP79T00936A012700010009-7
25X1
25X1
Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2016/07/14 : CIA-RDP79T00936A012700010009-7
FOR THE PRESIDENT ONLY
NOTES
Egypt has put more restrictions on Soviet
naval access to its ports and territoriaT-757ers.
the Egyptians are
now requiring diplomatic clearance for Soviet war-
ships to enter Alexandria on two recent
occasions the flagship of the Mediterranean squad-
ton has been denied permission to enter the port.
The Egyptians so far do not appear to have inter-
fered with Soviet use of the repair facilities at
Alexandria.
Indian Prime Minister Gandhi's appeal of her
recent conviction for campaign violations in 1971
will be submitted to the Indian Supreme Court on
Monday instead of today.
Mrs. Gandhi's party and the opposition are
planning major rallies in New Delhi this weekend.
Prime Minister Karamanlis' handpicked candi-
date, Constantine Tsatsos, was elected president
of Greece yesterday by a parliamentary vote of 210
to 65.
Tsatsos is not expected to assume the preroga-
tives granted constitutionally to the chief of state;
these will be exercised by Karamanlis as prime min-
ister. Tsatsos was the principal architect of the
new constitution and has been closely linked with
Karamanlis during his long political career.
(continued)
8
FOR THE PRESIDENT ONLY
Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2016/07/14: CIA-RDP79T00936A012700010009-7
25X1
25X1
25X1
Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2016/07/14 : CIA-RDP79T00936A012700010009-7
FOR THE PRESIDENT ONLY
Canada is insisting on stricter safeguards on
nuclear technology and equipment than it has de-
manded heretofore in negotiations with Pakistan
for a new accord covering cooperation on nuclear
energy.
Pakistan has refused to accept Canada's new
conditions, labeling them as "discriminatory."
The Trudeau government is still smarting from the
criticism it received for providing New Delhi with
the reactor used to produce plutonium for India's
first nuclear device. In negotiations with Paki-
stan, Canada is requiring tougher safeguards than
those imposed on sales to India.
9
FOR THE PRESIDENT ONLY
Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2016/07/14 : CIA-RDP79T00936A012700010009-7
Declassified in Part -Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2016/07/14 : CIA-RDP79T00936A012700010009-7
Top Secret
Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2016/07/14 : CIA-RDP79T00936A012700010009-7