THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 24 NOVEMBER 1969

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0006146480
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 8
• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: November 24, 1969

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The President's Daily Brief
24 November 1969
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THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF
24 November 1969
PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENTS
Libya signed an agree-
ment with France under which it will receive various
kinds of military equipment and training. (Page 1)
After lengthy negotiations, Venezuela and the Soviet
Union seem close to a resumption of diplomatic re-
lations. (Page 4)
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LIBYA
Libya has
signed an arms agreement with France. The agree-
ment, signed in Paris on 15 November, calls for
the provision of French aircraft, missiles, tanks,
and radar equipment. Libyan pilots are to be
trained in France, and French technicians will be
sent to Libya. The agreement also contains a
vague French offer of "military support" should
Libya be attacked by its neighbors.
At the same time,
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asked Bonn to broaden its training program for
Libyan military personnel. West Germany is agree-
able in principle, but it has not yet decided how
much to increase its program.
In Libya itself, rumors of antiregime activity
are multiplying. The dissatisfaction is not di-
rected against the new revolutionary state so much
as it is against the inexperienced Revolutionary
Command Council, which is said to be losing the
support of labor, students, and parts of the army.
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Most of the uneasiness seems still to be cen-
tered in the eastern province of Cyrenaica? formerly
the main source of tribal support for the former re-
gime of King Idris. Trouble may be spreading to the
Tripoli area, however, where there are now reports
of dissension within the army and some assassinations
of army personnel.
Even were the present military regime to
be overthrown or reorganized, it seems
highly unlikely that the ancien regime
under the old king could ever be restored.
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CAMBODIA
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VENEZUELA-USSR
Diplomatic relations between Venezuela and the
USSR, broken shortly after World War II, will be re-
? sumed in January,F
ithe Soviets will open an embassy in
Caracas staffed by 30 people, and that funds for an
embassy in Moscow have been requested in Venezuela's
1970 budget. In addition, Venezuelan Foreign Minis-
ter Calvani and his chief of protocol plan to visit
Moscow in December to complete the arrangements.
Negotiating the deal has taken almost a
year, with both sides moving slowly be-
cause the incentive is not especially
great. The benefits will be mostly eco-
nomic--some new markets for Venezuelan
agricultural and mineral exports and a
new outlet for Soviet manufactured goods--
but the experience of the other Latin
American nations that have taken this
step indicates the expansion of trade
will be neither great nor rapid.
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NOTES
Philippines:
Bolivia: In an effort to placate, the unem-
ployed oil workers of Santa Cruz, President Ovando
pulled out all the emotional stops in a speech last
week denouncing Gulf Oil. He claimed Gulf is "wag-
ing war" against Bolivia, and exhorted his listeners
to bear their economic deprivement bravely for the
good of the country. Ovando promised that Bolivia
will soon have new markets for its oil, although he
cited no specific buyer, and added that the gas
pipeline to Argentina would be completed and would
help replace lost revenues.
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