THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 29 NOVEMBER 1969

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0006146490
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 7
• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: November 29, 1969

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The President's Daily Brief
29 November 1969
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THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF
PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENTS
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The European Communities are ready for their
summit meeting, but eventual entry of the UK
still depends on the French. (Page 2)
The UN may have its choice of CBW resolutions--
Swedish, Canadian, and Soviet. (Page 3)
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NORTH VIETNAM
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EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
The leaders of the member states of the Euro-
pean Communities open their long-awaited summit
meeting Monday in The Hague. Among the topics to
be discussed are the internal strengthening of the
Communities, the possibility of their enlargement,
and the relationship between the two.
The French have dropped their veto on UK
entry, but are insisting on a "definitive"
agricultural financing agreement, complete
with provisions for vetoing changes, be-
fore the opening of negotiations with
London. Other members may be unwilling
to go along all the way with this French
condition, but the French may demonstrate
some flexibility.
The governors of the central banks of the EC
countries are proposing a mechanism whereby member
states facing balance-of-payments difficulties
would be able to obtain credits for a period of up
to three months. The total credit line to be
available--three billion dollars, plus additional
back-up credits of the same amount--is far greater
than most observers had expected.
This forward movement on the so-called
Barre Plan comes in the wake of French
devaluation and German revaluation, both
of which emphasized the necessity for
closer economic coordination.
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UN - ARMS CONTROL
Alva Myndale the chief Swedish disarmament ex-
pert at the UNe told the US mission that her gov-
ernment will continue to push its draft resolution
on chemical and biological warfare. The .proposal
Would have the General Assembly condemn all CBW
agents including tear gas and herbicides.. Sweden
has been successful in securing backing on this is-
sue from most of the other nonaligned nations rep-
resented at the Geneva disarmament talks.
The Canadians are considering a blending of
their draft resolution on CBW with that of the USSR.
The result would include a provision requesting the
Geneva conferees to conduct urgent negotiations
aimed at reaching agreement on a convention prohib-
iting the development e Production, and stockpiling
of CBW agents and requiring the destruction of,
existing weapons in:that field. By approving such
a provision, the Assembly would be supporting the
CBW initiative Foreign Minister Gromyko Sketched at
the UN last September.
The seve,ral csw resolutions will probably
'come up for voting in about two weeks. and
will cause acrimonious debate.
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NOTES
Pakistan: Suspicions that President Yahya
Khan IngEarto retain power indefinitely may be re-
duced, at least temporarily, by his announcement
yesterday that national elections will be held on
5 October 1970. Restrictions on normal political
activity, in effect since martial law was imposed
in March, are to be removed by the end of this
year. West Pakistan, administered as a unified
state in recent years, will be split into ethnic
and linguistic provinces in response to minority
demands for an end to Punjabi domination. Yahya's
specific acceptance of the one man - one vote for-
mula for elections meets a long-standing demand
from more populous East Pakistan.
USSR - Far East: A new civil air agreement
with Malaysia, which--according to Reuters--was
signed on 27 November for implementation next year,
adds Kuala Lumpur to the cities served by Aeroflot's
Moscow - New Delhi - Singapore route. Djakarta and
Colombo are also served by Aeroflot, and discussions
for landing rights are now going on with Thailand
and Cambodia.
USSR:
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