THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 3 OCTOBER 1974

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
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• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: October 3, 1974

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The President's Daily Brief
October 3, 1974
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October 3, 1974
Table of Contents
Israel-Jordan-Fedayeen: Terrorist activity along
Israel's borders has increased over the past
two weeks. (Page 1)
Greece: A parliamentary election was announced
yesterday for November 17. (Page 2)
Portugal: President Costa Gomes claims that the
leftward bias of the press has created an un-
warranted impression of Communist influence.
(Page 3)
Cyprus: Acting Cypriot President Clerides is to
decide today whether to resign. (Page 4)
Cambodia: The discontent caused by sharp increases
in prices has eased temporarily. (Page 5)
Venezuela: President Perez' vigorous defense of
Venezuela's oil pricing policies has inspired
wide popular and official support. (Page 6)
Notes: Iraq-France; China. (Page 7)
Annex: Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Territories
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ISRAEL-JORDAN-FEDAYEEN
Terrorist activity along Israel's
borders has increased over the past two
weeks. Last Saturday, an Israeli offi-
cer and a fedayeen guerrilla died in a
clash on the Lebanese border. On Tues-
day, Israeli border patrols killed two
infiltrators on the Lebanese border and
another near the southern frontier with
Jordan.
the two fedayeen
killed on the northern border members of the
group responsible for the Qiryat Shemona massacre
last April in which 18 Israelis died. The Israelis
have intensified patrols, have made shallow penetra-
tion raids into Lebanon, and are shelling suspected
fedayeen locations inside the Lebanese border.
Tuesday's incident on the Jordan border was
the fourth there in a month, after several years
of relative quiet. The Israeli reaction has been
moderate so far. Israeli Information Minister
Yariv has stressed publicly that there has been no
Jordanian complicity in the fedayeen infiltrations,
and that Amman is trying to stop them.
The US embassy in Tel Aviv reports, however,
that Israeli officials believe the Jordanians could
do more to prevent the infiltrations. In an appar-
ent attempt to show their displeasure, the Israelis,
,sent aircraft over Amman yesterday for the first
time in several years, creating sonic booms.
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GREECE
Greek political parties have become
more active in anticipation of the parZia-
mentary elections which was announced yes-
terday for November 17. The activity has
touched off grumbling
among some royalists and military
officers, who fear their own positions
will be endangered if Prime Minister
Karamanlis scores a solid victory at the
polls.
Military officers appear concerned primarily
over recent disciplinary actions Karamanlis has
taken and further moves he might make. They are
also critical because the Prime Minister has not
prevented frequent attacks on them by the press.
We believe that a move against Karamanlis at this
time would probably be unsuccessful, largely be-
cause the army would not unite behind it, Right-
ists, including army officers, realize that they
stand to gain from elections held before the left
has been able to organize well.
The feuding communists have managed to pull
together in only a limited way./
Karamanlis is apparently having trouble get-
ting his New Democracy Party, established, He is
trying to attract liberals and uncommitted youth,
in particular, ?to broaden his base. To do this,
he will have to drop 50 to 60 former key party
supporters of his old National Radical Union from
his list of candidates. Former deputies from his
old party are disturbed that his party's prepara-
tions for the election are still lagging,
Andreas Papandreou's Pan Hellenic Socialist
Movement has been getting off to a slow start. Two
new political groups have emerged:
--Some prominent politicians, all relatively
young and nearly all associated with resistance
to the former junta, have formed a left-of-
center movement called "new political forces."
--Former minister of defense Garoufalias
has
announced that he and nine other former depu-
ties will form their own party.
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PORTUGAL
In a conversation with Ambassador
Scott on Tuesday, newly installed Presi-
dent Costa Gomes claimed that the left-
ward bias of the media has created an
unwarranted impression of Communist in-
fluence in Portugal. The ambassador
noted that Costa Gomes may have been less
than frank when he said that, except for
Communist Party leader Cunhal, there are
no Communists in the government.
Costa Gomes emphasized his government's plans
to adhere to the program of the Armed Forces Move-
ment and reaffirmed Portugal's fidelity to its in-
ternational commitments, including NATO.
Foreign Minister Soares told the ambassador
that Costa Gomes will address the UN in late Octo-
ber, as former president Spinola had planned to do.
General Neto, a Spinola loyalist who was ousted
from the junta and as chief of staff of the air
force last weekend, paints a dark future for Portu-
gal under Costa Gomes.
that he expects a backlash from the armed
forces when they realize that the country is being
led toward the far left.
Neto also claims that Costa Gomes wants to do
away with the junta but that the Armed Forces Move-
ment is resisting this and wants to fill the four
vacancies created over the weekend with its own
people.
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CYPRUS
Acting Cypriot President Clerides
is to decide today whether to resign.
Clerides' well-orchestrated threat to quit was
designed to force the various Greek and Greek Cyp-
riot elements to declare themselves either for or
against him. Should he succeed in winning pledges
of backing from a substantial number of Greek Cyp-
riots and a stronger public statement of support
from Makarios, Clerides will probably consent to re-
main.
The US embassy in Nicosia reports that Clerides'
threat to resign has already sparked a rise of sen-
timent for him among Greek Cypriots, and the cam-
paign to bring Makarios back appears to be losing
some of its momentum.
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CAMBODIA
The discontent caused by sharp in-
creases in prices has eased temporarily,
mostly because Cambodian civil servants
and military personnel have just received
promised pay increases.
Pay envelopes this week were unusually fat,
since they include increases retroactive to Septem-
ber 1. The full impact of the higher prices will
not hit until mid-October.
Meanwhile, the antics of Lon Non, the Presi-
dent's younger brother, continue to worry top mili-
tary and civilian officials. Lon Non plans, for
example, to visit military commanders around the
capital and in the provinces, and this has given
rise to rumors that he is after a top military
post. General Sosthene Fernandez, commander of
the army, is taking no chances; he has canceled
a trip abroad and is actively seeking assurances
of support from other senior officers.
The far-fetched political plans Lon Non has out-
lined to journalists and his agitation for changes
in the Socio-Republican Party--the President's pri-
mary political base--are contributing to the general
uneasiness.
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VENEZUELA
President Perez' vigorous defense of
Venezuela's oil pricing policies has in-
spired wide popular and official support.
Partly as a result of strong nationalist
sentiment on this issue, the President,
in the six months since his inauguration,
has established a clear advantage over
his political rivals and critics.
In an apparent effort to curb excessive reac-
tions on the petroleum issue from members of both
his own Democratic Action Party and the government,
Perez is reported to have prohibited official com-
ment on recent remarks by US officials, unless he
specifically approves such comments.
Some of his advisers are said to be urging him
to carry Venezuela's position to the United Nations
this month. Perez, however, appears to be awaiting
a response to his public letter to you before de-
ciding on his next course of action.
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China: China's imports from the US will prob-
ably reach only $800 million this year, down from
earlier US projections of $1.1 billion. The causes
of the drop are recent rescheduling of agricultural
deliveries and cancellation of contracts. The Chi-.
nese have postponed delivery of about 1 million tons
of wheat until 1975, and have canceled a large con-
tract for US soybeans, perhaps because earlier ship-
ments were contaminated. Nevertheless, Chinese im-
ports from the US reached $709 million through Au-
gust, up $20 million over the same period in 1973.
Chinese exports to the US are expected to reach $100
million, up from $64 million last year.
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