THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 11 JULY 1969

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005976873
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 7
• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: July 11, 1969

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The President's Daily Brief
11 July 1969
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MAJOR PROBLEMS
VIETNAM
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SOVIET AFFAIRS
Gromyko's speech to the Supreme Soviet yesterday com-
bined warnings to China with a conciliatory line toward the
US and the West. According to a TASS summary, Gromyko indi-
cated that Moscow is ready for early talks with the US on
strategic arms limitation.
Seeming to swallow any displeasure over President Nixon's
planned visit to Bucharest, Gromyko went back several months
to refer approvingly to the President's st.atement favoring a
"well prepared" summit conference. He took a moderate stance
on West European affairs and, according to press reports, made
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a carefully hedged expression of willingness to discuss Ber-
lin with the three Western powers with a view to preventing
future crises there.
The Soviet foreign minister gave the first public indi-
cation that the Sino-Soviet border navigation talks in Kha-
barovsk are not going well. His references to "certain state-
ments" by Chinese representatives and the "recent new provo-
cation" on the Amur River suggest that the USSR anticipates
a breakdown of the negotiations.
Gromyko reiterated the idea of a collective security
system for Asia, which Brezhnev broaChed in June, but TASS
mentioned no clarification. In recent weeks, Soviet diplo-
mats have touted this vague scheme but have provided no
details.
Gromyko had nothing new to offer on the Middle East.
While decrying the dangers to peace in that area, he made it
clear that Moscow still considers Israeli withdrawal from oc-
cupied areas as a prerequisite for a settlement, along with
recognition of Israel's right to exist.
The Soviets are getting ready for a major space launch,
probably another unmanned lunar attempt. Support ships did
not move very far from station after the failure of the at-
tempt on 3 July.
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MIDDLE EAST
Israel announced yesterday that agreement had been
reached with Aramco on the repair of Tapline, which was
sabotaged by Arab fedayeen on 30 May. In return for being
allowed to begin work on the line, which carries oil through
the Golan Heights from Saudi Arabia to the Mediterranean,
Aramco promised to compensate Israel for pollution damages
and pledged to provide maximum safeguards against any addi-
tional pollution of Israeli water supplies. How much all
this will cost Aramco is not specified[
EUROPE
While the Italian Christian Democratic Party's national
council is considering its next move ?in the present crisis,
the Communists seem to be playing a waiting game. Although
the Communists would probably welcome a breakdown of the po-
litical system, there is no sign that they are encouraging
strikes or disorders.
Top party leaders are appealing to factions of the so-
cialist left to join in a Communist-led coalition, hoping
thereby to win a large vote in the next election--which may
come as soon as late fall or early next year.
II. OTHER IMPORTANT DEVELOPMENTS
There is nothing significant to report.
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