THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 22 MARCH 1973

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• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005993777
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• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: March 22, 1973

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The President's Daily Brief
22 March 1973
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THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF
22 March 1973
PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENTS
Brezhnev will visit Bonn in May--the first such
trip by a top Soviet official. (Page 1)
In Vietnam, 17 small infiltration groups, mostly
composed of civilian administrators, have been
noted entering the pipeline in the past two days--
the first since March 4. (Page 2)
Cambodian Government moves against prominent oppo-
sition leaders are adding to mounting tensions in
Phnom Penh. (Page 3)
Sadat is reported to have fired Prime Minister
Sidqi and charged his adviser Hafiz Ismail with
forming a new cabinet. (Page 4)
Sudanese President Numayri is increasingly suspi-
cious that Qadhafi planned the Black September op-
eration in Khartoum. (Page 5)
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USSR - WEST GERMANY
Brezhnev will visit West Germany in May, ac-
cording to Bonn's Foreign Office, in the first such
trip by a top Soviet official. Moscow has under-
scored the importance of the occasion by indicating
that he will not stop in East Berlin or any other
European capitals.
The West Germans plan to treat the occasion as
a full state visit and expect it to last some five
days. It will include side trips to other West Ger-
man cities. The precise dates must still be ironed
out.
Brezhnev and Brandt appear to have estab-
lished a good rapport when they met in
the Crimea in 1971. Their coming discus-
sions will range over Europe-wide topics
such as the CSCE, MBFR, and the future
course of Brandt's Ostpolitik as well as
more immediate bilateral issues.
Continuing differences over how to refer
to the status of Berlin are bound to
arise in connection with any agreements
on cultural and scientific-technical ex-
changes or economic cooperat'ion. The Ger-
mans hope that, by raising this subject
at the highest level, they can persuade
the Soviets to go further in acknowledging
links between West Berlin and West Germany.
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SOUTH VIETNAM
Seventeen small infiltration groups, whose
total strength is probably less than 500, have
been noted entering the pipeline at Vinh in North
Vietnam in the past two days. The infiltrators
in these groups are primarily civilian administra-
tors.
Over 2,000 military and civilian admin-
istrators have now been identified en-
tering the system since the cease-fire.
This amounts to at least a fifth of the
infiltrators of all categories who are
estimated to have started south in this
period--an unprecedentedly high propor-
tion. Prisoner reports suggest that
some of them may be South Vietnamese who
are returning after several years of
training in the North.
This is the first time since March 4 that
southbound groups have been noted in mes-
sages from this area.
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CAMBODIA
A government.spokesman today tried to dispel re-
ports that Republican Party head Sink Matak is under.
house arrest, but in effect confirmed that he is be-
ing held incommunicado.
President Lon Nol is thinking of sending him out.o
the country.
Lon Nol told
a key Republican official on Tuesday that he and
other party leaders would be arrested unless they
"purified" themselves by resigning. The President
added that it was inappropriate to belong to a
party headed by 'a "prince"--Matak.
The move against Matak probably stems from
recent rumors associating him with royal-
ist plotting against the government.
Matak's long-time foe, Brigadier General
Eon Non, is the most likely source of such
allegations0
the government
has arrested former Democratic Party chief In Tam,
although the government spokesman states that no
special security measures have been. taken in his re--
gard. In Tam finished a respectable second in the
presidential election last summer, and has strongly
advocated reconciliation with the Khmer insurgents.
Important figures in the government will
be increasingly apprehensive about their
own- positions. This will be especially
true of General Fernandez, the army chief
of staff. Fernandez ranks high on Eon'
Non's list of political enemies.
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EGYPT
Hafiz Ismail, presidential adviser, is forming
a new cabinet following the resignation of Prime
Minister Sidqi on March 15
Sidqi is reported to have resigned at Pres-
' en adat's request. The government reorganiza-
tion may be announced early next week.
Sadat may believe that removal of Sidqi--
who is disliked by many Egyptians--will
help heal some of the divisions troubling
the government. Sadat's decision may
also have been influenced by fear that
his own position was threatened by the
ambitious prime minister.
Hafiz Ismail is a trusted lieutenant of
Sadat and a logical choice for prime min-
ister. His appointment would seem to con-
firm Sadat's continued interest in polit-
ical efforts to resolve the dispute with
Israel.
The new government, however, may-be'pre-
sented to the country as a "war cabinet"
in order to underscore Sadat's commitment
to regain the occupied territory
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SUDAN
President Numayri
has received numerous messages on behalf of the
eight Black September terrorists from most Arab
governments, including Egypt. The conspicuous
absence of such a message from Libya has fed Nu-
mayri's suspicion that Qadhafi planned the Khar-
toum operation.
In an interview last week, Numayri referred
repeatedly to "another Arab state" as "one of
Black September's planners and financiers" which
was responsible for selecting Khartoum as the site
for the capture and murder of diplomats. Several
Sudanese suspected of Libyan sympathies have been
arrested.
Meanwhile, earlier this week Sudan and the
fedayeen agreed to halt their propaganda war. For
public consumption, the Sudanese accepted the Pal-
estinian Liberation Organization's denial of com-
plicity in the murders and Yasir Arafat's promise
to investigate the affair.
Whether Numayri has agreed not to execute
the terrorists remains unclear.
their trial will not
begin until late April, after Numayri
returns from visits to Eastern and West-
ern Europe.
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LIBYA
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, NOTES
Lebanon-Fedayeen: A fedayeen attack on a gov-
ernment checkpoint in the southeast yesterday re-
sulted in two Lebanese deaths. The incident con-
firms reports of some recent guerrilla reinfiltra-
tion, which may have indicated preparations for
a raid into Israel in retaliation for Israel's
strikes against fedayeen bases in northern Lebanon
last month. Recently intensified army patrols
could have triggered yesterday's clash.
Uruguay: Key generals, displeased with Pres-
ident Bordaberry's failure to implement the mili-
tary's plans to deal with the deteriorating economy,
apparently have decided that the President must re-
sign. They have not yet agreed on a successor, who
in any event will carry out the military's direc-
tives. The removal of Bordaberry would strip away
the last facade of civilian authority in the Uru-
guayan Government.
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