THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 30 APRIL 1973

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
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• Document Page Count: 9
• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: April 30, 1973

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The President's Daily Brief
30 April 1973
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THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF
30 April 1973
PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENTS
Chancellor Brandt's primary goal during his visit
to Washington is to reaffirm Bonn's commitment_to
close ties to the US and to NATO. (Page 1)
Cambodian President Lon Nol has bowed to demands
that all important executive decisions by the new
high political council be taken by majority vote.
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The North Atlantic Council has decided to accept
a compromise that will give Hungary less than full
status at the MBFR preparatory talks. (Page 3)
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WEST GERMANY
Chancellor Brandt's primary goal during his
visit to Washington is to reaffirm Bonn's commit-
ment to close ties to the US and to NATO. Brandt
has been concerned by charges that he has allowed
Bonn's relations with the US to deteriorate. He
has strongly rebutted this and sees his trip as a
demonstration of continuing harmony with Washington.
Brandt intends to probe for details of the new
Atlantic cooperation concept unveiled in Dr. Kissin-
ger's speech. He told Ambassador Hillenbrand on
April 26 that he was generally impressed by the
speech, but intends to seek clarification of cer-
tain problem areas. He questions, for example,
whether it is possible to deal with major politi-
cal, economic, and military problems as a whole,
and he is uncertain how Japan can be associated
with the Atlantic Alliance.
Other matters of particular interest to Brandt
are the Middle East situation and Brezhnev's trip
to Bonn next month. Brandt's recent talks with
Tito have convinced the German leader that Sadat's
precarious position urgently requires progress to-
ward a solution.
Bonn is dissatisfied with Soviet interpreta-
tions of the Four-Power Berlin Agreement. Brandt
notes that despite an exchange of personal letters
with Brezhnev, there has been no satisfactory prog-
ress with Moscow regarding West German representa-
tion of West Berlin's interests.
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CAMBODIA
President Lon Nol met with the three other
members of the new high political council on Saturday
and bowed to their insistence that all important
executive decisions be taken by majority vote. Later
the same day, Lon Nol promulgated the decree offi-
cially establishing the council and naming him its
president and Cheng Heng its vice-president.
Sink Matak
has been greatly encouraged by the
relative speed and ease with which the council was
formed and its powers defined. Matak said that he
had hoped to be the vice-president, but that he
deferred to Cheng Heng in the interest of unity
when it became clear that Cheng Heng attached con-
siderable importance to the position. The other
council member, In Tam, has told US Embassy officers
that he, too, is satisfied with the trend of events
thus far.
The council will hold its first meeting today
to discuss the selection of a new cabinet. The
three major political parties reportedly will be
asked to submit recommendations on ministerial ap-
pointments and on policy matters.
Although Lon Nol seems sincere in his
interest in getting the council under
way, he evidently has some reservations
about its effectiveness.(
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NOTES
MBFR: The North Atlantic Council has decided
to accept a compromise that will give Hungary less
than full status at the MBFR preparatory talks.
The Council also instructed the Allied delegations
in Vienna to leave the matter of an agenda to the
later negotiations unless an agreement could be
reached quickly.
Sudan:
USSR:
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