THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 17 JUNE 1974

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• 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: June 17, 1974

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June 17, 1974
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THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF
June 17, 1974
PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENTS
Syria reportedly is taking additional measures to
ensure that radical fedayeen elements in Lebanon do
not cross into Syria. (Page 1)
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In Cambodia, Prime Minister Long Boret has announced
a new cabinet. Meanwhile, evacuation of civilians
from the besieged government enclave at Lovek has
begun, (Page 2)
Individuals opposed to President Makarios and in
favor of union of Cyprus with Greece are once again
resorting to violence. (Page 3)
Egyptian Foreign Minister Fahmi has postponed his
visit to Moscow. (Page 4)
Tribal leaders in North Yemen have finally pledged
to support the new government. (Page 4)
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Syria reportedly is taking additional measures
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CAMBODIA
Cambodia has a new government. The bulk of
cabinet members in Prime Minister Long Boret's gov-
ernment announced yesterday are from President Lon
Nol's Socio-Republican Party or are independents.
The key portfolios of defense and foreign af-
fairs remain in the hands of holdovers from the pre-
vious cabinet. Boret, who took less than a week to
form his new cabinet, brought in as First Vice Pre-
mier Pann Sothi, a frequent critic and troublemaker
for past governments.
According to a prearranged agreement between
Boret, Sink Matak, and Lon Nol, members of Matak's
Republican Party stayed out of the cabinet in return
for at least one spot on the High Executive Council,
the country's top policy-making body.
Evacuation of civilians from the besieged govern-
ment enclave at Lovek, 25 miles northwest of Phnom
Penh, has begun.
Government forces this weekend succeeded in?
clearing a corridor from Lovek to a beachhead on the
Tonle Sap River. Approximately 3,000 civilians sub-
sequently embarked on junks for further travel up-
stream to Kompong Chhnang. Khmer Communist forces
thus far have offered no significant opposition to
the evacuation operation. Insurgent messages, how-
ever, continue to stress the urgency of isolating
and destroying Lovek--which still contains large num-
bers of civilians and military personnel--and its
Tonle Sap beachheads. Munitions shortages and the
slow arrival of reinforcements may be delaying those
efforts.
Elsewhere in the Phnom Penh area, government
forces continued their slow advance along Route 5
north of the capital against increasingly stiff re-
sistance.
In southwestern Cambodia, the isolated government
garrisons at Kompong Seila and Das Kanchor continue
to hold out against persistent shelling attacks and
ground probes. Meanwhile, government reinforcements
from Kampot are en route to Kompong Som, the country's
only deepwater port. The recent fall of a small out-
post near Kompong Som has heightened government fears
of Communist actions against the port city and the
nearby naval air base at Ream.
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CYPRUS
Individuals opposed to President Makarios and
in favor of union of the island with Greece are once
again resorting to violence. There have recently been
a number of bombings and a shooting incident that have
been blamed on remnants of EOKA-B--the once potent
and now officially outlawed opposition group formerly
led by General George Grivas, who died last January.
Cypriot police forces have been arresting members
of that organization, and Makarios has accused the
Greek government of attempting to supply it with arms.
Markarios' anger at Athens has been heightened by the
open involvement of some Greek officers from the
Cyprus national guard in opposition activities; he
asked Athens to remove a number of these men from
the island.
Cypriot national police forces probably are
capable of overcoming a direct threat to Makarios'
rule by opposition elements on Cyprus. Additional
Greek Cypriot turmoil is likely, however, and might
spill over into the Turkish Cypriot community.
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Egypt-USSR: Egyptian Foreign Minister Fahmi
reportedly has postponed his announced visit to Mos-
cow to arrange an-Egyptian-Soviet Summit. Akhbar
al-Yawm editor All Amin, a leading Cairo columnist,
reported on June 15 that the trip would be postponed
at least a month because Fahmi intends to visit West
Germany, Romania, and the US during July.
North YeMen: Colonel Hamdi is now in full con-
trol of the country. On Saturday, tribes that had
earlier threatened to occupy the capital pledged
their support of Hamdi's Command Council. Important
tribal groups subsidized by Saudi Arabia, led by
Sheikh al-Ahmar, the head of the dissolved consulta-
tive assembly, fell into line shortly after the
Saudis announced their support for the new North
Yemeni leadership. South Yemen thus far shows no
sign of trying to influence the new situation in the
north.
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