THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 2 JULY 1975

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0006014839
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• Document Page Count: 9
• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: July 2, 1975

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The President's Daily Brief
July 2, 1975
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Israel: Some members of Prime Minister Rabin's
coalition are urging him to consider conces-
sions to Egypt in order to preserve Israel's
close relationship with the US. (Page 1)
Lebanon: Prime Minister Karami and PLO Chairman
Yasir Arafat agreed last night to enforce an
immediate cease-fire. (Page 3)
Syria: Equipment associated with the Soviet-
supplied Scud short-range ballistic-missile
system in Syria for the
first time.
(Page 4)
Notes: Syria-Israel; USSR-Iraq (Page 5)
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ISRAEL
Some members of Prime Minister
Rabin's coalition are urging him to con-
sider making further concessions to Egypt
in order to preserve Israel's close rela-
tionship with the US.
One of the country's most respected commenta-
tors wrote yesterday that sources close to Rabin
claim he is facing stronger pressure for concessions
from within his coalition than from Washington.
The drive is spearheaded by the leftist Mapam Party,
supported by the small Independent Liberal Party
and some leading members of Rabin's Labor Party.
The latter reportedly include Foreign Minister Allon
and Yitzhak Navon, chairman of the Knesset Foreign
Affairs and Defense Committee, and a member of the
Labor Party's conservative Rafi faction headed by
Defense Minister Peres and Moshe Dayan.
Navon, probably echoing a major argument used
by the advocates of concessions to buttress their
case, told reporters after a briefing by Rabin two
days ago that, in his opinion, Israel's security is
more dependent on close ties to the US than on a
"single mountaintop or one single place." Israel,
he pointedly remarked, won wars in 1948, 1956, and
1967 without having possessed the Gidi and Mitla
passes in the Sinai and was unable to prevent a war
in 1973 when it did.
Some press reports suggest that Israeli advo-
cates of greater flexibility are arguing that the
government should be guided by what it can get from
the US--not Egypt--in return for giving up the
passes completely. Specific objectives being dis-
cussed include:
--A two-year US economic aid commitment worth
$2 billion.
--Military aid to meet the major part of mili-
tary requests over the next two years.
--A public announcement by the US administra-
tion to Congress that the US would support Is-
rael's reaction to any Egyptian violation of
the agreement.
(continued)
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Before making his next move, Rabin probably
wants to get a better reading of feelings in Wash-
ington and Cairo An order to prevent another break-
down of the negotiations. An article two days ago,
for instance, by a commentator close to Peres sug-
gests that conservatives in the cabinet are arguing
that there may be an element of bluff in the US
position which could be smoked out by Israel's de-
mand for further "clarifications" of the Egyptian
position. The commentator claims the Israeli gov-
ernment thinks Washington and Cairo are extremely
anxious to make progress before Secretary Kissinger
meets Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko later this
month, before Egypt celebrates its Revolution Day
on July 23, and before the UN mandate in the Sinai
expires on July 24.
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LEBANON
Lebanese Prime Minister Rashid Karami
and PLO Chairman Yasir Arafat agreed last
night to enforce an immediate cease-fire
in Lebanon. They announced their agree-
ment after discussing relations between
Lebanon and the Palestinians with Syrian
Foreign Minister Khaddam, senior Lebanese
army officers, and fedayeen leaders.
Public acceptance of this agreement by Arafat
and by Syria suggests that the main Palestinian
units will stay on the sidelines as the security
services attempt to stop the continuing heavy fight-
ing by radical leftists, small fedayeen groups, and
Christians, Should the large fedayeen groups aban-
don their policy of neutrality and come to the aid
of the radicals, civil war would be certain.
The continued fighting probably is part of a
last-ditch effort by Lebanese leftists and fedayeen
radicals to draw the Lebanese army into the fray.
George Habbash, the Libyan-supported head of the
Marxist-oriented Popular Front for the Liberation of
Palestine, reportedly is leading this attempt.
The effort could succeed. Karami and President
Franjiyah reportedly may be considering a further
agreement that would replace the current commander
of the army--as desired by Karami and his Muslim
supporters--and engage the army in efforts to restore
order, a move right-wing Christians have long advo-
cated.
Karami, supported by Arafat and the Syrians,
is in a stronger position than most of his predeces-
sors to overcome Muslim opposition to army involve-
ment. He can claim that, because he is defense min-
ister as well as prime minister, he will be able to
protect the Muslim and Palestinian communities
against possible army excesses.
Leaders of the Phalanges and Progressive Social-
ist parties, which have been left out of the cabi-
net, have still offered no public comment on the
new government. Phalangist leader Pierre Jumayyil
reportedly has promised Interior Minister Shamun
that his followers will respect the cease-fire.
The new cabinet is likely to remain at its
present size of six members for two or three months
at most. The only cabinet formed without the Pha-
langists and the Socialists in recent years--that
of June 1972--lasted less than a month.
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SYRIA
Equipment associated with the Soviet-
supplied Scud short-range ballistic-mis-
sile system in Syria
for the first time.
one Scud transporter-
erector-launcher and nine Scud resupply transporters
near Al Qutayfah, some 20 miles northeast of Damas-
cus. No missiles were seen.
Scuds have been reported in Syria for more than
18 months, but have never been seen by Westerners.
The nine resupply transporters suggest that at least
one Scud brigade of at least nine missile launchers
has been formed.
The Scud has a range of about 180 miles and
could cover virtually all of Israel from southern
Syria.
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NOTES
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Soviet Union
Iraq
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