THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 23 JULY 1969

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005976893
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: July 23, 1969

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The President's Daily Brief
23 July 1969
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MAJOR PROBLEMS
EUROPE
British officials have indicated that Prime Minister Wil-
on may raise the ABM issue with the President during their
meeting on 3 August.
The British say their main concern is that the US will
not seek to halt the development of the ABM and MIRV systems.
London's position seems to be that if deployment of these
weapons systems is not frozen, any settlement produced by
SALT would be ineffective in stopping the arms race and hence
would be unacceptable to world opinion.
Underlying this stand is fear that Britain's own nuclear
deterrent force will be weakened considerably if the Soviets
are permitted to deploy an efficient ABM defense`system.
SOVIET AFFAIRS
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There is nothing significant to report on Vietnam or
the Middle East.
II OTHER IMPORTANT DEVELOPMENTS
EL SALVADOR - HONDURAS
El Salvador failed to withdraw its troops from Honduras
by the midnight deadline set by the OAS. This could lead to
a resumption of hostilities. Although both sides claim they
will continue to abide by the cease-fire, they are also pre-
paring for renewed fighting. Honduran planes are being read-
ied for combat operations and El Salvador is reported to have
acquired aircraft from private foreign sources.
The OAS Council went into formal session at midnight
and is expected to convoke a foreign ministers' meeting,
probably on Sunday, to talk over options available under
the terms of the Rio Treaty.
Sources of the US Embassy ?in Tegucigalpa have informa-
tion that Nicaraguan troops crossed into Honduras and that
two planeloads of arms and ammunition have also been sup-
plied to the beleaguered forces of Honduras. President
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Somoza met with the foreign minister of Guatemala yesterday
and they agreed that both countries have a concern in the?
dispute and that El Salvador should be prevented from con-
solidating any territory taken from its neighbor.
The Honduran Government may be hard pressed to restrain
its people from taking retaliatory action against Salvadoran
citizens and this danger will increase if fighting resumes.
Tegucigalpa believes it has done everything possible to con-
form to OAS resolutions, with no reciprocity from San Salva-
dor,
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