THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 9 MARCH 1973

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005993766
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 10
• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: March 9, 1973

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The President's Daily Brief
9 March 1973
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THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF
9 March 1973
PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENTS
there are growing in-
dications that Arab guerrillas are giving special
emphasis to operations against Americans. (Page 1)
Agreement among Japan's opposition parties to coop-
erate in the Diet will add measurably to Tanaka's
difficulties in dealing with major issues. (Page 2)
Peruvian President Velasco
His most likely successor is
Prime Minister Mercado. (Page 3)
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FEDAYEEN
There are growing indications that Arab terror-
ists are giving special emphasis to operations
against Americans. US officials in Amman are said
to have been the main target of an aborted fedayeen
operation last month in Jordan in which the guer-
rillas planned to attack the embassy and seize the
ambassador and military attache.(
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JAPAN
The four opposition parties have agreed to co-
operate in the Diet on several specific topics. The
issues include yen revaluation, inflation, and spec-
ulation in land and commodities. The parties' meet-
ing on Wednesday was the first time in six years
that they have sat down together.
Even if the alliance does little more than
disrupt and delay Diet proceedings, these
tactics will add measurably to Tanaka's
difficulties in dealing with major issues.
He is already being sniped at by members
of his own party, and Japanese governments
customarily do not force a vote unless at
least one opposition party agrees to end
debate.
The opposition arrangement is fragile, how-
ever, because it does nothing to resolve
the parties' fundamental differences.
Quarreling has been especially bitter be-
tween the Communists and Socialists.
Perhaps more significant over the long
term is the new willingness of the Social-
ist Party and the Komeito to work with the
Communists at the local level.
Komeito's shift to the left already has
allowed the Socialist governor of Tokyo
to put together a clear majority of the
Metropolitan Assembly.
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Mercado stands fairly well with both the
moderates and the radicals in Peru's revo-
lutionary government. Although not the
first choice of either group, he appears
to be the best bet, given the widespread
desire to avoid an open succession battle.
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USSR:
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