THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 5 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 5, 1974

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The President's Daily Brief
June 5, 1974
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THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF
June 5, 1974
PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENTS
The USSR and Japan are trying to still the controversy
touched off last week by Western press reports that
the USSR no longer wants foreign participation in
developing Siberian resources. Soviet officials have
gone to unusual lengths to deny the reports. (Page 1)
Three Soviet minesweepers are apparently on their way
to undertake minesweeping operations for Egypt at the
southern end of the Gulf of Suez. (Page 2)
Turkey's withdrawal of its research ship from con-
tested areas of the Aegean Sea has further diminished
chances of a serious incident between Greece and Tur-
key. (Page 3)
Phnom Penh is calm in the
minister of education and
dent agitators yesterday.
several students and have
(Page 4)
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wake of the killing of the
a presidential aide by stu-
The police have arrested
imposed an extended curfew.
(Page 5)
Talks begin today between the Portuguese
of the insurgent movement in MozaMbique.
gents are in a good bargaining position,.
and leaders
The insur-
(Page 6)
Some dissident military units in Bolivia may have re-
volted against the Banzer government. (Page 7)
Notes on Israel-Syria, Egypt-Israel,
also appear on Page 7,
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USSR-JAPAN
The Soviets and Japanese are trying to still the
controversy touched off last week by Western press
reports that Soviet Oil Minister Shashin had said the
USSR no longer wants foreign participation in devel-
oping Siberian resources. The day after Shashin
spoke, D. M. Gvishiani, deputy chairman of the Soviet
State Committee for Science and Technology, telephoned
officials at Gulf Oil and told them to disregard
Shashin's remarks.
The Soviet ambassador in Tokyo also moved quickly
to set the record straight. He stressed publicly
that Moscow's attitude toward Siberian projects had
not changed. Tass reaffirmed Soviet interest in de-
velopment talks with other countries--particularly
Japan--and the Japanese press also emphasized that
Shashin's remarks had been misinterpreted.
Shashin apparently did indicate that the Tyumen
oil development project is dead, but this has become
increasingly clear over recent months. The Japanese
lost interest in Tyumen as the estimates of oil re-
serves went down and the price per barrel increased.
The Soviet suggestion in April that the oil be trans-
ported by an expensive second Siberian railroad,
rather than by pipeline, further dampened Japanese
enthusiasm.
There is no sign, however, that either Moscow
Or Tokyo has lost interest in exploring for natural
gas in Yakutsk or for offshore oil near Sakhalin.
In addition, Moscow has hailed the signing on June
3 of a Soviet-Japanese agreement to exploit Siberian
coking coal deposits as.the beginning of large-scale,
long-term economic cooperation. The accord will en-
able Tokyo eventually to obtain coking coal worth
about $8 billion at projected world prices
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MR-EGYPT
Three Soviet minesweepers
may be on their way to undertake minesweep-
ing operations for Egypt in the Strait of Gubal at
the southern end of the Gulf of Suez. An Egyptian
newspaper reported recently that the USSR will clear
mines and war debris from the Gulf of Suez before Au-
gust 18, at no cost to Cairo.
The Soviet ships--all Natya-class units--are
the Soviet -navy's most modern seagoing minesweepers.
The USSR may also send two minesweepers now in the
Indian Ocean and others from the Pacific Fleet, as
it did during the Bangladesh harbor-clearing opera-
tion..
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GREECE-TURKEY
Ankara's withdrawal of its research ship from
contested areas of the Aegean Sea has further dimin-
ished chances of a serious incident between the two
countries. According to a Turkish foreign ministry
official, the oil exploration ship "completed its
mission" yesterday and is returning to Turkish waters
with its naval escort. The official said that Ankara
would shortly respond to the Greek note of May 25 in
which Athens, while stopping short of agreement to
negotiate the seabeds issue, suggested that there
was some basis for discussion. The Turkish official
added that Ankara would seek to resolve problems in
a spirit of "mutual understanding," but would defend
its rights to the "bitter end."
The US consulate in Thessaloniki reported on
June 3 that the alert was being eased in northern
Greece, although military movements were continuing.
Turkish forces also seem to have relaxed the high
level of alert set late last week.
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CAMBODIA
Phnom Penh is calm in the wake of the killing
of the minister of education and a presidential aide
by student agitators yesterday.- The police have ar-
rested many students, imposed an extended curfew,
and suspended classes for three days starting today;
at least six students have been killed or wounded.
The students who seized the two government offi-
cials at the Ministry of Education hoped to exchange
them for nine students and teachers recently detained
by police for subversive activity. It appears that
the officials were shot by their captors when police
stormed the high school.
Yesterday's bloodshed has its roots in the stu-
dents' and teachers' long-standing discontent with
the government's performance. During the past year
teachers have staged strikes, public protests, and
a work slowdown to dramatize their demands for higher
wages. The teachers were joined on occasion by stu-
dents protesting the government's failure to reduce
corruption and inflation.
The students' extremism may arouse public sym-
pathy for the government. At the same time, however,
the killings may inspire opportunistic critics within
Lon Nol's dominant Socio-Republican Party to increase
their attacks on Prime Minister Long Boret for fail-
ing to take strong action against the agitators some
time ago.
Thus far the government has used restraint in
dealing with student and teacher unrest; if it should
overreact this time, there may be more violence.
Judging from past performance, the government is not
likely to succeed in redressing the grievances that
have generated the discontent.
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CANADA I (MIA
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MOZAMBIQUE
Talks between the Portuguese and leaders of
the insurgent movement in Mozambique open today in
Lusaka, Zambia. The insurgents are in a good bar-
gaining position, largely because of their strong
military situation.
Since the first of the year they have extended
their operations into central Mozambique, an area
of heavy white settler concentration. The settlers
there have protested inadequate government security
measures; they fear that Lisbon intends to pull out
its troops and turn the area over to the insurgents.
In recent weeks, unrest among whites has spread
to the capital of Lourenco Marques, an area that has
not been touched by the insurgency. The situation
there has been aggravated by labor agitation, grow-
ing support for the insurgents among the African
population, and Lisbon's long delay in appointing
a new governor general for the territory.
Because
of this pessimistic view, Lisbon is likely to hold
out for gradual political change in the territory.
The Portuguese may be forced, however, to meet the
front's demands for early recognition of an inde-
pendent Mozambique or risk intensified insurgency.
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NOTES
Bolivia: .Some dissident military units may have
revolted against the Banzer government. Press reports
from Bolivia this morning indicate that tanks and ar-
mored cars have surrounded the presidential palace in
La Paz and that troops were keeping reporters away at
gunpoint.. Meanwhile, President Banzer is in the city
of Sucre, 360 miles southeast of the capital. Late
yesterday it appeared that Banzer had defused the
coup plotting by deciding to exile some of the leading
dissident military officers who have been planning
his ouster for some time.
Israel-Syria: Israel apparently has begun to
pull back some of its forces in the Golan Heights.
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Syria has begun to withdraw its forces from the front.
Egypt-Israel:
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