THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 8 JUNE 1974

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0006007978
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 8
• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: June 8, 1974

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The President's Daily Brief
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THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF
June 8, 1974
PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENTS
Saudi Arabia
Italian Communist leader Enrico Berlinguer contin-
ues to press toward eventual full membership for
his party in Italy's governing coalition. (Page 2)
The Viet Cong have accepted South Vietnam's offer
to resume talks in Saigon. (Page 3)
Morocco will soon withdraw its expeditionary force
from Syria. (Page 4)
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SAUDI ARAB IA
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ITALY
Italian Communist leader Enrico Berlinguer con-
tinues to press toward eventual full membership for
his party in Italy's governing coalition. In a speech
before the Communist Party's Central Committee this
week, he proposed broader and "formal" consultations
between the Communists and the governing parties in
parliament on major policy questions. The proposal
is an attempt to make more visible the "cloakroom"
consultations that have long taken place between the
Communists and the members Of the governing coalition.
Berlinguer also wants again to impress the ruling
parties with his thesis that to govern effectively
they need the cooperation of the Communists--Italy's
second largest party--although he says he does not
expect to be let into the coalition soon.
Berlinguer's move will probably find support in
the Socialist Party and in the left wing of the dom-
inant Christian Democratic Party. These elements see
an advantage in giving the Communists increased lever-
age, since Communist support could provide the margin
required to pass economic and social measures that the
left advocates but that are now blocked by conserva-
tives.
The Communists' allies in organized labor are
also urging Communist participation in the government.
The Communist-dominated trade union federation is
arguing that Italian workers would be more inclined
to accept sacrifices required by the government's
austerity program if the Communists were given at
least a limited voice in the national government.
In public, the principal Christian Democratic
leaders so far have shown no sign of yielding to Com-
munist pressure. Recent talks between US embassy of-,
ficials and well-placed Christian Democrats suggest,
however, that their confidence has been shaken by the
defeat in the divorce referendum, the deterioration
of the economy, and the upsurge in politically moti-
vated violence. They claim that these events are
making it increasingly difficult to counter the argu-
ment that the party should reach an accommodation with
the Communists.
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SOUTH VIETNAM
The Viet Cong and the South Vietnamese will re-
open suspended military talks in Saigon next week on
implementing a cease-fire and searching for missing
servicemen. The deputy chief of the Viet Cong.dele-
gation announced today that his side had accepted
Saigon's offer to resume negotiations on Tuesday.
The South Vietnamese yesterday restored diplomatic
privileges and immunities to the Communist delegates,
the condition demanded by the Communists for return-
ing to the conference table.
The Viet Cong announcement apparently covers
their return to the bilateral talks and participation
in the four-party Joint Military Commission, which
includes delegations from the United States and North
Vietnam. Talks between the two sides in Paris, aimed
at working out a political solution and setting up
general elections in South Vietnam, are still suspended.
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NOTES
Morocco-Syria: Morocco will soon withdraw its
expeditionary force from Syria,
The departure of the
force of some 2,000 men and 60 tanks, reportedly
scheduled for last month, was delayed until a dis-
engagement agreement between Syria and Israel could
be concluded.
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