THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 23 JULY 1973

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005993882
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• Document Page Count: 11
• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: July 23, 1973

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The President's Daily Brief
23 July 1973
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THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF
23 July 1973
PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENTS
Qadhafi and Sadat to make major speeches today which
may clarify situation in Libya and status of proposed
merger. (Page 1)
EC foreign ministers meeting in Copenhagen this
morning to discuss improving their experiment in
coordinating foreign policies. (Page 3)
Peron may be unopposed in September 23 elections.
(Page 4)
Notes on
probe, the French nuclear
appear on Page 5.
test,
a Soviet Mars
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LIBYA-EGYPT
Presidents Qadhafi and Sadat are scheduled to
make major speeches today which may clarify the
situation in Libya and the status of the proposed
union. In the meantime, the Libyan Government has
come to a virtual standstill, and there are no
signs that differences over the union have been re-
solved.
Qadhafi's resignation has provoked complete
confusion throughout Libya. The ten other members
of the ruling Revolutionary Command Council (RCC)
have refused to accept his resignation and have
threatened to resign en masse unless he returns to
office. None of the council members appears to
have taken responsibility for overseeing the gov-
ernment in his absence and, according to the offi-
cial news agency, the cabinet has submitted a col-
lective resignation as an expression of support for
Qadhafi's leadership. The commercial section of
Tripoli has closed down, and vital public services
including the international airport have apparently
been abandoned by many workers, who presumably have
joined popular demonstrations calling for Qadhafi's
return. Military police units have been placed on
alert but so far there have been no signs of a
breakdown in public order.
Qadhafi is still reported to be in the Benghazi
area, where marchers returning from Egypt are stag-
ing a sit-in until he withdraws his resignation.
The Libyan leader apparently promised the crowds
that he would discuss his resignation in the address
today, but reportedly refused demands that he imme-
diately announce "his return from retirement."
Qadhafi's next move will almost certainly
be determined by his appraisal of the
chances for achieving his own brand of
union with Egypt. He may hope that by
prolonging the drama of the last several
days he can pressure the Egyptians to
make some important concessions on the
union issue.
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Sadat's publication on Friday of Qadhafi's res-
ignation statement and his reception of a small Lib-
yan delegation on Saturday, which presented him with
a document demanding unity, provided a face-saving
way around the embarrassment that confronted each
leader as a result of the "march on Cairo." The
statement issued following the meeting with Sadat
affirmed the commitment of both sides to an official
proclamation of union, as scheduled, on September 1.
These gestures have not resolved differ-
ences over the form union will take. Con-
sultations between Sadat and some members
of the RCC took place yesterday in Cairo.
There are no signs, however, that the
stalemate over merger has been broken.
Despite the rhetoric praising unity, there
has been no indication that Sadat is ready
to back down on his demands for a gradual
approach. He is prepared, and has been
throughout the discussions over the past
month, to proclaim some form of merger on
September 1, but it is doubtful that either
the consultations, the unity procession,
or Qadhafi's resignation has persuaded
him that Libya's continuing demand for
complete and immediate mmerger is in Egypt's
interest.
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EC-US
The nine EC foreign ministers are meeting in
Copenhagen this morning, beginning their regular
semi-annual meeting by considering how to improve
their three-year-old experiment in coordinating
foreign policies. They are also expected to dis-
cuss the US proposal for a new declaration of
Atlantic principles. In response to French insist-
ence on separating political from economic discus-
sions, the ministers will then fly to Brussels to
meet this evening and tomorrow as the EC Council.
Foreign policy coordination so far has
had some limited success, only in part
through the mechanism of convening the
foreign ministers on political topics
every six months and top foreign ministry
officials every three months. The con-
cept of cooperation has helped in de-
veloping positions for CSCE and has en-
couraged many EC ambassadors, particularly
at the UN, to work more closely together.
Common positions have not emerged on such
hot issues as the Middle East, however,
and members find the Zack of a political
secretariat an increasing handicap.
The ministers will be trying to clarify recent
hints of French willingness to strengthen the mech-
anism. A high Quai official says that Paris is
thinking of a "two-pillar" framework for European
cooperation: a "federation" under the Treaty of
Rome, to handle that treaty's economic subjects;
and a "confederation" to treat broad political and
defense issues. Committees would link the "pillars"
and a "European union" would cap them.
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ARGENTINA
Peron may be unopposed in the presidential
elections scheduled for September 23. Radical
Party leader Balbin seems increasingly likely to
become Peron's running mate on a "national unity"
ticket, although arrangements probably will not
be concluded until the Radicals convene a party
congress in another week or so.
Another of the contenders in the elections
of last March has said he will not run. A third
apparently is thinking the same way. If no other
candidates enter the field, the formality of an
election can be avoided by having Congress declare
the single slate elected.
Peron probably prefers this more expedi-
tious method. The military is cool to
anything that smacks of an uncontested
election or plebiscite, but in present
circumstances will not try to upset the
Peron bandwagon.
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NOTES
USSR: Mars 4, the Soviet space probe launched
on Saturday, appears to be functioning normally and
is scheduled to arrive in the vicinity of the planet
next February. Proper conditions for launches to
Mars will exist through August, and additional probes
are expected.
France:
Despite vigorous protests from a
number of South Pacific countries, the French prob-
ably will conduct two or three additional low-yield
atmospheric tests at the Mururoa site this year.
In 1972, they detonated three low-yield devices and
conducted one safety experiment at this site.
Hijacking: Israel and Saudi ?Arabia each claim
to have information that the hijackers of the Japan
Air Lines plane will crash it in a kamikaze-style
raid after the aircraft takes off from Dubai.
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