THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 2 JULY 1973

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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: July 2, 1973

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The President's Daily Brief
2 July 1973
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THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF
2 July 1973
PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENTS
Another military move against the Chilean Government
may be imminent. (Page 1)
The Uruguayan Government is trying to break the
strike called in opposition to the dissolution of
Congress. (Page 2)
The Khmer Communists are trying to cut Route 4,
Phnom Penh's link to the sea. (Page 3)
Egyptian Foreign Minister Zayyat's statement im-
plicitly recognizing Israel has infuriated the
Palestinians, who regard it as a sell-out. (Page 4)
The French have prevented the EC Council from
granting the US compensation for trade losses in-
curred when the community expanded to nine. (Page 5)
A struggle for power appears to be under way in
Iraq's ruling Baath Party. (Page 6)
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CHILE
Another military coup attempt may be imminent.
Officers who have been plotting against the Popular
Unity government appear to believe they must act
now, before President Allende can neutralize them.
Such officers regard last Friday's abortive revolt
by one battalion as premature, and are trying to
pull their plans together for a coordinated effort.
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URUGUAY
The government is trying to break the strike
called in opposition to President Bordaberry's dis-
solution of Congress. After failing to win over
workers with promises of pay raises, soldiers have
evicted strikers from government buildings and fac-
tories, and some 200 union leaders have been ar-
rested.
Although union members have not been unan-
imous in support of the strike, enough
have followed their more radical leaders
to virtually paralyze the capital city.
There has been no significant violence
thus far and, if the authorities continue
to act with restraint and to render the
unions leaderless, none is likely.
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CAMBODIA
The Communists are still trying to cut Route 4
near Kompong Speu. Within the past several days,
enemy forces have closed to within two miles of this
provincial capital, against only light government
resistance.
Although there appears to be no immediate
threat to Kompong Speu itself, the Commu-
nists are likely to increase pressure on
the town to draw government reserves into
the area. This would weaken government
defenses along Route 4 between Kompong
Speu and Thnal Totung farther to the east,
leaving this stretch of road vulnerable to
enemy interdiction. Route 4 was reopened
to government convoys only ten days ago,
following a two-week occupation by enemy
forces.
Another objective of the enemy's campaign
is to eliminate the vestiges of government
control in the countryside immediately sur-
rounding Kompong Speu, where government
pacification programs have had some success.
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EGYPT
During the UN Middle East debate in early June, For-
eign Minister Zayyat argued that the 1947 partition
of Palestine gave the "Palestinian nation" the same
right to exist as it gave Israel. Zayyat's object
was to pave the way for a settlement with Israel
that would regain Egypt's pre-1967 border, without
necessarily dealing with the overall Palestinian
problem. His initiative caused a furor throughout
the Middle East.
--The fedayeen have denounced Zayyat's position as
undermining their goal. to liberate the entire terri-
tory of Palestine, including Israel. They are upset
at the recognition of Israel implicit in the state-
ment.
--Jordan sees the move as a confirmation of Cairo's
intention to conclude a separate peace with Israel,
leaving Amman to fend for itself. Jordan also ob-
jects to the implication that the West Bank should
be the future site of a Palestinian state independ-
ent of Amman.
--Some Egyptian officials disagree with the position,
and even President Sadat is said to be annoyed over
the way Zayyat couched it.
Cairo is now scrambling to explain that it merely
favors self-determination for the Palestinians, giv-
ing them the right to exist within "Palestine" on
any sort of basis they can work out for themselves.
The reassurances are unlikely to succeed. The Is-
raelis, meanwhile, have undercut Egypt's hopes of
solving its border problems by registering a firm
"no" to Zayyat's statement.
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EC-US
At last week's Council meeting, the French
alone adamantly refused to reconsider the Commis-
sion's present mandate that precludes granting the
US any compensation for trade losses incurred when
the community expanded from six to nine. The EC
Commission now plans to meet today with trade of
from member states in an effort to get around
French inflexibility.
The Commission is stretching its instruc-
tions from the Council in eliciting the
views of other members on changing its
mandate, and Paris may not permit the
Commission to explore terms of an improved
offer with the US. The EC Council will
take up the compensation issue again on
July 23.
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Iraq: The killing yesterday of one member of
Iraq's Revolutionary Command Council and the wound-
ing of another could indicate that a struggle for
power within the ruling Baath Party is under way:
The victims, Ministers of Defense and Interior,
were supporters of President Bakr. Baghdad Radio
has announced that the two were lured into a trap
and shot on order of Nazim Kazzar, director of pub-
lic security. Ostensibly Kazzar is a subordinate
of the Minister of Interior, but he is thought to
report to Saddam Husayn Tikriti, the man in charge
of the Baath Party's intelligence and security ap-
paratus, as well as its private strong-arm group.
Iceland: West German negotiators were in Ice-
land late last week working toward a fishing agree-
ment against a deadline of August, when Chancellor
Brandt expects to visit Reykjavik. Norway and Bel-
gium recently have signed accords, accepting some
Icelandic limitations but not recognizing the 50-
mile limit. Should the West Germans sign a fishing
agreement, pressure will build on the British to
pull out their warships and do likewise. Conclusion
of such treaties would also lessen pressure in Ice-
land for closure of the US-manned NATO base at
Keflavik.
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