THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 31 DECEMBER 1974

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0006007906
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
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• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: December 31, 1974

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The President's Daily Brief
December 31, 1974
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December 31, 1974
Table? of ' Contents. ?
Portugal: Plans for elections this spring are pro-
ceeding smoothly. (Page 1)
'Notes: Greece; Japan (Page 2)
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PORTUGAL
Voter registration in Portugal,
which began early this month, is pro-
ceeding smoothly. Technical problems
may delay the election of the constit-
uent assembly next spring, but only
for two or three weeks. The Portuguese
Communists--perhaps sensing that they
will not do well in the election?have
charged that the registration process
is being sabotaged in some rural prov-
inces. They have been urging that the
election be delayed for an indefinite
period.
A government spokesman has stated that no ir-
regularities have been discovered, and both the
Socialist and Popular Democratic parties have de-
plored any effort to delay or to cast doubt on the
validity of the elections.
The communists suffered a setback last week
when the Superior Council of the Armed Forces--a
group of 20 top leaders of the Armed Forces Move-
ment--re-emphasized that the Movement is not
aligned with any political group. Both the Portu-
guese Communist Party and the communist-dominated
Portuguese Democratic Movement have tried to con-
vince the public that they are closely allied with
the Armed Forces Movement.
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NOTES
Greece withdraws a top combat unit from the
Turkish border, where it had been posted last July
at the peak of the Cyprus crisis.
The US consul in Thessaloniki has reported
seeing medium and heavy artillery pieces, tanks
and trucks, probably belonging to the 20th Armored
Division, moving away from the frontier, presumably
toward the unit's peacetime location in Thessaloniki.
Japan finds its four-year shipbuilding boom
has subsided.
The oil crunch has particularly affected or-
ders for tankers, which have accounted for about
80 percent of the tonnage ordered from Japanese
yards. In all, during the first three quarters of
1974, Japan has received only 25 percent of world-
wide orders for ship construction compared with 60
percent during the comparable period the preceding
year.
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