THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 12 SEPTEMBER 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: September 12, 1973

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The President's Daily Brief
12 September 1973
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THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF
12 September 1973
PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENTS
Chile's President Allende is dead and the armed
forces, together with the carabineros, are working
to consolidate their successful coup. (Page 1)
The Soviets have suddenly stopped jamming some US,
British, and West German radio broadcasts. (Page 2)
The Japanese have told the reluctant Soviets that
they want to discuss the Northern Territories during
Prime Minister Tanaka's trip to Moscow. (Page 3)
West Germany plans to negotiate directly with the
Soviets on issues holding up the renewal of Bonn's
ties with Moscow's allies. (Page 4)
The Soviets have trained Iraqi air crews for the
TU-22 medium bomber. (Page 5)
The nonaligned conference broke little new ground
and demonstrated no new unity. The Soviets lost
ground to the Chinese. (Page 6)
As a result of a major reshuffle of the armed forces
leadership, General Krit Sivara has become an impor-
tant political power in Thailand. (Page 7)
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CHILE
The armed forces, with the help of the na-
tional police, have assumed control of Chile. A
four-man junta, composed of the chiefs of the
armed services and the carabineros intends to
govern with advice from civilians. The junta's
plans for political reform indicate that such
civilians will be businessmen and professional
guild leaders responsible for recent anti-govern-
ment shutdowns, rather than political leaders who
had opposed Allende. The new rulers have declared
Congress to be in recess.
The three military members of the junta
only recently assumed command of their
respective services, replacing chiefs
ousted for various reasons. They are
all respected and experienced leaders.
The acting national police chief has
much closer relationships with the mili-
tary than do most top carabinero offi-
cers.
President Allende is dead, but reports that
he committed suicide have not been confirmed. The
junta is taking precautions not to be blamed for
Allende's death, and is arranging for a private
family burial in his native Valparaiso today.
There was no massive worker support for Al-
lende in the face of the well-organized military
coup. Some of his armed followers in the slums
of Santiago fought the troops, and there was ex-
tensive and effective sniper fire directed against
the attackers on the presidential palace. Mili-
tary raids early yesterday on factories held by
armed workers, however, deterred a strong leftist
reaction. Junta leaders are concerned about the
possibility of disorder in Valparaiso today
Many supporters of the Allende adminis-
tration were taken by surprise and may
be Lying low until chances for retalia-
tion are better.
The only strong reaction from among Latin Amer-
ican governments has come from Cuba. The Castro
government has charged that its embassy was attacked
by Chilean forces and has complained because the
Chileans tried to stop by force a Cuban ship hastily
leaving Valparaiso yesterday. The junta has an-
nounced it will break relations with Havana.
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USSR
On September 10 the Soviet Union stopped jamming
VOA broadcasts in Russian and minority languages.
Jamming of Russian-language programs of the BBC and
Deutsche Welle also ceased. Radio Liberty and Radio
Free Europe are still being jammed.
This is the first break in jamming since
it was resumed during the invasion of Czech-
oslovakia. It coincides with the letup in
the propaganda campaign against Sakharov
and other Soviet dissidents which has pro-
voked extensive protest in the West.
At least for the moment, the regime has
swung from public excoriation of Sakharov
and other dissidents to conciliatory moves
aimed at quieting the outcry in the West
and avoiding serious problems at CSCE,
which reopens on September 18.
The swings in Soviet policy reflect the
leadership's difficulty in balancing ef-
forts toward detente abroad and discipline
at home. They may also indicate uncer-
tainty or disagreement over priorities in
pursuing these two objectives.
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JAPAN-USSR
Prime Minister Tanaka yesterday was quoted in
the Tokyo press as warning the Soviets that progress
must be made on the Northern Territories issue if
his visit to Moscow next month is to be a success
and economic pacts are to be signed. Tanaka sug-
gested that he might come home "empty handed" if he
cannot make progress on the Northern Territories
issue, thus preparing the Japanese public well in
advance.
The Prime Minister's tough stand may be
intended in part to prod the Soviets to
conclude the drawn-out negotiations on
the agenda for Tanaka's visit. The So-
viets have so far refused to agree that
Brezhnev will even discuss the Northern
Territories, thus casting a cloud on Japa-
nese hopes. Continued Soviet occupation
of these four islands north of Hokkaido
is especially resented by the Japanese
since the US returned Okinawa in 1972.
Tanaka's position probably also reflects
disenchantment with the prospects for
Japanese participation in Siberian eco-
nomic development opportunities. After
months of discussions on buildi7 pipe-
line for the Tyumen oil project,
only 25 million tons
of oil per year would be available to Ja-
pan, not the 40 million tons the Japanese
had hoped for.
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WEST GERMANY - USSR
Special Minister Egon Bahr has restated Bonn's
contention that progress in the deadlocked negotia-
tions with several East European states is dependent
upon reaching an understanding with Moscow on the
Berlin agreement.
Bonn's negotiations on the establishment
of diplomatic relations with Czechoslovakia,
Hungary, and Bulgaria remain stalled over
the issue of whether West Germany can rep-
resent the interests of West Berlin insti-
tutions. The Soviets now admit that they
have instructed the East Europeans not to
give in.
Bahr stated that arrangements have been made
for him to begin negotiations with Soviet Ambassador
Falin, who is expected to return to Bonn later this
month.
Foreign Minister Scheel might also
discuss the Berlin issue with Foreign Minister
Gromyko at the UN General Assembly.
Soviet officials, including Deputy Foreign Min-
ister Kuznetsov, reportedly suggested to West German
representatives earlier that the scope of the nego-
tiations be broadened to include other problems
hampering their relations.
It is possible that the Soviets only wish
to use the meetings to complain about
alleged West German violations of the
Quadripartite Agreement. If they are
willing to discuss implementation of the
agreement with Bonn directly, however,
this will signal a change in their tactics,
if not policy. Moscow previously has de-
clined to discuss Berlin-related matters
with Bonn, on the grounds that Berlin is
a political entity independent of West
Germany.
The revelation by Bahr and the Foreign
Office representative of Bonn's plans is
in part an attempt to pressure the Western
Allies to intervene with Moscow. Earlier
requests by the Foreign Office that the
Allies consider an approach to Moscow were
turned down as premature. Bahr last week
bluntly remarked that since the Allies are
not willing to talk to Moscow, he will do
so himself.
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USSR-IRAQ
Four Soviet transports that flew from the USSR
to Baghdad over the past few days probably took Iraqi
Air Force personnel home from training in the USSR.
Some of these personnel may have learned
to Z and service the TU-22 medium
oug t e Soviets have not yet
exported TU-22s, it is likely that they
will give some to Iraq soon.
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NONALIGNED CONFERENCE
After a day's extension, the meeting broke up
Sunday in a cloud of cliches, with several leaders--
including King Faysal--scrapping their plans to
speak. The final resolutions largely repeated the
work of the previous three nonaligned conferences,
condemning US policies in Israel and Indochina as
well as colonialism and apartheid.
The US nevertheless came off reasonably well;
most speakers attacked a nameless imperialism and
colonialism. The Soviets seem to have lost ground
with the nonaligned movement, most of whose members
lumped the USSR with the US as rich, powerful, and
menacing states. Fidel Castro's overenthusiastic
espousal of the Soviet position backfired against
both the USSR and Castro. The Chinese stayed in the
background, while their views on big-power hegemony
gained ground.
The Middle East resolution had been somewhat
watered down. It nevertheless demanded immediate,
unconditional withdrawal from the occupied Arab ter-
ritories, condemned the US--and unnamed other powers--
for giving support to Israel, and called on the non-
aligned states to work on measures for a full boy-
cott of Israel: diplomatic, economic, military, and
"cultural." Only Cuba actually broke relations with
Israel, but Tel Aviv was more isolated than ever; no
one was willing to speak out publicly in its support.
In addition, the assembled leaders
--supported peaceful reunification of Korea and
withdrawal of all foreign troops;
--backed Puerto Rican independence and Panama's
claim of sovereignty over the Canal Zone;
--unanimously stood behind African liberation
movements, and sharply criticized various West-
ern countries, as well as South Africa and
Japan, for supporting colonialism and racism
in Africa; and
--recognized the right of every state to na-
tionalize its own resources, as well as the
right of developing countries to break agree-
ments imposed by force.
Although the leaders 1-eportedly established a
special fund to promote the economic and social de-
velopment of nonaligned states, they failed to set
up a permanent secretariat to make their collective
views known to the great powers. The Algiers meet-
ing did, nevertheless, focus attention for a time
on third world concerns.
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THAILAND
In a major reshuffle of the armed forces lead-
ership, General Krit Sivara, who has been the number
two man in the army under Field Marshal Praphat,
moves up to become commander-in-chief.
A number of loose ends remain to be
sorted out. For one thing, Prime Minis-
ter Thanom may step down from the largely
honorific position as supreme commander,
in favor of Praphat. Thanom and Praphat,
however, evidently will retain their po-
sitions as prime minister and deputy
prime minister, respectively, and thus
will continue to exercise the real power.
Krit's promotion also opens up more room
at the top, which should ease the growing
unrest among senior officers over long
delays in advancement.
While it is not a foregone conclusion
that Krit is the designated heir-apparent
to the Thanom-Praphat regime, he is now
clearly the front-runner. He will prob-
ably have to contend, however, with
Thanom's politically ambitious son,
Colonel Narong.
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