THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 22 NOVEMBER 1973

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005993992
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 13
• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: November 22, 1973

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The President's Daily Brief
22 November 1973
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THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF
22 November 1973
PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENTS
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The-Egyptians are talking with increasing harshness
about what they term Israeli obstructionism in the
cease-fire talks
The senior UN representa-
tive in Damascus reports that the Syrians are moving
more troops into an area along the northern Syrian
cease-fire line. (Page 1)
Argentina's President Peron is seriously ill and
may not survive. (Page 4)
In Cambodia, Communist forces continue to hold a
four-mile stretch of Route 4 and appear to be pre-
paring for an all-out attack on the provincial
capital of Takeo. Floods have temporarily halted
military activity in the Phnom Penh area. (Page 5)
The Austrian Government is planning shortly to re-
place the Schoenau transit center for emigrating
Soviet Jews with new facilities just south of Vienna.
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ARAB STATES - ISRAEL
The Egyptian front remained quiet yesterday,
and only sporadic artillery fire was reported on
the Syrian front. Egyptian General Gamasy has told
the UN Emergency Force commander, General Siilasvuo,
that the prisoner exchange will be completed tomor-
row, a delay of 24 hours.
The Egyptians are talking with increasing
harshness about what they term Israeli obstructionism
in the cease-fire talks.
Cairo will break off talks at Kilometer
101 after today's meeting if Tel Aviv continues its
refusal to discuss the October 22 cease-fire lines.
The official explained that Egypt regards the six-
point agreement as a comprehensive package, not a
series of proposals that can be selectively im-
plemented.
Little information is available on the meeting
of November 19--the only one that has considered the
question of the October 22 lines--beyond the fact
that the two sides exchanged wide-ranging withdrawal
proposals. The Egyptians clearly hope for rapid
progress toward disengaging forces, and the Israelis
would like to slow the process. The Egyptians may
anticipate a serious deadlock that they feel they
would not be able to resolve without US help.
The senior UN representative in Damascus has
reported that the Syrians are moving more troops
into an area along the northern Syrian cease-fire
line. He was apparently unable to determine the
size or nature of the movement. He stated, how-
ever, that the Syrians no longer want any UN patrols
stationed in the area and that the Syrian chief of
staff "probably will not permit" continued UN mobile
patrols.
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SYRIA-USSR
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ARGENTINA
President Peron is seriously ill and may not
survive.
If Peron dies suddenly it is unlikely that his
wife and constitutional successor, Vice President
Maria Estela de Peron, would be able to retain power
for long. Although Peron has allowed her to assume
limited executive duties, she has shown few political
talents and has little support within the Peronist
movement. Should she resign or be forced out, the
succession would constitutionally go to the head of
the Peronist-dominated Senate, who would be required
to call for an election within 30 days.
Such a constitutional successor, however, would
probably not last long--if, indeed, he could even be
put in office. There is no single Peronist leader
sufficiently strong or popular to stand a chance of
gaining control of the Peronist movement peacefully.
A violent struggle for control of the government and
the movement would be likely.
A violent struggle for power would hasten the
re-emergence of the military as the ultimate politi-
cal arbiter in Argentina.
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