THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 6 OCTOBER 1970

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005977722
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 11
• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: October 6, 1970

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The President's Daily Brief
6 October 1970
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THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF
6 October 1970
PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENTS
The cease-fire is continuing to hold in Jordan.
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Anwar Sadat's nomination to the Egyptian presidency
is discussed on Page 3.
In Chile, the Christian Democrats' decision to back
Allende in the runoff election virtually assures
his victory. (Page 4)
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Harassing attacks continued against the Cambodian
column on Route 6. (Page 7)
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President Pompidou departs today for his one-week
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JORDAN
The situation in Amman continues to improve.
On Sunday, the US ambassador was able to drive?
freely around the capital without an escort.
The fedayeen have begun to withdraw from
northern cities. There are still some 2,000 in
Irbid, but they are behaving peacefully and their
withdrawal is expected within the next two or
three days
Fi'he---fedayeen control the area from
the outskirts of Ramtha northwest to the Syrian
border while the army controls the perimeters of
the city and the roads to the south. Fedayeen
forces remain in control of Jarash/
The fedayeen.are almost en-
tirely out of Zarqa and the army is turning con-
trol of the city over to the Public Security
Forces.
A clash between army units and fedayeen
forces occurred yesterday at the village
of Harima, eight miles north of Irbid,
but it appears to have been an isolated
incident. It points up, however, the
intense mutual distrust between the army
and the fedayeen that could lead to other
such incidents.
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On 4 October, Yasir Arafat met for the first
time with Jordanian representatives on the media-
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EGYPT
Anwar Sadat's nomination by the Arab Social-
ist Union, Egypt's only legal political organ-
ization, virtually assures him of the presi-
dency. Egypt's legislative body, the National
Assembly, has been called into session to con-
firm the nomination. The Assembly will pre-
sent his name to a referendum tentatively
scheduled for 15 October.
Sadat has appeared in the past to be a figure-
head in the Egyptian Government who owed his
position more to his loyalty to Nasir than to
his own political strength or acumen. He
brings an aura of legitimacy to his new posi-
tion, however. He was a member of Nasir's
original revolutionary group and Nasir named
him vice president in December 1969. These
claims to legitimacy may have made Sadat the
easiest choice for Egypt's leaders, especially
if they wanted to avoid delays in this period
of uncertainty. The military, for example,
had indicated that it wanted the new president
to be a senior member of Nasir's original group.
Sadat has espoused strong\nationalist views
and has often severely castigated the UK and
the US for their actions in the Middle East.
He was apparently in Nasir's disfavor for
several weeks for opposing Nasir's acceptance
of the US peace initiative. Sadat acknowledged
his earlier opposition to the US plan in his
recent conversation with Secretary Richardson,
but said that he would now faithfully carry
out Nasir's will which was to accept the US
initiative. Sadat told Richardson he hopes
for a quick resumption of the talks under
Jarring.
The selection of Sadat does not end the maneu-
vering in the Egyptian hierarchy, and other
changes in the government are likely in the
next few months. Western correspondents in
Cairo claim that high posts will go to Minis-
ter of Interior Sharawi Jumah--whom they say
will become prime minister--and to pro-Soviet
former vice president Ali Sabri, but there is
as yet no firm evidence regarding possible
further moves.
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CHILE
Christian Democratic supporters of cooperation
with Salvador Allende prevailed yesterday in a
party congress. By a vote of 271 to 191, the con-
gress decided to back him in the runoff Congres-
sional election later this month, requiring only
a fairly loose pledge from him to back a constitu-
tional reform bill to be worked out with his fol-
lowers. Anti-Allende forces had sought prior en-
actment of all Christian Democratic reform pro-
posals and their approval by Allende as the price
for party support.
This action virtually assures that Al-
lende will receive enough Christian Demo-
cratic support for election to the Presi-
dency. It marks a victory for those of
Allende's advisers, including the Commu-
nist Party, who persuaded him late last
week to soften his earlier rejection of
the Christian Democratic demands (see
The President's Daily Brief, 4 October
1970). The vote also deepens the inter-
nal Christian Democratic split.
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NOTES
Cambodia: Harassment of the government column
on Route 6 continues. According to late press re-
ports, the Communists launched new attacks against
the column early today and against the provincial
capitals of Kompong Chhnang and Komponq Thom.1
USSR:
France-USSR: During his visit to the Soviet
Union from 6 to 13 October, President Pompidou
probably will press for Soviet moves to demonstrate
that De Gaulle's "special relationship" has not
deteriorated markedly. Pompidou is known to fear
that Bonn's Ostpolitik might relegate France to
the sidelines, and to be concerned over the recent
lack of Franco-Soviet consultation. Moscow, anx-
ious that a resentful Paris not improve ties with
Washington, has already sounded out the French on
the chances of arranging regular high-level polit-
ical consultations. A specific proposal to accom-
plish that may well be made to Pompidou.
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