THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 30 JUNE 1971

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005992725
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 9
• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: June 30, 1971

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The President's Daily Brief
30 June 1971
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THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF
30 June 1971
PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENTS
The death of the Soyuz 11 crew during the recovery
operation last night is a serious blow to the Soviet
manned space program. (Page 1)
An account of Sadat's views on conditions for an in-
terim settlement with Israel is given on Page 2.
Reports that the Cambodian Government is seeking to
negotiate a cease-fire with the Communists are cir-
culating in Phnom Penh. (Page 3)
III [USSR-Israel l / (Page 4)
Malta's new prime minister is said to have received
large sums of money during the election campaign
from the Libyan Government. (Page 5)
\USSR'
/Bolivia. (Page 6)
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TASS announced early this morning that the crew
of Soyuz 11 died in their spacecraft during the re-
covery operation conducted late last night.
The TASS statement indicates that the deorbit
had proceeded normally and that the spacecraft made
a successful soft landing, but that the helicopter-
borne recovery crew found the cosmonauts dead in
the capsule on opening the hatch. The Soviet an-
nouncement states that the cause of the cosmonauts'
death is being investigated.
The Soyuz 11 flight had lasted nearly 24 days.
Investigation into the cause of the Soyuz 11
tragedy will almost certainly delay this mission.
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EGYPT
Ambassador Thacher describes
Egyptian President Sadat's views on conditions
for an interim settlement with Israel.
The salient points made by Sadat for
Ambassador Thacher are as follows:
--Sadat urgently desires to break the impasse
in the search for a means to reopen the Suez
Canal. In the absence of such progress, he is
anxious to join with the US in an effort to
find "pretexts" for extending the cease-fire.
He is particularly intent on being able to
present to the Egyptian people some "favorable
development" on or before the 19th-anniversary
?of the Egyptian revolution on 23 July.
--Sadat emphasizes his willingness to negotiate
the matter of what specific arms would accom-
pany Egyptian forces to be stationed in the
areas of the Sinai evacuated by the Israelis.
A US or UN supervisory unit could inspect Egyp-,
tian forces on the East Bank provided such a
function were to be kept from public view.
Sadat,,moreover, solicits proposals from the
US to deal with the "difficult" question of
Egyptians crossing the canal.
--He pledges that an interim settlement for re-
opening the canal would clear the way for a re-
duction in the Soviet military presence in
Egypt as well as a restoration of diplomatic
relations with the US.
Sadat may have felt the need, in view of
the pessimistic statements from Egyptian
spokesmen in the past two weeks, to re-
affirm privately his determination to con-
tinue exploring ways of reaching an ac-
commodation with the Israelis and to keep
open his private lines to the US.
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CAMBODIA
Truong Cang, the former
Cambodian ambassador to Peking, is now in Paris mak-
ing overtures to the North Vietnamese for a cease-
fire. Former prime minister Son Sann is to go to
Moscow to probe the Soviet position.
? Son Sann was sent to Paris last year to
establish unofficial contacts with some
of Sihanouk's supporters.
In return for a cease-fire, the Cambodians,
, will offer to allow North Vietnam-
ese forces to occupy two northeast provinces until
the Vietnam war ends. They will also request the
withdrawal of all South Vietnamese troops from Cam-
bodia. Another version of this "deal"1
the North Vietnamese have demanded
the use of five northeast provinces and, in addition
to a South Vietnamese withdrawal, the cessation of
US "intervention" in Cambodia.
These reports are consistent with earlier
evidence that both Lon NoZ and Sink Matak
have been considering the possibility of
opening channels of communication to the
Communists. Their interest in doing so
apparently was sparked in part by recent
developments in Sino-US relations, which
they evidently believed could improve the
chances for a negotiated settlement in
Indochina.
If intent upon serious
negotiati,ons, thovernment would be
likely to take considerable pains to keep
them under wraps and avoid discussing them
with officials who probably
would not be involved. The government may
be deliberately floating these stories in
hopes of extracting greater support from
both Washington and Saigon.
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MALTA-LIBYA
during Malta Labor Party leader.
Mintoff's visit to Tripoli in February Libya's ruling
Revolutionary Command Council gave Mintoff about $1
million for his campaign expenses.
: Libyan Prime Minister
Qadhafi has promised a large interest-free loan and
an annual subsidy of about $5 million to a new Labor
government. Since the Maltese elections, Tripoli
and Valletta have begun talks aimed at strengthening
relations, and Qadhafi is to meet with an "important
Maltese representative" at a later date.
Mintoff's desire to promote better relations
with Arab states of the Mediterranean is
well known, and during the campaign the
Labor Party expressed its willingness to
sign an economic agreement with Libya.
the
Libyan Government is talking about a plan to damage
US, UK, and West German interests in the Arab world.
Tripoli hopes to work through the Labor government
to remove the British military presence on Malta.
The new Libyan ambassador to Valletta has been given
oral instructions to determine how much aid it will
take "to guarantee that the Maltese will expel the
British from their base,"
Mintoff's. response to these overtures from
Libya?which with its huge oil revenues it'
can.well afford?will depend largely on.
the success of his-renegotiation of the
defense and financial agreements with the
UK.. The agreements., which expire in 1974,
provide for $143.5 million in aid, of which
remain,to be used. Mintoff
believes that a satisfactory settlement
with the British ultimately can be reached,
and' undersuch circumstances it is unlikely
that he-would allow himself to become a
tool of-the Libyans.. He is likely, however,
to assert his new=found authority in ways
that will be troublesome to the interests
of.the.US and its allies.
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