THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 18 DECEMBER 1972
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The President's Daily Brief
18 December 1972
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THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF
18 December 1972
PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENTS
Juan Peron's candidate for the Argentinian presi-
dency is opposed by many Peronistas and the armed
forces. (Page 1)
USSR
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Chile
Prime Minister Papadopoulos has eased the state of
martial law in Greece. (Page 2)
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ARGENTINA
Hector Campora has been nominated--at Juan
Peron's insistence--to be the Peronist front's pres-
idential candidate.
Campora's nomination has set off political
strife in the Peronist camp and is likely
to meet strong opposition from Argentina's
military rulers as well. Campora is widely
regarded by both sides as a man of limited
ability whose main qualification for of-
fice is his loyalty to Peron. He is not
acceptable to the powerful Peronist labor
organization or to radical youth; both
groups staged protest demonstrations
against Campora's nomination that had to
be broken up by the police.
The military would view Campora's election
as being as objectionable as putting Peron
himself back in power. The officer corps
may well put pressure on President Lanusse
to disqualify Campora from the race on the
grounds that the candidate had left the
country after 25 August, the date set for
all candidates for president to be residing
in Argentina.
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The controversy over Campora's nomination
could lead Peron to shift his support to
another candidate.
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NOTES
USSR-Chile:
Greece: In his annual state-of-the-nation
address on Saturday Prime Minister Papadopoulos an-
nounced that martial law will be ended in Thessa-
lonica--Greece's,second largest city--leaving only
the Athens area still under military law. Papadop-
oulos also promised to present the regime's deci-
sions on future political developments sometime in
1973, but added that these decisions will not nec-
essarily affect the suspension of constitutional
provisions concerning elections and parliamentary
government.
USSR: The plenum of the party central commit-
tee we expected to take place last Saturday was not
held. We will be watching the proceedings of the
Supreme Soviet, which is still scheduled to open
today, for clues to the problems in the central com-
mittee that might have led to the postponement.
Romania: Warsaw Pact members are censuring
Romania for its attitude during the preparatory
talks leading to a Conference on Security and Coop-
eration in Europe. During the past week criticism
of Romania's position has appeared in a number of
East European newspapers and Polish party chief
Gierek canceled a visit to Bucharest. At the same
time, pact diplomats have been boycotting official
Romanian functions. Last Friday, the Bulgarian For-
eign Minister kept his appointment for an official
visit to Bucharest, but he minced no words in crit-
icizing the Romanians for breaking ranks with the
Warsaw Pact during the Helsinki talks. There is no
sign that the Romanians intend to modify their posi-
tions and we expect the pact states to increase
political pressure on the Ceausescu government.
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Uganda-UK: President Amin today announced the
take-over of all foreign-owned tea plantations and
eight of Uganda's largest businesses. Twelve tea
estates and seven of the businesses are British-
owned; one is a US company. In addition, some 3,000
British aid personnel must now decide whether to
work in Uganda for local wages or leave the country
by the end of the month. Those who wish to stay
will be screened to weed out potential "spies" or
hostile "propagandists."
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