THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 18 DECEMBER 1972

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Declassified in Pah - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2016/06/14 : CIA-RDP79T00936A011400150001-4 The President's Daily Brief 18 December 1972 45 25X1 Top Secret Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2016/06/14 : CIA-RDP79T00936A011400150001-4 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2016/06/14 : CIA-RDR79T00936A011400150001-4 Exempt from general declassification schedule of E.O. 11652 exemption category 5B( I declassified only on approval of the Director of Central Intelligence Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2016/06/14 : CIA-RDP79T00936A011400150001-4 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2016/06/14 : CIA-RDP79T00936A011400150001-4 FOR THE PRESIDENT ONLY 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 (Page 2) Chile Prime Minister Papadopoulos has eased the state of martial law in Greece. (Page 2) FOR THE PRESIDENT ONLY 25X1 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2016/06/14 : CIA-RDP79T00936A011400150001-4 25X1 25X1 Declassified in Part- Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2016/06/14 : CIA-RDP79T00936A011400150001-4 FOR THE PRESIDENT ONLY 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. 25X1 The controversy over Campora's nomination could lead Peron to shift his support to another candidate. 25X1 25X1 FOR THE PRESIDENT ONLY Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2016/06/14 : CIA-RDP79T00936A011400150001-4 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2016/06/14 : CIA-RDP79T00936A011400150001-4 FOR THE PRESIDENT ONLY 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. (continued) 2 FOR THE PRESIDENT ONLY Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2016/06/14 : CIA-RDP79T00936A011400150001-4 25X1 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2016/06/14: CIA-RDP79T00936A011400150001-4 FOR THE PRESIDENT ONLY 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." FOR THE PRESIDENT ONLY Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2016/06/14 : CIA-RDP79T00936A011400150001-4 _ Declassified in Part - Sanzed Copy Approved for Release 2016/06/14 : CIA-RDP79T00936A011400150001-4 Top Secret Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2016/06/14 : CIA-RDP79T00936A011400150001-4