THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 2 AUGUST 1973

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005993891
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• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 8
• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: August 2, 1973

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The President's Daily Brief
2 August 1973
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THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF
2 August 1973
PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENTS
Cambodia
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Romanian President Ceausescu apparently is contem-
plating a new Middle East peace initiative. (Page 2)
In Chile, the Christian Democrats expect a negative
reply from President Allende today to their reiter-
ated terms for a political truce with the government.
(Page 3)
Notes on. Libya, EC-US, and?East'Germany appear on
Page 4.
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CAMBODIA - SOUTH VIETNAM - THAILAND
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EGYPT ROMANIA
Romanian President Ceausescu is apparently con-
templating a new Middle East peace initiative.
Sadat
/seems willing to discuss some new form of dia-
logue, possibly with Romanian mediation. Egyptian
Presidential Adviser Hafiz Ismail is planning to
visit Bucharest, apparently at Romania's invitation,
to discuss settlement prospects. He will arrive
Friday and probably will meet with President Ceau-
sescu.
Romania, as the only East European state
to maintain full diplomatic relations with
Israel and the principal Arab states, is
in a good position to act as middleman.
There has been no indication, however,
that Israel has so far been contacted.
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CHILE
President Allende has promised to reply today
to the Christian Democrats' restatement of their
terms for a political truce, according to opposition
party president Aylwin. Aylwin expects a negative
answer)
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anticipated absence of an agreement with Allende,
Christian Democrats are discussing various forms of
congressional action including impeachment of the
entire cabinet.
Two meetings between the party and govern-
ment leaders on July 30 were unproductive,
and Allende's subsequent efforts to stall
for time apparently have been unsuccessful.
Aylwin sent a letter to Allende on July 31
reiterating opposition demands that the
government agree to bring the military back
into the government, implement a controver-
sial bill on the economy, disarm the work-
ers, and return factories seized last month
to their owners.
Allende faces the difficulty of formulating
a reply that will keep alive the dialogue
with the Christian Democrats, but at the
same time keep his Popular Unity coalition
together. He fears that if he negotiates
a compromise with the Christian Democrats,
his own Socialist Party might leave the
coalition claiming that he has "betrayed
the revolution."
Violent incidents continue to increase with the
most serious cases involving government efforts to
requisition idle trucks. The government may be
making some headway, however, in negotiating an end
to the partial bus owners' strike. A break could
also be coming in the standoff between the regime
and striking truck owners.
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NOTES
Libya: Negotiations with the oil companies
have resumed, and the government is again concen-
trating its demands on the major independent pro-
ducers, Occidental and Oasis. It has threatened a
complete take-over on August 15 unless a settlement
is negotiated that includes government acquisition
of 51 percent of company assets and an oil buy-back
agreement. This proposition represents a major
withdrawal, however, from the "100-percent participa-
tion" that Libya was demanding earlier.
EC-US: Although the French have conceded that
President Nixon's visit to Europe could be the start-
ing point for a dialogue with the European Communi-
ties, spokesmen for several member states have cau-
tioned that Europe will not be united in time for
the meetings. The British have cited the difficulty
of getting the nine EC members to agree on funda-
mental questions and have warned US diplomats not
to press Europeans to "go too far too fast." The
West Germans say they doubt that a definitive rela-
tionship between Western Europe and the US can be
worked out until after a united Europe has become a
reality. The Dutch maintain that Europe is "not
ready" to meet the President. All the above spokes-
men claimed, however, that their governments would
try their best to cooperate with the US.
East Germany: Walter Ulbrichtis death will not
have much impact on the East German regime. Ulbricht
had been without effective power since Erich Honecker
replaced him as general secretary of the party in
May 1971. Honecker is in firm control of the polit-
ical apparatus, in part because of the uncertain
health of his only possible rival, Minister-President
Willi Stoph.
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