THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 6 NOVEMBER 1973

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005993978
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• Original Classification: T
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• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: November 6, 1973

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The President's Daily Brief
6 November 1973
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THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF
6 November 1973
PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENTS
The Syrian front remained calm yesterday, but Israel
claims four Egyptian cease-fire violations in the
Sinai, with fighting continuing for six hours. Is-
raeli concern over further Egyptian attacks seems
justified by substantial Egyptian troop movements.
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Israeli Foreign Minister Eban's three-day visit to
Romania, at Bucharest's invitation, will add new
strains to already taut relations between Moscow
and Bucharest but is unlikely to advance movement
toward a peace settlement. (Page 3)
Notes on South Vietnam, USSR
and Greece appear on age 4.
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ARAB STATES - ISRAEL
The Syrian front remained calm yesterday, but
Israel claims that Egyptian forces in the Sinai vio-
lated the cease-fire four times. A small clash oc-
curred between a Third Army patrol and Israeli forces
in the southern sector, and the Egyptians conducted
three attacks in the northern Sinai--the first there
since the cease-fire. The fighting there included
Egyptian tank and infantry attacks which lasted for
six hours before the Egyptians reportedly were
stopped. Israeli spokesmen state that the Egyptians
still hold some of the ground taken during the fight-
ing.
Israeli concern about the possibility of further
Egyptian attacks seems justified. A senior UN ob-
server reported that 15,000 to 20,000 Egyptian troops
have moved from the Cairo, area toward Ismailia and
the northern Suez Canal in the past few days. He
does not know how many Egyptian troops may have
crossed to the east bank. Another UN observer
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ported having seen on November 1 three or four Egyp-
tian convoys, each three to six miles long, headed
toward Ismailia from Cairo.
Egyptian Presidential Adviser Zayyat has told
the French, according to the US Embassy in Paris,
that Egypt will insist on a phased approach to ne-
gotiations that would initially require Israeli with-
drawal to the cease-fire lines of October 22 and
ultimately to the 1967 lines. Zayyat reportedly
rejected direct negotiations and said Egypt would
refuse exclusive Soviet-US auspices for negotiations.
Foreign Minister Fahmi recently touched on some of
the same points with UN Secretary-General Waldheim.
He also insisted that Egypt will make no concessions
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on the prisoner issue until Israel has withdrawn to
cease-fire lines of October 22 and stated that a
peace conference should be held only under UN aus-
pices. He did not specifically reject direct nego-
tions and did not tie the start of a peace conference
to Israel's withdrawal to the October 22 lines.
Libyan President Qadhafi and Algerian President
Boumediene are on separate whirlwind tours of Middle
East capitals, and other Arab leaders are about to
make similar tri s
In what
were presumably exchanges of views on strategy,
Qadhafi and Boumediene probably pressed for a hard
line. They may also have lobbied for an Arab summit
conference to be held in Cairo or Algiers within the
next week.
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ROMANIA-ISRAEL-USSR
Israeli Foreign Minister Eban's three-day visit
to Romania, at Bucharest's invitation, for "urgent
talks" will add new strains to already taut relations
between Moscow-and Bucharest. Throughout the current
Middle East Crisis, Romania:11as resisted Soviet, Arab,
and Yugoslav pressures to abandon its "balanced for-
eign policy" and break relations with Israel. More
recently Bucharest has collided with Moscow over pos-
sible Romanian participation in a UN Middle East
peace-keeping force. According to Foreign Minister
MacoveScu, the Soviets specifically told Bucharest
to stay out of peace-keeping activities, and the
Security Council's agreement of November 2 on the
make-up of the UNEF excludes Romania.
The Eban visit appears to be another move by
Romania to maintain a high profile as a peacemaker
in the Middle East. Last month Bucharest proposed
a peace plan that called for a ceasefire in plade
without emphasizing UN Resolution 242.
Eban has acknowledged that his governmentac-
cepted Romania's invitation partly as a gesture Of
appreciation for Bucharest's policy of standing up
to the Soviets. :It is unlikely that he will be re-
ceptive to urgings that Israel be more flexible
about a peace settlement, possibly along the lines
of Romania's proposal.in October.
Although the Romanian invitation had asserted
that senior Arab officials would also come to Buch-
arest, there is no evidence that any Arab state has
responded to Bucharest's invitation.
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NOTES
South Vietnam: Bien Hoa airbase in South Viet-
nam was struck on November 6 by 22 122-mm rockets
which destroyed three stored F-5 aircraft and a gaso-
line storage area. Several rockets also hit the head-
quarters of Military Region 3 and a ranger field com-
mand post. Casualties and damage were light. These
are the heaviest shellings close to Saigon since the
cease-fire.
USSR:
Greece: Sunday's violent demonstrations in Ath-
ens in connection with a memorial service honoring
former prime minister George Papandreou may have de-
livered a setback to Prime Minister Markezinis. The
latter has recently been trying to assure free and
open elections by encouraging the leftists to partic-
ipate. This maneuver had the full backing of Presi-
dent Papadopoulos, but some senior military officers
had expressed a certain degree of concern. The left-
ists played a leading part in the demonstrations on
Sunday, a circumstance that will provide ammunition
for Markezinis' critics among the military.
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