THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 13 NOVEMBER 1973

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• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
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• Publication Date: November 13, 1973

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The President's Daily Brief
13 November 1973
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THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF
13 November 1973
ppINCIPAL, DEVELOPMENTS
Several cease-fire violations and sharp disputes over
implementing the Egyptian-Israeli agreement signed on
Sunday have marred efforts to progress further toward
a settlement. (Page 1)
The presidents of the two Yemens met last weekend
against a background of recent border clashes and
rumors of political change in Aden. (Page 3)
Several NATO members seem ready to help relieve US
balance-of-payments losses resulting from stationing
troops in Europe, but most continue to express doubts
concerning a multilateral program. (Page 4)
Notes on international monetary developments and France
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ARAB STATES - ISRAEL
Several cease-fire violations and sharp disputes
over implementing the Egyptian-Israeli agreement
signed on Sunday have marred efforts to progress
further toward a settlement.
Yesterday afternoon Israeli troops dismantled
a UN checkpoint that had been set up at the north-
western edge of Suez city. Tel Aviv claimed that
it cut off an Israeli checkpoint in the town, and
did not fit the terms of Sunday's agreement. Gen-
eral Siilasvuo, the UN commander, rejected Defense
Minister Dayan's invitation to go to Tel Aviv to
discuss UNEF problems, but said he would meet with
Dayan or his representative in Suez.
the Egyptian-Israeli
meetings at Kilometer 101 on the Cairo-Suez road
shows how hard each side will fight on interpreting
the agreement.
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two sides sparred over when they shOuld discuss
the prisoner-of-war issue. The Israelis are said
to be insisting that they will permit UN forces to
be stationed alongside Israeli soldiers at check-
points on the road, but not as replacements for them.
The Israelis'. alleged refusal to pull back from
Kilometer 101 particularly infuriated the Egyptians.
The UN force continues to be hampered by short-
ages of men, supplies, and money. Secretary General
Waldheim reports that 1,600 troops are in place,
and that Kenya and Senegal have been invited to send
contingents. If they each provide a battalion, the
force will total little more than half of its 7,000-
man goal. Delays in the Soviet airlift of reinforce-
ments and equipment from Helsinki have caused diffi-
culties for the Finnish contingent around Suez.
Waldheim also appealed to UN members for advance
contributions to fund the operation, noting the UN's
lack of cash resources.
Sporadic exchanges of artillery and small arms
fire occurred on both sides of the Suez Canal yes-
terday. Israeli aircraft flew several reconnais-
sance Missions along the canal, and an Egyptian
surface-to-air missile was fired. Small arms and
artillery fire was also reported on the Syrian front
west of Sasa, where the US Consulate in Jerusalem
reports the Syrians have established a salient into
Israeli lines.
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Israeli Transport Minister Peres announced yes-
terday that Israel would soon test the Egyptian
blockade of the Bab al-Mandab by sending a ship
through the straits.
Yasir Arafat, Fatah leader and Palestine Libera-
tion Organization chairman, arrived in Moscow on
Sunday night, and reportedly the top leaders of all
the fedayeen organizations represented in the PLO
will join him for talks with Soviet officials.. The
Beirut press suggests. that the discussions are a
follow-up to the Soviet-fedayeen dialogue in late
October on the PLO's participation in post-war nego-
tiations and on the concept of an independent,Pales-
tinian state. Arafat met with Syrian, Iraqi, Saudi,
and Egyptian leaders before leaving for Moscow.
The US Embassy in Beirut believes that Fatah
and other fedayeen. organizations support the PLO's
participation in peace talks--or that they would
go Along under pressure from some' Arab governments
and the .Soviet Union?slit:1111d an invitation be forth-
coming. The Embassy also believes a consensus is
developing among the fedayeen in favor of a Pales-
tinian state On the West Bank and Gaza.
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THE YEMENS
Presidents Iryani of Yemen (Sana) and All of
Yemen (Aden) met on November 10, apparently to try
to advance efforts toward a working relationship.
They had laid a basis for improved relations when
they conferred at the nonaligned conference in Sep-
tember. They are also under pressure from other
Arab nations to move toward unity. Neither Yemen
seems interested, however, in actually implementing
the unity agreement that they signed a year ago.
. Their latest talks may have been prompted by
minor border clashes during the past few weeks..
,Both leaders seem anxious to avoid another round
of serious fighting such as occurred before their
agreement last year.
The talks took place against a background of.
rumors about political changes in Aden.
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NATO
Several alliance members are ready to help re-
lieve the balance-of-payments losses the US incurs
from stationing troops in Europe, but most continue
to be reserved or negative toward a multilateral
proposal.
In the North Atlantic Council late last week,
Dutch, Norwegian, and Belgian representatives in-
dicated that their countries would make contribu-
tions to lessen the US balance-of-payments deficit.
The Netherlands and Norway intend to increase their
purchases of military equipment from the US. Brus-
sels reportedly will propose that each NATO country
negotiate a bilateral arrangement with the US, and
that US payments to various NATO projects be reduced.
Most, other Council members were less specific,
Stating that their governments were studying how
they could best contribute to a NATO-wide program.
to ease the US payments problem. The British,
Canadian, and. Turkish representatives, however,
again indicated that their governments still have
reservations about participating in a multilateral
program. The West German delegate reemphasized
that Bonn already contributes substantially to the
US through its bilateral offset agreement. Bonn
could agree to lower the US payments to NATO's
infrastructure budget, he said, if the other coun-
tries also' agreed.
In Bonn last week, West German officials raised
the German offer on a new two-year offset arrange-
Ment by agreeing to purchase an additional $300 mu-
lion wOrth of US military equipment each year. In
addition,',adcOrding to the US Embassy, it is vir-
tually certain that the West German cabinet will
decide to help finance the annual purchase of $72
million worth of uranium enrichment services from
the US. The total German. offer, about. $1.4 billion
a,year, is still less than half of what the US is
asking,.
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NOTES
International Monetary Developments: The dol-
lar continued its advance on major foreign exchange
markets yesterday, reaching its highest position
against the mark and French franc since last spring.
The mark remains at the bottom of the European joint
float band. The dollar also remains strong relative
to the Japanese yen. The Bank of Japan intervened
substantially yesterday and again today to prevent
further depreciation of the yen.
France: In a speech to Parliament yesterday,
Foreign Minister Jobert provided the Pompidou gov-
ernment's most striking display yet of its deep
anger and frustration over recent international
events. Jobert accused the US and the USSR of es-
tablishing a "veritable condominium" that has re-
duced the European Communities to .a state of im-
potence, and claimed they had "brutally brushed
aside" France and Europe in an effort to reach a
Middle East settlement. He urged the EC to respond
to this "humiliation" by urgent action toward polit-
ical union. While Jobert acknowledged Europe's de-
pendence on the US, Paris clearly hopes to exploit
other nations' unhappiness with their secondary role
in the Middle East crisis.
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