THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 4 AUGUST 1975

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0006014866
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 9
• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: August 4, 1975

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The President's Daily Brief
August 4, 1975
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August 4, 1975
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Japan: Prime Minister Miki will begin his discus-
sions in Washington tomorrow. (Page 1)
Iran: )
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Notes: OAU; Egypt-USSR; Argentina; Portugal (Pages
4 and 5)
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JAPAN
Prime Minister Takeo Miki will begin
his discussions in Washington tomorrow
determined to continue his friendship
with the US
Chosen to replace Prime Minister Tanaka last
December when a deadlock between two more powerful
contenders created a crisis in the ruling Liberal
Democratic Party, Miki is the most progressive
of recent Japanese leaders.
The support of Fukuda and the conservative wing
of the party has restrained as well as sustained
Miki in office. The Prime Minister has occasionally
cooperated with opposition parties in the Diet in
order to promote reform legislation. This tactic
has
enhanced his reputation as a skillful political
maneuverer. Miki has been able to manage fairly
effectively the country's economic problems; he has
improved relations with South Korea and Nationalist
China, and has gotten passage of some modest reform
bills.
He is a longtime friend of the US and is
especially hopeful of contributing personally to the
tone of the US-Japan relationship. He will be in-
terested in your views on the Middle East, the SALT
talks, and on the Helsinki conference. Of addi-
tional interest, of course, will be the future of
Asia in the post-Vietnam period and the prospects
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for cooperative US-Japanese approaches to China,
Korea, and Southeast Asia. China is clearly Miki's
major preoccupation, however, in view of the stand-
off between Tokyo and Peking on negotiations for a
peace treaty. The sticking point continues to be
China's insistence on a clause--generally regarded
as anti-Soviet--condemning "third-party hegemony" in
Asia.
Japan's relations with the Soviet Union, mean-
while, remain correct, while economic ties continue
to expand. Tokyo and Moscow have no peace treaty of
their own because the Soviets have refused to con-
sider Japan's claim to the occupied Northern Terri-
tories. At this time, there is little popular pres-
sure in Japan for any concessions to Moscow aimed
at improving relations.
Tokyo has accepted recent events in Indochina
philosophically, after an initial period of hand-
wringing. Japan's interests in Southeast Asia--
access to markets and raw materials--have been
largely unaffected by the communist victories and
the Japanese are working to establish relations
with the new communist governments. At the same
time, the Japanese are placing new emphasis on re-
lations with the ASEAN states.
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NOTES
The Organization of African Unity summit ended
on Friday after adopting watered-down resolutions
on Israel and Palestine. OAU members were asked to
increase pressure on Israel at the UN, but only the
"possibility" of Israelis future ouster from the
organization was mentioned. The OAU merely ex-
pressed solidarity with the Palestinians.
The members rejected an Egyptian-sponsored
resolution calling for Israel's suspension from the
UN General Assembly. They also warded off strong
pressure from the Palestinians for the establish-
ment of Palestine Liberation Organization offices
in OAU member states. As expected, Ugandan Presi-
dent Amin was elected OAU chairman for the coming
year.
Egyptian Finance Minister Ismail was unsuc-
cessful during his meetings in Moscow last77Z?in
getting the Soviets to reschedule payments of
Egypt's military debt, according to press reports
from Cairo.
Egypt had requested an extension of the ten-
year moratorium on its military debt that expired
last year. Without this concession, Egypt will
have to divert large quantities of exports to the
USSR and additional strains will be placed on
Cairo's balance of payments. Despite the tough
position taken by the Soviets and their insistence
on immediate Payment of some $200 million, Moscow
undoubtedly wants to continue the dialogue with
the Egyptians. Discussions concerning a Soviet
offer to expand its participation in Egyptian de-
velopment plans will take place soon in Cairo and
the debt question is sure to be aired again.
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A small group of cabinet officials will be
exercising the executive functions of the govern-
ment when Argentine President Peron begins a one-
week vacation today.
The group, dubbed the "mini-cabinet," is led
by Interior Minister Benitez, Justice Minister Cor-
valan, and Defense Minister Garrido. It has gained
increasing prominence as the President's authority
has all but disappeared and other cabinet ministers
continue to be criticized for their links to ousted
presidential adviser Lopez Rega. We do not know
how President Peron's situation will be resolved,
but the majority of the country's military officers
still want the civilians to try to muddle through.
Portugal's new three-man executive still has
not formed a cabinet, renewing speculation in Lis-
bon that Prime Minister Goncalves may be forced to
step down.
Meanwhile, the continuing factional strife
among the leaders may be affecting discipline in
key military units.
The ouster, moreover, of nine officers and four
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sergeants from a commando regiment of the internal
security forces last Thursday, apparently for their
efforts to purge pro-Communists from the unit, is
still in dispute.
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