THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 22 SEPTEMBER 1973

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005993938
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• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 13
• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: September 22, 1973

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The President's Daily Brief
22 September 1973
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THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF
22 September 1973
PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENTS
Belgrade
Moscow
Romania
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The Soviet Navy is testing a new weapon that em-
ploys a missile to deliver a payload to a target
up to 20 nautical miles away. (Page 2)
Neither Italy nor Libya evidently intends to make
a major incident out of yesterday's attack by Lib-
yan jet fighters on an Italian naval escort craft
off the Libyan coast. (Page 3)
Several former close associates of Afghan president
Daud have been arrested, possibly as a result of a
continuing power struggle between Daud and the
younger officers who brought him to power. (Page 4)
Iraqi government forces reportedly have launched
heavy attacks on several Kurdish villages. (Page 6)
Notes on USSR-Chile,
and International Monetary Developments appear on
Page 6.
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YUGOSLAVIA-ROMANIA-USSR
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ITALY-LIBYA
Rome has indicated that it will not retaliate
for an attack yesterday by Libyan jet fighters on
an Italian naval escort craft in view of a quick
Libyan apology. According to the Italian Government,
the ship was accompanying several Italian fishing
boats some 30 miles off the Libyan coast. Earlier
in the week Libya had seized several Italian trawl-
ers.
Neither country would have much to gain
from turning the attack into a major in-
cident. Italy's oil development program
in Libya is just beginning to pay off in
rapidly expanding production. Libyan
crude may account for as much as 30 per-
cent of Italian state oil company produc-
tion this year. The new Rumor government
expects a domestic oil shortage this
winter, and would have no way of making
up for the loss of the Libyan supply.
The Libyans, for their part, are pushing
Italy for technical assistance needed to
operate the nationalized oil facilities.
Also, Italy's recent sales of armored
personnel carriers have made it a major
source of Libya's ground forces equipment,
along with the USSR and Czechoslovakia.
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AFGHANISTAN
Radio Kabul announced on Thursday that a former
prime minister, a retired air force chief of staff,
and an ex-provincial governor--all at one time close
associates of President Daud--have been arrested
for "anti-government activities." According to re-
ports that have reached the US Embassy in Kabul,
a large number of civilians and military personnel
were also arrested.
The government has not yet specified the
charges against those who were arrested,
and the arrests may be related to the con-
tinuing power struggle between Daud and
the younger officers who brought him to
power. The arrests are not likely to re-
solve this conflict, and the instability
that has characterized the Afghan Govern-
ment since the coup is likely to continue.
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IRAQ: Government Attacks Kurds in the North
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Following a period of sporadic clashes with
Kurdish units over a wide area of northern Iraq,
government forces reportedly launched attacks sup-
ported by tanks and artillery on several Kurdish
villages last week, forcing their inhabitants into
the mountains to the north.
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Mulla Mustafa Barzani, long-time leader of the
Kurdish rebels, has about 30,000 men under arms and
has placed some of them on alert. The Kurds believe
that Baghdad may be trying to reduce the area under
Kurdish control before next March, when--according
to the 1970 ceasefire agreement--the country's two
million Kurds are supposed to be granted a substan-
tial degree of local autonomy. Government officials
are said to be working on a new autonomy plan.
Limited fighting will probably continue
intermittently in the absence of an agree-
ment, but the onset of winter in October
will preclude major operations until spring.
Heavy fighting might well break out again
at that point if Baghdad reneges on its
commitment to grant the Kurds autonomy.
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MOTES
China-Laos: Chinese roadbuilding forces evi-
dently will remain in northern Laos for at least
another year.
In addition to any plans for further extending the
road network, widespread damage caused by heavy rains
in the past few weeks will require substantial repair
work when the dry season begins. Chinese forces in
Laos now total about 29,000.
USSR-Chile: Moscow yesterday suspended diplo-
matic relations with Chile, possibly in response to
? the junta's decision to ban all Marxist parties.
East Germany immediately cut ties also; Romania's
Ceausescu had already stated that his government
would not recognize the junta. Soviet ships carry-
ing badly needed wheat to Chile now will be diverted,
and the East European allies probably will follow
suit on their own grain contracts as well as on re-
lations.
International Monetary Developments: Specula-
tion against the European joint float subsided and
the dollar staged a strong recovery in European money
markets yesterday. Official intervention neverthe-
less remained substantial, particularly by the Bank
of France, which spent about $300-350 million worth
of the stronger European currencies in buying francs.
The Bundesbank purchased only about $60-80 million
?in French francs, but also provided some early sup-
port to the dollar. The franc remains at the bottom
of the float and is still vulnerable to speculative
pressures.
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