CIA • 1969

THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 18 FEBRUARY 1969

Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2016/04/27 : CIA-RDP79T00936A006800120001-9 The President's Daily Brief 18 February 1969 19) Top Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2016/04/27 : CIA-RDP79T00936A006800120001-9 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2016/04/27 : CIA-RDP79T00936A006800120001-9 FOR THE PRESIDENT ONLY 19 February 1969 LATE NOTES FOR THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF OF 18 FEBRUARY 1969 I. MAJOR PROBLEMS MIDDLE EAST Three of the Arab guerrilla organizations, including Al Fatah, announced today formation of a joint military command. Notable for its absence from the combine, however, was the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) which quickly accepted responsibility for yesterday's attack on an El Al airliner in Zurich as well as the hijacking of an El Al plane last summer and the attack on an El Al craft in Athens in December...