THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 30 NOVEMBER 1975

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
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• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: November 30, 1975

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The President's Daily Brief
November 30, 1975
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November 30, 1975
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Lebanon: President Franjiyah and Prime Minister
Karami have jointly appealed for an end to
factional fighting and have provided the out-
line of a government program to initiate po-
litical reform. (Page 1)
Angola: The Popular Movement for the Liberation of
Angola has reportedly captured the important
town of Luso. Ugandan President Idi Amin, in
his capacity as chairman of the Organization
of African Unity, is trying to postpone an
OAU summit on Angola. (Page 3)
Portugal: Prime Minister Azevedo and anti-Commu-
nist leaders of the armed forces are carrying
out a full-scale purge of pro-Communists and
other extreme leftists in the military and
the government. (Page 5)
Notes: Spain; Jordan (Page 7)
(This Brief, with information as of 11 AM EST,
was cabled on this date to the President.)
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LEBANON
President Franjiyah and Prime Minis-
ter Karami--noting that the continued
existence of Lebanon is at stake--joined
in a public appeal Saturday night for an
end to factional fighting and provided
the outline of a government program to
initiate political reform.
In an address to the nation, Karami announced
that agreement had been reached on expanding the
cabinet and on starting a dialogue aimed at making
the "necessary adaptations" in Lebanon's political
balance. Observing that all Lebanese factions are
minorities, Karami stated that "the triumph of one
party over another" would not provide a lasting res-
olution of Lebanon's problems. He avoided specifics
but said the solution lies in providing the neces-
sary guarantees for the continued existence of all
"communities."
President Franjiyah's endorsement of the gov-
ernment program gives it added weight. Franjiyah,
a Christian, has been working at cross purposes with
the Muslim Karami throughout the fighting and, by
a combination of inaction and behind-the-scenes
encouragement to Christian factions, has thwarted
previous attempts at political reform.
The government's adoption of a reform program
and the reconciliation--possibly temporary--between
Franjiyah and Karami may have resulted from the ef-
forts of Ghassan Tuwayni, a moderate Christian mem-
ber of the cabinet, and of French mediator Couve
de Murville. Tuwayni drew up a plan last week for
a three-stage program to enforce the cease-fire and
begin political reform. Both Tuwayni and Couve de
Murville have urged that the cabinet be expanded to
include Pierre Jumayyil, leader of the Christian
Phalanges Party, and Socialist leader Kamal Jumblatt.
Jumblatt has consistently refused to serve in
a cabinet with Jumayyil
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A concentrated effort is also under way to
split less radical Lebanese Muslims from extreme
leftist and Communist groups supported by Libya and
Iraq. Spearheaded by Saudi Arabia, which fears the
rise of leftist influence in Lebanon, the effort re-
portedly involves establishing contacts between Sunni
Muslim leaders and the Phalanges Party.
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ANGOLA
Heavy fighting continues in central
Angola between forces of the Popular
Movement for the Liberation of Angola
and the National Union for the Total
Independence of Angola. The Popular
Movement has reportedly captured sev-
eral towns, including the important town
of Luso astride the Benguela railroad.
The offensive force of the Popular Movement
is probably the one that has been reported moving
south from Henrique de Carvalho after having been
resupplied with Soviet equipment airlifted from
Luanda. If Luso has been recaptured, this would
be clear indication that the National Union's
push from the south has been blunted.
Cloud conditions over several key locations
in Congo and Angola have prevented overhead pho-
tography of ground activity or identification of
possible Soviet-supplied aircraft in these areas.
Ugandan President Idi Amin, in his capacity
as chairman of the Organization of African Unity,
is seeking to postpone an OAU summit on Angola.
Presumably in an attempt to head off what would
almost certainly be acrimonious debate, Amin an-
nounced on November 27 that Uganda will not play
host to such a meeting.
The proposal for the summit, which has been
pressed by Somalia, seems likely to attain the
required approval of two thirds of the Organiza-
tion's 46 member states. Somalia and other back-
ers of the Popular Movement--Guinea, Congo, and
Mozambique--hope to force a change in OAU policy
from neutrality to endorsement of the Movement's
regime in Luanda as the sole legitimate govern-
ment of Angola.
Amin would prefer to convene a meeting of
the ad hoc military advisory commission on Angola
established at the regular OAU summit meeting in
July. It seems unlikely that Amin can accomplish
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anything at a meeting of this commission. His ear-
lier call to African nations to contribute to an
OAU peacekeeping force for Angola fell on deaf
ears.
Whatever kind of conference eventually takes
place, it appears that the OAU may be moving away
from an effort toward mediation by focusing instead
on the issue of outside intervention, particularly
that of South Africa. Indeed, Agostinho Neto,
President of the Popular Movement's regime in Lu-
anda, is trying to turn the OAU in this direction.
Neto recently sent word to the OAU that a meeting
on Angola would be useful, but he believed it
should only involve a discussion of ways to help
"his government" cope with foreign invasion forces.
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PORTUGAL
Prime Minister Azevedo and anti-
Communist leaders of the Portuguese armed
forces are carrying out a full-scale purge
of pro-Communists and other extreme left-
ists in the military and the government.
Admiral Rosa Coutinho and navy chief of staff
Filgueiras Soares are the latest high-level officers
to be forced out in the wake of the abortive para-
trooper rebellion of last week. Their departure
leaves only two Communist sympathizers on the Revo-
lutionary Council--both navy officers--who also are
likely to go as the purge of the military extends
to the navy.
Generals Carvalho and Fabiao, who were forced
out last week, may have had some connection with the
rebellion, but Rosa Coutinho and Filgueiras Soares
have clearly been purged on ideological grounds,
indicating that the anti-Communist faction is moving
across the board, to solidify its control of the mil-
itary.
President Costa Gomes has come in for some sharp
criticism, but the anti-Communists apparently intend
to retain him in office unless he tries to impede the
purge. So far Costa Gomes has offered little resist-
ance.
The government, which had earlier suspended its
activities, is now back at work, but the purge of
leftists seems unlikely to end the partisan squab-
bling. The Socialist Party is insisting that the
Communists publicly repudiate the rebel uprising and
swear allegiance to the Azevedo government if they
are to continue to participate in the cabinet.
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The Popular Democrats, who are also seeking to
capitalize on the retreat of the left, have called
for the removal of the one Communist representative
in the cabinet and have demanded immediate elections.
Workers in the northern city of Porto have petitioned
for the removal of Foreign Minister Antunes, who said
last week that the Communists still had an essential
role to play.
The Communists themselves have taken a rela-
tively conciliatory position in contrast to their
earlier efforts to bring down the government. The
party's most recent communique makes no criticism of
the government's purge of the left. It simply warns
the Socialists and the Antunes military faction that
the extreme right will try to take advantage of the
situation.
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NOTES
The Spanish government has promised to clarify
its recent amnesty decree which has provoked wide-
spread dissatisfaction for going no further than
similar actions by Franco.
The government has already released a number
of prisoners, some of whom were jailed for political
offenses. Marcelino Camacho, a top leader of the
Communist-dominated Workers' Commissions, was among
the first to be released.
Jordanian Crown Prince Hasan, whose ten-day
visit to the US begins today, is his country's
chief spokesman on economic development.
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