THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 13 FEBRUARY 1976

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0006015029
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
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• Document Page Count: 11
• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: February 13, 1976

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The President's Daily Brief
February 13, 1976
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February 13, 1976
'Table of Contents
Warsaw Pact
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,China: China's political leftists are increasing
their attacks on Teng Hsiao-ping. (Page 2)
, USSR-China: Soviet media are replaying foreign
press accounts which stress that Hua Kuo-feng's
appointment as China's acting premier is evi-
dence of serious political turmoil in Peking.
(Page 3)
? Morocco - Algeria - Spanish Sahara: Rabat confirmed
yesterday that Moroccan forces now control Mah-
bes, the last remaining Polisario stronghold in
the northeastern Sahara. (Page 4)
t India:
Notes: Nigeria; United Kingdom (Page 6)
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CHINA
China's political leftists, having
successfully blocked the appointment of
Teng Hsiao-ping as premier, are increas-
ing their attacks on him.
Wall posters attacking Teng began appearing at
Peking University on February 10. The posters do
not mention Teng by name but, by quoting some of
his well-known statements, make it clear that he is
their target. They reiterate criticism, employed
late last week, against "capitalist roaders" in the
party, an expression used a decade ago to disgrace
Teng during the Cultural Revolution. The official
party newspaper yesterday published its second at-
tack within a week on "capitalist roaders who re-
fuse to repent." This theme has been picked up by
several provinces.
The party's left wing presumably is engaged in
an effort to purge Teng from his remaining party
and military positions. It would be premature,
however, to conclude that the left wing will suc-
ceed in marshaling sufficient support to remove
Teng from office. Posters have not yet appeared
elsewhere in the country, and attacks in the media
do not yet amount to a propaganda barrage.
Teng has not appeared in public since he de-
livered the eulogy at Chou En-lai's funeral on Jan-
uary 15. In view of the attacks, Teng may be de-
liberately avoiding the limelight. A continued
and prolonged absence would strongly suggest that
he had been unable to surmount his troubles.
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USSR-CHINA
Soviet media are replaying foreign
press accounts which stress that Hua Kuo-
feng's appointment as China's acting pre-
mier is evidence of serious political
turmoil in Peking. The Soviets have ob-
served, however, that Hua may have been a
compromise candidate acceptable to both
moderates and radicals.
A Soviet embassy officer in Peking character-
ized Hua as a good administrator, well suited to
the task of building China, and with more foreign
policy experience than is generally assumed. He
commented that Hua had been less "vindictive" in
his statements against the Soviet Union than other
Chinese spokesmen.
The Soviet officer said Moscow expects no
early change in China's foreign policy as a result
of the appointment, although he professed to see
some diminution in the output of China's anti-So-
viet propaganda since Hua was named acting premier.
We, on the other hand, have so far detected
no appreciable change in China's propaganda treat-
ment of the USSR.
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'MOROCCO - ALGERIA - SPANISH SAHARA
Rabat confirmed yesterday that Mo-
roccan forces now control Mahbes, the
last remaining stronghold of the Poli-
sario guerrillaS in the northeastern
Sahara.
Moroccan forces have also taken over Guelta,
a Polisario position in east-central Sahara, accord-
ing to press reports from Rabat. Morocco's miliT
tary sweep against the Algerian-backed Polisario
guerrillas is now virtually complete.
Algiers' decision not to confront Moroccan
forces during Rabat's latest military advance may
have been part of an arrangement negotiated by
Eyptian and Saudi Arabian mediators. Egyptian Vice
President Mubarak, in particular, may have urged
during his shuttle last week that the Algerians
pull out to avoid a clash.
Algerian President Boumediene and several
other senior officials flew to Tripoli yesterday
for talks with Libyan President Qadhafi. Libya
has been Algeria's chief supporter in the dispute
with Morocco over Spanish Sahara, and Qadhafi has
publicly admitted that he has provided military
support to the Polisario guerrillas.
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NOTES
Radio Nigeria announced this morning that a
coup had toppled the seven-month-old regime of Gen-
eral Muhammed. Unidentified "young revolutionaries"
reportedly have taken control of the government.
Muhammed came to power last July in a coup by
middle-grade officers. The emphasis in the early
days of his regime was on a collegial-style leader-
ship. In recent months, however, there have been
signs of dissatisfaction among younger members of
the ruling military council who have charged that
Muhammed and other senior officers were dominating
decision-making.
London will announce further cuts in the British
defense budget next week.
The UK will not consult NATO formally on the de-
fense reductions on the grounds that the cuts are not
major. The actual reason for avoiding NATO consulta-
tions is the Labor government's concern that Alliance
criticism of the cuts could be used by the Conserva-
tive Party to bolster its own position. The Conserv-
atives have consistently maintained that in view of
Warsaw Pact military strength the government should
not reduceits defense budget.
London is prepared to consult with the US and
West Germany in a bilateral context and will provide
both with specific details of the reductions several
weeks before they are made public in late March or
early April.
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