THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 18 FEBRUARY 1976

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• 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: February 18, 1976

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The President's Daily Brief
February 18, 1976
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February 18, 1976
Table of Contents
Zaire-Angola: A high official of the Angolan Popu-
lar Movement is scheduled to visit Kinshasa on
Saturday to discuss Zairian recognition of the
regime in Luanda. (Page 1)
Iceland-UK: The Icelandic cabinet voted yesterday
to break diplomatic relations with the UK.
(Page 3)
Notes: USSR; France-EC; France-USSR; Morocco-Al-
geria (Pages 4 and 5)
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Southern Africa
Congo
Kinshasa
S o Salvador
Lake
Shaba Tanganyika
(Katanga Region)
Angola
Railroad
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Gago Coutinho?
South-West Africa
(Namibia)
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ZAIRE-ANGOLA
The prime minister of the Angolan Pop-
ular Movement's regime is scheduled to visit
Kinshasa on Saturday to discuss terms for
recognition by Zaire.
The official
will be carrying an answer from Popular Movement
President Neto to Zaire's now-public conditions
for recognition. The conditions were passed pri-
vately to the Popular Movement over the weekend,
following a meeting in Kinshasa between President
Mobutu and Congolese President Ngouabi. Ngouabi
has long supported the Popular Movement and was
acting as its intermediary with Mobutu.
Mobutu wants guarantees that the Popular
Movement will take no aggressive actions against
Zaire. He may ask for a withdrawal of Cuban and
Soviet forces in Angola, but will likely settle for
a withdrawal of combat forces alone. Mobutu's
other desires include:
--Return to Zaire of some 4,000 exiled seces-
sionists from Shaba (formerly Katanga). These
secessionists fled Zaire in 1963 and have been
fighting with the Popular Movement in the hope
that the Movement would support insurgency in
Shaba.
--Access to the Benguela railroad and the port
of Lobito, the most efficient route for Zaire's
imports and exports.
--Arrangements for the Popular Movement to ac-
cept some 1 million Angolan refugees who have
fled to Zaire.
Neto, for his part, will want assurances that
Mobutu will not underwrite guerrilla operations
into northern Angola by the National Front. In fact,
the National Front withdrew over the weekend from
Sao Salvador, its last major base in the area.
With the exception of a few mercenaries and a small
group of its own troops near the Zairian border,
the National Front has fully retreated into Zaire.
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In southern Angola, National Union President
Savimbi has established his headquarters at the town
of Gago Coutinho
Savimbi's ability to wage effective guerrilla
warfare depends to a large extent on whether Zaire
and South Africa continue to aid him. South Africa
is now exploring the possibility of an accommoda-
tion with the Popular Movement. The South Africans
are responding to a recent statement by the Popular
Movement foreign minister that his regime "would be
prepared to cooperate" with South Africa if Pretoria
recognizes the Movement's sovereignty over Angola.
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ICELAND-UK
The cabinet voted yesterday to break
diplomatic relations with the UK. It will
act today or tomorrow.
A motion also to withdraw Iceland's NATO dele-
gation from Brussels was narrowly defeated. The
motion was introduced by the leader of the Progres-
sive Party, a member of the governing coalition.
Foreign Minister Agustsson broke with other Pro-
gressives and voted against the proposal.
Prime Minister Hallgrimsson had worked hard
to head off a break with London. His political
position has been badly weakened and he may be out
of office soon.
If the coalition government falls, it would
almost certainly be replaced by a leftist coalition.
Then, withdrawal from NATO would be all but certain.
Hallgrimsson is also faced with the most ex-
tensive general strike in Icelandic history. He
has been so occupied with the cod war that he has
been unable to attend to the labor dispute. The
break with London and the pressure for withdrawal
from NATO will further divert his attention.
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The Soviet Kotlin-class guided-missile de-
stroyer and merchant tanker that left the Mediter-
ranean last Friday are continuing their slow pro-
gress down the coast of West Africa and could reach
the Conakry area on Friday.
The destroyer will either augment the Soviet
naval force off West Africa or relieve one of the
warships now in the area. The Kresta II guided-
missile cruiser, another Kotlin, and a tanker re-
main on station about 400 miles west of Pointe
Noire, Congo. A landing ship and a tanker are at
Conakry.
A Soviet submarine--probably a diesel-powered
J-class cruise missile unit--reportedly entered
Conakry harbor last Saturday and tied up next to
the landing ship.
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France failed to persuade its EC partners to
participate in a joint recognition of the Popular
Movement as the government of Angola.
Most, if not all EC members, however, will
probably follow France's lead and individually rec-
ognize the Popular Movement within the next few
days. The Netherlands has already followed suit,
and Denmark is expected to make its announcement
today.
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The French Communist party has announced that
Secretary General Georges Marchais will not attend
the Soviet party congress that opens next Tuesday.
Except for one instance of serious illness,
this will be the first time that the top official
of the French Communist Party has not been present
at a Soviet party congress. Marchais said his de-
cision "follows the line" of his party's congress
held earlier this month. The French congress unan-
imously accepted Marchais' proposal to drop the
phrase "dictatorship of the proletariat" and ap-
plauded his criticisms of the lack of human rights
in the Soviet Union. A five-member delegation led
by the secretary of the Central Committee will rep-
resent the French party at the Soviet congress.
The Moroccans have so far provided no evi-
dence to substantiate their charge that Algerian
troops were involved in the fighting in Spanish
Sahara last weekend.
Algeria's initial denial was somewhat equi-
vocal, however, and reports from both Algiers and
Rabat suggest that Algerian forces may have been
involved. Neither side seems to want a wider dis-
pute, but new incidents are likely.
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