THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 20 FEBRUARY 1976

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0006015035
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 7
• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: February 20, 1976

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The President's Daily Brief
February 20, 1976
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February 20, 1976
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Egypt - Saudi Arabia: President Sadat begins a
six-day visit to Saudi Arabia on Saturday to
seek financial aid and moral support for his
sagging leadership position in the Arab world.
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Notes: Pakistan; Nigeria; Jordan-Syria (Pages 2 and 3)
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EGYPT - SAUDI ARABIA
President Sadat begins a six-day
visit to Saudi Arabia tomorrow to seek
financial aid and moral support for
his sagging position of leadership in
the Arab world. The Saudis are likely
to give Sadat some gesture of public
support. The conditions attached to
any large new aid agreement, however,
may be more stringent than in the past.
Saudi Arabia has disbursed nearly $2 billion
in cash to Egypt during the past two years and is
wary of making more money available to Cairo with-
out obtaining some accounting of how this aid is
spent.
Although Sadat may succeed in wheedling some
money out of the Saudis, he is likely to face some
hard questioning--on political as well as economic
matters.
Sadat has occasionally stated that the inter-
nationalization of Jerusalem would be acceptable
to him, but he has not pushed this idea or raised
it for some time.
Sadat should have little difficulty in reas-
suring the Saudis on this score. Even his toughest
questioners will probably offer him some expression
of continued Saudi friendship. The Saudis are un-
likely to cut off economic aid, if only because
they are convinced that any change in Cairo would
be for the worse.
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The Nigerian government is concerned that
tribal and religious tensions, generally absent
from the scene in recent years, will be rekindled
by *last week's coup attempt.
The ruling Supreme Military Council
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The council is now taking measures to reassure
northern Muslims that the regime intends to preserve
a regional and tribal balance. It is also using
influential Muslim leaders to convey the message
that the coup attempt had no anti-Muslim connota-
tions.
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Two days of talks in Amman this week between
the Jordanian and Syrian prime ministers failed to
produce any results to support press speculation--
especially in Israel--that the two countries are
moving toward an early "confederation."
Jordanian Prime Minister Rifai told our ambas-
sador that the lengthy, bland communique issued at
the conclusion of the talks fully reflected the
discussions. The next meeting between the two
countries is scheduled to be held in Damascus in
May. The UN forces' mandate on the Golan Heights
expires at the end of that month, and the Jordanians
may hope to influence or get a better reading of
President Asad's plans concerning its renewal.
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