THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 1 MARCH 1976

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0006015043
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 8
• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: March 1, 1976

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The President's Daily Brief
March 1, 1976
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Rhodesia
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-Mozambique: Mozambique has decided to
pose sanctions against the Ian Smith regime
by closing the border with Rhodesia. (Page
Portugal: The agreement signed by political and
military leaders last week is designed in part
to prevent a return to a leftist-dominated ad-
ministration. (Page 3)
Notes: Turkey; Thailand (Page 4)
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RHODESIA-MOZAMBIQUE
Mozambique apparently has decided
to impose sanctions against Rhodesia
by closing the border, cutting off
Rhodesian trade through Mozambique.
President Machel took a tough public stand on
Rhodesia following Mozambique's independence last
June. Economic problems and internal dissensions,
however, have prevented him from disrupting the lu-
crative economic ties between the two countries.
Machel's change of mind now almost certainly is de-
signed to pressure Smith into a settlement with
Joshua Nkomo.
No public announcement of the sanctions has
been made, but the arrest last week of some Rhode-
sian railroad workers just inside Mozambique may
have been a signal to Smith that a new get-tough
policy was under way.
Machel, Tanzanian President Nyerere, and Zam-
bian President Kaunda still seem willing to use po-
litical pressure on Smith even though they recog-
nize the inevitability of insurgency against the
Rhodesian government.
The insurgents still are not a unified or ef-
fective force. Nevertheless, insurgent activity in
northeastern Rhodesia is growing and gaining momen-
tum. In addition, there have been Rhodesian incur-
sions into Mozambique and some minor clashes between
Rhodesian and regular Mozambican forces.
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PORTUGAL
Analysis of the agreement signed
by political and military leaders last
Thursday indicates that it is not so
much a call for a return to civilian
rule as it is a document that sets up
obstacles to prevent a return to a
leftist-dominated administration.
Civilian political leaders will be more in-
volved in the day-to-day running of the government
and will be in control of the legislature once it
is elected on April 25.
The military retains considerable clout, how-
ever. The all-military Revolutionary Council,
chaired by the President, has been given veto power
over all legislation. The veto can be overturned
only by a two-thirds vote of the legislature. The
Council also retains certain other functions that
can only be regarded as a license to intervene if
the military decides that the civilians are inca-
pable of governing.
The signing of the pact is the culmination of
a series of measures that have substantially toned
down leftist government programs and have steadily
eliminated Communist influence in the country. The
shift to the right in government policies reflects
the mood of the country as a whole.
In recent weeks, there has been an upsurge of
anti-Communist activity in the north, and the Com-
munists are complaining that there are many areas
where they will be unable to campaign effectively
for the'April election.
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NOTES
Turkish
Thai
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