THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 19 APRIL 1976

• 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: April 19, 1976

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The President's Daily Brief
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April 19, 1976
Table of Contents
Lebanon: Leftist leader Kamal Jumblatt and Phalanges chief
Pierre Jumayyil have approved the Syrian-Palestinian agree-
ment on Lebanon announced late last week. (Page 1)
China: The reappearance of Yeh Chien-ying is a further indica-
tion that moderates as a group have come through the anti-
Teng campaign relatively unscathed. (Page 2)
Notes: Angola-USSR; Rhodesia (Page 3)
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LEBANON: Lebanese
leftist leader Kamal
Jumblatt and Phalanges
Party chief Pierre Ju-
mayyil over the week-
end gave their general
approval to the Syrian-
Palestinian agreement
on Lebanon announced
late last week.
Jumblatt is supporting the basi-
cally pro-Syria accord primarily
because he has no realistic alter-
native. The large fedayeen groups
that provide the bulk of his arms
and fighting men are--for the mo-
ment, at least--cooperating with
Damascus.
The Lebanese leftists and Pales-
tinians apparently did elicit some
concessions from Syria, probably
including an agreement to withdraw
some Syrian forces from Lebanon
and ease the blockade of supplies
to the left.
We have no evidence to confirm
press reports that significant num-
bers of Syrian forces have with-
drawn from Lebanon. We doubt that
Damascus will withdraw large num-
bers of troops until significant
political progress has been made
in Beirut.
Important Christian leaders are
taking special care to make as
few concessions as possible until
agreement has been reached on a
successor to President Franjiyah.
Franjiyah yesterday still had not
delivered to the speaker of par-
liament a signed copy of the con-
stitutional amendment that would
permit a new presidential election
He must do this before an election
can be held.
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CHINA: Yeh Chien-ying,
a leading moderate and
the only major figure
who had not made a pub-
lic appearance since
the ouster of Teng
Hsiao-ping, attended a
diplomatic reception
in Peking on Saturday.
His reappearance is a
further indication that
moderates as a group
have come through the
anti-Teng campaign rel-
atively unscathed.
Yeh left his post as defense min-
ister in protest last January when
Teng Hsiao-ping was not named pre-
mier. A document issued by Peking
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the Peking Military Region com-
mander.
Defense ministry spokesmen, how-
ever, have repeatedly denied any
changes in the leadership of the
ministry--suggesting that the port-
folio was held for Yeh during his
period of protest.
Yeh reportedly has spent the last
few months in south China. It
seems unlikely that he would have
returned to Peking if he had actu-
ally lost his job as defense min-
ister.
Reports of Yeh's attendance at the
reception did not identify him as
minister of defense. Although this
failure to identify him by that
title is not unusual, it could
mean that the job is still subject
to bargaining.
Yeh's return to public view makes
the non-appearance of party left-
ists--the leaders in the anti-Teng
campaign--all the more conspicuous.
None has appeared since the demon-
strations on April 5.
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Angolan President Agos-
tinho Neto may visit
the Soviet Union later
this month.
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is unlikely, however, to give Mos-
cow an opportunity to establish a
major military presence in Angola.
Luanda shows signs of wanting to
follow a non-ali ned fo
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