THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 21 APRIL 1976

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0006015088
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 8
• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: April 21, 1976

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The President's Daily Brief
April 21, 1976
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April 21, 1976
Table of Contents
Lebanon:
China:
Peking's concern over possible domestic political
tion and Soviet military intentions following the
Teng Hsiao-ping. (Page 2)
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Notes: Maldives-USSR; Senegal-Angola (Page 3)
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CHINA: Chinese concern
over possible domestic
political disruption
and Soviet military in-
tentions following the
ouster of Vice 7pmier
Teng Hsiao-pina
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nese
riot
leadership fears that the
of April 5 and the previous
pro-Chou En-lai demonstrations re-
flect deep-seated popular approval
of Teng's measures to consolidate
and regularize the country's poli-
tics and economy.
Peking has shown similar signs of
nervousness only twice since the
conclusion of the Cultural Revolu
tion: at the time former presi-
dent Nixon's first visit to China
was announced and at the height
of the Lin Piao crisis.
The Chinese leadership is con-
cerned that Moscow may attempt to
exploit or take advantage of the
recent signs of disarray and dis-
sension in Peking. The participa-
tion of the army in the rallies
conveys the message to Moscow that
the military is in agreement with
political developments in Peking.
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POLAND
UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS
ROMANIA
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Officials in the Mal-
dives have told US Am-
bassador Van HoZZen
that the Soviet Union
has expressed an inter-
est in the former RAF
facility on Gan Island.
Senegalese President
Senghor has reportedly
invited National Union
leader Jonas Savimbi--
now at guerrilla head-
quarters in eastern
Angola--to Dakar to dis-
cuss the possibility of
a meeting with Angolan
President Agostinho Neto.
NOTES
Maldivian officials now claim that
an agreement giving London a veto
over prospective third-country
lessees until 1986 is void. They
make this claim in view of what
they regard as Britain's failure
to provide adequately for Maldiv-
ian workers at the former base.
The US ambassador believes that
if no other satisfactory alterna-
tive appears, the Maldives may try
to lease the facility to any one
of several governments, including
the USSR, that have shown interest
in the base.
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Luanda regime had approached the
Senegalese to arrange such a meet-
ing. Neto's reported approach
through Senghor may be less a bona
fide overture to the National
Union than an attempt to impress
the Senegalese government that he
sincerely desires reconciliation
with his former rival.
Senegal, the Central African Re-
public, and Kenya are the only Af-
rican governments still refusing
to recognize Neto's regime.
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