THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 12 MAY 1976

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0006015106
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 9
• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: May 12, 1976

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The President's Daily Brief
May 12, 1976
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May 12, 1976
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Lebanon: The Christians slowed their
east of Beirut yesterday
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Jordan:
offensive
in the
mountains
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China: The Chinese leadership and populace remain tense more
than a month after the riots in Peking. (Page 2)
Note: USSR-Cuba (Page 4)
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LEBANON: The Chris-
tians slowed their of-
fensive in the moun-
tains east of Beirut
yesterday
JORDAN:
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the far north around Tripoli.
Iraq's agents there apparently are
trying to reverse the progress to-
ward a Lebanese settlement, but so
far have been unable to trigger
broader fighting between Chris-
tians and Muslims.
President Franjiyah, meanwhile, is
once again saying that he will not
resign until security improves.
President-elect Sarkis met with
Franjiyah yesterday and apparently
planned to press him for an immedi-
ate resignation. Several aides
close to the President expect him
to acquiesce by next week, accord-
ing to our embassy in Beirut.
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CHINA: The situation
in the Chinese leader-
ship and throughout the
country remains tense
more than a month after
the riots in Peking and
Teng Hsiao-ping's ous-
ter.
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The party's left wing would like
to continue its offensive--espe-
cially while the frail Chairman
Mao is still alive--by stripping
Teng of his party membership and
purging other unnamed "capitalist
roaders." Party moderates have
thus far succeeded in preventing
this.
The Chinese leaders are making no
secret of the divisions among them
Three leading moderates failed to
appear with the rest of the lead-
ership at a reception on April 26
for those who put down the Peking
disturbances. These three appeared
in public just prior to and imme-
diately following the reception,
strongly suggesting that they de-
liberately stayed away from the
ceremony.
There is evidence of a feeling
among large segments of the popu-
lace that the continuing anti-Teng
campaign is besmirching the memory
of Chou En-lai. A massive effort
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to root out Teng's supporters
could well prompt a new and larger
round of political turmoil and fur-
ther incidents of violence such as
the explosion last month at the So-
viet embassy--something that lead-
ers of all political stripes would
like to avoid.
The bitterness caused by Teng's
dismissal suggests that the cur-
rent stalemate cannot go on indef-
initely and that another major
leadership struggle will occur be-
fore some degree of stability is
achieved in the upper ranks of
the party.
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