THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 25 MAY 1976

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0006015118
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• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 10
• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: May 25, 1976

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The President's Daily Brief
May 25, 1976
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May 25, 1976
Table of Contents
USSR: The latest satellite photography shows that the Soviets
are making an effort to meet the requirement for dismantling
older ICBM launchers. (Page 1)
Notes: USSR;
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USSR: The latest satel-
lite photography shows
that the Soviets are
making an effort to
meet the requirement
for dismantling older
ICBM launchers.
Thirty-five of the 43 partially
dismantled SS-7 ICBM launchers
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tivity was observed at sites con-
taining 20 launchers. The Soviets
now have fully dismantled at least
13 to 16 SS-7 launchers, and it ap-
pears that they can have 51 ICBM
launchers dismantled by June 1.
Under the terms of the Interim
Agreement, the Soviets should have
fully dismantled 51 older ICBM or
submarine-launched ballistic mis-
sile launchers by March 1, but at
that time they had dismantled only
eight SS-7 launchers. Another 43
SS-7 launchers were partially dis-
mantled, but little work had been
done on them for several months or
more.
In early April the Soviets admitted
that they had not met the require-
ments. They stated that they would
have the required number of launch-
ers fully dismantled by June 1.
The status of the dismantling pro-
gram for these 51 SS-7 launchers
and the changes observed since our
last coverage are shown on the next
page.
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Status of SS-7 Launchers Where
Dismantling Activity Has Been Observed
Photography ob-
tamed between
Photography ob-
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Fully Dismantled
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13-16
Dismantling in Progress
15-12
Partially Dismantled
But No Recent Activity
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15
Not Photographed
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Total
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At least 13 SS-7 launchers--8
above-ground and 5 silo launchers--
now are fully dismantled. Two
more above-ground launchers and
one more silo launcher may also be
fully dismantled, but the quality
of the photography prevents us
from being certain.
Most of the dismantling require-
ments have been met at the sites
containing the 12 to 15 launchers
where work was in progress.
No new activity was observed at
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ity observed at the other launch-
ers occurred after that date. The
Soviets have sufficient time to
complete the dismantling of these
launchers by June 1. They have
shown that they can fully disman-
tle a site containing two above-
ground launchers or three silo
launchers within two weeks.
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marine fitting out at Severodvinsk
probably will have started sea
trials, meaning that the Soviets
will have to have begun disman-
tling 16 additional older launch-
ers.
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The Soviets have an-
nounced to the military
attaches of CSCE sig-
natory states that an
air and ground force
exercise will be held
from June 14 to 18 near
the Finnish border.
NOTES
The announcement was made 21 days
in advance--in compliance with the
time provision of the Helsinki
agreement. This is the second ex-
ercise the Soviets have announced
since the signing of the Helsinki
accord last summer.
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Fighting flared in sev-
eral areas of Lebanon
yesterday, but the in-
formal truce generally
is holding.
The Soviets reportedly
have advised Poland not
to raise food prices
this summer because of
the danger that increases
would provoke disorder.
The heaviest clashes occurred in
the mountains east of Beirut, where
leftist forces apparently tightened
their encirclement of the Christian
city of Zahlah. Although most
areas of Beirut have remained rel-
atively quiet, Christian and left-
ist gunmen have resumed artillery
exchanges in the city's port dis-
trict. The renewed fighting will
add to pressures on president-elect
Sarkis to come up with a formula
for negotiations before the de
facto cease-fire collapses com-
pletely.
Prices of basic foods in Poland
have been held stable since 1970.
The possibility of increases now
has sparked public indignation
and controversy within the Polish
regime. Politicians, fearing the
public's wrath, have argued against
the increases, but economists have
stressed that a continued freeze
puts too much of a burden on the
economy. Moscow has offered to
provide Warsaw 2 million tons of
grain in order to maintain cur-
rent price levels, but this assis-
tance cannot indefinitely post-
pone price hikes on food. The So-
viet offer was also qualified by
the proviso that the grain harvest
in the USSR this year would have
to be satisfactory.
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