THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 26 MAY 1976

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0006015119
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 8
• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: May 26, 1976

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The President's Daily Brief
May 26, 1976
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May 26, 1976
Table of Contents
Lebanon: Leftist leader Kamal Jumblatt reportedly will meet with
president-elect Sarkis to discuss Sarkis' peace plan. (Page 1)
Angola: The Neto government is having difficulty maintaining law
and order and developing a viable economy. (Page 2)
Notes: Egypt; Yugoslavia; Greece; China; Algeria-USSR; Sudan
(Pages 3 and 4)
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LEBANON: Lebanese left-
ist leader Kamal Jum-
blatt reportedly will
meet with president-
elect Sarkis within the
next two days to dis-
cuss Sarkis' peace plan.
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Jum-
blatt has made clear that he wants
"fighters"--presumably the heads
of various militias--to partici-
pate in the negotiations instead
of traditional politicians. He re-
portedly also favors holding the
negotiations outside Lebanon.
Although Jumblatt may be somewhat
flexible on these issues, he will
be uncompromising in his demand
that President Franjiyah resign
before the formal implementation
of a truce. The leftists believe
that military pressure is the only
way to effect Franjiyah's depar-
ture, and they will not publicly
renounce the use of force--as Sar-
kis has proposed--until the Presi-
dent has stepped down.
A US embassy official who visited
Christian headquarters last week-
end found the Christians divided
and deeply confused on the issue
of Franjiyah's departure. Many ap-
parently are sympathetic to the
President's refusal to resign;
others seem to recognize that Fran-
jiyah's procrastination is under-
mining the Christians' victory in
electing Sarkis and is eroding his
effectiveness as an arbiter.
Interior Minister Shamun and sev-
eral of Franjiyah's close advisers
are primarily responsible for en-
couraging the President's stubborn-
ess. President Giscard's offer
to send French forces has also en-
couraged Franjiyah's hope that out-
siders will eventually come to his
aid.
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ANGOLA: The Neto gov-
ernment is having dif-
ficulty maintaining law
and order and develop-
ing a viable economy
three months after the
end of large-scale
fighting.
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assaults and armed robberies are
so common, even in Luanda, that it
is unsafe to venture into most
streets during the day or night.
The security situation is being ag-
gravated by a worsening food short-
age. Fresh food is virtually un-
available in the major towns, partly
because of the collapse of the
country's transportation system.
The violence and food shortages
are disrupting the rest of the
economy and fueling long-standing
animosity between blacks and mu-
lattos. President Neto and other
Angolan leaders have been exhort-
ing workers to return to their
jobs, but with little apparent ef-
fect so far. The effort to get
the economy going also is being
hampered by the continuing fac-
tional struggle within the Popular
Movement.
In southern Angola, meanwhile, rem-
nants of Jonas Savimbi 'S National
Union are continuing to harass gov-
ernment and Cuban forces. Govern-
ment forces are having more success
in the north against surviving
units of the National Front.
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The effectiveness of
the Egyptian air force
reportedly has deterio-
rated seriously in re-
cent weeks.
Yugoslavia
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Since the beginning of 1976, the
air force's accident rate has in-
creased dramatically, and now has
reached its highest point since
the 1973 war. As a result of the
accidents, most of the air force
was ordered to stand down in early
May for a review of flight proce-
dures and safety measures.
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Violent clashes occurred
in Greece yesterday be-
tween police and left-
ists protesting a new
labor law. Similar dis-
turbances erupted on
Mykonos and on Rhodes
where leftists are pro-
testing shore visits by
US naval personnel.
China's nuclear powered
Han-class submarine was
observed
berthed at a submar2ne
base near Chingtao on
the southern coast of
the Shantung Peninsula.
Algeria has
received 15 MIG-21s
from the USSR--the
first Soviet fighter
aircraft received since
mid-1974.
The seventh anniversary
celebration of President
Numayri's takeover in
Sudan passed without in-
cident.
The government has responded firmly,
showing Prime Minister Caramanlis'
determination to beat back the first
real challenge from the left since
the restoration of democratic rule
in 1974. The demonstrations may,
in fact, persuade Caramanlis to move
away from his moderate stance and
adopt a more rightist political
course.
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with the two oceanographic research
ships that were operating in the
south Pacific on May 6.
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Algeria is the third non-Communist
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country after Cuba and Syria to re-
ceive the L version, a more ad-
vanced export variant of the MIG-
21. The new MIGs probably are part
of a $450 to $500 million arms ac-
cord signed in late 1975.
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