THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 2 JUNE 1976

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0006015125
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 10
• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: June 2, 1976

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The President's Daily Brief
June 2, 1976
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declauification uhedule of E.O. 11652
exemption category 58(1).12/A31
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June 2, 1976
Table of Contents
Lebanon: Syria's decision to send more troops into Lebanon un-
derscores Damascus' renewed determination to restore order
and make sure that president-elect Sarkis is able to succeed
President Franjiyah. (Page 1)
USSR - Middle East)/
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Yugoslavia-USSR: The prospects of a Tito-Brezhnev summit before
fall have dimmed, primarily because of Soviet demands for
conformity in the Communist movement. (Page 4)
Notes: Thailand; Saudi Arabia - Iran (Page 5)
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MEDITERRANEAN
SEA
HIMARAT
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LEBANON: Syria's deci-
sion to send additional
troops into Lebanon
underscores Damascus'
renewed determination
to arrest the deterio-
ration in Lebanese se-
curity and to ensure
that president-elect
Ilyas Sarkis is able
to succeed President
Franjiyah.
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During the past two days, Syrian
forces have moved into northern
Lebanon near Qubayyat and Andaqat
and into the central part of the
country near Zahlah.
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the number of Syrians involved 25X1
in the current operation is at
least several thousand.
At least one Syrian armored battal-
ion entered northern Lebanon on
Monday, and other Syrian units may
have been sent into the area or
moved up to the border inside Syria
Another Syrian armored unit, of at
least battalion size, moved into
central Lebanon yesterday as far
as the main crossroad at Shaturah,
a few miles west of Zahlah. Troops
reportedly have spread out along
the Beirut-Damascus highway and
intend to open the roads in eastern
Lebanon, lifting the leftist block-
ade of the Christian forces in
Zahlah.
The Syrians' primary aim is to
build up Syrian regular forces in
Lebanon to smooth the transition
of power from Franjiyah to Sarkis
and to protect Syrian-directed
mediation. Although the Syrians
will want to assess fully the re-
percussions of their latest move,
they are probably prepared to send
in additional troops if necessary.
If Syrian troops succeed in their
reported intention to secure major
access routes in eastern Lebanon,
they could come into direct con-
flict with Arafat's Fatah forces,
the largest of the fedayeen groups.
The Israeli government continues
to maintain its low-key public
attitude toward Syrian actions in
Lebanon. Israeli defense ministry
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USSR - MIDDLE EAST:
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spokesmen yesterday said that Is-
rael would not intervene in Leba-
non as long as Syrian actions did
not take the situation beyond the
context of a civil war.
Although the statement had a warn-
ing tone, it seemed to reflect an
Israeli view that'Syria's latest
move is intended to end the fight-
ing in Lebanon and is not a pre-
lude to massive military interven-
tion that could threaten Israel's
security. Syria's decision to
renew the UN mandate in the Golan
Heights last week almost certainly
helped allay some of Israel's con-
cern.
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YUGOSLAVIA: Belgrade
is making it clear that
unacceptable Soviet de-
mands for conformity
in the communist move-
ment have caused the
shelving of plans for
a Tito-Brezhnev summit
meeting and dimmed
prospects that it will
be held before fall.
Last Friday, two of Tito's top
subordinates discussed the decline
in Soviet-Yugoslav relations with
British journalists. One said
that, as far as he knew, "Brezhnev
will not be coming." The other
commented that relations with the
USSR are approaching a "coolness"
without precedent in recent years.
In a speech over the weekend, Tito
finally added his personal contri-
bution to Belgrade's current,
three-month-long polemic against
Soviet pressure tactics. Without
citing the Soviets by name, he re-
vived charges of external support
for the cominformists and implic-
itly complained that Moscow's ap-
peal to "proletarian internation-
alism" is in part an effort to
undermine Yugoslavia's independence
in foreign policy.
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Foreign Minister Phi-
chai of Thailand yester-
day publicly announced
the cabinet decision
not to allow unilateral
US operations at the
Ramasun intelligence
collection facility in
northeast Thailand.
The visit of Saudi
King Khalid to Iran
last week left the Shah
convinced that Riyadh
will never fully coop-
erate with him in re-
gional approaches to
Persian Gulf security
and other issues.
NOTES
The foreign minister said the gov-
ernment would take steps to have
all US personnel stationed at
Ramasun as well as the equipment
at the site which cannot be oper-
ated by the Thai removed by the
July 20 deadline.
Phichai affirmed that Bangkok would
continue negotiations for the re-
tention of other equipment which
can be operated by Thai personnel
and for additional US military sup-
plies to enhance Thai capabilities.
Phichai emphasized that the cabinet
decision, based on recommendations
of the National Security Council,
had been unanimous.
The Shah informed the US embassy
on Monday that he is satisfied the
Saudis are not deliberately work-
ing to undermine Iranian policy.
He believes, however, that the
Saudi establishment is not able to
take the broad view or to embrace
his advocacy of regional positions
on problems.
The Shah certainly is not ready to
abandon his efforts to secure closer
cooperation among area governments.
He may decide, however, to concen-
trate more on strengthening bilat-
eral ties and on persuading Gulf
rulers to accept the notion that
Iran may act alone to police the
Gulf.
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