THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 28 JUNE 1976

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0006015148
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• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: June 28, 1976

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The President's Daily Brief
June 28, 1976
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June 28, 1976
Table of Contents
Lebanon:
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Portugal: Army chief Eanes won a landslide victory over his three
opponents in the presidential election yesterday. (Page 2)
Notes: Egypt; Yugoslavia-ECPC; Peru (Pages 4 and 5)
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LEBANON:
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Elsewhere in Lebanon,
Syrian forces show no
sign of giving up stra-
tegic positions.
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In eastern Lebanon, they are ad-
vancing on the leftist stronghold
in Balabakk, and the Fatah com-
mander in the area believes the
town may fall by tomorrow.
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PORTUGAL: Army chief
Antonio Ramalho Eanes
won a landslide vic-
tory over his three
opponents in the pres-
idential election yes-
terday. There will be
no need for a run-off
election.
The Syrians have not withdrawn
from Sidon and Ayn Sawfar as
agreed under the truce arranged
last week by Libyan Prime Minister
Jallud.
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Eanes won more than 60 percent of
the vote. Far left candidate Otelo
de Carvalho placed second with
about 17 percent and Prime Minis-
ter Azevedo won some 14 percent.
Communist Party candidate Octavio
Pato was fourth with 8 percent.
Eanes had the backing and organiza-
tional assistance of the three ma-
jor political parties--the Social-
ist, the centrist Popular Democratic,
and the conservative Social Demo-
cratic Center. Together, these
parties accounted for 75 percent of
the vote in the legislative election
in April. Eanes received less than
that in part because of the lower
voter turnout yesterday; about 73
percent of the voters went to the
polls as compared with 83 percent
in April.
Some voters were unsure of Eanes'
political views. The army chief
has generally been considered con-
servative, and much of his cam-
paign rhetoric advocated a return
to law and order and solutions for
Portugal's serious economic prob-
lems through hard work by all cit-
izens.
At the same time, however, Eanes
endorsed a Portuguese brand of so-
cialism and agrarian reform poli-
cies that raised suspicions among
more conservative party and mili-
tary backers.
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The parties believe Eanes has the
best chance to maintain discipline
in the military during his five-
year term and to ensure the support
of the armed forces for Portugal's
still fragile democratic institu-
tions
On the political left, Carvalho
apparently picked up as much as
half of the votes that had gone
to the Communist Party in the elec-
tion in April. Carvalho reportedly
matched Eanes' vote in several left-
ist strongholds in the south, but
Eanes pulled 70 to 90 percent of the
votes in many districts in the more
conservative north.
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The Egyptian air force
is having difficulty
keeping its MIG-23 jet
fighters operational.
Yugoslav President
Tito's decision to risk
his prestige by attend-
ing the European com-
munist party conference
in East Berlin tomorrow
and Wednesday suggests
that he believes Mos-
cow will not raise con-
troversial issues.
NOTES
15 of
Egypt's 26 MIG-23s are grounded
because of maintenance problems
or accidents.
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The Soviets delivered the 26
planes in the first half of 1975
along with spare parts and a team
responsible for maintenance and
training through December 1976.
The Soviets apparently delivered
the aircraft with just enough
spare parts to keep them flying
during the time Moscow is obli-
gated to maintain them with Soviet
technicians. Although the techni-
cal team has ordered replacements
delivered on a "rush" basis, sup-
ply of the items probably will
stop entirely when the technicians
complete their mission in December.
Soviet concessions on the questions
of party equality and autonomy ap-
parently encouraged Tito to be-
lieve that the conference would
vindicate his once-heretical views
on "separate roads" to communism.
Several recent reports suggest
that Moscow has abandoned its ef-
forts to have its leading role in
the movement endorsed at the con-
ference.
Tito and General Secretary Brezh-
nev yesterday became the first
foreign leaders to arrive in East
Berlin for the conference. They
reportedly will meet today.
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