THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 5 JULY 1976

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0006015155
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• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: July 5, 1976

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The President's Daily Brief
July 5, 1976
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July 5, 1976
Table of Contents
Lebanon: The fighting in Beirut continues to center on the bat-
tle for the Tall Zatar refugee camp. Arab League Secretary
General Riyad is pursuing his mediation efforts. (Page 1)
Italy: The major parties have made a significant concession
to the Communists by agreeing to give them the presidency
of the Chamber of Deputies. (Page 3)
Notes: China-Taiwan; Spain (Page 5)
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Saudi Arabia.
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LEBANON: There has
been no break in the
fighting in Beirut and
elsewhere despite an
agreement by the Chris-
tians and the Palestin-
ians last Friday to ob-
serve a new cease-fire.
After a brief visit to
Damascus, Arab League
Secretary General Riyad
is back in Beirut to
pursue his efforts to
arrange an effective
cease-fire.
The battle for Tall Zatar refugee
camp in Beirut is still not com-
pletely over. The Christians con-
tinued their ground attacks and
shellings yesterday and are now
within the camp's Rerimeter. They
appear to want to avoid being
charged with conducting a blood-
bath when the camp falls.
Fatah deputy chief Salah Khalaf
has issued a statement describing
the assault on Tall Zatar as part
of a "Syrian plot" personally de-
vised by Syrian President Asad.
Khalaf also implicated--and threat-
ened reprisals against--the rest
of the Arab world. Palestinian
relations with Arabs, he said,
"will be a function of their posi-
tions on Tall Zatar."
In southern Lebanon, Syrian forces
completed a limited withdrawal
from the port city of Sidon on
July 3, but leftist communications
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drawal will be completed this weer..
The Syrians shelled a vessel try-
ing to enter the port on Saturday.
The Christians are still demanding
that the Palestinians adhere to
their past agreements with the Leb-
anese government which placed
strict restrictions on their acti-
vities. The Palestinians have
thus far rejected this demand as
an "impossible condition" and in-
sisted instead that the Christians
break off their attack on Tall Za-
tar and withdraw from the adjacent
Jisr al Basha camp that was over-
run early last week.
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The prospects for a Ugandan
air attack have been reduced by the
Israelis' reported destruction of
eleven Ugandan jet fighters.
President Amin, meanwhile, has
called for a UN Security Council
meeting. There has been no outcry
thus far from the Organization of
African Unity members now meeting
in Mauritius. The Kenyans may
have felt that many OAU members
would silently sympathize with
their efforts against the terror25x1
ists and Amin.
Kenyan officials may have hoped
that Amin would be sobered by the
Israeli raid and less inclined to
make threatening moves against
Kenya because of the apparent
close relationship between Kenya
and Israel.
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ITALY: The agreement
among Italy's major
parties to give the
Communists the presi-
dency of the newly
elected Chamber of Dep-
uties is a substantial
concession to the Com-
munists that may even-
tually become part of
an arrangement under
which the party would
agree to cooperate with
a government in which
it holds no cabinet
posts.
No timetable has been
set for negotiations on
a new government, al-
though they could begin
later this week.
The parties also decided that the
Christian Democrats would receive
the presidency of the Senate and
that the Socialists, Italy's third
largest party, would receive a sub-
stantial number of second echelon
posts in the parliament, which
holds its first meeting today.
The Communists have been insisting
that their new strength in parlia-
ment entitled them to the presi-
dency of either the Chamber or the
Senate, posts previously held only
by governing parties. At the same
time, the Communists have surfaced
hints that such a concession might
induce them to agree to an arrange-
ment under which they would be con-
sulted formally on a new govern-
ment program and agree not to op-
pose it in parliament.
It is generally recognized in Italy
that some degree of Communist in-
volvement is necessary to the suc-
cess of any economic recovery ef-
fort. It also is agreed, however,
that it would be politically diffi-
cult, if not impossible, for the
Christian Democrats to offer cab-
inet membership to the Communists
at this time.
Last week, the Christian Democrats
officially proposed a coalition in
which the Socialist Party would be
their major partner and in which
the smaller parties--excluding the
neo-Fascists--would have limited
roles. The Christian Democrats
offered to consult with the Commu-
nists on the government's program
provided they agreed to remain of-
ficially in the opposition rather
than become part of the govern-
ment's working majority in parlia-
ment as the Socialists have been
demanding.
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The negotiations are thus likely
to center on an effort to define
the Communists' role in a way ac-
ceptable to all three major par-
ties. The Socialists have yet to
comment on the substance of the
Christian Democrats' proposal and
have said only that they will not
discuss it bilaterally with the
Christian Democrats. The Social-
ists insist that the negotiations
take place in a round-table format
similar to that which produced the
agreement on division of the par-
liamentary posts.
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