THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 11 JULY 1976

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• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
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• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: July 11, 1976

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The President's Daily Brief
July 11, 1976
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July 12, 1976
Table of Contents
Lebanon: Syria may have introduced substantial numbers of addi-
tional troops into eastern and northern Lebanon over the
past few days. (Page 1)
Egypt-Libya: Egypt and, to a lesser extent, Libya have been en-
gaged in intensive efforts to transship arms through their
ports to leftist and Palestinian forces in Lebanon. (Page 2)
Libya: The US embassy in Tripoli believes Libyan President
Qadhafi will probably sponsor additional and more spectacu-
lar terrorist attacks against Israeli targets. (Page 3)
Kenya-Uganda: Nairobi has undertaken economic measures against
President Amin's regime, while Kampala is reportedly taking
reprisals against Kenyans in Uganda. (Page 4)
Ethiopia: Major Mengistu Hailemariam, strongman and first vice
chairman of the ruling military council, and his supporters
have begun a purge of their suspected military and civilian
opponents. (Page 5)
Notes: Namibia; USSR-Iraq; Peru (Pages 6 and 7)
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LEBANON: Syria may
have introduced substan-
tial numbers of addi-
tional troops into east-
ern and northern Lebanon
over the past few days.
The military reverses
suffered by Palestinian
and leftist forces have
prompted increasingly
urgent calls for help
by Fatah chief Arafat
and Lebanese socialist
leader Jumblatt.
This force is composed primarily
of troops drawn from minority re-
ligious groups. They probably are
considered less likely than regu-
lar Syrian units to balk at orders
to attack Palestinians in Lebanon.
Tall Zatar camp in east Beirut has
been captured, according to Beirut
radio broadcasts.
Syrian troops intensified their
attacks over the weekend on Pales-
tinian and leftist positions north
of Tripoli. South of the city,
Syria apparently is working with
Christian forces to encircle and
blockade the port. The Christians
are making steady gains in this
area, and only a handful of left-
ist strongholds remain. Syrian
troops continue their heavy shell-
ing of Sidon.
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Arafat has appealed to Egypt and
apparently Libya to assist the Pal-
estinians militarily, and Jumblatt
has requested aid from Saudi Arabia,
Algeria, and Iraq.
Egyptian leaders met on Saturday
to consider the Palestinians' re-
quest. We do not know what, if
anything, was decided. War Minis-
ter Gamasy is reported to be firmly
opposed to Egyptian intervention of
any kind.
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EGYPT-LIBYA: Egypt and,
to a lesser extent,
Libya have been engaged
since mid-June in inten-
sive efforts to trans-
ship Iraqi and possibly
Soviet and East European
arms through their ports
to leftist and Palestin-
ian forces in Lebanon.
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We cannot determine the quantity
of arms delivered to Egypt and
Libya or how many shipments have
been transferred to Lebanon, but
several shiploads are reported to
have gone through the Syrian block-
ade to southern Lebanese ports.
An Iraqi airlift to Egypt, appar-
ently consisting primarily of small
arms for Lebanese leftists, began
on June 10. Egyptian officials
have told the US embassy that they
are receivin Irasi arms for the
Lebanese.
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Egypt may also be receiving East
European arms for transshipment.
recent unusual Egyptian transport
flights to Dresden, East Germany,
may have picked up some arms from
East European sources.
Most of the arms thus far delivered
under Libyan auspices probably have
come from Tri?oli's own stocks,
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LIBYA: The US embassy
in Tripoli believes
that Libyan President
Qadhafi--humiliated by
the Israeli raid into
Uganda last week to
. rescue hostages of a
hijacking?will prob-
ably sponsor additional
and more spectacular
terrorist attacks
against Israeli targets.
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Syrian forces have been able to
prevent the arrival of some arms
carriers at the Lebanese port of
Sidon, but several ships apparently
have successfully run the blockade
or have unloaded their supplies at
Tyre, a port farther south that re-
mains in leftist hands.
A recent editorial in a government-
controlled Libyan newspaper de-
scribed the Israeli raid as an in-
sult to the "dignity of the Pales-:-
tinian revolution" and the Arab25X1
people. The editorial, which the
embassy believes had Qadhafi's
personal approval, strongly sug- 25X1
gested that the hostages should
have been dealt with more harshly.
Libya's cooperation with the inter-
national terrorist Carlos, whose
agents are also believed to have
been involved in the hijacking, is
also well documented. Carlos has
used Libya as a base of operations
since the kidnaping in Vienna last
December of the OPEC oil ministers.
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KENYA-UGANDA: Nairobi
has undertaken economic
measures against Presi-
dent Amin's regime,
while Kampala is re-
portedly taking repri-
sals against Kenyans
in Uganda.
Kenya has denied that
a blockade is in force, but it ha5x1
previously employed this move
against Uganda's vulnerable econ-
omy.
The Nairobi press is describing
killings and widespread reprisals
by Amin's security forces against
Kenyans in Uganda. We cannot con-
firm officially sanctioned repri-
sals, but Kenyan expatriates are
probably regarded as fair game by
ill-disciplined soldiers and other
Ugandans who see an opportunity to
seize the property of the Kenyans.
Both armies remain on alert, but
the Kenyan forces
-are some distance from the
border and are making no move tht,,,
Amin could interpret as a provoc6'^'
tion. Uganda apparently sent more25xl
artillery to the border on July 10.
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ETHIOPIA: Major Men-
gistu Hailemariam,
strongman and first
vice chairman of the
ruling military coun-
cii, and his supporters
have begun a purge of
their suspected mili-
tary and civilian op-
ponents.
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The supreme military commander in
Eritrea Province was killed Satur-
day in Addis Ababa in a shoot-out
with troops sent to arrest him. 25X1
He had been called to the capital
to discuss the Eritrean rebellion.
We have no evidence that the com-
mander in Eritrea was actively
plotting against the government.
He was popular with his troops,
however, and a potential leader
of organized opposition to the
council.
Troops in Eritrea have denounced
the socialist policies and author-
itarian rule of the council sev-
eral times during the past year.
They have called for a political
settlement of the guerrilla war
and have refused to fight the reb-
els. The death of their commander,
far from quieting their dissatis-
faction, will probably harden their
antagonism toward the council.
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NAMIBIA
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Insurgents of the South-
west African Peoples'
Organization based in
Angola are operating
more aggressively near
the Namibian border,
and recently have pene-
trated farther south
into Namibia than be-
fore.
Soviet Premier Kosygin's
visit to Iraq in late
May reportedly resulted
in an agreement in prin-
ciple for more Soviet
arms and further eco-
nomic assistance.
NOTES
Last week guerrillas operating
just inside Namibia killed four
persons and seized a fifth. Other
guerrilla bands abducted nine more
people. This is the highest rate
of deaths and abductions to date
in a single week of SWAPO raids.
South African authorities have
confirmed that a ten-man guerrilla
group from Angola reached the cop-
per mining area around Tsumeb
where all but two of the band were
killed early this month. This is
the deepest known penetration by
a group of this size.
Most of the victims of SWAPO raids
have been leaders or members of
the Ovambo tribe who have collab-
orated with the South African ad-
ministration.
Details of the agreements will be
worked out when Iraqi leader Saddam
Husayn goes to Moscow later this
year.
Iraq has now received nearly all
the arms it has ordered from the
USSR--valued at nearly $2 billion.
It has also drawn or allocated the
entire $550 million of economic
aid previously extended by the So-
viet Union.
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The brief military re-
bellion in Peru staged
Friday by a rightist
army general was easily
put down by forces loyal
to President Morales
Bermudez. The princi-
pal winner in the show-
down appears to have
been leftist Prime Min-
ister and army commander
Fernandez Maldonado.
Morales Bermudez
position remains uncertain. De-
spite the show of loyalty to him,
he must still contend with mount-
ing economic problems and basic
political divisions in the armed
forces.
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