THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 7 AUGUST 1976

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0006466733
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• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: August 7, 1976

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The President's Daily Brief
August 7, 1976
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August 7, 1976
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Lebanon: Violations of the cease-fire occurred in most areas of
the country yesterday. (Page 1)
Turkey-Greece:
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Italy: Prime Minister Andreotti's Christian Democratic minority
government won a vote of confidence in the Senate yesterday.
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USSR: The Soviet Union is apparently preparing to launch a lunar
mission next week. The cosmonauts aboard Salyut 5 may be
devoting most of their working time to intelligence-related
tasks. (Page 6)
Kenya-Uganda: A preliminary agreement reached yesterday on end-
ing the month-long dispute between Kenya and Uganda largely
satisfies Nairobi's conditions for improving relations. 50X1
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Rhodesia-Tanzania-Mozambi ue:
Notes: USSR; Spain; Thailand-Vietnam (Pages 9 and 10)
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LEBANON: Violations
of the cease-fire oc-
curred in most areas
of the country yester-
day. The Arab League
has no immediate plans
to position its forces
in accordance with the
agreement signed in
Damascus a week ago.
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An attempt to evacuate more of the
wounded from the Tall Zatar refu-
gee camp was broken off abruptly
yesterday when several hundred in-
habitants tried to force their way
into the Red Cross vehicles in an
effort to get out of the camp.
Each side is accusing the other
of opening fire on the convoy to
block the escape.
The pro-Christian radio has charged
that the Palestinian leadership in
the camp is allowing only Palestin-
ian wounded, women, and children
to leave, while forcing Lebanese
to stay behind. The charges sug-
gest the Christians may not permit
further evacuations. As of yes-
terday, the Red Cross was planning
no further attempts.
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SYRIA:
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Soviet threats to impose sanctions
on Damascus, the increased flow of
arms to Palestinian forces, more
explicit Libyan support for the
Palestinians, and new signs of un-
rest in Syria. Two bombings oc-
curred in Damascus early yesterday
morning, and there have been bomb-
ings or political assassinations
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past month.
A week-long delay in the announce-
ment of a new Syrian cabinet, al-
though possibly involving other
political considerations, almost
certainly was related to discus-
sions within the regime over Asad's
Lebanon policy.
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The increasing problems
Asad faces are probably
responsible for his
decision to reduce, at
least temporarily, Syr-
ian military pressure
on the Palestinians
and Lebanese leftists
in the Sidon area of
southern Lebanon.
Soviet military deliver-
ies to Syria evidently
are going forward de-
spite political prob-
lems between Moscow and
Damascus.
Syrian forces withdrew late last
month from Sidon to Jazzin. This
withdrawal helped reduce Arab
criticism of Asad, facilitated
the negotiation of the Syrian-
Palestinian agreement July 29,
and led to a reduction of fighting
this week. It also permitted large-
scale resupply of Palestinian forces
through the port of Sidon, however,
and is therefore likely to prolong
the fighting even if the Syrians
succeed in efforts to create a new
Christian force in the area strong
enough to retake former Syrian po-
sitions.
the Syr-
ians have already concluded that
they made a mistake in withdrawing
from Sidon. Most Syrian leaders
believe the Palestinians are only
stalling for time while seeking
further external support. Presum-
ably the Syrians are concerned that
they may once again have eased up
just before their strategy had
achieved success.
A Soviet shipment of trucks and
other military support equipment
arrived in Latakia on August 2,
possibly the first of several such
deliveries.
The delivery last week was the
first confirmed shipment to arrive
in Syria since July 12 although
the
received new So-
viet military equipment late last
month.
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TURKEY-GREECE:
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ITALY: Prime Minister
Andreotti's Christian
Democratic minority
government won a vote
of confidence in the
Senate yesterday.
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The Communist Party's announcement
that it would abstain in the confi-
dence votes means that the Chris-
tian Democrats-the only major
party to vote affirmatively--will
also be able to muster a majority
in the Chamber of Deputies. A
vote is expected there early next
week.
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The Communists have
scored an important
success in local poli-
tics by gaining a place
in Rome's municipal gov-
ernment for the first
time.
The Communists made it clear in
the Senate debate that they are
not giving Andreotti a "mandate"
and that the party views his gov-
ernment merely as an "intermediate
phase." The statement is probably
designed in part to reassure the
Communist rank and file that the
party has not sold out to the
Christian Democrats. On the other
hand, the Communists appear to be
signaling that they will only co-
operate with Andreotti for a lim-
ited time and will demand further
concessions as the price for con-
tinued support.
The capital has been without a gov-
ernment since June, when the munic-
ipal election made the Communists
the largest party in the city but
failed to produce a majority for
the left as a whole. The stalemate
was broken when the Communists, So-
cialists, and Social Democrats
agreed to form a leftist adminis-
tration that will rely for its ma-
jority on abstention in the city
council by the small Republican
Party. The council is expected to
elect a mayor on Monday, and the
post is reportedly slated to go to
a Communist.
When the Roman administration is
installed, the Communists will be
participating in the governments
of eight of Italy's ten largest
cities. The Communists won gov-
erning roles in Milan, Turin, Ven-
ice, and Naples following the par-
ty's sharp gains in the round of
municipal elections held in June
1975.
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USSR: The USSR appar-
ently is preparing to
launch a lunar mission
next week, possibly by
Monday.
KENYA-UGANDA: A pre-
liminary agreement
reached yesterday on
ending the month-long
dispute largely satis-
fies Nairobi's condi-
tions for improving
relations. The accord
is subject to ratifi-
cation by presidents
Kenyatta and Amin.
We believe the Soviets may try to
place a spacecraft into a polar
orbit around the moon. Such a
mission, never attempted by either
the USSR or the US, probably would
provide data on variations in lunar
gravity as well as photographic
coverage of the moon's poles and
extreme latitudes.
The Soviets have launched 13 un-
manned lunar probes since 1969.
The program has included missions
which returned lunar soil samples,
put spacecraft into low orbits
around the moon, and dep-loyed a
lunar rover. Only six of these
have been successful.
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After three days of talks in Nai-
robi, the two sides agreed to with-
draw troops from the border, to
halt threats to use force, and to
cease their propaganda war. In-
tercepts indicate that some Ugan-
dan troops on the border were or-
dered to withdraw earlier this week.
The agreement includes guarantees
for an end to the harassment of
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RHODESIA-TANZANIA-
MOZAMBI UE
Kenyans in Uganda and compensation
for Kenyan property seized by
Uganda. The Ugandan government
recognized a general obligation
to pay its debts, and a special
committee is to be established to
arrange for the payment of money
Nairobi says Uganda owes.
A provision for the free flow of
traffic between the two countries
apparently will require Kenya even-
tually to end its restrictions on
deliveries of fuel to Uganda, and
will obligate Uganda to stop con-
fiscating goods bound from Kenya
for other African countries.
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South Africa;
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The Soviet aircraft
carrier Kiev is north
of the British Isles
and should arrive in
Northern Fleet waters
early next week.
The Spanish government
appears likely to de-
lay in deciding whether
to permit exiled Span-
ish Communist Party
leader Santiago Car-
rillo to return home.
NOTES
Two surface warships and an oiler
rendezvoused with the Kiev last
Tuesday to escort it on the final
leg of its voyage to the Northern
Fleet.
The Kiev will probably remain in
the Northern Fleet area for exer-
cises and weapons familiarization
tests but is expected to return
eventually to the Black Sea.
The two destroyers that escorted
the Kiev out of the Mediterranean
parted company with it last Tues-
day. The two ships have moved
north of the Azores to refuel from
a tanker and probably will sail to
Cuba. Soviet naval ships have not
visited Cuba since June 1975.
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Carrillo's return is a political
question and not a legal one. No
criminal char es now stand a ainst
him.
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Thai Foreign Minister
Phichai concluded his
visit to Hanoi with an
announcement that dip-
lomatic relations have
been established be-
tween Thailand and Viet-
nam.
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The communique on diplomatic rec-
ognition essentially follows the
four-point formulation Vietnam
used with the Philippines--peaceful
coexistence; no bases to be used
by foreign powers against the other
party; the resolution of all dis-
putes through negotiations; and
the promotion of regional cooper-
ation in the "interests of inde-
pendence and neutrality."
Thailand was the last of Hanoi's
Southeast Asian neighbors to nor-
malize relations. Two issues that
were significant roadblocks in
the past--the return of Vietnamese
refugees living in Thailand since
the end of the French Indochina
war and the return of South Viet-
namese aircraft flown to Thailand
at the end of the Vietnam war last
year--were apparently set aside.
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