THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 31 AUGUST 1976

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0006466840
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• Original Classification: T
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• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: August 31, 1976

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The President's Daily Brief
August 31, 1976
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August 31, 1976
Table of Contents
Egypt-Libya: The Egyptians are apparently moving additional air
defense units to the Libyan border. , (Page 1)
Lebanon: Efforts to arrange some kind of peace settlement in
Lebanon continue, but there is no sign of progress. (Page 2)
Angola: Expanded guerrilla activity by those groups defeated in
the civil war does not seriously threaten the government,
but it does provide reason for the continued use of Cuban
troops. (Page 3)
Notes: Saudi Arabia - Jordan; Korea; USSR; USSR-Yugoslavia
(Pages 5 and 6)
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EGYPT-LIBYA: The Egyp-
tians are apparently
moving additional air
defense units to the
Libyan border.
Egypt
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Egypt already has the equiv-
alent of three surface-to-air mis-
sile brigades of 13 firing battal-
ions near the border.
Egyptian naval exercises scheduled
to begin in the Gulf of Sollum on
Sunday have been ost oned
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All units of the Libyan
armed forces were placed
on increased alert yes- Libyan ground, air, naval, and air
terday. defense units in the Tobruk area
have been on increased alert since
August 24.
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LEBANON: Efforts to
arrange some kind of
peace settlement in
Lebanon continue, but
there is no sign of
progress.
The Palestinian Polit-
ical Council has pub-
lished a communique
requiring all Palestin-
ian males between 18
and 30 to report for
mobilization by today.
Arab League mediator Hasan Sabri
al-Khuli flew from Damascus to
Cairo yesterday, presumably to
consult with Arab League officials
on the status of the peace plan he
has been pushing for the past week.
The plan, according to press ac-
counts, provides for balanced with-
drawals from the Mount Lebanon area
by both the Palestinians and the
Christians. The Christians are
unlikely to accept such a proposal,
although they have withheld an an-
swer pending a Syrian response.
Twelve countries--one more than
the necessary majority--are re-
ported to have notified the Arab
League of their willingness to
attend an emergency summit on Leb-
anon. The foreign ministers' meet-
ing that is to prepare the agenda
for the summit is scheduled for
September 4.
This move is, in effect, an acknowl-
edgment by the Palestinians of
their difficult military position.
Conscription could reinforce Pal-
estinian ranks but only with ill-
trained and less effective fighters.
The Palestinians may hope that one
effect of the announcement will be
to persuade the Christians of Pal-
estinian readiness to fight in the
Mount Lebanon area if current nego-
tiations to arrange a withdrawal
fall through.
The siege of Tripoli by Syrian
and Christian forces continues to
tighten, and new fighting was re-
ported around the port yesterday.
In Beirut, clashes occurred in the
commercial area, and artillery
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ANGOLA: The liberation
groups defeated in the
Angolan civil war have
recently expanded their
operations. Their ac-
tivity does not seri-
ously threaten the An-
golan government; it
does, however, provide
reason for the contin-
uing use of Cuban troops.
fire was exchanged in the mountains
to the east. 1
I the Syrians have been
consolidating their forces in Saw-
far and Zahlah. The Syrians also
seem to be reinforcing their posi-
tions near Jazzin.
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National Front guer-
rillas are scattered in small units
along the northwestern coast and
apparently have established base
camps near Nova Caipemba and Bessa
Monteira. These locations place
them in a good position to disrupt
government efforts to revive the
country's coffee industry. The
National Front, which no longer
enjoys the active support of Zai-
rian President Mobutu, is hampered,
however, by shortages of ammuni-
tion and food.
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The bulk of the government's forces
have no experience in counterin-
surgency operations. The Cubans,
who are leading the operations,
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Cuando Cubanga Province, sparsely
populated and remote from Angola's
major centers of activity, has be-
come the National Union's major
staging area. The South African
press reported last Friday that
Cuban-led Angolan forces occupied
Dirico, near the Namibian border,
perhaps as an opening move in the
government's drive.
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Saudi Arabia has for-
mally confirmed its
agreement to finance
the US air defense pack-
age for Jordan.
North Korea is playing
down its seizure yester-
day of a South Korean
fishing boat.
We cannot confirm a
London Evening News
story that Soviet Pre-
mier Kosy gin was saved
from drowning after suf-
fering a stroke.
NOTES
The Saudi Ministry of Foreign Af-
fairs notified the US embassy in
Jidda on August 28 that Saudi Ara-
bia would pay $540 million for the
14 batteries of improved Hawk sur-
face-to-air missiles and 100 Vul-
can self-propelled antiaircraft
artillery guns. The agreement cli-
maxes months of talks and removes
the major obstacle to the sale of
the US package that was approved
for Jordan last year.
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The North Korean news agency de-
scribed the boat simply as an "un-
identified ship" that intruded
into the North's coastal waters.
Pyongyang apparently has decided,
at least initially, that this in-
cident does not lend itself to ex-
ploitation as another "war provo-
cation" by South Korea and the US.
Pyongyang normally detains captured
South Korean boats and crews for
at least several months. Seoul
may try to link the seizure of the
boat to the current talks at Pan-
munjom and may urge the US to sus-
pend consideration of North Korean
proposals regarding the Joint Se-
curity Area until the boat and
crew are returned.
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Kosygin's most recent publicly an-
nounced activity was on July 22,
when he received the Algerian min-
ister of agriculture. There has
been no information on his activ-
ities since July 30.
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This is the second time we have
picked up such a story. In mid-
August, the Romanian ambassador to
Moscow, probably passing on sec-
ond- or third-hand gossip, told
Canadian Ambassador Ford that Kosy-
gin had an accident while on vaca-
tion near Pitsunda. He thought
that the accident occurred on a
pleasure craft on the Black Sea.
The London Evening News version
may be a variant of this story and
cannot be regarded as confirmation
of it.
According to a Japanese news
agency, a Japanese business delega-
tion visiting Moscow was told on
August 10 that Kosygin would not
be able to receive them because he
was "recuperating" from a "slight
cold."
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