THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 12 NOVEMBER 1976

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0006466896
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• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 15
• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: November 12, 1976

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The President's Daily Brief
VI
November 12, 1976
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Rhodesia-Mozambique:
November 12, 1976
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Angola: The current offensive by government forces in southern
Angola against guerrillas of the National Union appears to 25X1
be the most ambitious effort so far on the part of the Neto
regime to establish control over an area of the country in
which it has no ethnic or political links. (Page 2)
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Notes: USSR; Israel; Lebanon; France-FTAI (Pages 6 and 7)
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RHODESIA-MOZAMBIQUE:
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ANGOLA: The current
offensive by government
forces in southern An-
gola against guerrillas
of the National Union
appears to be the most
ambitious effort so far
on the part of the Neto
regime to establish con-
trol over an area of
the country in which it
has no ethnic or politi-
cal links.
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The government forces are said to
have sealed the Angola-Namibia bor-
der, reducing the flow of refugees
across it to a trickle. The Na-
tional Union's supply lines from
South African military sources in
northern Namibia may have been cut
in the process. The South Afri-
cans have been providing modest
assistance to the National Union.
The South Africans have been count-
ing on the National Union to keep
Angolan government forces on the
defensive in that area in the hope
of slowing down an expected buildup
of SWAPO forces for intensified
insurgency into Namibia. The cur-
rent offensive, however successful,
almost certainly will not wipe out
the insurgency of Jonas Savimbi's
National Union. The guerrillas
will simply fade deeper into the
southern Angolan countryside where
they can count on support from the
local population.
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Recent construction ac-
tivity at the PZesetsk
missile test center sug-
gests that the Soviets
plan to resume testing
the mobile version of
their SS-X-16 ICBM.
A major new Israeli
airfield in northern
Sinai apparently is
now in operation.
NOTES
The new facilities appear to be for
crew training, but the final Soviet
decision on fielding a mobile ICBM
probably will depend on the outcome
of the SALT II negotiations. If an
agreement based on the Vladivostok
Accords is reached, the Soviets
probably will not field a mobile
ICBM, at least in the near term.
The Soviets would be limited to
2,400 delivery vehicles and would
have to dismantle fixed ICBM
launchers or other systems to com-
pensate for the mobile ICBM
launchers. Mobile ICBMs would
probably not significantly enhance
the capability of Soviet strategic
forces, and their operating costs
are considerably higher.
The airfield has been under con-
struction for about two years and
will be able to handle any air-
craft currently in the Israeli
inventory. When fighter squadrons
are assigned to the fi,eld, the
Israelis will have two airfields
in the Sinai with fighter units
permanently assigned to them; the
other field is near Elat on the
Gulf of Aqaba.
Two other bases, Bir Jifjafah and
Ras Nasrani, are also used period-
ically by Israeli fighters. Is-
rael's fighter force has grown by
more than 25 percent since the war
in October 1973, and the new field
will help relieve the congestion.
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Fighting continues in
various parts of Leba-
non, although Beirut
remains fairly quiet.
Territory of Afars
and Issas
France
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Syrian peacekeeping forces resumed
their advance into Beirut today,
where they are to take up positions
along the main confrontation line.
The area around Tripoli in the
north is still tense, and there
was fighting in the south yester-
day where the Israelis acknowledged
shelling some Palestinian positions
from across the border. Both the
Israelis and Christians have been
bombarding Bint Jubayl, the one re-
maining Palestinian foothold in the
extreme south, off and on for days
in an apparent effort to prevent
the Palestinians from reinforcing
it.
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