THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 14 DECEMBER 1976

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0006466922
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• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 13
• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: December 14, 1976

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The President's Daily Brief
December 14, 1976
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December 14, 1976
Table of Contents
USSR: An article by the director of the USSR's USA Institute
appears to caution Pravda readers that a new administration 25x1
in the US does not necessarily mean early progress for
Soviet-US relations. (Page 1)
Egypt:
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Iran - South Yemen: Saudi Arabia and Kuwait have apparently 25X1
arranged the release from South Yemen of the Iranian F-4
pilot shot down and captured on November 24. Nearly all 25X1
of Iran's other demands have been met and the dispute now
seems relegated to propaganda channels. (Page 2)
Rhodesia:
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West Germany - Brazil:
Notes: USSR-Zaire; USSR-Poland (Page 6)
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Chinese
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Taiwan
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USSR: An article by
the director of the
USSR's USA Institute
appears to caution
Pravda readers that a
new administration in
the US does not neces-
sarily mean early
progress for Soviet-
US relations.
EGYPT:
Georgi Arbatov, director of the
institute, went out of his way in
an article that appeared Saturday
in Pravda to put President-elect
Carter and Secretary of State-
designate Vance in a favorable
light. He added, however, that
"deep-seated factors and trends in
American policy" will create dif-
ficulties in forwarding "detente."
Arbatov concluded that the discus-
sion of issues in the US is "still
too vague to draw final conclusions
about future US policy."
The article is consistent with
other Soviet commentary which has
argued that Soviet-US relations
have been on a treadmill for the
past year, and that it is up to
Washington to take the initiative.
The Soviet position, as presented
in the media, is that such key
issues as SALT, MBFR, the Middle
East, and economic relations are
stalemated, but that the US would
find itself knocking on an open
door in any demarche to the USSR.
The public and private remarks of
General Secretary Brezhnev in the
past few weeks have added further
weight to this view.
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IRAN - SOUTH YEMEN:
Saudi Arabia and Kuwait
have apparently arranged
the release from South
Yemen of the Iranian F-4
pilot shot down and cap-
tured on November 24.
Iran appears to have
taken steps to recover
the wreckage of the
plane.
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The Shah dispatched three Iranian
destroyers and a logistic ship from
Bandar Abbas yesterday for waters
off Oman's Dhofar Province. Their
mission is either to raise or de-
stroy the downed plane, according
to the US defense atta-
che in Tehran. The aircraft is
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RHODESIA:
lying about three kilometers off
South Yemen's shore in 15 meters
of water. It is unlikely that
the naval movements signal hostile
intentions. South Yemen may have
agreed to a formula whereby Iran
will use the ships to recover or
destroy the downed plane.
We do not know what concessions, if
any, the Shah or those mediating
the dispute made to South Yemen.
According to one early report, South
Yemen demanded that Saudi Arabia
make some public acknowledgment
that the Iranian plane had violated
South Yemen's airspace.
Barring a last-minute hitch over
the plane, the dispute now seems
relegated to propaganda channels.
Radical Arab states can be expected
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WEST GERMANY - BRAZIL:
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Relations between Zaire
and the USSR, brought
to the verge of a dip-
lomatic break during
the Angolan war, have
largely returned to
normal over the past
month.
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The visit of Soviet
Premier Kosy gin to
Poland is a further
indication of the
USSR's concern over
Warsaw's domestic dif-
ficulties.
NOTES
Kosygin's trip follows a visit by
Polish party leader Gierek to the
USSR last month and is ostensibly
focused on the opening of the
Katowice steelworks, which were
built with Soviet assistance.
Kosygin is likely to concentrate
on economic matters in his talks
with Polish officials.
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