THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 3 JANUARY 1977

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0006466938
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• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: January 3, 1977

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The President's Daily I rief
January 3, 1977
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January 3, 1977
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Chile-Peru: The Chilean army has been conducting war games near
the Peruvian border for the past two months. We do not be-
lieve Chile or Peru is contemplating a military move in the
near future. (Page 1)
Botswana-China: Two planeloads of Chinese arms apparently ar-
rived in Botswana yesterday. (Page 1)
Note: Egypt-Libya (Page 3)
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CHILE-PERU: The Chil-
ean army has been con-
ducting war games near
the Peruvian border
for the past two months.
BOTSWANA-CHINA: Two
planeloads of Chinese
arms apparently arrived
in Botswana yesterday.
Such maneu-
vers are not unusual, but in the
current tense situation, there is
some risk that Peru might misin-
terpret them. We do not believe
Chile or Peru is contemplating a
military move in the near future.
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The two countries have an unwritten
agreement to give each other ad-
vance notice of any exercises in-
volving troop movements, but it
has not always been rigorously
observed. Although Chilean De-
fense Minister General Brady re-
portedly discussed the establish-
ment of a "hot line" with Peruvian
Prime Minister General Arbulu dur-
ing his visit to Lima in October,
we have no indication that it has
been set up.
The Chilean navy's recent decision
to arm fishing vessels for patrol
duties could also prove trouble-
some. Chilean fishing craft have
already strayed accidentally into
Peruvian waters, and future inci-
dents could lead to a hostile in-
cident.
The US embassy reports that Zam-
bian air force lanes delivered
the shipments.
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We do not know whether
any advisers accompanied the ship-
ments.
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Botswana is deeply concerned over
its inability to prevent border
violations by Rhodesian security
forces, and in early December ap-
pealed to the UN Security Council
for help in halting these opera-
tions. President Khama has been
seeking arms from both the US and
UK, but has not wanted to pay their
high cost.
The Soviet ambassador to Zambia
and Botswana has stated publicly
that the USSR is ready to give
Botswana military help to repulse
Rhodesian troops. President Khama,
however, is uneasy over the USSR's
aggressive role in southern Africa,
and would prefer to keep Soviet
influence to a minimum.
Khama probably views the Chinese
as more acceptable partners, partly
because the Chinese have played
a low-key role in their sizable
aid programs in Tanzania and Zam-
bia.
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One of the two Egyptian
MIG-21 squadrons sent
to the Libyan border
area early last year
returned last week to
its former base near
Cairo.
NOTE
This is the first military unit we
have noted coming back from west-
ern Egypt since tensions rose be-
tween Egypt and Libya early last
year.
It is unlikely that Egypt has any
plans for military operations
against Libya until at least next
spring, when the weather will be
more favorable. Nevertheless, we
expect that most Egyptian forces
already in the border area will
remain there, if for no other
reason than to remind Libyan Presi-
dent Qadhafi that his differences 25X1
with Egyptian President Sadat have
not been resolved./
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