THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 15 DECEMBER 1975

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0006014979
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 8
• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: December 15, 1975

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The President's Daily Brief
December 15, 1975
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December 15, 1975
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Lebanon: The fighting continued over the weekend.
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Cuba-Anaola-Niaeria:
Non-military assistance to the Popular Move-
ment apparently will soon come from Nigeria.
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Australia:!
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LEBANON
Heavy fighting continued in Beirut
and elsewhere in the country over the
weekend.
The failure of the latest cease-fire--announced
Friday--is due at least in part to the inability of
the Palestine Liberation Organization to control
radical Muslims.
Press reports from Beirut suggest that Damascus
may again be attempting to find a political solution.
Former Lebanese prime minister Abdullah Yafi, a tra-
ditional Muslim leader, flew to Damascus over the
weekend after meetings with Karami. Other reports
indicate that leftist leader Kamal Jumblatt has been
summoned to the Syrian capital.
This activity may be in preparation for another
attempt by Syrian Foreign Minister Khaddam to medi-
ate the crisis. According to press reports, Khaddam
is scheduled to visit Beirut early this week, perhaps
today.
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CUBA-ANGOLA-NIGERIA
assistance to the Popular Movement for
the Liberation of Angola apparently will soon come
from Nigeria. Lagos recognized the Luanda-based
regime last month in reaction to South Africa's
involvement on behalf of the Movement's rivals
The Nigerian foreign minister has publicly an-
nounced that his government does not expect to send
troops to Angola.
The head of a delegation of the Popular Move-
ment that recently visited Lagos has spoken in
terms of economic, commercial, and technical aid.
Nigeria apparently still hopes for the forma-
tion of a coalition government in Angola since no
one nationalist group can claim majority popular
support. Nigerian delegations are touring African
capitals to explain Lagos' position and to exchange
views on how to stop the fighting in Angola.
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The Nigerians recognize that the intransigence
of the Popular Movement is a major obstacle to a
political solution. Lagos may hope that by provid-
ing aid, it can gain greater leverage with leaders
of the Movement and encourage them to adopt a more
accommodating attitude toward a political settlement.
Nigeria may also see the provision of aid as a
way to help the Popular Movement resist Soviet domi-
nation. Nigeria regards Movement leaders, for all
their Marxist rhetoric, as pragmatic nationalists
and reportedly is determined to do what it can to
prevent the Popular Movement from becoming irre-
trievably mortgaged to Moscow.
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AUSTRALIA
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