THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 8 JULY 1976

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0006015158
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 13
• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: July 8, 1976

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The President's Daily Brief
July 8, 1976
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Lebanon: Christian forces launched a counteroffensive in northern
Lebanon and reportedly control Tall Zatar refugee camp ex-
cept for a small area where snipers are still holding out.
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Cuban-Angola: Cuban losses from guerrilla attacks since the civil
war in Angola have been more serious than those suffered dur-
war itself,
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Kenya-Uganda:
(Page 3)
OAU: African leaders attending the 13th annual summit of the Or-
ganization .of African Unity found little common ground 'during
their meeting in Mauritius that ended Tuesday. (Page 4)
Notes: Israel; USSR; Spain; UK (Pages 6 and 7)
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LEBANON: Christian
forces yesterday launched
a counteroffensive They have apparently retaken Chekka
against Palestinians and are attacking Amyun. The Syr-
and leftists in north- ians have increased pressure in
ern Lebanon. the north by shellina Triooli
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are sending troops to help the
Christians in the Chekka area.
The Tall Zatar refugee camp/
s
under Christian control except for
a "small triangle" in its northern
quarter where snipers are still
holding out. The Christians have
begun to level the rest of the
camp with bulldozers and will send
Palestinian prisoners--some 1,000-
in groups of ten to west Beirut,
the Muslim part of the city.
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CUBA-ANGOLA: Cuban
losses from guerrilla
attacks since the civil
war in Angola have been
more serious than those
suffered during the war
itself,
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of the fighting in which the Cu5)(1
are now engaged tends to result IN
a high casualty rate. This is par-
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singled out the Cubans as targets.
Havana's few public references to
casualties sustained in Angola
have been oblique and reassuring.
Officials continue to credit the
Popular Movement with all military
operations and successes.
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KENYA-UGANDA:
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OAU: African leaders
attending the 13th an-
nual summit of the Or-
ganization of African
Unity found little com-
mon ground during their
meeting in Mauritius
that ended Tuesday.
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Only nine of the OAU's 48 heads of
state showed up--the fewest in the
organization's history. They
adopted rhetorical resolutions on
South Africa and Rhodesia, but
largely sidestepped the major ter-
ritorial disputes involving member
states.
The summit called for increased
support to Namibian insurgents,
expansion of the guerrilla strug-
gle to South Africa itself, and a
more effective economic boycott of
the South African government. No
headway was made in reconciling
Rhodesia's badly factionalized na-
tionalists, but the conferees re-
iterated that all aid for the in-
surgents must be channeled through
the OAU's liberation committee
based in Tanzania.
Although the Israeli rescue opera-
tion in Uganda shook the conferees,
they apparently did not formally
affirm support for the Arab-pro-
moted UN resolution equating Zion-
ism with racism or call for Isra-
el's ouster from the UN. The sum-
mit did endorse a Liberian resolu-
tion condemning Israel's "aggres-
sion" and calling on the UN Secu-
rity Council to take measures
against Israel.
The US was condemned for vetoing
Angola's admission to the UN.
Some delegates also spoke openly
of US collaboration with South Af-
rica. In private discussions with
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US observers, however, most
delegates were more curious about
possible results from the talks
between Secretary Kissinger and
South African Prime Minister
Vorster than they were critical
of the US for talking with Vorster.
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Israel
Two Soviet cosmonauts
are now aboard the Sal-
yut 5 space station.
Their Soyuz 21 space-
craft docked with the
military space station
yesterday.
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The new Spanish cabinet
announced last night in-
cludes committed reform-
ists in two key posts;
the appointments sup-
port Prime Minister
Suarez' promise to
press ahead with polit-
ical liberalization.
The UK is being pressed
by its partners in the
European Community to
devalue the "green
pound"--the monetary
unit used in British
agricultural trade
within the Community.
The new foreign minister, Marcelino
Oreja, is a young Christian Demo-
crat with firm democratic creden-
tials who has moved up from the
post of undersecretary. The new
interior minister is Rodolfo Martin
Villa, generally regarded as one
of the most liberal young politi-
cians to emerge from the Franco
regime.
Most of the 10 newcomers in the
20-man cabinet are political mod-
erates or technocrats. There are
no representatives of the far
right. The opposition is not rep-
resented, but some opposition par-
ties have indicated a willingness
to open a dialogue with the new
government.
The "green pound" has remained sta-
ble since last October despite the
plunge in sterling.
Several Community members want Lon-
don to bring the two rates, which
differ by 20 percent, more nearly
into line. Such a move would sub-
stantially raise the prices Brit-
ons pay for imported foodstuffs--
which provide half the country's
food supply--and could thereby
weaken union support for the new
pay agreement with the government,
the cornerstone of London's anti-
inflation program.
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