THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 10 AUGUST 1976

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
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• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: August 10, 1976

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The President's Daily Brief
August 10, 1976
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August 10, 1976
Table of Contents
Greece-Turkey: Greece lodged a second protest with Turkey yes-
terday over activities of the research ship Sismik. (Page 1)
Lebanon: The meeting of the truce committee continues to be de-
layed, while the Syrians, presumably to avoid being charged
with violations of the "cease-fire," seem content to let
the Christians do most of the fighting. (Page 2)
Notes: South Africa; USSR; North Korea (Page 3)
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GREECE-TURKEY: Greece
lodged a second pro-
test with Turkey yester-
day over activities of
the research ship Sis-
mik. In delivering the
note, the Greek ambas-
sador in Ankara asserted
that Greece could ac-
cept Turkey's bid to
resume bilateral nego-
tiations on Aegean
problems only if the
research ship stays out
of contested waters.
A Turkish official told
the US embassy in An-
kara that the second
Greek note contained
"harsher" language than
the first, and that a
correspondingly stronger
Turkish reply was being
prepared.
Greek Prime Minister Caramanlis
announced last night that Athens
will shortly request an emergency
session of the UN Security Council
to consider the Greek-Turkish dis-
pute. He said Greece would also
turn to the International Court of
Justice for a demarcation of the
Aegean continental shelf.
Caramanlis' announcement seems de-
signed largely to give him room to
maneuver. At the very least, this
statement of government intentions
should relieve domestic pressure
for sterner reaction to Turkish
activity.
Turkish Prime Minister Demirel told
the press that the Sismik would
continue its scheduled operations.
Each government has accused the
other of provocative activities
associated with their respective
efforts to monitor the Sismik.
Turkey has complained that low-fly-
ing Greek aircraft have harassed
the ship. Greek officials told
the US embassy yesterday that Turk-
ish planes had twice overflown the
Greek ship that is following the
Sismik.
Dutch Foreign Minister Van Der
Stoel, who met with Caramanlis
over the weekend, has urged the EC
to take action to ease Greek-Turk-
ish tensions. Differences among
EC governments on how to approach
the matter, however, may limit ac-
tion to demarches to Athens and
Ankara suggesting a renewal of bi-
lateral talks.
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LEBANON: The repeat-
edly postponed meeting
of the Syrian-Pales-
tinian-Lebanese truce
committee has been fur-
ther delayed by the
departure of Syrian
Foreign Minister Khaddam
and Palestine Libera-
tion Organization rep-
resentative Qaddumi for
the nonaligned confer-
ence in Sri Lanka.
The Syrians, presumably
to avoid being charged
with violating the
cease-fire," seem con-
tent for the time be-
ing to let the Chris-
tians take the lead in
the fighting throughout
the country.
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The long delay is allowing objec-
tions from all parties to surface.
The Syrians are now insisting that
other parties, in addition to that
of extremist Kamal Jumblatt, rep-
resent the Lebanese left. Chris-
tian leader Camille Shamun has
branded Jumblatt and his followers
as traitors and refuses to attend
the committee meetings if they
participate.
Some fighting seems to be contin-
uing in the Muslim enclave of Nabaa,
and there are reports of heavy
firing in Shiyah and nearby sub-
urbs south of Beirut. In the north,
a Christian force launched an
armored attack over the weekend 50X1
against Palestinians just outside
Tripoli.
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Student disturbances in
South Africa were re-
ported yesterday in 12
separate localities.
The Soviets yesterday
launched an unmanned
lunar probe from the
Tyuratam test center.
A large delegation from
North Korea--probably
Zed by President Kim
Il-song--will attend
the nonaligned summit
conference that opens
in Colombo early next
week.
NOTES
Areas in which students were active
included several black townships
around Johannesburg, a township
near Durban, and Mafeking--the
capital of a tribal area.
In Mafeking, demonstrators burned
down the building where the legis-
lative assembly meets. Other dis-
turbances, however, were on a
smaller scale than the outbreaks
last week in Soweto.
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Pyongyang wants the conference to
brand the US as the major source
of tension on the Korean peninsula.
North Korea also hopes to develop
increased support from nonaligned
countries for its position at the
UN General Assembly this fall.
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