THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 2 NOVEMBER 1976

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0006466887
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• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: November 2, 1976

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The President's Daily Brief
November 2, 1976
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November 2, 1976
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China: A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman yesterday denied
that various high-level Chinese officials had been promoted
as earlier reported. (Page 1)
USSR:
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Notes: USSR-China; USSR; USSR-Yugoslavia; South Africa; Iran;
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1pCHINA: A Chinese Foreign
Ministry spokesman yes-
terday denied claims
that Li Hsien-nien had
been named as premier,
Yeh Chien-ping as chair-
man of the National
People's Congress, and
Chen Hsi-lien as defense
minister.
Word of the promotions reported125xl
appeared in wall posters in Shang-
hai but we have had no eyewitness
account of the alleged posters.
There are no -Indi-
cations that similar posters have
appeared elsewhere in China.
The Foreign Ministry spokesman
said that Hua Kuo-feng is still
premier, Yeh Chien-ying remains
minister of defense, and the de
facto head-of-state job is still
open. Li Hsien-nien was publicly
identified as vice premier during
a public appearance yesterday.
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*Soviet Journalist Vic-
tor Louis has published
a second article in
France-Soir implying
that the Chinese are
moving in the direction
the Soviets want and
that there is no need
for any Soviet action
against China.
NOTES
Louis appears to be trying to undo
the damage caused by the article
he wrote on October 14 in which
he said the Chinese must respond
within a month to Soviet gestures
for better relations.
Louis asserted in his most recent
article that although it had been
less than a month since Mao's
death, certain changes in Chinese
behavior along the border augur
well for Sino-Soviet relations.
We have detected no change in Chi-
nese propaganda broadcasts to the
USSR, and a considerable body of
evidence suggests that there has
been absolutely no change in the
behavior of either side along the
border rivers.
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Soviet party Chief
Brezhnev will visit
Yugoslavia in mid-Novem-
ber, according to an
announcement from Mos-
cow.
Only a small minority
of the black industrial
workers in the Johan-
nesburg area of South
Africa appears to be
heeding the call for a
five-day strike.
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Belgrade will expect Brezhnev to
reaffirm past Soviet promises to
respect Yugoslav independence and
to treat the Yugoslav party as an
autonomous co-equal. Brezhnev
probably will express Soviet in-
terest in increased use of Yugo-
slav naval facilities in the
Adriatic.
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Although the strike was supposed
to begin yesterday, employers have
reported only scattered absentee-
ism--not enough to lower produc-
tion significantly.
It is not yet clear why participa-
tion in the current strike is far
below the roughly 75-percent level
that was maintained during a three-
day strike in September. Workers
appear to be concerned about los-
ing their pay, because of clear
warnings from employers that
strikers would be docked for ab-
senteeism.
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Iran has canceled its
multi-billion dollar
liquefied natural gas
project involving EZ
Paso Natural Gas and a
consortium of European
countries.
Burundi President Micom-
bero and Chief of Staff
General Ndabemeye were
ousted yesterday in a
military coup, according
to the US embassy in
Bujumbura.
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All parties probably were satisfied
to see plans for the project ter-
minated. Inflation has eroded
the companies' anticipated profits
and projected capital investment
had risen considerably. Iranian
officials now believe that use of
the gas for reinjection, domestic
household needs, and firing pro-
jected steel mills will be more
profitable than exports.
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The embassy's tentative view is
that most of the officer corps
probably jointly planned a peace-
ful takeover when the senior offi-
cers became fed up with Micombero's
absenteeism, and gen-
eral misrule and by the scope of
corruption.
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