THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 21 JULY 1976

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0006015169
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• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 17
• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: July 21, 1976

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The President's Daily Brief
July 21, 1976
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July 21, 1976
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Syria - Saudi Arabia - Egypt:
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Lebanon: Another bid to get a Syrian-Palestinian dialogue
started has failed. There was sharp fighting in several
sections of Beirut yesterday. (Page 2)
USSR-Syria: There is some evidence that Moscow is continuing to
send military aid to Syria. (Page 4)
Egypt-Libya: Border tension continues between the two countries. 25X1
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Rhodesia:
Notes: Kuwait; Poland (Page 6)
At ALlnex,
Australia
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SYRIA - SAUDI ARABIA -
EGYPT:
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LEBANON: Another at-
tempt to arrange a Syr-
ian-Palestinian dialogue
has fallen through.
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Farug Qaddumi, who serves as Yasir
Arafat's chief adviser on foreign
affairs, was supposed to have
flown from Beirut to Damascus yes-
terday to discuss Libyan Prime
Minister Jallud's latest peace
proposal. Qaddumi was to have car-
ried the conditions on which the
leftists and Palestinians will in-
sist before they will allow a meet-
ing between Arafat and President
Asad. Qaddumi reportedly turned
back shortly after his departure.
The recall of Qaddumi may have
been tied to press reports the
Syrians had told Jallud that the
Palestinians must agree to imple-
ment the Cairo accords of 1969 un-
der Damascus' control before Syr-
ian forces would withdraw from
Sawfar and southern Lebanon. The
accords, which put severe restric-
tions on Palestinian activity in
Lebanon, probably are unacceptable
to the Palestinians.
Jallud, however, hopes to bring
the two sides together for talks
today in Damascus.
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A meeting on Monday be-
tween Arafat and a
Christian Phalanges
Party 'leader has re-
sulted in an agreement
to introduce Arab peace-
keeping forces into a
limited buffer zone be-
tween the Christians
and Palestinians in
Beirut.
Fighting continued yes-
terday in Beirut at
Tall Zatar, in the cen-
tral part of the capi-
tal, and in surrounding
suburbs.
According to press reports, an
Arab League mediator has been in
touch with both sides in an at-
tempt to arrange the insertion of
the pan-Arab troops. The Phalan-
ges may have some trouble, however,
in getting the more extremist
Christians to go along. Such an
arrangement presumably would re-
sult in the delivery of badly
needed supplies to Muslim-held
areas in Beirut.
The Phalangists also are said to
have agreed to a proposal by the
leader of the Shia Muslims for a
cease-fire today at Tall Zatar
that would allow the evacuation of
wounded to west Beirut--the Muslim
area of the city. Previous efforts
to implement such a cease-fire
have always failed.
In central Lebanon, a Christian
offensive against Palestinian po-
sitions in the Mount Lebanon area
began on Monday. The Syrians have
been participating in the ground
action in the vicinity of Sawfar.
Their involvement in the offensive,
which is in line with earlier re-
ports of Syrian-Christian strategy,
makes it even less likely that
they will be in any hurry to with-
draw from the Sawfar area.
Syrian forces in the north are
maintaining their blockade of Trip-
oli and are continuing to shell
the nearby refugee camp at Nahr
al -Band.
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USSR-SYRIA: Despite
recent Soviet criticism
of Damascus' policy in
Lebanon, Moscow appar-
ently has been contin-
uing to deliver some
military equipment to
Syria.
EGYPT-LIBYA: Further
indications of border
tension between the two
countries have appeared.
RHODESIA:
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A Soviet merchant ship arrived in
Latakia, Syria, on July 12, proba-
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Egypt has begun calling up reserve
officers from the armored and sig-
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ups are related to growing tension
between Libya and Egypt, but it
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the past several weeks.
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Kuwait is about to re-
ceive six of the 20 Mi-
rage F1 fighters it has
ordered from France.
It will be the first
country in the Middle
East to receive this
model of the aircraft.
In Poland, the moder-
ately stiff sentences
dealt yesterday to 13
participants in last
month's riots against
proposed price hikes on
basic food items sug-
gest that the Gierek
regime is trying to
avoid creating any mar-
tyrs.
NOTES
The $100-million order for Mi-
rages, placed in 1974, is part of
the $1 billion that Kuwait has
spent on military purchases in the
past two years. Other major Ku-
waiti purchases during this period
have included a $350-million order
from the US for 36 A-4 aircraft
and the improved Hawk missile sys-
tem and a $250-million contract
with Yugoslavia for army and naval
base construction. Earlier this
month, a high Kuwaiti official
told the US ambassador Kuwait had
decided to spend $300 million for
Soviet weapons.
A member of the Polish party Cen-
tral Committee has told the ,US am-
bassador that the mishandling of
the proposed price increases has
produced "depression, defensive-
ness, and a loss of self-confi-
dence" within the leadership. The
Polish official, however, did not
give any indication that a change
of leadership might be in order.
His major concern was that the
recent problems might make Western
bankers and businessmen wary of
investing in Poland.
Meanwhile, Gierek appears to be
carrying out his pledge to conduct
broad consultations with the pub-
lic about future price hikes.
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