THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 5 AUGUST 1976

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0006466732
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 13
• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: August 5, 1976

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Table of Contents
Lebanon: The new cease-fire seems to be holding in most areas
(Page 1)
Turkey-Greece: The new plans announced yesterday for the Turkish
research ship Sismik I increase the chances of a Turkish-
Greek incident. (Page 2)
North Korea - South Korea: The North Korean government yesterday
issued a statement attacking alleged US war preparations in
South Korea. (Page 3)
Notes: USSR; Cuba-Congo; Romania-USSR (Pages 5 and 6)
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LEBANON: The cease-
fire brokered by the
Arab League went into
effect yesterday, and
seemed to be holding
in all areas of the
country except in the
vicinity of Tall Zatar
and the nearby Muslim
enclave of Nabaa.
Christian forces launched a major
attack on Palestinian-leftist po-
sitions around Tall Zatar and
Nabaa just before the truce was
to take effect, and as of early
this morning clashes were contin-
uing. The Christians claim they
overran Nabaa early yesterday and
forced several high-ranking Pales-
tinian and leftist militia leaders
to surrender. This attack appar-
ently caused the postponement of
the Syrian-Palestinian-Lebanese
truce committee meeting scheduled
for yesterday, and triggered warn-
ings from the leftists that they
would not allow Nabaa to fall into
Christian hands.
Arrangements for deploying Arab
League forces to observation posts
in Jazzin, Alayh, Aynturah, Trip-
oli, and both east and west Beirut
are still going forward. These
areas have been the scene of the
heaviest fighting over the past
several weeks. Syrian troops will
presumably continue to patrol the
Bekaa Valley.
League troops are also charged un-
der the truce agreement with open-
ing Beirut airport by August 15
and escorting travelers to and
from the airport.
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Yugoslavia
Albania
Romania
Bulgaria
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Lebanon
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The Syrians, for their
part, have put some
pressure on the Chris-
tians to cooperate with
the Arab League and have
recently shown discom-
fort over the interna-
tional attention being
given to Israel's role
in the Lebanese dispute.
TURKEY-GREECE: The new
coordinates announced
for the second phase of
the voyage of the Turk-
ish research ship Sis-
mik I increase the
chances of a Turkish-
Greek incident.
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Foreign Minister Khaddam recently
appeared totally preoccupied with
the assistance other Arabs are giv-
ing to the Palestinians and the
Lebanese left. He seems to be-
lieve that meddling by "foreign
elements"--presumably Egypt and
the Soviet Union--was the greatest
threat to Syria's recent efforts
to end the crisis.
Turkish Prime Minister Demirel an-
nounced yesterday that the ship
would begin its second trip into
the Aegean last night. The Turk-
ish navy, meanwhile, issued a no-
tice to mariners covering the pe-
riod from August 6 to 21 and in-
volving an area between the Turk-
ish mainland and the Greek islands
of Limnos and Lesbos where both
countries have conflicting clai50xi
on the oil and mineral resources
of the seabed.
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Greek Prime Minister
Caramanlis appears in-
creasingly pessimistic
about Turkish inten-
tions in the Aegean and
prospects for avoiding
a clash.
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NORTH KOREA - SOUTH
KOREA: The North Ko-
rean government state-
ment yesterday attack-
ing alleged US war prep-
arations in South Korea
appears intended to en-
hance North Korea's po-
sition at the approach-
ing nonaligned summit
in Colombo.
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He probably will accept a brief
foray by the Turkish ship into
contested waters, but a deeper
penetration or an extended stay in
disputed areas could lead Caraman-
lis to take strong countermeasures.
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The statement--the first at this
level directed specifically at US
actions in the south since 1969 --
rejects the recently renewed US
proposal for a four-power confer-
ence on Korea. Characterizing the
proposal as "stalling tactics,"
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the statement puts forward the
standard North Korean demand for
a unilateral withdrawal of US
forces and the scrapping of the
armistice agreement.
Since early this spring North Ko-
rean propaganda has almost daily
charged the US with introducing
new weapons into the south, con-
ducting provocative military exer-
cises, and keeping South Korean
armed forces on a war footing.
The new statement reiterates all
these charges and adds that the
US and South Korea have now "com-
pleted" war preparations and are
ready to "directly kindle the fuse
of war." The statement does not
threaten any new or unusual coun-
termeasures.
The statement was released only
hours after a shooting incident
along the demilitarized zone, but
made no reference to it. The in-
cident, which lasted only a few
minutes and caused no casualties,
did not differ much from the half
a dozen or so that have preceded
it this year. In this case, North
Korea may have deliberately precip-
itated an incident in order to
give added impact to the government
statement.
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ApprOXilinate crash -site
f TU-95
NEW BRUNSWICK
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NOTES
Soviet search opera-
tions for wreckage of
the downed TU-95 naval About six Soviet merchant shi s
reconnaissance aircraft
continued yesterday in
the North Atlantic east
of Newfoundland.
Cuba
Congo
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are en a ed in the search.
The crash was the third known in-
volving TU-95 aircraft. The others
occurred in 1967 and 1971. The
naval reconnaissance version of
the TU-95 is believed to carry
about a dozen crew members.
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President Ceausescu
seems to be using his
current stay in the
Crimea to put the best
possible face on rela-
tions between Romania
and the USSR.
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Ceausescu met General Secretary
Brezhnev on Tuesday for "cordial
and friendly" talks on a wide range
of subjects, including an "exchange
of opinions" on the future course
of communism in Europe. According
to the Romanian news agency, they
affirmed their support of the co-
hesion of the socialist countries
in terms usually adopted by Moscow
to connote Soviet leadership of
the movement.
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