THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 17 SEPTEMBER 1976

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0006466848
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• Document Page Count: 11
• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: September 17, 1976

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The President's Daily Brief
September 17, 1976
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September 17, 1976
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Lebanon: A preliminary session of the tripartite Syrian-Pales-
tinian-Lebanese negotiations will be held today before presi-
dent-elect Sarkis leaves for Cairo. Libya may be withdraw-
ing some of its troops from Lebanon. (Page 1)
Jamaica: The current visit of former CIA employee Philip Agee
to Jamaica has been used by the Manley government to bolster
its prospects in the elections early next year. (Page 2)
Notes: Rhodesia; Cuba-Angola (Page 4)
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LEBANON: A preliminary
session of the tripar-
tite Syrian-Palestinian-
Lebanese negotiations
will be held today be-
fore president-elect
Sarkis leaves for Cairo.
By the recent cabinet
reshuffle, Franjiyah
and Shamun apparently
intend to strengthen
the position of their
supporters in the new
Sarkis government.
There are tentative in-
dications that Libya may
be withdrawing some of
its troops from Lebanon
who have been serving
with the Arab League
peacekeeping force.
In Cairo, Sarkis is likely to urge
Egyptian President Sadat to en-
courage the Palestinians and Leba-
nese leftists to negotiate in good
faith and to make a plea for the
Egyptians to patch up their quar-
rel with the Syrians. Sadat is
likely to urge Sarkis to seek a
Syrian withdrawal at the earliest
possible date.
Sarkis, who will represent the
Christian side at the talks, is
likely to have his negotiating
mandate highly circumscribed by
acting prime minister Shamun a260
President Franjiyah. Shamun s dIU
yesterday that the Palestinians
would have to withdraw from "all
fronts," not just the mountains,
By giving Shamun the defense port-
folio, the two men clearly hope to
ensure the Maronites a dominant 25X1
voice in the reconstruction of the
Lebanese army. This could pit
Shamun against the Syrians
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A Libyan C-130 transport was sched-
uled to depart from Damascus for
eastern Libya on Wednesday. On the
same day an unspecified number of
Libyan personnel in Beirut were to
leave Lebanon. Damascus would be
the logical transit point if they
were returning to Libya.
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JAMAICA: The current
visit of former CIA
employee Philip Agee to
Jamaica has been used
by the Manley govern-
ment to bolster its
prospects in the elec-
tions early next year.
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Yasir Arafat is quoted as having
said recently that Syria and Libya
had begun to cooperate with one
another in efforts against Egypt.
Agee arrived in Jamaica on Septem-
ber 9 for a highly publicized one-
week visit. He appeared on tele-
vision, had press conferences, and
made a number of speeches stress-
ing the theme of US, and particu-
larly CIA, efforts to destabilize
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Although the trip ostensibly was
sponsored by,a private organiza-
tion, it could hardly have taken
place without Manley's approval.
This assumption is strengthened by
the contact Agee had with high
Jamaican officials, reportedly in-
cluding Manley, and by the frequent
and prominent coverage the govern-
ment media gave to Agee's state-
ments.
With the opposition clearly gaining
ground in the pre-election maneu-
vering, Manley probably counted on
Agee to help persuade the Jamaican
public of the credibility of his
insinuation that the US is trying
to subvert his government. In this
way he probably hopes to buttress
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his case for maintaining the pres-
ent state of emergency through
the elections and for further har-
assment of the opposition.
A member of Manley's cabinet, ac-
knowledging that Agee's visit should
be viewed in the context of Jamai-
ca's elections, told Ambassador
Gerard that the visit will be help-
ful for the ruling party.
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The ruling Rhodesian
Front Party's resolu-
tion giving Prime Min-
ister Smith a unanimous
vote of confidence and
"full backing to nego-
tiate" does not indi-
cate that the Smith
government has softened
its position toward a
settlement with the
black nationalists.
Another convoy of Cuban
ships--the fourth--ap-
parently is on its way
back from Angola and
could arrive as early
as next weekend.
NOTES
The party's action may have been
designed to give Rhodesia at least
the facade of being reasonable
should there be pressure for new
settlement talks. The unanimous
support for Smith suggests that
the right-wing members of the
party, who are opposed to any con-
cessions to the blacks, were sat-
isfied that the Prime Minister
would not make any new moves to-
ward a settlement.
Smith is expected to return to
South Africa this weekend for more
talks with South African Primes Min-
ister Vorster.
Three of the four ships in the con-
voy are known to have carried
troops in the past and to have
participated in the last convoy.
It has not been possible, however,
to determine whether they carried
troops in that convoy, which ar-
rived in Cuba at the end of July.
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