THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 5 FEBRUARY 1976

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0006015022
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 10
• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: February 5, 1976

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The President's Daily Brief
February 5, 1976
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February 5, 1976
Table of Contents
USSR-Angola: Moscow reportedly believes the Popular
Movement should not rely entirely on military
action to consolidate its position in Angola.
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USSR-China: Moscow freed six Chinese as a trade-
off for China's release of the Soviet heli-
copter crew in late December. (Page 2)
Rhodesia: Nationalist leader Nkomo told US offi-
cials this week his talks with Prime Minister
Smith on a constitutional settlement are not
going well and that he is seeking outside help
to prevent their collapse. (Page 3)
NOTES: Lebanon; UK-Iceland; Cyprus (Pages 4 and 5)
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USSR-ANGOLA
the publication in Izvestia on January 29
of an authoritative "observer" article which indi-
cated that both Moscow and the MPLA would welcome
the "consolidation" of all "patriotic forces" in
Angola: The "patriotic forces" formulation has
since appeared in Pravda and several other Soviet
commentaries, and Brezhnev endorsed the idea in a
message earlier this week to an international sol-
idarity conference meeting in Luanda.
At this point, however, neither Moscow nor
Neto is really thinking in terms of a coalition
government. The leader of the Soviet delegation
to the Luanda conference dismissed the coalition
formula out of hand, as Neto also has done on num-
erous occasions, branding opposition leaders Roberto
and Savimbi as agents of the CIA and "foreign mo-
nopolies." Neto simply says he is convinced that
the "rank and file" of the National Front and Na-
tional Union will soon "join" the Popular Movement.
Moscow, meanwhile, has mounted a diplomatic
and propaganda effort in defense of its Angolan
policy.
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USSR-CHINA
Mikhail Kapitsa, the leading China
expert in the Soviet Foreign Ministry,
told Ambassador Stoessel Monday that
Moscow freed six Chinese as a trade-off
for China's release of the Soviet heli-
copter crew in late December.
Kapitsa belittled the Chinese gesture, noting
again that it had been accompanied by a sharp in-
crease in Peking's anti-Soviet propaganda. Moscow,
he said, had officially protested China's invec-
tives in late January.
Kapitsa also said Moscow had no plans to send
its chief negotiator on the border talks back to
Peking because China does not want to resolve the
border problem.
As usual, Kapitsa was pessimistic about pros-
pects for improvement in Sino-Soviet relations as
long as Mao lives.
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Cameroon
Central African Republic
Sudan
Ethiopia
Equallo?rial
Guinea
Uganda
Kenya
Gabon
Congo
Lake
Victoria
undi
Tanzania
Cabinda
*Dar es
)Salaam
Lake
Tanganyika
Angola
Lake
Nyasa
Zambia
Lusaka*
Rhodesia
South-West Africa
(Namibia)
Botswana
Walvis Bay
(Rep. of S. At.)
Mozambique
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*/Lourenco Marques
South Africa
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RHODESIA
Rhodesian nationalist leader Joshua
Nkomo told US officials in London early
this week that his talks with Prime Min-
ister Smith about a constitutional set-
tlement are not going well and that he
wants outside help to prevent collapse
of the negotiations.
Although Nkomo made no specific requests of
the US, he said that outside powers with interests
in the area must now exert their influence to keep
the talks going.
Nkomo is clearly concerned that if the talks
fail, he could lose out to rival black nationalists
outside Rhodesia who want to renew guerrilla war-
m fare against Smith.
In recent weeks, insurgents have been trans-
ferred from camps in Zambia and Tanzania to north-
ern Mozambique to prepare for renewed fighting.
Although they do not yet appear to be equipped and
ready for maior operations,
some guerrillas have
been crossing the border into Rhodesia from Mozam-
bique and that terrorist incidents have increased.
Rhodesian secur-
ity forces recently crossed into Mozambique during
counterinsurgency operations.
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NOTES
Lebanese Muslim leaders are arguing among them-
selves over the division of the political spoils
they expect to win from the previously dominant
Christian political parties.
The Muslims' most immediate problem is how to
apportion the handful of parliamentary seats that
they expect to gain if Christians and Muslims are
given equal representation in parliament.
Christian leaders too are divided, mostly on
how best to ensure Syrian and Palestinian respect
for those Christian prerogatives that will remain
after a political settlement has been reached.
Leaders of the various Christian factions have been
trying to settle their differences during the past
week before President Franjiyah goes to Damascus to
negotiate a final accord with Syrian President Asad.
British trawlers were scheduled to return last
night to the fishing grounds in dispute with Ice-
land; Foreign Secretary Callaghan announced that
British frigates would follow if the trawlers should
be harassed by Iceland's patrol boats.
Callaghan told NATO ambassadors yesterday that
London had accepted an Icelandic proposal for re-
newed talks toward a three-month agreement. He
added that chances for a settlement are slim in view
of Reykjavik's intransigence.
Icelandic Prime Minister Hallgrimsson has not
indicated what proposals he intends to offer when
the new talks begin. Foreign Minister Agustsson
said Iceland would continue to enforce its ban on
fishing within the 200-mile zone.
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Cyprus President Makarios has ordered criminal
proceedings against Nicos Sampson for his role in
the July 1974 coup in Cyprus and the illegal take-
over of the presidency that triggered the Turkish
invasion.
This represents a sharp departure from Makarios'
policy of placating the rightists since his return
to Cyprus in December 1974. Police have been placed
on alert in case Sampson's followers try to retali-
ate.
Makarios claims Sampson has continued to plot
against the government, but in fact the President
is settling old scores and responding to pressure
from the left to prosecute those involved in the
coup. Makarios probably is also reacting to charges
that his government has done little to solve the
assassination of Ambassador Davies in August 1974,
for which extreme rightists are suspected of being
responsible.
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