THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 2 MARCH 1976

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0006015044
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 12
• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: March 2, 1976

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The President's Daily Brief
March 2, 1976
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exemption category 513( I
declassified only on approval of
the Director of Central Intelligence
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March 2, 1976
Table of Contents
USSR: The impact of last year's harvest failure is
being increasingly felt by Soviet consumers.
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Mexico:
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Notes: USSR; Turkey-Greece; Bangladesh (Pages 5 and 6)
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USSR
The impact of last year's harvest
failure is being increasingly felt by
Soviet consumers.
Our embassy in Moscow reports that food short-
ages in rural areas are a main topic of conversa-
tion in the Soviet capital. Residents of the city
are being appealed to by friends and acquaintances
to "bring or send bread, meat, and milk." The Mos-
cow "man on the street" has been irritated further
because food shortages are not receiving attention
at the party congress.
Other recent reports indicate that food sup-
plies in rural areas are continuing to deteriorate,
while supplies in urban areas still appear adequate.
Despite massive imports of grain, feed shortages
are still causing slaughtering of livestock.
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Turkey is planning another air and naval exer-
cise next week in the vicinity of the Greek island
of Lesbos. An exercise held last week ended with-
out incident.
Turkey has requested that air and sea travel
be prohibited in the area for four hours on each of
the two days the exercise is in progress. This
would have the effect of temporarily shutting off
Lesbos from the Greek mainland. Athens sees the
exercise as a Turkish plan to isolate part of
Greece; the defense minister stated last week that
the area will not be closed.
The Turks may regard the exercise as a means
of re-emphasizing the international character of
the air and sea space that separates mainland Greece
from the Aegean islands.
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Another breakdown in military discipline in
eastern Bangladesh underscores the tenuous control
exercised bythe Sayem government.
Some troops at a base in Chittagong mutinied
last Friday; by yesterday the government claimed it
had regained control. It is unclear what provoked
the mutinous troops, but there are indications that
some of them may have been supporters of the late
president Mujib.
The army base in Dacca and other major bases
are quiet, but unrest could spread as it did last
November. Troops are disenchanted over several is-
sues, including the government's failure to fulfill
demands for more pay.
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