THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 11 AUGUST 1976

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• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0006466736
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• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: August 11, 1976

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The President's Daily Brief
August 11, 1976
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August 11, 1976
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Greece-Turkey: Greece yesterday took its case against Turkish
seismic exploration in the Aegean to the UN Security Council
and submitted its dispute with Turkey over the Aegean conti-
nental shelf to the Internatiolal Court of Justice. (Page 1)
Lebanon: The Christians yesterday began another push against
the Tall Zatar refugee camp, and heavy fighting also oc-
curred in several of Beirut's southern suburbs. (Page 2)
USSR-Cuba: Satellite photography identified in Cuba 50X1
for the first
with the
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time what appears
Soviet SA-5 surface-to-air
to be the radar associated
missile system. (Page 3)
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affected
economy,
output.
by the earthquakes last
producing over 10 percent
(Page 4)
China: The area
most severely
vital to China's
industrial
month is
of the nation's
Notes: USSR (Novaya Zemlya); USSR (TU-95); Rhodesia-Mozambique;
Chile (Pages 6 and 7)
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GREECE-TURKEY: Greece
yesterday took its case
against Turkish seismic
exploration in the Ae-
gean to the UN Security
Council and submitted
its dispute with Turkey
over the Aegean conti-
nental shelf to the
International Court of
Justice.
Greece has rejected an
offer by NATO Acting
Secretary General Pansa
to convene a NATO Coun-
cil meeting on the
Greek-Turkish contro-
versy.
The Council meeting will convene
later this week.
Greece would
press for a Council resolution that
calls for a stop to seismic research
activities in contested areas and
advises the parties either to sub-
mit the issue to the International
Court or to resume direct negotiations.
In petitioning the International
Court, Athens asked for a ruling
on the substance of the dispute
and for a declaration of interim
measures to prevent either country
from seismic exploration in con-
tested areas.
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The head of the Greek intelligence
service told the US defense attache
in Athens on Monday that in the
meantime, Greece would not attack
the Turkish research ship Sismik,
but it would do everything short of
that to protect its claims.
Turkey has not responded to the
latest Greek moves although yes-
terday, for a second time, Ankara
formally rejected a Greek demarche
on the activities of the Sismik.
Athens believes such a meeting
would merely demonstrate to the
Greek public the inability of the
alliance to deal with the problem.
The EC Nine have decided against
a common demarche to Greece and
Turkey, thereby emphasizing the
difficulty the West Europeans are
having in coping with the issue.
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LEBANON: The Christians
yesterday began another
push against the Tall
Zatar refugee camp.
A Cypriot freighter re-
portedly delivering arms
and ammunition to Pal-
estinians at Tyre blew
up and sank Monday morn-
ing, apparently as the
result of sabotage.
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Heavy ground fighting also occurred
in several of Beirut's southern sub-
urbs, including two just east of the
international airport. The Chris-
tians may be trying to get into
position to interdict the landing
of any aircraft they believe to
be carrying supplies for the Pal-
estinians.
Arab League mediator Hasan Sabri
al-Khuli on Monday met representa-
tives of Fatah and the Phalanges
Party to discuss problems relating
to the cease-fire, the restoration
of public utilities, the deploy-
ment of Arab League forces, andi
the Palestinian withdrawal from
the Mount Lebanon area.
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langists, Fatah chief Yasir Arafat
reportedly rejected the idea of
such a withdrawal.
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The freighter was probably carry-
ing materiel being transshipped
from Libya or Egypt. Cypriot
vessels are now refusing to make
any further deliveries to Tyre
although they will continue to
make deliveries to the Christian
port of Juniyah.
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HAVANA
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OCEAN
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CUBA
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USSR-CUBA: Satellite
photography
identified in Cuba for
the first time what ap-
pears to be the radar
associated with the So-
viet SA-5 surface-to-
air missile system.
The Soviets probably
will use the radar to
monitor flights of the
SR-71 over Cuba.
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The radar was seen at a known So-
viet sigint collection facility
near Havana.
With the radar for the SA-5 system
at this facility, the Soviets will
be able to evaluate their best
high-altitude engagement radar
against the most advanced US high-
altitude reconnaissance aircraft.
The Soviets may be interested in
determining whether the SR-71
carries electronic equipment that
can jam the SA-5 radar. The next
SR-71 overflight is scheduled for
August 16.
The Soviets have never exported
the SA-5 system outside the Soviet
Union, and it is doubtful that
they would put the system in Cuban
hands. There is no evidence that
any other SA-5 associated equip-
ment is currently in Cuba.
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CHINA: The area most
severely affected by
the earthquakes in
north China late last
month is vital to China's
economy, producing over
10 percent of the na-
tion's industrial out-
put.
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Most types of industry are in the
area, and most of these were af-
fected.
Ten mining complexes within the
area produce about 7 percent of
China's coal; 14 electric power
plants contribute 6 percent of
China's national electric power
output. The large Ta-kang oil-
field, three major oil refineries,
and the country's largest petro-
chemical plant are also in the
quake area.
The New China News Agency re-
ported that production at Ta-
-kang had returned to normal on
the second day after the quake.
The shocks apparently damaged the
major oil pipeline, however, that
passes north of Tang-shan.
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Railroads in the area account for
more than 20 percent of total
national tonnage. Once restored,
the system will be overloaded with
relief and reconstruction cargoes,
further delaying resumption of
normal economic activity.
Better evaluation of damage must
await further photography. Recent
coverage was almost totally obscured
by clouds. Occasional windows in
the clouds, however, reveal that
villages near Tang-shan were prac-
tically leveled.
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Rhodesian guerrillas
early this morning
launched a mortar at-
tack on the Rhodesian
border town of UmtaZi,
the first on this town
in the four-year guer-
rilla war. The attack
came shortly after the
government announced
that its forces had
killed a large number
of guerrillas and some
30 Mozambican troops
in a raid on a guer-
rilla base camp in Mo-
zambique last Sunday.
There is growing evi-
dence that Chile's se-
curity forces are be-
hind recent illegal de-
tentions and disappear-
ances. If this evi-
dence becomes public,
it will refuel the con-
troversy over human
rights in Chile.
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heavy casualties in what was ap-
parently a carefully planned Rho-
desian operation. [
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were still inide Mozambique yes-
terday, and Mozambican troops were
preparing to attack the raiding
force.
The raid was in retaliation for
an attack on a Rhodesian army camp
early last week by a combined
force of guerrillas and Mozambican
troops. Five Rhodesian soldiers
were killed in the attack--the
largest number of deaths publicly
acknowledged by Salisbury in a
single engagement since the guer-
rilla war began in late 1972.
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In spite of the Pinochet govern-
ment's much publicized decrees re-
quiring safeguards for political
prisoners and reforming internal
security practices, intelligence
organizations appear to be circum-
venting legal procedures.
One of the potentially embarrass-
ing cases concerns the disappear-
ance last month of two wealthy
Jewish brothers. The US embassy
has been reliably informed that
they are in the custody of the
Directorate of National Intelli-
gence, which reports only to Pres-
ident Pinochet.
The death of a UN functionary, an
ex-communist, working in Santiago
could prove equally embarrassing
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