THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 20 AUGUST 1976

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• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
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• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: August 20, 1976

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The President's Daily Brief
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August 20, 1976
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August 20, 1976
Table of ,Contents'
Korea: We present excerpts from the intelligence community's Na-
tional Intelligence Situation Report with information as of
2:00 a.m. (Page 1)
Lebanon: The Christians have yet to start their campaign in the
mountains east of Beirut. (Page 2)
Cuba-Jamaica: A high-level visit and a series of exchange pro-
grams are the latest evidence of Cuba's close ties with the
Jamaican government. (Page 3)
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Notes:. Turkey-Greece; Thailand; Cuba; South Africa; USSR (Luna
24); USSR (TU-95) (Pages 5, 6, 7, and 8)
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Korea: Demilitarized Zone
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The Demilitarized Zone is about 2.5 m;les (4 km.) w:de and about 150 miles
long on land; it is extended in the Han River Estuary by 9 miles. The military
demarcation line between North and South Korea runs down the middle of the DMZ.
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KOREA: We present ex-
cerpts from the intel-
ligence community's
Rational Intelligence
Situation Report with
information as of 2:00
a. m.
Pyongyang appears to be acting
with caution while seeking to por-
tray itself as the victim of ag-
gressive US designs, following its
alert announcement yesterday.
The North Koreans agreed to attend
the meeting yesterday of the Mili-
tary Armistice Committee and, while
engaging in customary polemics,
did not disrupt the proceedings.
The communist side produced photo-
graphs purporting to prove that
some of their men had been injured
by United Nations Command person-
nel. Pyongyang has remained silent
on the slaying of the two US offi-
cers, but has acknowledged that
there were injuries on both sides.
Pyongyang's public statements on
the incident have sought to call
attention to heightened tensions
on the Korean peninsula. However,
there have been no threats--char-
acteristic of some of President
Kim Il-song's bombastic statements--
to respond with a "revolutionary
war" designed to drive the US out
and achieve complete reunification.
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South Korea's ruling and opposition
parties yesterday denounced the in-
cident. The South Korean press and
Korean contacts of the US embassy
in Seoul are concerned that the
US may not react with an adequate
show of strength. President Pak,
however, has reacted calmly. In
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There has been no So-
viet press reaction to
the incident of August
18, and we expect none
until after the extent
of the US response is
known.
LEBANON: The Chris-
tians have yet to start
their campaign in the
mountains east of Bei-
rut, apparently hoping
that threats will
weaken the Palestin-
ians' will to resist.
a recent conversation with a sen-
ior US officer, he noted that the
situation was sufficiently grave
to warrant more than a verbal pro-
test, but recommended against the
use of armed force.
The Soviets will most likely give
verbal support to the North Koreans
while attempting to avoid any di-
rect involvement in a crisis.
Peking has not yet commented on
the incident at Panmunjom. The
direct involvement of US troops
in the most recent incident may
have led Peking to proceed cau-
tiously.
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The Phalanges Party has asked the
commander of the Arab League force
to convey a series of demands to
the Palestinians. The Phalangists
have stipulated that if the de-
mands are not accepted within 48
hours--presumably by tomorrow--a
"radical military solution" will
be necessary. Acceptance of the
conditions is unlikely.
Unusually heavy shelling between
east and west Beirut continued
again yesterday. Fighting in the
Mount Lebanon area was primarily
confined to machinegun fire and
artillery shelling. In the north,
the Christians are still shelling
Tripoli and several neighboring
areas.
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tedayeen "special group" attacked
a Christian position in the north
and recognized among the dead Tony
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CUBA-JAMAICA: A high-
level visit and a series
of exchange programs
are the Latest evidence
of Cuba's close ties
with the government of
Jamaica.
Franjiyah--son of President Fran-
jiyah, a militia leader, and a
parliamentary deputy. The leftist
radio has reported his death, but
there has been no confirmation
from other sources.
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A Cuban delegation led by a Polit-
buro member and including an offi-
cial of the American Department of
the Cuban Communist Party--which
has served as the principal link
between Havana and the party of
Prime Minister Manley--spent six
days in Jamaica this month. This
latter official has become a regu-
lar visitor to Jamaica.
Other members of the group were
mostly officials from Oriente Prov-
ince, an area with which Jamaicans
have a traditional tie. Cane cut-
ters have gone to Oriente to work
for some years and often have
stayed there, and many employees
at the US naval base at Guantanamo
are Jamaican. Havana may intend
to exploit this attitude toward
Oriente to develop a special rela-
tionship between eastern Cuba and
Jamaica.
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Some 300 Jamaican youths are sched-
uled to spend a year in Cuba learn-
ing construction techniques. Un-
der another program, 60 members of
Jamaican youth organizations are
spending this month in Cuba as
guests of the Federation of Univer-
sity Students and the Union of Com-
munist Youth.
A Cuban medical team of about 15
members, including both special-
ists and general physicians, began
arriving in Jamaica in early Au-
gust. About 280 Cubans are there
participating in such programs as
education, housing, and dam con-
struction.
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The Turkish ship Sismik
I left port yesterday
and presumably has be-
gun its scheduled third
phase of research ac-
tivities. The Greek
government is avoiding
public comment on the
ship's movements but
reportedly will send
naval ships to shadow
the Sismik.
Former Thai military
strongman Praphat's
agreement to leave the
country within seven
days apparently has not
yet defused the tense
situation in Bangkok.
Cuba has stepped up di-
rect contacts with US
companies, despite its
public statements down-
playing the importance
of the US market.
NOTES
The Turks probably will resume
their own monitoring activities.
Some military forces in both coun-
tries remain in advanced states of
readiness.
The International Court of Justice
yesterday announced a public hear-
ing for next Wednesday to consider
a Greek request for an injunction
ordering Turkey to halt explora-
tion in the disputed area. A rul-
ing is expected by mid-September.
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Student radicals and members of
leftist political groups report-
edly plan to prolong the protests,
even if Praphat does leave the
country, in hopes of toppling the
regime. Army and police units in
the Bangkok area are on full alert.
Public confidence in the Seni gov-
ernment has already been signifi-
cantly reduced by the affair.
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Since October, Havana has financed
the visits of at least eight US
companies to Cuba to explore bi-
lateral trade possibilities once
commercial relations between the
two countries are normalized. It
has tentatively scheduled visits
by five additional companies within
the next couple of months and has
continued to communicate with a
number of other US firms.
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Violence flared in
South Africa Wednesday
night, this time in
three black townships
outside the city of
Port Elizabeth. At
least 14 were killed
as a result of police
gunfire.
In at least one instance, Cuba has
requested a company to waive its
compensation claim in return for
future access to the Cuban market.
Havana has also hinted at the pos-
sibility of management contracts
and joint ventures.
These Cuban actions appear to be
an effort to weaken the US busi-
ness community's support for the
US embargo. Although Cuba can now
obtain most US products it wants
through US-owned foreign subsidi-
aries, lifting of the embargo would
constitute a significant psycho-
logical victory for the Castro
government.
Adults joined high school students
in a march, and rioting began when
police halted the marchers. These
latest outbreaks follow last week's
rioting near Cape Town that left
29 dead.
Demonstrations and class boycotts
by high school students are now
fairly widespread. In Soweto,
where violence first erupted in
June, students burned a high school
Wednesday night.
The government continues to jail
prominent blacks throughout South
Africa in a campaign against sus-
pected militants. At least 60
arrests have been made during the
past week.
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The Soviet spacecraft,
Luna 24, which landed
on the moon on August
18, is scheduled to
reach the earth on Sun-
day with a lunar soil
sample, according to a
Tass announcement.
Two Soviet ships are
still conducting sal-
vage operations in the
Atlantic off Newfound-
land in an attempt to
recover the wreckage of
the TU-95 naval recon-
naissance aircraft that
crashed there on August
4.
The sample may weigh as much as a
kilogram (2.2 pounds).
This will be the third time the
Soviets have retrieved samples of
lunar soil. The two previous suc-
cessful missions returned a total
of about 200 grams (7 ounces) of
such material. By contrast, the
final US Apollo mission returned
113 kilograms (250 pounds) of ma-
terial.
The Soviet's lunar missions have
done little more than duplicate US
programs. Now that the US lunar
program has been completed, the So-
viets may hope to enhance the pres-
tige of their space program by con-
tinuing, and perhaps increasing,
their scientific explorations on
the moon.
The ships--a submarine rescue unit
and a salvage tug--have been using
scuba divers, manned diving bells,
and dragging operations to locate
and examine wreckage. The water
in the immediate area is suffi-
ciently shallow to allow this
equipment to be employed success-
fully.
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