THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 20 OCTOBER 1976

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0006466876
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• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 13
• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: October 20, 1976

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The President's Daily Brief
October 20, 1976
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Egypt-USSR: Egyptian Foreign Minister Fahmi may be planning a
trip to Moscow in the near future. (Page 1)
Egypt-Libya:
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Lebanon: Most of those Lebanese leftist and Christian leaders
who were not represented at the mini-summit in Riyadh have
reacted skeptically to the agreement concluded there by Arab
leaders on Monday. (Page 3)
China: The major party leadership meeting that began in Peking
early last week still seems to be in session. (Page 4)
Cuba-Namibia:
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Rhodesia: The "front-line" African presidents are trying to pre-
vent disputes among the Rhodesian nationalists from threaten-
ing the success of the Geneva conference. (Page 6)
Uganda:
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Iran-France:
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Notes: USSR; Iran - West Germany (Page 9)
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EGYPT-USSR: Egyptian
Foreign Minister Fahmi
may be planning a trip
to Moscow in the near
future, possibly as
early as next week.
Although Fahmi 's
deputy denied to the US embassy
on Monday any knowledge of a sched-
uled visit, an American journalist
claims to have learned from another
"high official" that the visit will
be announced tomorrow.
The trip is generally billed as an
effort to explore with Moscow its
proposal of October 1 to reconvene
the Middle East peace conference
at Geneva, but Fahmi and the So-
viets probably expect to discuss
a range of bilateral issues.
President Sadat has been under
occasional pressure from Fahmi and
other advisers to improve ties
with the Soviets in order to
counter the impression that Egypt
is wholly dependent on the US and
to induce the USSR to resume mil-
itary equipment deliveries.
Egypt apparently now feels it is
advisable to reopen the channel to
the USSR in the period before the
US presidential election. The
Egyptians are counting on the US
to start peace negotiations with
Israel next year and to consider
substantial military aid for Egypt.
They probably hope to restore a de-
gree of amicability in their re-
lations with the USSR lest the
diplomatic and military assistance
from the US not materialize.
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EGYPT-LIBYA:
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LEBANON: Most of those
Lebanese leftist and
Christian leaders who
were not represented
at the mini-summit in
Riyadh have reacted
skeptically to the
agreement concluded
there by Arab leaders
on Monday.
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Camille Shamun, the most intran-
sigent Christian leader, former
Lebanese president Sulayman
Franjiyah, and Phalanges military
leader Bashir Jumayyil have all
reportedly expressed strong doubts
that the Riyadh accords can be
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Phalanges head Pierre Jumayyil,
however, publicly welcomed the
agreement as a hopeful step in
solving the crisis.
Leftist leader Kamal Jumblatt
stated yesterday that the agree-
ment could not succeed unless Syr-
ian troops withdrew from Lebanon
and were replaced by security
forces drawn from members of the
Arab League.
Jumblatt's unwillingness to endorse
the agreement could place Palestine
Liberation Organization chief Yasir
Arafat--who signed the accords--
in a difficult position.
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Military activity ta-
pered off yesterday
following the announce-
ment that a general
cease-fire is scheduled
to begin on Thursday.
CHINA: The major party
leadership meeting that
began in Peking early
last week seems still
to be in session.
The Syrians and Christians had
already suspended their jointly
planned operations against the
Palestinian-leftist stronghold in
west Beirut. Only sporadic artil-
lery exchanges occurred yesterday
along the confrontation line in
Beirut. Some clashes reportedly
occurred in the Alayh area.
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A large number of limousines,
usually a sign that VIPs are in
town, was noted in Peking on Mon-
day. A limited number of flights
to the provinces over the weekend
would not have been sufficient to
take home the many members of the
party central committee who were
apparently brought to Peking last
week. The weekend flights, in
fact, may have brought additional
people to the capital for the
meeting.
A leading Hong Kong communist said
yesterday that he believes an an-
nouncement of Hua Kuo-feng's suc-
cession to Mao Tse-tung and "other
matters" will be made in seven or
eight days, presumably at the con-
clusion of the meeting. The other
matters probably refer to the re-
construction of the now depleted
Politburo, personnel appointments,
and possibly to some statement on
the fate of the four arrested
leftists.
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CUBA-NAMIBIA:
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Although no official charges against
the leftist quartet have been made
public, an editorial published yes-
terday seemed to pave the way for
a charge--used widely in wall
posters--of plotting a coup.
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RHODESIA: The "front-
line" African presi-
dents are trying to
prevent disputes among
the Rhodesian nation-
alists from threatening
the success of the
Geneva conference.
At a meeting in Lusaka last Sun-
day, Zambian President Kaunda,
Tanzanian President Nyerere,
Mozambican President Machel, and
Botswanan President Khama report-
edly informed leaders of the major
nationalist groups that dissension
among them at Geneva would not be
tolerated.
Mugabe reportedly sees himself
playing a mediating role between
Nkomo and Muzorewa in smoothing
out differences arising during the
conference.
Mugabe said his statement that he
would walk out of the conference
if Ndabaningi Sithole, the cur-
rent president of ZANU, attends
was meant only for public consump-
tion. Earlier this week, the
British government added Sithole
to the Rhodesian nationalist lead-
ers invited to lead delegations to
the Geneva meetings.
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The failure of the
Soviet Soyuz 23 space-
craft to dock with the
Salyut 5 space station
late last week
Iran's purchase of a 25-
percent interest in the
West German holding com-
pany that controls the
Krupp conglomerate will
guarantee Krupp's long-
term involvement in
Iran's economic develop-
ment program.
NOTES
Problems do not, appear to be seri-
ous enough to prevent future So-
viet attempts to re-man Salyut 5.
The Soviets may try to send cos-
monauts to the space station again
before the end of the year.
This is the first Soviet docking
failure since August 1974, when
Soyuz 15 overshot Salyut 3.
The joint announcement avoided
any mention of the value of the
transaction but did state that
Iran's 25-percent interest would
entitle it to exercise a manager-
ial role in the corporation. Iran
purchased a 25-percent share in
the Krupp iron and steel enterprise
in 1974 and a 40-percent interest
in two Brazilian subsidiaries of
the conglomerate earlier this year.
The Iranian infusion will provide
Krupp with much needed operating
capital. Iran probably is antici-
pating greater access to Krupp's
technology.
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