The President’s Daily Brief, October 30, 1976
Citation: “The President’s Daily Brief, October 30, 1976”, October 30, 1976, Wilson Center Digital Archive, CIA Records Search Tool (CREST), CIA-RDP79T00024A000300020008-1. https://digitalarchive.wilsoncenter.org/document/145172
The President’s Daily Brief October 30, 1976
LEBANON: The Syrians apparently are trying both to ensure Palestinian cooperation and to rein in their Christian allies by allowing some Palestinian guerrillas to move south into the Arqub.
Syrian Foreign Minister Khaddam met separately with Lebanese Christian and Palestinian leaders Thursday in Damascus to encourage both sides to stop fighting in southern Lebanon. Khaddam reportedly tried to allay Christian apprehensions that Damascus had shifted its support to the Palestinians, and he again advised25X1 the Christians to limit their dealings with the Israelis.
Syria actually seems to want to develop a balance between the Palestinians and the Christians in southern Lebanon as a means of gaining greater control over both group
