MORNING SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT REPORTS

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• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
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SUBJECT: MORNING :-:LIMMARY ^F SIGNIFICANT REPORTS:
1. COMMUNISTS GAIN I N ITALIAN REGIONAL ELECTIONS
WITH MORE THAN 96 PERCENT ^F THE VOTE IN; EMBASSY ROME
REPORTED THAT THE CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATS HAD WON 35.E
PERCENT (DOWN :i.` PERCENT FROM THE NATIONAL ELECTIONS IN
1972) AND THE COMMUNISTS 33.5 PERCENT (LIP 5.2 PERCENT).
(CONFIDENTIAL) ROME 8608, 6::16
. CONTINUED TENSIONS WILL PUSH PORTUGAL FURTHER LEFT
EMBASSY LISBON REPORTS THAT TENSIONS ARE INCREASING
AGAIN AS A RESULT OF THE UNDIGE:S:TED ELEL:TION OUTCOME,
PARTY PROBLEMS, ECONOMIC DIFFICULTIES, AND EVENTS IN
ANGOLA AND THE AZORES.
--MOUNTING PROBLEMS HAVE LEFT AFM LEADERS CONFU:=:EII?
D I'v' I LIED, AND ANGRY; THEIR REVOLUTION HAS CLEARLY
RUN ^I IT OF STEAM.
--ALLIANCES AMONG THE LEADERSHIP ARE SHIFTING AND
SUBJECT TO THE VICISSITUDES ^F THE MOMENT.
--ALL LEADERS ARE VULNERABLE IN SOME DEGREE.
THE RADICAL LEFTIST SOLUTION WOULD BE TO ABOLISH ^R
OTHERWISE DOIi.INGRADE THE PARTIES AND ESTABLISH DIRECT
MILITARY RULE WITH, AS THE COMMUNIST:': HAVE ALREADY
F'O:-: I TED, A PLACE FOR THEIR ACTIVISTS OUTSIDE THE FORMAL
PARTY STRUCTURE.
--THE AFM LEADERSHIP I S CONSTRAINED BY THE CLEAR
MESSAGE FROM THE EUROPEANS THAT WITHOUT DEMOCRACY
THERE ICJILL BE NO AID. MOREOVER, THE AFM FEARS
DIRECT INTERVENTION BY THE EUROPEANS OR BY THE US--
PERHAPS THROUGH SPAIN.
--S^ARES AND THE SOCIALISTS ARE THE PRIME TARGET OF
THE AFM LEFT.
^N BALANCE, THE OUTLOOK I S FOR H LIMITED MOVE TO THE
LEFT, DIMINUTION OF THE CIVILIAN POLITICAL ROLE, AND,
MOST IMPORTANTLY P THE POSSIBILITY OF HIGH-LEVEL LEADER-
SHIP CHANGES. (CONFIDENTIAL) LISBON_ 3261, 6/16,
tJATO: THE PORTUGUESE SECURITY PROBLEM
NATO SECLIR I TY DONTO F e Q~O Iq j4- Pig 01495R000300030033-3
DIRECTOR ROWELL IN BRUSSELS THAT HE IS CONVINCED THAT
NATO SECURITY IN PORTUGAL I A :-:HI FS. _ T Ti T Hha QI T n:
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PRESENT RESTRICTIONS ^N THE RELEASE OF NATO DOCU-
MENTS MAY BE LIFTED.
--WITH SYG LUNS' CONCURRENCE P API D I AN DOES NOT
INTEND TO DO SOP SINCE HE COULD NOT RECOMMEND
LIFTING THE RESTRICTIONS.
--FOLLOWING THE RECENT NATO S:UMM I T , THE PORTUGUESE
AMBASSADOR CONFIDED TO ABIDIAN THAT, AFTER LISTENING
TO '5ONCALVES' RETINUE, HE WAS CONVINCED ANY ONE OF
THEM COULD BE A KGB AGENT.
ABIDIAN BELIEVES THAT FAILURE TO LIFT THE RESTRICTIONS?
OR ADDING NEW RESTRICTIONS--FOLLOWING A NEW SECURITY
SURVEY COULD PRECIPITATE A CRISIS WITH THE PORTUGUESE.
(SECRET) NATO 32929 6/16 ' E.'DI S) .
4. CYPRU{:: THE UNSC DEBATE
I_ISUN REPORTS THAT IN THE JUNE 16 SECURITY COUNCIL DEBATE
CIN CYPRUS:
--CLER I DES SAID THAT THE GREEK CYPRIOTS WOULD GIVE
NEGOTIATIONS ONE MORE TRY, AND WOULD CONSIDER A
SOLUTION ON THE BASIS ^F A B I COMMUNAL FEDERATED
STATE: BUT
--HE URGED THAT IF THE SECRETARY GENERAL'S NEXT
REPORT SHOWED NO PROGRESS 9 WALUHE I M SHOULD CONSIDER
NEW MAYS TO DEAL WITH THE PROBLEM, INCLUDING THE
SOVIET PROPOSAL FOR AN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE.
--TURKISH CYPRIOT REPRESENTATIVE CHELIK CHASTISED
CLERIDES FOR CONDUCTING ANTI-TURK PROPAGANDA AND
PROMOTED DENKTASH'S PROPOSAL FOR A "JOINT TRAN-
SITIONAL FEDERAL GOVERNMENT." 'LIMITED OFFICIAL
USE) USUN 1154, 6/16 AND (CONFIDENTIAL) U` UN 1155,
6/16.
5. SAUDIS UNHAPPY OVER US ARMS :SUPPLY
IN A MEETING HE DESCRIBES AS UNPRECEDENTED IN HIS MIDDLE
EAST E ,PER I ENCE a AMBASSADOR AKIN: : WAS APPRISED ^F SAUDI
DISAPPOINTMENT WITH US MILITARY ASSISTANCE. DISTURBED
AND DISTRAUGHT, PRINCE FAHD TOLD AKINS:
--THE CIS MIDST DECIDE WHETHER I T INTENDS TO HELP
SAUDI ARABIA I,JITH ITS MILITARY DEVELOPMENT; IF NOT,
FRANCE AND BRITAIN ARE READY TO STEP IN.
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SAME TIME THE II` COMMITMENT TO ISRAEL SEEMS TO BE
GROWING.
--ACCUSED OF BEING A L AGENT, HE FINDS THE SAIJD I
RELATIONSHIP WITH THE IIS BECOMING AN EMBARRASSMENT.
FAHD SAID THAT I N H I S TRAVELS ABROAD HE I SOMETIME:S-Z
ASHAMED TO BE A SAUDI SINCEY WHILE SAUDI ARABIA I THE
SOURCE ^F FINANCING FOR OTHER MILITARY MACHINES, THE
SAG" S FORCES ARE TEN TO TWENTY YEARS: BEHIND THOSE OF
THEIR ARAB NEIGHBORS, PARTICULARLY SYRIA AND JORDAN. HE
DOES NOT INTEND THAT THE STATE OF THE SAUDI ARMED FORCES
CONTINUE TO AMUSE ITS NEIGHBOR`:.
--NOTING THAT THREE-QUARTERS ^F THE 3Ai3' `': ^'/ERSEAS
INVESTMENTS ARE BEING MADE IN THE U SP HE SAID THAT
WHETHER THIS TREND CONTINUES DEPENDS ENTIRELY UPON
THE COURSE ^F US-SAUDI RELATIONS.
--WHAT THE SAG REQUIRES IS A FORCE NOT ONLY CAPABLE
OF DEFENDING ITS NORTHERN FRONTIER m BUT ALSO OF
ASSURING THE STABILITY AND SECURITY ^F NEIGHBORING
:=STATES I N THE PENINSULA.
AMBASSADOR" S COMMENT: UNDOUBTEDLY CONCERNED ABOUT CON-
GRESSIONAL CRITICISM OF THE US-SAUDI ARMS RELATIONSHIP ?
FAHD"S FEELING ABOUT THE IMP^RTANC:E OF SOME KIND ^F
'v'I;:IBLE? HIGH-IMPACT MILITAR'Y' ASSISTANCE MAY ALSO HAVE
BEEN AFFECTED BY PRESSURES WITHIN THE SAG FOLLOWING
REVELATIONS OF THE ARMS BRIBES IN THE I-IS. (CONFIDENTIAL)
JIDDA 4337P 6/16.
6. TURKEY DEFERS ACTION ON BASES FOR THIRTY DAYS
CHARGE BERGUS TELEPHONED THE WATCH AT 0447 TO REPORT THAT
FOREIGN MINISTER CAGLAYANGIL HAD CALLED HIM IN TO INFORM
HIM THAT:
--TURKEY PLANS NO ACTION AGAINST THE US MILITARY
PRESENCE AT THIS TIME.
--HOWEVER ? FOLLOWING A THIRTY DAY GRACE PERIOD, THE
GOT WISHES TO BEGIN NEGOTIATIONS COVERING THE ENTIRE
US-TURKISH MILITARY RELATIONSHIP.
THE TEXT OF THE GOT NOTE AND A SEPARATE CABLE REPORTING
THE FOREIGN MINISTER" S P~REMARK:' WILL BE TRANSMITTED FLASH
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