KISSINGER'S COMMAND IS A HOT SPOT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80T00704A000100040015-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: November 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 26, 1999
• Sequence Number: 15
• Publication Date: October 12, 1972
• Content Type: NSPR

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CPYRGHT
The Washington Merry-Go-Round
THE WASHINGTON POST
Kissinger .s.:Command I s a
By Jack Anderson
arch enemy, President Thieu.
In the secret truce talks,
t-eeceE orth Vietnam's Le Due Tho
flood into Washington f om as emphasized that the Saigon
our embassies, military c m-
mands and intelligence ut-
posts all over the world. he
most urgent telegrams are
funneled Into Henry Ki in-
ger's command post in the
White House. Digests of er-
night intelligence reports are
delivered each- morning to
President Nixon.
From sources with acce s to
this intelligence flow, her are
some recent highlights:
eplaced by a tripartite gov-
rnment dominated by neither
ide. But he has Indicated that
aigon can choose anyone it
ashes to the new government,
hat neither side should have
veto over the other's ap-
ointments. The implication is
that Hanoi would not object if
Saigon appointed the hated
hieu as a member of the tri-
partite government.
Henry Kissinger is opti stic ru er, a Tse-tung, told visit-
about the prospects a ing Japanese Prime Minister
cease-fire in Vietnam. Ye in- Kakuei Tanaka fiercely that
tercepted messages Ind ate the Chinese would resist to
that North Vietnam Is pr par- the death any encroachments
, ing for a renewed offe ive. by Russia. A CIA report on
'Our military intelligent has the secret Mao-Tanaka talks
found no trace, however, that quotes old Mao as saying
Russia has replaced the t inks China would sacrifice its own
and artillery the North let- people to prevent Soviet domi-
namese lost in their sprin of- nation. He cited the fate of his
fensive. They were able last former heir apparent, Lin
spring to sneak heavy. ard- Piao; who died in a plane
ware into South Vietna vir- crash fleeing to Russia after
tually , undetected. But the attempting a ,pro-Soviet coup
best available intelligent sug- against Mao.
gests that both Russia and h o u 's 0 The
China have cut back mi tar Central Intelligence gency
shipments to North Vie am'. reports that Chinese Premier
Hanoi's military prepara ons, Chou En-lal is still de encounter-
therefore, therefore, may be for lira ing opposition
ited attack upon a po tica ruling circle. Chou's oppo-
target, perhaps even Saig n it nents are upset over his policy
self: But no one really ow of detente with the United
whether -the guns will be si States, Japan and theWest.
lenced or booming whe th They contend that the detente
voters go to the polls on N v. 7. has hurt ' China's credibility
Soft on Thieu-Hanoi ma with revolutionary force s
be softening slightly It around the world.
fled' State Department analy-
sis charges that Israel's forays
across her borders against the
Palestinian guerrillas have
given the Soviets a pretext for
strengthening their foothold
in Syria and' Iraq. Military
shipment have been sent not
only to Syria and Iraq but to
the Palestinian. guerrillas di-
rectly. Contrary to press re-
ports of a Soviet "airlift" to
Syria, however, the airlift
consisted of only four
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Thursday, Oct. 12, 1972
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a CIA rupult
attention has merely enlarged
his ego and made him more
difficult than ever.
Castro "Uncouth" - Intcall
gence reports acknowled a
rise in anti-U.S. feeling
throughout Latin America.
But apparently Cuban Dicta.
for Fidel Castro's attempts to
exploit U.S. unpopularity #or
his own purposes have failed.
A typical message from our
defense attache in Ecuador,
where Castro visited last year,
describes the top Ecuadorean
military brass as anti-U.S. but
also anti-Castro.' The mcss age
quotes them as calling Castro
"uncouth" and "not the great
leader that many people con-
dider him to be."
Cuba-P ignd"
A secre e ? cable, reporting
on a conversation wlth< a
Cuban Intelligence officer
known only as "Alfredo "
quotes him as saying that "the
Cuban government generally
supports the PJG (Panama's
military junta) and General
Omar Torrijos, the ? head, of.
Panama, but wants to find
ways to encourage Torrijos,to
move further to the left. 'Al-
fredo' suggested that ... left-
ists in Panama form a Pana-
ma-Cuba . Friendship Society,
which could .promote friend-
ship with Cuba, 'put pressure
on Torrijos from the left. and
possibly be used as the center
for certain unspecified Cuban
activites."
? 1979. United Feature Syndicate?
transport planes, which have
ceased to make regular deliv-
eries. But the shipments,
though no more than token
military aid, have had the ef-
fect of strengthening Soviet
bonds with the Arab hotheads.
The analysis, concludes, never-
theless, that Russia wouldn't
likely risk war for Syria, Iraq
or any other Arab countryl
Afjjemn W The 'ef
Wild-
for s to placate gandas -
man, General Idi Amin, ap,
pear to have backfired. He has
ordered the Asians, who had
become the backbone of Ugan-
da's economy, out of the coun-
try. He has made impossible
demands upon neighboring
Tanzania, He has made and
broken promises to visiting
mediators. He has imposed
harsh martial law upon. his
country, charging that Tanza-
nia, India and even Britain are
planning to invade his small
country. For the sake of black
African solidarity, a host of
black African leaders have
made pilgrimages to Uganda
to placate General Amin. But
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