SUMMARY FROM PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP91-00901R000100230069-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 6, 2001
• Sequence Number: 69
• Publication Date: October 31, 1978
• Content Type: CABLE

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A, MEDIA PROFILE
1. THE MAJOR STORIES IN MONDAY'S NEWSPAPERS DEAL WITH PRIME
MINISTER BEGIN'S REAFFIRMATION OF ISRAEL'S RIGHT TO STRENGTHEN
OUTPOSTS IN THE OCCUPIED TERRITORIES. THE WASHINGTON STAR SAYS
THAT THE US APPARENTLY HAS SLOWED DOWN THE PACE OF THE EGYPTIAN-
ISRAELI PEACE TREATY TALKS AS A RESULT OF BEGIN'S STATEMENT, ISSUED
IN A REPLY TO PRESIDENT CARTER'S SHARP REBUKE OVER BEGIN'S PLANS
TO EXPAND THE JEWISH SETTLEMENTS. THE WASHINGTON POST REPORTS THAT
ARAB MODERATES LIKELY WILL DOMINATE THIS WEEK'S BAGHDAD SUMMIT
CONFERENCE, PREVENT EGYPT'S CONDEMNATION AND WIN ENDORSEMENT OF A
COMPREHENSIVE PEACE APPROACH AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE CAMP DAVID
FORMULA.
2. OTHER FRONT-PAGE STORIES: A, THE POST HAS A FEATURE STORY
ABOUT THE ARAB POPULATION OF DETROIT--THE LARGEST SINGLE GROUP OF
ARAB DESCENDANTS AND NEW IMMIGRANTS IN THE COUNTRY. B. THE STAR
CARRIES A LENGTHY STORY ABOUT ATATUTLAK KHOMEINI, A 76-YEAR-OLD _
IRANIAN RELIGIOUS LEADER IN EXILE WHO IS A HERD IN THE STRUGGLE TO
DEPOSE THE SHAH. C. THE PROSPECT OF A NATURAL GAS GLUT IN THE US
SIGNIFIES A DRAMATIC CHANGE IN THE NATION'S GAS OUTLOOK.
13. SUMMARY OF SPECIAL ITEMS FOR SATURDAY, SUNDAY AND MONDAY
3. THE TRIAL OF WILLIAM KAMPILES IS SCHEDULED TO BEGIN ON ,
6 NOVEMBER IN HAMMOND, INDIANA. IT IS STILL UNKOWN HOW THE PROBLEM
OF PRESENTING CLASSIFIED EVIDENCE WILL BE HANDLED. `ACCORDING TO THE
CHICAGO SUN TIMES THE KNOWLEDGE THE SOVIETS GAINED FROM THE MANUAL
THEY ALLEGEDLY OBTAINED FROM KAMPILES WILL NOT ALLOW THEM TO HIDE
VIOLAYI,ONS OF SALT AGREEMENTS. PRESIDENT CARTER, HOWEVER, HAS
ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THE SOVIET ACQUISITION OF THE KH-11 MANUAL IS
"POTENTIALLY''DAMAGING." AS A RESULT OF THE KAMPILES AFFAIR, THE
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DEFENSE DEPARTMENT HAS INCREASED RESEARCH IN AERIAL SURVEILLANCE.
4, IN AN APPARENT EFFORT TO COUNTERACT CHINA'S DRIVE TO
ESTABLISH BROAD TIES WITH THE WEST, SOVIET FOREIGN MINISTER ANDREI
GROMYKO THIS WEEK PUT AN END TO THE LONG PERIOD OF COOL RELATIONS
BETWEEN FRANCE AND THE SOVIET UNION. (POST)
a, SAUDI, ARABIA HAS OFFERED TO PAY LESS THAN HALF THE MONEY
THAT EGYPT NEEDS TO BUY ITS SHARE OF US JET FIGHTERS IN THE-
CON-TROVERSIAL MIDDLE EAST WARPLANE PACKAGE. IT IS UNCLEAR WHETHER THE
SAUDI UNWILLINGNESS TO PAY THE ENTIRE BILL IS CAUSED BY SKEPTICISM
OF THE PRICE OR IS A SIGN OF DISPLEASURE WITH US EFFORTS TO RESOLVE
THE ARAB-ISRAELI CONFLICT. (STAR)
6, CLASHES BETWEEN ANTI-GOVERNMENT DEMONSTRATORS AND POLICE
AND SOLDIERS IN AS MANY AS 32 TOWNS AND CITIES ACROSS IRAN OVER
THE WEEKEND HAVE LEFT 15 PERSONS DEAD AND HUNDREDS INJURED. (AP)
7. IN A CIVIL SUIT DESIGNED TO WIN BACK HIS OLD JOB, FORMER
CIA EMPLOYEE DONALD JORDAN, WHO SAYS HE'S A WHISTLEBLOWER, HAS
CHARGED THAT THE AGENCY MAINTAINS ILLICIT, INFORMAL PERSONNEL
FILES IN ADDITION TO STANDARD GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEE FILES.
8, BRITISH CONSERVATIVE PARTY LEGISLATORS DENOUNCED THE
LABOR GOVERNMENT FOR SENDING MILITARY SUPPLIES TO ZAMBIA TO BUILD
ZAMBIAN DEFENSES AGAINST RHODESIA. THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT APPROVED
AN EMERGENCY AIRLIFT OF $16 MILLION WORTH OF EQUIPMENT FOLLOWING
RAIDS'BY RHODESIAN WARPLANES AND PARATROOPERS ON NATIONALIST
GUERRILLA BASES IN NEIGHBORING ZAMBIA EARLIER THIS MONTH. (AP)
9. RHODESIAN PRIME MINISTER IAN SMITH SAID YESTtRDAY..THAT IT
IS DOUBTFUL THAT RHODESIA WILL HAVE BLACK MAJORITY RULE BY THE END
OF THE YEAR, AS HAD BEEN SCHEDULED. SMITH INDICATED A NEW TIMETABLE
FOR THE TRANSFER OF POWER WOULD BE ANNOUNCED LATE THIS WEEK.
FIGHTING HAS APPARENTLY MADE FREE ELECTIONS DIFFICULT TO ARRANGE. (AP)
O. FOUR'OF THE FIVE PRESIDENTS OF AFRICA'S FRONTLINE STATES,
APPARENTLY UNABLE To RESOLVE THEIR DIFFERENCES OVER RHODESIA, ENDED
A FOUR.-HOUR "SUMMIT" YESTERDAY IN DAR ES SALAAM WITHOUT EVER MEETING
AS A GROUP. TANZANIAN PRESIDENT NYERERE CONSULTED SEPARATELY WITH
EACH OF THE VISITING PRESIDENTS. MOZAMBIQUE PRESIDENT MACHEL DID
NOT ATTEND THE CONFERENCE. (API)
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11. SENIOR ALGERIAN DIPLOMATIC SOURCES SAID YESTERDAY THAT
PRESIDENT BOUMEDIENE IS RESTING IN THE SOVIET UNION, BUT REFUSED TO
DISCUSS PRESS REPORTS THE PRESIDENT WAS ILL AND UNDERGOING MEDICAL
TREATMENT. THIS IS THE FIRST OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT ON BOUMEDIENE'S
WHEREABOUTS SINCE HE HELD TALKS WITH SOVIET PRESIDENT BREZHNEV 11
DAYS AGO. ACCORDING TO INFORMED PRESS SOURCES, BOUMEDIENE WILL NOT
ATTEND THE ARAB SUMMIT IN BAGHDAD ON THURSDAY AND WILL PROBABLY NOT
PARTICIPATE IN ALGERIA'S NATIONAL DAY CELEBRATIONS ON WEDNESDAY.
(REUTER)
12. CUBA/USSR: AMERICAN INTELLIGENCE OFFICIALS SAY THE SOVIET
UNION HAS GIVEN CUBA 18 TO 20 MIG-23 JET FIGHTERS. THE PLANES,
BELIEVED TO BE CAPABLE OF FIRING TACTICAL NUCLEAR WEAPONS. ARRIVED
IN CUBA EARLIER THIS MONTH ABOARD A SOVIET FREIGHTER. (AP)
13. US/USSR: THE TWO CONVICTED SOVIET SPIES. CHERNAYAYEV
AND ENGER, WILL BE SENTENCED TODAY IN NEWARK, NEW JERSEY. (REUTER)
IS TESTING THE FEASIBILITY OF SWEEPING VALUABLE MINERALS FROM THE
OCEAN FLOOR. STAFFED BY A 100-MEMBER CREW, THE SHIP'S EQUIPMENT
WILL BE TESTED FOR 10 DAYS OFF SANTA BARBARA BEFORE SAILING 1,500
MILES INTO THE PACIFIC TO BEGIN ACTUAL MINING. (POST)
14. ROBERT S. STRAUSS. PRESIDENT CARTER'S SPECIAL TRADE
REPRESENTATIVE AND NOBUHIKO USHIBA, JAPAN'S EXTERNAL ECONOMIC AFFAIRS
MINISTER, BEGIN TWO DAYS OF TRADE TALKS TODAY IN ORLANDO, FLORIDA AT
A TIME OF INCREASING PROTECTIONISM IN THE US. THE MAIN PROBLEM TO
BE DISCUSSED IS JAPAN'S MOUNTING TRADE SURPLUS WITH THE US. THE
AGREEMENT REACHED BY STRAUSS AND USHIBA LAST JANUARY, WHICH AVERTED ry
A MAJOR US-JAPAN TRADE CRISIS, HAS BEEN INEFFECTIVE. (NYT) ll
15. THE GLOMAR EXPLORER, LEASED BY GLOBAL MARINE OF LOS ANGELES,
ORIG: 0/('AD (HETU, X1331); REL: SA/DDCI
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