FIERCE GROUND FIGHTING THRUOUT SVN TAPERED OFF SAT.

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-248-1-8-7
• Release Decision: RIPLIM
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: August 6, 2010
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: December 11, 1972
• Content Type: CABLE

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FIERCE GROUND FIGHTING THRUOUr SVN TAPERED OFF SAT, q BUT ARVN
REPORTED VC FORCES ON MOVE IN SAIGON AREA SUN. US BOMBERS CONTINUED
TO POUND NVN SUPPLY. LINES FOR 4TH STRAIGHT DAY... NBC NOTED
NVA SHELLINGS THRUOUT 'SVN AND CONTINUING 852 RAIDS SAT.... IN THE
14 OF A SERIES ON THE AIR WAR! THE POST W/P. 1 SUNDAY FEATURE
RELATES THE. DISLOCATION AND DESPAIR CAUSED TO CIVILIANS BY THE
CRUEL AND DIFFICULT DECISION TO USE BOMBS RATHER THAN TROOPS.
IETLER POINTS OUT. HOWEVER, THAT SVN POLS AND SPECIALISTS ARE
LESS EXERCISED OVER THE BOMBING THAN US OBSERVERS. THEY FEEL IT
HAS N(YI DEALT AN IRREVERSIBLE BLOW TO SVN' S FUTURE AND THEY FEEL
If HAS TURNED THE TIDE IN SEVERAL MAJOR BATTLES.
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INSTRUCTIONS APPLY
KEY SECTIONS OF US FORCES IN SVN AND 7TH AF's OPERATIONAL.
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EAST- WEST No Objection to Declassification in Part 2010/08/06: LOC-HAK-248-1-8-7
AP ANALYSIS LEADS: "A PICTURE HAS NOW EMERGED OF HOW THE US
AND ITS ALLIES WILL APPLY RN' S DOCTRINE OF ? NEGOTIATION NOT
CONFRONTATION' W/THE USSR IN '73." THEY ARE TAKING ON DOUBLE
JOB, SAYS AP., IN MAINTAINING THEIR OWN STRENGTH AGAINST. POPULAR
PRESSURE TO, CUT MILITARY SPENDING, AND AT SAME. TIME OF TRYING TO
EDGE USSR TOWARD PROVIDING ORDINARY EUROPEANS W/ LESS- THREATENING
MILITARY FORCES COMBINED W/MORE SECURITY, FREED01' AND
COOPERATION. ATLANTIC ALLIES WILL INSIST MOSCOW AGREE TO
CONSIDER "CONFIDENCE*BUILDING" MEASURES AT CESC, W/MOST
IMPORTANT ONE BEING AGREEMENT TO NOTIFY ONE ANOTHER IN ADVANCE
OF BIG TROOP MOVEMENTS. WEST WILL ALSO MAKE IT CLEAR IF SOVIETS
WANT ECONOMIC AID FROM WEST, THEY WILL HAVE TO GIVE SOMETHING
IN EXCHANGE*
THE TRIB REPORTS THAT -EUROPE MOVED TOWARD EASIER E-W
RELATIONS ON 3 FRONTS FRI W/NATO AGREEING TO BACK UN MEMBERSHIP.
FOR THE GERMANIES AND ANNOUNCING PLANS TO RECOGNIZE THE EAST,
THUS ENDING IT'S 27-YEAR DIPLOMATIC ISOLATION. AND SALT IS
MOVING "SO SWIFILr THAT PRE-XMAS ACCORD ON A BODY TO SUPERVISE
SALT I SEEMS LIKELY. FINALLY, THE TR.IB REPORTS FROM HELSINKI
THAT "THE SPIRIT OF COMPROMISE CONTINUES AFTER 3 WEEKS' TO
RULE THE CESC PREP. T AL K.S.
NOTES IS HIGHLY PESSIMISTIC THAT CESC WILL. DO ANYTHING TO
FULFILL WESTERN HOPES FOR A.RELAXATION OF LIFE IN RIGIDLY CONTROL
E,. EUROPE. WHAT THE WEST SEES AS THAW SEEMS LIKELY TO DO LITTLE
TO CHANGE THE DEEP FREEZE IN WHICH E. EUROPEANS LIVE......THE SUN
TELLS HOW E. GERMANY HAS TAKEN A NUMBER OF MEASURES DAMPENING
HOPES THAT POLITICAL CONTACTS BETWEEN THE GER14ANIES WOULD IMPROVE
PERSONAL RELATIONS AS .WELL..-, STATE DEPARTMENT- SECURITY? OFFICERS
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FOUND A EAVESDROPPING RADIO TRANSMITTER SECRETLY PLACED IN THE
NEEL OF A SHOE WORN BY A SENIOR US DIPLOMAT IN A. E. EUROPEAN
COUNTRY. AT ANOTHER US EMBASSY IN E. EUROPE, THEY LOCATED A
.SPY RADIO HIDDEN IN A SEEMINGLY INNOCENT BINDER HOLDING CURTAIN
SAMPLES. AP' S GULICK NOTES THESE ARE THE FIRST. PUBLIC DISCLOSURES.
(F SUCH BUGGING,OF U. S. MISSIONS OVERSEAS IN RECENT YEARS.
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HARSCI No Objection to Declassification in Part 2010/08/06: LOC-HAK-248-1-8-7
SPLIT BETWEEN THE US. AND WEST EUROPE IS REFLECTED IN HIS PLANS
FOR A SPRING VISIT. TO THE CONTINENT. HARSCH NOTES THAT "THERE ARE
ANXIOUS PEOPLE IS HIGH PLACES WHO THINK THIS MAY BE THE MOST DAN-
GEROUS MOMENT FOR THE WEST SINCE H ITLER' S? LUFTWAFFE ATTACKED
BRITAIbt." W. EUROPEANS FEAR THEIR INTERESTS MIGHT SOME DAY BE
SPENT BY -THE US FOR A CLOSER DEAL W/ USSSR. UNLESS THERE' S REVERSAL
(F THAT FEAR, OF THE DAMAGE DONE BY CLOSER US-USSR. RELATIONS AND
:W TURNING CONNALLY'"LOOSE'., HARSCH FEELS "'EUROPE JUST MIGHT DECIDE
THAT IT BETTER FOLLOW THE US EXAMPLE AND MAKE ITS- OWN DEAL W/RUSSIA.
CBS NOTED HOW BARRACKS AT A US BASE IN W. GERMANY BURNED
WONLY BELATED CONCERN SHOWN BY LOCAL FIREMEN WHO LAST YEAR WERE
HARASSED 8Y GI' S DURING A SIMILAR FIRE ON THE BASE. REPORTER
-.S AHANTHEN W/NEGATIVE REPORT ON" AMERICAS FORGOTTEN ARM ft WHICH
RN HAS. PLEDGED TO KEEP THERE TIL MB FR PROGRESS. GI' S W/LITTLE TO
DO; WAR GAMES ARE TO RELIEVE BOREDOM. MOST EARNEST PROBLEM IS
TO KEEP OLD EQUIPMENT GOING. REPORTER SAID THE TROOPS ARE THERE
FOR SAKE OF NUMBERS ONLY AS IT'D TAKE LOTS OF MONEY TO PROPERLY
EQUIP THEM AND FUNDS OF THAT SIZE AREN'T AVAILABLE FOR AN
ARMY WHOSE MAIN PURPOSE NO LONGER EXISTS. .
NSC STAFFER SONNENFELDT' S DESCRIPTION OF "A TOUGH AND
BUSINESSLIKE" US POLICY TOWARD W. EUROPE IS SEEN IN POST STORY AS
IN CONTRAST W/ APPROACH OF MCCLOY, BALL AND SCHAETZEL. SPEAKING
AT CONFERENCE ON EUR-US RELATIONS, SONNENFELDT SAID THE US PUBLIC
WANTS THE DEFICIT CORRECTED AND WHILE SOME TRADE ISSUES MAY BE
MINOR ONES, TAKEN TOGETHER THEY ADD UP TO CONSIDERABLE POLITICAL
PRESSURE. THE POST SAYS EXPRESSIONS OF FEAR, THAT THE ADMIN WOULD
REVERT TO THE ' TABLE SOMETHING' TACTICS OF CONNALLY KEPT RECURRING
AT THE CONF."
MALRAUX TELLS SULZBERGER THAT EUROPE AS A UNITED GROUP DOESN'T
EXIST AND THUS THE REGION IS LOSING ITS COMPETITION W/US AND USSR..
PERHAPS. JAPAN'S ECONOMIC UPSURGE CAN BE THE GALVANIZING EFFECT WHICH
MALRAUX FEELS IS NEEDED FROM A NON-EUROPEAN THREAT.
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