CABLE TO AMEMBASSY BRUSSELS FROM THE SITUATION ROOM TOHAK 15

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-258-6-89-2
• Release Decision: RIPLIM
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: January 4, 2010
• Sequence Number: 89
• Publication Date: December 9, 1973
• Content Type: CABLE

No Objection to Declassification in Part 2010/01/04: LOC-HAK-258-6-89-2
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HEREWITH ADDITIONAL NEWSPAPER SUMMARIES:
NEW YORK TIMES SUNDAY DECEMBER 9, 1973
LESLIE GELB CONTENDS THAT VARIOUS SEGMENTS OF THE ADMINISTRATION.
ARE SPLIT OVER THE FUTURE OF THE SALT TALKS IN GENEVA. THE MULTI-
PLICITY OF AGENCIES INVOLVED CREATES A PROBLEM IN ARRIVING AT A
UNIFIED AMERICAN POSITION, THE RUSSIANS ARE WAITING FOR A RESPONSE
TO THEIR SEPTEMBER, DRAFT TREATY, HOWEVER, DECISIONS AT THE HIGHEST
LEVEL tN WASHINGTON ARE BEINGDELAYED BECAUSE OF WATERGATE AND THE
MIDDLE EAST CRISIS. A-3
BERNARD GWERZMAN COMMENTS THAT YOU DID NOT ELABORATE ON YOUR CALL
F(TR NEW "VISION" BY NATO. AN AMERICAN OFFICIAL TRAVELING WITH YOUR
PARTY SAID LATER IT WAS SYNONYMOUS IN YOUR MIND WITH THE "NEW
ATLANTIC CHARTER" CONCEPT. A-6
LESLIE GELB, IN THE EDITORIAL SECTION, COMMENTS THAT WHILE THERE
ARE SOME DANGEROUS CURVES IN DETENTE, THE SOVIET ATTITUDE ON
SALT II IS STILL CONSIDERED SERIOUS. BUT BY CIRCUMSTANTIAL YID
DENCEs THE RUSSIANS CAN NOT BE DEPENDED UPON NOT TO PURSUE TACK
TICAL ADVANTAGES AT AMERICAN EXPENSE. THIS IS ESPECIALLY TRUE WHEN
THE PRESIDENT IS IN SO MUCH TROUBLE AT HOME, E-3.
THE LEAD TIMES EDITORIAL REITERATES ITS?EARLIER CALL FOR THE
PRESIDENT TO RESIGN. THE TIMES SAYS THE DUTY OF THE REPUBLICAN
PARTY To RESOLVE THE NATION'S CRISIS OF LEADERSHIP BECOMES IN-
ESCAPABLE. E-16.
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JAMES RESTON WRITES THAT YOU ARE NOW IN THE PAINFUL POSITION
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OF TRYING TO P,'ERSUAOE ,;ISRAEL AND HER FRIENDS IN THE U.S., THAT
ANY CHANCE OF "LASTING PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST DEPENDS ON FUNDA-
MENTAL CHANGES IN JERSUALEM'S PnLICY. YOU AGREE THAT THIS IS A
SHOCKING AND TRAUMATIC PROSPECT FOR ISRAEL,* BUT YOU MAKE A POINT
OP IMAGINING WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF THERE'S MASS GLOBAL DISCOMFORT
AND UNEMPLOYMENT THAT COULD BE ASCRIBED TO,ISRAELI INTRANSIGEANCE.
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THE BALTIMORE SUN
SUNDAY DECEMBER 9, 1973
A SUN EDITORIAL REFLECTS ON NATO'S. THIRD CRISIS WITH THE FOL-
LOWING COMMENT: "SINCE 1973 WAS DESTINED NOT TO BE THE "YEAR OF
EUROPE-#" DESPITE,U.S. HOPES, THIS PHRASE SHOULD BE SCRAPPED
G'NCE AND FOR ALL. PERHAPS YOU FEEL A COMPULSION TO OBTAIN SOME
DOCUMENTS FEEBLY APPROACHING. YOUR CONCEPT OF A "NEW ATLANTIC
CHARTER," BUT WHEN AND IF YOU OBTAIN SOME NEW ALLIANCE RHETORIC,
IT IS LIKELY TO BE LACKING THE INSPIRATIONAL QUALITIES YOU
ORIGINALLY INTENDED." (K-4)
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