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• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-264-4-4-0
• Release Decision: RIPLIM
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: January 3, 2011
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: July 15, 1975
• Content Type: CABLE

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POPULATION IN NORTHEASTEPN THATLANn, THE' COMMt1NTT SAI
THE OI JE;CTTVi OF THIS PROGRAM WAS TU PROMOTE AN ANTI*
AMF,.RICAN 040VFMFNT TN THA7LANI ANTI HELP OFYPLOP THE INSUR-
G1:NCY. AR,THI`+I.1CII HIS ACQUAINTANCE DII) NOT SAY SON THE
SOURCE Cnf4CLUUFU FROM, THE r,0NV KSATI(.)N1 THAT TEMP` VIFTN AME:SL
E L.AI N Ett To INCRk',ASF THE. SUPPI, Y OF WEAPfNS, AMMUNTTTON,
ANC) fTHEA' MATERIALS TO THAT C`OMMUNTSTS, WF HAVE NO WAY
E"f' VFPT "YIN6 THAT THF. COMMI,NTST 11FFICIAL MOULD .NAVE ACCES
TO T- "\AI..LE5E"O PL,: ANS, BUT' THFY ARE Pi..AUSI. ILE ?
CHTt AR ,I AN ;PEKING. I?O IGw*"fFPM OTL. AGREEMENT: 8TN()wJAP*?
ANFSF MEGO'C~I ATTE:-NS ON A LE1N!C,,.TF M OIL AGRE:LI'MFNT MAY BE
COMPI..FTE' 4'Y THE ENO OF THE' YEAR, THE DE PE0-NI')At'IILITY OF
OIL, RfVENUFS HECAMf AN URGENT ISSUF TO PFKINP, WHFw JAPAN
FATLE"o TO T04 LFL IVFRY OF ALMOST A FIFTH Of THE lm0#000
BARRwL,.S t,. PAY OF CRUDE CnNTFtACTFO FUR TN 1974. WITH A
NEW FIVE,-YVAR PLAN (076-8 0) NOW t3FINI6 DRAFTFO, CHINFSE
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ON TO FINAN'C E PURCHASES OF wESTE RN MACHINERY AND E(JUTP-
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LIfN1S" OF TONS A YEAR THPOUf H 19PINe AND JAPAN II WILLING
TO RF0lf C THE SHARP OF IMPORTS OMTAINEi) FROM TEE MIDDLME
FAST AND INf)(INESTA TO MAKE ROOM FOR CHINESE CRt.II;)E, JAPAN
WANTS TO 0TvETMRSIUY ITS SOURCES KOF C4UOE IN ORDER 10 R ,DUCE
VULNFRALILTTY TO ANOTHER ARAM OIl, CUTOFF AND ENHANCE THEIR
BARGAINING POWER OVER PRICF WITH INUONESTA, WHnSf", CRUDE 15
SIMILA' TO CHINA'S, THE CWINESE, FUR THEIR PART? ARE E' E-
SINN4TN+.C TO RECOGNIZE THAT JAPAN IS THE ONLY MAJOR MARKET
IMMEDIATELY ON THE: HORIZON AND ARE WILLING TO SOFTEN PRICES,
THE WASHTNCTON STAR NEWS"
JOHN PTAL.KA REPUPTS THAT A TWnwMAM SOVIET SOYU7 ROCKET
LAUNCHED) THE wORLE:)' 5 FIRST INTERNATIONAL MANNEIr SPACE MIS<
SION TP AY ANt) v!EATHFf CONDITIONS AT THE KENNEDY SPACE
CENTER t:IOTC*TEU THAT A "GO" WILL RE GIVEN TO THE 0,5, APOLLO
SPACECRAFT THTR APTERNOONW
JE:REMIAH O'LFARY WRITES THAT YOU HAVE ISSUED A CLEAR $ARN1IN
THAT THE. UMIYEO STATES MIGHT HE' FORCED fit) WITHPERAw FROM THE
UNITED NATIONS UNLESS THERE IS A R VFRSAL OF THE TREND THAT
HE SAI THREATFNS TO TURN THE WORLf) HOD Y INTO A WE'APDN FOR
BLOC PMLITTI S,
HENRY S. E EK1AfSMER REPORTS THAT UANG VAN OUAN WHO HAS bEEN!
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REED t ARNF -S. R PORTS THE WHTTF HOUSE, ALARMFO OY THE AOVf RSE;
A1L ACTInN TO PkESTUFNT F'OROI RFF(RSAL TO SEF RUSSIAN AUTHOR
ALEXANOER SQt.ZHENITSYN, IS ARQFNTLY TRYING TO,FXTIWGULSH THE.
POLITICAL, FLAP CAUSUO RY THE AFFAIR. IN THE LAST FOUR. QAYS,
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TO M1!ET w4ITh THE NOBEL PRI7E WINNING NnVF-LT3TO
ROPE-PT. , SMITH REPOPTS THAT THE $86# 000 PAYMENT EARL ARKP"I)
POOR THE TTALTAN COMMUNIST PARTY HY THE EXXfN CORPORATION'S
,ITALIAN AFP? ILIATF WAS TO WAVF GONE TO THE PARTY THROUGH A
COMMt,RNTST NEWSPAPER OR FRONT ORGANTZATTQN, ACCMRDING TO AU.
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QUIHY RLHATNS VERY MUCH Irv t)OIJHT, THE STAFF OF THE H()USt
SELECT ItvTFLLIGE:NGE C'AMMTTTE ' TODAY WAS PREPARTN( TO INVE'STi.
GATE THE. E.YTFIgT nF Z'1FLUFNrE WHICH THE CIA EVERTS ON THE NA-
T1ON S (OVFkNMF`N1,
A STAR EDIT0wJAL SAYS THE rLACTER?LIKE 1CPYFMENT TOWARD A NEw
INTERIM AGF EE'mCN't IN THE MTI)PAST APPFAPS TO HAVE t FEN NUfr E,r
FORWAi tr AJ.Tt:4NTkY IN THE COURSE OF YOU LATEST SWTNO THROUGH
EUROPE'. AT THF: VERY LEAST A BPTTEP UNRERSTANOTNG !ETWFfN
TSfi AEL APO THE U.S. APPEARS TO HF EME.,RrIN+,. AS A RESULT OF
THF;SP POST P EC NT "CLARIFIC.ATIfNS" THE PRESSURES THLMSEL,VE:S
SVEM TM HAVE EASFO SOMEWHAT,, T() AY THE4 TS LITTLE TALK UN
ANYONE"' S PART OF A RETURN TO GENEVA ANt? AMFRICAN C?FF TCTALS,
HAPPILY, ARt. NOT INSISTINr; $O LOOOLY THAT THE ONE_Y ALTF CIA
TIVE Tn 6 Nt:,W AGRL FM.FNT WILL FJF A NNL-.W WAR ANOO A RESUMPTION
OF THE APAM OIL EHSARGO? EXPECTATIONS OF AN Ar.REEMt-NT THAT
MAY PR VIt:1F AT LEAST SEVERAL yP ARS OF RELATIVE IRAN 1(IIi ITY
HAVE r Fee ME:ASORA +JLY STE?PNrTHENEO TN THIS LATEST ROUND OF
TALKS?
L"FTCISMY S, NOYE$ WNTTFS THAT THE ONE THING THAT IS CERTAIN
At)nUT THE LATEST RAINCHILD 11E kVRTUGAtL IS 'III, TTAPY RULERS
IS THAT TT WON'T sfRK,, THEIR SCHEME FOR dYPASAING THE
COUNTRY s S POLITICAL PARTIES By WHAT THEY ARE P(,EASEO Tn
CALL "nIRECT OFMOCRACY" WOULD SEEM TO HE A PRESCRIPTION ELJP
INSTANT CHAOS? THE PLAN, AS OUTLINED L,LATE. LAST WEE`K, CALLS
FOR SETTING, OF A SYSTEM OF NEIGHRORH000 ANO WORKER COMMXTTEES
ThPOOPHOt)T THE' COUNTRY, INGENIOUS AS IT MAY SF, HOWEVER, IT
IS WAk T O SEP?. hOW THE NFw PLAN IS ANY SORT OF A SOLUTION TO
THE;. PEAL PP0SL?EM4, TT PROVInES THE CC MMONTSTS WITH A
$EANS OF TAKING OVER CONTROL, IT WILL NOT LESSEN THE TENSION
ANn RESISTANCE OF THE GENUINELY DEMOCRATIC FORTES IN T1+E
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