MORNING NEWS SUMMARY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-547-4-16-3
• Release Decision: RIPLIM
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: September 30, 2011
• Sequence Number: 16
• Publication Date: January 11, 1973
• Content Type: CABLE

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No Objection to Declassification in Part 2011/09/30: LOC-HAK-547-4-16-3
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TOkiAK 78
DELIVER TO LORD FOR DR. KISSINGER
JANUARY 1-1, 1973
MEMORANDUM FOR NR* KISSINGER
FRO THE SITUATION ROOM
ON.
SUBJE6T= MORNING NEWS SUMMARY
THE WA SRI NATO N N. POST
ON-FILE NSC RELEASE INSTRUCTIONS
APPLY
JOiATHAN RANDAL, IN HIS REPORT :ON THE PARIS TALKS, IS INTRIGUED
St A NORT-H.VIETNAMESE ANNOUNCEMENT THAT THE THURSDAY NEETING
WOULD ALSO INCLUDE TECHNICAL EXPERTS. THE ONLY VISIBLE VAEtIA-
TI:ON IN THE CHILL Y SUR FACE ATMOSPHERE WAS PROVIDED- BY A NORTH
VIETNAMESE D j PL, MAT W14OM NEWSMEN SAW: SHAKING YOUR HAND. t o-1)
ELL I OT.. R I CHARD SO N T :OLD CONGRESS YESTERDAY THAI I HE U. S. COUL. :
EIND STS RtI,E IN VIETNAM NOW IF THE PRISONER ISSUE WERE SETTLED,
SUT THAI SUCH A PULLOUT "REMAINS UNSATISFACTORY -IN THAT.. PEACE
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IN:THE 'ARE,A IS NOT ACHIEVED." (A-1)
No Objection to Declassification in Part 2011/09/30 : LOC-HAK-547-4-16-3 .
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TM B. O B I NG, ACCORDING TO A WASHINGTON POST SURVEY. OF, 32 SENATE
OFFICES. EVEN SENATORS WHO. HAVE BEEN STRONG SUPPORTERS OF THE.
PRESIDER('. S VIETNAM POLICIES ARE RECEIVING VOLUMES OF NAIL: OP-
POSING THE BOMBING, NOT A SINGLE OFFICE REPORTED A BALANCE IN
FAVOR OF THE BOMBING, Al ONLY THREE REPORTED AN . EVEN SPLIT
BETWEEN PRO-BOMBING AND'ANTI-BOMBING LETTERS. (A-12)
THE` VIET CONG WAS REPORTED TO HAVE CALLED FOR AN. . URGENT CONFER-
ENCE OF NONALIG NED NAT-IONS TO HELP END I HE VIETNAM . WAR. MRS.
.BINH HAD APPEALED FOR THE MEETING IN LETTERS SENI TO FOREIGN
MI NISI'ERS OF NONALIGNED NATIONS ON THE NEW YEAR. (A-12)
ON THE EDITORIAL PAGE, HOBART ROWEN COMMENTS IT IS HARD TO
ASSESS THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF THE DRAMATIC SWITC i FROM EXPEC-
TATIONS OF PEACE TO THE DECEMBER RESUMPTION OF THE BOMBING*
." THE ECONOMIC MOMENTUM FOR ANOTHER BIG YEAR WAS . CLEARLY- AT
.HAND IT MAY STILL :.BE, BUT THE TURN- AROUND IN PEACE: CREATES
SOME . D OUBT," ACCORDING TO ROWEN.- (A-19)
IN AN UNEXPECTED AND POTENTIALLY FAR-REACHING MOVE, CHINA HAS
.OFFERED TO SELL CRUDE OIL TO JAPAN, AND THE JAPANESE HAVE
QUICKLY PICKED UP THE OFFER. (A-26)
THE NEW YORK TIMES
FLORA. LEWIS COVERS YESTERDAY' S FOUR-HOUR NEGOTIATING SESSION
N THE FR. NT PAGE OF TODAY' S TIMES. SOVIET SOURCES CONTINUE
TO DISPLAY EAGERNESS TO SEE A SETTLEMENT OF THE WAR, BUT AT
THE SAME TIME INDICATE THAT HANOI STILL :HASI4 T CHANGED ITS
NEGOTIATING POSITION, THEREFORE INDICATING AN ABSENCE OF PROG-
RESS IN THE CURRENT ROUND OF TALKS. (A-!)
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FOX BUTT:EF No Objection to Declassification in Part 2011/09/30: LOC-HAK-547-4-16-3 TIES
U HOANG DUG NHA AND HIS. IMPORTANT ROLE. IN THE SOUTH VIETNAMESE
i'.. GOVER NMENT. T CRAY, PRESIDENT THIEU APPOINTED NHA HEAD OF THE. NEW
NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR INFORMATION. NHA, BEING THIEU' S CLOSEST
AID, HAD INCREASED HIS ROLE IN FOREIGN. POLICY DECISIONS AND PLAYS
A KEY HAND IN THI.EU' S POLITICAL AND DIPLOMATIC ACTIONS. (A?_'12)
THE STATE DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY THAT WHILE THE RECENT EXCHANGE
CF PROPOSALS WITH CUBA- FOR A TREATY TO DETER HIJACKING. HAD PRO-
DICED SOME MOWEMENT9 UNRESOLVED DIFFERENCES STILL REMAIN. (A-3)
THE BALTIMORE SUN
DUE TO THE LACK OF SURFACE CORDIALITY AND COUNTESY BETWEEN YOU
'`A LE DUC T.HO,. EXPECTATIONS OF A PEACE AGREEMENT,. BEFORE IN.AUGUR-
ATI ON SEEM DOUBTFUL. THE. FACT THAT AMBASSADOR. SULLIVAN AND MRS
THACH JOINED YOU AND THO LATER. IN THE DAY GAVE SOME EVIDENCE
THAT SOME PROGRESS HAD BEEN .REACHED DURING. THE TECHNICAL SESSIONS"
:(A-1)
STATE DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN CHARLES BRAY SAID THERE IS A.' STANDING
INJUNCTION AGAINST SPECULATION WHETHER IDLE OR INFORMED WITH
RESPECT TO THE NEGOTIATIONS IN PARIS.. BRAY ALSO SAID THAT AMER-
ICAN EMBASSIES AND POSTS. ABROAD HAVE BEEN SUPPLIED WITH MATERIAL
AMERICAN AMBASSADORS COULD DRAW UPON TO EXPLAIN THE PRESIDENT'S
DECISION TO RENEW THE BOMBING. (A-2)
THE WHITE HOUSE SAID YESTERDAY THAT PRESIDE.NT..NIXON HAS NO PLANS
FOR A.:TRIP TO EUROPE. WIDESPREAD SPECULATION THAT THE PRESIDENT
WORLD ATTEND T O EUROPEAN MATTERS STEMMED FROM YOUR PRESS CONFERa-
ENCE 'ON SEPTEMBER 15,. WHEN YOU SAID THAT YOU TOLD EUROPEAN LEADERS
THAT AS SOON AS MR, :NIXON "WOULD BE LESS PRESSED BY DIPLOMATIC
EXIGENCIES, HE HOPED TO RESUME MOST INTENSE CONSULTATIONS.WITH
CUR- EUR OPEA N FRIENDS." No Objection to Declassification in Part 2011/09/30: LOC-HAK-547-4-16-3
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