MORNING REPORT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-548-11-29-0
• Release Decision: RIPLIM
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: September 29, 2011
• Sequence Number: 29
• Publication Date: December 13, 1973
• Content Type: CABLE

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MEMORANDUM FOR SECRETARY KISSINGER
FROM:' THE SITUATION ROOM
SUBJECT: MORNING REPORT
PROBLEMS IN EASTERN EUROPE: CHINA'S RELATIONS-WITH A
AND YUGOSLAVIA.ARE CONTINUING TO COOL. PEKING'HAS IRRITATED
TIRANA BY ITS'POLICY OF'DET'ENTE WITH THE U.S. AND WESTERN
EUROPE, WHILE THE PRC.IS.AGGRIEVED BY THE RECENT IMPROVEMENT
IN SOVIET-YUGOSLAV RELATIONS. FOR THE FIRST TIME IN SEVERAL
YEARSS PREMIER CHOU EN-LAI DID NOT ATTEND ALBANIAN NATIONAL
DAY CELBBRATIONS.IN PEKING, AND.PRC LEADERS FAILED' TO REFER
TO PARTY CHIEF HOXHA AS A "GREAT MARXIST-LENINIST"" IN THEIR
CONGRATULATORY 'MESSAGE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN PEKING' AND
TIRANA OVER FOREIGN POLICY:, HAVE BEEN EVIDENT SINCE: THE PRC
RAPPR?CHEMENT'.WITH THE U.S. MOVED INTO HIGH GEAR. RELATIONS
ARE STILL QUITE CORDIAL, BUT THE RECENT CHANGE IS SIGNIFICANT',-
ALBANIA TAKES EXCEPTION TO CHINA'S ENCOURAGEMENT OF'WESTYEURO
PEAN UNITY* PARTICULARLY THE COMMON MARKET, WHICH PEKING SEES
AS A COUNTERWEIGHT TO THE U.S. AND THE USSR,
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SING.PYUGOSLAV RAPPROCHEMENT, WHICH FOLLOWED. .THE SOVIET*#LED
INVASION OF CZECHOSLOVAKIA, HAS:, SUFFERED A NUMBER OF, SETBACKS
OVER THE PAST. YEAR .1IT0'S SPEECH' IN FEBRUARY 1973.r IN WHICH_
HE INDICATED THAT HIS COUNTRY WILL NOT TAKE SIDES IN THE SING....
SOVIET DISPUTE, WAS A DISAPPOINTMENT TO CHINA. TITO ALSO
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HINTED THAT RELATIONS WITH THE 'SOVIETS: WOULD
PRECEDENCE OVER THOSE.WITHTHE PRC.
HE COMMUNIQUE
ISSUED AT THE CLOSE OF'TITOIS MID-NOVEMBER VISIT TO KIEV WENT
BEYOND PREVIOUS. SUMMIT-LEVEL DOCUMENTS IN SIGNALING A CLOSER
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MOSCOW AND BELGRADE AND' UNDOUBTEDLY IN.?
CREASED FRICTIONS. CHINESE DISSATISFACTION WITH-YUGOSLAVIA
IS' SOMEWHAT.OFFSET BY THE'PROSPECT OF EXPANDED,TRA0E RELATIONS.
MOVES IN THIS DIRECTION HAVE PROGRESSED STEADILY'SINCE THE
SIGNING OF A NEW TRADE AGREEMENT IN MARCH 1973., BELGRADE Is
ALSO TO BE A LINK IN CHINA'S INTERNATIONAL AIRLINE NET ORK
CEAUSESCU'S REASONS:FOR CUTTING SHORT HIS:..VISIT'.
25X1rHAT THE REASONS BEHIND CEAUSESCU'S DECISION TO SHORTEN HIS
VIS.IT TO THE U.S.. REFLECT' INTENSIFIED PROBLEMS IN SOVIET-,
25X1tOMANIAN RELATIONS. ROMANIA'S INDEPENDENT I,NITIATIVES.ON
THE' MIDDLE EASTP' CEAUSESCU;'S TALKS WITH PRESIDENT NIXONs. Awn
THE JOINT PRESIDENTIAL _ DECLARAT ION HAVE. THE EFFECT ' OF PUTT'I NG
BUCHAREST EVEN. MORE OUT OF.STEP WITH MOSCOW. FURTHERMORE, AN
IDEOLOGICAL COORDINATION, MEETING IS REPORTEDLY' SCHEDULED IN
MOSCOW ON DECEMBER 19-~2?. IF SUCHA MEETING TAKES'PLACEs WE
EXPECT THE ROMANIANS TO ATTEND. IF SQ,.THEY WILL BE VERY MUCH
THE "ODD MEN.OUVI AT THE GATHERING. THUS, IT NOW APPEARS THAT
.CEAUSESCU MAY'HAVE SHORTENED HIS VISIT TO PREPARE YET.ANQTHOR
DEFENSE OF ROMANIA'S INDEPENDENT ' POS I T'I ON ..-- FOR BOTH THE AL-'
L:EGED MEETING IN DECEMBER AND A LATER COMMUNIST CONCLAVE IN
JANUARY.. IN EACH CASE, THE ROMANIANS CAN BE EXPECTED TO BE,
SHARPLY CRITICIZED BY THEIR ALLIESs.INCLUDING PERHAPS YUGQ.
SLAVIA. BUCHAREST' NONETHELESS, APPEARS DETERMINED TO.HOLD
TO ITS. WELL-KN?WN POLICY POSITIONS.
JAPAN-~PRC TRADE PACT;' THE JAPANESE FOREIGN MINISTRY TODAY
ANNOUNCED THE. GIST OP THE JAPAN-CHINA TRADE AGREEMENT INITIALED
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IN PEKING EARLIER IN THE DAY. THE TWO COUNTRIES AGREED. ?Ttl
EXTEND MOST'FAVOREDNATION TREATMENT TO EACH OTHER; TO SETTLE...
TRADE ACCOUNTS;'TO PROMOTE TECHNOLOGICAL EXCHANGES BETWEEN.THE
TWO COUNTRIES; TO.ENCOURAGE?THE USE OF COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION
ORGANS-00 AND TO ESTABLISH A TRADE COMMITTEE. THE CONTENTS.?
THE AGREEMENT WILL NOT BE DISCLOSED UNTIL THEFORMAL ?S'IGNING,
THE DATE FOR WHICH HAS.NOT?BEEN,ANNOUNCED.
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DIFFERENT PRIORITIES.. IN HANOI AND'PEKING: CHINESE AND NORTH
VIETNAMESE' PRESS TREATMENT OF SECRETARY SCHLESINGER'S RECENT
NEWS CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS THE DIVERGENT INTERESTS OF THE'TWO
COUNTRIES'. PEKING CONCENTRATED ON SCHLESINGER'S'.REMARKS,RE
GAROING THE RELATIVE STRENGTH OF U.S. AND USSR STRATEGIC WEA-',
PONS AND MADE NO.MENTION . OF VIETNAM. HANOI,, BY'CONTRAST CON-
FINED ITS, COMMENTS To SHARP ATTACKS.' ON SCHLESINGER'S' SUGGESTION
THAT' WASHINGTON MIGHT CONSIDER RENEWED BOMBING SHOULD THE
COMMUNISTS. MOUNT ANOFFENSIVE?IN.THE SOUTH, THE CHINESE
CLEARLY FEEL.THAT THE, ENCOURAGEMENT OF AMERICAN : EFFORTS' TO
COUNTERBALANCE SOVIET"-POWER IS MORE' IMPORTANTITO THEM THAN
JOINING HANOI IN WARNING AGAINST U.S. INTERVENTION IN VIETNAM.
MORE COSVN-BOUND TROOPS: ACCORDING TG A RECENT INTERCEPT:.
A NEW COSVN-BOUND INFILTRATION GROUP WITH 530 TROOPS:'PASSEO ..
THROUGH THE VINH AREA OF SOUTHERN NORTH VIETNAM: ON:DECEMBER 12.
IT IS THE FIFTH SUCH GROUP DETECTED IN. THE SYSTEM SINCE LATE
NOVEMBER. THE FIVE WOULD CONTAIN MORE THAN, 2,,500 MEN. '
IN ADDITIONS TWO GROUPS _ WITH APPROXIMATELY ls10O TROOPS ' HAVE
BEEN~SPOTTED IN THE SYSTEM HEADING FOR THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS.
ONE OF THESE MOVED THROUGH VINH IN LATE NOVEMBER. BOTHARE
NOW IN SOUTHERN LADS:.
WASHINGTON STAR NEWS: ROBERT WILLIAMS REPORTS THAT GOVERNOR
ROCKEFELLERs NOW BEING ALMOST UNIVERSALLY VIEWED' AS. A 1976,1
CONTENDER FOR THE'PRES'IDENCYs.WILL NOT FORMALLY DECLARE AS A
CANDIDATE FOR AT LEAST TWO YEARS.
ORR KELLY COMPARES THE '!SECRET ', WARS" BY J. EDGAR.:HODVER FROM',.
1968 TO 1971 WITH GENERAL:LAVELLE'S "SECRET WAR"" AGAINST NOOTH
VIETNAM IN THE WINTER OF.1g71-72 .. HE COMMENTS'THAT IN BOTH
CASESs POWERFUL ARMS OF THE FEDERAL EXECUTIVE BRANCH APPEAR
TO HAVE SLIPPED, AT LEAST TEMPORARILY, FROM UNDER THE CONTROL
OF THE NATION'S ELECTED OFFICIALS
LEE COHN STATES THAT, ACCORDING TO KEY SENATORS; CHANCES:ARF;
SLIM THAT THE PRESIDENT CAN PERSUADE THE SENATE FROM REMOVING
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ANTI-SOVIET PROVISIONS FROM FOREIGN TRADE LEGISLATION. THE
HOUSE ON TUESDAY OVERWHELMINGLY REJECTED ATTEMPTS TO KILL
ANTI-SOVIET'PROVISIONS.
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