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LOC-HAK-548-12-36-1
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RIPLIM
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T
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January 11, 2017
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August 24, 2010
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36
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January 12, 1974
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MEMO
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No Objection to Declassification in Part 2010/08/24: LOC-HAK-548-12-36-1 I ******* 1 0 P S F; C R Dp IMMEf; D is- RTE j+PI25 (121424 p i?141 aZ J01 74 Fy THE SITUATION ROOM:TOHA-?3 Ti}.,, LAR" EAGL.E8URGER FOR S(CRET ARY K I SS:I NGE T 0 P S E C. R E T SENSITIW4? WH4OO.-79 TPHAK?l CtINTAINS CODFWOR0 MrMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY F'ort` THE SITUATION RfOM T *******S CO"' Ak(1ARD 86970 SIjBJECT: EvFNING NOTFS SITUATION IN INDOCHINA: CAMBODIA!.) GLOVF~,NME~:T OPERATIONS N{`4 TH- Wi ST OF PHNOM PENH'S POCHE144TONG AIRPORT STIH.LED YESTFROAY Ti THE FACE OF HEAVY COMMUNIST RESISTANCE. THFKf- 'AS ALSI1 NO PRO(,:,FSS IN CLEARING A SECONDARY ROAD WEST OF ROUTE , AND SKIRMISHI' G I TH'E :ARI=A CONTINUED. SOUTH OF PHNOM PENH, TAKEO WAS THE TAP,- GNT OF MORE COMMUNIST GROUAID AND ,AORTAR ATTACKS. A MEKONG P IVER CoNVOY CARRYING RICE AND P.01 SUPPI IFS E.NCfl TER--1) ONLY MIN"'t HARASSING FIRE WHILE EN ROoTE Tp PHNOM PENH. A 100-TRUCK CONVOY F,KOM KOMPONG SOM ALSO REACL1EID THE CAPITAL SAFELY. MILITARY ACTIVITY REMAINED LIGHT THROUGHOUT SOUTH VIETNAM. C11M- MIINIS;T. ATTACKS IN, THE OELT:A PROM' CE HAVE RETURNED TO THE P~=LA- TIVFLY LOW LEVEL THAT EXIr1-IFD PPIfP TO THE !ATE DECEMBER HI ".Hpf'INT. HANOI PROTESTS F-5ES FOR SOUTH VIETNAM: TH;= HANOI PARTY DATLY LOST. LITTLE TIME IN PROOTFSTING THE PROJF.CTEo? DELIVERIES OF F-~:1= AIRCI AFT TO SOUTH VIETNAM, AS RFV-=ALED IN A RECENT NEW YORv TIES SI'ORY BY LESLIE GELB. ON JANUARY 10, NHAN AN PRF;DICTA8Lv CHARD-r; THAT TH?- DELIVERY ^F THE AIRCRAFT WOULD Vlrn.ATE THE PARIS n!`RFfw- MF-N.T, AS THE TWO-PARTY JOINT MII, ITARY COMMISSION HAS NOT YET AGREED FIN THE MODAL I T I FS F4iR THE REPL ACEMENNN T' OOF ANY WEAPON4. (STF4RMANI,ADAMS) KHMER NEGOTIATING DEVELOPMEENTS: A SENIOR (:Or-FICIAL OF SIHANcll)V'S GUNK RECENTLY TOLD S''AT T,4E COMMUNISTS WOULD ATTEML)T AN ALL-OUI `', P.-;NOM P+?NH DURING THE CURRENT OR- SEASON AND THAT THEIR POLICY Or, RF- ISTNG' ALL CONTACT WITHH4 THc. GKR Rf-MAINS UNC++ANGED. THE OF4-ICTAL ALSO CLAIMED THAT EFFORTS ? Y TH! oKK TO INITIATE MEETINGS T'? CAMHDOIA AND ELSEWHERE ARE A SIGN OF GKP WE"KNFSS AND REPRF SENT A "POLITICAL VICTORY" FOR ?tHE COOMMUNISTS. TOP SECRET-SFNS I i I VE * * * * * * * * * * * * * ,w * *WHCR COMMENT * * * * S!-CHILE PSN:0 32492 PAGE 01 TUR : o1?/ i 4:262 i)TG:1 :2, 41 37 JAN 74 ******* 0 P S E C R E T***** C(1 n No Objection to Declassification in Part 2010/08/24: LOC-HAK-548-12-36-1 No Objection to Declassification in Part 2010/08/24: LOC-HAK-548-12-36-1 0 v r, ,N rat NC rCtf'!r:wriRl -?- i TA.SS COkRESPONOFNT I -L!) Gi( R PRIe1,F MINISTER LONG R t FI L) N .IANUAI r r~i4T THE NORTH A,,F.T- N,AMt=SE AkE STRIVING FOR A POLITICAL SETTLE-Mc'NT IN CAMBOODIA, R HT T-4AT KHMFR COMMUNIST LFAE?EvS AR i?I1JIi?L:i 4^^r:N(', THOSE FAVOR1' ti P;-ACF V RSUS CONTINUING TH+ WAR. WE (STEA',vANIAOA~,?S) HAVE F^FN LITTLE FV IL)ENCE TO SUPPORT THE. kEr.OR1 F() V I *- S OF THE TASS f' R.- F SPiINDFNT. ETs=STOR.F11 MOMENTUM IN STN(.)-,iAPANFSh R E L A T I ( I N c : JAPANESE FO r IGN: MTNISTFsz CIHIRA'S VISIT TO rFKING LAST Wi-FE-K SFFMS TO HAVE Rw,,Tilxfi) STEM OF THE MOMENTUM LOST IN THr- 'EAk SINCE- v'I4E: MINISTER fAN AKA VISITED) THE PRC IN SFPTEMET,-R 197? ANU DlEL;E ATIC RELATIONS FPE F,T1EjLISHFD. THE PVC'S INTEREST ,,,;AS IN?)ICA1Ep1 PARIICULARLV NY MnO'S RECEIVING OHIRA -- THE ONLY OTHER H11,0 IGN MINISTERS S HHHNOREO HAVE BEEN YOU ANt) kDREIGN MINISIIK SCHUMANN. IN A, ~I- TtON, BETH GOVERNMENTS SIGt,+D A TZAH;E A(,kFE.r,:P'JT (WHICH RFPE CE=S A CPHPLi X OF UNOFFICIAL TRADING AkRANGE MFNNN: ), AGREES) TO I" CWFASE THE NUMbER OF RES Ir)FNT JPUL'NAL I STS 1= 'CHANGED, AND Ti l HHLs1 FPFQUT:NT MINISTFPIAL. TALKS: 11(1ME P4Rt.')Gk-,-SS wAS MADF TI'l, At, NARL'Y CONCLUSION OF SHIPPING A101) FISHFRT,-S ArREFMENTS. AS RFGARDS TH* MAJOR BLOCK 10 MFR RARI!! N0--, ALTZATI(1N OF T Lj"- TIOWS -- THE. LONt;-STANr)INC, IMPASSE OVER A CIVIL AVIATION A(-,: EF-- MHNT CAUSED .v JAPAN'S DESIRE Ttl MAINTAIN CFIMMC-;rCIAL AIR 0-i0, WITH TAIWAN -- OHIRA RF=TURt.Fr) HEOMF- APPA+ FNTI Y DETERMINFI) T"' FIND A Fi,kMUtA ACCEPTABLE. Tf) PEii'ING FOR rf)NTINOI,G THIS JAPANESE TIE T[i TAIPE-I (WHICH CONSERVATIVE: E(.FUtNIS IN 1ANAKA'S LIBERAL EMt'- Ci ATIC PARTY INSIST E)N). (ITH SI')ES MAY AI`' TO RESOLVE THT,? P610BLEM BY THE TIME PRC Ffi4:,-IGN MINISTER CHI PENG-F-FI PAYS R~-TURN VISIT TO TOKYO LATE, THI'> YEAR. (Fk -E NE) ST GERMANY WELCOMES U.S. RELATIONS: r:EKtr,+,E?r= '^.3EIL' THE Vn'rAL. F0ST GEcMAPN r1EPUTY MINISTFj FOR Fr)REIGN TRA,':F', HAS STATED t- LICLY THAT THE GDR IS REAch TO wEJ.COME AMF'"R'CAN PAWTICIPATI!,N I',\' C(.OOPFFRATIVE' VENTURES ROTH AT HOME AND IN THIRD COUNTRIES AND IS PAGER TFI IMPROVR IT,,, TRAr F RFLATIGINS WITH THE U.S. THE= P3)SSIHIE ITY OF JOINT VENTURES REPRESENTS AN EXTE=NSION OF T - CriR POSITION ON NORMALIZATIEIN 01: )'kABE NETWr-EN THE TWO COO... T IFS PRESENTED BY BELL oU>~,ING HIS VISIT T(:"E THE U.S. IN NO' ,, ,- F3E R 197?. AT THAT TIMES Hr CAL!_E`" FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT EIF- DIPLOMATIC RFLATIONS ALONG WITH THE PEOUCTE'iN OE U.S. TARIrrS A?,f1 ('}THE=R TRADE BARRIERS -- OBSTACLES WHICH STILL EXIST. ToP SECRET-SENSITIVE C;;NTAINS CODEWORDQ 0E-SPITE WEIL'S RECENT EFFf-TS, THE U.S. SHA.F E ,- GBR TRADE . ITH TwE WEST -- LESS THAN THRE=E- PE=RrE`,T -- I S Li L I EE L" LY TO INCRrF ' SF S?OBSTANTIALLY IN THE. NEAR s UTURF. IN IFCENT Y!-ARS, IHF GOr HAS NHGQTIATEO WITH SEVERAL MA tf)R U.S. FIRE-., H.iT NHi SIZAWLE C- 'TRACTS P ,,N:032492 PAGE 0? T 'F.: 11~?114:I.a,1 OTG:1?t41 1Z JAW '74 ******* T E) P S F C R F T *******S CU'> No Objection to Declassification in Part 2010/08/24: LOC-HAK-548-12-36-1 No Objection to Declassification in Part 2010/08/24: LOC-HAK-548-12-36-1 r V_ w ** **** r LJ P s k C: R f- r *******S CO:, HAVE uFSUL IFD. MOREOVER,, c: ST (-,F MANY HAS .11:11 ~,r-;`,wis MUCH T TE-R.EST UP Tfl THIS T I M E I N JOINT V(" r1TURF S, EVEN W i T' i TS M(l;'f I MPO'' r,ANT WI-ST rUMUPEAN TRADING PART-,,FRS. MAHAMAS POLICE SEIZE C(fF3AN FISHING BOATS: Al "i NASSAU HAc ANNI)UNCFt) THAT THREE CUBAN MISHINc; QJATS P'1?CHING IN BAHAM; 4ATFPS WERE SFIZEO BY A P(11,ICE p,ATRO:TL, TM-A of (OH411% RFPHR(. ;q v . A,.;E IN CUSTOr)Y AND ARF 8E If",,(; TA(kF,., TO NASSA,,; f'( FACE CHARGE PSN:032492 PA(,F 03 O 03 T(~? :;(l7_/14:1n1 ;)T(, 17141"dZ JAN 74 ******* r U7 P S - ( R F T *******S CO,',; No Objection to Declassification in Part 2010/08/24 : LOC-HAK-548-12-36-1 No Objection to Declassific 1 -1 ation in Part 2010/08/24: LOC-HAK-548-12-36-1 ******* 7 0 P S L C R E; T *******S C(_,;; , HAVE' hESUL1E fr. MOkEE)VER, r-AST r,E MANY HAS HH I)! SHtr'wN MUCH - ,TE=RFST UP Tn THIS TIME:, I N JOINT Vt"NTURf S, EVE=N WITH ITS M11G F I MPOr TANT Wt-ST EUROPEAN TRADING PARTr'ERS. 4AHAwAS POLICE SEIZE CI)HAN FISHIN: BOATS: .'Ar?II} NASSAU HA',, ANNNfUNCr=I) THAT THREE CUBAN FISHINt: BOATS PrIPCH1NG IN BAHAME nN WATFPS WERE SI: IZED BY A p01.ICE PATROL. T Et.vF CUBANS RFP(.IR!; +rL.Y V ,E IN CUSTODY AND ARF BEI 4G TAKE' TO NASSAi! T(1 FACE CHA.EtG! PSN:O32492 PAGF 0:3 01 03 rflk :012/ 1 4: 2hZ ')TG: 171 41 '47 JAN 74 S E C R F T *******S Q)+-,' No Objection to Declassification in Part 2010/08/24 : LOC-HAK-548-12-36-1