ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ITEMS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-549-1-28-1
• Release Decision: RIPLIM
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: October 27, 2011
• Sequence Number: 28
• Publication Date: February 7, 1974
• Content Type: CABLE

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FM THE SITUATION ROOM //TOHAK 003//
TO PETER RODMAN FOR SECRETARY KISSINGER
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MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY
FROM: THE SITUATION ROOM
SUBJECT: ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ITEMS
ON-FILE NSC RELEASE
INSTRUCTIONS APPLY
A FRIENDLY ATMOSPHERE PREVAILS IN PANAMA: AMBASSADOR SAYRE REPORTS
THAT THE PANAMANIAN GOVERNMENT HAS CREATED A WARN AND FRIENDLY AT-
MOSPHERE FOR YOUR VISIT, WHILE ATTEMPTING TO KEEP PUBLIC EXPECTA-
TION CONCERNING THE RESULTS OF THE VISIT WITHIN REASONABLE ROUNDS.
ALL U.S. SECURITY AGENCIES REPORT THE SITUATION TO BE CALM, THAT
THERE ARE NO SIGNIFICANT SECURITY PROBLEMS, AND NO IMDICATIr)NS
THAT THERE WILL BE ANY DURING YOUR STAY. PRESIDENT LAKAS, wHO
HAS BEEN CRITICIZED AT TIMES FOE BEING TOO TRUSTING AND FRIFNDLY
TOWARD THE U.S., HAS REPORTEDLY BEEN TELLING PEOPLE THAT HIS FAITH
IN AMERICANS IS BEING VINDICATED. THE EMBASSY SEES. GENERAL TORRI-
JOS AS USING THE VISIT TO BOLSTER HIS POLITICAL POSITION IN PANAMA
AND HIS STATURE IN THE HEMISPHERE. THERE IS INTELLIGENCE INDICAT-
ING 'THAT TORRIJOS HOPES TO BE ABLE TO EXTRACT ADDITIONAL INTERIM
CONCESSIONS WHICH HE CAN ANNOUNCE, AND THAT HE ALSO SEEKS TO OB-
TAIN COMMITMENTS ON TREATY POINTS DURING YOUR PRIVATE TALKS.
(FAZI0)
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ARABS URGE TURKS TO BREAK !m'ITH ISRAEL: THE TURKISH GOVERNMENT
HAS BEEN PRESSED BY VARIOUS ARAB COUNTRIES w--PARTICULARLY SAUDI
ARABIA -- TO SEVER DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH ISRAEL. THE ARABS
HAVE INDICATED THAT IN THE EVENT OF SUCH A RUPTURE, THEY WOULD
BE HAPPY TO MAKE HEAVY INVESTMENTS IN TURKEY AND TO HELP TURKISH
WORKERS FIND JOBS IN ARAB COUNTRIES. SO FAR THE ARABS AP-,
PARENTLY HAVE NOT OFFERED THE TURKS CHEAP OIL IN RETURN FOR
BREAKING WITH ISRAEL.
AMBASSADOR MACOMBER REPORTS THAT TURKISH OFFICIALS ARE IRRITATED
BY THE ARAB PRESSURE TACTICS AND SO FAR SEEM DETERMINED TO RE-
SIST PRESSURES TO BREAK RELATIONS. MACOMBER BELIEVES THE NEW
GOVERNMENT OF BULENT ECEVIT PROBABLY WILL NOT ABANDON THIS POLICY.
(APPELBAUM/SAUNDERS)
ALGERIA.CALLS FOR A SPECIAL UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY SESSION: MEETING
OF NONALIGNED COUNTRIES FEBRUARY 4: OUR MISSION IN NEW YORK
HAS REPORTED THAT THE NONALIGNED MEETING TO DISCUSS THE AL-
GERIAN INITIATIVE WAS INCONCLUSIVE, WITH ONLY EGYPT, CUBA, MEXICO,
AND YUGOSLAVIA SPEAKING IN FAVOR. OTHERS STATED THEY HAD NO IN-
STRUCTIONS, AND AN AGREEMENT WAS REACHED TO MEET AGAIN LATER THIS
WEEK. SOME LATINS AND ASIANS REPORTEDLY ARE ARGUING THAT A SPECIAL
SESSION IN MARCH WOULD NOT ALLOW FOR ADEQUATE PREPARATION, WHILE
SOME AFRICANS ARE ARGUING THAT SUFFICIENT RESEARCH IS ALREAnY
AVAILABLE FOR A FULL DISCUSSION OF RAW MATERIALS. THERE WAS SOME
DISCUSSION OF A SIX-WEEK SESSION, BUT THE MISSION HAS HEARD No
RECENT MENTION OF A POSSIBLE CHANGE IN VENUE FROM NEW YORK TO
GENEVA. AS OF FEBRUARY 4, ONLY EGYPT AND FINLAND HAD REPLIED
AFFIRMATIVELY TO THE SECRETARY GENERAL'S POLLING OF THE MEMBER-
SHIP ON THE DESIRABILITY OF A SESSION. (HORAN)
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PROGRESS IN LAO NEGOTIATIONS: ON FEBRUARY b THE RLG AND PATHET
LAO SIGNED AGREEMENTS ON A JOINT POLICE FORCE AND CIVIL ADMINIS-
TRATION FOR THE NEUTRALIZATION OF THE CAPITAL CITIES. THIS DE-
VELOPMENT COMPLETES THE DOCUMENTARY BASIS FOR NEUTRALIZATION
AND REPRESENTS A MAJOR BREAKTHROUGH IN MEETING COMMUNIST PRF-
CONDITIONS FOR FORMATION OF A NEW COALITION GOVERNMENT. THr
NEW AGREEMENTS REFLECT THE LPF'S DEMANDS FOR AN ALL INCLUSIVE
JOINT POLICE FORCE WHICH, IN EFFECT, WOULD DEPRIVE THE GOVERN-
MENT OF ITS OWN POLICE POWER IN THE CAPITAL CITIES. WHILE THE
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AGREEMENT PROVIDES"FOR THE BROAD POLICE JURISDICTION SOUGHT BY
THE COMMUNISTS, IT ALSO SPECIFIES THAT EACH SIDE WILL CONTROL
ITS OWN FORCES AND THAT VIENTIANE WILL RETAIN POLICE FUNCTIONS
NOT TURNED OVER TO THE JOINT FORCE. AMBASSADOR WHITEHOUSE HAS
CIIMMENTED, HOWEVER, THAT IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NEW AGREEMENTS
AND NEGOTIATIONS ON THE PROCEDURE FOR INVESTITURE OF THE NEWW
GOVERNMENT MAY TAKE MORE TIME THAN MANY THINK, (STEARMAN/ARAMS)
INITIAL SOUTH ASIAN REACTIONS TO DIEGO GARCIA EXPANSION: THE
INDIAN GOVERNMENT'S INITIAL REACTION TO EMBASSY NEW DELHI'S
EXPLANATION OF OUR DIEGO GARCIA EXPANSION PLAN WAS "CALM BUT
GRIEVED." INDIAN OFFICIALS WERE CORDIAL BUT VOICED CONCERN
ABOUT WHAT THEY SEE AS THE INCONSISTENCY OF DIEGO GARCIA Ex-
PANSION WITH -- THE UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY'S VOTES IN FAVOR OF
AN INDIAN OCEAN PEACE ZONE AND -- U.S.-SOVIET MOVEMENT TOWARD
MUTUAL REDUCTION OF FORCES IN OTHER AREAS, I.E., EUROPE. THE
GOVERNMENT DOES NOT BELIEVE IT WILL BE ABLE TO DEFEND THE U,S.-
UK DECISION ON DIEGO GARCIA WHEN IT FACES PROBABLE SHARP ANO
CRITICAL LEGISLATIVE QUESTIONING ON THE ISSUE AFTER INDIA'S
PARLIAMENT GOES BACK INTO SESSION FEBRUARY L8.
THE EMBASSY BELIEVES THAT THE GOVERNMENT WOULD PREFER TO AVOID
HURTING INDO.U.S. RELATIONS RIGHT NOW BY BEING EXCESSIVELY
STRIDENT ON THIS ISSUE, BUT IT NEVERTHELESS MIGHT SUCCUMB Tl
POLITICAL PRESSURES AND MAKE FAIRLY STRONG CRITICAL STATEMENTS.
SO FAR THERE HAS BEEN NO OFFICIAL PUBLIC GOVERNMENT COMMENT ON
THE MATTER.
THERE HAS BEEN LITTLE PAKISTANI REACTION SO FAR TO OUR DIEGO
GARCIA PLANS. EMBASSY ISLAMABAD REPORTS THAT PAKISTANI MEDIA
MAY VOICE SOME MILD DISAPPROVAL, BUT THAT THE GOVERNMENT QUIETLY
SUPPORTS THE IDEA OF A STRENGTHENED U.S. NAVAL POSITION IN THE
INDIAN OCEAN.
FROM COLOMBO, AMBASSADOR VAN HOLLEN REPORTS THAT THE INITIAL
GOVERNMENT REACTION HAS BEEN "QUITE MILD" BUT THAT A FURTHER
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DISCUSSION OF THE ISSUE BETWEEN HIM AND FOREIGN MINISTRY OF_
FICIALS IS SCHEDULED FOR FEBRUARY 7. (APPELBAUM/SAUNOERS)
NOTIFICATION OF DIEGO GARCIA EXPANSION: OUR EMBASSY IN PORT
LOUIS (MAURITIUS) HAS NOTIFIED THE PRIME MINISTER OF THE DIEGO
GARCIA EXPANSION. AS WAS THE CASE IN HIS CONVERSATION WITH THE
BRITISH HIGH COMMISSIONER, THE PRIME MINISTER ACKNOWLEDGED THE
INFORMATION WITHOUT FURTHER COMMENT.
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IN NAIROBIs OUR AMBASSADOR DISCUSSED AN APPROACH TO THE KENYAN
GOVERNMENT WITH THE BRITISH HIGH COMMISSIONER, AS INSTRUCTED.
THE BRITISH HAVE NOTIFIED THE KENYAN FOREIGN MINISTER AND PRO-
POST TO HAVE SIR DOUGLAS-HOME DISCUSS THE MATTER IN GREATER DETAIL
WITH HIM WHEN THEY MEET FEBRUARY 6. (HORAN)
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