EVENING NOTES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-549-1-30-8
• Release Decision: RIPLIM
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: October 25, 2011
• Sequence Number: 30
• Publication Date: February 7, 1974
• Content Type: CABLE

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MEMORANDUM FOR SECRETARY KISSINGER
FROM: THE SITUATION ROOM
SUBJECT: EVENING NOTES
ON-FILE NSC RELEASE
INSTRUCTIONS APPLY
PRESS REPORTS ON THE MIDDLE. EAST: PRESS HAS REPORTED THE FOLLOWING
TODAY:
-- ISRAELI NEWSPAPER HA'ARETZ SAYS INDIRECT TROOP WITHDRAWAL
TALKS BETWEEN ISRAEL AND SYRIA MAY BEGIN IN A FEW DAYS ---
THE U.S. IS TO ACT AS A MIDDLEMAN. ISRAEL SUPPOSEDLY AC-
CEPTED A COMPROMISE U.S. PROPOSAL THAT SYRIA WILL GIVE
WASHINGTON A PRISONER LIST. GOI HAS DENIED REPORTS nF THE
PLAN.
-- PALESTINE GUERRILLAS SAID TWO DIVISIONS OF REBEL JORDANIAN
ARMY TROOPS HAVE SURROUNDED KEY INSTALLATIONS OUTSIop
AMMAN TO PRESS DEMANDS -- PREMIER RIFAI DENIED THERE WAS
AN INSURRECTION BUT HUSSEIN DECREED A 10 PERCENT PAY RAISE
FOR THE TROOPS.
-- EGYPT REPORTED THE START OF OPERATIONS TO CLEAR THE SUEZ
AND PREDICTED IT WILL BE OPEN IN SIX MONTHS.
- AN A.P ARTICLE BY FRED S. HOFFMAN QUOTES U.S. MILITARY
SOURCES SAYING THAT SYRIA IS BUILDING THREE NEW MILITARY
AIRFIELDS-- AT SHARAT, AS SUWEIDA, AND ABU AD DUBUR --
WITH CONCRETE AND STEEL SHELTERS TO PROTECT ITS PLANES.
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THE WASHINGTON STAR-NEWS: OSWALD JOHNSTON WRITES THAT FOR 15 YEARS
THE MAJOR U.S. OIL FIRMS HAVE HAD DIRECT ACCESS TO ONE PRESIDENT
(KENNEDY). FOUR ATTORNEYS GENERAL, AND NUMEROUS JUSTICE ANn STATE
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OFFICIALS -- INCLUDING WILLIAM P. ROGERS. THIS WAS BROUGHT OUT
IN TESTIMONY BEFORE THE SFRC BY JOHN J. MCCLOY.
THE DEFENSE DEPARTMENT HAS ANNOUNCED PLANS TO ABOLISH SEVEN ARMY
HEADQUARTERS: USA ALASKA; USA PACIFIC; USA SOUTHERN COMMANn IN
PANAMA; THEATER ARMY SUPPORT COMMAND IN WORMS, GERMANY; ENGINEER
COMMAND IN FRANKFURT; ARMY AIR DEFENSE COMMAND IN COLORADO SPRINGS;
AND USA INTELLIGENCE COMMAND AT FORT MEADE.
STEPHEN AUG REPORTS THAT JfHN SWEARINGER, CHAIRMAN OF STANDARD OIL
COMPANY OF INDIANA, EXPECTS A 15 PERCENT SHORTAGE OF REFINED PRO-
DUCTS OVER THE NEXT 90 DAYS. THIS COULD MEAN A 30 PERCENT SHORT-
AGE IN GAS.
JEREMIAH O'LEARY SAYS YOU HAVE TAKEN A NEW, SHARP TONE TOWARD THE
ARABS OIL EMBARGO. HE QUOTES FROM YOUR REMARKS AT THE LUNCHEON
YESTERDAY. HE SAYS THE EC NINE REACHED AN AGREEMENT THIS WEEK THAT
IN EFFECT REBUTTED U.S. AIMS.
A STAR-NEWS EDITORIAL ON CANADA'S OIL POLICY SAYS ENERGY MINISTER
MACDONALD'S "TWO-MARKET POLICY" AND THE $6.40 PER BARREL PRICE
HAVE AN UNFRIENDLY MEANING TO THE U.S, AND COULD HAUNT AMERICAN-
CANADIAN RELATIONS.
CROSBY NOYES NOTES THAT THE SOVIET LEADERSHIP IS RIGHT IN BELIEV-
ING THAT ITS POLICY OF DETENTE IS IN TROUBLE. THE REASON, HE
ASSERTS, IS THE GROWING DISILLUSION OF AMERICAN LIBERALS.
NORWAY HAS FORMALLY PROTESTED TO ISRAEL A COUNTERTERRORIST SLAYING
OF AN ARAB NATIONAL, ALLEGEDLY CARRIED OUT RY ISRAELI INTELLIGENCE
LAST JULY. THREE JEWS-WERE CONVICTED OF MURDER CONSPIRACY LAST
FRIDAY.
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