ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ITEMS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-550-1-65-8
• Release Decision: RIPLIM
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: March 15, 2011
• Sequence Number: 65
• Publication Date: October 11, 1974
• Content Type: CABLE

No Objection to Declassification in Part 2011/03/15: LOC-HAK-550-1-65-8
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ADAMS/BRENER FOR THE SECRETARY
OCTOBER II. 1974
MEMORANDUM FOR SECRETARY KISSINGER
FROM: THE SITUATION ROOM
SUBJECTS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ITEMS
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INDIAN CABINET RESHUFFLE: THE AMERICAN EMBASSY IN NEW DELHI
REPORTS THAT THE' GOVERNMENT OF INDIA OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCED
THE RESULTS OF MRS. GANDHI'S LONG-EXPECTED CABINET RESHUFFLE.
THE MAJOR CHANGES INVOLVED THE TRANSFER OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS
MINISTER SINOH 'TO DEFENSE; FINANCE MINISTER CHAVAN TO EXTERNAL
AFFAIRS$ INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
MINISTER SUBRAMANIAM .TO FINANCE; AND DEFENSE MINISTER RAM
TO AGRICULTURE. MRS. GANDHI'S CHANGES OF PORTFOLIOS CARRY
MORE ADMINISTRATIVE THAN POLITICAL SIGNIFICANCE WITH THR MAJOR
EMPHASIS ON CONTINUITY. THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE POWERFUL..
POLITICAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE OF THE CABINET (MRS. GANDHI
CHRVAN, RAM AND SINGN) REMAINS THE SAME. THE NEW ASSIa&MENTU
OF MRS. GANDHI'S SENIOR CABINET COLLEAGUES ALSO INDICATE
THAT SHE IS INTERESTED IN IMPROVING ADMINISTRATION PERFOR'
ANCE
MAVROS TO RESIGN TO LEAD HIS PARTY IN GREEK ELECTIONS: PRESS
REPORTS THAT DEPUTY PREMIER AND FOREIGN MINISTER MAVROS WILL
RESIGN FROM THE NEW CARETAKER GOVERNMENT WITHIN THE NEXT FEW
DAYS TO LEAD HIS PARTY'S ELECTION CAMPAIGN.
ECEVIT ASKED TO FORM NATIONAL COALITION GOVERNMENTS REUTER RE-
PORTS TURKISH PRESIDENT KORUTURK TONIGHT ASKED MR. ECEVITM WHOSE
GOVERNMENT RESIGNED THREE WEEKS AGO, TO TRY TO FORM A NATIONAL
COALITION GOVERNMENT.
FRG TO HOLD TALKS ON DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH CUBA: PRESS ,
REPORTS THAT ACCORDING TO GERMAN STATE MINISTER KARL NOERSCI4
NEGOTIATIONS ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS
WITH CUBA ARE IMMINENT.
JCS CHAIRMAN COMMENTS ON EXPORT OF CRITICAL TECHNOLOGY TO
THE USSR: REUTER REPORTS THAT GENERAL BROWN TODAY WARNED
THAT THE U.. MIGHT BE GOING TOO FAR IN THE EXPORT OF
CRITICAL TECHNOLOGY TO THE SOVIET UNION. SPECIFICALLY
HE MENTIONED RUSSIAN VISITS NEARLY A YEAR AGO TO AMERICAN
PLANTS MAKING WIDE-BODIED COMMERCIAL JETS, WHICH ARE PRO-
DUCED BY MCDONNELL?DOUGLAS AND LOCKHEED. "OBVIOUSLY,
THEY LEARNED A LOT FROM THAT. WE WOULD HAVE PREFERRED
THAT THEY DIDN'T MAKE THE TRIP." GENERAL BROWN TOLD HIS
FIRST PENTAGON PRESS CONFERENCE THAT HE DID NOT BELIEVE
THE PENTAO?n'1 d.n orris r?n&tri.n `rn 0"noru"1% no ?L Taco
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BOMBING OF U.S.. FACILITIES PLANNED IN ECUADOR$
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PARTY OF ECUADOR (PCE?ML) WAS PLANNING TO BOMB THE U.B. EMBASSY
AND THE HOMES OF SELECTED U.S. OFFICIALS BUT TWIT THESE AT-
TACKS MAD BEEN POSTPONED UNTIL YOU VISIT QUITO DURING THE
NOVEMER MIKETING OF FOREIGN MNI.ERS.
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 No Objection to Declassification in Part 2011/03/15: LOC-HAK-550-1-65-8
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T 0 P S E C R E T SENSITIVE CONTAINS CODEWORD
DELIVER AT OPENING OF BUSINESS WH0729 FINAL SECTION OF-M
THE PCE-ML HAS BEEN WORKING WITH UNIDENTIFIED
TUPAMAROS, THE ABILITY OF THE PCE-ML TO LAUNCH A TERRORIST
CAMPAIGN IN ECUADOR WOULD APPEAR TO BE LIMITED IN THAT THE
PCE-ML HAS FEW ACTIVISTS. THE GROUP PROBABLY HAS THE
ABILITY TO BOMB SELECTED TARGETS. GOVERNMENT SECURITY SER-
VICES, HOWEVER p ARE LIKELY TO BE AWARE OF THESE PLANS AND.
PROBABLY HAVE BEGUN TO TAKE STEPS TO ELIMINATE THE DANGER.
THE WASHINGTON STAR-NEWS
JEREMIAH O'LEARY REPORTS TIE STATE DEPARTMENT THIS WEEK
ORDERED A 58 PERCENT REDUCTION IN THE DISTRIBUTION OF DIP-
LOMATIC CABLES BOTH WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT AND TO OTHER
GOVERNMENT AGENCIES BECAUSE OF CONCERN OVER SECURITY LEAKS
AND THE MOUNTING COST OF PRODUCING UP TO 1.80,000 A DAY.
A. STAR EDITORIAL ON THE "DIVIDENDS OF DETENTE" SYS THAI
FOR THEIR PART, THE STAR APPLAUDS THE TREND IN THIS COU;TRY
TOWARD A SOMEWHAT MORE SKEPTICAL APPROACH IN OUR DEALING
WITH THE COMMUNIST BLOC* THEY ARE STRONGLY IN FAVOR OF A
GENUINE IMPROVEMENT IN EAST-WEST RELATIONS AND OF MEASURES
DESIGNED TO PROMOTE IT THAT ARE CLEARLY IN THE NATIONAL - IN-
TERESTS OF BOTH SIDES. BUT THE CONCEPT OF DETENTE AS A
KIND OF BLANK CHECK WRITTEN IN THE HOPE OF BUYING THE
FRIENDSHIP OF THE COMMUNIST WORLD IS ONE WHICH THEY DO NOT
ENDORSE,
WILLIAM F. BUCKLEY ASSERTS IT IS ALMOST CERTAIN NOW THAT
IT IS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE RELATIONS BETWEEN TIE
U.S. AND CUBA ARE "NORMALIZED." NORMALIZED IS HERE DEFINED
AS= WE WILL DESIST FROM DOING ANYTHING AT ALL THAT IS IN-
CONVENIENT TO CUBA, AND CUBA WILL CONTINUE TO DO EXACTLY AS
CUBA DESIRES TO DO WITH RESPECT TO US, AND OTHER COUNTRIES
IN THE HEMISPHERE.
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