INFORMATION ITEMS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-550-2-39-6
• Release Decision: RIPLIM
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: December 7, 2011
• Sequence Number: 39
• Publication Date: October 25, 1974
• Content Type: CABLE

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No Objection to Declassification in Part 2012/08/15: LOC-HAK-550-2-39-6
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FM THE SITUATION ROOM //TOHAK019//
TO GOMPERT/BREMER FOR THE SECRETARY
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DELIVER AT OPENING OF BUSINESS WH42899
TOHAX019
OCTOBER 24, 1974
MEMORANDUM FOR SECRETARY KISSINGER
.FROM: THE SITUATION ROOM
SUBJECT: INFORMATION ITEMS
SOVIET NAVY MAKES BIG SPLASH IN MAuRITIuS OuR'EMBASSY IN
PORT LOUIS REPORTS THAT THE SOVIETS PULLED OUT ALL THE STOPS
TO MAKE THE VISIT OF THE HELICOPTER SHIP LENINGRAD A SUCCESS.
DURING THE VISIT OF THE LENINGRAD AND ITS ACCOMPANYING DESTROYER
AND OILER FROM OCTOBER 14-19, THE SHIPS' OFFICERS AND MEN CUT
SUGAR CANE, DONATED BLOOD, PRESENTED A ONE-HOUR VARIETY SHOW
ON TELEVISION, AND ARRANGED SHIPBOARD VISITS. THE LENINGRAD'S
CAPTAIN USED EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO PROCLAIM MOSCOW'S PEACEFUL
INTENTIONS, SAYING SOVIET SHIPS IN THE INDIAN OCEAN HAVE "A
NUMBER OF BASES OF FRIENDSHIP, BUT Na MILITARY BASES." THE
InsIr TO PORT LOUIS WAS THE LENINGRAD'S ONLY FLAG-SHOWING PORT
CALL IN THE INDIAN OCEAN FOLLOWING ITS PARTICIPATION IN SOVIET
MINESWEEPING OPERATIONS IN THE GULF OF SUEZ. THE TASK FORCE
SCHEDULED TO VISIT SENEGAL AS IT MAKES ITS WAY UP THE WEST
COAST OF AFRICA ON ITS WAY HOME#
WASHINGTON STAR-NEWS: HENRY BRADSHER REPORTS THE AMERICAN AT-
TITUDE TOWARD THE PROBLEMS OF INDOCHINA HAS CHANGED FAR MORE
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AMONG PEOPLE IN THE U.S. THAN IT HAS AMONG U.S. DIPLOMATS AND
OTHER AMERICAN OFFICIALS IN SOUTHEAST ASIA. AS SEEN FROM SAI..-
GON, PEOPLE AT HOME HAVE FORGOTTEN ABOUT INDOCHINA. BUT THOSE
AMERICANS WHO SERVE THEIR.COUNTRY IN SOUTH VIETNAM, CAMBODIA,
AND LAOS, AND WHO ARE IN THAILAND INVOLVED IN THE INDOCHINA
SITUATION, ARE ACUTELY AWARE THAT NONE OF THE AREA'S PROBLEMS
MIRACULOUSLY DISAPPEARED WITH THE SIGNING OF THE PARIS AGREEMENT
ON JANUARY 2/, 1973, AND THE RELEASE OF AMERICAN PRISONERS.
JEREMIAH O'LEARY REPORTS THAT YOU MEET WITH BREZHNEV'TODAY,
READY TO PRESENT WHAT A SENIOR U.S. OFFICIAL SAID WERE REASONS.
ABLY CONCRETE IDEAS FOR A NEGOTIATING PATTERN ON NUCLEAR ARMS
THAT HE EXPECTS TO RESULT IN AGREEMENT BY LATE NEXT YEAR ON
A TEN-YEAR PACT. THE OFFICIAL SAID YOU ARRIVED WITH SEVERAL
OPTIONS ON WHICH THERE IS NO DISAGREEMENT IN WASHINGTON. ,
RALPH JOSEPH REPORTS A SUMMIT OR FOREIGN MINISTERS MEETING MAY
SOON BE HELD IN TEHRAN TO DISCUSS THE CONCEPT OF AN INDIAN
OCEAN ECONOMIC UNION AIRED ONCE AGAIN BY THE SHAH DURING HIS
RECENT TOUR OF SINGAPORE, AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND, INDONESIA,
AND INDIA.
A STAR EDITORIAL ON "SWISS AND FOREIGNERS" SAYS THAT A TWO TO
ONE MAJORITY OF THE SWISS ELECTORATE DID THE RIGHT THING BY
TURNING DOWN A PLAN TO DEPORT HALF OF THE 1.1 MILLION FOREIGNERS
LIVING IN THE COUNTRY. THE REFERENDUM RESULT SAVES FOR THE
MOMENT HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF RESIDENTS FROM A HARSH FATE,
AND ALSO SAVES SWITZERLAND FROM AN INTERNATIONAL BLACK EYE.
FurtmE IMMIGRATION IS SURE TO BE CONTROLLED CAREFULLY, BUT
THAT IS FAR PREFERABLE TO A HEARTLESS EJECTION OF PRESENT
FOREIGN RESIDENTS.
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No Objection to Declassification in Part 2012/08/15: LOC-HAK-550-2-39-6