INFORMATION ITEMS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-550-2-43-1
• Release Decision: RIFLIM
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: October 27, 2010
• Sequence Number: 43
• Publication Date: October 25, 1974
• Content Type: CABLE

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OCTOBER 25, 1974
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
FROM: HENRY A. KISSINGER
SUBJECT: INFORMATION ITEMS
ARMY review
completed.
SITUATION IN SOUTHEAST ASIA: IN CAMBODIA, THE SEESAW FIGHTING
WHICH HAS CHARACTERIZED THE CONTEST FOR CONTROL OF ROUTE 5
NORTHWEST OF KOMPONG CHHANG IS CONTINUING. THE KHMER COMMUNISTS
RETAIN A SUFFICIENTLY LARGE FORCE IN THE AREA TO INTERDICT ROUTE
5 ALMOST AT WILL FOR SHORT PERIODS OF TIME, AND THEY SEEM INTENT
ON DISRUPTING THE USE OF THE ROUTE 5-TONLE SAP SUPPLY LINK WITH
THE RICE-PRODUCING NORTHWEST. COMMUNIST COMMANDERS HAVE INDI-
CATED THEY ARE NOT WILLING TO TAKE HEAVY CASUALTIES, HOWEVER,
AND CAMBODIAN ARMY UNITS WILL PROBABLY BE ABLE TO CLEAR THE
INTERDICTIONS AS THEY OCCUR. THIS WILL MAKE USE OF THE ROAD I N
THIS AREA A DAY-TO-DAY PROPOSITION. IN THE CAPITAL REGION, THE
KC TROOPS LAUNCHED STRONG ATTACKS AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT'S NEW
DEFENSE LINE I N THE UPPER BASSAC CORRIDOR EARLY IN THE WEEK, BUT
THEY WERE REPULSED. TACTICAL AIR SUPPORT HAS BEEN A KEY FACTOR
IN THE FIGHTING, AND ALL GOVERNMENT POSITIONS ARE HOLDING. THE
EXTENSION OF THE GOVERNMENT'S PERIMETER IN THIS AREA HAS LIMITED
THE EFFECTIVENESS OF COMMUNIST ROCKET ATTACKS ON THE CAPITAL,
BUT FURTHER -COMMUNIST COUNTERATTACKS ARE LIKELY.
SOME HIGH-LEVEL OFFICIALS, INCLUDING THE COMMUNIST AGENT RESPONSI-
BLE FOR ACTIVITY IN PHNOM PENH, ARE APPARENTLY MEETING WITH THE
.SECRETARY OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY'S CENTRAL COMMITTEE. WITH THE
DEBATE ON THE ISSUE OF CAMBODIAN REPRESENTATION IN THE UN MOVING
CLOSER, ONE REASON FOR THE MEETING MAY BE TO PREPARE FOR A DISC
RUPTIVE HIGHLY VISIBLE ACTION IN PHNOM PENH THAT WOULD SERVE TO
ENHANCE THEIR CAUSE. THE COMMUNISTS HAVE ATTEMPTED TO AGGRAVATE
AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF LOCAL UNREST IN THE PAST, BUT FOR THE MOST
PART THEY HAVE BEEN UNSUCCESSFUL.
OVERALL ACTION IS LIGHT THROUGH SOUTH VIETNAM. MOST OF THE FIGHT-
ING HAS OCCURRED I N THUA THIEN PROVINCE, WHERE SOUTH VIETNAMESE
FORCES ARE READYING AN ASSAULT ON A COMMUNIST HILLTOP POSITION
OVERLOOKING THE PHU BAI AIRBASE. BECAUSE OF BAD WEATHER AND
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NORTH VIETNAMESE COUNTERATTACKS AGAINST SUPPORTING GOVERNMENT
UNITS, THE MAIN ASSAULT WAS CANCELED UNTIL SATURDAY. GOVERNMENT
SPOKESMEN ANNOUNCED AT A PRESS CONFERENCE THAT COMMUNIST TERRORISTS
ATTACKED LOCAL SOUTH VIETNAMESE SECURITY FORCES FIVE MILES FROM
SAIGON ON WEDNESDAY. ROCKETS ALSO WERE FIRED INTO A HAMLET WEST
OF THE CITY. THE INCIDENTS WERE THE CLOSEST. COMMUNIST ACTION TO
THE CAPITAL IN SEVERAL MONTHS.Z
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OCTOBER 25,:1974
MEMORANDUM FOR SECRETARY KISSINGER
FROM: THE SITUATION ROOM
SUBJECT: INFORMATION ITEMS
ARAB SUMMIT CONFERENCE : REUTER SAYS THAT THE ARAB FOREIGN
MINISTERS TODAY AGREED TO RECOMMEND THAT THE SUMMIT CONFERENCE
OPENING TOMORROW SHOULD RECONFIRM THE PALESTINIAN -COMMANDO
LEADERSHIP AS THE SOLE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE PALESTINIAN
PEOPLE. ALL ARAB DELEGATES VOTED IN FAVOR OF THE RECOMMENDATION
THIS MORNING WITH THE EXCEPTION OF_JORDAN.
SOVIET NUCLEAR MATERIAL SENT TO WEST GERMANY: THE USSR HAS
INFORMED THE INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY THAT I .T HAS
BEGUN SHIPPING SPECIAL NUCLEAR MATERIAL TO THE, WEST GERMANS.
CONTRARY TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY,
THE SOVIETS ARE NOT PLACING THE MATERIAL UNDER THE AGENCY'S
SAFEGUARDS. MOSCOW CONTENDS THAT IN SO DOING IT IS MERELY
FOLLOWING THE EXAMPLE OF THE U.S. THE SOVIETS HAVE SIGNED
WITHIN THE PAST YEAR SEVERAL CONTRACTS WITH WESTERN COUNTRIES FOR
THE PROVISION OF URANIUM ENRICHMENT SERVICES AND HAVE SHOWN AN
INTEREST IN 'NEGOTIATING MORE. BY ADMITTING THAT MATERIAL TO
BE TRANSFERED UNDER THE CONTRACTS IS NOT BEING SUBJECT TO THE
INTERNATIONAL AGENCY'S SAFEGUARDS, THE SOVIETS HAVE IMPLICITLY
RECOGNIZED THAT, EURATOM SAFEGUARDS -- WHICH WILL COVER THE
MATERIAL BEING SHIPPED -- ARE SUFFICIENT. THE SOVIETS HAD
PREVIOUSLY ARGUED AGAINST THEIR EFFICACY.
FAHMI'S MOSCOW VISIT: A SENIOR EGYPTIAN OFFICIAL HAS CON-
FIRMED EARLIER INDICATIONS THAT NO AGREEMENTS RESULTED
FROM FOREIGN MINISTER FAHMI'S VISIT TO MOSCOW LAST WEEK,
EXCEPT FOR THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF SECRETARY BREZHNEV'S INTENTION
TO TRAVEL TO CAIRO IN JANUARY. ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL, THE
SOVIETS POLITELY AVOIDED ECONOMIC AND MILITARY COMMITMENTS BY
ASSURING THE EGYPTIAN DELEGATION THAT THEY WERE AWARE OF EGYPT'S
NEEDS AND WOULD PLAN FOR SUBSTANTIVE AGREEMENTS DURING THE
SUMMIT IN JANUARY. THE SOVIETS INDICATED NEOGITATIONS ON
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FUTHER AID COMMITMENTS CAN PROCEED BETWEEN NOW AND JANUARY, BUT
ANY FINAL AGREEMENTS- MUST WAIT UNTIL THE BREZHNEV VISIT.
NEW LEBANESE GOVERNMENT TO BE FORMED: LEBANESE PRESIDENT
FRANJIYAH HAS ASKED RASHID AL-SULH, A RELATIVE UNKNOWN TO FORM
A NEW GOVERNMENT. SINCE SAIB SULAM ABANDONED HIS EFFORTS EAR-
LIER THIS WEEK TO FORM A CABINET, FRANJIYAH HAS BEEN'LOOKING
FOR A CANDIDATE BOTH PLIABLE AND ACCEPT-ABLE TO THE VARIOUS
CONFESSIONAL AND POLITICAL BLOCS IN PARLIAMENT. IT WILL TAKE
WEEKS FOR THE NEW PREMIER-DESIGNATE TO PUT TOGETHER 'A SLATE
SATISFACTORY TO THE VARIOUS PARLIAMENTARY FACTIONS -- IF9 IN-
DEED, HE CAN DO IT AT ALL. SULH IS SAID TO HAVE CONNECTIONS
WITH KAMAL JUMBLhTT, WHO. HAS STRONG TIES WITH THE FEDAYEEN
AND SYRIANS. JUMBLATT'S SUPPORT COULD ELIMINATE A MAJOR'SOURCE
OF THE OPPOSITION-ENCOUNTERED BY SAIB SULAM.
TITO VISIT TO DENMARK: BELGRADE ANNOUNCED YESTERDAY THAT
PRESIDENT TITO WILL GO TO DENMARK NEXT TUESDAY FOR A THREE-
DAY STATE VISIT. THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE,TRIP, TITO'S FIRST
OUTSIDE THE COUNTRY SINCE HIS VISIT TO WEST GERMANY LAST JUNE,
IS ANOTHER INDICATION THAT HE CURRENTLY IS IN REASONABLY GOOD
HEALTH.
PAKISTAN CABINET SHUFFLE: THIS WEEK AN IMPORTANT CHANGE BY
PRIME MINISTER BHUTTO WAS THE REMOVAL OF MUBASHIR HASAN AS
FINANCE MINISTER. HASAN HAS BEEN GENERALLY REGARDED AS ONE
OF THE MORE LEFT-LEANING, SOCIALIST-ORIENTED MEMBERS OF THE
CABINET. HIS -REPLACEMENT IS A LITTLE-KNOWN FIGURE, EX-LABOR
MINISTER MOHAMMAD HANIF. THE,OUTGOING MINISTER OF LAW AND
PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS, ABDUL HAFIZ PIRZADA, LS A YOUNG (33)
PROTEGE OF BHUTTO'S.. HE HAS BEEN REGARDED IN SOME QUARTERS
AS THE PRIME MINISTER'S EVENTUAL SUCCESSOR. CIA NOTES THAT
BHUTTO MAY HAVE RELIEVED PIRZADA' .OF THE IMPORTANT,LAW PORT-
FOLIO TO PREVENT HIM FROM ACHIEVING MORE POWER AND PRESTIGE.
PIRZADA HAS RETAINED TWO OTHER MINISTRIES AND HAS BEEN NAMED
MINISTER OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY. CIA ALSO POINTS OUT THAT
THIS JOB COULD PROVE IMPORTANT, GIVEN THE BHUTTO GOVERNMENT'S
CONCERN ABOUT INDIA'S RECENT ENTRY INTO THE NUCLEAR CLUB AND
ITS OWN LONG-TERM PLANS TO DEVELOP PAKISTAN'S NUCLEAR CAP-
ABILITIES. BHUTTO CONTINUES TO HOLD THE FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND
DEFENSE PORTFOLIOS HIMSELF. HIS CLOSEST FOREIGN AFFAIRS ADVISOR,
AZIZ AHMED, REMAINS AS MINISTER OF STATE IN CHARAGE OF RUNNING
BOTH OF THESE KEY MINISTRIES.
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