INFORMATION ITEMS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-550-2-45-9
• Release Decision: RIPLIM
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: October 27, 2010
• Sequence Number: 45
• Publication Date: October 26, 1974
• Content Type: CABLE

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MEMORANDUM FOR SECRETARY KISSINGER
FROM: THE SITUATION ROOM
SUBJECT: INFORMATION ITEMS
OCTOBER 26, 1974.
ALGERIANS NOW BELIEVE SIHANOUK WILL NOT UNSEAT CAMBODIAN
GOVERNMENT AT UN: AN ALGERIAN
OFFICIAL AS STATING HIS GOVERNMENT NOW BELIEVES THE CHANCES
ARE POOR THAT PRINCE SIHANOUK WILL UNSEAT THE. CAMBODIAN
GOVERNMENT AT THE UN THIS FALL. THE OFFICIAL SAID THAT
"INCREDIBLE" CHANGES HAVE RECENTLY OCCURRED IlV THE POSITIONS
TAKEN BY MANY NONALIGNED COUNTRIES BECAUSE OF-THE "FORMIDABLE"
PRESSURE THE UNITED STATES HAS EXERTED. SOME OF THESE 000N-
TRIES WHICH HAD ORIGINALLY AGREED TO CO-SPONSOR THE RESOLU-
TION EJECTING THE CAMBODIAN GOVERNMENT ARE NOW WITHDRAWING
THEIR SPONSORSHIP.
THIS CONFIRMS REPORTS WE ARE RECEIVING FROM VARIOUS CAPITALS
THAT OUR DEMARCHES ON THIS'SUBJECT ARE PRODUCING SIGNIFICANT
RESULTS. A MONTH AGO WE ESTIMATED THAT SIHANOUK WAS ABOUT
TEN VOTES AHEAD. WE NOW BELIEVE THE VOTE SPLIT IS ABOUT
EVEN AND 'COULD GO EITHER WAY. THUS, WHILE OUR POSITION HAS
IMPROVED GREATLY, IT IS STILL NOT CLEAR HOW THE FINAL VOTE
WILL GO. (QUINN/STEARMAN)
ARVN OFFICERS TO 'BE DISCHARGED FOR CORRUPTION: ON OCTOBER
25, RADIO SAIGON ANNOUNCED THAT 377 FIELD GRADE OFFICERS
WILL BE DISCHARGED FROM THE ARMED FORCES BEGINNING NOVEMBER_
1. THIS IS THE SECOND MOVE IN TWO DAYS BY PRESIDENT THIEU
TO PLACATE OPPOSITIONIST ELEMENTS. HAVING FIRED, INFORMATION
MINISTER NHA TO DEFUSE CRITICISM OVER PRESS CENSORSHIP, THIEU
NOW SEEMS TO BE MOVING TO MOLLIFY CATHOLICS WHO HAVE DEMON-
STRATED OVER CORRUPTION WITHIN THE GOVERNMENT. (QUINN/
STEARMAN)
POSSIBLE CASTRO ATTENDANCE AT WORLD FOOD CONFERENCE: "THE
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BRAZILIAN AMBASSADOR IN ROME HAS REPORTED TO HIS FOREIGN
MINISTRY THAT MOST COUNTRIES WILL BE REPRESENTED AT THE
WORLD FOOD CONFERENCE BY THEIR MINISTERS OF AGRICULTURE.
SEVERAL WILL BE REPRESENTED BY FOREIGN MINISTERS. IN. AD-
DITION IT IS RUMORED THAT THE PRESIDENTS,OF MEXICO AND
VENEZUELA WILL ATTEND AND THERE ARE "LESS INSISTENT" RUMORS
THAT PRIME MINISTER CASTRO MAY ATTEND. (LOW)
AMERICANS TARGETED BY TERRORISTS IN ARGENTINA: THE CHIEF OF
THE ARGENTINE FEDERAL POLICE HAS.INFORMED OUR EMBASSY THAT
INTERROGATION OF A HIGH-LEVEL MEMBER OF THE TERRORIST PEOPLE'S
REVOLUTIONARY ARMY (ERP) HAS REVEALED INFORMATION THAT A NUM-
BER OF PERSONS ON-OUR EMBASSY STAFF HAVE BEEN SURVEILLED BY
THE -ERP AND ARE TARGETED FOR TERRORIST ACTIONS. PARTICULAR
INTEREST HAD BEEN SHOWN BY THE ERP. IN U.S. MILITARY ATTACHES
AND IN SURVEILLANCE OF A BOWLING ALLEY FREQUENTED BY EMBASSY
PERSONNEL. THE POLICE CHIEF ASKED THAT AMERICANS DISCONTINUE
ALL ACTIVITIES THERE AND EXERCISE PARTICULAR CAUTION IN VIEW
OF THIS INFORMATION. OUR EMBASSY HAS ALREADY BEEN IN THE
PROCESS OF REVIEWING-ITS STAFFING NEEDS WITH A VIEW TO RE-
DUCING PERSONNEL TO A BARE MINIMUM BECAUSE OF AN ASSUMED IN-
CREASED THREAT OF TERRORIST ACTION AGAINST AMERICAN PERSONNEL.
(LOW)
HONDURAS-EL SALVADOR NEGOTIATIONS: HONDURAN CHIEF OF STATE
GENERAL LOPEZ TOLD OUR AMBASSADOR THAT GIVEN HIS GOVERNMENT'S
RELUCTANCE TO ACCEPT ANY MEDIATION OF THE BORDER DISPUTE,
WHICH IS OUTSIDE THE,INTER-AMERICAN SYSTEM, CURRENT PROSPECTS
ARE THAT THE NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN HONDURAS AND, EL SALVADOR
PROBABLY WILL COME TO A HALT, WITH NO APPARENT PROSPECT OF
EARLY RESUMPTION. THE HONDURAN FOREIGN MINISTER, WITH HIS
GOVERNMENT'S APPROVAL, HAD BEEN WORKING ON A MEDIATION PRO-
POSAL WITH THE FOREIGN MINISTER OF EL SALVADOR. WHEN THE
HONDURAN CABINET DID NOT GIVE IT FINAL APPROVALN ALLEGEDLY,
BECAUSE IT WOULD BE OUTSIDE THE HEMISPHERIC SYSTEM, THE
FOREIGN MINISTER SUBMITTED HIS RESIGNATION. IN THE WAKE OF
THE CABINET CRISIS SET OFF BY THIS SITUATION, LOPEZ IS' EX-
PECTED TO MAKE A NUMBER OF CHANGES IN THE CABINET IN THE
NEAR- FUTURE. (LOW)
SOUTH AFRICA IN THE SECURITY COUNCIL/UN: ACCORDING TO OUR
MISSION I N NEW YORK t THE SECURITY COUNCIL INTENDS TO BEGIN.
STATEMENTS BY MEMBERS ON THE ISSUE OF SOUTH AFRICA ON OCTOBER
28, WITH A VOTE TO FOLLOW THE NEXT DAY, OR O N THE. 30TH, ON
WHATEVER DRAFT RESOLUTION SURFACES. THERE ARE CURRENTLY. TWO
SCHOOLS OF THOUGHT AS TO WHAT THIS DRAFT WILL BE. ONE SCHOOL
BELIEVES THAT A LAST WARNING WILL EMERGE GIVING A SPECIFIED
TIME; FRAME WITHIN WHICH SOUTH AFRICA WOULD BE CALLED UPON TO
CHANGE ITS APARTHEID POLICIES, THE OTHER SCHOOL IS THAT THE
ULTIMATE RESOLUTION WOULD INCLUDE LANGUAGE CALLING' FOR EX-
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f IF.
PULSION.
OUR MISSION'S LATEST COUNT SHOWS AUSTRALIA, BYELO-RUSSIA,
CHINA, IRAQ, KENYA, MAURITANIA, USSR, AND CAMEROON IN FAVOR
OF EXPULSION. THE INDONESIAN PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE RE-
PORTEDLY HAS SENT A STRONG RECOMMENDATION TO JAKARTA FOR
INSTRUCTIONS TO FAVOR EXPULSION. WITH THE AUSTRALIAN EROSION,
OUR MISSION E DONE ON THIS BUT IT
WILL TRY. THE PERUVIANS WILL BE
PREPARED TO ABSTAIN ONLY IF THE INDONESIANS DO SO. (HORAN)
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