EVENING NOTES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-550-3-23-2
• Release Decision: RIPLIM
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: October 27, 2010
• Sequence Number: 23
• Publication Date: November 9, 1974
• Content Type: CABLE

No Objection to Declassification in Part 2010/10/27: LOC-HAK-550-3-23-2
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MEMORANDUM FOR SECRETARY KISSINGER
FROM: THE SITUATION ROOM
SUBJECT s EVENING NOTES
INDIAN MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS
S. THEY BEL IEVE A NUMBER OF
INDO-tJ.S. MISUNDERSTANDINGS HAVE BEEN REMOVED, AND THAT THE
ATMOSPHERE BETWEEN THE TWO SIDES IS GREATLY IMPROVED. NEW
DELHI MAINTAINS THAT IT HAS GAINED:
-- AN ASSURANCE THAT INDIA WILL NOT BE EQUATED WITH
PAKISTAN AND THAT PAKISTAN WILL NOT BE USED TO
COUNTERBALANCE INDIA.
AN ENDORSEMENT OF U.S. INTEREST IN THE PEACE AND
PROGRESS OF THE SUBCONTINENT.
WASHINGTON'S "DISASSOCIATION" FROM CHINA'S "DISRUPTIVE"
POLICIES IN SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST ASIA.
? ASSURANCE THAT INDO-U.S. RELATIONS WILL NOT SUFFER
ON ACCOUNT OF INDO-SOVIET FRIENDSHIP.
INDIAN OFFICIALS REPORTEDLY WERE PARTICULARLY PLEASED THAT YOU
DID NOT TAKE A CRITICAL LINE TOWARD INDIA'S NUCLEAR POLICIES,
AND THAT YOU EMPHASIZED WASHINGTON'S SUPPORT FOR IMPROVED
INDO-IRANIAN RELATIONS.
ON THE MATTER OF ARMS SUPPLIES, FOREIGN SECRETARY XEWAL SINGH
REPORTEDLY TOLD HIS COLLEAGUES THAT, WHILE YOU GAVE ASSURANCES
THERE WOULD BE NO "IMMEDIATE" SUPPLY OF ARMS TO PAKISTAN, YOU
ALSO WARNED THAT WASHINGTON CANNOT NEGLECT PAKISTAN'S NEEDS
INDEFINITELY. ACCORDING TO SINGH, THE INDIAN GOVERNMENT CON-
CLUDES THAT "TOK,EN SUPPLIES" OF U.S. ARMS WILL DE GIVEN TO
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".LEAVES FOR MOSCOW THIS WEEKEND HOPING TD RECEIVE NEW AID,
PARTICULARLY FOR BUILDING A $75 MILLION IRRIGATION, AND HYDRO-
ELECTRIC PROJECT. THE VISIT IS PART OF' MRS., BANDARANAIKE"S
CONTINUING EFFORTS TO SECURE NEW FOREIGN ASSISTANCE AND FOL-
LOWS HER RECENT VISIT TO IRAN, WHERE SHE OBTAINED 67 MILLION
IN CREDITS.
PORTUGAL CANCELS U.S.-SPONSORED TRAINING COURSES s PORTUGUESE
ARMY OFFICERS WILL NOT PARTICIPATE IN' U.S.-SPONSORED TRAINING
COURSES NEXT YEAR, ACCORDING TO PORTUGALS ARMY CHIEF OF STAFF.
THEY HAVE NORMALLY ENROLLED THEIR BEST MEN. THE COURSES WERE
PART OF A RELATIVELY MODEST PROGRAM INVOLVING 35 OFFICERS. THE
CHIEF OF STAFF SAID THE OFFICERS WERE. NEEDED AT HOME BECAUSE THE
MILITARY IS NOW MANAGING A FLUID POLITICAL SITUATION. HE ALSO
SAID THE ARMY IS STUDYING THE FUTURE STRUCTURE OF THE MILITARY.
CIA BELIEVES THE CANCELLATION SHOULD BE TAKEN AT FACE VALUE,
RATHER THAN AS AN AFFRONT TO THE U.S.
WASHINGTON STAR-NEWS s JUDITH RANDAL WRITES THAT EVEN AS THE
WFC SEEKS TO LAY THE GROUNDWORK FOR LONG-TERM SOLUTIONS TO
HU4GER, OFFICIALS OF A FEW OF THE MORE FORTUNATE COUNTRIES
rTEPP SENTEO.I..LJ . R&&ME--AFE U,IF.TLY MEETING I NDEPENDFNTL:Y TO ;SEE
WHAT CAW BE DONE FOR THE MILLIONS IN ASIA AND AFRICA WHO
OTHERWISE WILL FACE STARVATION IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS.
BARRY SCHWEID REPORTS THAT YOU AND ISRAELI OFFICIALS TOD''A? DIS-
CUSSED 'TECHNICAL DETAILS OF NEW ISRAEL-EGYPTIAN NEGCTIATIONS TO
ARRANGE ANOTHER WITHDRAWAL OF ISRAELI FORCES IN THE SINAI DESERT.
A STAR EDITORIAL ON THE "IRANIAN RUNAROUND" SAYS TO JUDGE FROM
THE SPARSE PUBLIC RECORD OF YOUR FOUR-rUR DISCUSSION WITH THE
SHAH OF IRAN ABOUT THE INTERNATIONAL OIL CRISIS, LITTLE HELP IS
BEING OFFERED FROM THAT QUARTER. ANOTHER DISAPPOI NTMENT. OF
YOUR VISIT WAS THE CONTINUED ABSENCE OF ANY SIGN THAT AMERICAN
DIPLOMACY IS GETTING ON TOP OF THE OIL SITUATION IN DEALING
WITH EITHER ALLIES OR ADVERSARIES. THE COMMUNIQUE IS SINGULARLY
'UNBALANCED IN THE DISTRIBUTION OF DIPLOMATIC GOODIES, NOTHING
,,.,FOR US ON OIL, EXCEPT "FULL, CONSTRUCTIVE, AND FRIENDLY DISCUSSION."
JAMES KILPATRICK WRITES THAT THE DANGER OF A COMMUNIST TAKEOVER
1$ ,PORTUGAL IS NOT I;'IMEDIATE, BUT THE DANGER IS REAL AND IT
CANNOT WISELY BE MINIMIZED. WHAT IS HAPPENING IN PORTUGAL
QUIT CONCEIVABLY COULD HAPPEN IN GREECE, IN ITALY, AND EVEN IN
PAIN. THE WHOLE OF SOUTHERN EUROPE IS CAUGHT IN SWIRLING
CURRENTS OF POLITICAL MOTION; AND THESE CURRENTS, IMPELLED BY
IMFLATION AND BY HUMAN HUNGERS, COULD WELL BECOME A FLOOD.
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No Objection to Declassification in Part 2010/10/27: LOC-HAK-550-3-23-2