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• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-550-3-4-3
• Release Decision: RIPLIM
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: October 28, 2010
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: November 4, 1974
• Content Type: CABLE

No Objection to Declassification in Part 2010/10/28: LOC-HAK-550-3-4-3
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NOVEME,Eh 4, 1974
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ANNOUNCEi THE. FO1YPFAHON OF A COMMITI Li' iJ U)tAF'i A NEW C:UF1
SfIIUIIJN. . THE OhAFT IS TO BE REAuY by ~t r; t_1~1t~Y 24 FOh
PhEb'E TA'TIOv TU THE COMMUNIST PA i'TY'S POLItICAL i UHEAU AND
TU TttE COUN4;.IL C3F MIAIS'Fk,HS thE: CUtN: TIIU1113N Ia UiNLIKE.LY
TO bE ADOF TAD. F`O-ktMALLY FUR AT LE:AZI 1 141041HS SINCE If i1U51
FLt ST E aUdMITTED TO THE PEOPLE I RRUUG H MASS ORGANIZATION
AilsD THE N? Dtl, APPROVED Y A FAR1Y C:fJ sUt4 S NOW CriL 1L.ED FOR
THE: SECOND HALF OF 1975. FINALLY If iMU J 6E TKE SUBJECT OF
A REFERENDUM.
CASTRO HAS LONG HESISIED IHE OEVELUPt1ENT OF ANY LEGAL DOC'U-
:NT THAI MIGHT 9 LFI 4L, AND THUS POTE.f-+T ILLY LIMIT, HIS
UNRESTkIG1E.U POWER. HIS OFPOSIfION HAS APPAhENILY bEiN
OVERCOME, BUT THE MECHANICS FOR APPROVI~V'G THE OHA 'T ALLOW
FOR REVISION BY POLITICAL BODIES WHICH ARE uUi4NJ.NAIEi) 8Y
CASTtRO. HE WILL, THEREFORE, HAVE THL FINAL SAY ON THE
VERSION SU6KITTED TO THE, FARTY CONGhZ3S. THUS, WHILE RE:-
TAINING FINAL SAY, HE WILL AT THE SAME TIME: BE CARRYING OUT
THE INSTITUTIONALIZATION OF THE GOVk;Hw-MENT WHICH MOSCOW HAS
BEEN DEMAWL-INti . (BROWNELL)
AMMAN DOE
NOT WANT TO BRING T?iE FiDhOIE)kL-MP4hU
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No Objection to Declassification in Part 2010/10/28: LOC-HAK-550-3-4-3
 No Objection to Declassification in Part 2010/10/28: LOC-HAK-550-3-4-3
THE ONE NAGGING PhOBLEr IS THE I c'''IPEPrO 'S REFUSAL TO RE-
PATHIATE FUNDS FROM ABROAD AND, IN FACT, TO CONTINUE TO IN-
SIST HE HAS NONE. THE GENERAL ALSO tiEPORT LDLY HAS MADE UP
HIS MIND THAT ETHIOPIA SHOULD 6ECUOL A FEFUSLIG. THE GENERAL
HAS EXTENDED THE HAND OF FRIENDSHIP" TO SOMALIA TD i3UY TIME
TO IL1PHOVE HIS MILITARY L' OHCES FOH A SOMALI ATTACK, ZXt ECTEII
IN THE LATE SUMMER OF 197).
OUR iflbASSY IN KHAriTOUM HEPOHIS THAT 'Ttik: SUDANESE HAVE TOLD
AN ETHIOPIAN DELEGATION THERE IN irO UNCEhTAIN TEh S THAT
SOVIET ARMS AHE To .6E AVOIDED, wriE fdt ii. FLaE r Oh PUHCHA ED.
THE ; E.ASOtid HEPORTE iLY GIVEO WAS EX1'i Er~LE UNkELIAElILITY WITH
HE PECi 10 DDELIVERY, QUALITY, -SPARE. PARIS, AND MAIrdTENANCE.
KORAN)
SOVIET i"bFH Pi ES - ANNUUV ;E,JEi4k t THE SOVIEIS PRESENTED THEIF
"INIIIAL FEOUCTICiN STEP" P AOPOSAL FOtai@iALLY AT AN ty"1bFR PLENAMY
SSIi.,+N ON UCIC:BER I AND L?OLLUWE7.) UP ripi'iH N ANN0UNCEEMLELdT
IQ Ttse. PRESS I HAT IH ."Y HAD CHAN61,'U ItiE'Lh IPiII IAL POSIT ION TABLED
tGVEiylraE:ii, 1y'76. IRE PrHE:SS ANliiUL.1NUe lix.N1 PLAYED UP THE FACT
THAI THE EAST i AS hESPONDING 10 Ur NArdDS f HAT TtrE U.S.
AND SOVIET'S SHOUL) REDUCE h lia s1. IN rr` UI, ?s kr SO v I I PROPOSAL
ES ULdLY A SLIGHT Gt;NC~ESSI~tod I~~" rAVO~ OF ittE: I '~; F'C)ST TUN
: rLAK'
ON PHASING. IT CALLS ?'On A hI Sl-if'E~' t~iairtLriE; I" Ira sHICH. THEM
. AN SUVILT fUji CEb WGULt w'If ilJ, A k 10#000 '3.ZN EACH DURING
FFIH I SIX i 0NTHS OF" I975, FOLLOWE:0>bY tit 0 C ONS IN THE
SECOND SIX i"iONTHS OF' 5000 EACH _-Y THE PULv_: i AND WEST GEhIIANS,
WITH ALL OTHER PARTICIPANTS ;5HARINu THE hE:i+AININNG 5,0 U CUTS
ON E-ACR Slot. THIS I1 IIIAL STEP WUULD LSE: fULLOWEti BY FURTHER
REDUCTIONS TO BE NEGOTIATED SEPAhA.TELY. 1HE ONLY NEW ELEMENTS
ME THAT THErkE WOULD BE TWO $EPArATE AGREEMENTS NEGOTIATED IN
SEQUENCE AND THAT THE U.S. AND SOVIETS WOULD TAKE CUTS WHICH
WERE" NOT PROPORTIONAL TO THE RELATIVE SIZE OF THE FORCES WITHIN
THEIR ALLIANCES.
THE TIMING OF THE ANNOUNCEMENT, WHICH CAME UIN THE HEELS OF THE
MOSCOW TRIPS OF THE SECRETARY AN, CHANCELLOR SCHMIDT, SUGGESTS
ThiE SOVIETS MAY HAVE D.ECIDEU PHHIUr To TtjE VISITS TO ATTEMPT TU
RING PUBLIC PRESS IRE, TO BEAR ON THE WESTERN ALLIES (PARTICU-.
LARLY THE GERMANS) IF THE SUMMIT TALKS FAILED 10 MODIFY THE
WESTERN POSITION.
STATUS OF LUNA-23: LUNA-23, WHICH ENTERED LUNAR OFiD IT ON
SATURDAY, IS ?EXPECTED TO OBTAIN A LUiNAr~ Sall SAMPLE AND RE-
TURN TO EARTH% THE SPACECRAFT WILL P?R0 A LY LAND ON THE
MOON'S SURFACE AND OBTAIN A L?1NAr UUOr~E SANPLE EARLY TOMORROW.
IN FOUR SIMILAR ATTEMPTS TO UBrAl d LUNAR' SOIL SAMPLES, THE
SOVIETS HAVE SUCCEEDED TWICE, WITH LUW .- C Ii'; 19711 AND LUNA-2f6
IN 191 ?
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No Objection to Declassification in Part 2010/10/28: LOC-HAK-550-3-4-3