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LOC-HAK-550-4-12-3
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RIPLIM
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T
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3
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January 11, 2017
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December 8, 2011
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12
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Publication Date: 
December 22, 1974
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CABLE
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No 0 NSA review completed ? ? ,s4i4f Alt4S1 I ? II 4INII ection to Declassification in Part 2012/08/15: LOC-HAK-550-4-12-3 ? VAS OP 6 CO WT ESA ? WTE 080$1/ i$61202 01110z,DEc 74 FM THE SITUATION, ROOM/iTOMAK 061/ TO ADAMS/BORG ,F OR THE SECR ET AR Y ZEM ,TOHAK 06 SENSITIVE CONTAINS CODEWORD VIA BLACK PATCH WH43633 DECEMBER, 22, 1974 A NDUM: FOR' SECRETARY; K I SS I NGER" FROM:,.? SITUAT1ON ROOM aNDAy cA81, E SU MM AR Y SOVIETS STRONGLY DEFEND DETENTE ,,,POLICY AT MEETING OF COMMU N I ST PA ES: BORIS PONQMAREV, CPS U; ''p:Orrikfit? COMM1 TT EE1SECRETA Y IN CHARGE OF ,it,ELATIO10?:wrTH- NON,RULING PARTIES ?MADE A PARTICU- LARLY 'STRONG , DEFENSE OF DETENTE At THE MEETING OF EUROPEAN COMMUNIST PARTIE ,NOtoow, R EP OPS. T , ,? BUDAPEST WHICH ENDED .YESTERDA Y4 EMBASSY MAR E V TACKLED'', ,HE AD ...ON THE AR GUME NT S OF, THOSE'C.E. ME WSTERN COMMUNISTS) WHO BELIEVE THAT MOSCOW'S ETENTE POLICY SACRIFICINGI THEIR'. INTERESTS. TH ?EMBASSY,: W AS. WORNING WITH A FULL ,,TASS SUMMARY OF PO NOMARE V" S R EMARX THAN IS NOW AVAILABLE IN WASHINGTON. THE TASS-' SUMMARY T SAYS 'L TITLE ABOUT THE ? NY QUESTION OF COMMUNIST PARTICIPATION IN' POPULAR FRONTS. THIS ISSUE HAS BEEN A SOURCE 'OF. CONTROVERSY BETWEEN THE SOVIETS AND SOME WESTERN COMMUNIST . PARTIES, , THE THREE'D AY MEETING IN BUDAPEST WAS EUROPEAN P APT' ES,. IT WAS INT ENDED TO FOR MAL E UR OPEA N COMMflNIST CONFERENCE AT THIS ST AGE It IS UNCLEAR I P FUR THE WILL BE NECESSARY. ATTENDED BY 2S REPARE THE WAY FOR A EXT YEAR IN EAST BERL I N. PREPARATORY MEETI NGS THAIS ADD To TRADE DELEGATION NOW IN CHINA: THE THAI CABINET HAS MADE A L4TMINU.TE, DECISION TO STRENGTHEN THE TRADE DELEGATION BANGKOK HAS SENT TO PEKING.THE THAI DEPUTY MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND A PERSONAL SECRETARY TO THE PRIME MI NISI ER FL EV; T 0 CHI NA ON D EC EMBER 20, THE SA ME DAY A THAI TRADE DELEGATION ARRIVED IJN POI NG FR OM NORTHKOREA* ro )0:4 THE TWO 'AD TT ONAL MEN OSTENSIBLY ARE TO EXPLORE T HA PRC ? AGR !CULTURAL COOPER AT ION HEIR INCLUSION LENDS ADDITIONAL IMPORTANCE TO THE MISSION. THE DELEGATION MAY ENGAGE IN TALKS THAT COULD LAY THE GROUNDWORK FOR THAI -PRC DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS ON-FILE NSC RELEASE INSTRUCTIONS APPLY . OF PA E. 1 Tor c"CCRET DOS, DIA reviews completed. No Objection to Declassification in Part 2012/08/15: LOC-HAK-550-4-12-3 t 'AL No Objection to Declassification in Part 2012/08/15: LOC-HAK-550-4-12-3 , 'WHEN'A NEW it HAI GOVERNMENT -- TO BE ELECTED IN LATE JANUARY -- ?ECIDES TO rOvE ON THIS ISSUE. SPANISH CLASH WITH INSURGENTS IN SPANISH SAHARA: THE SPANISH EMBASSY IN RABAT HAS CONFIRMED PRESS REPORTS THAT SPANISH POLICE AND MILITARY FORCES ENGAGED IN A SMALL BUT BLOODY CLASH WITH INSuRbENTS RECENTLY IN NORTHERN SPANISH SAHARA NEAR THE MAURITANIAN BORDER, 1 ? : . ? .I? ACCORDING TO THE SPANISH, SIX INSURGENTS WERE KILLED AND THREE WERE soul:luso' WOUNDED AND CAPTURED. SPANISH LOSSES WERE fIvE, KILLED, AND I,EN wOuNDED, THE CLASH ALLEGEDLY TOOK PLACE wHEN A GROUP OF ttetAcE IN JEEPS WAS AMBUSHED NEAR THE TOWN OF Tiswert BY MEMBERS OF THE SAHARA LIBERATION FRoNi... A SMALL itisuRem GROUP WHICH RECEIVES SOME FINANCIAL AID FROM ALGERIA AND 'LIBYA. SPORADIC, 'AMA -SOME TIME ,PROBABL GALE FIGHTING HAS OCCuRED, IN SPANISH SAHARA SKETtft EVIDENCE TO DATE INDICATES THAT MOST OF MORD liNSPIRED. SOVIET INSPIRED! RuM0R OF EARLY MIDDLE EAST ,H0ST TIES: THE US DEFENSE ATTACHE IN CAIRO HAS REPORTED, THE DXSEMZATION TO Agirso-orFICOIS THERE OF THE CLAIM a,Y THE SOVIET AMBASSADOR IN BEIROI--ALLEOEALY MADE TO THE FRENCH AMBASSADOR?A:THAT WAR IN THE MIDDLE EAST .4101..0.,D BEGIN ON DECEM'BER" Nit TA USDAO HAS OFFERED HIS OPINION THAt ARAB INITIATION of .HO$TtLITIES,IS UNLIKELY AT THIS TIME. THE SOVIET 'EMBASSY IN BEIRUT I ?AGITPROP ACTIVITY IN, THE MIDDL TIONS OF THIS' KIND ARE ITS STO PERIODS OF UNCERTAINTY AND TEN DIA HAS SUMMARIZED SOCK KOST/L AVAILABLE TO THE INTELLIGENCE ADD TO THE LIST. THE CENTER 'OF SOVIET EAST, AND UNSUBTANTIATED ALLE K TRADE., PARTICULARLY DURIN ION. A- TIES ,INDICATORS AS ARE OMMI1NITY, AND CIA HAS NOTHING TO THE EGYPTIAN ARMED FORCES HAVE CONTINUED, 'TO TAKE DELIBERATE UNHURRIED MEASURES. TO IMPROVETHE1R-1ENERAL READ/NESS FOR WAR. IN, THE PAST MONTH WE HAVE NOTED THE FORWARD MOVEMENT Of SA-6 BATTERIES ON T} WESTERN OF,THE'SUEZ CANAL AND THE CONSTUCTION OF'TwO PERMANENT STIES FOR SAM BATTERIES IN THE LIMITED ARMAMENTS EoNEi. THERE AA5-ALS(18EEN'AN INCREASE IN,14HEMECHANIZED INFANTRY UNITS IN. THE LIMITED ARMAmENTS:ZONE ON THE'EASTSIDE OF THE CANAL. AGE No Objection to Declassification in Part 2012/08/15: LOC-HAK-550-4-12-3 No Objection to Declassification in Part 2012/08/15: LOC-HAK-550-4-12-3 11Few SECRET AT THE SAME TIME, EGYPTIAN POLITICAL LEADERS HAVE BEEN TAKING EVERY OPPOTUNITY TO IMPRESS ON THE UNITED STATES THEIR DESIRE FOR SOME VISIBLE MANIFESTATION OF PROGRESS TOWARD RESOLUTION OF THE MIDDLE EAST ISSUES. THEIR APPARENT DISMAY AT ISRAEL' S LATEST CONDITIONS FOR ANOTHER STEP IN THE NEGOTIATIONS PROCESS COULD BE REFLECTED IN SOME TIGHTENING OF MILITARY ADMINISTRATION PROCEDURES. 25X1 No Objection to Declassification in Part 2012/08/15: LOC-HAK-550-4-12-3 inimiemommo