EVENING NOTES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-550-4-7-9
• Release Decision: RIPLIM
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: November 8, 2010
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: December 20, 1974
• Content Type: CABLE

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MEMORANDUM FOR SECRETARY KISSINGER
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SUBJECT: EVENING NOTES
DECEMBER 20, 1974
ETHIOPIA ADOPTS SOCIALIST,, PHILOSOPHY: ACCORDING TO THE
U.S. EMBASSY, ADDIS ABABA RADIO ANNOUNCED TODAY THAT "SO-
CIALISM' WILL BE ADOPTED AS THE PHILISOPHY OF THE ETHIOPIAN
REVOLUTION. THE TEXT OF THE ANNOUNCEMENT IS NOT YET AVAIL-
ABLE. THE RULING MILITARY COUNCIL, IN PAST DISCUSSIONS OF
,SOCIALISM, HAS SHOWN UNCERTAINTY ABOUT THE MEANING OF THE
TERM. THE COUNCIL APPARENTLY ENVISIONS GREATER GOVERNMENT
CONTROL OF THE ECONOMY AND THE SXPANSION OF GOVERNMENT SOCIAL
SERVICES. .THERE HAS BEEN SOME TALK OF NATIONALIZING PRIVATE
BUSINESSES, BUT THE BASIC AIM,SEEMS TO BE TO IMPROVE, THE
LIVING STANDARDS OF THE ETHIOPIAN PEOPLE. THE COU-NCIL'S ADOP-
TION OF A SOCIALIST PHILISOPHY IS TO SOME EXTENT AN ATTEMPT
TO FIND A SUITABLE SLOGAN THAT WILL GIVE AT LEAST THE APPEAR-
ANCE OF AN IDEOLOGICAL, FOUNDATION FOR THE CHANGES THE COUNCIL
IS PROMOTING IN ETHIOPILAN SOCIETY. THE ADOPTION, OF SOCIALISM
DOES NOT APPEAR TO PRESAGE ANY SUDDEN SHIFTS IN FOREIGN POLICY.
THE COUNCIL SEEMS TO CONTINUE TO BE RELUCTANT TO JEOPARDIZE
RELATIONS WITH WASHINGTON BECAUSE OF THE VALUE IT SEES IN U.S.
MILITARY AND ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE. THE SEARCH FOR ALTERNATIVE
SOURCES OF MILITARY AID IS CONTINUING, HOWEVER, AND SOME
COUNCIL MEMBERS ADVOCATE TURNING TO THE SOVIET UNION.
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THE WASHINGTON STAR-NEWS
ROBERTA HORNIG REPORTS THAT PRESIDENT FORD IS BEING URGED
BY HIS SERIOUS ENERGY AND ECONOMIC ADVISERS TO ADOPT A
STRINGENT CONSERVATION PROGRAM THAT WOULD FORCE AMERICANS
TO CONSERVE ENERGY TO CUT U.S. RELIANCE ON HIGH-COST FOR-
EIGN AID.
JEREMIAH O'LEARY REPORTS THAT NEW DELHI MAY BE THE MOST
ACTION-PACKED DIPLOMATIC CAPITAL IN THE WORLD NEXT MONTH
AFTER WILLIAM SAXBE, THE OUTSPOKEN COUNTRY BOY FROM ME-
CHANICSBURG, OHIO, ARRIVES AS U.S. AMBASSADOR.
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