ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ITEMS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-550-4-8-8
• Release Decision: RIPLIM
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: November 10, 2010
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: December 21, 1974
• Content Type: CABLE

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DECEMBER 21, 1974
MEMORANDUM FOR SECRETARY KISSINGER
FROM: THE SITUATION ROOM
SUBJECT: ADDITIONAL INFORNMTION ITEMS
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WALDHEIM ON THE STATE OF THE UNITED NATIONS: MIKE BERLIN,
IN THE NEW YORK POST , DECEMBER 18, REPORTED SECRETARY GEN-
ERAL WALDHEIM' S COMMENTS ON ISSUES RAISED IN AMBASSADOR
SCALI'S RECENT SPEECH ON THE STATE OF THE UNITED NATIONS.
THE HIGHLIGHTS OF WALDHEIM'S REMARKS FOLLOWS:
-- DEVELOPING COUNTRIES HAVE BEEN IN AN INFERIOR POSI-
TION FOR CENTURIES AND TIME IS COME TO ESTABLISH A
NEW ECONOMIC ORDER;
-- LEGALITY OR ILLEGALITY OF SOUTH AFRICAN EXCLUSION
FROM THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY WAS. A "QUESTION OF HOW TO
INTERPRET THE CHARTER," AND HE DID NOT THINK THE
STEP HAD BEEN DAMAGING;
-- WALDHEIM VIEWED THE INVITATION TO THE PLO AS "HELP-
FUL FOR FUTURE QEGOTIATIONS," AND AS HAVING LED TO
BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF MIDDLE EAST PROBLEMS;
-- UN RECOGNITION WOULD MAKE PLO MORE RESPONSIBLE;
-- THE SECRETARY GENERAL SEES THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY AS
MORE THAN A MIRROR OF PAST ACHIEVEMENTS; RATHER, IT
IS "A TOOL TO INFLUENCE THE ATTITUDES OF GOVERNMENTS
TO ACCEPT OR ACT UPON THE NEED FOR CHANGE."
ASSUMING THESE QUOTES ARE ACCURATE, THERE IS A CONSIDERABLE
AMOUNT OF GRANDSTANDING HERE. WALDHEIM SEES THE THIRD WORLD
AS HIS NATURAL CONSTITUENCY AND REPORTEDLY FEARS THE PRC
IS LOOKING FOR A THIRD WORLD CANDIDATE TO REPLACE HIM WHEN
HIS TERM' EXPIRES. (HORAN)
PINOCHET NOW FORMALLY "PRESIDENT OF CHILE": THE CHILEAN
JUNTA HAS ISSUED A DECREE LAW WHICH NAMES GENERAL PINOCHET
"PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF CHILE." THE LEGAL CHANGE IN
TITLE FROM "PRESIDENT OF THE JUNTA" DOES NOT CHANGE THE EX-
TENT AND SCOPE OF HIS LEGAL AUTHORITY AND DOES NOT IMPLY
THAT HIS JUNTA COLLEAGUES HAVE LOST THEIR VETO POWER ON
POLICY. IT DOES IN EFFECT RECOGNIZE HIS GROWING PERSONAL
POWER AND IS PROBABLY AN ATTEMPT TO FURTHER IMPROVE THE GOV-
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