INFORMATION ITEMS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-551-1-39-6
• Release Decision: RIPLIM
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: February 25, 2011
• Sequence Number: 39
• Publication Date: June 28, 1975
• Content Type: CABLE

r 644. 6 ? ? a I-. API
No Objection to Declassification in Part 2011/02/25: LOC-HAK-551-1-39-6
**01/Apiiiim T o Fa $E RE T ***WC) OWN*
p? IMMED
KTF ?gi270 179
2514i5Z JUN 75
FM THF SITUATION NDO#1?/ (400
OP/ /
AL AflAMS FOR THE Ske r TARN'
sErRFT SIIN5ITIrF riT
VIA, 5
TOHAK m2
ACK PATCH 10451a
?OtRO I
suP
Ircrt
DOS, NSA review(s)
completed.
op
A IN
0 FIORD i!%CLUSIVELY PYFS ON
IDE T
A, KISSINGER
ATTON /TENS
JUNE p5 *075
CA 0007 A NMI'S THE YXEIWAMf.3E AND RECFIrLS ASSISTANCE FROM
PP( INGt ESRITE oflonom EFFoRTS In NEGOTIATE OvERLAPPING
TERRITORIAL ELAIRS, VIETNAmEIE ANO CAmMoDIAN FoNCES CONT MOO)
To ci 001 AILING THE IsAINLA40 5nm0FR THIS weEK. FOR Tmf MIST
PART, THE TWO SIOES HAVE EWEN TRADING EIRE ACROSS THF MORDER,
Sul SomE GROUND SKIRMItHINO HAS ALSO OCCURREO, THE CAm500TANS
HAVE mOVED THO 0IvISIDNS INTo 3oR0ER AREAS AND DTHER TROnPS
10 THE PORT OF 1040011i #9,4 wHfRE THE' coOLD SF OISEATCHEu
Yo ofrasoRf t$ 0406i ,
YHE VIETNAMESE HAVE F1FATTENTLY Nor mOvEo ANY M4JO RfINFORCE
MENTs uP To THE 0000t4 OUT HAVE TAKEN sTFPS To ImpRovE cnoR.
0INATIoN AmOND HAVA?, AIR, AND INFANTRY FORCES ASsIGNEO To
ns DutE oF THAILAND, "NIS SuGGEsTS THAT TNry MAY dF PLANNING
OPERATIONS TO CAPTURE ADOITInNAL OFFSHORE ISLANDS, viFINAMEst
AIRCRAFT, INCLUDING, A NOMOER OF cApTuRED 0.s. HELICOPTFHS ANn
A0,37S FLOWN SY FORMER SOUTH VIETNAMESE AIR FORCE PILOTS, FLAyin
A MAJOR ROLt IN THE SVCCFSSFOL OFERAT/04 TO *EE THE CAHanurAri
uP1r0 PouLo wAT tsLANne EARL 1ER tHis MONTH*
NOM PENH'S SllitA
4F ALL IFS STAW
AftON$ WITH IT,..
ComYRAsy To t
ON-FILE NSC RELEASE
INSTRUCTIONS APPLY
*kt AH HO
* ?
MORI/CDF
CO2400656
PSNsm3s
TO $179/061 OTO
1016/ J1IN 7!
No Objection to Declassification in Part 2011/02/25: LOC-HAK-551-1-39-6
No Objection to Declassification in Part 2.-
011/02/25: LOC-HAK-551-1-39-6
P sFr RFT ***** cuPy
TION HTP. THE VAL OF A -CHINESE40EiNG
N P Nom PENHA 1 WEEK WAS THE FIGsys $1NcE THE tcHMF
MMUNTST TAREDVER THREE OF THE FLIGHTS CARRIEn A TOTAL OF
17 PAs3EN6ER44 ANSIAIDRE mAY HAvF ARRIVEn HNoETECTED. IN
'MS nE pERSONNEL1OHE TOTAL roNESE ppruNce mAy WELL Fix.
D THAT OF THE 0*t, MISSION AT THE HEIGHT or THE, *AR. TR.,
TE CERTED CAmBODIAN 'MESSAGES HAvF REFL,CTED THF INVOlvFMENT
OP CHINESE ADVISERB.JN,REAPLY F"VENY FACET OF EcONomic REcoNw
3/OUCTIoNe sIxTT'ENINtSE TErHNICIANS ARE ovENKFEING REPAIRS
To THE RAILROAD IN 0001MWESTERN CAmBOOIA ALONE'. CHINESE SHIPS
HAVE uNLDAnEn A VAREETY OF CARGOES AT KOmPONS SOP, INCLuDING
RICE, FUEL. CLOTH. rRUCAS, AND LARGE QUANTITtEs OF FARM ImpLF
MENTS, ON'mAY -CAHDDDIANs BROADCAST A cOmmENTARy LAuu.
ING THE CHINEsf ASO PIPING THEM AS CAmsOnIA's "MOST LOYAL
AND CLNIEST COMRADE ARMS
vt*5101,E, commuNisT,,AAEDvER TN LAOS T$Fkf ARE 1NCONFIR En
REPORTS THAT PRIME MINISTER SOUVANNA PHoumA MAY BE KANN NG
YD,Ttio, wirR LEADERSHIP OF THE CoAL TION 60VERNmENT TO HIS
MALE BROTHER, PR/NCE SOUPHANOuvONG, THE NOmINA CHIEF Of THE
AD COMMUNIST HOvEHENT4
OUTr*1A NO
Dm AND, R0uPRANcitiVON SUCCESSOR
KTNG SAVANG AROUNn THE MIE)Ltt oF
'VARNA'S ImPENOIN4 RFAIRFNENT FROM
POLITICALIVE Re PLADsIPLEe THE Co*LITIoN GoVERN-
T IS NOm OOMINAtnY THE LAO COmmuNISTS,A,EAvING SOUvANNA
mIRTuALLT POWER UREHEA0. moREOv00-, THE PRImt mINISTER
NEARLY 74 YEARS,. AND HIs HEALTH IS FAILINO, THE NOTION
SOuPHANOUVONG,S tEEDTNG THE PRIME MINISTERSHIP TS ALSO
tADsIRLE. THE SO*04?LED*RED PRINCE" HA? LONG BEEN coNsIDEREO
OVANNA's HEIR APPARENT, AND HE ENJOyS A,NAT/nNAL FOLLOWING
COND ONLY TO THAI 0,40UvANNA?
VARNA'S DEPARTURE
LEAVE ONLY THE ,MAREST COALITION
ADE FOR A 40vERNHIFsT ALIttAty DOMINATED ST THE COMMUNISTS,
IPOLtoRTNO THE OEPAR
F
SOUVANNA, J ONG WILL ANNOUNCE THAT THE TIME
'OR * FURTHER *No F4A, W$TR1JCTUWXN$ Of THE Lk0 GOVERNMENT
Is AT HAND. THIS NT WILL REPORTEDLY 00RALD THE "LIB
ERATIDN't Dr VIENTI ANOTHF *APpOINTmERT" OY 5nOPHAN0DVONG
OF LAO CommUNIST RAWlY CENTRAL COMMITTEE LEADERS KAYBOHE PHOm
YVON Aho N0014AK ptiom AN As *DEPUTY" PRIME MINISTERS IN THE Nii,*
sOvERNNENT. RAYSONE AND NOUHAW CONSIDERABLY OUTRANK SOUPHANOuvONG
AND mouLD OREsVNAOLY BE TSF PEAL POWERS BEHIND THE SCENES.
mHETHER THE PATHET,LAO CHOOSE THIS COURSE OR OPT To RETATN
41-001g, TRAPPINoS or COAOTION RULE WILL MARE LITTLE DIFFERENCE
* TERMS OP POLITICK R
25X1
25X1
No Objection to Declassification in Part 2011/02/25: LOC-HAK-551-1-39-6
No Objection to Declassification in Part 2011/02/25: LOC-HAK-551-1-39-6
.HIFivvvvvvt$!!!!111,71111MMI ,IsrCR ? ET *******8 y
, AKER DemoNsTRATIO* Pt BUENOS AIRES THREATENS PERON GOYERHHPNT;
, A ?GENERAL STRIKE AND MASS OEMONSYNATION IN BUENOS AIRES PRI:5PNT
TOW Mt SEW/OUS ?THHEAT'To ppEsIoENT MARTA ESTFLA PER0Nrs nov%.
?ERNHENT SINct $HE ?SOtert0E0 HER HOSOAND AYEAR AG00 A LAMOR
SHOW OP STRENGTH TS OlOgeTrO AGAINST THE M/NISTER OF WELFARE,
tooPEz RIG*, NO40 HAS S'rlime rHe STRONGmAN OF THE NEGImt, ANO
ASAZOIST HIS SUPPORTER, 'me RiteENTLY APPo/sTED IrcnN0H/cs HiNw
TATER, UNLESS HRS, PERON,SUPPORTS LAOOR'S OFNANOs To STAND
AY'AftENY NAGE 5ETT4EMESTS AND, IN SO DOING, HFPN/mANos THF
ECONOMICS MINISTER, WHO-000,0$EA THEM, SHF WILL 43E FAC f0
AN UGLY CONFRoNTATToN poop' LAR, wHtcH IS AT LEAST TACITLY
oAcxen OT THE ANMEO FORCE,C,
PANAMANIAN REArTioN TO SNynER AmEND/ONT: PANAmANIAN LFAnER
TORRIJoS HAS TRIED TO PUT THE PtST PU6LIC FACE ON HIS REAC-
tION tn THE $NYDFR AMENDMENT, FXPRF$SING HIS CONFTnENcE THAT
? .THE. U,s, WOULD s.Av4mz$tTs OM"ITMENT3 TO AFGOTIATE ANO HIS
' FAITH TN THt NEGOTIATORS; PRESS TREATmENT FOCUSED oN oppow
?SITI04 To THF AmENOmEN14 NEVERTHELESS, OUP FNRAssy RER0R1s
TrIRRIJOs AN!) T.O PANAmANIAN LrA0tR3 ARE esHoolEnt
rkUST**TE, Ato woRftt 70,- ?PA$SAGF of THE AHENomENT ANo
LTCATIoNs Ftf ISE 440#AL itREAty NEGoT1At1ON5 AA WELL AS TY!,
TENTTAL, IMPACT vP0144ANAmANIAN Pri1.1 TICS*
PsNI Ps
RECALLE0
pA4e, 183, TOR:179/06$207 ?07412$1M149/ jtiN 7t5
******* TOP SECRFI ..*...***$ COPY
No Objection to Declassification in Part 2011/02/25 : LOC-HAK-551-1-39-6