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• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-260-1-40-7
• Release Decision: RIPLIM
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: February 22, 2010
• Sequence Number: 40
• Publication Date: May 15, 1974
• Content Type: CABLE

No Objection to Declassification in Part 2010/02/22 : LOC-HAK-260-1-40-7
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THE Pf]ST COVERS, FROM NEWS DISPATCMESa THE TERRORIST ATTiACK QN
THE'ISRAELI SCHTIOL AND DTHFR TERRCIRIST ACTIrINS.DURING THE. NXGMT
ON PAGE A-1.
JIM HCIAGLAND REPORTS THAT THE KUWAITI PARLIAMENTS VOTE TO TAKE
AVER 60 PERCENT OF THE AMERICAN AND BRITISH-OWNED KUWAITI q~l,
Cf~MPANY IS CERTAIN TO INCREASE PRE55URE ON C7THER ARAB STATF~,
Tf7 Gti~ AFTER LARGER SHARES C1F WESTERN-OWNED Ctil. FIRMS.. .THIS
ACTION WILL PROBABLY LEAD TO AN INCREASE IN THE MHCILESALE
PRICE QF PETRCILEUM. ( A*~I, ?
EVANS AND NC~VAK WRITE THAT WHILE gPERATING I~IND.ER INTENSE SECRETs
WHITE WC1USE PRESSURES THE PENTAGON IS NOW MpVING INTO A NEW
STRATEGIC WEAPpNS SYSTEM THAT MAY PROVE TO RE A LEYER AGAINST
MpSGCJW'S DRIVE Tp MIRV IT5 ENTIRE LONG-RANGE MISSILE FARCE,
THIS IS CALLED rtHE "STAND-C1FF OpTIQN.~~ THf= STAND-OFF pP'flgN
IS NEEQED Tq ADD TO THE U.S. BARGAINING POWER ,BEFORE THE SO~.
VIETS WILL AGREE TO A MfANZNGEULL MIRV LIMITATIgN. UNDER THE'.
PLANs A FLEET CiF U.S. BOMBERS DR WIDE-BC]DIE(ry COMMERCIAL Ala- ,
CRAFT ARMED WITH LCING-RANGE MISSILES WOULD BE CAPABLE OF CIRCU-
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iNG THE SOVIET UNIflN AT A ~~7ISTANGF DF 1,50Q TO ~sOQO MILES, (A-19)
J(1HN GOSHKO.R~P~RTS FRrJM BONN THAT SCHMIDT~S CABINET Wll,l CnN1'AIN
ONLY FIVE NEW PEDPLt~ AND WILL CftNSIST DF THE SAME BRIMAKgC1WN, B~?
TWEEN SHE SOCIAL DEMgCRA"fS ANq FREE DEMOCRATS AS DID BRANI~TiS
CA9IIJET. TWE MEMBERS ARE DEDICATED TO TWE MAINLINES QF THE
LEFT~>lIt1ERAL POLICIES ESTA~LI5HFD 8Y C~RANDT AND SCWEELs ALTHOUGH
THE NEW GOVERNMENT IS EXPECTED Tfl BE A SMAD1" MORE CCINSERVATIVE.
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MgRILYN BERGER"WRITES THAT A SENIr7R OFFiCIAI~ IN Yl7UR PARTY SAIQ
THAT YQUR EFFpRT IS IN A WgLDING PATTERNi ALTHflUGW SDMIE PROGRESS
HAS BEEN REGISTERED. IT 15 CLEAR THAT QNE (7R BO~'M SIDES MILL
HAYf~ TQ GIVE IF AN ACCL7RD I5 TO 6E REACHED. YCIU SHOULD KNOW
BY TOMQRROW IF AN AGREEMENT IS Pfl55IBLE. (A-2b)
ON PAGE A-27r MS. BERGER DESCRIBES HER VISiT"TD TWE GL1LAN HEIGHTS..
THE NEW YORK TIMES
$FRNARQ GWERTZMAN"SAY5 YpU WANT AN ADDITipNAI 24 TO 36 HpURS.
Tt7 TRY Tfl ACHIEVE A CC3MPRDMISE IN THE NEGOTIATIONS, PRflSPEC'fS
ARE DESCRIBED AS SLIGHTLY LESS PR~IMISING THgN A FEW DAYS AGC)..'
NEWSMEN HAVE BEEN ADVISED THAT THE NEGC~TIATIDNS ARE NOT Exp~CTEC?
T(~ BE OVER EVEN IF FUI.I. AGR.EEMfNT IS Nt3T REACHED ON THIS TRIP,
tA~1)
FLORA LFWIS ANALYiES THE SPATE DF Lf=ADERSHIP CWANGES IN WESTERN
EUROPE. SHE SEES. SEVERAL PARALLELS: POST WORLD WAR II LEAVERS
ARE ON TWE WAY OUT EVERYWHFRE~ n LONG PERIflQ WIfHDUT A MAJgR,
CRISIS HAS DEMONSTRATED AN INABILITY TD DEAL WITH THE LESSE~fED
CMALLENGEs AN~p LEADERS EVERYWHERE HAVE LOST CRE[?IBILITY ANO
AUTWORITY. EUROPEAN UNITY HAS SUFFEREDr AND THE CHgICE BEtwEEN
EUROPEAN UNITY AND THE ATLANTIC ALLIANCE POSES SERIOUS PQTENT1Al
DANGERS I F TNfW EUROPEAN CaUNTR I ES DCIN ~ T PULL THEMSELVES TG)GETHEi( r
(A-2)
JUAN DE DNIS REPORTS SO,DAT~S URGING DF ASAD TD GET THE BEST
TERMS WF CAN AND LEAVE DI5c'USSI~INS pN WITHDRAWAL BY 1SRAEi.
FROM OCCUPIED LANDS Td THE GENr~VA PEACE CONFERENCE. SAI,Ai"
ALSO REPORTEDLY SUPPORTS Ani ARAB,SUMMIT CtYNFERENCE aFT~R DIS~>"
ENGAGEMENT TO FORM A CfJMMDN STRATEGY FDR THE GENEVA TALKS, THE.
MCJVES ARE SEEN IN SUPPORT C]F YD1lR EFFCIRTS. ( A-11)
CHRISTOPHER WREN SEES PREMIER JnLLDUD~S VISIT TQ MCISCOW AS A
LIBYAN ATTEMPT TCI REPLACE EGYPT AS A CCFNSPICUOUS ALLY OF THE
$pVTET UNION IN THE ARAB WCIRLD. (A-1~)
AN EDITORIAL WARNS THAT 1"HF ITALIAN MOVE..Tb CURB NONESSENTIAL
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IMPORTS SHpWS THE ENERGY CRISIS IS FAR fiR(7M fJVER,. CCINCRETF
PRL~PDSALS F(7R STLIPGAP MEASU-RES ANq LaNG~TERM ARRANGEMfwNTS ARE
NEEDED NC1W. (A-40)
C,L. SULZBERGER F(]RESEES ,BLOf]pSFiF~? WHATEVER THE< DUTGDME OF nN
INtwVITA13LY CHANGED P[]RTUGUESE PC}IICY TpWARD ITS AFRICAN GOL~tNIES.
HF BELIEVES TMF WM I TFS WILL TRY TfJ CREATE GnVERNMENT5 L I14E SLIUTH
AFRICA AND RHgDESIA BUT ARE UNLIKELY TC) SUCC"EED IN THE LONG RUN.
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THE gALTIMQRE SUN
VALERY GISCARD D'ESTAINGy THE FAVC)RITE FOR THE FRENCH pRES.IpENCY.r
JgINFD THE RANKS !1F DClUBTER.S OVER PRESIDENT NIX4~1'S CMANCES DF
SURVIVAL. (A-2)
THE FLIRFIGN MINISTER OF LAr15' C[JALITION GQVERNMFNT CHARGED 1'WE
U,S. WITW CL]NTINUING SPY FL.IGMTS OVER LALlTIAN TERRITORY IN VIL7LA~-
'f IGN C)E THE 1973 PEACE ACCCIRC?S . (A~4 )
A RFVC7LUTI[1N AGAIN5T THE ARGENTINE G(]YERNMENT pF JUAN PEItC1N I5
A BIT MORE, LIKELY AS A RESULT ?F RECENT GCIVERNMFNT ACTII7NS. (A-'~)
A 5UN ~t7iTgRIAL SUGGESTS MFG. SI^![]N NpTF TMAT WITH INFLATiQN
HURTING ALL CITIZENS AND TWRFATFNING TMF ECONgMIC STRUCTURE,
THIS MAY.WELL, BE THE TIME FpR DFEp OFFENSE CUTS TD BRING Th}P
BU'DGFT CLflSFR TO BA~.ANCE. (A-lb)
JgSEPH ALSgP WRITES THAT THE WATf*RGATE~-INDUCED' Q~ASI~PARAt;YS~S
OF TWP GLIVERNMENT IS pANGFaDUSs AND THAT THE WORST DANGER p~ ALL..
IS IN THE FIELD DF FLIREIGN AFFAIRSw THIS IS B#INC+ HALP?CON~EAL~A
FqR THE MC)MENt BY THE BR i LL I ANCF AND RICH PRCIM 15E OF `~?UR t~? DDLE
EAST. DIPLL7MACY. IF THE PRESIDENT IS AGTUALLY.IMPEACHEf~~- NO
KI5SII~GERIAN BRILLIANCE CAr! MAKE THE FCIREIG~f pANGER G(7 A1~lAy
Fo1q~vER, (A-37)
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