SUMMARY FROM PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP91-00901R000100230067-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 6, 2001
• Sequence Number: 67
• Publication Date: October 26, 1978
• Content Type: CABLE

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A, MEDIA PROFILE
THE ISRAELI CABINET'S APPROVAL "IN PRINCIPLE" OF THE DRAFT
COMPROMISE TREATY WITH EGYPT IS THEMAJOR STORY IN THURSDAY'S NEWS-
PAPERS, ACCORDING TO THE WASHINGTON POST, THE ISRAELI CABINET
TACKED ON A STRING OF AMENDMENTS THAT WILL HAVE TO BE NEGOTIATED
WHEN THE MIDDLE EAST PEACE TALKS RESUME IN WASHINGTON. THE
WASHINGTON STAR REPORTS THAT A NEW STRAIN HAS DEVELOPED IN RELATIONS
BETWEEN THE US AND ISRAEL OVER ISRAEL'S DECISION TO EXPAND ITS
CONTROVERSIAL WEST BANK SETTLEMENTS. THE POST ADDED THAT AN
ISRAELI FOREIGN MINISTRY SPOKESMAN SAID THAT THE CAMP DAVID AGREE-
MENTS ON FREEZING THE CONSTRUCTION OF NEW SETTLEMENTS HAD NOTHING
TO DO WITH EXPANSION OF EXISTING SETTLEMENTS.
2. OTHER FRONT-PAGE STORIES: A. THE CARTER ADMINISTRATION
IS SERIOUSLY CONSIDERING A PLAN INVOLVING THE DEPLOYMENT OF MISSILES
ON AIRPLANES THAT WOULD, IN THE EVENT OF ATTACK, LAND ON SELECTED
AIRSTRIPS TO FIRE THE WEAPONS. B. AHMED SULTAN ISMAIL, EGYPTIAN
ELECTRICAL ENGINEER AND ONETIME EGYPTIAN DEPUTY MINISTER FOR PRO-
DUCTION, IS NAMED BY THE WASHINGTON POST, AS A RECIPIENT OF A
WESTINGHOUSE BRIBE. C. THE SENATE ETHICS COMMITTEE SAYS IT
HAS NO EVIDENCE THAT SENATOR BROOKE HAD WITHHELD OR ALTERED
DOCUMENTS RELATING TO ITS INVESTIGATION INTO HIS FINANCIAL AFFAIRS.
B, SUMMARY OF SPECIAL ITEMS
3, IN A SPEECH BEFORE THE NATIONAL PRESS CLUB YESTERDAY, CIA
DIRECTOR STANSFIELD TURNER STATED THAT INTELLIGENCE ABUSES ARE "FAR
LESS TODAY THEN ANY TIME. IN OUR HISTORY," BUT THAT THE UNAUTHORIZED
DISCLOSURE QF`'INTELLIGENCE SOURCES IS THE PRIMARY THREAT TO US
INTELLIGENCE GATHERING.
THE DIRECTOR ALSO DEFENDED THE PRACTICE OF WITHHOLDING SENSITIVE
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INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION DURING A TRIAL--A POSITION HE SAID IS
SIMILAR TO THAT OF A NEWSPAPER'S REFUSAL TO DIVULGE SOURCES USED
BY REPORTERS. (API) (UPI) (POST)
FEI DIRECTOR WILLIAM WEBSTER, IN AN INTERVIEW YESTERDAY WITH
ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORTERS AND EDITORS, ADDRESSED THE SAME ISSUE.
HE RECOMMENDED THAT THE GOVERNMENT ESTABLISH A COMMISSION TO
RECOMMEND WHEN SECRETS SHOULD BE "SACRIFICED" TO PROSECUTE THOSE
CHARGED WITH ESPIONAGE. (API)
4, LEBANESE SOURCES STATE THAT PRESIDENT SARKISIS' PLANNING
'.(RIPS TO PARIS AND WASHINGTON IN SEARCH OF,MILITARY ASSISTANCE TO
ENABLE THE LEBANESE ARMY TO ENFORCE DOMESTIC PEACE. (PO`ST)
5. THE US AND THE SOVIET UNION HAVE AGREED TO A ROUND OF.
DETAILED NEGOTIATIONS AIMED AT ESTABLISHING COMMON LIMITATIONS
ON THE SUPPLY OF CONVENTIONAL ARMS TO LATIN AMERICA. A SUCCESSFUL
CONCLUSION OF THE TALKS, WHICH BEGIN IN DECEMBER IN ?MEX'ICO CITY,
WOULD MARK THE FIRST TIME THE TWO SUPERPOWERS HAVE SLOWED THE
CONVENTIONAL ARMS RACE IN ANY REGION.
? INFORMED SOURCES IN MOSCOW ALSO CONFIRMED DURING SECRETARY
VANCE'S VISIT THAT THE TWO COUNTRIES HAVE AGREED ON 'A_NEW ROUND OF
NEGOTIATIONS ON BANNING ANTISATELLITE WEAPONS. VANCE'S SESSIONS
ALSO COVERED A COMPREHENSIVE NUCLEAR TEST BAN, MBFR, AND FUTURE
SALT TOPICS. (POST)
6. CHINESE DEPUTY PREMIER TENG HSIAO-PING EXPRESSED OPTIMISM
YESTERDAY ABOUT PROGRESS ON NORMALIZATION OF RELATIONS BETWEEN THE
US AND PRC. TENG SAID IN A PRESS CONFERENCE'IN TOKYO THAT THE
CHINESE "ARE WAITING FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF THE US" AND OMITTED
ANY MENTION OF CHINESE CONDITIONS FOR NORMALIZATION OTHER THAN
THOSE RELATING TO US TIES WITH TAIWAN. JAPANESE OBSERVERS IN-
TERPRETED TENGOS'REMARKS AS AN INDICATION THAT ANY OTHER CONDITIONS
ARE MINOR, OR ALREADY RESOLVED, AND THAT THE CHINESE ARE SUGGESTING
FIRMLY THAT THE NEXT MOVE IS UP TO THE US., TENG REFUSED TO
COMMENT ON WHEN THE TWO COUNTRIES MIGHT RECOGNIZE EACH OTHER.(NYT)
7. SOUTH AFRICA: BLACK AFRICAN STATES YESTERDAY CALLED FOR AN
URGENT UN SECURITY COUNCIL MEETING TO DISCUSS. ACTION AGAINST SOUTH
AFRICA FOR ITS REJECTION OF UN-SUPERVISED ELECTIONS IN NAMIBIA
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BY THE END OF THE YEAR.
AFRICAN DIPLOMATIC SOURCES REPORT THATTHE MOTIVE FOR THE MOVE
WAS TO PRESSURE THE FIVE WESTERN STATES INVOLVED IN NEGOTIATIONS.
WITH SOUTH AFRICA INTO CONFIDING MORE IN THE. AFRICANS ON THE STATUS
OF THE DISCUSSIONS IN PRETORIA LAST WEEK--ANDREASSUR'ING THEM THAT
THE WEST IS NOT SELLING OUT THEIR HOPESFOR BLACK MAJORITY RULE.
DEMANDING " A BETTER EXPLANATION OF WHAT'S GOING ON," THESE
SOURCES ADD THAT THE REQUEST FOR IMMEDIATE SECURITY COUNCIL
ACTION WILL BE SIDETRACKED IF SUCH EXPLANATIONS ARE DEEMED
SATISFACTORY BY THE AFRICAN STATES. (POST)
8. FORMER CIA EMPLOYEE FRANK SNEPP HAS FILED AN APPEAL. WITH
THE FOURTH US CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS IN VIRGINIA IN AN ATTEMPT
TO REVERSE A PREVIOUS COURT RULING WHICH FOUND HIM GUILTY OF
VIOLATING HIS SECRECY OATH. (APC) (POST)
CONCERNS AND PRESERVE BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS. THIS ACT REQUIRES PRIOR
JUDICIAL WARRANT FOR ALL ELECTRONIC SURVEILLANCE IN THE US.
CONVERSELY, THE GOVERNMENT'S AUTHORITY FOR SUCH SURVEILLANCE IS
CLARIFIED, (REUTER) (UPI) (POST) E2 IMPDET. >
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9. PRESIDENT CARTER BELIEVES-THAT HIS SIGNING INTO LAW OF. THE
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE ASSISTANCE ACT OF 1978 WILL BALANCE SECURITY
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