INFORMATION ITEMS

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CREST [1]

Collection:

Library of Congress [2]

Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST):

LOC-HAK-549-1-27-2

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RIPLIM

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January 11, 2017

Document Release Date:

October 27, 2011

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Publication Date:

February 7, 1974

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CABLE

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LU No Objection to Declassification in Part 2011/10/27: LOC-HAK-549-1-27-2 w ******* T 0 P r C R E I *******S COPY OP I MMEi DE WTE #0659 0381241 0 0712412 FEB 74 FM THE SITUATION ROOM //TOHAK 002// ON-FILE NSC RELEASE INSTRUCTIONS APPLY To PETER ?ODMAN FOR SECRETARY KISSINGER T 0 P S E C R E T SENSI T IVF CONTAINS CODEWORD VIA 86970 WH40364 TOHAK 002 MEMORANDUM FOR: THE PRESIDENT FROM: HENRY A. KISSINGER SUBJECT: INFORMATION ITEMS TFRRI]RISTS CONTINUE TO HOLD JAPANESE EMBASSY: ARAB TERRORISTS ARE STILL HOLDING THE JAPANESE EMBASSY IN KUWAIT AS NEGOTIATIONS CONTINUE TO FIND A PLACE WHICH WILL ACCEPT THE TERRORISTS FROM SINGAPORE. A JAPANESE AIRPLANE HAS LANDED IN SINGAPORE TO PICK UP THE FOUR GUERRILLAS WHO. ATTACKED THE SHELL OIL REFINERY THERE. KUWAIT DOES NOT WANT THE JAPANESE PLANE TO COME AND HAS REFUSED Tn GIVE PERMISSION FOR THE PLANE TO LAND. SITUATInN IN INDOCHINA: COMBAT ACTIVITY IN CAMBODIA YESTERDAY WAS CONCENTRATED AT THE CENTER OF-PHNOM PENH'S SOUTHERN DEFENSE LINE, WHERE KHMER COMMUNIST UNITS CONTINUED TO RESIST GOVERNMENT EFFORTS TO REGAIN GROUND ALONG THE PREK THNAOT RIVER. ON THE SOUTHERN FRONT, ELEMENTS Op THE 3RD DIVISION ON ROUTE 3 HAVE .PULLED BACK NORTH OF THE PREK THNAOT. SOUTHEAST OF THE CAPITAL, GOVERNMENT TROOPS CONDUCTING CLEARING OPERATIONS ALONG THE FAST BANK OF THE BASSAC RIVER HAVE ENGAGED A SIZABLE INSURGENT FnRCE WITHIN TWO MILES OF THE ROUTE 1 BRIDGE LEADING INTO SOUTHERN PHNOM PENH. COMMUNIST CREWS FARTHER SOUTH IN THE BASSAC FIRED F,nUR ROCKETS INTO THE SUBURB OF TAKHMAU YESTERDAY, ONLY A FEW CASUALTIES RESULTED. FIGHTING REMAINS LIGHT IN SOUTH VIETNAM. RECENT CLASHES IN QUANG DUC PROVINCE SUGGEST THE FIRST PHASE OF THE REPORTED COMMUNIST DIVERSIONARY EFFORT IS BEGINNING. MODERATE FIGHTING WAS REPORTED IN MILITARY REGION 3 IN BINH DUONG PROVINCE, WHERE A GOVERNMENT * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *WHSR COMMENT * * * * * * * * * * * * * * SFC FILE PSN:000671 PAGE 01 TOR:038/12:33Z DTG:0712412 FEB 74 ******* T0 P S E C R E T *******S copy No Objection to Declassification in Part 2011/10/27: LOC-HAK-549-1-27-2 MORI PER C03345743 No Objection to Declassification in Part 2011/10/27: LOC-HAK-549-1-27-2 ******* T 0 P S E C R E T *******S COPY SWEEP OPERATION IS UNDER WAY. MIDDLE EAST SITUATION QUIET: NQ MAJOR INCIDENTS WERE REPORTED ON EITHER THE SYRIAN OR EGYPTIAN FRONT YESTERDAY. EC COUNCIL POSITION FOR NEXT WEEK'S ENERGY CONFERENCE: THE EC COUNCIL ON FEBRUARY 5 APPROVED A POSITION PAPER DESIGNED TO PER-- MIT A COOPERATIVE STANCE By THE COMMUNITY AT THE WASHINGTON ENERGY CONFERENCE NEXT WEEK, DESPITE BASIC RESERVATIONS ABOUT THE CONFER ENCE AND DXFFERENCES AMONG THE EC MEMBERS. THE PRINCIPAL POINTS, OF THE PAPER, WHICH WAS RELEASED TO THE PRESS IN ORDER TO STRENGTHEN THE EC'S BARGAINING POSITION ARE: -~ THE NEED TO AVOID A CONFRONTATION BETWEEN OIL IMPORTING AND PRODUCING COUNTRIES; -~ THE DESIRABILITY OF INCLUDING ALL OIL IMPORTING AND PRO- DUCING NATIONS IN FUTURE INTERNATIONAL DISCUSSIONS, WITH A VIEW TOWARD STARTING THOSE BROADER TALKS BEFORE APRIL 1; -- THE NECESSITY OF PREVENTING THE WASHINGTON CONFERENCE_.. "ESPECIALLY IN ITS PRESENT COMPOSITION"" -FROM BEING RAUL CASTRO TO MOSCOW: RAUL CASTRO, FIDEL'S BROTHER AND CURA'S FIRST DEPUTY PRIME MINISTERs HAS ARRIVED IN MOSCOW FOR AN UN- OFFICIAL VISIT. TASS REPORTS HE WAS INVITED BY THE CENTRAL COM- MITTEE OF THE SOVIET COMMUNIST PARTY. NO REASON FOR THE VISIT WAS GIVEN. ODUBER DECLARED WINNER: DANIEL ODUBERs CANDIDATE OF THE RULING NATIONAL LIBERATION PARTY, HAS BEEN DECLARED THE WINNER IN THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION HELD FEBRUARY 3 IN COSTA RICA. ODUBER CAPTURED MORE THAN THE REQUIRED 40 PERCENT OF THE POPULAR VOTE, THUS ELIMINATING THE NEED FOR A RUNOFF ELECTION. DESPITE ODUBER'S VICTORY, HIS PARTY APPARENTLY HAS LOST ITS TRADITIONAL MAJORITY IN THE LEGISLATURE. THAT WILL FORCE THE LEADING PARTY TO SEEK STRONGER COOPERATION FROM nPPOSITIONISTS. PSN:000671 PAGE 02 TOR:038/12:33Z DTG30712412 FEB 74 ******* T 0 P S E C R E T *******S COPY No Objection to Declassification in Part 2011/10/27: LOC-HAK-549-1-27-2 No Objection to Declassification in Part 2011/10/27: LOC-HAK-549-1-27-2 No Objection to Declassification in Part 2011/10/27: LOC-HAK-549-1-27-2