NOON NOTES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-546-18-9-7
• Release Decision: RIPLIM
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: September 29, 2011
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: November 24, 1972
• Content Type: CABLE

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SENSITIVE CONTAINS CODEWORD WH29757
VIA CAS CHANNELS
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FROM: THE SITUATION ROOM
TO: GENERAL HAIG FOR DR. KISSINGER
MEMORANDUM FOR MR. KISSINGER
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DIA, NSA, OSD, DOS
reviews completed.
MORI PER
C03359475
FROM: THE SITUATION ROOM
SUBJECT: NOON NOTES
ON-FILE NSC RELEASE
INSTRUCTIONS APPLY
GVN DENIES PRESS ATTACK ON YOU: THE MINISTRY OF INFORMATION OF
3 UTH VIETNAM MADE A PUBLIC DENIAL THAT RADIO SAIGON HAD LAUNCHED
A PERSONAL ATTACK AGAINST YOU, AS REPORTED IN UPI DATELINED NO-
VEMBER 23. THE MINISTRY SAID THAT RADIO SAIGON HAS A DAILY RE-
VIEW OF THE VERNACULAR PRESS IN WHICH ALL OPINIONS OF THE LEADING
EDITORIALS ARE EXPRESSED. THE OPINION EXPRESSED IN NO REFLECTS
THE POLICIES OF RADIO SAIGON OR THE MINISTRY OF INFORMATION OF
THE REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM.
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NVA ATTEmri i v LLiLI1NAI L Mr LLAUERSH1i : LE MONDE RWORTED TODAY,
QUOTING "RELIABLE AND VERY WELL INFORMED SOURCES" IN SAIGON, THAT
ABOUT 1,000 HARD-LINE DISSIDENT NORTH VIETNAMESE TROOPS TWO WEEKS
AGO MADE AN ABORTIVE ATTEMPT TO ELIMINATE THE LEADERSHIP OF THE
PRG. THE ATTEMPT FAILED, AND THE REBELLION WAS PUT DOWN AFTER
TWO DEYS OF FIGHTING. FOLLOWING THIS, PREMIER PHAM VAN DONE
VOICED HANOI'S IMMEDIATE, UNCONDITIONAL SUPPORT FOR THE NLF AND
PRG LEADERSHIP.
ENEMY LOGISTIC ACTIVITY: DIA REPORTS THAT THE ENEMY IS PREPARING
FOR DRY-SEASON LOGISTIC ACTIVITY IN THE NORTHEAST. AERIAL PHOTO-
GRAHHS SHOW THAT THE ROADS LEADING FROM THE LAO BORDER INTO THIS
EREA ARE IN MODERATE-TO-GOOD CONDITION AND SHOW SIGNS OF USE.
IN ADDITION, COMMUNICATIONS INTELLIGENCE REVEAL SOME 600 TONS
OF SUPPLIES IN STORAGE, OF WHICH AT LEAST BQRP TONS ARE AMMUNI-
TION, WILL BE SHIPPED SOON. SOUTHBOUND SHIPMENTS OF THIS SIZE
WERE NOT DETECTED IN THE NORTHEAST UNTIL LATE DECEMBER LAST YEAR.
THE EARLY START OF LOGISTIC ACTIVITY IS PROBABLY A RESPONSE TO
THE SERIOUS SHORTAGES REPORTED BY ENEMY SNITS IN SOUTH VIETNAM' S
MILITARY REGIONS 3 AND 4 AS WELL AS AN EFFORT TO BUILD STOCKPILES
PRIOR TO A CEASE-FIIRE.
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ISRAELI RAID IN SOUTHERN LEBANON: HELINOPTER-BORNE ISRAELI
TROOPS RAIDED A PALESTINIAN COMMANDO BASE IN SOUTHERN LEBANON
AT DAWN THIS MORNING. THE FIGHTING LASTED ABOUT ONE HOUR,
LEAVING ONE TERRORIST REPORTEDLY KILLED. THE ISRAELIS RE-
TURNED TO ISRAELI TERRITORY BYSHELICOPTER FOLLOWING THE INCI-
DENT.
PRC VISIT T O ROMANIA DRAWS COMMENT: EMBASSY BUCHAREST HAS NOTED
THE RECENT VISIT OF THE PRC' S DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER TO BUCHAREST
AS AN INDICATION OF POSSIBLE COLLABORATION BETWEEN ROMANIA AND
THE PRC ON CSCE AND MBFR ISSUES. IN THIS CONNECTION, A SOVIET
DIPLOMAT IN BUCHAREST RECENTLY EXPRESSED HIS GOVERNMENT' 9 CON-
CERN AT SUCH INDICATIONS OF ROMANIAN-CHINESE COOPERATION.
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FINLAND RECOGNIZES BOTH GERMANYS: THE FINNISH GOVERNMENT TODAY
OFFICIALLY RECOGNIZED THE GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC AND THE
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY. THE GOVERNMENT HAD MADE THE DECI3
SIGN, BASED IN PRINCIPLE, TO RECOGNIZE THE TWO GERMANYS ON SUNDAY.
THE EVENING STAR: ANDREW BOROWIEC REPORTS THAT NINETEEN HOURS
OF PRIVATE CONVERSATIONS DURING THE LAST FOUR DEYS APPARENTLY
HAVE FAILED TO BREAK THE INDOCHINA DEADLOCK BETWEEN THE U.S.
AND NORTH VIETNAM AT THE PARIS TALKS. (A-1}
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UPI DISPATCHES REPORT THO TWELVE U. S. SENATORS, WITYWIVES AND
AIDES, BEGAN E "FACT-FINDING AND FAMILIARIZATION" TOUR YESTERDAY
OF FOUR COMMUNIST COUNTRIES IN EASTERN EUROPE. (A-2)
ACCORDING TO A RELEASED POW, NAVY LT. (J.G.) NORRIS CHARLES, DE-
SCRIBING LIFE IN A NORTH VIETNAMESE POW CAMP, AMERICAN PRISONERS
GET ALONG WELL WITH THEIR NORTH VIETNAMESE JAILERS, PLAYING GAMES,
JOKING, SWAPPING FAMILY ANECDOTES, AND GARDENING. (A-4)
HENRY BRADSHER, QUOTING OFFICIAL SOURCES IN SAIGON, SAID TODAY
THIS WEEK' S PARIS TALKS HAVE MADE NO PROGRESS. THEY BLAME THE
COMMUNISTS. THE SOURCES' REPORT CAME AS A SLOWDOWN BECAME NO-
TICEABLE IN THE SOUTH VIETNAMESE GOVERNMENT' S PREPARATIONS FOR
A CEASE-FIRE. (A-6)
AP DISPATCHES REPORT THAT AMERICAN B-52S BLASTED SUPPLY TARGETS
FOR A THIRD STRAIGHT DAY IN THEIR HEAVIEST RAIDS OF THE WAR IN
NORTH VIETNAM, THE U. S. COMMAND SAID TODAY. (A-6)
THE SOUTH VIETNAMESE GOVERNMENT BEGAN TODAY BACKING AWAY FROM ITS
LASHING PERSONAL ATTACK ON YOU. THE SOUTH VIETNAMESE INFORMATION
MINISTRY TODAY ASSERTED THAT THE GOVERNMENT RADIO SAID NOTHING
TUESDAY "WHICH MIGHT BE CONSTRUED AS A PERSONAL ATTACK OF ANY SORT
AGAINST YOU OR ANY OFFICIALS OF THE' U. S. GOVERNMENT." (A-6)
UPI DISPATCHES REPORTING FROM BELFAST, QUOTING A MILITANT PROT-
ESTANT ORGANIZATION, SAID YESTERDAY THE MAJORITY NON-ROMAN CATH-
OLIC POPULATION WILL PROCLAIM NORTHERN IRELAND INDEPENDENT UNLESS
BRITAIN HANDS CONTROL OF THE PROVINCE BACK TO LOCAL POLITICIANS.
(A- 6)
CARL T. ROWAN SPECULATES ON THE KIND OF HIJACKING DEAL CUBA
MIGHT ACCEPT. (A-15)
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JETS 20; OKLAHOMA 17 NEBRASKA 14; TEXAS 38, TEXAS A&M 3.
GEORGE SHERMAN IN WASHINGTON CLOSE-UP REPORTS ON NIXINGER DECI-
SIONS AND THE PUBLIC. THE EDITORIAL, WITH A CARICATURE OF YOU
IN COWBOY REGALIA, QUOTES EXTENS VELY FROM THE INTERVIEW WITH
ITALIAN JOURNELIST ORIANA FALLACI. REFERRINO TO THE VIETNAM
NEGOTIATIONS, SHERMAN SAYS IT MAY WELL BE THAT THE NIXINGER AP-
PROACH TO THEM WILL END THE TORMENT OF AMERICA WITHOUT A FLOOD
CF RECRIMINATIONS. BUT THE MORE BASIC QUESTION IS WHETHER THE
SCRETIVE NIXINGER STYLE OF DECISION MAKING IS SUITED TO PREVENT-
ING A SIMILAR CATASTROPHE IN THE FUTURE.
VIRGINIA AR MAT, REPORTING FROM HARIS ON "HENRY THE K, AT WORK,
AT PLAY" SUMS UP HER ARTICLE ON YOUR SOCIAL ACTIVITIES BY STAT-
ING: "ALTHOUGH MISS OSMER IS OUT OF THE PICTURE, AND MRS. CUSHING
AN UNLIKELY PROSPECT, THERE IS CONSIDERABLE SPECULATION OVER HENRY
THE K' S OTHER FRIENDS IN PARIS. IT IS KNOWN THAT HE HAS MORE THAN
ONF4 BUT WHAT PARIS IS BURNING TO KNOW, IS WHO?" (C-1)
UPI DISPATCHES REPORT THAT PROFESSOR CHARLES ASHMAN OF THE UNIVER-
SITY OF THE PACIFIC, WHO IS WRITING A BOOK ABOUT FORMER TEXAS
GOVERNOR CONNALLY, SAID A POLITICAL FEUD DEVELOPED BETWEEN CON-
NALLY AND YOU WHEN YOU BLOCKED CONNALLY'S APPOINTMENT AS SECRE-
TARY OF STATE. THE FEUD WAS KEPT QUIET SO IT WOULD NOT INHIBIT
CONNALLY' S EFFORT TO INFLUENCE DEMOCRATS TO VOTE FOR PRESIDENT
NIXON.
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