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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80T00294A001200090026-5
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• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 26, 2002
• Sequence Number: 26
• Publication Date: August 3, 1975
• Content Type: TELEGRAM

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HELSINKI SUMMIT: JAPANS E TELE WORKS AND NEWSPAPERS
CONTINUED TO GIVE PROMINENT. COVERAGE SUNK Y TO REPORTS ON THE
HELSINKI SUMMIT CENTERING ON THE SECOND ~'~RD-BREZHFEV TALKS,
NHK-TV, TBS-V/ AND FUJI-TV CARRIED REPORTS WHICH SAID THER
WAS PROGRESS AT THE FORD-BRERHNEV DISCUS YONS ON THE SALT PRO3LSMv
NHK-TV SAID, "CONSIDERAB'LE PROGRESS W.AS, MA,DE ON. 4EVERAL POINTS
OF THE SALT NEGOTIATIONS AT THE FORD-BREgHNEV MEET14G." THE REPORT
SAID, "THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT AN AGREEMENT WILL BE CONCLUDED. BETWEEN THE U.S. AND THE SOVIET UNION THIS FALL."
NHKSAID, "THE UQS, AND THE SOVIET UNION HOPED TO REACH AN
AGREEMENT QUICKLY ON SALT IN ORDER TO PAVE THE WAY FOR GENERAL
SECRETARY BREEHNEV"S VISIT TO THE U.S,-THIS FALL:.
NHK SAID, "ASIAN COUNTRIES ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE CONCLUS4ON OF
THE EUROPEAN SECURITY CONFERENCE SEtAU.SE`THE SOVIET UNION IS NOW
EXPECTED TO TURN ITS POWER TO ASIA," ""THIS IS EXPECTED TO LEAD TO
AN UNSTABLE SITUATION IN ASIA BECAUSE OF THE EXPECTED STRONGER
CONFRONTATION BETWEEN THE SOVIET UNION AND CHINA."" THE.REPORT ADDED.
NHK SAID, "SOUTHEAST ASIAN NATIONS BELIEVE THAT THE SOVIET
UNION WILL LAUNCHED ITS ASIAN SECURITY PLAN BECAUSE OF THE SUOCESS
OF ITS EUROPEAN SECURITY CONFERENCE WHICH LED TO THE SIGNING OF
THE HELSINKI DECLARATION,"
BUT NHK SAID, "SOUTHEAST ASIAN NATIONS ARE TAKING A CAUTIOUS
STAND TOWARD THE SOVIET PLAN BECAUS THE1! ARE FEARFUL OF
INVOLVEMENT IN THE SINO-SOVIET CONF~OJ*TATION AS PEKING
STRONGLY OPPOSES THE SOVIET SECURIT PLAN FOR ASIA."
THE TELEVISION NETWORKS ALSO CARRIED REPORTS ON
PRESIDENT FORD'S ARRIVAL IN BUCHAREST WHERE HE RECEIVED A WARM
WELCOME FROM THE ROMANIAN PEOPLE.
AMONG THE SUNDAY MORNING EDITION$'. TOKYOIS MAJOR DAILIES GAVE
PROMINENT PAGE ONE AND INSIDE PAGE COVERAGE TO REPORTS FROM
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THEIR HELSINKI CORRESPONDENTS ON THE FORD-BREJHNEV MEETING.
THE ASAHI REPORT SAID THERE WAS PROGRESS ON THE MIRV,
INSPECTION PROBLEM AS SECRETARY KISSINGER STATED THAT "THERE WAS
VERY SUBSTANTIAL PROGRESS." THE REPORT SAID PRESIDENT FORD STATE,p~
THAT HE WAS HOPEFUL THAT AN AGREEMENT WOIIL,D BE REACHED THIS VEAR'.
THE ASAHI SAID PRESIDENT FORD AND GENERAL SECRETARY RR,EUHNEV
TOOK THEIR PARTICIPATION IN THE EUROPEAN SECURITY CONFE tNCE ASIAN,
OPPORTUNITY TO HOLD SUBSTANTIAL TALKS BECAUSE OF THE "V.ER'
URGENT NEED TO BREAK THE SALT II DEADLOCK,+} THE REPORT ALSO
NOTED OTHER PENDING PROBLEMS BETWEEN THE U1S. AND THE SO\ ET UNI;ON
INCLUDING CONVENING THE GENEVA CONFERENCE FOLLOWING THE SECOND
SEPARATION OF FORCES AGREEMENT IN THE SINAI AND PtOMQTIO OF THE
REDUCTION OF FORCES NEGOTIATIONS.
THE MAINICHI SAID THE TOPICS DISCUSSED AT THE FORD-BREiiHNEV
TALKS WERE SALT II, BILATERAL. U.S.-SOVIET PROBLEMS AND THE MIDDLE
EAST SITUATION. THE REPORT SAID IT ALSO APPEARS THAT HHE
TWO LEADERS DISCUSSED MEANS OF PROMOTING THE MUTUAL REDUCTION OF
FORCES IN EUROPE.
THE MAINICHI $AID- "IT APPEARS THAT BOTH LEADERS HELD 'RANK
TALKS ON PENDING PROBLEMS AND REACHED CONSIDERABLE AGREEMNT AND
UNDERSTANDING." THE REPORT' SAID, "THE IMPRESSION GAINED Ai`TER THE
CONCLUSION OF THE TALKS WAS THAT THE WAY HAS BEEN CLEARNE.D
FOR BREEHNEV'S VISIT TO THE U.S."
THE YOMIURI CARRIED AN INSIDE PAGE REPORT FROM HELSINKI WHICH
ALSO STATED THAT THE FORD--BREiHNEV TALKS REACHED AGREEMENT OJ i
SEVERAL POINTS CN THE SALT PROBLEM. HOWEVER. THE REPORTSALD THg
TWO LEADERS WILL LEAVE THE WORK OF DRAFTING DETAILS OF THE
AGREEMENT TO THE EXPERTS.
THE YOMIURI ALSO CARRIED A SEPARATE REPORT WHICH SAID'
PRESIDENT FORD ARRIVED IN BUCHAREST ON THE NEXT STOP OF HIS
EURPEAN TRIP AND RECEIVED A WARM WELCOME FROM OVER 200,000
ROMANIANS.
EDITORIALLY, THE ASAHI AND MAINICHI PUBLISHED EDITORIAL COMMENTS
SUNDAY ON THE CONCLUSION OF THE EUROPEAN SECURITY CONFERENCE
AND ITS EFFECTS ON ASIA. (MORE COMING) USIS TOKYO
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THE LIBERAL ASAHI SAID. "A NEW A OF STABILITY HAS OPENED IN THE
HISTORY OF EUROPE AS A RESULT OF THE ADOPTION OF THE HELSINKI
DECLARATION." HOWEVER, THE EDITORIAL NOTED THAT "WESTERN
SUSPICION TOWARD THE SOVIET UNION IS NOT WITHOUT FOUNDATION
BECAUSE GENERAL SECRETARY BREiHNEV TOOK A SEVERE STAND AGAINST
DOMESTIC INTERFERENCE ALTHOUGH THE SOVIET LEADER DELIVERED A
FLEXIBLE SPEECH."
THE ASAHI SA;D, "THE HELSINKI DELCARATION CARRIES THE HOPE
THAT DETENTE WILL BE CARRIED OUT GRADUALLY DESPITE CRITICISMS
OF THE AGREEMENT."
THE ASAHI SAID, "ONE POINT WHICH CANNOT BE OVERLOOKED IS
THAT NOW THAT THE SOVIET UNION HAS REALIZED ITS CHERISHED
EUROPEAN SECURITY SYSTEM, THERE ARE SIGNS THAT IT IS STRIVING
TO CARRY OUT ITS MORAL AND POLITICAL RESPONSIBILITIES AS A MEMBER
OF THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY IN ORDER TO PROTECT THE WEST
EUROPEAN TYPE PEACE SYSTEM,'?
THE ASAHI SAID, "FROM THE ASIAN VIEWPOINT. THE START OF TIE
EUROPEAN SECURITY STRUCTURE CANNOT BE WELCOMED TOO MUCH IN
ASIA AS ALONG AS THE SINO-SOVIET CONFRONTATION CONTINUES," "THIS
MEANS THAT 'TENSION' WILL NOW SHIFT TO ASIA RESULTING IN
STRONGER CONFRONTATION BETWEEN THE SOVIET UNION AND CHINA;"
THE EDITORIAL ADDED. %
THE ASAHI EXPRESSED CONCERN ABOUT "THE SOVIET-PROPOSED ASIAN
COLLECTIVE SECURITY PLAN WHICH IS EXPECTED TO CREATE TENSION
IN ASIA."
THE MODERATE MAINICHI NOTED THAT THE ADOPTION OF THE HELSINKI
DELCARATION IS "ONLY THE START AS PRE,IDENT FORD STATED THAT
?HISTORY WILL JUDGE THIS CONFERENCE NIT BY WHAT WE SAY TODAY.
BUT WHAT WE DO TOMORROW.'"
LIKE THE ASAHI EDITORIAL, THE MAINICHI EXPRESSED CONCERN OVER
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THE EFFECTS OF EUROPEAN DETENTE ON ASIA. THE EDITORIAL SAID, THE
SITUATION IN ASIA TODAY IS ENTIRELY DIFFERENT FROM EUROPE
BECAUSE OF THE CONFRONTATION BETWEEN NORTH AND SOUTH KOREA AND
THE TAIWAN PROBLEM."
THE MAINICHI SAID. "ASIA IS IN THE MIDST OF.A STRUGGLE AMONG
THE U.S.. CHINA AND THE SOVIET UNION1" THE EDITORIAL POINTED OUT
THAT ASIAN STABILIZATION IS VERY DIFFICULT BECAUSE OF THE SINO-
SOVIET CONFRONTATION."
THE MAINICHI SAID. "CHINA IS TAKING A CAUTIOUS STAND BECAUSE
THE CONCLUSION OF THE EURPEAN SECURITY CONFERENCE MEANS THAT
THE SOVIET UNION WILL HOIST ITS ASIAN SECURITY PLAN IN AN
ATTEMPT TO ENCIRCLE CHINA,"
IN CONCLUSION THE MAINICHI SAID. "WE WOULD LIKE TO CALMLY
WATCH THE ACTUAL SITUATION IN ASIA WHILE APPRECIATING
THE 'HELSINKI SPIRIT.'" ITEM USIS TOKYO
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