SUMMARY FROM PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP91-00901R000100230071-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 6, 2001
• Sequence Number: 71
• Publication Date: November 1, 1978
• Content Type: CABLE

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SUMMARY FROM PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE
A. MEDIA PROFILE
1. WEDNESDAY,'S LEADING JNEWS STORY IS THE MASS STRIKE BY
OILFIELD WORKERS IN IRAN THAT HAS CUT DEEPLY INTO THE COUNTRY'S
ROC,
DUcTION AND EXPORT OF OIL. TEHRAN HAS MOVED TROOPS INTO POSITION
AROUND KEY OILFIELDS TO PREVENT SABOTAGE AND HAS HINTED HAT 17
MAY CR.DER,ALL-OUT MILITARY INTERVENTION' TO HALT THE WORK$i STOPPAGE,
ACCORDING TO THE WASHINGfiON STAR. THE WASHINGTON POST PtPORTS THAT
THE CARTER ADMINISTRATION YESTERDAY ASSURED THE SHAH OF STRONG US
SUPPURT.AND URGED HIM TO CARRY ON WITH THE REFORMS THAT HAVE
PROVOKED UNREST AGAINST HIS RULE,
OTHER FRONT-PAGE STORIES: A. THE NEW COOLNESS IN
RELATIONS (3ETwEEN THE US AND ISRAEL IS UNDERSCORED, ACCORDING TO THE
STAR, RY PRESIDENT CARTER'S REFUSAL SO FAR 10 ARRANGE A MEETING
WITH ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BEGIN bURING HIS FOUR-DAY VISIT TO
THE US BEGINNING TODAY. B. INVADING UGANDAN FORCES AND TAN?ZANIAN
DEFENDERS REPORTEDLY ARE LOCKED IN HEAVY FIGHTING NEAR AFTANZANIAN
BORDE:R TOWN.
B. SUMMARY OF'SPECIAL ITEMS.
3. ARAB FOREIGN MINISTERS ARE REP,ORTEDLY,SEEKING "A LAST-MINUTE
COMPROMISE FOR THURSDAY'S SUMMIT MEETING IN BAGHDAD,.' T1' MINISTERS,
WHO V LL MEET AGAIN TODAY IN THE FINAL PREPARATORY SESSION'BEFORE
THE SUMMIT, ARir RY1NG TO HEAL THE SHARP DIVISIONS AMONG THEM. IRAQ,
THE HOSE-S'rATIE, S REPORTEDLY MODERATING ITS PAST RHE70RIC AND
CALLING ON ALL STAYES TO FIND THE 'LOWEST COMMON DENOMI.NATOP" THAT
WOULD'ALLOvr FOR UNIFIED ACTION. ACCORDING TO CONFERENCE SOURCES,
HOWEV~R, SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES STILL EXIST ON HOvv TO DIAL WITH
THE (:AMP DAVID AGREEMENTS. (UPI)
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4'. A WAR IS RAGING BETWEEN THE ISRAELI PRESS AND THE GOVERNMENT
OVER CENSURING NE~\SPAPER ARTICLES DEALING WITH CURRENT MIDDLE FAST
NEGOTIATIONS. TO DRAMATIZE THEIR COMPLAINTS, EDITORS HAVE
BOYCOTTED CENSORSHIP APPEALS COMMITTEE HEARINGS FOR THE FIRST TIME
IN 28,YEARS AND ARE DISPLAYING BLOCKS OF WHITE IN THE NEWSPAPERS
WHERE MATERIAL HAS BEEN DELETED. (POST)
S. THE TANZANIAN GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCED TUESDAY NIGHT THAT
UGANDAN TROOPS, UTILIZING HEAVY ARTILLERY AND TANKS, OVERCAME
SHARP RESISTANCE TO ADVANCE 20 MILES INSIDE TANZANIA, REACHING THE
TOWN OF KYAKA. (POST)
b,
THE SOUTH AFRICAN GOVERNMENT TRANSFERRED $11.5 MILLION TO
A FRIENDLY US BUSINESSMAN, JOHN MCGOFF, WHO THEN ATTEMPTED TO
PURCHASE THE WASHINGTON STAR TWO YEARS AGO. ACCORDING TO THE SOUTH
AFRICAN NEWSPAPER, THE RAND DAILY MAIL. GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS
ALLEGEDLY
SOUGHT
TD CLANDESTINELY CONTROL THE STAR IN ORDER TO
INFLUENCE
PUHLIC
OPINION TOWARD SOUTH AFRICA. THIS LATEST ALLEGATION
OF SOUTH
AFRICAN
ATTEMPTS TO CONTROL THE PRESS FOLLOWS REVELATIONS
REGARDING
SECRET
GOVERNMENT FINANCING OF A DOMESTIC NEWSPAPER. (NYT)
7. IN AN EDITORIAL PAGE ARTICLE, DON OBENDORFER'S THEME IS THE
IMPORTANCE IN THE NEXT 20 YEARS OF THE SINO-SOVIET "EAST-EAST"
CONFLICT, RATHER THAN AN EAST-WEST CONFLICT. AN INTERVIEWED SOVIET
OFFICIAL.REVEALS, HOWEVER, THAT SOVIETS VIEW CHINA AS A LONG-TERM
MILITARY THREAT AND A MORE IMMEDIATE SHORT-TERM DIPLOMATIC IRRITANT.
(POSIT )
8. DREW MIDDLETON, MILITARY AFFAIRS CORRESPONDENT OF THE
NEW YORK TIMES, ARGUES THAT THE REAL DANGER IN IRAN IS THAT THE
SOVIET UNION, THROUGH INTERNAL SUBVERSION AND EXTERNAL PRESSURE,
EVENTUALLY WILL WIN CONTROL OF THE COUNTRY. MIDDLETON WRITES THAT
THE STATE AND DEFENSE DEPARTMENTS NOW REALIZE THAT THE SITUATION IN
IRAN IS "HIGHLY FLUID" AND THE SHAH MAY BE DRIVEN FROM HIS THRONE.
(NYT)
9. A JAPANESE OFFICIAL STATED THAT A SUSPENSION OF IRANIAN OIL
EXPORTS WOULD NOT HAVE AN IMMEDIATE, SERIOUS IMPACT ON JAPAN--WHICH
MAINTAINS A 90-DAY RESERVE--HUT THE GOVERMENT WOULD HAVE TO KEEP
A CLOSE WATCH ON DEVELOPMENTS. JAPAN, REPORTEDLY, IMPORTS NEARLY
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20 PERCENT OF ITS OIL FROM IRAN. (REUTER)
10. DR. GEORGE PAUL HOLMAN, DIRECTOR OF SOVIET AFFAIRS WITH THE
AIR FORCE INTELLIGENCE SERVICE, IMPLIED YESTERDAY THAT THE US INTEL-
LIGENCE COMMUNITY AS NOT SURE IF THE SOVIET AIRCRAFT RECENTLY DE-
LIVERED TO CUBA WERE MIG-23S OR MIG-27S. DR. HOLMAN SAID THAT IF IT
TURNS,OUT THAT THE CUBANS DID RECEIVE THE MIG-27, THE US WOULD LODGE
.A STRUNG PROTEST. THE MIG-27 IS CAPABLE OF CARRYING TACTICAL NUCLEAR
WEAPONS; THE MIG-23 IS AN INTERCEPTOR. (APC)
11. NEA GAS FINDS ARE ENCOURAGING OTTAWA TO END LIMITATIONS ON
GAS EXPORTS ESTABLISHED IN 1974. CANADIANS APPEAR SURE THAT PAST
PREDICTIONS OF ENERGY SHORTAGES WERE MISTAKEN. (POST) E2 IMPDET. >
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