MORNING NEWS SUMMARY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-247-10-5-1
• Release Decision: RIPLIM
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: August 9, 2010
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: December 6, 1972
• Content Type: CABLE

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MEMORANDUM FOR DR KISSINGER
DECEMBER 6, 1972
MEMORANDUM FOR MR. KISSINGER
FROM: THE SITUATION ROOM
SUBJECT: MORNING NEWS SUMMARY
THE WASHINGTON POST
ON-FILE NSC RELEASE
INSTRUCTIONS APPLY
JONATHAN RANDAL REPORTS FROM PARIS THAT THE ONE-DAY DELAY IN YOUR
MEETING HAS OPTIMISTS HOPING ENOUGH PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE TO RE-
QUIRE SERIOUS REDRAFTING AND CONSULTATIONS BY BOTH DELEGATIONS,
PESSIMISTS NOTE THAT THE ONLY OTHER CANCELLATION ON RECORD TOOK
RACE TWO WEEKS AGO WHEN BOTH DELEGATIONS ANNOUNCED THEY WERE
SKIPPING A DAY. NORTH VIETNAMESE SOURCES SAID THE CANCELLATION
WAS MADE AT AMERICAN REQUEST. RONALD ZIEGLER ANNOUNCED YESTERDAY
THAT CABLE TRAFFIC BETWEEN THE WHITE HOUSE AND PARIS WAS HEAVY.
THE PRESIDENT RECEIVED A NUMBER OF CABLES AND SENT INSTRUCTIONS
TO YOU. (A-1)
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HAVE A "FOUNDATION OF AN AGREEMENT" ON A HIJACKING TREATY. A
PICTURE OF SECRETARY ROGERS AND SWISS AMBASSADOR TO HAVANA, SILVIO
MASNATA, APPEARS ON PAGE A-1.
FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMAN HAS SEEN ADMITTED TO THE HOSPITAL IN
KANSAS CITY WITH CONGESTION OF THE LUNGS. HIS CONDITION WAS
DESCRIBED AS FAIR. (A-3)
TAN SON NHUT AIRBASE WAS HIT WITH ABOUT 30 ROCKETS EARLY WEDNES-
DAY IN THE HEAVIEST ATTACK SINCE THE 1968 OFFENSIVE. AT LEAST
EIGHT PEOPLE, INCLUDING ONE AMERICAN, WERE KILLED AND 30 WOUNDED.
(A-13)
A POST EDITORIAL CLAIMS THE RESULTS OF ELECTIONS IN NEW ZEALAND
AND AUSTRALIA MARK A NEW STAGE FOR THEM AND AMERICAN STANDING IN
THE FAR PACIFIC. IN LIGHT OF THE PRESIDENT'S CHINA TRIP AND THE
WINDING DOWN OF THE VIETNAM WAR, THE LINK WITH WASHINGTON IS NO
LONGER THE POLITICAL NECESSITY OR THE POLITICAL ASSET IT USED TO
J. (A-16)
VICTOR ZORZA REPORTS AN EXTENSION OF YOUR JOB TO EIGHT YEARS
CARRIES WITHIN ITSELF THE SEEDS OF DISASTER, UNLESS YOU MAKE
SOME DRASTIC CHANGES IN YOUR METHOD OF OPERATION. THE NEXT
STAGE OF THE INTERNATIONAL POWER GAME WILL BE INFINITELY MORE
COMPLEX THAT IT WAS IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS. THERE WILL BE MANY
MORE PLAYERS, AND THEY WILL BE ACTING AT CROSS-PURPOSES. IN
THE QUEST TO BRING A "GENERATION OF PEACE," YOU AND THE PRESI-
DENT MAY PUSH HISTORY MORE THAN IT IS WILLING TO BE PUSHED.
WHEN THE INTERNATIONAL POWER GAME BECOMES SO MUCH MORE ELABOR-
ATE THAN DURING THE LAST FOUR YEARS, THE SHEER QUANTITY OF YOUR
WORK WILL GROW SO GREATLY AS TO THREATEN A RAPID DETERIORATION
IN ITS QUALITY. YOU REFUSE TO RELY ON. STATE, BUT THE STAFF
CANNOT PROVIDE THE.bETAILED DIPLOMATIC FOOTWORK WHICH WILL NOW
HAVE TO BE INTEGRATED WITH YOUR THINKING AND ACTIVITIES. UNLESS
SOME FRAMEWORK IS DEVISED, THE "GENERATION OF PEACE" MAY PROVE
TO BE AS ELUSIVE AS MANY THINK IT IS. (A-17)
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RATTLE AGAINST ISRAEL. ACCORDING TO A BEIRUT NEWSPAPER, PAL-
ESTINIAN SOURCES PREDICT A LARGE-SCALE ISRAELI ATTACK ON SYRIA
PNNTHE NDXT 24 TO 48 HOURS. THE PAPER REPORTS THAT THE USSR
HAD SUPPLIED SA-6 ANTIAIRCRAFT MISSILES TO SYRIA IN A RECENT
AIRLIFT. THIS HAS NOT BEEN CONFIRMED BY ANY QUALIFIED SOURCE. TAF(A-19)
AUSTRALIAN PRIME MINISTER WHITLAM HAS INSTRUCTED HIS AMBASSADOR
IN PARIS TD BEGIN NEGOTIATIONS WITH CHINA'S AMBASSADOR THURSDAY.
THE PRIME MINISTER HOPES TO GO TO PEKING NEXT OCTOBER, JUST BE-
F ORE OR AFTER A VISIT TO TOKYO. (A-28)
THE NEW YORK TIMES
SECRETARY ROGERS SAID TODAY THAT HE WOULD STRESS TO THE NORTH
ATLANTIC ALLIANCE THAT DESPITE THE CURRENT IMPROVEMENT IN EAST-
WEST RELATIONS, THE U. S. WOULD NOT REDUCE ITS TROOP STRENGTH IN
EUROPE UNTIL SOME RECIPROCAL AGREEMENT WAS REACHED WITH THE SO-
VIET UNION. (A-2)
AMBASSADOR BUSH, WHILE SPEAKING TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, SAID
THE U.S. HAS PRIVATELY AND PUBLICLY INDICATED ITS WILLINGNESS
TO PLAY A ROLE IN HELPING MIDDLE EAST COUNTRIES NEGOTIATE AN
AGREEMENT. THE AMERICAN OVERTURE CAME DURING A BITTER DEBATE
BETWEEN THE SOVIET UNION AND CHINA. BOTH ACCUSED THE OTHER OF
HURTING THE CAUSE OF THE ARABS WHILE PRESENTING THEMSELVES AS
SUPPORTERS OF THE ARABS. (A-3)
IN VIENTIANE, PRINCE SOUVANNA PHOUMA EXPRESSED HIS OPTIMISM
THAT PEACE WOULD COME SOON IN INDOCHINA, BUT HE ADDED THAT HIS
GOVERNMENT WILL FIGHT ON UNLESS NORTH VIETNAMESE TROOPS LEAVE
LAOS. (A-18)
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ING PLACE AMONG POW FAMILIES. SOME INTERVIEWS ARE NOW TAKING
RACE THROUGHOUT THE NATION TO OBTAIN REACTIONS' AND FEELINGS
ABOUT YOUR LATEST PEACE EFFORTS. (A-32)
TOM HAYDEN ADDS HIS VIEWS ON THE PROSPECT FOR PEACE, BASED ON
HIS RECENT VISIT TO HANOI. HE INDICATES THAT THE AGREEMENT
REPRESENTS MORE OF THE HANOI-NLF POSITION THAN THAT OF WASH-
INGTON OR SAIGON. HANOI WILL MODIFY ITS INSISTENCE ON AN I14-
PEDIATE COALITION GOVERNMENT IN THE SOUTH, AND AT THE SAME
TIME, ALLOW THE WEAKENED SAIGON REGIME TO EXIST UNTIL AFTER
US. MILITARY SUPPORT IS WITHDRAWN. HAYDEN CONCLUDES BY SAYING
THE PRESIDENT CAN ONLY HAVE THE AGREEMENT WORK IF HE WANTS A
FACE-SAVING RETREAT FROM INDOCHINA.
THE BALTIMORE SUN
CAPTURED ENEMY DOCUMENTS INDICATE THAT VIET CONG FORCES AND
GUERRILLA UNITS ARE UNDER ORDERS TO CONTINUE FIGHTING IF THE
US, SIGNS A SEPARATE CEASE-FIRE AGREEMENT WITH HANOI AND SOUTH
VIETNAM REFUSES TO 60 ALONG. (A-1)
THE SOVIETS HAVE BEEN PRESSING THE CZECHS TO SETTLE THEIR DIF-
FERENCES WITH WEST GERMANY. THREE TIMES IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS,
MOSCOW HAS CALLED FOR THE NORMALIZATION OF RELATIONS BETWEEN
BONN AND PRAGUE. THIS WOULD RESOLVE ANOTHER MAJOR EAST-WEST
DISPUTE IN CENTRAL EUROPE. THE CZECHS ARE CALLING FOR BONN
TO DECLARE THE 1938 MUNICH AGREEMENT AS INVALID. THE WEST
GERMANS SEEM TO BE READY TO ADHERE TO THE DEMANDS SET FORTH
BY THE CZECHS. (Ik-5 )
PRESIDENT POMPIDOU WILL MAKE A TWO-DAY UNOFFICIAL VISIT TO MOSCOW
tEXT MONTH. THE VISIT IS SCHEDULED FOR JANUARY 11-12. (A-5)
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