INFORMATION ITEMS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-507-5-3-0
• Release Decision: RIPLIM
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: May 13, 2010
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: December 17, 1975
• Content Type: CABLE

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MARTHA ANGiL REPORTS THE SENATE# HAUNTED aY THE MEMORY OP
VIETNAM, IS DESATING TME ISSUE OF U,$+, INVOLVEMENT IN ,ANGOLA
AT AN EARLY STAGE ,.. OEPORE AMERICA FINDS ITSELF COMMITT
IN TMAT 3TRIP3PTORN AFRICAN COUNTHT 1 . LA
VERNON GUZORY REPORTS THAT THE GOVERNMENT ' IS LOOKING AROUND
FOR A WAY TO PUT THE SOPPMISTICATED AND ,EXPENSIVE,CIA SPY $$RIP
G LOMAR EXPLORER TO WORK, GUT. AFTER AL,. THE HOOPLA, 'pHE YES+
SEL C00LD WIND UP IN MOTHBALLS A 4SA SPOKESMAN ACKNOW E SID
YESTERDAY THAT THE AGENCY HAS, SEEN :WASKID 'INFORMALLY TQ "TA**e
A LOOK AT THE SHIP AND I ORMULATE SOME IDEAS ON POSSIGLE' Q1$,
POSAL ," OUT HE $AIO, 'IT t $ 'TOO EARLY IN THE SAMM%'FOR US'
HAVE' ANYTHING TO SAY ABOUT PROPOSALS OR WHATEVER,0 CAliI)
THE SOUTH KOREAN GOVERNMENT THROUGH AN INTERMEDIARY, 'MAO
QUIETLY PURCHASED LOCKHEED AIRCRAFTCORPORATION N 3 ,'COMPLETE-
FACILITIES FOR MANUFACTURING $OLID FUEL 'ROCKET MOTORS. ,. "MOST
OF; THE PRODUCTION EQUIPMENT OF'THE NOW DEFUNCT LOCKLH D
PROPULSION COMPANY NM AR RECL.AHDS, M ALIM ORI4IA IS BEING,
SNIPPED TO KOREA,, CA'31
THE LEAD EDITORIAL SAYS: THAT THE SENATE AND Z Y' { RELEVANT
COMMITTEES MUST STEEL 'THEMSELVES FOR THE UNWELCOME 'DUTY
OF PUTTING SOUND PRINCIPLE' FIRST AS THEY OON$XOER AM ASSAMIOR
GEORGE OUSMPS NOMINATION TO OE CHIEF OP 'THE MIA, MR GUSH
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IS A VERY NICE. MANN WITHOUT A 'TRACE OF TMAT ARROGANC
ASRABIVENEIS OP MANNER "THAT WOULD MAKE IT EASY TO DENY CON",
FIRMATION,, ; OUT REALLY, " MR BUSH SHOULD NOT BECOME , DIREETOR
OP TME. CIA, if CONFIRMED OR TUNE POST, MR* BUSH WOULD ICE
THE FIRST CIA DIRECTOR OP UNQUESTIONAGLY POLITICAL;?ROVENANCE
IN ITS HISTORY ALL MI5 PREDECESSORS HAVE DEE113900T IN ONE WAY..
DR, ANOI'WER, INTELLIGENCE PROFESSIONAL$ THAT SE THE
RULES OUT THERE OUGHT TO SE A NEGATIVE RULE MERE AGAINST
THE APPQINTM NT OF,PEOlP{ E WITH HIGH 'PARTY PNQP'ZLES IT :Ii NO
INSULT TO MR, BUSH, A PINE PUBLIC SERVAi TN TO OAY.THAT THE
STAR HAS GREAT DIFFICULTY PIC1'UAINQ:"MAIM IN THAT ' ROLE ,!N' ? E
INNER COUNCILS OF THE !ORO ADMZNIETRtATYON,, (A*$$)
AL DISCUSSES AUSTRALIANS GIG SWING IN A'MA$B,
A SI VEASHIFT Of VOTER P EFERENCE~. TMAE AUSTRAL AN 96 hTQAA'TENA
RECALLED THE FAMILIAR LSERAL,NATIONAL COUNTRY COALITION
POWER AFTER THREE YEARS OF CONTROVERSIAL DALLIANCE NITM
LABOR PARTY GOVERNANCE THE RESULT SHOULD PRODUCE A?PERIOD
DP STAGILTY IN THE RECENTLY TUROULENYPOLITICS OF AUSTRALIA
AND A SETTER CHANCE FOR EARLY RECOVERY PROM SOME iNAWING '
ECONOMIC PROBLEMS THE UsS. HAS NEVER HAD TO GECONCERNED
ASCOT SERIOUS DIFFERENCES WITH AUSTRALIA, BUT RELATIQRB.',SHOM LD
GECOME PRIENDLIUR AGAIN' WITH FRASER IN POWER, THE , FRASER
GOVERNMENT, WITHOUT BACKTRACKING ON AUSTRALIAN NATIONALISM
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AND INCREASED DEPENDENCE IN FOREUQN AFFAIRS CAN ,S$ ;E*PECTIEa
TO REEMPHASIZE AUSTRA69AIS TRADITIONAL CLOSENESS WITH '?THE-.
U.S, AND $RZTAIN? (A418)
CARL ROMAN WRITES THAT SHUTTING UP MOYNIHAN WOU60 HELP IN AN.-
COLA, THERE IS AN OLD AFRICAN, PROVER 'THAT "WHEN TWO ;ELEPHANTS
FIGHT, THE GRAS SETS BRUISED* M WELL, ANGOLA i$ QCMxN$ `T!M" W N
UP WITH A LOT OP SRUl3E$# BECAUSE THE PACHYDERMS OP ''ENT RNAub
TZONAL POLITICS HAVE MADE T1416 PORM~ER, PORTUGUESE COLONY THE.
LATEST OP THEIR INTERNATXONAI1 SATTLEGROUNOS, CMPPXIE A $ IN
WASHINGTON REPORT THAT THE U,5, ALREADY ` HAS SPENT MOR ~ THAN
$50 MILLION IN COVERT OPFR,T!ON$ TO $LOCK THE SQVIEYuBACkID
POPULAR MOVEMENT IN ANGOLA. IF WE COULD KEEP MOYNIHAN OU IIT
TMNAT' MQULQ SE THE EQUIVALENT OP SENDING IN AT LEAST ANOTHER'
$50 MT163QN. CAo$$
SOVIET CITIZENS CONSTANTLY ASK WHO WILL' 59 THE NSKT AMERICAN
PRESIDENT1 SUT; THEY ARE NOT INCLINED TO DISCUSS THE 1PRM SPECT
OP IMMINENT CHANGE AT THE HEAD OF THEIR OWN GOVERNMENT,? THE:
NEXT LEADER OR LEADERS FOR THEY U$UI LNY START WITH TWOS , WILL=
CLEARLY BE CUT PROM THE 'SAME OLD CLOTH. RUSSIANS,', SHARE THE -
AMERICAN AMERICAN VIEW OP $REZHNOV A$ AN UNEXCITING FIGURE-~r $UT THEY
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ARC FILLED AT ALL LEVEI1$ OP THE PARTY ?LEADERSHIP "HME., NEE TYPES
EXISTS WHEREVER DECISIVE POWER IS (EXERTED, IT 2$ WELL REEPRB.,
SENTIED FOR EXAMPLE OY THE MAYOR OF.LENINGRADN AN IMPRESSIVE.
PILLOW WHO HAS PRESXOEO PQ~ THREE: YEARS M VMMEIR THE I ORTUN S OF
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THE DAY ITS' OIL RESOURCES DRY UP, IRAN HAS BEGUN CONSTR CTION
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