NOON REPORT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-542-9-2-8
• Release Decision: RIPLIM
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: January 2, 2013
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: March 28, 1974
• Content Type: CABLE

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No Objection to Declassification in Part 2013/03/19: LOC-HAK-542-9-2-8
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FW THE SITUATION ROOM //TOE AK 39//
To PETER RODMAN FOR SECRETARY KISSINGER
SENSITIVE CONTAINS CODEWORD VIA 86970 WH40803
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MARCH 28s 1974
MEMDRANnUM FOR SECRETARY KISSINGER
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SUBJECT NOUN REPORT
ETHIOPIAN SITUATION: THERE HAS BEEN A RENEWED MUTINY IN ASMARA,
ETHIOPIA'S SECOND LARGEST CITY, BY ELEMENTS OF THE MILITARY AND
PnLICE. THEIR ACTION APPAPENTLV STEMS FROM ANNOYANCE THAT THE
GOVERNMENT IS NOT ACTING FIST ENOUGH TO CARRY OUT DEMANDS PRE-
VIOUSLY MADE. THE "ARMED cORCES" IN ADDIS ABABA HAS RESPONDED
T"' THE MUTINEERS OVER R.ADIE ETHIOPIA,, INSISTING THAT THE NEW
GOVERNMENT OC PRIME MINISTER ENDALKATCHEW BE GIVEN A CHANCE AND
CLSTIGATING THE DISSIDENTS FOR MAKING THE NATION VULNERABLE TO
ACTION PY ITS EXTERNAL ENE IES. THE RENEWEr' ASMARA MUTINY AND
T~-E SPECTACLE OF THE MILITARY FACTIONS PULLING IN VARIOUS nTREC-
TIONS, UNDERSCORE ONCE AGAIN THE CONTINUED TENSE AND UNPREDICTABLE
SITUATION IN ETHIOPIA.
IRAQI-KURDISH SITUATION: PRESInENT BAKR LATE TUESDAY ANNOUNCED
A SERIES OF POLITICAL DECREES DESIGNED TO IMPLEMENT HIS VERSION
OP THE PLAN FOR KURDISH AUTONOMY ANNOUNCED ON MARCH 11 AND 'AS
AUTHORIZED A 30-DAY PERIOD IN WHICH URBAN K-IRDS, WHO HAVE BEEN
FLEEING TO THE NORTH, CDULr "SURRENDER" TO THE GOVERNMENT AND BE
Gr'APTED AMNESTY.
THOUGH PARZANI CAN BE EXPECTED TO RESIST BAI%HDAD'S ATTEMPTS TO
IMPOSE ITS OWN PLAN, THE IRAQI rZEGIME APPEARS WILLING TO STPING
OUT THE POLITICAL PROCESS , BIT LONGER. THE ALL-OUT IRAQI -ILI-
TARV ATTACK EXPECTED ON TU=SDAY -- END OF THE REGIME'S LAST DEAD-
LINE FOR KURDISH AGREEMENT -- HAS NOT YET OCCURRED THOUGH IRAQI
FORCES CONTINUE TO BE POISED FOR ACTION. HnWEVERs MILITARY OPERA-
eUr
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T IONS AT A LOWER LEVELS DESIGNED TO PROD -KU4DS?AWAY FROM KEY OIL
AREAS AROUND f(IRKUKs MAY CONTINUE. MEANWHILE, THE IRAN-IRAQ BOR-.
DFP HAS BEEN RELATIVELY QUIET. (NIEHUSS/SAt)NDERS)
ITALIAN GOVERNMENT WINS VOTE OF CONFIDENCE: ITALY'S NEW GOVERN
M.=NT TODAY WON A VOTE OF C'nNFIDENCE IN THE ITALIAN SENATE BY
1c3 VOTES TO 119, THE LAST PARLIAMENTARY FORMALITY ENABLING
TLE FORMAL INSTALLATION OF THE THREE-PARTY CENTER-LEFT COALITION.
T.E COALITION LAST WEEK WON A CONFIDENCE VOTE IN THE CHAMBER OF
DEPUTIES (LOWER HOUSE) BY L MAJORITY OF 112.
C4INA Tn CHALLENGE GVN CREr;ENTI4LS: OUR DELEGATION TO THE CUR-
RENT ECAFE MEETING IN COLOMBO HAS REPORTED THAT THE CHINESE AP-
P4REr,TLY HAVE. INDICATED THEY WILL CHALLENGE GVN CREDENTIALS AT
THE CONFERENCE. THE CHINESE REPORTEDLY SO INFORMED THE GOVERN
MFNT OF SRI LANKA, BUT DID NOT SPECIFY THE FORM THIS CHALLENGE
WnULr TAKE. OUR AMBASSADOa PLANS TO TELL THE CHINESE THAT s?sE
CAN TOLERATE A VERBAL CHALLENGE, RUT MUST OPPOSE ANY REQUEST FOR
ACTION TO EXCLUDE THE GVN. (STEARMAN/ADAMS)
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No Objection to Declassification in Part 2013/03/19: LOC-HAK-542-9-2-8