MORNING REPORT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-548-12-19-0
• Release Decision: RIPLIM
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 8
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: September 15, 2010
• Sequence Number: 19
• Publication Date: December 21, 1973
• Content Type: CABLE

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TO AMEMBASSY GENEVA
T 0 PIS E C R E T/SENSITIVE EXCLUSIVELY. EYES ONLY CONTAINS
WH37741 SECTION ONE. OF TWO
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DELIVER OPENING OF BUSINESS .
TO LARRY EAGLESURGER FOR SECRETARY KISSINGER
DECEMBER 21' 1973,
CODEWORD
MEMORANDUM FOR. SECRETARY KIS.SINGER
.FROM: THE SITUATION ROOM
SUBJECT. MORNING REPORT
EMERGENCY AID TO ISRAEL: REUTER REPORTS THAT.THE:SENATE TODAY
VOTED To AUTHORIZE 2,Z 8I.LLION DOLLARS IN EMERGENCY AID TO
ISRAEL TO REPLACE ARMS LOSSES SUSTAINED IN THE OCTOBER MIDDLE
EAST WAR.
VIETNAM PRESS REVEALS SECRET AGREEMENT: A. NEWS DISPATCH FROM
SAIGON TODAY STATES THAT THE UNITED STATES AND NORTH VIETNAM
REACHED A SECRET AGREEMENT JUST PRIOR TO THE SIGNING OF THE
TRUCE IN PARIS LAST JANUARY UNDER WHICH NORTH VIETNAMESE TROOPS
.WERE TO BE WITHDRAWN FROM LAOS ANo CAMBODIA, A SENIOR SOUTH
VIETNAMESE POLITICIAN SAID TODAY. BUT.NORTH.VIETNAM DID NOT.
KEEP ITS PART OF THE BARGAIN AND AMERICA HAD TO MAINTAIN AIR?
CRAFT AT BASES IN THAILAND.,.,ACCOROING TO.T.RAN VAN LAMs PRESI-
DENT OF THE SOUTH VIETNAMESE SENATE. LAM WAS QUOTED BY THE
OFFICIAL VIETNAM PRESS AS SAYING THE NORTH VIETNAMESE HAD
AGREED TO WITHDRAW. THEIR TROOPS FROM LAOS AND CAMBODIA 15 DAYS'
AFTER THE CEASE-FIRE BEGAN IN SOUTH VIETNAM JANUARY 28.
LAM SAID HE THOUGHT THE NO.TH VIETNAMESE WERE NOW IN A POSITION
TO PEGINA GENERAL OFFENSIVE IN THE SOUTH BUT WERE AWAITING
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THE OUTCOME OF: NEGOTIATIONS IN.PARIS BETWEEN YOU AND LEDUCTHO.
SOVIETS PASS WORD ON BREZHWEV TRIP TO CUBA:. A SOVIET FOREIGN
MINISTRY OFFICIAL HAS TOLD THE U.S. EMBASSY IN MOSCOW "UNOFFICI..,,
ALLY". THAT THE BREZHNEV DELEGATION. WOULD BE ;GOING TO CUBA AROUND
JANUARY 15. AN OFFICIAL STATEMENT WILL APPEAR LATER. THIS.RE-
PORT IS THE FIRST FROM A SC}VIET OFFICIAL. THE SOVIET MADE NO
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT THAT A LATE DECEMBER DEPARTURE FOR CUBA HAD.
BEEN PLANNED EARLIER. REASONS FOR THE POSTPONEMENT ARE OBSCURE*
IT IS POSSIBLE THAT BREZHNEV WANTS. TO REMAIN IN MOSCOW DURING
THE DELICATE.EARLY STAGES i1P THE MIDDLE EAST PEACE CONFERENCE.
IT IS. ALSO HIS TURN TO DELIVER THE SOVIET LEADERSHIP'S TRA0j,
TIONAL NEW YEARS EVE ADDRFSS.;'
DEATH OF SPANISH PRIME MINISTER: PRIME MINISTER CARRERO'S
DEATH ' THIS MORNING ELIMINATES ONE-HALF OF THE DUAL .SUCCESSION
THAT FRANCO HAD .ARRANGED To REPLACE HIM. CARRERO WAS TO COI-
TINU.E AS.THE HEAD OF THE GOVERNMENT AND PRINCE JUANCARLOS,
APPOINTED KING-DESIGNATE INi 1969, WILL BECOME CHIEF OF STATE
.AFTER FRANCO DIES OR BECOMES INCAPACITATED.
INITIAL REPORTS SUGGESTED CARRERO'S DEATH WAS.A.CCIDENTAL, AND
THAT HIS CAR JUST HAPPENED TO DRIVE OVER AN. EXPLODING GAS MAIN.
THE FIRST OFFICIAL REPORT STATED THAT THE. EXPLOSION.WAS OF UN--
KNOWN ORIGIN. THE SPANISH GOVERNMENT LATER ANNOUNCED THAT
CARRERO'S DEATH RESULTED FPOM A BOMB'?BEING PLANTED :IN A TUNNEL
BENEATH THE STREET. THE B4 QUE SEPARATIST ORGANIZATION, ETA-*.HAS CLAIMED RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ASSASSINATION.
CARRERO ATTENDED MASS DAILY AND HIS . CAR HAD JUST PULLED AWAY'.,..
FROM THE CHURCH. THERE IS ABETTER THAN EVEN CHANCE THAT THIS
DEATH. WAS CAUSED BY EXTREMISTS AND THAT ITS TIMING ? APPRDXI--
MATELY AN HOUR BEFORE THE nPENING OF.THE TRIAL OF TEN DISSIDENT.
LABOR LEADERS -- WAS OESIGr~ED 7:O DRAW ATTENTION TO THE."CARA--
BANCHEL TEN." EARLIER THIS WEEK THE SPANISH SECURITY SERVICE
INFORMED FRANCO THAT SOME UNREST WAS EXPECTED IN CONNECTION
WITH THE TRIAL BUT THAT TH SITUATION WAS WELL IN HAND.
WITHIN TEN DAYS FRANCO IS SUPPOSED TO APPOINT ANEW PREMIER
CHOSEN FROM THREE CANDIDATES PROPOSED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE
REALM. FRANCO MAY WISH TQ CONTINUE FERNADEZ MIRANDA ON AN
ACTING' BASIS FOR A LONGER `.pERIO[):. MIRANDA :HIMSELF IS A LEAD-
ING POSSIBILITY FOR APPOINTMENT IN THE POST FOR A FULL 5-YEAR
TERM.
CIA BELIEVES THE REGIME CAI BE EXPECTED TO CLAMP A TIGHT SECURITY
LID ON THE ENTIRE COUNTRY aND Ti] RESPOND.TO ANY DEMONSTRATIONS
WITH REPRESSIVE MEASURES, WE HAVE. NOT RECEIVED ANY REPORTS.OF
TROOP MOBILIZATION OR UNUSUAL CURFEW REGULATIONS. THE TRIAL
OF THE CARABANCHEL TEN OPENIED THIS MORNING, AN-D ACCORDING To
PRESS REPORTS WAS "SUSPENDED" AT NOON WITHOUT HAVING BEEN OPEN
To THE PUBLIC.
C!1MMDN MARKET ENERGY COMMISSIONER SUPPORTS U.S. PROPOSALS:
HENRISIMONETs ENERGY COMMISSIONER OF THE COMMON MARKET,.TODAY"
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URGED EUROPE TO RALLY BEHIMMID YOUR PROPOSED u.S..-EUROPEAN--
JAPANESE ALLIANCE TO WORK ON ENERGY PROBLEMS. 'SIMONET TOLD
NEWSMEN THAT YOUR IDEA' CIF A JOINT FRONT WOULD HELP STABILIZE
SOARING FUEL PRICES AND DECREASING SUPPLIES OF. OIL FROM-THE'
MIDDLE EAST. HE SAID SOME EUROPEAN GOVERNMENTS SHIED AWAY
FROM? YOUR PLAN, PROPOSED.IN LONDON LAST WEEK, BECAUSE THEY'
FEARED IT WOULD BE DOMINA:TF.0 BY THE UNITED STATES TO THE DIS-
ADVANTAGE OF EUROPE WHICH FACES AN INCREASINGLY DESPERATE
ENERGY SHORTAGE. _SI.MONET.STRESSED THE NEED, FOR THE NINE-NATION
COMMON MARKET TO FRAME A JIIINT ENERGY POLICY, WHICH IT HAS NOT
YET-BEEN ABLE TO DO. HE WARNED THAT A.FREE-FOR-ALL RACE FOR
OXL AMONG INDIVIDUAL COMMON MARKET COUNTRIES, AS: WELL AS : THE
U.S. AND JAPAN, WOULD LEAD TO OVERBIDDING AND DRIVE PRICES,
EVEN HIGHER.
THE WASHINGTON STAR-NEWS: TWA HAS ACKNOWLEDGED THATTHEY ARE
TRAINING ARAB COMMERCIAL PTLOTS IN JETLINERS THAT BURN US
DOMESTIC FUEL.
GEORGE SHERMAN REPORTS THAT MOSCOW AND TEL AVIV AREEXPECTEh
To ESTABLISH DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS, EARLY. NEXT YEAR. DIPLOMATIC
SOURCES ARE QUOTED SAYING THAT VINOGRADOV. IS READY TO OPEN SIDE
TALKS AT GENEVA WITH ISRAEL ON THIS QUESTION. MERICANSOURCES'
INDICATE THAI' DUE TO THE STRAINED LINKS WITH SYRIA,AND IRAQ
THAT THE SOVIETS MUST `MOVE CAUTIOUSLY. SHERMAN SAYS AMERICAN
OFFICIAL.S.HAVE-BEEN STRUCK BY. THE SOVIET DIPLOMATS' IGNORANCE
OF ISRAELI AFFAIRS, APPARENTLY CAUSED BY THEIR LACK OF DIRECT.
CONTACT,
MILTON VIORST BELIEVES THE ENERGY CRISIS IS THE PRODUCT OF
SI.NI.STERMEN. H.E STATES THAT WE HAVE CREATED A GLUTTONOUS
ENERGY-POWERED SOCIETY OVEP THE LAST TWENTY YEARS AND THAT ' THE
APA.B OIL PRODUCERS NOW HAVE THE INDUSTRIAL WORLD IN A FIT.
VIORST SAYS ITS SILLY TO THINK THE APPEASEMENT ON THE ISRAELI
QUESTION WILL CHANGE THE PICTURE MUCH' -- ISRAEL IS NOTHING MORE
THAN A SYMBOL TO RALLY THE MASSES. YOU HAVE SHOWN GREAT SKILL
AND ENERGY IN ATTEMPTING In FIND A FORMULA FOR AN ARAB-.?ISRAELI
AGREEMENT BUT THAT IS ... ONLY THE FIRST STEP.
CROSBY NOYES SAYS THE ARABS ARE COURTING DISASTER BY'PUTTING,.
THE INDUSTRIAL WORLD OUT 0--BUSINESS THEY ARE CHARACTERISTT-
CALLY OVERPLAYING THEIR HAND -r-'.WITNESS THE ARAB MINISTERS PROM
ALGERIA, TUNISIA,, SUDAN ANT) UAE WHO MADE THREATS. TO WESTERN
EUROPEAN NATIONS AT THE RECENT COPENHAGEN CONFERENCE. THE
ARABS MAY BE RIGHT IN CALCULATING THAT EUROPE 'HAS NEITHER THE
UNITY NOR THE, GUTS TO TAKE-MILITARY SANCTIONS.BUT "EUROPE H.AS-.
THE 'MEANS AND IF~ THE OIL BPYCOTT.CONTINUES IT.WOULD.HAVE AMPLE
JUSTIFICATIONS UNDER. I INTERNATIONAL LAW TO TAKE WHATEVER MEASURES
MIGHT BE NECESSARY."
GENEVA PEACE .CONFERENCE CONVENES TODAY: EGYPT: JORDAN AND
ISRAEL HAVE SENT DELEGATIONS TO THE MIDDLE EAST PEACE CONFER-
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ENCE WHICH OPENS. TODAY IN GENEVA. THE SECRETARYGENERAL OF.
THE UNITED NATIONS WILL PRESIDE AT. THE FIRST SESSION AND,THF
U,S? AND USSR WILL SERVE AS CO-CHAIRMEN.
THE PUBLIC POSTURE OF THE (MIDDLE EAST PARTICIPANTS .ON THE. EVE
OF THE CONFERENCE HAS GENERALLY BEEN CONSTRUCTIVE. FOR:EXAMPLE:
PRIME MINISTER MEIR STATED THAT ISRAEL IS PREPARED TO
DISCUSS THE SEPARATION OF FORCES EVEN BEFORE A NEW
GOVERNMENT - ISFORMEP NEXT MONTH. FOREIGN MINISTER EBAN
STATED THAT ISRAEL uuAGREES. TO THE NEED FOR CONCESSIONS
TO HARMONIZE THE ARAB DESIRE TO RECOVER CERTAIN TERRY'
TORIES WITH THE NEE. 1... FOR. ISRAEL TO HAVE FIRM.RECOG-.
Ni I ZEt) FRONTIERS`, n
JORDAN'S PRIME MINISTER STRESSE.D:HIS COUNTRY'S. DESIRE
FOR CLOSE COOPERATION WITH THE OTHER ARAB PARTICIPANTS
TN-ORDER TO. KEEP THE ARAB. STAND UNITED. IT IS NOTE-
WORTHY THAT MOST OF THE JORDANIAN :DELEGATION TO ,THE
CONFERENCE CONSISTS OF PALESTINIANS.
A RANKING MEMBER OF THE EGYPTIAN DELEGATION STATED
THAT ALL PARTIES MUST SHOW FLEXIBILITY AND TOLERANCE.
EGYPTIANS ARE REPORTED .TO BE SURPRISED AND
IN PRIVATE, THE
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DISTRESSED BY SYRIA'S DECISION NOT TO ATTEND. T H E -
CISION IS ATTRIBUTED TO. INTERNAL DIFFICULTIES AND THE LIKELY-
HOOD THAT NO PROGRESS WOULD BE MADE ON ISSUES. INVOLVING SYRIA ..
AT THIS STAGE OF THE CONFERENCE. IT IS WIDELY BELIEVED IN THE:
ARAB WORLD THAT SYRIA WILL.DECIDE TO PARTICIPATE IN JANUARY
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Rf1RISM. BY PALESTINIANS, RE -,-
SEQUENT HIJACKING, AN EDITORIAL IN THE GOVERNMENT-CONTROLLED
NEWSPAPER STATED THAT "NO !,OTIVATION IMF ANY NATURE CAN JUSTIFY
OODY ACT." (QUANDT)
SUCH A RL
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ARAMCO P:RO.POS:AL TO SAUDI APABIA AMBASSADOR AKINS HAS-LEARNED.
FROM THE CHAIRMAN OF ARAMCD THAT THE COMPANY HAS: DECIDED.; Tp
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OFFER THE SAUDI GOVERNMENT A FULL 100 PERCENT TAKEOVER IN.
PLACE OF THE PARTICIPATIONAGREEMENT.. THE PARENT COMPANIES
WOULD RECEIVE COMPENSATION, WOULD TRY TO RETAIN ACCESS TO
SAUDI CRUDE DLLs AND WOULD SEEK A NOMINAL VOICE IN ISSUES
AS SETTING PRODUCTION LEVELS.
SUCH ;
THIS OFFER IS LIKELY TO BE PRESENTED TO THE SAUDIS AS EARLY
AS NEXT MONTH. IF ACCEPTED, IT WILL MEAN THAT SAUDI ARABIA
WILL CONTROL ITS OIL RESOURCES ON THE SAME .BASIS SET BY. IRAN.
INDO-U>S. DEVELOPMENTS: - MOSTLY FAVORABLE: THE PRESIDENT. HAS'
APPROVED .FOR IMMEDIATE TRAHHHSMITT.AL TO CONGRESS THE TERMS OF.'.
ACRE MENT MUST NOW LIE FOR REVIEW BEFORE THE RELEVANT CON-,:
30 DAYS. CONGRESS IS ABOUT TO RE-
GRESSIONAL COMMITTEES FOR
.
.LESS- UNTIL JANUARY 21.; THEREFORE, IN ORDER., THAT THE ENTIRE 30..
DAYS NOT ELAPSE WHILE CONGRESS IS IN RECESS,, THE COMMITTEES
HAVE ASKED --,AND STATE Atli) AGRICULTURE: HAVE AGR-EED.-?-. THAT
THE `TIME BE COUNTED ONLY WHILE CONGRESS IS ACTUALLY IN SESSION.,.
THIS MEANS.THE'30 DAYS WILL END AROUND THE THIRD WEEK IN FEBRUU-
ARY. AFTER THAT, THE. AGREEMENT. CAN BE SIGNED AND ENTER. INTO
FORCE. THERE REMAINS, OF. COURSE,. THE POSSIBILITY THAT SENATOR
BYRD OR OTHER LEGISLATORS MAY MAKEANOTHER..ATTEMPT BETWEEN NOW
AND THE SIGNING TO RESTRICT THE ?USG'S ABILITY' .TO -CONCLUDE THE
AGREEMENT.
E AGREEMENT HA` RECEIVED HEAVY AND MOSTLY VERY
LA
AN
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WHI E TH
FAVORABLE MEDIA COVERAGE IN,l INDIA. YOUR.MEETING,EARLIER~THIS
THE INDIAN PRESS, WHICH CHARACTERIZED :THE MEETING AS' A SIGN
OF CONTINUING IMPROVEMENT IN U..S.._INDIA,N RELATIONS AND REPORTED
THAT WITH THE RUPEE ISSUE , NEARING FINAL SETTLEMENT,. THE U.S.
.AND INDIA COULD NOW DISCUSS SUCH -SUBJECTS AS EXPANSION OF
TRADE, SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL: COOPERATI?Ns AND CULTURAL
EXCHANGES. FOREIGN MINISTER SINGHS MEANWHI(;E, RECENTLY'TOLD
THE NDIAN.PARLIAMENTTHAT INDO-U.S. RELATIONS HAVE ENTERED
AN IMPROVED PHASE IN WHICH "A C(oNSTRUCTIV'E, COOPERATIVE,. ANt
MATURE RELATIONSHIP CAN BE BUILT."" SINGH ALSO REBUFFED A LEG-1
ISLATOR'S CALL F.OR A DISCUSSION OF THE U.S. NAVAL PRESENCE TN
THE INDIAN OCEAN, A SUBJECT TOWARD WHICH THE INDIAN GOVERNMENT
HAS BEEN TAKING A RELAXED ATTITUDE.
AT THE UN EARLIER THIS MONTH, INDIA ABSTAINED ON THE UNGA VOTE
TO DUST THE LON NOL GOVERNMENT IN FAVOR OF SIHANOUK, WHILE
MOST SOUTH ASIAN. AND OTHER AFRO-ASIAN COUNTRIES. VOTED AGAINST
US. THIS .WEEK, ON. THE OTHER HAND.. THE INDIANS VOTED IN FAVOR
OF THE UNSUCCESSFUL MOTION. TO REJECT THE LON NOL REGIME'S
CREDENTIALS. IN ANOTHER DEVELOPMENTs THE ESTABLISHMENT OF
RELATIONS BETWEEN INDIA AND BOTH NORTH AND SOUTH KOREA WAS
ANNOUNCED DECEMBER 10,E AND BANGLAt)ESH FOLLOWED SUIT BY ESTA:R
LISHING RELATIONS WITH BOTH KOREAS THIS WEEK. (A.PPELBAUM) '
GREEK DEVELOPMENTS:' AMBASSADOR TASCA TOOK..THE'OCCASION OF
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A DECEMBER 19 MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER ANDROUTSOPOULOS To
STATE THAT THE U.S.. CONTINUES TOATTACH-GREAT.IMPORTANCE TO,
STRONG.. AND FRIENDLY REL ATI11NS WITH GREECE AND THAT WE. REMAIN
PARTICULARLY APPRECIATIVE {F GREECE'S CONTRIBUTION .10 THE
SECURITY OF THE ATLANTIC ALLIANCE. TASCA STRESSED THAT OUR
GOOD RELATIONS WITH GREECE GOING PACK OVER THE YEARS WERE NOT
A. OF ANY PARTICULAR REGIME. HE ADDED THAT WHILE THE
U.S. SHARES THE BELIEF THAT CONSTITUTIONAL STABILITY BASED IAN..
VIABLE D.EMOCRATI.C PRINCI,PL~.S --..SUCH AS THOSE TO WHICH ANDROUT-
SOPOULOS HIMSELF HAD REFERRED:-- IS IMPORTANT . FOR THE GREEK
..PEOPLE'S PROGRESS AND WELL-REING, THE U.S. VIEWS GREECE'S FORM
OF GOVERNMENT AS A GREEK MATTER AND NOT SOMETHING WHICH COULD
SURE'
'.AF DICTATED OR IMPOSED FROM OUTSIDE. HE SAID THAT HE WAS
THE GREEK GOV-ERNMENT WAS AWARE OF AND WOULD CONSIDER U.S.. PUB-
LIC AND CONGRESSIONAL OPINION AND.NATO ATTITUDES' BUT THAT
THESE MATTERS. ALSO WERE ESSENTIALLY A GREEK PROBLEM. TASCA.
CONCLUDED BY SAYING THAT THE U.S. WOULD BE FOLLOWING THE GREEK,
GOVERNMENT'S EFFORTS SYMPATHETICALLY AND DID NOT WISH TO CREATE
OTHER . REPORTING FROM GREECE INDICATES THAT. THERE APPEARS TO
HAVEBEEN A SLIGHT:INCREAS IN ANTI-?AMERICAN SENTIMENT IN
RECENT WEEKS; .THAT ANTI-AMERICAN ATTITUDES MAY BE FINDING
ADHERENTS AMONG STUDENTS,-YOUTH AND INTELLECTUALS BUT APPAR-
FNTLY NOT AMONG THE REST DE THE POPULATION; AND THAT FURTHER
ECONOMIC DIFFICULTIES OR HARSH GOVERNMENT SUPPRESSION COULD
LFAn. TO AN UPSURGE IN ANTI-AMERICAN SENTIMENT TO THE EXTENT
THAT THE U.S. IS -IDENTIFIEI;~ IN THE'PUBLIC MIND WITH THE GREEK
REGIME. MEANWHILE' THE STUDENTDEMONSTRATIONS EXPECTED:EAR=,"
LIER THIS WEEK FIZZLED OUT., APPARENTLY BECAUSE THEGOVERNMENT
TC10K A NUMBER OF PRECAUT.IOJIARY, STEPS (SUCH AS CLOSING THE UNI-..
VERSITIES FOR CHRISTMAS 'VACATION A WEEK EARLY) THAT MADE IT
TO MOUNT DEMONSTPATIONS. (APPELBAUM)
AFRICAN HEADS OF STATE TO VISIT POPE: THE VATICAN.HAS- INFORMED.
OUR EMBASSY IN ROME THAT HAILE SELASSIE AND PRESIDENT NIMIERI
(SUDAN) AND KAUNDA (AAMBIA) ARE SCHEDULED TO SEE THE POPE
DECEMBER 22 TO DISCUSS THE MIDDLE EAST SITUATION. EARLIER.
REPORTS SPECULATED THE AFRICANS WISHED TO ENGAGE THE, POPE'S
MORAL AUTHORITY TO FOCUS ATTENTION ON THE PALESTINIAN PROBLEMS
AND THE STATUS OF JERUSALEM.
POOR NORTH VIETNAMESE HARVEST. NIORTH VIETNAM'S.RECENTRICE'
HARVEST PROBABLY AMOUNTED TO A DISAPPOINTING, 2.5 MILLION TONS.
ACCORDING TO NORTH VIETNAMESE PRESS REPORTS,. THIS.'YEAR'S:.AUT'UMN
RICE CROP RANKED FIFTH AMO,.1G THOSE OF THE PAST FIFTEEN YEARS'.;:
AND THE OUTPUT EXCEEDED ONLY THE 1968 AND.1971CROPS . THE FALL:
HARVEST, TOGETHER.WITHTHE SPRING. HARVEST, WILL PROBABLY COVER
ONLY THREE QUARTERS OF.NORT-h$ VIETNAM'S. CONSUMPTION REQUIREMENTS.
AND WILL ENTAIL RECORD FOOD IMPORTS -- IN EXCESS OF THE 1968
PEAK OFABOUT 800 000 TONS,.'THE POOR RICE CROP MAY FURTHER
COMPLICATE WHATEVER PLANS HANOI MAY HAVE FOR LARGESCALE OF-,
PROBLEMS FOR GREECE.
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FENSIVE OPERATIONS IN THE SOUTH. (ADAMS)
KHMER COMMUNISTS WARM UP RELATIONS WITH SIHANOUK: THE KHMER
COMMUNISTS LATELY APPEAR Tn HAVE BEEN MAKING A MORE POSITIVE
PUBLIC LINE ON SIHANOUK. THE SENIOR KHMER COMMUNIST OFFICI,AL.
IN PARIS SAID PRIVATELY ON DECEMBER 8 THAT THE KHMER COMMUNISTS
HAVE BEEN UNDER PRESSURE FROM "CERTAIN OF OUR ALLIES" TO RESOLVE
ALL REMAINING DIFFERENCES wITH THE PRINCE. THIS THEME WAS PICKED
Up BY A KHMER COMMUNIST "MINISTER+" IN SIHANrJUK'S "GOVERNMENT'"
WHO VISITED PARIS LAST WEED.,. HE COMPLAINED TO A GROUP. OF LOCAL
KHMER. COMMUNISTS THAT ALTHOUGH SOME OF SIHANOUK'S DECLARATIONS
HAD UNDERMINED UNITY., THE PRINCE MUST BE PUT IN A FAVORABLE
PUBLIC LIGHT AND DIFFERENCES WITH HIM PLAYED DOWN. THE NEW
PUBLIC +4PROO-SIHANOUK" STANCE ADOPTED BY, THE COMMUNISTS WAS
CLEARLY EVIDENT IN A MESSAGE TO THE PRINCE FROM IENG SARY
THE FORMER TOP KHMER COMMUNIST OFFICIAL IN PEKING WHO LEFT
THE.CHINESECAPITAL IN EARLY NOVEMBER TO RETURN TO THE "LI8-'.
ERATED AREA" IN CAMBODIA. THE MESSAGES WHICH WAS RELEASED RY
THE KHMER. COMMUNISTS ON DECEMBER 18, EFFUSIVELY PRAISED'SI-,
HANOUK'S LEADERSHIP AND HIS CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE INSURGENCY
THE " KHMER COMMUNIST RADIO HAS ALSO TAKEN RECENTLY TO BROAD-
CASTING AN UNUSUAL NUMBER OF SIHANOUK MESSAGES IN CONTRAST:
TO A LONG PERIOD THIS FALL_ WHET' NO REFERENCE TO SIHANOUK WAS
AIRED.
WHILE THE..COMMUNISTS' NEW PUBLIC DEFERENCE TO SIHANOUK IS ONLY
COSMETIC AND MAY BE 'A TEMPORARY TACTIC, IT IS NOT INCONCEIVABLE.:
THAT UNCERTAINTY OVER THE ILITARY SITUATION AND ENHANCED INTER-
NATIONAL SUPPORT FOR SIHANrlUK MAY HAVE CAUSED THE KHMER COM-.
MUNIST LEADERSHIP TO MEND FENCES WITH HIM. -(ADAMS')
U.S.-PANAMANEGOTIATIONS: U.S. PANAMA CANAL NEGOTIATOR MORrY
BELL -- AMBASSADOR BUNKER'S DEPUTY -- AND PANAMANIAN AMBASSADOR:
GONZALEZ. RE.VILLA SIGNED ON DECEMBER 19 A:SET OF EIGHT PRINCIPLES
AD REFE.RENDUM.TO THE CHIEF NEGOTIATORS THESE PRINCIPLES, WHICH
HAVE BEEN APPROVED By. GENERAL TORRIJOS AND FOREIGN MINISTER
TAC.Ks CONTAIN' PANAMANIAN CnONCESSIONS ON ALL POINTS OF MAJOR
CONCERN TO THE U.S. THE PANAMANIAN GOVERNMENT IS CONCERNED IT
MAY HAVE ACCOMMODATED THE U.S. TO SUCH A DEGREE THATITWILL
BE SEVERELY CRITICIZED AND CONSIDERS I:T IMPERATIVE THAT - ASIDE
FROM ANY UNILATERAL ACTION WHICH THE U.S. M,IG.HT BE CONTEMPLAT-
ING -- AMBASSADOR BUNKER SHOULD. APPEAR IN PANAMA BEFORE JAN.U.,IARY
9 Td RESUME NEGOTIATIONS.
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