MORNING SUMMARY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-548-12-22-6
• Release Decision: RIPLIM
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: September 15, 2010
• Sequence Number: 22
• Publication Date: December 22, 1973
• Content Type: CABLE

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TO AMEMPASSY GENEVA
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SECTION ONE OF TWO WH37750
DELIVER AT OPENING OF BUSINESS
TOHAK 177
TO LARRY EAGLEBURGER FOR SECRETARY KISSINGER
TOP SECRET-SENSITIVE DECEMBER 22,, 1973
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MEMORANDUM FOR SECRETARY K I SS INGER
FROM: THE SITUATION ROOM
SUBJECT: MORNING SUMMARY
FRENCH CONCLUDES OIL DEAL i,,,+ITH SAUDI ARABIAi ACCORDING TO A
SENSITIVE STATE DEPARTMENT CABLE, FRENCH GOVERNMENT OIL Cam-"
PANIES HAVE CONCLUDED AN AGREEMENT WITH THE SAUDI ARABIAN
MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM TO PURCHASE 200,000 BARRELS PER DAY OF
OIL FOR THREE YEARS, WITH IoPTIONSFOR MORE AND FOR A LONGER
TERM. AMBASSADOR MUHAMMAD JOUHHDAR, PETROLEUM ADVISOR TO THE
FOREIGN MINISTRY, INFORMED AMBASSADOR AKINS OF THE DEAL AND
URGED AMERICAN COMPANIES To COME TO SAUDI ARABIA SOON TO PRO-
MOTE THEIR 0W01 DEALS.
LEBANESE NEWS REPORTS QUOTE YOU ON ISRAELI WITHDRAWAL: LEBAN-
ESE NEWS REPORTS TODAY THAT DURING YOUR VISIT TO CAIRO, YOU
INFORMED EGYPTIAN OFFICIAL; THAT THERE WOULD BE AN IMPORTANT
DEVELOPMENT AT THE GENEVA cONFER.ENCE BEFORE THE END OF THIS
YEAR IN CONNECTION WITH THE ISRAELI ATTITUDE. ATTRIBUTING
THIS INFORMATION TO WELL-INFORMED WESTERN DIPLOMATIC SOURCES,
THE PAPER SAID THAT YOU MAniE IT CLEAR TO THE EGYPTIAN OFFICIALS
MORI/CDF
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THAT ISRAEL WILL PLEDGE AT THE CONFERENCE To WITHDRAW ITS FOR-
CES ON THE SUEZ CANAL FRONT BEHIND THE CEASE-FIRE LINES,-_.
"THE OCTOBER 22 LINES"" -- AND.THAT THIS WITHDRAWAL WOULD COME
BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR, THESE SOURCES INDICATED THAT THIS
U.S. PROMISE MADE PRESIDENT SADAT DECIDE To PARTICIPATE IN
THE GENEVA CONFERENCE OESPjTE SYRIA"S ANNOUNCEMENT THAT IT
WOULD BOYCOTT THE CONFERENCE. THESE SOURCES TOLD THE PAPER
THAT THE U.S. PROMISE ALSO INCLUDES SETTLING THE PROBLEM OF
THE EGYPTIAN THIRD ARMY.
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MEXICAN FOREIGN MINISTER RABASA TOLD A NEWS CONFERENCE LAST
NIGHT THAT YOU WILL ATTEND A SPECIAL LATIN AMERICAN FOREIGN
MINISTERS" CONFERENCE FEBRUARY 21-23. HE SAID YOUR PRESENCE
WOULD GIVE LATIN AMERICA AN OPPORTUNITY To ESTABLISH A "FRANK
AND OPEN"" DIALOG WITH THE U.S. AIMED AT SETTING A COMMONCONm-
TINENTAL POLICY BASED ON ECONOMIC COOPERATION.
VC WALK OUT OF SESSIONS IN PARIS AND SAIGON: THE PRESS REPORTS
THAT THE VC TODAY WALKED OUT OF NEGOTIATING SESSIONS WITH THE,
SAIGON. GOVERNMENT IN PARIS; THEY ALSO WALKED OUT OF A CHIEF
DELEGATE MEETING IN SAIGON.
THE WASHINGTON STAR-NEWS:
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NANCY M.ACINNES APPEAR WITH AN
ARTICLE
BY
JOY BILLINGTON
EN_
TITLED "A KISSINGER WEDDING?"
SPECULATION IS. THAT DECEMBER
29 IS THE MAGIC DAY.
PRESIDENT POMPIDOU IN A GENERALLY PESSIMISTIC YEAR. END REPORT
LAST NIGHT EXPRESSED CONCERN ABOUT UNEMPLOYMENT AND ASSERTED
FRANCE HAD ENOUGH OIL TO AVERT A SERIOUS CRISIS; HE ADDED
THAT IF THE PRESENT OI.L SITUATION DRAGGED ON.* "THE GOVERNMENT
IS READY TO TAKE SERIOUS MEASURES, GRAVE MEASURES.'# CARL T. ROWAN SEES LITTLE HOPE IN THE PEACE TALKS. HE BE-?
LIEVES YOU MUST FIND IT. WRYLY AMUSING ON YOUR TOUR THAT IN
BERUIT ANGRY ARABS GREET YFfU WITH SIGNS SAYING "HENRY KISSINGER
TODAYI MARSHAL DAYAN TOMORROW"" WHILE IN ISRAEL YOU ARE WELCOMED
WITH SIGNS SAYING "KISSINGFR ABANDONED FORMOSA; IS ISRAEL NEXT?"
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EGYPTIAN BACKGROUND I NG ON GENEVA TACKS:
CAIRO HAS DEVELOPED THE FOLLOWING GUIDELINES. OR
EGYPTIAN D OTHER ARAB MEDIA COVERAGE OF THE GENEVA PEACE:
CONFERENCE:
- ANY GENERAL LINE ABOUT THE CONFERENCE SHOULD NEITHER
UNDERMINE ITS IMPORTANCE NOR OVERPLAY ITS SIGNIFICANCE
AS AN HISTORIC EVENT.
-EMPHASIS-SHOULD BF PLACED ON THE "ARAB PRESENCE" AT
THE TALKS RATHER THAN FOCUS EXCLUSIVELY ON EGYPT'S
PRESENCE TO AVOID GIVING THE IMPRESSION THAT EGYPT IS,
ACTING UNILATERALLY OR IS ALONE AT THE CONFERENCE.
-- THE CONFERENCE SHOULD BE GENERALLY CHARACTERIZED AS
A CONTINUATION OF THE LONG-STANDING ARAB BATTLE TO
SECURE ARAB RIGHTS' PARALLEL TO THE MILITARY STRUGGLE.
THE DECEMBER 21 - 22 MEETING SHOULD BE REFERRED TO AS
"TALKS" RATHER THAN "NEGOTIATIONS" AND SHOULD BE DES-
CRIBED AS THE OPENING SESSIONS TO BE FOLLOWED IMMEDIATELY
BY A FIRST PHASE OF THE CONFERENCE Fn
,CUSSING ON MILITARY
DISENGAGEMENT. THERE SHOULD BE NO REFERENCE TO ANY
INTERRUPTION IN THE CONFERENCE OR TO THE AWAITING OF
THE ISRAELI ELECTIOmS.
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THE ROLE OF JORDAN SHOULD BE DOWNPLAYED AND THE ASSOCIA--
TION BETWEEN EGYPT AND JORDAN AT THE CONFERENCE MINIMIZED..
CONTACTS WITH THE SOVIETS ARE. TO BE LEFT EXCLUSIVELY TO
THE OFFICIAL EGYPTIAN DELEGATION; EGYPTIAN MEDIA PER-
SONNEL MAY TALK FREELY WITH THE AMERICANS.
POINTS MENTIONED IN ONE MEDIA BRIEFING BY THE OFFICIAL EGYPTIAN
SPOKESMAN IN GENEVA ALSO Ii\DCLUDED REFERENCES TO EGYPT'S UNDER-
STANDING OF SYRIA'S BOYCOTT. THE SPOKESMAN EXPRESSED THE VIEW
THAT EGYPT WOULD HAVE PPEFERREO SYRIA TO ATTEND BUT THAT IN
THE INTERIM EGYPT WOULD SPEAK FOR SYRIA.. HE ALSO DESCRIBED
THE NEGOTIATIONS AS NOT DIuECT.BUR RATHER UNDER THE UN FLAG
AND GENERALLY DESCRIBED EGYPT'S POSITION AS VERY FLEXIBLE IN
TACTICS BUT FIRM ON PRINCIPLES. (NIEHUSS/QUANDT)
ISRAEL HAS ENOUGH OIL:. THERE HAVE AS YET BEEN NO NOTICEABLE
SHORTAGES OF PETROLEUM SUPPLIES IN ISRAEL. THE COUNTRY#S TWO
REFINERIES HAVE A COMBINED DAILY CAPACITY OF OVER 200s000
BARRELS OF PRODUCTS. ISRAEL'S DOMESTIC CONSUMPTION OF PETRO-
LEUM HAS BEEN RUNNING AN ESTIMATED 15 PERCENT BELOW THE NORMAL
RATE OF 130,000 BARRELS PEO DAY (8/D).
OIL FROM FIELDS IN THE SINAI IS APPARENTLY BEING USED IN PLACE
OF IMPORTED CRUDE. BY THE END OF OCTOBER, PRODUCTION FROM THE
SINAI FIELDS WAS ABOUT 50-n00 8/D AND WAS EXPECTED TO BE CLOSE,
Tn:THE NORMAL 100-000 B/D BY THE END OF THE YEAR. THUSS'MOST
OF ISRAEL'S DOMESTIC CRUDE REQUIREMENTS CAN BE SATISFIED FROM
SINAI PRODUCTION AND FROM THE SUBSTANTIAL STOCKS-ON HAND WHEN
THE WAR BEGAN.
BREZHNEV VISIT TO CUBA POSTPONED: A SOVIET FOREIGN MINISTRY
OFFICIAL HAS TOLD THE U.S. EMBASSY IN MOSCOW THAT BREZHNEV
WILL BE GOING TO CUBA AROUND JANUARY 15. HE WAS ORIGINALLY
SCHEDULED TO ARRIVE IN LATE DECEMBER AND TO BE PRESENT FOR
THE CASTRO REGIME'S 15TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION ACTIVITIES,
IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THE SOVIETS FEARED BREZHNEV'S PRESENCE
WOULD ASSOCIATE THEM WITH ANY HARSH ANTI-U.S. STATEMENTS MADE
DURTNG THE CEREMONIES BY ETOEL CASTRO. HAVANA PROBABLY IS. NOT
HAPPY OVER THE DELAY SINCE IT IMPLIES THAT MOSCOW IS DOWN-
GRADING CUBA'S IMPORTANCE.
CHILE DEBT RESCHEDULING: REPRESENTATIVES OF THE U.S. AND
CHILEAN GOVERNMENTS SIGNED AN AGREEMENT WEDNESDAY FOR RESCHED-
ULING CHILE'S EXTERNAL DEBT PAYMENTS FOR THE PERIOD OF NOVEM-.
BFR 1971 THROUGH DECEMBER, 1972 IN-ACCORDANCE WITH THE APRIL 1972
PARIS CLUB AGREEMENT. THE AGREEMENT PROVIDES THAT OVER :60 MIL-?
LION DOLLARS WILL BE PAID r1VER THE NEXT FOUR YEARS AND AN ADDIft,
TIONAL $64 MILLION PAID OVER SIX YEARS BEGINNING IN JANUARY
OF-1975 AT 6 PERCENT ANNUAL. INTEREST. UNPAID CHILEAN OBLIGA.
TIONS TO THE U.S. AND CERTAIN OF ITS AGENCIES FOR 1973' AND
DEBTS DUE IN 1974 WILL BE THE SUBJECT OF A MEETING:OF CREDITOR
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NATIONS IN PARIS THIS FEBRUARY. THE CHILEAN GOVERNMENT REITE-
RATED ITS INTENTION TO FULFILL ALL THE PROVISIONS OF THE PARIS
CLUB AGREEMENT AND, IN PARTICULAR, THEIR INTENTION TO CONDUCT
NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE COMPANIES AIMED AT PROVIDING JUST COM.-
PENSATIDN FOR NATIONALIZED PROPERTIES. (JORDEN)
AMERICAN KIDNAPED IN ARGENTINA.- AN AMERICAN ENGINEER OF THE
MCKEE TESCA CD.,.CONNECTED WITH AN OHIO-BASED CONSTRUCTION FIRM..
WAS K.IDNAPED FRIDAY BY A GROUP OF ARMED MEN, CHARLES ROBERT
HAYES WAS, ON HIS WAY TO WORK WHEN .HE WAS ABDUCTED. A COMPANY
SPOKESMAN SAID THAT NO RANSOM DEMAND HAS BEEN RECEIVED FROM
THE KIDNAPERS. THE U.S.-CITIZEN MANAGER OF THE ESSO REFINERY
IN CAMPANAS ARGENTINA WAS ABDUCTED EARLIER THIS MONTH. HE IS
STILL BEING HELD.
NIGERIAN OIL: NEW NIGERI N GOVERNMENT STATISTICS SHOW THAT
AS OF AUGUST 1973 PROBABLY MORE THAN 40 PERCENT OF NIGERIA+S
TOTAL CRUDE EXPORTS WERE GriING TO THE U.S. AND U.S. OFF-SHORE
REFINERIES. IN A RELATED (DEVELOPMENT, REPORTS COMING OUT OF
LAGOS ARE THAT THE NIGERIAN GOVERNMENT WILL SELL ITS ROYALTY'
AND PARTICIPATION CRUDE (300,000 BARRELS PER DAY)s NOW UP FOR.
AUCTION, AT WORLD RECORD PRICES JUST SHY OF $18. THE SUCCESS-
FUL BIDDERS ARE DUE TO BE ANNOUNCED TODAY. (HORAN)
PRC PRODUCTION CAPACITY EXPANDED FOR HIGH EXPLOSIVES:. ANALYSIS.
SHOWS AN INCREASE OF 75 TO 100 PERCENT 25X1
OVER THE PAST.' FIVE YEARS INN THE PRC CAPACITY TO PRODUCE HIGH
EXPLOSIVES. TWO NEWLY DISCOVERED FACILITIES HAVE BEEN CON_
STRUCTED IN ISOLATED AREAS OF SOUTH CHINA AT ICHENG AND YUNCHSIN.
THEY PRODUCE RDX AND TNT BOTH MAJOR CONSTITUENTS OF BURSTING
AND DEMOLITION CHARGES. TECHNICAL IMPROVEMENTS HAVE BEEN SEEN
IN PRODUCTION LINES AT OTHER PLANTS. PEKING IS,ALSO NEGOTIAT
IMG AT-THIS TIME WITH BOFORS OF SWEDENs A MAJOR FABRICATOR OF
EXPLOSIVE PLANTS.
DIA COMMENTS THAT THE, OVERALL REQUIREMENTS FOR HIGH EXPLOSIVES
HAVE INCREASED AND CHINA IS ATTEMPTING TO BECOME INDEPENDENT
CIF THE USSR AS A SOURCE. THE MILITARY ARE RECEIVING NEW TYPES
AND LARGER QUANTITIES OF EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE, AND CIVILIAN MIN-
ING AND CONSTRUCTION PROGRAMS HAVE EXPANDED. AN ESTIMATED
50s000 10.60,000 METRIC TONS OF TNT WERE USED IN 1972s WHEN
NEARLY 17,000 METRIC TONS HERE IMPORTED FROM THE USSR. ABOUT
8,250 METRIC TONS WERE DELIVERED BY MOSCOW DURING THE FIRST
TEN MONTHS OF THIS YEAR.
PRC AND MOSCOW TO OPEN EMBASSIES IN MALAGASY REPUBLIC: THE
MALAGASY FOREIGN MINISTER HAS ANNOUNCED THE PRC AND USSR WILL
OPEN EMBASSIES IN TANANARIVE IN 1974. MALAGASY HAS HAD RELA-
TIONS WITH THE TWO COUNTRIES SINCE 1972. (HORAN )
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