NOON NOTES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-548-12-28-0
• Release Decision: RIPLIM
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: September 15, 2010
• Sequence Number: 28
• Publication Date: January 11, 1974
• Content Type: CABLE

No Objection to Declassification in Part 2010/09/15: LOC-HAK-548-12-28-0
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CUUNTAINS COLEWORO` JANUARY 11,' 1974
MEMORANDUM FOR 'THE SECRETARY
FROM THE SITUATION ROOM
SUBJECT: $fN NOTES? ...,
PRESS REPORTS GOL;DA MEIR SICK: THE PRESS REPORTS INFORMED SOURCES
-SAS :SAYING THAI GCLOA MFIR HAS BEEN SUFFERING FROM SHINGLES :SINCE
LAST 'WE'EK, WHICH:MIGHT KEEP HER FROM MEETIN+-: WITH YOU. SHOOkILD
SHE BE UNABLE TO ATTEND THE MEETING, ALLON, DAYAN, AND EBAN WOULD
,ONCIUCT THE TALKS.
A.f`RI"CAN MEETING WITH ARABS :QN OIL: THE ARAQ LEAGUE IS ARRANGING
A MEETING IN CAIRO ON JAMUARY.22 BETWEEN A COMMITTEE OF THE
ORGANIZATION OF AFRICAN UNITY -(flAIJ). AND ARAP FOREIGN ANDPFrRf-
La UtM MINISTERS TO ENSURE 'AN OIL SUPPLY FOR SLACK, AFRICA. THEY
.,WILL DISCUSS PLANS "FOR. S ITIWG UP AN AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT FUND
AND FOR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE. THEOAU SOUGHT THE MEETING TO
:SECURE IMPLEMENTATION OF PpOMISFS MADE LAST NOVEMBER AT THE
ALGIERS SUMMIT," AFTER BLACK AFRICA SIDED WITH THE ARABS BY
BtEAKI,NG' RELATIONS WITH ISRAEL.
SOVI,E,T5 ASSESS CHINkS.E POLITICS: SOVIET SINGLOGIST BORIS 7ANEGIN
OF THE USA INSTITUTE. .IN' MOSCOW CONCEDED PRIVATELY ON JANUARY q
T+AT',*HE SWEEPING CHANGES IN REGIONAL MILITARYCOMMANOS IN rHINA
DEMDN.S.TRATE THE STRENGTH OF THE PEKING GOVERNMENT. ZANEGIN SAID
J".HERE..WAS WIDE SPECULATION AMONG, SOVIET SPECIALISTS ON THE SHUFFLE.
OVI'ET NEWS MEDIA HAVE NOT ORIGINATED ANY MAJOR COMMENT,BUT HAVE
CI`.TED FOREIGN COMMENTARY PORTRAYING THE SHIFTS AS SYMPTOMATIC CIF
THE`' SHARPENING STRUGGLE AM(1NG VARIOUS GROUPS IN THE LEADERSHIP.
REVEAL THAT THIS COMMENTARY
CIA COMME S THAT ZANEGIN'S REMARKS
IS PRIMARILY DESIGNED FOR EXTERNAL AUDIENCES -- PARTICULARI",v IN
THE, WEST -- IN AN'EFFORT Tfl ENCOURAGE CAUTION IN THEIR ATTITUDES
',TfWARD THE.CHINES;E LEADERSHIP.
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No Objection to Declassification in Part 2010/09/15: LOC-HAK-548-12-28-0
 No Objection to Declassification in Part 2010/09/15: LOC-HAK-548-12-28-0
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PREMIER KOSYGIN RETURNS TO PUBLIC LIEF: PRVMIER KOSYGIN k v,_
CHIVED THE NORTH KOREAN AM,iASSAr)Ov IN THE KPEMLIN ON JANUAPv R,
ACCORDING TO MOSCOW RADIO. HE HAP NOT BEEN SEEN IN PUBLIC c:INCE
ATTENDING THE OPENING OF THE THREE-DAY SUPRFME SOVIET ON OFrFM-
BfR 12. KOSYGIN LEFT MOSCOW BY PLANE IN MIDD-DECEMBER AND Rv-
TURNED TO THE CAPITAL AT THE END OF THE MONTH. HIS DEPARTtWWE
DURING THE SUPREME SOVIET SESSION HAD RAISER SPECULATION ArnUT
HIS POLITICAL AND PHYSICAL WEIL-8FING. KOSYGIN, IN FACTS HAS
Nt'1T BEEN IN MOSCOW VERY MUCH IN RECENT MONTHS. HE HAS SPENT
SOME TIME AT THE BLACK SEA RESORT OF PITSUNnA, POSSIBLY F0.
HFALTH REASONS. KOSYGIN IS REPORTED TO HAVf~' A NUMBER OF HF~LTH
PROBLEMS, ANY ONE OF WHICH COULD INCAPACITATE HIM. HE WILL BE
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No Objection to Declassification in Part 2010/09/15 : LOC-HAK-548-12-28-0