ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ITEMS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-548-9-46-4
• Release Decision: RIPLIM
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: November 28, 2011
• Sequence Number: 46
• Publication Date: October 4, 1973
• Content Type: CABLE

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SITUATION* HAKUN
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MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY
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CHIA Q K-iAN- Hta "s "N cPFEC .i. CHINESE UN DELEGATE CHIAO KUAN-
H!JA"S ADDRESS TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY TUESDAY REPEATED MOST
OF THE THEMES MENTIONED IN THE FOREIGN POLICY SECTION OF CHOU
EN-LAI"S REPORT TO THE TENTH PARTY CONGRESS, CHINO SAID THAT
INSTEAD OF MOVING TOWARD DETENTE, THE GENERAL SITUATION WAS
CHARACTERIZED BY CONTENTION BETWEEN THE TWO SUPERPOWERS AND
BY A PROCESS OF "GREAT TURBULENCE, GREAT DIVISION, AND GREAT
REALIGNMENT." LIKE CHOU, CHIAD WAS CRITICIAL OF BOTH SUPER-
POWERS, BUT THE USSR WAS THE FOCUS OF HIS MOST BARBED COMMENTS,
UNLIKE CHDU"S PRESENTATIONS, H(WEVER, CHIAD SPECIFICALLY
CRITICIZED AT LENGTH THE Sf.IVIET-U,S, AGREEMENT ON THE PREVEN-
TIG111 OF NUCLEAR WAR, WHICH 14E SAID WENT "FAR BEYOND THE SCOPE
OF BILATERAL RELATIONS," HE EXPRESSED CONCERN THAT THE "UR-
GENT CONSULTATIONS" CALLED FOR IN THE CASE OF A DISPUTE iET4+EEN
EITHER OF THE PARTIES AND A THIRD PARTY WOULD INEVITABLY-BE
FOLLOWED BY ACTIONS DICTATED BY THE SELF-INTEREST OF THE U,S,
AND THE USSR RATHER THAN BY THE INTERESTS OF THE THIRD PARTY,
CHIACJ ADDED THAT CHINA WOULD NOT GO "BEGGING FOR NUCLEAR PRO-
TECTION FROM ANY COUNTRY" AND THAT CHINA WAS NOT "AFRAID nF
THE NUCLEAR THREAT FRDM ANY COUNTRY," IN HIS MOST CRITICAL
COMMENTARY ON THE AGREEMENT, CHIAO SAID CAUSTICALLY THAT IT
WOULD "HOODWINK" NO ONE AND THAT IT WOULD ""ONLY AROUSE INDIG-
NATION, MISGIVINGS, AND DISILLUSIONVENT-" AN APPARENTLY AC-
CURATE DESCRIPTION OF PEKINGtS OWN VIEWS ON THE TREATY.
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CHIAO SAID THAT CHINA WAS "WORRIED" THAT THE UN WAS GETTING SO
MIRED IN SPEECHES AND RESOLUTIONS THAT IT HAD NOT BEEN LOOKING
INTO MAJOR WORLD ISSUES LIKE THE "PREVENTION OF NUCLEAR WAR."
NOWHERE IN THE SPEECH DID HE REPEAT CHOU+S WARNING THAT CHINA
SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR A "SURPRISE ATTACK" FROM MOSCOW.
HIS COMMENTS ON KOREA WERE GENERALLY MEASURED AND UNINTERPRETA-^
TIVE, ALTHOUGH HE MADE IT CLEAR PEKING WOULD HAVE NO PART OF A
MOVE TO ADMIT BOTH NORTH AND SOUTH KOREA INTO THE UN, WITH
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RESPECT TO CAMBODIA, HE STRONGLY SUPPORTED THE EXPULSION OF
THE GKR AND THE SEATING OF SIHANOUK, HE "RESOLUTELY DENOUNCED"
THE U.S. FOR CONTINUING SUPPORT OF THE "PUPPET REGIME" IN PHNOM
PENH AND FOR lf'44NTONLY INTERFERING" IN CAMBODIAN AFFAIRS. CHIAO
DESCRIBED THE LON NOL GOVERNMENT AS "ILLEGAL FROM INCEPTION AND
IMPOSED BY U.S. IMPERIALISTS" AND ASSERTED THAT GRUNK WAS THE
"SOLE LEGAL GOVERNMENT IN CAMBODIA."" IN CLOSING, HE MADE A
DISTINCT PITCH FOR LEADERSHIP OF THE THIRD WORLD -- A FAIRLY
STANDARD PLOY BUT ONE THAT HAS BEEN EMPHASIZED SINCE THE TENTH
PARTY CONGRESS. (MCMANIS/STEAR+"AN/ADAMS)
PEKING ASKS TOKYO AID IN DEVELOPING OFFSHORE OILFIELDS: PEKING
HAS ASKED TOKYO FOR HELP AND EQUIPMENT IN DEVELOPING OILFIELDS
AND FOR EXPLORATION OFFSHORE, THE TWO ARE NEGOTIATING THE PUR-
CHASE OF FIVE SUPPLY SHIPS, TO BE FOLLOWED BY UNDERSEA PIPE-
LINE FACILITIES, THE CHINESE WOULD ALSO LIKE JAPANESE HELP
IN BUILDING A PIPELINE FROM THE TACH"ING OILFIELDS TO THE PORT
OF DARIEN; JAPANESE TECHNICIANS MAY HAVE ALREADY BEGUN SURVEY
WORK AT A NEW FIELD OUTSIDE SANSHUI CITY, (MCMANIS)
CAMBODIAN SITUATIDNI ON OCTOBER 1, LON NOEL INFORMED FANK CORM-
MANDER IN CHIEF SOSTHENE FERNANDEZ THAT HE WAS DEMOTING HIM TO
CHIEF OF THE GENERAL STAFF, IN AN OCTOBER 2 MEETING WITH THE
PRESIDENT, CHARGE ENDERS ARGUED STRONGLY AGAINST THIS MOVE AND
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APPARENTLY CONVINCED LON N% TO LET SOSTHENE RETAIN HIS TITLE.
HOWEVER, LON N'7L INSISTED ON THE NEED TO ASSURE HIS OWN "ASCEN-
DANCY" IN MILITARY MATTERS AND CONCLUDE[) THAT HE WOULD STILL
TAKE A BIGGER HAND IN PERSONAL MATTERS, IN THE DISCUSSION.
WHICH REPORTEDLY WAS '!UNCONTENTIOUS," LON NOL THREATENED TWICE
TO RESIGN AND ENDERS EMPHASIZED THAT OUR SUPPORT FOR THE KHMER
CAUSE DEPENDED ON A BROADER SHARING OF POWER AND POLITICAL STA-
BILITY, (ALTHHOUGH ENDERS DOES NOT EXPLAIN,THE CAUSE FOR LON
NOL+S RESIGNATION TH-IREATS, THE MARSHAL DOUBTLESS IS ANXIOUS TO
RETRIEVE SUME OF HIS CURRENTLY DIFFUSED POWERS AND MAY RESENT
OUR EFFORTS TO BLOCK HIS MANEUVERS IN THIS DIRECTION, SUCH AS
DEMOTING SOSTHENE AND WATERING DOWN FURTHER THE HIGH COUNCIL,)
ENDERS HAS ALSO REPORTED THAT INCONCLUSIVE NEGOTIATIONS ARE CON-
TINUING OVER THE FATE OF THE HIGH COUNCIL, THE ROLE OF THE NA-
TIONNAL ASSEMBLY, AND A REPLACEMENT FOR PREMIER IN TAM, IN A
SERIES OF CONTACTS NN OCTOBER 1 AND 2, ENDERS SOUGHT TO DISSUADE
IN TAM FROM CARRYING THROUGH ON HIS INTENDED RESIGNATION FROM
THE CABINET AND COUNCIL. HE EXTRACTED FROM LON NOL AN AGREEMENT
TO DECLARE PUBLICLY THAT THE HIGH COUNCIL WOULD CONTINUE TO WORK
AND FLOATED A COMPROMISE PLAN TO RECONVENE PARLIAMENT IN A CON-
SULTATIVE ROLE, (STEARMAN/ADAMS)
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PHNl7M PENH BEGINS RECRUITMENT AND CONSCRIPTION DRIVE: A SPEECH
BY PRESIDENT LOIN NOL YESTERDAY LAUNCHED A PUBLICITY CAMPAIGN TO
HELP RECRUIT AND DRAFT 25#000 TROOPS FROM THE, CAMBODIAN ARMY-S
GENERAL RESERVE FORCE, INDUCTION IS SCHEDULED TO BEGIN THE
LATTER HALF OF THIS MONTH, LON NDL'S SPEECH WILL HELP GET THE
CAMPAIGN ROLLING, BUT ITS PROSPECTS ARE DIMMED BY MANAGEMENT
WEAKNESSES, INTERIOR MINISTER THAPPANA NGINM, APPOINTED TO
ORGANIZE THE DRIVE, IS A FAIR ADMINISTRATOR BUT HE WILL BE
SPLITTING HIS TIME BETWEEN. RUNNING THE DRAFT AND CARRYING OUT
MINISTERIAL RESPONSIBILITIES, IN ADDITION,NGIPN PROBABLY WILL
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NOT HAVE ENOUGH STATURE TO RESIST MEDDLING IN THE DRAFT PROCESS
BY LON NO,
THE PROGRAM ALSO RELIES ON LOCAL CIVILIAN OFFICIALS TO EN-
FORCE THE DRAFT LAW; OUR EMBASSY HAD BEEN PRESSING FOR CREA-
TION OF DRAFT BOARDS WITH REAL AUTHORITY TO ENFORCE THE LETTER
OF THE LAW. ALSO MISSING FROM THE RECRUITING CAMPAIGN IS A
PROVISION FOR A FREE RICE ALLOWANCE FOR GENERAL RESERVE TROOPS.
THE EMBASSY IS PRESSING FOR ADJUSTMENTS IN THE SYSTEM, BUT THE
BUREAUCRATIC PROCESS IS SLOW IN PHNOM PENH AND IT MAY PROVE
DIFFICULT TO RECRUIT AND SUFFICIENTLY TRAIN 25.0O0 TROOPS IN
TIME TO MAKE AN IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTION! IN THE FAST APPROACHING
DRY SEASON. (MCMIANIS)
ASSESSMENT OF TRUNG NGHIA CAMPAIGN; OUR CONSUL GENERAL IN MILI,'
TARY REGION 2 HAS REPORTED THAT DURING SAIGON+S ULTIMATELY SUC-
CESSFUL THREE-MONTH CAMPAIGN TO RECOVER TRUNG NGHIA VILLAGE WEST
OF KONTUM, ARVN HAD GOOD LOGISTICS, POOR INTELLIGENCE, AND UJNEX-
CEPTIONAL LEADERSHIP, THIS LEADERSHIP GAVE WEAK. SUPPORT TO
TROOPERS, WHO NEVERTHELESS PERFORMED CREDITABLY AND MAINTAINED
A HIGHER MORALE THAN THE NVA, ON THE OTHER HAND, THE NVA POS-
SESSED EXCELLENT ARTILLERY SUPPORT AND A GOOD LOGISTICS SYSTEM
FOR MILITARY SUPPLIES, BUT FOOD AND MEDICINE WERE IN SHORT
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SUBJECT CATAGORY: TOHAK
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SUPPLY, THE CAMPAIGN HAS PROVED THAT THE ARVN SIDE (THE 23RD
DIVISION) CAN SUCCESSFULLY OPPOSE THE NVA AND THAT THE ORDINARY
ARVH INFANTRYMAN IS PERHAPS THE MILITARY'S BEST ASSET, (STEARMAN/
ADAMS)
r IN, LAOS: THE DEFENSE ATTACHE IN VIENTIANE HAS SU -~
ENEM
M TED A GENERALLY REIILISTIC ASSESSMENT OF ENEMY TRENDS IN LADS,
WHICH NOTES THAT INITIALLY SEVERAL THOUSAND "OVA MAY BE OPENLY
WITHDRAWN FROM LAOS BUT PREDICTS THEY WILL, BE REINFILTRATED AS
"PATHET LAO ADVISORS," A MAJORITY OF GROUND SUPPORT PERSONNEL
PROBABLY ALSO WILL LEAVE LAOS AND REMAINING FORCES WILL WITHDRAW
INTO LOW PROFILE AREAS. THE NORTH VIETNAMESE WILL CONTINUE AN
EXTENSIVE ADVISORY SCREEN FOR THEIR PRESENCE AND WILL PRESS ON
WITH RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF ENEMY LINES OF COMMUNICATION. (STEAR-
MAN./ADAMS)
SOUTH KOREAN PRESIDENT PARK'S REACTION TO YOUR MEETING WITH HUANG
HUAi COMMENTING ON AMBASSADOR HABIB'S BRIEFING HIM ON YOUR RE-
CENT DISCUSSION OF THE KOREAN QUESTION WITH HUANG HUAP PRESIDENT
PARK:
AGREED WITH THE VIEWS YOU EXPRESSED TO HUANG BUT THOUGHT
HUANG WAS ACTING AS A SPOKESMAN FOR KIM IL-SUNG -- THOUGH
THIS MIGHT BE ONLY A PRELIMINARY PRC POSITION,
THOUGHT THAT IN THE PRESENT STANDOFF IN THE SOUTH'S TALKS
WITH THE NORTH ALL THAT COULD BE DONE WAS TO WAIT FOR AN
OPENING, WHILE AVOIDING WHATEVER MIGHT JEOPARDIZE THE
CONTINUATION OF THE DIALOG,
FEARED THAT THE NORTH WAS RETURNING TO ITS EARLIER IN-
TERFERENCE IN THE INTERNAL AFFAIRS OF THE SOUTH (PARK
CITED ONLY THE NORTH'S INCREASED CALUMNY OF THE SOUTH),
HOPED YOU WOULD MAKE CLEAR TO HUANG THAT SOUTH KOREA IS
NOT OPPOSED TO PEACEFUL REUNIFICATION AND WANTS TO STABIL
IZE THE PEACE ON THE PENINSULA,
SUGGESTED THAT YOU DRAW HUANG OUT ON HIS REFERENCE TO
THE UN COMMAND: WAS HE INDEED REFERRING ONLY TO THE
COMMAND OR TO U.S. FORCES AS WELL?
HOPED THAT THE PRC WOULD BE CONTENT WITH THE ROK'S AC-
CEPTANCE OF PEACEFUL REUNIFICATION AS A SOLE CONDITION
FOR INITIATING CONTACTS WITH THE SOUTH, RATHER THAN
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INSISTING ON A REJECTION OF DUAL ADMISSION TO THE UN
AS WELL -- A CONDITION THE RQK COULD NOT ACCEPT. (FROEBE)
TRA SPnRTA1ION SHRIKE 1N ~OlO11F1LAi TRANSPORTATION IN BOGOTA
CAME TO A NEAR HALT AS DRIVERS OF BUSES, TAXIS, TRUCKS, AND
TRAINS COMMENCED A NATIONWIDE STRIKE MONDAY. THE STRIKE HAS
BEEN LESS EFFECTIVE IN OTHER MAJOR CITIES. SCATTERED INCIDENTS
OF VIOLENCE HAVE BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH THE STRIKE, AND AN UNCON-
FIRMED PRESS REPORT INDICATES THERE MAY HAVE BEEN MORE SERI-
OUS CLASHES BETWEEN DEMONSTRATORS AND POLICE FORCES ON TUES-
DAY, THE GOVERNMENT HAS DECLARED THE STRIKE ILLEGAL, AUTHORIZED
QgNERS TO DISMISS PARTICIPATING DRIVERS,, AND PLACED BOGOTA UN-
DER MILITARY CONTROL, THE STRIKE ADDS TO THE ESCALATING DO-
MESTIC PROBLEMS PLAGUING THE CONSERVATIVE GOVERNMENT, A THREE-
WEEK-OLD TEACHERS' STRIKE REMAINS UNRESOLVED AND THE COST OF
LIVING IS CONTINUING TO RISE. THE INABILITY OF THE GOVERNMENT
TO SOLVE THESE PROBLEMS COULD AFFECT THE CHANCES OF THE CON-
5ERVATIVE PARTY'S CANDIDATE FOR THE PRESIDENCY IN NEXT APRIL'S
ELECTION. (BROWNELL)
;Al BSE 0 : IN RESPONSE TO A CHINESE
R EST, BRAZIL'S LARGEST IRON ORE FIRM OFFERED TO SELL PEKING
100,000 LONG TONS OF IRON OR.E FOR DELIVERY NEXT YEAR, VALUED
AT $1.1 MILLION, THE PROPOSED DEAL IS ABOUT DOUBLE CHINA'S
IRON ORE IMPORTS LAST YEAR, (BROWNELL)
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