INFORMATION ITEMS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-549-1-27-2
• Release Decision: RIPLIM
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: October 27, 2011
• Sequence Number: 27
• Publication Date: February 7, 1974
• Content Type: CABLE

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No Objection to Declassification in Part 2011/10/27: LOC-HAK-549-1-27-2
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MEMORANDUM FOR: THE PRESIDENT
FROM: HENRY A. KISSINGER
SUBJECT: INFORMATION ITEMS
TFRRI]RISTS CONTINUE TO HOLD JAPANESE EMBASSY: ARAB TERRORISTS
ARE STILL HOLDING THE JAPANESE EMBASSY IN KUWAIT AS NEGOTIATIONS
CONTINUE TO FIND A PLACE WHICH WILL ACCEPT THE TERRORISTS FROM
SINGAPORE. A JAPANESE AIRPLANE HAS LANDED IN SINGAPORE TO PICK
UP THE FOUR GUERRILLAS WHO. ATTACKED THE SHELL OIL REFINERY THERE.
KUWAIT DOES NOT WANT THE JAPANESE PLANE TO COME AND HAS REFUSED
Tn GIVE PERMISSION FOR THE PLANE TO LAND.
SITUATInN IN INDOCHINA: COMBAT ACTIVITY IN CAMBODIA YESTERDAY
WAS CONCENTRATED AT THE CENTER OF-PHNOM PENH'S SOUTHERN DEFENSE
LINE, WHERE KHMER COMMUNIST UNITS CONTINUED TO RESIST GOVERNMENT
EFFORTS TO REGAIN GROUND ALONG THE PREK THNAOT RIVER. ON THE
SOUTHERN FRONT, ELEMENTS Op THE 3RD DIVISION ON ROUTE 3 HAVE
.PULLED BACK NORTH OF THE PREK THNAOT. SOUTHEAST OF THE CAPITAL,
GOVERNMENT TROOPS CONDUCTING CLEARING OPERATIONS ALONG THE FAST
BANK OF THE BASSAC RIVER HAVE ENGAGED A SIZABLE INSURGENT FnRCE
WITHIN TWO MILES OF THE ROUTE 1 BRIDGE LEADING INTO SOUTHERN
PHNOM PENH. COMMUNIST CREWS FARTHER SOUTH IN THE BASSAC FIRED
F,nUR ROCKETS INTO THE SUBURB OF TAKHMAU YESTERDAY, ONLY A FEW
CASUALTIES RESULTED.
FIGHTING REMAINS LIGHT IN SOUTH VIETNAM. RECENT CLASHES IN QUANG
DUC PROVINCE SUGGEST THE FIRST PHASE OF THE REPORTED COMMUNIST
DIVERSIONARY EFFORT IS BEGINNING. MODERATE FIGHTING WAS REPORTED
IN MILITARY REGION 3 IN BINH DUONG PROVINCE, WHERE A GOVERNMENT
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *WHSR COMMENT * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
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SWEEP OPERATION IS UNDER WAY.
MIDDLE EAST SITUATION QUIET:
NQ MAJOR INCIDENTS WERE REPORTED
ON EITHER THE SYRIAN OR EGYPTIAN FRONT YESTERDAY.
EC COUNCIL POSITION FOR NEXT WEEK'S ENERGY CONFERENCE: THE EC
COUNCIL ON FEBRUARY 5 APPROVED A POSITION PAPER DESIGNED TO PER--
MIT A COOPERATIVE STANCE By THE COMMUNITY AT THE WASHINGTON ENERGY
CONFERENCE NEXT WEEK, DESPITE BASIC RESERVATIONS ABOUT THE CONFER
ENCE AND DXFFERENCES AMONG THE EC MEMBERS. THE PRINCIPAL POINTS,
OF THE PAPER, WHICH WAS RELEASED TO THE PRESS IN ORDER TO STRENGTHEN
THE EC'S BARGAINING POSITION ARE:
-~ THE NEED TO AVOID A CONFRONTATION BETWEEN OIL IMPORTING
AND PRODUCING COUNTRIES;
-~ THE DESIRABILITY OF INCLUDING ALL OIL IMPORTING AND PRO-
DUCING NATIONS IN FUTURE INTERNATIONAL DISCUSSIONS, WITH
A VIEW TOWARD STARTING THOSE BROADER TALKS BEFORE APRIL 1;
-- THE NECESSITY OF PREVENTING THE WASHINGTON CONFERENCE_..
"ESPECIALLY IN ITS PRESENT COMPOSITION"" -FROM BEING
RAUL CASTRO TO MOSCOW: RAUL CASTRO, FIDEL'S BROTHER AND CURA'S
FIRST DEPUTY PRIME MINISTERs HAS ARRIVED IN MOSCOW FOR AN UN-
OFFICIAL VISIT. TASS REPORTS HE WAS INVITED BY THE CENTRAL COM-
MITTEE OF THE SOVIET COMMUNIST PARTY. NO REASON FOR THE VISIT
WAS GIVEN.
ODUBER DECLARED WINNER: DANIEL ODUBERs CANDIDATE OF THE RULING
NATIONAL LIBERATION PARTY, HAS BEEN DECLARED THE WINNER IN THE
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION HELD FEBRUARY 3 IN COSTA RICA. ODUBER
CAPTURED MORE THAN THE REQUIRED 40 PERCENT OF THE POPULAR VOTE,
THUS ELIMINATING THE NEED FOR A RUNOFF ELECTION. DESPITE ODUBER'S
VICTORY, HIS PARTY APPARENTLY HAS LOST ITS TRADITIONAL MAJORITY
IN THE LEGISLATURE. THAT WILL FORCE THE LEADING PARTY TO SEEK
STRONGER COOPERATION FROM nPPOSITIONISTS.
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