MORNING REPORT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-549-1-5-6
• Release Decision: RIPLIM
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: October 27, 2011
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: January 17, 1974
• Content Type: CABLE

No Objection to Declassification in Part 2011/10/27: LOC-HAK-549-1-5-6
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S~-.iVIFT PUBLIC- SUPPORT FDIC ''&RA'8S: SOVIET FRL'EIGN MINISTER rs f1^YKH
TR ARFAFFIRMED SOVIET 5UP.PORT F(IR EGYPT -AND THE ARAB CA(1IN
T tE: MIDDLE EAST. G'R:i)MYKO TODAY RECEIVED THE EGYPTIAN AMBAI' A!)f.1k
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ThN7.I'ON"T'f "THF SITUAT`I'N fNL THE" MIDF?LE EAST. EGYPTIAN Fgrt: t(;N
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Mi1$Cf)W A5`,SOON A5' YOU FINALLY LEFT EGYPT.
LIBYANPREMI'E.R "PL.ANt4ING" WEST EUROPEAN TDURi 7HE PRF~SS RF-t?I:IRTS
LIBYAN PRIME MINISTER JALLUD IS PLANNING TO VISIT $EVEN WEci
EUROPEAN COUNTRIES; INCL,UDING BRITAIN, FRANrE, : AND WEST GEu.%ANY
IN THE " NEXT FE.W WEEKS, A FrnREI`GN,nFFICE S,POKfSM'AN SAID IN F!iNnnN
TODAY. .JAL.LU.D MAY BE ACCOM!PANIED.BY A POWERFUL, DELEGATION of
SF') F' (IF ,HAS Ml STERS" DEALING WITH OIL' FI"N1.NCEr DEVELOPME ''T,
AtND gNOuSTRY.
K 4~1ER COMMUNISTS SHIPPING SUPPLIES TO NORTHI;4FST REGION': A ,!AN-
I#ARY If~55AGE FROM THE CEM!TRAL. PARTY COMMITTEE'l(CP.C) INDI(~',TFP
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THE.POLITICAL TALKS WITH THE VI.PT. C DNG. SAIGDN',S CHIEF NE,K=TIA-.
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--THE CIA AND DIA HAVE STATED OPPOSING INTERPRETATIONS ON THE
SIGNIFICANCE OF CURRFNT N.VA. COM14AT INFILT'R..ATION'INT) SOUTH I~-TNAM.
BfTH4 AG''FNCI'ES CONCUR THAT *.HE PRESENT INF:ILTRA?TION RATE IS
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STA>7T'S.BETWEE:N DECEMBER At~-tn APRILIMAY. CIA: RELIEVES THAT THIS
NUMBER WOULD NOT, ONLY REPLENISH UNDERSTRENGTH UNITS, RUT ALcni
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C+-?MBAT DIA''S INTERPRETAT'I?lN REPRESESNTS A r,*S'1C` FACTOR V4 ITS
ASSESSMENT THAT THERE WILL 8E' N'O mAJOR COMMUNIST OFFENSIVE
ACTIVITY IN THE NEXT '60 11AYS 1'Cl]MMENT. DIA'S INT RPRETATI , SiR.l k5
115. AS S 0MtEWHAT PREMATURE; wE ARE INCLINED TOWARDS THE CIA \, T trw
PENlIN-G SUPPORTING, EV'IRENC'F FROM i7IA.1
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FIRMED THAT ONE RECENT , NVA REEGO'LA!? COMBAT GROUP TRANS I TEO . T~;E f-NT I'?E
I ~:~FI t, TR ATI ON PIPELINE -f"RfM V INH To KRAT I E l I N CAMBODIA NEAP THE
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f T STANCE. COVERED WAS '.52'5 :MT,LES,, NnRMAL I NF I`(.. TR;A T I fN TIME FrrN VIN'
Tr) THE C'CTSVN AREA: IS Rf'IUGH(.,Y 60 DAYS. HfWEVrR,.. NO. OTHER GRr- iPSS HAVE
Yf T. BEEN OETECT,ED :THIS FAR SOUTH IN THE CURRENT ORY SEASON AND THE
Ri-PORT MAY RE.PRES'ENT 'A ;OWE-TIME TEST FOR THE SPEEDIEST POSS its! E
I NN,NF I L TRAT I ON,, A.LESS THEN. TWO WFE < . TOTAL TRANSIT T I i4FF TO T- P.
((lSVN.. A.RE.A..W:OULO S,ICNIF I(ANTLY IMPROVE THE ' NVA' S CAPABILITY Fo1R
SW'iF.T'-RFINFORCFM.EP4T AND SHi-*T-NOTICE ATTACKS. SUBSEQUENT IN.;;ILTRA--
W SHINGTON STAR-Nr=W.S: THE.STAR-NEWS HEADLI,,IES THE REPORTEr TAPE
Rr1R;F,RT VANDER L'EEN, T:HF $I:f.?'HIG+AN sEriATE MAJIIRITY L.EADER, W?!t,,, TH.F
R~-PIISL.ICAN NOMINATION TO THHE CONG?ESSIONAL. SEAT FORMERLY Hr-if)
RY VICE PRESIDENT FOR^D,,,a
ORR KELLY WRITES THAT `ATTfJQNEY GENERAL SAXRi= WANTS TO STREA LINE
THE PROCEDURES FOR Df1M S{IT CRIME WIRETAPS. NATIONAL SECUH TTY
CASES.'RFPORTEDLY ARE A:'PPROvE0 WIT{IN A,-DAY ?iUT DOMESTIC TAr
REQUIRE `AT LEAST :FIVE C1'AYS.
THE t(tR V~IIALLET TQU{t TO, THE U.S. WAS ABRUPTLY CANCEL'LED YEc-
T?.R;DAY. THE TOUR WAS ALLFE('.;EDLY CANCELLED BECAUSE OF THE E"EPr,Y
CR-IS1 5,: : THERE WERE 'INDI.CATIONS ALSO THAT THE UNDERLYING Rr ,SrIN
WAS AMER I:'CAN IND.IGNATIf7N, A 1 ,MOSCOW'S FAILURF= TO ALLOW VALEO i
EMIGRATE; TO ISRAEL.:
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