ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ITEMS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-550-1-46-9
• Release Decision: RIPLIM
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: December 7, 2011
• Sequence Number: 46
• Publication Date: September 23, 1974
• Content Type: CABLE

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No Objection to Declassification in Part 2012/08/13: LOC-HAK-550-1-46-9
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FIRE. THE t"APTNES CL.ATM TO HAVE KILLED 747. COMM!INISTS 141H,TLE 511'5...
TAIt++INC ONLY RELATIVELY LIGHT CASl3PLLT.TES THEMSELVES. HEAVY OPOUNI)
FIGHHTINC WAS ALSO PE?ORTEP F3Y .4PVK! :A TPPOPNTE. AND T F'AMTRY UNTTS .IN?
pUANG NAM vPOVTNCE.
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SEPTEMDER ?3, 1R 74
S!.UPJL CT ADDITI+O AL I"!FOPMATION ITEMS
SOUTH VIETN!AME E REPOPTELTLY AP4a1L)C)N,-. PA N?'1L:? R~ SEs SOUTH VIETNAMESE
FORCES HAYS`IAPPAPENTLY APANDON'ED CIA VU7, A' ISOLATED OUTPOST NEAR
THE KON?C:' !-f ANC NGA I Pn01/T'1CE..PO7OE ? YHICH, CAME UlNDEV INITEN?SE c_
MUNI ' "ROUND AND ARTLL.EPY ATTACK LATE LAST WEEK. HELTCO?TEP PESCUL
O!? OATICNS APE PLANNED TO PICK L,UP S1tRVIVORSOF T,HE `,A.P0TSON' R ,97-
MAN !?ANGEL? BATTALION DEFENSE tOPCE. T4E A' AND~ONMENT OF CIA VL!!C HAS
BEEN UNDER CONSIDERATION SINfCE. NEA .L "Y t~IRH,.LONC DISTRICT TOWN WELL
INTO COMMUNIST HANDS IN MID-AtEr;wfi"'ls THE CAMP'S CIVILIAN ?'DEPENDEN'TS
WERE EVACUATED SEVERAL WEEuS ACO IN ANTICIPATION Or MAJOR COlllMUNTST
ATTACKS. THE ELI";TN-AT,I> Tti'"OF C;JA VUC WILL HELD' THE COMMT MISTS SECURE
THEIR HIGHLAND INFILT~AT TON COPT, IDOPS AND PROVIDE THEM W TTH SPEATEP
ACCESS TO THE PIC`'1-RICH COASTAL.- LOWLANDS REGION.
ELSEWHERE IN THE NORTHERN PROVINCE`,, SOUTH VIETNAMESE MAPIN'ES THIS
WEEttEMD REPULSFA A BATTALION-SIZED NOP.TH VIETNAMESE aPOLUND ATTACK
NORTHWEST OF HUE NEAR THE TH1?,A THTEN-PU,0lG TRI ?POVTNCE BO DEP.
ROT.H SIDES wE?TE SUPPO TED BY MPSSIV? APTILLERY, POCVET, AND MOPTArt"'
ME'MORA ND L - R THE SECP'ETA 2 Y
F9OMt ,........ THE SIT.LJ ION POOMN!
LOADS OF RELIEF SUPPLIES AND M DIC,AL PERSONNEL. AMONG THEM, THE
CUBANS HAVE SENT DOCTORS, NUPSES, MEDICAL S(!??L TES, AND A FIELD
HOSPITAL. THE EMBASSY HAS A TEA!" IN THE FIELD SUPVEYTNC THE
SPREAD DAMAGE. A NUMBER OF LATIN AMERTCAN COI.lNTRIES NAB,--E SENT P'LAN'E -
HUPRICANE DAMAGE IN WONtHJPAS' PRESS PEPO?TS DESC"?IPE THE DEVASTA-
T ION OF THE STORM AS THE WORST MOME N'T. IN .THE NATION'S HISTCY, WITH
AT LEAST 9,000 DEATHS AND MORE "THAN $5910. MILLION IN PPOPERTY DAMAGE.
THE U.S. AMBASSADOR AND MILITARY PE?PESEN!TATIVES HAVE BEEN SURVEYING
THE C01.3N7R Y AND EXPECT TO RE MOPE OF*L TARLY ABLE TO ASSESS THE PP OR
LEM IN A REPORT LATER THIS", MOPNJN1r . THE HONDURAN MTL IT,ARY HAS
ESTIMATED TWAT THERE HAVE BEEN. 1,?oF!-DEATHS AND CONFIRMED THE WrIDE-
DAMAGE AND WILL REPORT THEIR FINDINGS LATER TODAY,
PHiL TPPINE;-'PC RELATIONS: A SEN1iC'P PHIL TPPIN'E GOVERNMENT 0
OF PACE
No Objection to Declassification in Part 2012/08/13: LOC-HAK-550-1-46-9
 No Objection to Declassification in Part 2012/08/13: LOC-HAK-550-1-46-9
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FICTAL HAS PPOVIDED THE CC TST Or" A LETTER' WHTrH PPESIDENNT ^"A!^"OS
SENT TO CHAIRMAN !'MA,O. THE LETTEP, C;APG'TEO RY MOS. MARCOS WVO
TS NO'A! VISITING CHINA AS THE PPESTDENT' S "SPECIAL ENVOY," SAYS`
THAT HEP VISIT "PAVES THE WAY F,07' CLOSEt' !lNDE'?STANDINC, COOP-
ERATION AND. FP IENOLY ~tEIr4QOI?L !NESS," RwT DOES NOT S"ECIFICAI.LY
MENTION FO?PMAL DIPLOMpTT" PEI-ATION!S. MPS, r'A'?COS WENT A PTT RE7
YOND THIS, HOWEVER, IN ROTH ME- DEPAPT!-PE STATEMENT AT MANILA
AND HEM' PAWP'tET SPEECH IN PEKING P Y PEFE.P'? Intr TO THE POSSIR TL ITY
OF "CLOSER PELATIONS" BETWEEN THE PHILIPPINES AND THE PP(
IN MANILA, PRESIDENT MA.PCOS ANn'01+W ED THAT r!?P$, mA"'COS TS TO STO N
AN AGREEMENT FOP THE, P!!RCHA,5Er OF OIL Fr OM PCVT1+C, HE, HO'. EV F.?,
CID NOT STATE THE OITANT17Y AND PPTCE OF OTL: TO RE Pr1Q!7HASEf PY THE
!'HIL IPPTNE GOVERNMENT FROM THE PEOPLE' S PEP PL IC OF CHINA,.
No Objection to Declassification in Part 2012/08/13 : LOC-HAK-550-1-46-9