INFORMATION ITEMS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-550-1-62-1
• Release Decision: RIPLIM
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: October 22, 2010
• Sequence Number: 62
• Publication Date: October 10, 1974
• Content Type: CABLE

No Objection to Declassification in Part 2010/10/22: LOC-HAK-550-1-62-1
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KIDWAFI f1S GO TO PANANA* FOLLOWING 1EX1 ;()'S REFUSAL I'C: ?ACCEPT
TFI ; DOMINICAN TERRORISTS WHO HELD RO'S'slAGES FOR NEARLY TWO WEEKS
Tlit SANTO DOMINGO, TH. PANA-MAtNIAN.,COVERN"CiT OFFERED AND THC~
KIDNAPERS ACCEPTED ASYLUM IN PANA4}1A, THEY FLEW THERE. LAST
,EVE-ilf1G ON A DOMINICAN FLAG AIRCRAFT AFTER RELEASING THEIR
HOSTAGES UNHARMEDr
PORTUGUESE PRIME MINISTER GONCALVES' MEETING WITH U.S. M-
FFASSADOR: DURING A MEETING WITH AMBASSADOR SCOTT ON OCTO-R
.BER 7, PRIME MINISTER GOhCALVES REAFFIRMED CONTINUED POR-
TUGUESE ADHERENCE TO NATO ATTRIBUTED REPORTS OF OPPOSITION
IN HIS GOVERNMENT TO' CONTINUED tME.t`4B RSHIP IN NATO TO UNFOUNDED
,.,HUMORS, PLEADED FOR J.S. OBJECTIVITY IN JUDGING THE NEW
COVERNM T, AND URSED U.S. GOVERNMENT EFFORTS TO INCREA
AMERICAN CULTURAL PRESENTATIONS IN PORTUGAL.
IN R :SPONSE . TO Ai BASSADOP SCOTT'S EXPRESSION OF U. S. PLEASURE
.,AT THE REAFFIRMATION BY THE PRESIDENT AND FOREIGN MINISTER
k F PORTUGAL'S INTENTION TO ABWE W,, ITS INTER IATIO'NAL OBLIGA
TIONS -- AND THEIR SPECIFIC REFE,RENO. TO NATO IN THIS CONTEXT --
,IGONCALVE SAID THAT THE U. S. SHOULD, HAVE NO FEAR OF ANY DE-
VIA TION FROM THIS LINE, SINCE AP .HER NCE TO THE INTERNAT I(?NAL
OBLIGATIONS UNDERTAKEN BY THE OLD RiG.IME IS A FUNDAMENTAL
POINT OF THE ARMED FORCES MOV AE.NT'.. PROGRAs9i. THE PR IC1E
P1ZNISTER SAID THAT NO CREDIT SHOULD,;.., GIVEN, TO RUMORS THAT
THERPW ARE PEOPLE BOTH IN AND OUT. OF, THE PO.RTUGUESE GOVERNMENT.
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?AMBASSADOR SCOTT TOLD GONCALV THAT THE.; 13,. IS YMPATHTI-
CALLY CONSIDERING THE REQUESTS F'O.R LARC3E-.SCALE ECONOMIC AND
. 1ILITARY ASSISTANCE MADE BY F'OREIIGl@I 1INIS:TE.R; SOARES AND FL-
NANCE MINISTER LOPEZ AND HOPES TO 8 ' FORTHCOCIING. GOUCALVES
EXPRESSED FULL COMPREHENSION OF ' ONGRES'SIONAL PROBLEMS WHEN
,,THE A14BASSADOR CAUTIONED THAT, RIVAN, TDB' CLIMATE IN CONGRESS
,,CONCERNING FOREIGN AID, THE PRthE, #%1NI$TER SHOULD UNDERSTAND
TM AT- #; , CAN, AT TRI.
S, UN 0A '0. ~ ~ff-. ~ . EOIi?1C GLIARA NTEE
oAS TO LEVELS OR KINDS OF ASSISTANCC~
rXO3YGI~ ON GROMYtO'S TALKS AT T WHITE HOUSE: DURING A
SRIE1: CONVERSATION WITH AM3ASSAD.OR,. aTOESSEL ON OCTOBER 4,
PREMIER }(OSYGTIN SAID THAT HE AND OTHER ;` 1EABERS OF THE
,VIET LEADERSHIP ;-TAD STUDIED REPORT5-OF FOREIGN MINISTER
DISCUS .IG)NS,, -ITH YOU :.-.A DID D r3E'N PLEA.::SEL :ANT iRE,-
AS'U}ED 3.Y THEM, KOSYGIN ADDED THAT 'IHE SOVIETS APxRE IATED
,THE FACT'THAT YOU DEVOTED SO MUCH TI94E TO CONVER`3ATIO P:..
ITH. f13ROiIYXO, WHICH WERE ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT SINCE THEY
REPRESENTED THE FIRST HIGH-LEVEL CONTACT. XOSYOI t;? SAID YOU
.SEEMED IN THE DISCUSSIONS TO WISH TO CONTINUE THE POLICY OF
,DETENTE AND NORMALIZATION; HE SAID THIS WAS GOOD AND EGiPr{A.S)IZED
,THAT YOUR STATEMENTS HAVE 13EEN CARE; 'DULLY NOTED.
,,ARGENTINE TERRORISTS PROPOSE "TRUCE"t. THE h'!ARXIST PEOPLE'S
.REVOLUTIONARY ARMY (RP) HAS PROPOSED A TRUCE WITH THE GOVERN-
,:RENT IN RETURN FOR LEGAL RECOGNITION, REPEAL OF "REPRESSIVE"
,LEGISLATION (ANTITERRORIST), AND RELEASE OF ALL "POLITICAL"
,PRISONER a. THE PETITION CAME JUST BEFORE TUESDAY' s MEETING
,BETWEEN PRESIDENT PERON AND XEY.POLITICAL LEADERS FROM VIRTUAL-
,LY ALL SECTORS AND INSTITUTIONS OF THE COUNTRY, AND APPARENTLY
?? WAS TINED TO CAUSE FURTHER POLITICAL DISSENSION BETWEEN THE
F'ERONISTS AND OPPOSITION PARTIES. .VERAL POLITICAL LEADERS
ARE SY PATRETIC TO SOME OF THE GUERRILLA DEMANDS. THE GOVERN-
AENT HAS ALREADY BEEN CRITICIZED FOR ITS SANCTION OF RIGHT1rJIN:3
.DEATH SQUADS, NEW PENAL REFORM LAW, AND THE CLOSING OF THE
NATIONAL UNIVERSITY . HOWEVER, WITH. EXTREMIST VIOLENCE AT AN
ALL-TILE HIGH, THE GOVERNMENT IS NOT LIKELY TO BE CONCILIATORY.
ELEMENTS WITHI14 THE MILITARY ARE PRESSING FOR STRONGER iiEASURF'S
AGAINST THE TERRORISTS AND PPESID NT PERON HAS ?fOMISF-D TO i,10V :
AN AD VIGOROUSLY WITH AUITITEFTRORIST MEASURES.
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No Objection to Declassification in Part 2010/10/22 : LOC-HAK-550-1-62-1