NOON NOTES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-550-1-64-9
• Release Decision: RIPLIM
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: October 22, 2010
• Sequence Number: 64
• Publication Date: October 10, 1974
• Content Type: CABLE

No Objection to Declassification in Part 2010/10/22: LOC-HAK-550-1-64-9
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?MA OR LANDSLIDE IN THE PANAMA CANAL; AT 11:12 EDT OCTOBER 9
,A LAt 3 .IDE WAS REPORTED AT GAILLARD CUT IN THE PANAMA CANAL
APPROXIMAT L,Y TWO MILES NORTH OF PEDRO MIGUEL. FURTHER 1N-
VE T1G4TIO SHOW D, THAT A P'MAJOR LANDSLIDE WAS OCCURRING. AT..
G ' R EDT THIS 4ORNLt1G f THE SITUATION WAS CONSIDERED CR;T.ICAL
AND= TRA,F 'IC THROUGH THE CHANNEL WAS HALTED. AT 0530 EDT,
-1 RVtl EWS DETERMINED THAT TILE WEST LANE WAS SAFE FOR ONE
,."WAY' TRAF'F'IC. THE SLIDE 15 E'ST IMATf.D TO RUN .FROM THE EAST
AANII TO THE CENTERLINE OF THE 500 FOOT CHANNEL AND AMOUNTS TO
100,0CUBIC YARDS OF MATERIAL. G OLOSICAL SURVEYS ARE
? U D RWAY TO DETERMINE IF THE SLIDE HAS STADXLI ED. EQUIPMENT
AS BEING MOVED ON SITE TO BEGIN DREDGING THE CHANNEL. A CALL
TG NMCC REVEALED THAT LANDSLIDES: OCCUR AT THE CANAL FREQUENTLY*
OUT THIS IS THE FIRST MAJOR SLIDE.
FIXED AND, MOBILE SOVIET ICB;MSt THE DREW MIDDLETON ARTICLE
SIN THIS MORNING'S NEW YORK TIMES. STATES THAT THE SOVIET
.U#104, HAS DEVELOPED A iMO3ILE. ICBM, THE _TS DO INDEi:n
1. APPEAR TO BE DEVELOPING A AOBILE ICBM,
,THE ARTICLE ALSO STATES THAT THE SOVIETS HAVE BUILT 151
31LOS FOR NEW ICBM S, THE SOVIETS DID START 91 NEW SILOS
BEFORE THE SIGNING OF THE INTER1,3 AGREEMENT -- 60 FOR THE
SS-X-199 20 FOR THE SS-X-191, AND .1 FOR LAUNCH CONTROL. THE
SOVIET, 'l PRESENTLY CONViRTING OR -40DERNIZIWG OLDER EXIST-
I0 SILOS FOR THE NEW ICB IS, THE,ONLY NEW SILOS ADDED SINCE
THE INTERIM AGREF-i'l;NT HAVE :.SEEN FOR LAUNCH CONTROL NOT FOR
MISSILES. THE SOVIETS NOW HAVE 1,389 OPERATIONAL SILO LAUNCHERS
AND 184 I14 PREPARATION.
TOPICS FOR PAKISTANI PRIME MINISTER'S TALKS WITH YOU: THE
PAKISTANI AMBASSADOR 1,14 WASHINGTON SENT ISLAMABAD THE MAIN
POINTS HE T4OUS HT SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN T1 PAKISTANI PRi'W
i111INISTER' 3 DISCUSSIONS 'JITH YOU WHEN YOU VISIT S''A IS"CAN.
,.THE POINTS ARE: SECURITY ASSURANCES BY, THE U.S.; LIFTING
fk'i ~'-T.,.i'AiK 1.$TA:N AND AID FOR ~r H EAT
DOS, Navy, OSD Reviews
Completed
ON-FILE NSC RELEASE
INSTRUCTIONS APPLY
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klA:i ING i~C?;TH ['."JO EAST OF THE CENTER OF
FCE 4GTUN G:-y, wE:AC T H4E: 30RD!,.id OF T}iF: 1''EOJ'LE. , t::PUaSLIC OF chINA
(Pr.+`). I! i:I o THE LAST DRY SFf is?sa U. ITS TRIED TO CAPTURE.
THE TOWN, WUT FAILED, EFFO1!1T T I SLATE THE TOW?'i }-CAVE
.AL,!H:E~'ADY BECaU WITH THE HARA3SNE;i CF THAT: '1"C ALONG ROUTE 4,
THE ?''AI a R AD LINK BETWEEN KING i'L IC AND TH PEST OF BURMA.
NEVER I{ILF.S ,~y? L? i~1j~ESE GOB/E ~~,"ik:~' T(1~ 1 FORCES ~y. ARE [: ~(PECTxE}ll TO HOLD
t. ArR wo OWN, PARTICULARLY IN { YIEO4E FRG-..7 D '/I=? OFk TO
REDUCE ITS PERSONNEL UUPf ORT TO THE PRI
ETHIOPIAN A1LITARY COrayTI.IUE To AFJ-~'S"T C?1 i??`I:J:.~ITI0? x THE PRO V
riILI'LiOiY COUNCIL (P?1C) ANNOUiXED THE AP 6 : 'T OF 2L MORE
CIVILIAN N O T A ;LE WS YESTERDAY, SWELLING T RE 'V U i'I:t3 E: P OF AL LE G E `D
OPPONENTS TO THE REVOLUTION UNDER DrTEa`1TION' TOO SORE 251,:".
NO VIOLENCE WAS ASSOCIATED WITH THE AITREOT O, AND ADDI`)
AbABA REMAINS CALM UNDER A CURFEW. ir1ORE APNi,STS IN THE
CAPITAL ARE EXPECTED THIS WEEK. ELSE'WHFF:E IN THE COUNTRY,
POLICE REPORTEDLY ARRESTED 220, STUDENTS A U ADMINISTRATORS'
0 AN AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE Al HAt';Ari IN EASTERN ETHIOPIA ON
OCTOBER 7 AND S. THE EXACT Vtl~?.A';XIN.?s FOR THE ARRESTS ARE As
YET UNCLEAR BUT ARE PROBABLY LOCAL IN NATURE.
FRANCE MAY PARTICIPATE IN SAUDI NUCLEAR PROJECTS: ";EPRE-
SENTATIVES OF THE FRENCH CO 'liISSARIAT A L~ ; Jr?F OIiM ATOMIQUE
(SWERGAT) ARE VISITING SAUDI ARABIA TO DISCUSS SAUDI
FOR A NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTER, URANIUM PROSPECTING, AdD
. JA TER DESALINIZA TIO?N. PRE.VIOU..Y, INFORMATION OF MARCH
,AND JUNE R-IAD INDICATED THAT SAUDI ARABIA WAS CONSIDERING CO-
OPT F;ATING WITH A SWISS FIR"! Cl ";wplCRO-S7CF'L OSION NUCfL .f '
REACTOR PROGRAM*"
.TU-95" CONDUCT NORTH PACIFIC FLIGhT: ON OC'CORL:I' 9 AND 1 Jo
TWO TU-95 AIRCRAFT FROM KHOROL. EAST CON?:)I_!GTED FLI a?iTS OVER
THE NORTH PACIFIC IN AN UNSUCCESSFUL ATTr'c PT TO RECONNOITEP
THE U55 ENTER?RIS . THE AIRCRAFT REPORTEDLY FLEW AT AL-
TITUDES BETWEEN 10#000 AkZ 3.'I,(70'0 AND AT A SPEED : F
10 K NUTS, ALTHOUGH UNSUCCESSFUL 10 THEIR ATTE',IPT TO R'-::CON-
NOITER THE ENTERPRISE, THESE AIR CRAFT DID CONDUCT RECON-
NAISSANCE OF THE JS KNOW, WHIPPL :, :;C CHR.Aiu :x HAIR-?,URN, AND
G DADA L. L,I Pig .
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