NOON NOTES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-550-2-38-7
• Release Decision: RIPLIM
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: December 7, 2011
• Sequence Number: 38
• Publication Date: October 24, 1974
• Content Type: CABLE

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MEMORANDUM FOR, SECRETARY KISSINGER
FROM: THE SITUATION ROOM
SUBJECT: NOON NOTES
OCTOBER 24, 1974
MOSCOW STILL REFUSING TO GIVE AGRICULTURAL DATA: THE SOVIETS
ARE STILL UNWILLING TO FURNISH THE U.S. WITH ADVANCE.ESTIMATES
OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AND-TRADE AND APPARENTLY WILL CON-
TINUE TO DO' SO, DESPITE THE U.S.-USSR AGRICULTURAL COOPERATION
AGREEMENT THAT REQUIRES SUCH AN EXCHANGE. THE RECENTLY CON-
CLUDED MEETING OF THE U.S.-USSR JOINT WORKING GROUP ON AGRICUL-
TURAL ECONOMIC RESEARCH AND INFORMATION REVEALED SUBSTANTIAL
DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE TWO SIDES. THE SOVIETS CONTINUE TO
SHIFT THE EMPHASIS OF THE GROUPS WORK FROM ECONOMIC INFORMATON
TO SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGICAL. THEY ARGUE THAT THEIR CROP ESTIMATES
ARE TOO POOR TO RELEASE AND THAT ESTIMATES OF TRADE REQUIREMENTS
ARE THE PRESERVE OF THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN TRADE, WHICH IS NOT
IRTY TO MHE AGREEMENT. THE SOVIETS PROPOSED HOLDING ONLY ICE
MEETING OF THE WORKING GROUP NEXT YEAR, IN AUGUST, INSTEAD OF
AT LEAST TWO ;MIEETI.NGKUAS SPECIFIED BY THE AGREEMENT. THE MEET-
ING IN MIID-SUMMER WOULD BE TOO LATE TO PROVIDE ITIMELY INFORMATION
THE WINTER WHEAT CROP AND TOO EARLY FOA IPRING GRAIN
PROSPECTS.
AUSTRALIA TO SELL WHEAT TO USSR: PRESS REPORTS THE AUSTRALIAN
WHEAT BOARD TODAY ANNOUNCED A CASH SALE OF 1 MILLION TONS OF
WHEAT,TO THE SOVIET UNION WORTH $150 MILLION. THE CONTRACT,
WHICH COVERS ALL CLASSES OF AUSTRALIAN WHEAT, PROVIDES FOR
SHIPMENT BETWEEN NEXT MONTH AND AUGUST NEXT YEAR.
MILITARY ACTIVITY IN TURKEY: ALL TURKISH MILITARY FORCES ALONG
THE GREEX BORDER, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ENGINEER UNITS, RE-
PORTEDLY HAVE BEGUN TO WITHDRAW FROM THE ADVANCED POSITIONS
THEY TOOK DURING THE CYPRUS CRISIS. ACCORDING TO A SENIOR
TURKISH OFFICIALS THE WITHDRAWALS BEGAN ON OCTOBER 19. ALL
UNITS.ARE EXPECTED TO HAVE RETURNED TO THEIR NORMAL POSITIONS
IN WESTERN THRACE BY OCTOBER 28.
SOUTH VIETNAMESE OPTIMISTIC ON SUPPLEMENTAL U.S. ASSISTANCE:
SOUTH VIETNAM'S PLANNING COMMISSIONER, IN AN OCTOBER 17 REVIEW
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OF HIS RECENT AID-SEEKING TRIP TO WASHINGTON, TOKYO, AND PARIS,
TOLD PRIME MINISTER KHIEM HE WAS DISAPPOINTED WITH THE RESULTS
OF HIS TRIP OVERALL, BUT THAT HE WAS OPTIMISTIC THE U.S. WOULD
PROVIDE SUPPLEMENTAL MILITARY ASSISTANCE TO SAIGON. THE COM-
MISSIONER SAID THE GOVERNMENT'S POLICY OF MODERATION TOWARD
POLITICAL DISSIDENTS WAS HAVING A FAVORABLE IMPACT ON THE U.S.
CONGRESS ANDNOHAT THE AMERICAN PRESS WAS GENERALLY TREATING
SAIGON'S HANDLING OF THE SITUATION FAIRLY. HE SUGGESTED THE
GOVERNMENT'S LOBBYING EFFORT IN WASHINGTON IN THE FUTURE SHOULD
EMPHASIZE THE THEME THAT, REGARDLESS OFNZHETHER PAST U.S. POLICY
TOWARD SOUTH VIETNAM WAS MISTAKEN OR NOT, SAIGON'S SURVIVAL WAS
NOW AT STAKE.
MARAGES TESEGYPT: THERE HAS BEEN LITTLE DOUBT FOR SOME TIME
THAT SOME FORM OF AGREEMENT HAS BEEN NEGOTIATED FOR THE SUP-
PLY OF FRENCH AIRCRAFT -- MIRAGE IIIS -- TO
THE EGYPTIANS SHOULD BE ABLE A __ _ B -T1 SE
AIRCRA FT REAILY, SINCE THEY FLEW THE LIBYAN MIRAGES DEPLOYED
UNTIL RECENTLY IN EGYPT. MOREOVER, ADDITIONAL EGYPTIAN PILOTS
HAVE JUST COMPLETED TRAINING ON THE MIRAGE IN FRANCE. THE MIRAGE
III HAS BEEN IN SERVICE SINCE THE EARLY 1960$ AND, GIVEN THE
.NUMBER LIKELY TO BE INVOLVED IN THE PRESENT DEAL, CIA ASSESSES
THAT THEIR ARRIVAL IN EGYPT WILL,HAVE A NEGLIGIBLE EFFECT ON
THE BALANCE OF AIR POWER IM THE MIDDLE EAST WHICH STILL LIES
FIRMLY WITH ISRAEL.
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