NOON NOTES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-550-3-18-8
• Release Decision: RIPLIM
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: December 7, 2011
• Sequence Number: 18
• Publication Date: November 7, 1974
• Content Type: CABLE

No Objection to Declassification in Part 2012/08/15: LOC-HAK-550-3-18-8
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UT SOUTHEAST OF THE CAPITAL, A REBELLION AGAINST
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T Ti REVOLT IS, SUPPORTED BY FORMER PRE1LENT VICTOR PAZ
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F. IN THE HANDS OF REBEL. -THERE r6 NO SIGN THATJAILITARY
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IJ PREPARATION FOR AN OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT THAT THE
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,y, cAVAN OF FOREIGN POLICY ACCOMPLISHMENTS, GAVE FULL
T To THE PERSONAL ROLE OF BREZHNEV. GROmYKO SAID THE
FAVORS AN AGREEMENT WITH THE p.s. THAT WOULD LIMIT
STRATEGIC ARMS QuANTITATIVELY AND QUALITATIVELY. HE SAID T
31 WOULD STRIVE TO MAKE THE COMING SUMMIT WITH PRESIDENT FO
AT IMPORTANCE" TO U.9.-SOVIET RELATIONS. GROMYKO_ALS
EU) THAT A "POSITIVE OuTComE" OF THE EUROPEAN SECURITY
ouLD cREATE A mORE FAVORABLE ATMOSPHERE FORS DES01.,,,
? UES, ALSO FOR EAST -WEST FORCE REDUCTIONS. ?IME
TEN REITERATED SOVIET SuPPORT FOR ARAB CAUSES,
ESTINTAN STATEHOOD. HE MENTIoNED BREZHNEV.s
TO CAIRO 'IN JANUARY AND PREDICTED IT WOULD.BE
sIGNIFIPANCE," GROMYKO TOOK THE STANDARD, TOUGH
CHINAND HIS RHETORIC PROMPTED THE CHINESE
RTO MAKE AN EARLY DEPARTURE.
No Objection to Declassification in Part 2012/08/15: LOC-HAK-550-3-18-8
No Objection to Declassification in Part 2012/08/15: LOC-HAK-550-3-18-8
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T,', TIOW_ OIL DEVELOPMENTS: FEW NEW DEVELOPMENTS CON-
ER'I SIPPLY OR LEMAND HAVE EMERGED IN THE PAST WEEK.
1-riE ,ORLL, vARKET CONTINUES IN NEAR EQUILIBRIUM. MEXICO HAS A1-
NEW TAX REFORM PACKAGE, WHICH INCLUDES TWO STRINGENT
CONSERVATION MEASURES. IKE FIRST CALLS FOR A TAX OF 30
ALLON OF GASOLINE. THIS TAX WILL INCREASE THE PRICE
3ASOLINE TO 72 CENTS PER GALLON, UP 30 PERCENT FROM
THE OTHER MEASURE IMPOSES A PROGRESSIVE EXCISE
P):LRCi-.NT TO 3e PERCENT OA THE PURCHASE OF NEW CARS.
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No Objection to Declassification in Part 2012/08/15: LOC-HAK-550-3-18-8