INFORMATION ITEMS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-550-3-63-8
• Release Decision: RIFLIM
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: November 8, 2010
• Sequence Number: 63
• Publication Date: November 27, 1974
• Content Type: CABLE

No Objection to Declassification in Full 2010/11/08: LOC-HAK-550-3-63-8
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F1 THE SITUATION ROOM//TOHAK121//
TO JERRY BREMER FOR THE SECRETARY
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THE WHITE: HOUSE
WASHINGTON
MEMORANDUM FOR SECRETARY KISSINGER
FROM: THE SITUATION ROOM:
SUBJECT: INFORMATION ITEMS
KURDS INTENSIFY THEIR EFFORTS AGAINST GOVERNMENT FORCES:
DURING THE PAST WEEK, THE KURDS HAVE INTENSIFIED GUERRILLA
ATTACKS AGAINST IRAQI GOVERNMENT FORCES. ALTHOUGH THERE
HAS-BEEN AN `ABSENCE OF MAJOR BATTLES, LOCALIZE D ,CLASHES
HAVE BEEN WIDESPREAD AND VIOLENT. KURDISH TROOPS-HAVE
RELIED UPON ARTILLERY SHELLING,.LAND MINES, AND SMALL ARMS..
ATTACKS TO-HARASS THE ENEMY, INTERDICT; SUPPLY LINES, AND
DEMORALIZE THE IRAQI FORCES. THIS TYPE ACTIVITY HAS
CAUSED SUBSTANTIAL LOSSES OF GOVERNMENT PERSONNEL AND-
EQUIPMENT AND HAS PROVIDED THE KURDS WITH RENEWED 'STOCXK.S
OF CAPTURED. ENEMY'ARMS** ALTHOUGH IRAQI.AIR ACTIVITY
HAS CONTINUED., REPORTS INDICATE THA-T' DETERIORATING- WEATHER.
.IS FORCING THE AIR FORCE TO DECREASE,ITS,'.LEVEL OF,SUPPORT.
IRAQI MILITARY CIRCLES CONTINUE TO CRITICIZE' THE: CONDUCT
OF THE WAR, THE. SHORTAGE OF AMMUNITION,.:AND THE BAATHIST
REGIME'S ISSUANCE..OF MILITARY ORDERS-.WHICH THE` ARMY *CAN-
N9T. ?IMPLEMENT,. DISSATISFACTION AMONG MILITARY PERSONNEL.
HAS RESULTED IN A NUMBER OF DESERTIONS AND INSTANCES OF
INSUBORDINATION, WITH MORE PREDICTED AS: A RESULT OF EX_
PECTED WINTER GUERRILLA ACTIVIT.Y..
MEXICO SEVERS RELATIONS. WITH CHILE: MEXICO HAS BROKEN
DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH THE MILITARY GOVERNMENT OF
CHILE, THE FOREIGN MINISTRY ANNOUNCED LAST: NIGHT.,!'WE'
HAVE DECIDED TO END OUR RELATIONS WITH .CHILES,- A MINISTRY
SPOKESMAN SAID. RELA-TIONS. - BETtIEEN THE TWO C.OUXTRIES HAD-
COOLED SINCE THE CHILEAN MILITARY. COUP,THAT OVERTHREW .
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THE LATE . PRESIDENT SALVADOR ALLENDE IN SEPTEMBER-1973:
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