INFORMATION ITEMS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-551-4-12-2
• Release Decision: RIPLIM
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: September 24, 2009
• Sequence Number: 12
• Publication Date: September 22, 1975
• Content Type: CABLE

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SEPTEMBER 22, 197;
ITALTAk; COAMUNI3T3 CONTINUE' THEIR CAMPAIGN FOR ACCEPTANCt
RY THE UPS .1
THE 'A'PTY HAS NOT ABANDONED ITS CAMPAIGN TO LESSEN CONCERN
I4i THE U.S. OVER INCREASED COMMUNIST INFLUENCE IN ITALY.
THE CO H.: k:TSTS 00 NOT BELIEVE THAT U.S. POLICY TOWARD THEM
IS AS CLEAR CUT AS IT MIGHT APPEAR FROM RECENT STATEMENTS BY
AMBASSACf?R VOLPE AND THE STATE DEPARTMENT, COMMUNIST LEADERS
INTEND TO CONTINUE THEIR "SOFT" LINE .?.., I.E. QUALIFIED AC-
CEPTANCE OF NATO AND SUPPORT FOR "DEMOCRATIC PLURALISM"
IN ITALY -- Irs THE HOPE OF APPEALING TO POLITICAL ELEMENTS
IN THE U.S, WHICH THE FAR CONVINCED ARE THE
OFFICIAL U.S. POSITION;, THE PARTY
IS BANKING HEAVILY ON FIAT PRESIDENT AGNELLI TO PERSUADE
U.S, OFFICIALS TO TAKE A LESS HOSTILE ATTITUDE TOWARD THE
ITALIAN CO iUNIST3. IN CONVERSATIONS WITH U,,$; OFFICIALS
80 FAR, !HOWEVER, AGNELLI HAS WARNED AGAINST ANY MOVES THAT
WNULr !1UGGEST U.S, APPROVAL OF THE COMMUNISTS, IT IS WELL
KNOW;v THAT AGmELLI HAS GOOD WORKING RELATIONS WITH THE COM-
Hi NIST.OOMI! A:TEr` CGIL# ITALY 03. LARGEST LABOR CONFEDERATION.
HE HAS, 1-v OCCASION# CALLED FOR LIMITED INFORMAL COOPERATION
BET EE' THE COMMUNISTS AND OTHER PARTIES TO DEAL WITH ITALY!S
ECONOMTC PRUMLEmS. AGNELL113 PRAGMATIC APPROACH ON LABOR
MATTERS -1AY HAVE GIVEN THE COMMUNISTS THE IMPRESSION, THAT
HE IS 'rNCLINEO TO RECOMMEND A SIMILAR APPROACH TO THE U.30
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MERCHANT SHIP FIRED ON BY ROC: ON SEPTEMOER 8, CHINESE
NATIONALIST TROOP$1 DEPENDING THE MATSU 13LAND GROUP RE-
PORTS i?Y FTRE? SOME. 17 ROUN0Sp INCLUDING SEVERAL FROM A
105wmm HO*ZTZER, AT AN UNIOENTZFIEO CHINESE COMMUNIST HER.
CHANT SHIP? T"!6 SHIP APPARENTLY CAME WITHIN 5,000 METERS
OF THE ISLANDS BUT IS NOT SELIEVEO TO HAVE BEEN EMIT, THE
FIRINGS MAY HAVE BEEN INTE~0ED AS A WARNING RATHER THAN AN
ATTEMPT TO SINK THE VESSEL; THERE IS NO KNOWN COMMUNIST
REACTION. IN RELATED ACTIVITY, THERE HAS BEEN A SIGNIFICANT
INCREASE T413 YEAR , OVER THE SAME PERIOD IN 1974 IN THE NUMBER
OF FIRINGS AGAINST COMMUNIST FISHING BOATS IN THE VICINITY
OF THE MATSU ISLANC GROUP. THIS MAY BE THE RESULT OF A NEW
TAIPEI POLICY, A CHANGE IN REPORTING PROCEDURES AND/OR AN
INCREASE IN C04M!)'iIST FISHING ACTIVITY? THE NATIONALISTS
ARE VERY SENSITIVE TO CHINESE SHIPS TRANSITING THE TAIWAN
$TRAIT AND IN WATER ADJACENT TO THE MATSU GROUP.
THE axASHINGTO STAR
NORMA t !SEMPSTER REPORTS THAT SKEPTICISM ABOWT THEIR OWN
CONCLUSIONS A. "PETTY BUREAUCRATIC" RESTRICTIONS -- NOT
DEI,I$ERATE OZSTW)PTION OF THE FACTS -- MUTED THE CIA1S WARN-
ING OF THE 1968 CJ`!MVNIST TET OFFENSIVE IN VIETNAM' ACCORD-
ING TO THE FO i "'E ' INTEL ,UGENCE ANALYST WHO ACCURATELY FORE-
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CAST THE ATTACK? (A-0
J :REICH O'LEARY WRITES THAT THE QUESTION OF WHETHER THERE
WILL, 8E A NEW SAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE U.S,, AND THE SOVIET
UNTOW ~?Qw HIlwFGES ON SOME HARD DECISIONS THAT MUST Be MADE
IN MOSCOW AND WASHINGTON WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS ON
TWO OR THREE RE; AINING MAJOR PROBLEMS" (A*4)
A STAR EDITORIAL 1ELCOMES THE NEWS THAT THE FORD AOMIN-
'STRATTON HAS PASSED THE We RO TO THE STATE DEPARTMENT TO
START ?iEEDLINC THE SOVIET UNION ABOUT ITS PROMISES OF GREATER
HUMANITARIANISM SUBSCRIBED TO AT THE RECENT EUROPEAN SECURITY
CONFERENCE AT HELSINKI, JUDGING FROM THE EVIDENCE SO FAR, IF
THE PIE WORDS CONTAINED IN THE CONFERENCE DOCUMENT ARE GOING
TO MEA*' Ar9YTHI ?G AT ALL, A GOOD DEAL OF PRESSURE WILL BE RE"
QUIRE(;, IT MAY BE TOO EARLY TO CONCLUDE THAT THE WEST AT
HELSINKI RFCFIVED NOTHING BUT EMPTY PROMISES IN RETURN FOR
RECOG!TTIOI OF RUSSIAN CONTROL IN EASTERN EUROPE. NEVER?
THELESS, ON THE EVIDENCE TO DATE, NO ONE CAN REALISTICALLY
EXPECT A~~Y CHANGES AT ALL EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT THAT THE SO
VIET PFRFOR iA;iCE IS HELD UP TO THE LIGHT OF PUBLIC SCRUTINY.
(Awj6)
RICHARD HALLORA v REPORTS THAT AFTER TWO STORMY YEARS OF
POLITICAL CONFLICT, PRESIDENT PAX OF SOUTH KOREA APPEARS
TO HAVE SUPPRESSED ALMOST ALL DISSIDENCE AGAINST HIS AUTHORI
TARIA ? RlILF. (A?17)
LEROY POPE REPORTS THAT UNDERLYING THE STRONG UNION STAND
AGAINST LOAOING GRAIN IN U.S. PORTS FOR RUSSIA IS UNION FEAR
OF THE GRr_ WI G ? IGHT OF THE RUSSIAN MERCHANT MARINE AND OF
"THIROmFLAGH CARRIERS IN GFNERAL. (Dp10)
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