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• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-259-1-106-6
• Release Decision: RIPLIM
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: September 21, 2009
• Sequence Number: 106
• Publication Date: December 22, 1973
• Content Type: CABLE

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hARIL'P1!I`BER SR J`Ct~iitC "AN `,RANr)AL REP4Rt ON THE OPENING Ur
THE Zl% WHE"ICE YUU S1 AIGHT TO ;SET THE 1UNE OF THE
Cn dFEREN I:. IN YtIU-R.` apEf wG. SIP ECH, StlVI.ET FOREIGN MINISTER
[?T'SPLAY? F DETENTE f'bL.ICY, IN ACTION, STEERED 'CLEAR OF ANY
dN-VECTIV . ONLY A PASSING REFERENCE BY FORF,IGN MINISTER ER+N
FF`CAL~ED:THAT THE MIDDLE EAST BELLIGER?NTS HAD BEEN ARMED k y
'THE '.k VAL SUPERPOWERS,, IN'A''RELAT.ED DEVELOPMENT, THE BEIRUT.
NEWSPAPER AN-NAHA.R; P ILE LIS,14 D A COMMUNIQUE, ATTRIBUTED TO T~-r_-
Gt,)ERRILLA~ GROUPTHAT 'CLAIMED RESPONSIBILITY FOR LAST NEEKIS
AMCRIC.AN I,NTERESTS AND ON ALL EURnPEAN COUNTRIES THAT ARE.
HriL IN ALEST;I'PUAN$ IN JAIL. (A-11
T EF RFFORTERS O'`TUOLE ANn CANNON WRITE THAT IN A MEETING
V ,,N D,ECE MREK ,13, :PRE.S:IDENT NIXON.. TOLD 17 GOVFRNORS THAT HIS
HIGHEST" PRIORITY': IN THE ENERGY CRISIS ARE JIBS AND AN FN'D
Tn ~T.HE ARA OIL B,OYCT1TT, AHEAD OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND ISRAFO.
HoWEVERs. THE PRESIDENT SA,If) HE WOULD NOT TURN HIS F.B,ACK ON T~;E
ENVIRONMENTAL MOSVEMENT DR, I'SRAEL, BUT EMPHAS 17:Eo THAT. THE ,-
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VI"RONMENTALISTS ANDTHF ISPAELIS MUST RETREAT FROM THEIR P f i ~ ; I - -
` f I ON i I F THE, I NDUS~TR t AL I ZEn 'WORLD' I S TO GET THRf}UGH THE FUEL
HORTAGF.. (A-1)
TwtE HOUSE, EARLY ,TODAY REFUSED TO ACCEPT A SENATE COMPROMISP
,`ENiERG?Y':".EME,AGENCY.'$ILL, DEFEATING riN A ROLL-TALL VOTE THE ME,-
SORE THAT WOULD GIVE THE PPE$IDENT TEMPORARY POWERS HE WANTc-D
4:TH 6EAi,' i I"TN THE. ENERGY CRISIS. (,'A"-11
THE U, AND CHILE HAVE REACHED" AGREEMENT ON" REPAYMENT OF PART
OF ":C'H'I~f 't.$, 01EB Td GOvERNMENT AGENCIES, THE AGREEMENT WAS
BASED MN 'A5"SURANCES BY CHILE'S RULING" JUNTA THAT IT, WOULD Nr-Gfl-
TI TE WI'TH TWO MAJO.R U.5. COMPANIES ON COMPENSATION FOR LAPrE
Pr4llER `MINES NATIONALIZED H"Y THE SOCIA.LI"ST-LED ALLENDE GOVA =N-
S.c4R'ETARY~.S,HUITZ YESTERDAY SAI THE U. S. IS ` SHIELDING .THE SOURCES
Qfz ITS i?R 7"RDLEU~, IMPORTS " A S -A RESULT OF THE OIL EMBARGO To DER-
M I T' CUU FRIES TO IGNORE THE ;EMBARGO I F THEY WISH. HE ALSO NOTFU
THAT .Ct4 NCE ' Ail"L ' 'L IM THAT WAGE AND PRICE CONTR0l
IN THEIR` I',RE$E.NTM 1Rf~F RE'YD'iO APRIL 3O.,~ 7(A-6)
SI]URCES 'IAN SAIGON SAY' THEY SAW- t'ITTL-E CHANCE THAT YOU AND I
DUC THO FAD SETTLED ANY MAJOR ISSUES BLOCKING PEACE IN VIETNAM.
TNI VIET. LONG DELEGATION WALI(E.D OUT OF A MEETING. WITH SAIGn,,'
N fGpTIATORS.T 1 PRQTEST SAIc~[~Nt"S t'CCINTEMPTIBLE AND IGN'OBILE
ATTI;TUOF.ltt AT THE' METING;, THE Sf UTH VIETNAMESE- TRIED TO
D.ISC'USS TM.E,-,AMRUSH.:LAST WEEK= OF THREE HELICOPTERS OF THE
J'oINT "MLL.ITA-RY TEAM. (A- Itiy
MURREY aPARDER WRITES A NEWS ANALYSIS OF THE GENEVA CONFERENCE,
I'A,NO ID'S, I,MP,ACT ON DE:Tr NTE.:.
_HE NOTES THAT W.ASHI"NGTON. AND MOSCOW
"
ENTER THE GENEVA TALKS WIi 4 THEIR' OWN STAKE IN GLOBAL DETENTE
1=ftTRAPP'ED IN THE O.UTCO:ME. BECAUSE- OF THE SFNS I"T I V I TY?~ OF TJAJr
SuBJ'ECT NEITHER ,SUPER,POWER WANTS TO FOCUS PUBLIC ATTENTION
OW THE 'C?OiN$EQUENCES OF THE Df(ADLOC"K OR FAILURE OF THIS ATTr=-,^PT
TO RESDL:W"E THE ARAB-ISRAELI. CONFLICT. HOWEVERs STRATEGISTS .IN
P0'T,M,CAP,I'"TALS 'RECOGNIZE THAT. IT CAN BE A COLD WINTER FOR DETENTE
THE GENEVA -TALKS. FOUNDER. .(A-16)
4INS HIS , ANNUALfCHRISTMAS 'ADDRESS Tn THE. COLLEGE OF CARDINALS.
P, iPE 'AUL VI ASKED THAT "T"HE' VOICE OF THE VATICAN 'HE HEARD,,
AT GENEVA WHEN JERUSALEM IS DISCUSSED. HE ALSO NOTED THAT
,THE CAUSE OF T tE( PALES.TINIAN PEgPI_E DEMANDS A' "JUST AND GEN+.
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EROUS RESPONSE" FROM THE WnRL..th (A-16)
JIM HQ"AGL1AN0? WRITES THAT. SAUDI PETROLEUM MINISTEK YAMANI" IS
Ps ES"SI.N TOR AN ENO, Tit THE" OIL F.MRARGO AGAINST THE U.S. HP
.TS CoNVlNCED THAT :THE.E.MBAiGO HAS ACCOMPLISHED AS MUCH AS IT
cA POLI'TIC:ALLY AND THAT CriNTINUING IT WILL COURT A STRONG
ANaTI.-ARkB1 BACKLASH, ESPECIALLY IN THE CO?NGRFSS. HE IS CU.N--
CFRNE:D,tT4AT ? AN SAN".GRY C`lN.GRPSS COULD UNDERCUT VCtuR EFFORTS T~,
GENEVA. (:A-1b )
CL.AYTOM" F~RITCHEY NOTES, THAT-EVEN YOUR SEVER.FST CRITICS WOUt
!CUNCE.'Dg THAT YOU HAVE DONE BRILLIANTLY IN MANY CAPITALS, BUT
TFlKYO - I S : tNQT . ONE OF THEM. THE. JAPANESE A'AVF BEEN ABLE TO
R(= -I"ST ROTN YOUR,CHARM AND YOUR BILL OF GOOnS, AND THAT RE-
I$TANCF IS GR"OWING. THIS SAME FAIL4URE CAN BE OBSERVED ELSr-
WME'.E IN-IASIAs'-NOTk8LY ,.TA1R4ANs., THAILAND, SOUTH KOREA, THE
PHILI"PPIKES, AND.SOUTH VIETNAM. ALONG WITH JAP'AN, ALL THESf.-
C.n`UNTRtES HAD ONE.THING IN .COMMON, THEY WERE LONG-TIME JUNTOR
PARTk tS AND SATELLITES OE TH"E?10.S. IN ITS PROTRACTED COLD !BAR
C.R.USADE T(J ,ISOLATE ANb, CONTAIN THE PRCs AND ALL WERE LEFT HfLf--
`ING TILE,BAG'WHEN THE NIXON..KISSI.NGER COMBINF SUDDENLY AND s -
CRETLh; MADE PEACE WITHPEKINO BEHIND THE BACKS OF AMERICA'S
' OLDES: ''F'Al ~Sr (A-23)-
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