ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ITEMS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-547-4-13-6
• Release Decision: RIPLIM
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2010
• Sequence Number: 13
• Publication Date: January 11, 1973
• Content Type: CABLE

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INSTRUCTIONS APPLY
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DELIVER OPENING OF BUSINESS
FROM: THE. SITUATION ROOM.
TO wI NST ON LORD FOR HENRY KISSINGER
JANUARY 1,1 9 1973
MEMORANDUM FOR DR. KISSINGER
FR Old: DAVE MCMANIS
SiIBJEO'ts ADDITIOHAI. INFORMATION ITEMS
HANOI BROADCAST ON DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS ANTI-WAR VOTE: RADIO HANOI
Cm JANUARYS REPORTED: ? UNLIKE RECENT CONGRESSIONAL SESSIONS;
THIS YEAR THE PRO8.EM OF ENDING THE VIETNAM WAR WAS PUT
FORTH EARLIER, MORE STRONGLY AND. WITH A GREATER SUPPORT BY
CONGRESSMEN." THE BROADCAST NOTED THAT 200 DEMOCRATIC SENATORS
AND REPRESENTATIVES ,?- "MORE THAN ONE-THIRD OF THE CONGRESS" -
HAD! ON JANUARY 3_t DEMANDED "A'LAW CUTTING AT ONCE ALL EXPEN-
DITURES FOR THE VIETNAM WAR." THE BROADCAST, HOWEVER' CAUTIONED
THAT MORE TITAN ONE-THIRD OF THE CONGRESS IS NOT V MAJORITY" AND
iOT.ED SECRETARY LAIRD TO THE EFFECT. TEAT THE U. S. ADMINISTRATION
COULD COC+IINUE THE VAR "EVEN IF CONGRESS CUT THE EXPENDITURES."'
ST EAR MA N)
SITUATION IN JCRDAN: FROM ALL RECENT I.NDI:CATIONS, KING HUSSEIN
SEEMS TO BE IN A SflSE{HAT IMPULSIVE AND AGITATED WOOD IN THE WAKE
W THE. FAMILY AND COURT BATTLE THAT RAGED OVER HIS RECENT DIVORCE
AD REoARRIAGE. HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH CROWN PRINCE HASSAH IS
STILL STRAINED TO SOdE. DEGREE AND HE MAY NOT BE GETTING ALONG
AS WELL AS IN THE PAST WITH SOME OF HIS KEY CIVILIAN AND MILITARY
ADVISERS. IN THIS SITUATION, THERE IS ALSO SOME IWICATION OF
JOCKEYING FOR POSITION AP1ONC KEY ADVISERS.
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F EPARATIDNS FOR HUSSEIN' S VISIT HERE NEXT- MONTH. F
THE KING HIMSELF
SUDDENLY G Uf WORRIED ABOUT THE. RAMIFICATIONS OF THE HOLD-UP OF
THE MILITARY AID BILL INCONGRESS AND HAS FIRED OFF A LETTER TO
THE PRESIDENT STATING JORDAN' S CONCERNS IN STRONG TERMS. MOREOVER,
HUSSEIN IS COUNTING ON THE PRESIDENT TO
",COME THROUGH ON THE PEACE SETTLEMENT QUESTION AND PREDICTS
THAT IN ,HIS PRESENT AGITATED STATE OF MIND A "DISAPPOINTMENT"
WOULD PROPEL HIM CLOSER TO THE ARAB CAMP REGARDLESS. OF ,THE C&R,,
CUMSTANCES
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YOU WILL BE RECEIVING SEPARATELY A MEMO SUGGEST1.NG A BRIEF CALMING
RESPONSE ON THE MILITARY ASSISTANCE SINCE THE SITUATION IS NOT
AS BAD AS. THE KING FEARS, AND ACTUALLY WE HAVE A VERY RESPONSIVE
ASSISTANCE.PROGRAM-FOR THE PRESIDENT TO TELL HIM OF WHEN HE COMES.
THERE IS LITTLE DOUBT THAT THE JORDANIANS ATTACH CONSIDERABLE IMPOR-
TANCE TO THE KING' S VISIT HERE NEXT MONTH AND, GIVEN THE UNSETTLED
SITUATION IN AMMAN, THERE MAY BE SOME INCLINATION TO PUSH.. US
FAIRLY HARD IN PREPARATTION. CSAUNDERSfHOSBINSON)
CALDERA TRAVEL PLANS$ THE: VENEZUELAN GOVERNMENT HAS ANNOUNCED
THAT PRESIDENT CALDERA WILL MAKE A TRIP TO EIGHT LATIN AMERICAN
COUNTRIES NEX[ MONTH. HE WILL VISIT ECUADOR:, ARGENTINA,: URUGUOr
AND PERU AND WILL. -MAKE BRIEF STOPOVERS- IN COLOMBIA, CHILE# PARA-
MAY, AND B (LIVIA. THE* CHILEAN GOVERNMENT HAS'`CONFIRMED THAT
CALDERA WILL MEET BRIEFLY WITH PRESIDENT. ALLENDE FEBRUARY 7.
THIS' VISIT WILL BE A RETURN OF PRESIDENT ALLENDE' S AIRPORT `
Sr CP OVER IN CARACAS LAST DECEMBER. (JORDE N)
CHILEAN-SOVIET: INSTITUTE :BOMBED: ACCORDING TO A PRESS REPORT,
A LARGESONS EXPLODED IN. FRONT OF THE CHILEAN-SOVIET INSTITUTE
W CULTURE IN SARIIAGO EARLY' WEDNESDAY MORNING.. CHILEAN POLI.CE-
ARE INVESTIGATING THE EPISODE WHICH RESULTED IN DAMAGE TO THE
$JILD I NG BUT APPARENTLY NO PERSONAL, I N-JURIES. CJORDEN)
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