INFORMATION ITEMS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-548-12-27-1
• Release Decision: RIPLIM
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: September 15, 2010
• Sequence Number: 27
• Publication Date: January 11, 1974
• Content Type: CABLE

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Cf NTAINS CO"DEWORO JANUARY 11x 1974
MFMQRANDUM FOR.a THE PReS IDENT
FRQM,< HENPY A. KISSINGER
SUBJECT: INFlnRMATION ITEMS
SITUATION IN INDOCHINA: THE GOVERNMENT OPERATION Tp RETAKE A
BORDER OUT'P'QS.T AT PLEI DJEPENG IN PLEIKU PROVINCE HAS BEEN ,F-
LAVED BY DIFFICULTIES IN CnOROINATING AIR Su1PPORT. AND $AKIMJr;
.CHANGES IN UNIT ASSIGNMENTS. HFAVY AIR STRIKES ARE S.CHEDU-FD
TnDAY, AND THE GROUND ASSAULT ON PLEI DJERFNG INVOLVIN(' ELF^ENTS
OF TI4fl SD;U.TH VIETNAMESE RE(,IMENTS IS NOW SCHEDULED FOR :JANu,RY 14.
OVERNM,ENT RKDNNAIS SANCE PATROLS HAVE REPORTED THAT THE 01ITP?ST
1,5 LIGHTLY DEFENDED. FIVE NORTH VIETNAMESE BATTALIONS ARE tO-
CATFD FURTHER WEST OF PLEI DJERFN(',, HOWEVER. THE NORTH VIr-T.>
NAMFSE ARMY THREAT .IN QUANr DUC REMAINS STRr)NG. DETECTION rN
JANUARY 6OF A "THIRD-.NORTH VIETNAMESE INFANTRY REGIMENT MOVING
INTO QANG DUC, GIVES THE COMMUNISTS A DIVISION-SIZED FORCE 'THERE,
T0GET4EP WITH ARTILLERY ANn ARMnR SUPPORT.
THE C,AMPO:DIAN ARMY COUNTERATTACK NORTHWEST OF PHNOM PENH'S
P-GCHEP4TONG AIRPORT MADE SOME HEADWAY ON JANUARY 10. ELEMENTS
O`F THHEe"ARMY-:S 1ST DIVISION GAINED OVER A MILE IN THEIR FIRCT
DAY",DF ACTION. FARTHER NORTH, TRnOPS FROM THE 7TH DIVISION
MADE LIMITIO PROGRESS IN Ct.EARING INSURGENTS FROM A SECOND Y
Rn46 RUNNING WEST FROM ROUTE S. A TRUCK CONVOY FROM KOMPON(
Sns ARRIVED SAFELY IN PHNOM PENH YESTERDAY. THE SITUATION-,F-
MAINS SERIOUS AT TAKEO; THE SOUTHERN CITY WAS HIT BY ANOTH~-o
HEAVY ARTILLERY ATTACK EARLY YESTERDAY. THE" COMMUNISTS FIe~1-1O
THREE ROCKETS INTO PHNOM PENH Tr7DAY, BUT ONLY A FEW CASUALTIES,
RESULTED. MEANWHILE, AN EIGHT-SHIP MEKONG RIVER CONVOY. CARRY-
I'NG AN ESTIMATED 3,-450 METRIC TONS OF POL An,D 7,600 METRIC TONS
,0c RICE, IS EN ROUTE TO THi CAPITAL AND IS EXPECTED TO ARRI',IE
THIS MORNING.
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JAPANESE MONETARY MOVES: TOKYO IS DISCOURAGING CAPITAL OUTVLlwS
TO. PREVENT FOREIGN EXCHANGI- RESERVES -- WHICH AT THE END Or 1973
WFRF DOWN TO x+12.2 BILLION -- FROM DROPPING BELI1W $10 BILLY*N.
GOVERNMENT PERMISSION WILL BE REQUIRED FOR PURCHASES OF U.S.
SHORT-TERM TREASURY BILLS ~4Y PRIVATE INDIVIDUALS, AND JAPAN;(. SE
S~=C(_JRITY COMPANIES ARE BEING ADMONISHED NOT TO INCREASE HOt.nn-
I NGS OF FOREIGN STOCKS AND PONDS. TOKYO HOPES TO AVOID BROrDFR
FORMAL SANCTIONS THAT WOULn OPENLY CONFLICT WITH EARLIER CAPITAL
LIBERALIZATION PROGRAMS. iAPANFSP PURCHASES OF FOREIGN SECtRITIFS
TOTALED ABOUT $1.7 BILLION IN 173.
BOLIVIA EXILES FORMER PRESIDENT PAZ: BOLIVIAN PRESIDENT BAxsZER
HAS SENT INTO EXILE ONE OF HIS (FADING CRITICS AND POLITICe)
FnES, FORMER PRESIDENT PAZ ESTENSSORO. ALSro FXILED TO PARA,-.UAY
WFRE FIVE OF PAZ' PRINCIPAL AIDPS. AMONG THE MAIN CHARGES
LEVELED AGAINST PAZ ANn HIS FOLLOWERS WERE:
-- THE ATTEMPT TO CHANGE TF4E NATURE OF THE 1971 REVOLIJ! IfN:
CREATING DIVISIONS WITHIN THE ARMED FORCES AND POLICE:
-- SYSTEMATIC AGITATI+oN AMf1N(; WORKERS TO CREATE "ANARC,?Y
AND SOCIAL DISORDEP.
THE LEAF)ER OF THE NATIONAL REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENT (MNR) WAS
ALSO ACCUSED OF HAYING CONTACTS WITH LEFTIST ELEMENTS IN ArNN1~
OUTSIDE BOLIVIA AND EXTORTING FUNDS FOR CONSPIRATORIAL PURPr,SES.
I,PAO)ERSHIP OF THE MNR.; IAS RASSEn TEMPORARILY INTO THE HANDS (IF
PAZ$ DEPUTY, CIRO HUMBOLDT HARRFROs WHO CRITICIZED HIS FOR%cF'
CHIEF FOR NOT WORKING FOR NATIONAL UNITY. IT REMAINS TO Br-
SI-EN WHETHER THE MNR WILL ACCEPT HUMBOLDT'S LEADERSHIP. MC'N-
TIME, THE EXILE OF THE WELL-KNOWN PAZ WILL MEAN INCREASED RP_
SPONSIBILITY FOR THE ARMED FORCES IN THE CONDUCT OF GOVERNMrNT
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BwSINESS.
ON HIS ARRIVAL IN PARAGUAY TUESDAY NIGHT, PAZ ATTACKED HIS E=XILE
AS "ARBITRARY AND UNJUSTIFIED." HE SAID HIS PLANS FOR THE rUTURE
WERE INDEFINITE.# BUT IT 0t, BE ASSUMED HE WILL BE WORKING ArTIVELY
AGAINST THE BANZER GOVERNMFNT FROM EXILE.
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BRAZIL GRANTS $50 MILLION LOAN TO CHILE: THE BRAZILIAN CENTRAL
BANK HAS SIGNED AN AGREEMENT WITH CHILE FOR A $50 MILLION I.,nAN.
IT IS UNDERSTOOD THE MONEY WILL BE USED TO ?:UY GOODS AND SF:-
VICF~S IN BRAZIL. THE CHIL{:ANS HAD EXPECTED AN EVEN LARGER R.IIAN.
THE LOAN IS TO BE REPAYED IN QUARTERLY INSTALLMENTS BEGINNING
MARCH 1977 THROUGH DECEMREP 1979. INTEREST IS FIXED AT ONF
PERCENT ABOVE THE LONDON INTERBANK RATE.
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