ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ITEMS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-550-2-40-4
• Release Decision: RIPLIM
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: October 27, 2010
• Sequence Number: 40
• Publication Date: October 25, 1974
• Content Type: CABLE

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OCTOBER 25, 1974
MEMORANDUM FOR SECRETARY KISSI NGER
FROM: THE SITUATION ROOM
SUBJECT: ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ITEMS
GVN INFORMATION MINISTER NHA RESIGNS: EMBASSY SAIGON REPORTS
THAT GVN INFORMATION MINISTER HOANG DUC NHA HAS SUBMITTED HIS
RESIGNATION ALONG WITH THREE OTHER MINISTERS. NHA IS PRESIDENT
THI EU' S COUSIN AND FORMER PRIVATE SECRETARY. HE HAD APPARENTLY
LOST ALL' INFLUENCE WITH THIEU AND HAD BEEN BLAMED FOR THE MVD-
HARDLING OF SOME OF THE RECENT A"JTI-THIEU PROTESTS. NHA'S DE-
PARTURE MAY GAIN THIEU SOME SHORT-TERM RESPITE FROM CRITICISM,
BUT WE DO NOT BELIEVE IT WILL SIGNIFICAOSZY REDUCE THIEU'S CURRENT
POLITICAL PROBLEt . (QUINN/STEARMAN)
LATINS REACT TO YOUR QUITO ABSENCE: LATIN AMERICAN OFFICIALS
REPORTEDLY ARE DISAPPOINTED THAT YOU CANNOT ATTEND AT LEAST
SOME PORTION OF THE MEETING OF FOREIGN MINISTERS IN QUITO.
SOME FEEL THIS DOWNGRADES THE IMPORTANCE AND LEVEL OF THE MEET-
ING AND DETRACTS FROM THE MOMENTUM OF THE "NEW DIALOG" ESTABLISHED
WITH YOU. THE COLOMBIAN FOREIGN MINISTER FEELS PARTICULARLY
AGGRIEVED AND CHAGRINED BECAUSE OF HIS PERSONAL ROLE IN DIS-
SUADI.NG VENEZUELA FROM SEEKING EARLY OAS ACTION ON CUBA AND. IN
ARRANGING FOR THE CURRENT DATE, HE HAS CRITICIZED PUBLICLY YOUR
DECISION NOT TO ATTEND. HOWEVER, EMBASSY QUITO REPORTS THAT BOTH
THE PRESIDENT AND FOREIGN MINISTER MADE PUBLIC STATEMENTS THAT
THEY CHARACTERIZED YOUR NONATTENDANCE AS "JUSTIFIED." (LOW)
EC MAY BEGIN TRADE TALKS WITH MEXICO: IN RESPONSE TO A MEXICAN
REQUEST LAST MAY FOR AN ECONOMIC COOPERATION AGREEMENT WITH THE
EC, THE EC COMMISSION HAS RECOMMENDED TO THE COUNCIL THAT NE-
GOTIATIONS BE OPENED WITH A VIEW TOWARD ARRIVING AT A NON-PRE-
FERENTIAL ECONOMIC COOPERATION AGREEMENT WITH MEXICO. MEXICO
HAS A BALANCE OF TRADE DEFICIT WITH THE EC. THE COMMISSION
PROPOSAL ENVISAGES AN AGREEMENT THAT MOULD ENCOMPASS TRADE PRO-
MOTION THROUGH REDUCTION OR REMOVAL OF TARIFF AND NIONTARIFF
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OBSTACLES; INVESTMENT, INDUSTRIAL, AND TECHNICAL COOPERATION;
AND A FUTURE ADJUSTMENTS CLAUSE TO PROVIDE FOR ANY FUTURE AD-
JUSTMENTS AND/OR EXPANSION OF THE AGREEMENT. ARGENTINA, BRAZIL,
AND URUGUAY HAVE TRADE AGREEMENTS CURRENTLY IN FORCE WITH THE
EC AND ARGENTINA NOW WANTS TO NEGOTIATE A COOPERATION AGREEMENT
WHICH WOULD REPLACE ITS TRADE AGREEMENT.
HTIST TERRORIST ACTIONS:
BECAUSE OF RECENT PUBLICI 11 TT
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CAL PARTY, THE ARGENTINE GOVERNMENT HAS DECIDED TO CURTAIL SOME
OF THE EXTRALEGAL COUNTERTERROR ACTIONS CARRIED ON WITH HIGH-LEVEL
GOVERNMENT APPROVAL IN THE NAME OF THE ARGENTINE ANTI-COMMUNIST
ALLIANCE (AAA). THE ASSASSINATION OF-WELL-KNOWN LEFTIST POLITI-
CIANS WILL BE DISCONTINUED AND THE AAA WILL ASSUME A MORE LOW-KEY
PROFILE. HOWEVER, GOVERNMENT-CONDONED ACTION SQUADS APPARENTLY
WILL CONTINUE TO ELIMINATE LOWER LEVEL LEFTISTS IN AN EFFORT TO
KEEP PRESSURE ON THE EXTREMISTS. THE GOVERNMENT IS PARTICULARLY
ANXIOUS TO KEEP THE RADICAL CIVIC UNION PARTY IN THE ROLE OF "LOYAL
OPPOSITION," RATHER THAN ALIENATING IT INTO OUTRIGHT OPPOSITION.
(BROWNELL)
HIGHLIGHTS OF GISCARD D'ESTAING PRESS CONFERENCE: THE HIGHLIGHTS OF
FRENCH PRESIDENT GISCARD D'ESTAING'S PRESS CONFERENCE ON OCTOBER
94, AS REPORTED BY Al?, ARE AS FOLLOWS:
-- GISCARD D' ESTAI NG HAS INVITED THE EC HEADS OF GOVERNMENT
TO MEET IN PARIS DURING LATE NOVEMBER -0R EARLY DECEMBER TO
DZJINE FUTURE COOPERATION.
-- FRANCE WILL NOT CONFORM WITH THE TREATY TO BE SIGNED BY
12 OIL-IMPORTING NATIONS ON NOVEP2ER 12; FRANCE WILL NOT RAISE
OBSTACLES TO THE ORGANIZATION OF AN EMERGY AGENCY WHICH THESE
12 NATIONS COULD UNDERTAKE WITHIN THE OECD.
?- FRANCE WILL IMMEDIATELY BEGIN SOUNDING OUTU POSSIBLE PARTI-
CIPANT COUNTRIES ON A RESTRICTED ENERGY CONFERENCE EARLY NEXT
YEAR WHICH COULD BE ATTENDED BY 10 OR 20 STATES. GISCARD D'ESTAING
SAID THAT SUCH A MEETING COULD BE VERY USEFUL IF IT CONSIDERED
GUARANTEES PROTECTING THE REVENUES OF OIL-EXPORTING STATES AND
ALSO CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH THE CURRENT PHASE OF ADJUSTMENT
IN THE WORLD ECONOMY COULD BE CARRIED OUT.
-- A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE NINE SHOULD SPEAK FOR THE EC AT ANY
RESTRICTED ENERGY :CONFERENCE.
-- IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE A LASTING PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST,
THE PALESTINIAN ISSUE MUST BE DEALT WITH. WHILE NOTING THE POSITIVE
RESULTS OF SECRETARY K ISSI NG ER' S EFFORTS I N THE MIDDLE EAST,
GISCARD D"ESTAING STRESSED THAT THE REALITY OF THE PALESTINIAN
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PROBLEM HAD NOT YET BEEN FACED. HE SAID THAT THE PALESTINIANS
SHOULD HAVE A HOMELAND AND CALLED FOR. I NTERNA TIONAL
NEGOTIATIONS TOWARD THAT GOAL.
IN AN OPENING STATEMENT, THE FRENCH PRESIDENT NOTED THAT THE
PHENOMENA OF THE TIMES ARE "LEADING US PRACTICALLY TO CATASTROPHE."
IN THIS CONTEXT HE CITED TRENDS IN SEVERAL AREAS SUCH AS
POPULATION, FOOD PRODUCTION AND ENERGY,(GATES)
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