NOON NOTES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-552-5-2-1
• Release Decision: RIPLIM
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: August 19, 2010
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: April 5, 1974
• Content Type: CABLE

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DATE 04/05/74 WHITE HOUSE SITUATION ROOM
MESSAGE ANNOTATIONS:
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APRIL 5, 1974
MEMORANDUM FOR SECRETARY KISSINGER
FROM: THE SITUATION ROOM
SUBJECT: NOON NOTES
MORE EGYPTIANS'TO SYRIA??
AN EGYPTIAN ARMORED BRIGADE AND.AN EGYPTIAN INFANTRY RRI-
GADE HAVE RECENTLY LANDED AT THE PORT OF LATAKIA. THIS REPORT,
IS THE LATEST IN A SERIES OF REPORTS ABOUT THE TRANSFER E Y,
TIAN MILITARY' PERSONNEL TO SYRIA. THIS IS THE FIRST REPORT IN-
VOLVING MAJOR. COMBAT UNITS, IN RESPONSE TO AN INQUIRY BY OUR
MILITARY ATTACHE IN CAIRO CONCERNING THE RUMORS. LAST WEEKEND THAT
EGYPTIAN AIR DEFENSE SPECIALISTS, MILITARY ADVISORY PERSONNEL
AND COMMANDO UNITS HAD BEEN SENT TO SYRIA, AN EGYPTIAN OFFICIAL.,
SAID THAT SUCH REPORTS WERE UNTRUE. WE HAVE NO EVIDENCE TO CON-,
FIRM OR DENY THESE REPORTS. (TOHAK 43 GIVES FULL TEXT
FRENCH ELECTIONS: THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY THAT
THERE WILL BE AN ELECTION MAY 5?TO CHOOSE A PRESIDENTIAL SUC
LESSOR TO PRESIDENT POMPIDOU. IF ND. CANDIDATE WINS A MAJORITY
IN THE FIRST ROUNDS A SECOND ROUND' WILL BE HELD MAY L9TH.
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WESTERN EUROPE ' AIRCRAFT TROUBLE THE JOINT BRITISH, WEST GER-,
MAN, AND ITALIAN PROJECT To DEVELOP A EUROPEAN MULTIR?LE COMBAT
AIRCRAFT (MRCA) CONTINUES TO ENCOUNTER DELAYS, RISING COSTS, AND
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TECHNOLOGICAL DIFFICULTIES. THE PROJECT IS.ABOUT" SIX' MONTHS 8E
HIND.. SCHEDULE,. AND SOME OF THE. MORE PESSIMISTIC EUROPEAN EXPERTS..
ON THE PROJECT ' SPECULATE THAT THE PLANE WILL NEVER GET". BEYOND 'THE
PROTOTYPE STAGE.. SERIOUS PROBLEMS WITH. THE MRCA'S ENGINES HAVE
TWICE DELAYED_PLANS:FOR ITS FIRST FLIGHT NOV EXPECTED 'TO TAKE PLACE
IN MAY OR JUNE. IN FEBRUARY, BRITIS
TIP THE PROBLEMS HAD BEEN SOLVED,,BUT
THE ENGINE TROUBLES ARE ALMOST INSURMOUNTABLE
AND THAT A MAJOR REDESIGN EFFORT WILL BENECESSARY~ THE WEST GER-.
MANS A'ND-THE ITALIANS: ARE SERIOUSLY CONSIDERING WITHDRAWING FROM
THE PROJECT AND HAVE BEGUN SEEKING AIRCRAFT ELSEWHERE. THE UK
DOES NOT WANT TO CANCEL. THE PROJECT,, BUT BUDGETARY CONSTRAINTS, MAY
FORCE LONDON TO RESTRICT ITS25X1TICIPATION AND REDUCE THE NUMBER
OF PLANES IT MIGHT PURCHASE.
NORTHERN IRELAND PROGRESS STALLS: PROSPECTS FOR THE CREATION
OF'A COUNCILOF IRELAND,. WHICH WOULD INCLUDE REPRESENTATIVES.
FROM BOTH ULSTER AND "THE REPUBLIC, HAVE DECLINED IN RECENT WEEKS.
THE PROTESTANTS IN ULSTER HAVE NEVER BEEN ENTHUSIASTIC, AND THE
ELECTIONS IN FEBRUARY, IN WHICH LOYALIST CANDIDATES WON 11 OF
THE 12 ULSTER SEATS IN WESTMINSTER, HAVE BEEN INTERPRETED AS A
STRONG MANDATE AGAINST PROCEEDING WITH THE COUNCIL. UNLESS DUBLIN
IS WILLING AND ABLE TO MAKE SPECIFIC CONCESSIONSsIT SEEMS'I)NLIKELY
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MESSAGE (CONTINUED):
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WHITE HOUSE SITUATION.RO?M
THAT A NORTH-SOUTH POWER-SHARING BODY WITH REAL AUTHORITY WILL BE
FORMED IN. THE NEAR FUTURE,
THE NEW YORK TIMES
KATHLEEN TELTSCH REPORTS CHINA IS SENDING A HIGH LE-VEL`DELE-
GATION HEADED BY DEPUTY PREMIER TENG HSIAO-PING TO THE SPECIAL
UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY._NEXT:WEEK. THE MOVE IS SEEN AS,
A BID FOR LEADERSHIP OF THE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES OF THE THIRD
WORLD. (2)
DREW MIDDLETON QUOTES AUTHORITATIVE MILITARY PLANNERS, IN WESTERN
EUROPE AS SAYING DEMANDS FOR BUDGET CUTS FOR NATO FORCES WILL,. BE
MET BY A NEW GENERATION OF WEAPONS REQUIRING LESS MANPOWER, (3)
AN EDITORIAL SAYS DAYAN CANNOT SHIRK ALL RESPONSIBILITY FOR LAST
FALL'S ACKNOWLEDGED POLICY ERRORS WHICH COST ISRAEL SODEARl_Y.
(34)
JAMES RESTON SAYS YOUR MARRIAGE AND HENRY AARON'S HOME RUN HAVE
RENEWED THE SPIRIT OF WASHINGTON, A SENSE OF HISTORY AND A SENSE
OF HUMOR. PEOPLE HAVE BEGUN TO BELIEVE AGAIN IN THE POSSIBILITY
OF HEROES AND INSTITUTIONS. MORAL: IF YOU HAVE A NEW KID, NAME
HIM, HENRY. (35)
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