MORNING NEWS SUMMARY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-258-6-94-6
• Release Decision: RIPLIM
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: November 20, 2012
• Sequence Number: 94
• Publication Date: December 10, 1973
• Content Type: CABLE

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To LARRY EAGLEBURGER FOR SECRETARY KISSING ER
DECEMBER 10, 1973
MEMORANDUM F R SECRETARY KISSINGER
FROM: THE SITUATION ROOM
SUBJECT: MORNING NEWS SUMMARY
ON-FILE NSC RELEASE
INSTRUCTIONS APPLY
State Dept. review
completed
THE WASHINGTON POST
THE ARAB Olt MINISTERS ANNOUNCED YESTERDAY JN KUWAIT THAT THEY
WOULD CUT BACK Olt PRODUCTION By ANOTHER plyE PERCENT IN JANUARY.
THEY SAID TOE BAN WOULD BE LIFTED WHEN ISRAEL .BEGINS TO WITHDRAW
"ANO THE U.S.. GUARANTEES THE WITHDRAWAL" FROM ALL ARAB LANDS
OCCUPIED SINCE 1967. 44 I)
MICHAEL-GETLER: REPORTS ON YESTERDAY'S MEETING BETWEEN DAYAN AND,
SCHLESINGER, ADMINISTRATION SOURCES ESTIMATE THE, ISRAEL!
PING LIST" WOULD COST $3 BILLION TO $3.5 BILLION. AMERICANOF-
FICIALS SAY IT" IS DOUBTFUL THAT ISRAEL WILL GET EVERYTHING IT
WANTS. ONE SENIOR U.S. OFFICIAL SAID "THEY WANT JUST ABOUT
EVERyTHING.,! (A 12) -
ABU IYAD, A Top AIDE TO SAID IN AN INTERVIEW WITH THE
IRAQI NEWS AGENCY THAT THE GUERRILLAS WILL CONTINUE TO WORK
FnR"THE OVERTHROW Of KING HUSSEIN AND THE LIQUIDATION OF ISRAEL.
(A 0)
THE POST MENTIONS YOUR SUNDAY MEETINGS IN THE "AROUND THE woRtp"
COLUMN ON A 24.
EARL RAVENAL, A,LECTLIRER AT THE JoHNS HOPKINS SCHOOL OF, ADVANCED
INTERNATIONAL STUDIES, EXPECTS TO SEE A SHAKING DOWN OF THE
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN AMERICA AND EUROPE AS A RESULT OF CONFLICT-
ING INTERESTS. THE ALLIANCE WILL BECOME A MORE LIMITED COMPACT.
VERBAL EXPRESSIONS :LIKE ."YEAR OF EUROPE" AND "ATLANTIC CHARIER"
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WILL NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEMS THAT DIVIDE THE ALLIANCE.. U.S..
DIPLOMACY IN EUROPE SHOULD BE A DETAILED NEGOTIATION OF CONCRETE,
AGREEMENTS AND PROGRAMS, WITHOUT TRYING TO EXTRACT GENERAL
PRINCIPLES Of TOGETHERNESS OR TO COERCE INSTRUMENTS OF LINKAGE..
(A 26)
JACK ANDERSON CALLS THE PRESIDENT-1S CLAIM THAT HIS 1971 REPORT
ON HOW THE CIA WAS INTERCEPTING CONVERSATIONS Of SOVIET LEADERS
IN THEIR LIMOUSINES JUSTIFIED THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE PLUMBERS
As STRICTLY A RED HERRING. (A B17)
THE NEW YORK TIMES
JAMES CLARITY SAYS THAT INFLUENTIAL LEADERS IN AND OUT OF THE
LoN NOL GOVERNMENT., HAVE INDICATED THAT THE GOVERNMENT SEEMS
INCREASINGLY INEFFECTIVE IN DEALING WITH THE DETERIORATING
MILITARY AND ECONOMIC SITUATION. CA 2)
BERNARD GWERTZMAN REPORTS THAT YOUR DISCUSSIONS, WITH ALLIED
OFFICIALS HAVE CENTERED ARoUND WAYS OF DEALING WITH DISPUTES
THAT HAVE SERIOUSLY STRAINED AMERICA'S TIES WITH ITS EUROPEAN
ALLIES IN RECENT MONTHS. (A 6)
TILLMAN ?DURDIN INDICATES THAT CHOU ENLAI, CHIANG CHING AND
WANG HUNG'WEN APPEARED PUBtICLY TOGETHER IN PEKING OVER THE
WEEKEND IN A DISPLAY THAT MAY HAVE BEEN STAGED 45 .4 SHOW OF
UNITY FOLLOWING SPECULATION OF A RIFT IN THEIR RELATIONSHIP,
(A II)
THE BALTIMORE SUN
YOUR PICTURE APPEARS ON THE FRONT PAGE WHILE HOLDING TALKS
WITH FOREIGN MINISTER VAN DER STOEL4
GENE DISH! INDICATES THAT yOU DISCUSSED WITH THE cipToi FOREIGN
MINISTER THE fOSSISIOTY'OF U.S. AID TO THE NETHERLANDS TO
EASE THE EFFECTS OF: THEARAB OIL EMBARGO. (A 1)
WASHINGTON -... SAUDI ARABIA'S OIL MINISTER SAID YESTERDAY HE
WARNED THE U.S.. LAST APRIL THAT OIL SHIPMENTS MIGHT BE HALTED
BECAUSE OF U.S. SUPPORT FOR ISRAEL. MR. YAmANt WAS INTERVIEWED
ON NBC'S MEET THE PgEss, (A 1.)
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