INFORMATION ITEMS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-551-6-58-0
• Release Decision: RIFLIM
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: July 8, 2010
• Sequence Number: 58
• Publication Date: February 19, 1976
• Content Type: CABLE

No Objection to Declassification in Full 2010/07/08: LOC-HAK-551-6-58-0
#***t T O F 0 C t" T **Ww*D U0FT
PRIORITY
DE WTE 00614 0500424
P ISISAII FEB 76
PM THE SITUATION ROOM//TOHAK' I1//
TO BARBIAN/COVEY FOR THE SECRETARY
T O P S E C R E T 5EN$ TIVE?EYES ONLY CONTAINS CODEWORD
VIA SLACK PATCH WH60224
TO H A K it State Dept. review completed
FEBRUARY 19 1976
MEMORANDUM FOR $ THE PRESIDENT
FROM'4 BRENT SCOWCROFT
$t)SECT4 INFORMATION ITEMS
THE'ASEA$ SUMMITI LEADER$.OFTHE FIVE NATIONS BELONGING
TO THE EIGM~MT.YEAR+ OLD ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHEAST ASIAN
NATIONS (ASEAN) WILL, MEET COLLECTIVELY FOR THE FIRST
TIME PESRUARY 23.25 IN SALT THEY ARE EXPECTED Tq SIGN
A TREATY FOR SETTLING INTRA+REGIONAL DISPUTES, SET UP A
CENTRAL, SECRETARIAT AND DECLARE THEIR INTENTION TO.CON
TINVE TO, COOPERATE IN POLITICAL SECURITY, ECONOMIC, AND
CULTURAL FIELDS A STATE DEPARIWMENT ANALYSIS OF THE,
MEETING CONCLUDES THAT SY HOLDING THEIR FIRST SUMMIT AND
AGREEING TO PERIODIC SUMMITS IN THE FUTURE,'THE ASEAN
LEADERS WILL HAVE INCREASED ASEANRS VISIBILITY, AND RAISED
THE LEVEL OP ITS IMPORTANCE IN THE FOREIGN POLICIES OF
ITS PARTICIPANTS' POLITICAL AND SECURITY COOPERATION WILL
SE MADE MORE EXPLICIT THAN PREVIOUSLY... DESPITE THIS FOMRM
WAND MOMENTUM# ASEAN W:6L' CONTINUE TO BE A LOOSES LARGELY
UNSTRUCTURED ASSOCIATION THAT MOVES ONLY AT' THE PACE AT
WHICH IT CAN REACH CONSENSUS ALL THE DIVISIVE FACTORS
THAT HAVE MELD IT BACK $0 FAR PERSIST, INCLUDING$ DISPARATE
Lome OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, RACIAL AND RELIGIOUS DIF
PERENCE$r AND BORDER PROBLEMS, THE 'VERY HOLDING OP THE
SUMMIT, HOWEVER IS INDICATIVE OF A GREATER' REALIZATION
Of CERTAIN SHARED INTERESTS, PARTICULARLY IN THE POST-
VIETNAM ERA,,
COMMENTS ON LEE KUAN YfWoMARCO5 MEETING"-"I AMBASSADOR
+r, ? *. * * * * * * * * e * * *WM$R COMMENT +~ * * * * * ~r * ,r * ~-.
RECALLED
G T itIS41Z FEB 76
P$Ns651SI5 PACE S! TOR1055/B1124Z
~rrr~rw +M T O R S E C R E T ~r*e*.**8 COPY
No Objection to Declassification in Full 2010/07/08: LOC-HAK-551-6-58-0
 No Objection to Declassification in Full 2010/07/08: LOC-HAK-551-6-58-0
*MwNwww IF R F 0 C. L N r- T wl*wee1w UWFT
MDLDRIDGE ZN SINGAPORE REPORTS THAT PHILIPPINE AMBAS"
SAVOR GARCIA DISCUSSED WITH HIM THE LEE KOAN YEW*
MARCOS MEETING IN SINGAPORE JANUARY 27*2G,1 GARCIA
SAID THAT' THE TWO LEADERS AGREED:
*, ON THE IMPORTANCE 0V THE?. V 8j STAYING ON IN
THE REGION AS A ' STAUIL,IZING INFLUENCE, AND THE
NECESSITY OF CONTINUED FOREIGN INVESTMENT FOR
ECONOMIC GROWTH,
w ON TRAINING OF'SINGAPORE A"4 PILOTS AT THE U.S.
BASE AT CUBI POINT, ZN THE PHILIPPINES,, ARRANGE":
MENTS WITH THE U.S, WOULD HAVE TO BE WORKED OUT,
CATHOLIC RESISTANCE GROUP CAPTURED IN SAIGON: RADIO
SAIGON REPORTED THE CAPTURE ON FEBRUARY 13 OF A GROUP
OF "REACTIONARIES" WHO HAD BEEN INVOLVED IN PROPAGANDA,
TERRORISM, AND COUNTERFEITING,. GOVERNMENT FORCES
CAPTURED THE GROUP IN A SAIGON CATHOLIC CHURCH AFTER
A IS'HOUR SIEGE, THE' REBEL GROUP, OF' UNKNOWN SIZE, WAS
APPARENTLY WELL EQUIPPED' THE GOVERNMENT REPORTED
SEIZING MODERN PRINTING EQUIPMENT *' PROOFS, PLATES,
AND BANKNOTES ?r. A REEXVERTRANSMITTER WEAPONS, AND
OTHER MILITARY EQUZPMENY'o SAIGON AUTHORITIES HAVE
WIDELY PUBLICIZED THE"INCIDENT"WITH EMPHASIS ON THEIR
ATTEMPT 'TO GET THE REPELS TO, SURRENDER AND AVOID DAMAGE
TO THE CHURCH AND ITS RELICS, THEY ALSO WARN THEY WILL
NOT TOLERATE THE USE: OF RELIGION AS A 'COVER FOR ANTI"
REVOLUTIONARY ACTIVITIES`
KDSYGZNES MEALTHI EMBASSY MOSCOW REPORTS THAT, ACCORDING
TO A MEMBER Of THE TURKISH EMBASSY# AT ONE POINT DURING
HIS DECEMBER TRIP TO TURKEY KOSYGZN TOLD PRIME MINISTER
DEMIREL' THAT HE FELT OLD AND TIRED AND WANTED ONLY TO
SE LEFT ALONE TO PLAY WITH. HIS GRANDCHILDREN AND ENJOY
LIFE, ME REPORTEDLY SAID THAT HE HAD SEVERAL TIMES
ASKED TO BE ALLOWED TO STEP DOWN, BUT BREZZHNEV TOLD
HIM THAT MEF KOSYGIN, AND PODGORNY HAD COME TO POWER
TOGETHER AND WOULD ALL` LEFAVE TOGETHER,
PARKER TESTIFIES ON GUATEMALA: AID ADMINISTRATOR DANI
PARKER TESTIFIED YESTERDAY ON GUATEMALA,,. HE ANNOUNCED
THAT YOU WOULD BE SENDING UP VERY SOON LEGISLATION
PROPOSING 828 MILLION FOR THE RELIEF AND RECOVERY EFFORT.
ZN LIGHT OF THAT STATEMENT SENATOR KENNEDY ANNOUNCED THAT
HE, WOULD NOT INTRODUCE THE BILL. WMICH HE HAD READY TO GO
ON THE SAME SUBJECT, PARKER REPORTS THAT CONGRESSIONAL
SUPPORT FOR THE US, ASSISTANCE EFFORT IS STRONG AND THAT
THERE IS A DESIRE ON THE MILL TO MOVE THE LEGISLATION
RECALLED
PSi 10siSIsS PAGE 02
TORsBBtIBl Baz DTGI01841Z FES 76
rr~ ~r T A P 8 E C R E T .t~r,~~r +r*$ COPY
No Objection to Declassification in Full 2010/07/08: LOC-HAK-551-6-58-0
 No Objection to Declassification in Full 2010/07/08: LOC-HAK-551-6-58-0
~-~ ~rM~ p !* R t T wwww*l VUrT
THROUGH QUICKLY,
0720.
P8Pi$001015
PASS 03 OF 03. TOR1060/01124Z OTSISO 041Z.FEB 76
,r+r~,wwr- T 0 P $ C R E T r.+-,w~r**8COPY
No Objection to Declassification in Full 2010/07/08: LOC-HAK-551-6-58-0