EVENING NOTES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-548-12-36-1
• Release Decision: RIPLIM
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2010
• Sequence Number: 36
• Publication Date: January 12, 1974
• Content Type: MEMO

No Objection to Declassification in Part 2010/08/24: LOC-HAK-548-12-36-1
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SIjBJECT: EvFNING NOTFS
SITUATION IN INDOCHINA: CAMBODIA!.) GLOVF~,NME~:T OPERATIONS N{`4 TH-
Wi ST OF PHNOM PENH'S POCHE144TONG AIRPORT STIH.LED YESTFROAY Ti THE
FACE OF HEAVY COMMUNIST RESISTANCE. THFKf- 'AS ALSI1 NO PRO(,:,FSS
IN CLEARING A SECONDARY ROAD WEST OF ROUTE , AND SKIRMISHI' G
I TH'E :ARI=A CONTINUED. SOUTH OF PHNOM PENH, TAKEO WAS THE TAP,-
GNT OF MORE COMMUNIST GROUAID AND ,AORTAR ATTACKS. A MEKONG P IVER
CoNVOY CARRYING RICE AND P.01 SUPPI IFS E.NCfl TER--1) ONLY MIN"'t
HARASSING FIRE WHILE EN ROoTE Tp PHNOM PENH. A 100-TRUCK CONVOY
F,KOM KOMPONG SOM ALSO REACL1EID THE CAPITAL SAFELY.
MILITARY ACTIVITY REMAINED LIGHT THROUGHOUT SOUTH VIETNAM. C11M-
MIINIS;T. ATTACKS IN, THE OELT:A PROM' CE HAVE RETURNED TO THE P~=LA-
TIVFLY LOW LEVEL THAT EXIr1-IFD PPIfP TO THE !ATE DECEMBER HI ".Hpf'INT.
HANOI PROTESTS F-5ES FOR SOUTH VIETNAM: TH;= HANOI PARTY DATLY
LOST. LITTLE TIME IN PROOTFSTING THE PROJF.CTEo? DELIVERIES OF F-~:1=
AIRCI AFT TO SOUTH VIETNAM, AS RFV-=ALED IN A RECENT NEW YORv TIES
SI'ORY BY LESLIE GELB. ON JANUARY 10, NHAN AN PRF;DICTA8Lv CHARD-r;
THAT TH?- DELIVERY ^F THE AIRCRAFT WOULD Vlrn.ATE THE PARIS n!`RFfw-
MF-N.T, AS THE TWO-PARTY JOINT MII, ITARY COMMISSION HAS NOT YET
AGREED FIN THE MODAL I T I FS F4iR THE REPL ACEMENNN T' OOF ANY WEAPON4.
(STF4RMANI,ADAMS)
KHMER NEGOTIATING DEVELOPMEENTS: A SENIOR (:Or-FICIAL OF SIHANcll)V'S
GUNK RECENTLY TOLD S''AT
T,4E COMMUNISTS WOULD ATTEML)T AN ALL-OUI `', P.-;NOM
P+?NH DURING THE CURRENT OR- SEASON AND THAT THEIR POLICY Or, RF-
ISTNG' ALL CONTACT WITHH4 THc. GKR Rf-MAINS UNC++ANGED. THE OF4-ICTAL
ALSO CLAIMED THAT EFFORTS ? Y TH! oKK TO INITIATE MEETINGS T'?
CAMHDOIA AND ELSEWHERE ARE A SIGN OF GKP WE"KNFSS AND REPRF SENT
A "POLITICAL VICTORY" FOR ?tHE COOMMUNISTS.
TOP SECRET-SFNS I i I VE
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Gi( R PRIe1,F MINISTER LONG R t FI L) N .IANUAI r r~i4T THE NORTH A,,F.T-
N,AMt=SE AkE STRIVING FOR A POLITICAL SETTLE-Mc'NT IN CAMBOODIA, R HT
T-4AT KHMFR COMMUNIST LFAE?EvS AR i?I1JIi?L:i 4^^r:N(', THOSE FAVOR1' ti
P;-ACF V RSUS CONTINUING TH+ WAR. WE (STEA',vANIAOA~,?S) HAVE F^FN
LITTLE FV IL)ENCE TO SUPPORT THE. kEr.OR1 F() V I *- S OF THE TASS f' R.-
F SPiINDFNT.
ETs=STOR.F11 MOMENTUM IN STN(.)-,iAPANFSh R E L A T I ( I N c : JAPANESE FO r IGN:
MTNISTFsz CIHIRA'S VISIT TO rFKING LAST Wi-FE-K SFFMS TO HAVE Rw,,Tilxfi)
STEM OF THE MOMENTUM LOST IN THr- 'EAk SINCE- v'I4E: MINISTER fAN AKA
VISITED) THE PRC IN SFPTEMET,-R 197? ANU DlEL;E ATIC RELATIONS FPE
F,T1EjLISHFD. THE PVC'S INTEREST ,,,;AS IN?)ICA1Ep1 PARIICULARLV NY
MnO'S RECEIVING OHIRA -- THE ONLY OTHER H11,0 IGN MINISTERS S
HHHNOREO HAVE BEEN YOU ANt) kDREIGN MINISIIK SCHUMANN. IN A, ~I-
TtON, BETH GOVERNMENTS SIGt,+D A TZAH;E A(,kFE.r,:P'JT (WHICH RFPE CE=S
A CPHPLi X OF UNOFFICIAL TRADING AkRANGE MFNNN: ), AGREES) TO I"
CWFASE THE NUMbER OF RES Ir)FNT JPUL'NAL I STS 1= 'CHANGED, AND Ti l
HHLs1 FPFQUT:NT MINISTFPIAL. TALKS: 11(1ME P4Rt.')Gk-,-SS wAS MADF TI'l,
At, NARL'Y CONCLUSION OF SHIPPING A101) FISHFRT,-S ArREFMENTS.
AS RFGARDS TH* MAJOR BLOCK 10 MFR RARI!! N0--, ALTZATI(1N OF T Lj"-
TIOWS -- THE. LONt;-STANr)INC, IMPASSE OVER A CIVIL AVIATION A(-,: EF--
MHNT CAUSED .v JAPAN'S DESIRE Ttl MAINTAIN CFIMMC-;rCIAL AIR 0-i0,
WITH TAIWAN -- OHIRA RF=TURt.Fr) HEOMF- APPA+ FNTI Y DETERMINFI) T"' FIND
A Fi,kMUtA ACCEPTABLE. Tf) PEii'ING FOR rf)NTINOI,G THIS JAPANESE TIE
T[i TAIPE-I (WHICH CONSERVATIVE: E(.FUtNIS IN 1ANAKA'S LIBERAL EMt'-
Ci ATIC PARTY INSIST E)N). (ITH SI')ES MAY AI`' TO RESOLVE THT,?
P610BLEM BY THE TIME PRC Ffi4:,-IGN MINISTER CHI PENG-F-FI PAYS
R~-TURN VISIT TO TOKYO LATE, THI'> YEAR. (Fk -E NE)
ST GERMANY WELCOMES U.S. RELATIONS: r:EKtr,+,E?r= '^.3EIL' THE Vn'rAL.
F0ST GEcMAPN r1EPUTY MINISTFj FOR Fr)REIGN TRA,':F', HAS STATED t-
LICLY THAT THE GDR IS REAch TO wEJ.COME AMF'"R'CAN PAWTICIPATI!,N
I',\' C(.OOPFFRATIVE' VENTURES ROTH AT HOME AND IN THIRD COUNTRIES
AND IS PAGER TFI IMPROVR IT,,, TRAr F RFLATIGINS WITH THE U.S. THE=
P3)SSIHIE ITY OF JOINT VENTURES REPRESENTS AN EXTE=NSION OF T -
CriR POSITION ON NORMALIZATIEIN 01: )'kABE NETWr-EN THE TWO COO...
T IFS PRESENTED BY BELL oU>~,ING HIS VISIT T(:"E THE U.S. IN NO' ,, ,-
F3E R 197?. AT THAT TIMES Hr CAL!_E`" FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT EIF-
DIPLOMATIC RFLATIONS ALONG WITH THE PEOUCTE'iN OE U.S. TARIrrS
A?,f1 ('}THE=R TRADE BARRIERS -- OBSTACLES WHICH STILL EXIST.
ToP SECRET-SENSITIVE
C;;NTAINS CODEWORDQ 0E-SPITE WEIL'S RECENT EFFf-TS, THE U.S. SHA.F E ,- GBR TRADE . ITH
TwE WEST -- LESS THAN THRE=E- PE=RrE`,T -- I S Li L I EE L" LY TO INCRrF ' SF
S?OBSTANTIALLY IN THE. NEAR s UTURF. IN IFCENT Y!-ARS, IHF GOr HAS
NHGQTIATEO WITH SEVERAL MA tf)R U.S. FIRE-., H.iT NHi SIZAWLE C- 'TRACTS
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HAVE uFSUL IFD. MOREOVER,, c: ST (-,F MANY HAS .11:11 ~,r-;`,wis MUCH T TE-R.EST
UP Tfl THIS T I M E I N JOINT V(" r1TURF S, EVEN W i T' i TS M(l;'f I MPO'' r,ANT
WI-ST rUMUPEAN TRADING PART-,,FRS.
MAHAMAS POLICE SEIZE C(fF3AN FISHING BOATS: Al "i NASSAU HAc
ANNI)UNCFt) THAT THREE CUBAN MISHINc; QJATS P'1?CHING IN BAHAM;
4ATFPS WERE SFIZEO BY A P(11,ICE p,ATRO:TL, TM-A of (OH411% RFPHR(. ;q v
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A,.;E IN CUSTOr)Y AND ARF 8E If",,(; TA(kF,., TO NASSA,,; f'( FACE CHARGE
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HAVE' hESUL1E fr. MOkEE)VER, r-AST r,E MANY HAS HH I)! SHtr'wN MUCH - ,TE=RFST
UP Tn THIS TIME:, I N JOINT Vt"NTURf S, EVE=N WITH ITS M11G F I MPOr TANT
Wt-ST EUROPEAN TRADING PARTr'ERS.
4AHAwAS POLICE SEIZE CI)HAN FISHIN: BOATS: .'Ar?II} NASSAU HA',,
ANNNfUNCr=I) THAT THREE CUBAN FISHINt: BOATS PrIPCH1NG IN BAHAME nN
WATFPS WERE SI: IZED BY A p01.ICE PATROL. T Et.vF CUBANS RFP(.IR!; +rL.Y
V ,E IN CUSTODY AND ARF BEI 4G TAKE' TO NASSAi! T(1 FACE CHA.EtG!
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No Objection to Declassification in Part 2010/08/24 : LOC-HAK-548-12-36-1