INFORMATION ITEMS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-550-4-3-3
• Release Decision: RIPLIM
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: November 8, 2010
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: November 29, 1974
• Content Type: CABLE

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FM THE SITUATION ROOP1//TOHAK 139//
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TOHAK 139
NOVEMBER 29, 1974
MEMORANDUM FOR SECRETARY KISSINGER
FROM: THE SITUATION ROOM.
SUBJECT: INFORMATION ITEMS
HEW CHANCE: FOP ECEVIT TO FORM GOVERNMENT:: PRESI-
DE-NT KOROTURY W-1ILL PROBABLY TURN TO 70 EVI T ONCE AGAIN 0 TRY
TO FORM A GOVFIRNM17NIT IN THE WAKE OF THE RESOUNDING DEFEAT OF
THE P OPOSED IRMAK GOVERNMENT IN PARLIAMENT TODAY. IN THE
FIRST HOPEFUL SIGH THAT A. BREAK IN THE TWO-AND-A-HALF MONTH
STALEMATE OVER ESTABLISHING A GOVERNMENT MAY DE IMMINENT,
DEMOCRATIC PARTY L; ADER BOZBEYLI HAS ECHOED ECEVIT') CALL FOR
EARLY ELECTIONS AS THE ONLY WAY OUT OF THE TMP ASSET . ~ SECRET
NEGOTIATIONS ECEVIT HAS BEEN F{ULDTNG WITH THE DEMOCRATS IN AN
EFFORT TO FORM A COALITION' TO 'i:TC!F;[F HIM TO POWER ['AVM IN-
CLUDED A COMMITMENT TO HOLD-. ELECTIONS BY JUc E 1975. ALTHOUGH
BO7f3EYLI TURNED ECEVIT DOWN TWICE BEFORE, THE DETERIORATING
DOMESTIC SITUATION NAY HAVE CONVINCED HIM, AS WELL AS OTHER
POLITICIANS, THAT NEW ELECT IONS ARE NECESSARY TO SECURE A CLEAR
MANDATE TO GOVERN. THERE IS A GROWING FEAR AMONG THEE POLITICIANS
THAT IF THEY ARE UNABLE TO FORM A WORKABLE GOVERNMENT, THE MILI-
TARY WILL.
PHNOM PENH'S UN VICTORY HOLDS UP: THE UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY
HAS CONCLUDED DEBATE 01 THE CAMBODIAN REPRT SITTATION ISSUE.
IN TODAY'S SESSION PRI ICE' SIHANUUK'S BACKERS DID NOT ATTEMPT
ANY PARLIAMENTARY MANEUVERS TO REVERSE THE ASSEMBLY'S !' AVORABLE
"r {E LON [10L GOVERN -
VOTE ON THE PRO--PHNOM PENH RESOLUTION, AND if
MENT IS THUS GUARANTEED ITS UN SEAT FOR ANTHER YEAR.
SOVIET CRITICISM OF U.S. AMBASSADOR DESIGNATE TO PORTUGAL:
THE PORTUGUESE CHIEF OF CABINET TOLD A U.S EMBASSY OFFICER
ON NOVEMBER 25 THAT SOME VISITING RUSSIANS HAD SAID PORTUGAL
SHOULD NOT ACCEPT CARLUCCI AS AMBASSADOR. THE SOVIETS BELAYED
A DISTORTED ACCOUNT OF CARLUCCI'S ACTIVITIES IN ZANZIBAR, THE
CONGO, AND BRAZIL. THE PORTUGUESE OFFICIAL TOLD THE SOVIETS
DOS, NAVY Reviews
Completed
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MEXICO S17VIE, RS' TIES ',.-IITH CIf1Li : ME RICO'S DECISION TO SEVEER
RELATIONS WITH CHILE WAS PRODA04Y TAM EN TO CURRY FAVOR IN THE
NONALIGNED WORLD BY DRAMATIZING MEXICAN DISTASTE FOR THE CHILEAN
MILITARY. PRESIDENT ECI-HEVFRRIA WAS FRIENDLY WITH ALLENDE AND .
HAS, BEEN DECIDEDLY COLD TOWARD THE PINOCI(EET GOVERNMENT. MlI,'X.IC0
CONSIDERS THE PI 'NOC}{ET GOVERNMENT TO BE "ILLHGITIi1~1TE," I3 U'1
PRESS REPORTS LINKING THE DIPLOilAT-IC DI EAK TO iLI_T"O D CIA INVOLV '-
MENT IN ALLENDE'S OVERTHROW WOULD SEEM OUT OF CHARACTER FOR
CHEVERRIA.
VENEZUELANS ORGANIZE MEETING OF CENTRAL AMERICAN PRESIDENTS
IN CARACAS: VENEZUELAN PRESIDENT CAR LOr' (?f~'DRES P}E.}?1EZ HAS
INVITED THE CHIEFS OF STATE FROM CENTRAL AMERICA AND PANAMA
TO A S!.I:1IIIx MEETIN TO DE HELD IN CA RRACAiS 7)CFMBFR 13-14.
THE MEETING IS REPORTEDLY TO DISCUSS } E'.(Ji0lNAL.. ECONOMIC CO-
OPER ATIONN, INCLUDING SUPPORT OF RA,' A" t'.FIhL PRICE"). IT
IS ALSO ANTHER Ev FOPT BY THE V7,* EZUELANS TO EXERT LEADER-
SHIP THROUGH THEI' ECONOMIC INFLUE.C . (LOW,!)
SOVIET AND CENTO SNIP INCIDr' NT: A FORMATION OF U.S. AND CENTO
Ll'AVAL ;ZIPS PARTICIPATING IN AN At'INUAL FXEHCI:. HAD TO CHANGE
COURSE TWICE TO AVOID COLLIDING WITH A SOVIET SPACE VEHIC}
RECOVERY SHIP IN THE ARABIAN SEA ON t OVEMMBER 2,S. THE SOVIET
:'HIP SOVAAN JAS FIRST ID)TENTIFIED JR ADING DIPECTLY FOR THEE ALL17D
FORMATION AT A DISTANCE OF POUR NILES. THE U.S. AND CENTO GROUP
SHIPS CHANGED COURSE. THE EVAN, HO';:'F VI R, ALSO ALTERED ITS
COURSE, WHICH REQUIRED STILL ANOTHER COURSE CHANGE BY THE
FORMATION. THE SEVAN PA TSED WITI(IN 5('0 YARDS OF ONE U.S. CHIP,
THEN TURNED AND BEGAN TAILING THE GROUP* INCIDENTS OF
Tl{IS
KIND HAVE BEEN RARE SINCE TI(F: U.S.-USSR AGREEMENT IN 1972 OHI
PREVEENTING INCIDENTS AT SEA.
EC NINE FOREIGN t4INISTERS FAIL TO AGREE ON SUM1''-'IT AGENDA:
THE FOREIGN MINISTERS OF THE FC NINE FAILED TO REACH AG} I E -
' MENT THIS WEEK ON THE ISSUES TO BE DISCUSSED AT THEE EC SUMMIT
SC}{}'DUI ED FOR PARIS DECEMBER 9 AND 10. THE MINISTERS WILL MAKE
A FINAL EFFORT TO RECONCILE THEIR DIFFERENCES EARLY NEXT WEEK..
THEY ARE NOT LIKELY TO SUCCEED ON THE KEY AREAS -- ENERGY,
REGIONAL POLICY, AND INFLATION -- BUT THE SUMMIT WILL PROBABLY
BE HELD AIN}YWAY. ENERGY QUESTIONS -- IN PARTICULAR THE FRENCH
PROPOSAL FOR A CONFERENCE OF OIL CONSUMERS AND PRODUCERS,
FRENCH. ASSOCIATION WITH THE INTERNATIONAL ENERGY AGENCY FAVORED
BY THE OTHER EIGHT, AND U.S. PROPOSALS FOR CONSUMER COOPERATION -6}ILL HAVE A -PROMINENT PLACE AT THE SUMMIT. SOME ADVANCES AP-
PARENTLY HAVE BEEN MADE IN RESOLVING ,THE DIFFERENCES ON INTERNAL
ENERGY POLICIES, BUT THERE IS NO AGREEMENT YET TO SET, GUIDELINES
FOR REDUCING ENERGY CONSUMPTION.
EC' INSTITUTIONAL QUESTIONS -- AMONG THEM PROPOSALS FOR PERIODIC
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M ETINGS OF THE NINE HEADS OF' GOVERNMENTS MAJORITY VOTING IN
.THE COUNCIL, AND DIRECT ELECTIONS FOR THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
ARE ON THE SUMMIT -AGENDA. PARIS INITIALLY WANTED THE SUMMIT
DEVOTED PRIMARILY TO THESE MATTERS, BUT THIS HAS NOT PROVED
POSSIBLE. A CONSENSUS IS POSSIBLE ON REGULAR MEETINGS OF THE
HEADS OF GOVERNMENT, PERHAPS AS OFTEN AS THREE. OR FOUR TIMES A
YEAR.
WASHINGTON STAR-NEWS: OSWW1ALD JOHNSTON REPORTS THAT YOUR
SCHEDULED FORMAL TALKS '.1ITH CHINESE LEADERS ENDED JUST AS
THEY BEGAN: CORRECT, SUBDUED, AND, BY ALL OUTWARD SIGNS,
INCONCLUSIVE. JOHNSTON LISTS THE "OBJ "CTIVf SIGNPOSTS" MIS-
SING FROM THIS TRIP WHICH HIGHLIGHTED YOUR PREVIOUS VISITS:
NO MEETING WITH MAO TSE-TUNG AND NO DECISIVE MOVE TOWARD
"NORMALIZATION," EVEN THOUGH THE CHINESE ARE WIDELY REPORTED
IN DIPLOMATIC CIRCLES TO BE IMPATIENT FOR SUCH A MOVE.
CARL ROWAN JOINS THE Gf OWING LIST OF COLUM"1IST S AND COMMEN-
".Big'"AKTHROUGH"
TATORS WHO CAUTION AMERICANS TO BE WARY OF THE
AT VLADIVOSTOK. FROM THE VIEW OF AN OLD "JOINT CO;, MUNIQUE'
WRITE}R, REMARKS ROWAN, HYPERBOLE IS ONE OF THE MOST OFTEN USED
TOOLS OF POLITICIANS RENT ON PF?I: FrJTIN G THE NOTION THAT PRO-
GRESS TOWARD PEACE IS ALWAYS BEING PURSUED. THE COLUMNIST
CITES THREE FACTORS WHICH SHOULD HAKE AMERICANS TAKE THE
ACCORD WITH "A GRAIN OF SALT" (SIC). FIRST, THE DOMINANT
GROUP IN THE KREMLIN HAS TOO MUCH INVESTED IN DETENTE TO SEE
THE MOVEMENT COLLAPSE. SECOND, PRESIDE-NT FORD SIMPLY MUST
PROVE THAT HE IS CAPABLE- OF HANDLING GREAT AND DELICATE ISSUES
OF WORLD AFFAIRS. THIRD, IT IS AN ALMOST UUF.3REAMABL,'E RULE OF
DIPLOMACY THAT TWO MAJOR CHIEFS OF STATE MUST NEVER GO TO THE
SUMMIT WITHOUT AT LEAST APPEARING TO ACHIEVE SOMETHING HISTORIC.
GARY WILLS DESCRIBES YOU AS BEING PLACED IN A MOST PRECARIOUS
POSITION WITH. RESPECT TO. WORLD AFFAIRS; THIS RESULTS FROM YOUR
OWN UNDERTAKINGS. WILLS COMMENTS THAT THE PROBLEMS FACING
THE WORLD DEMAND INDIVIDUAL ATTENTION WHICH YOU CANNOT PHYSICALLY
AND MENTALLY HANDLE ADEQUATELY BECAUSE OF SHEER VOLUME. YOU ARE
CHARGED WITH FAILING BY TRYING TOO HARD. THE ONLY HOPE FOR YOU
IS TO HAVE THE PRESIDENT BEGIN TO PONDER SOME OF THESE PROB-
LEMS HIMSELF AND STOP RELYING ON YOU TO SHOULDER THE PROBLEM-
SOLVING BURDEN AD INFINITUM.A .
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