SUMMARY FROM PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP91-00901R000100230062-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 6, 2001
• Sequence Number: 62
• Publication Date: November 4, 1978
• Content Type: CABLE

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SUMMARY FROM PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE
A. MEDIA PROFILE
1. THE LEAD NEWS STORY IN FRIDAY'S WASHINGTON STAR REPORTS
THAT PRIME MINISTER BEGIN HAS ASKED THE US FOR A $3.3 BILLION.
25-YEAR LOAN TO COVER THE MILITARY COSTS OF RETURNING THE SINAI TO
EGYPT AS PART OF THE EGYPTIAN-ISRAELI PEACE TREATY. ACCORDING TO
THE STORY, BEGIN'S REQUEST WAS MADE TO SECRETARY VANCE DURING
MEETINGS HELD ON THURSDAY IN NEW YORK.
THE WASHINGTON POST'S LEAD STORY CONCERNS THE 0.9 PERCENT
INCREASE IN WHOLESALE PRICES, WHICH NOW BRINGS THE ANNUAL INFLATION
RATE TO MORE THAN 11 PERCENT.
2. OTHER FRONT-PAGE STORIES: A. THE CARTER ADMINISTRATION
AND THE SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE'S SUBCOMMITTEE ON SEPARATION
OF POWERS ARE LOCKED IN A CONFLICT OVER THE EFFORTS OF CONGRESS TO
FIND OUT THE FULL DETAILS ABOUT TECHNOLOGY SALES TO CHINA.
B. THE IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE HAS INITIATED
PROCEEDINGS THAT COULD LEAD TO THE DEPORTATION OF FORMER SOUTH
VIETNAMESE GENERAL AND CHIEF OF POLICE NGUYEN NGOC LOAN, WHO
WAS PHOTOGRAPHED KILLING A BOUND PRISONER IN SAIGON IN 1968. INS
BELIEVES LOAN SHOULD HAVE BEEN tRIED IN VIETNAM FOR EXECUTION,
AND THAT HIS RESIDENT STATUS SHOULD BE RESCINDED ON GROUNDS OF
"MORAL TURPITUDE."
B. SUMMARY OF SELECTED ITEMS
3. NEGOTIATORS FROM CHILE AND ARGENTINA ANNOUNCED THURSDAY
THAT THEY HAD FAILED Tp REACH AGREEMENT OVER THE BEAGLE CHANNEL
.DISPUTE. NEVERTHELESS, THE STATEMENT URGED BOTH GOVERNMENTS TO
CONTINUE TO SEEK A PEACEFUL SOLUTION AND THE POSSIBILITY OF A
MILITARY CONFRONTATION SEEMS TO HAVE LESSENED. (NYT)
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4. THE BOLIVIAN CABINET HAS RESIGNED, APPARENTLY IN
RESPONSE TO THE DETERIORATING ECONOMIC SITUATION. PRESIDENT
PEREDA IS EXPECTED TO FORM AN ALL-MILITARY GOVERNMENT. (POST)
5. EGYPT AVOIDED DIRECT COMMENT ON THE CURRENT ARAB SUMMIT
IN BAGHDAD, CONFIDENT THAT THE PARTICIPANTS WOULD NOT PRODUCE A.
VIABLE. ALTERNATIVE TO THE CAMP DAVID AGREEMENT, AN EGYPTIAN FOREIGN
MINISTRY SOURCE NOTED THE POTENTIAL FOR DISRUPTING THE,PEACE
PROCESS IF THE BAGHDAD CONFEREES PERSUADED THE PALESTINIANS ON
THE NEST BANK -AND GAZA,_TO BOYCOTTSADAT'S,EFFO_RTS_T9 BRINGA_
TRANSITION TO SELF-RULE. THE SOURCE COMMENTED, HOWEVER, THAT THE
RESULT WOULD BE A STATUS QUO IN TWO OCCUPIED TERRITORIES, A
SITUATION IRONICALLY PLEASING TO THE ISRAELIS. (NYT)
6. THE EGYPTIAN NEWSPAPER AL-AHRAM REPORTED TODAY THAT THE
EGYPTIAN AND ISRAELI SIDES TO THE WASHINGTON PEACE TALKS HAVE
APPROVED THE THIRD US DRAFT TREATY, INCLUDING A CLAUSE SETTLING
THE TEST BANK AND GAZA ISSUES. (FBIS)
7. WASHINGTON POST CORRESPONDENT WILLIAM CLAIRBORNE
ANALYZES THE IRANIAN CRISIS FROM TEHRAN, COMMENTING THAT THE KEY
IS ENDING OF THE OIL STRIKE. ONE KNOWLEDGEABLE OBSERVER DESCRIBED
THE IRANIAN ECONOMIC SITUATION AS A"ROLLING DISASTER" WITH
GENEROUS WAGE SETTLEMENTS ONLY BREEDING MORE LABOR STRIKES. (POST)
8. IN HIS COLUMN, CORD MEYER SPECULATES THAT PRESIDENT CARTER'S
EVANGELISM ON HUMAN RIGHTS MAY HAVE JEOPARDIZED ' THE SHAH'$ SURVIVAL.
HE STATES THAT RECENT MOVES TO DEMOCRATIZE THE GOVERNMENT AND
INCREASE WAGES HAVE NOT PLACATED THE EXTREMIST OPPOSITION GROUPS,
AND ALTERNATIVES ARE LIMITED. IT IS TOO LATE TO TURN BACK FROM
A LIBERALIZING.COURSE, ACCORDING TO MEYER, AND THE WAGE INCREASES
MAY FORCE THE SHAH TO SUPPORT HIGH OPEC OIL PRICES.
WITH THE WHITE HOUSE LIMITED TO OFFERING VERBAL. SUPPORT,_THE
SHAH'S BEST COURSE OF ACTION IS TO EXERCISE MORE DECISIVE LEADER-
SHIP. (NYT)
9. PRETORIA FACES A TWOFOLD THREAT TO ITS OIL SUPPLIES--THE
CRISIS IN IRAN AND THE POSSIBILITY OF UN SANCTIONS. SOUTH AFRICA
IMPORTS 90 PERCENT OF ITS OIL FROM IRAN AND THE PRESENT CRISIS
COULD SLOW THAT TO A TRICKLE. FOREIGN MINISTEk PIK BOTHA
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DROP ITS DEMAND THAT THE US PAY WAR REPARATIONS. (UPI) E2 IMPDEI.>
DELIVERIES TO SOUTH AFRICA. THE UN, FOR ITS PART, MIGHT APPROVE
SANCTIONS AGAINST SOUTH AFRICA IF PRETORIA REJECTS THE UN CALL FOR
ELECTIONS IN NAMIBIA. THE AFRICAN BLOC AT THE UN IS PRESSING FOR
IMMEDIATE SANCTIONS IF SOUTH AFRICA RESPONDS NEGATIVELY. (NYT)
10. ONE OF THE WORST POLITICAL SCANDALS IN 30 YEARS 07F
NATIONAL PARTY RULE IN SOUTH AFRICA WIDENED YESTERDAY WHEN A JUDGE
RELEASED DOCUMENTS EMBARRASSING TO THE GOVERNMENT. THE DOCUMENTS
INDICATED THAT $18.8 MILLION OF PUBLIC FUNDS WERE USED TO COVERTLY
ESTABLISH A PRO-APARTHEID NEWSPAPER, THE CITIZEN, AFTER AN EARLIER
UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPT TO REIN IN THE LIBERAL RAND DAILY MAIL. PRIME
MINISTER P.W. BOTHA RETALIATED BY IMPLYING THAT PROSECUTION WAS
BEING CONSIDERED FOR THOSE NEWSPAPERS PUBLISHING STORIES ON THE
JUDGE'S PRESS CONFERENCE, (NYT)
11. CHINA IS SENDING A HIGH-LEVEL DELEGATION. TO EGYPT LATER
THIS MONTH. THE FOUR-DAY OFFICIAL VISIT WILL INCLUDE TALKS WITH
PRESIDENT SADAT. (POST)
12. CHINESE OFFICIALS IN PEKING, MEETING WITH A SPECIAL PLO
ENVOY, REAFFIRMED THEIR SUPPORT FOR CONTINUED ARMED STRUGGLE BY THE
PLO IN THE MIDDLE EAST. (POST)
13. A TOP STATE DEPARTMENT OFFICIAL FLATLY DENIED THE US
HAD SET A TIMETABLE FOR ESTABLISHING DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH
VIETNAM. THE STATE DEPARTMENT HAS SAID IT IS THE US INTENTION TO
ESTABLISH NORMAL RELATIONS WITH VIETNAM, BUT FIRST VIETNAM MUST
REPORTEDLY HAD A SECRET MEETING WITH THE SHAH OF IRAN LAST MONTH
IN WHICH THE SHAH WAS UNABLE TO GIVE ASSURANCES OF CONTINUED OIL
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