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TO AMEMBASSY BAMAKO NIACT IMMEDIATE
S E C R E T STATE 131150
EXDIS TOTAR 9
E. O. 11652: GDS
TAGS: OVIP ( TARR, CURTIS W.)
SUBJ: SPECIAL SUMMARY NO. 5.
MALAYSIA UNWILLING TO SEND FULL ICCS CONTINGENT
EMBASSY JAKARTA HAS LEARNED FROM AN INDONESIAN
FOREIGN MINISTRY SOURCE THAT MALAYSIA IS WILLING TO
CONTRIBUTE AT MOST 70 OFFICERS TO THE ICCS. ALTHOUGH
THE INDONESIANS WOULD PREFER TO SEE A FULL 290- MAN
CONTINGENT, THEY FEEL THAT IF THE MALAYSIANS COULD BE
INDUCED TO PROVIDE 100, IT WOULD BE ENOUGH FOR SKELETON
STAFFING. ( SECRET) JAKARTA 7962, 7/3 ( EXDIS).
TWO- POWER ICCS CONSIDERED IN SAIGON
FOREIGN MINISTER LAM TOLD OUR EMBASSY THAT THE BRITISH
HAD TURNED DOWN HIS SUGGESTION THAT THEY REPLACE CANADA,
AND HE EXPECTS A SIMILAR REPLY FROM FRANCE. LAM ADDED
THAT PRESIDENT THIEU FEELS A TWO- PARTY ICCS SHOULD
BE SERIOUSLY CONSIDERED. THIEU WOULD ACCEPT INDONESIA
AND HUNGARY, BUT INDONESIA- POLAND IS HIS PREFERRED DUO.
( SECRET) SAIGON 11976, 7/3 ( EXDIS).
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MILITARY- CIVILIAN GULF GROWS IN CAMBODIA
PRIME MINISTER IN TAM HAS TOLD AMBASSADOR SWANK THAT
HIS RELATIONS WITH THE MILITARY HAVE NOT IMPROVED, AND
CITED A RECENT SPEECH BY A GENERAL CALLING FOR A BITTER-
END FIGHT WHILE HE AS PRIME MINISTER WAS URGING NATIONAL
RECONCILIATION. HE SAID HE HAD REACHED NO REAL UNDER-
STANDING WITH FANK CONCERNING RECRUITMENT, AND ADDED
THAT HE COULD NOT PLEAD FOR YOUNG PEOPLE TO JOIN THE
FANK IF, AFTER RECEIVING SLIPSHOD TRAINING, THEY WERE
SHIPPED TO THE FRONT AS " CANNON FODDER." AMBASSADOR
SWANK BELIEVES THE GROWING GULF BETWEEN CIVILIANS AND
THE MILITARY HAS EMERGED AS THE MAJOR OBSTACLE TO UNI-
FIED ACTION. ( SECRET) PHNOM PENH 6679, 7/3 ( EXDIS).
QADHAFI THE CENTER OF TWO- PRONGED CRISIS
EMBASSY TRIPOLI BELIEVES THERE IS A CRISIS BOTH WITHIN
THE REVOLUTIONARY COMMAND COUNCIL ( RCC) AND IN LIBYAN-
EGYPTIAN RELATIONS, AND QADHAFI IS THE ISSUE IN BOTH
CASES. RATHER THAN LEADING THE RCC THROUGH ORDERLY
DOMESTIC REFORM, HE CHOSE TO DELIVER ANOTHER ULTIMATUM.
HE COULD HAVE LED LIBYA INTO A SYMBOLIC UNION WITH
EGYPT, BUT OPTED TO DEMAND THE " WHOLE HOG ON A PLATTER."
IN BOTH CONTEXTS HE PLAYED HIS ULTIMATE CARD -- THE
THREAT OF HIS OWN WITHDRAWAL FROM AFFAIRS OF STATE.
( SECRET) TRIPOLI 873, 7/2 ( EXDIS).
SHAH' S US VISIT: SUBJECTS FOR DISCUSSION
DETENTE BETWEEN THE SOVIET UNION AND THE WEST, AND
DURING HIS VISIT HERE WILL WANT TO DISCUSS THE RECENT
SUMMIT MEETING. EMBASSY TEHRAN BELIEVES HE WILL ALSO
WANT TO DISCUSS THE CURRENT STATUS AND DIRECTION OF OUR
CHINESE RELATIONS, PARTICULARLY IN VIEW OF IRAN' S RECENT
EFFORTS TO IMPROVE ITS OWN RELATIONS WITH PEKING. OTHER
TOPICS LIKELY TO BE HIGH ON HIS INTEREST AGENDA ARE SUB-
VERSIVE ACTIVITIES OF IRAQ AND THE SOVIET UNION, THE
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ARAB- ISRAELI DISPUTE, THE MAINTENANCE AND INTEGRITY OF
PAKISTAN, AND OIL. ( CONFIDENTIAL) TEHRAN 4661, 7/3
( EXDIS).
HOLLAND AND AUSTRALIA WANT TO DISSOLVE UNCURK
A DUTCH EMBASSY SOURCE IN TOKYO HAS INFORMED OUR EMBASSY
THERE THAT THE NETHERLANDS PLANS TO TAKE AN INITIATIVE
IN DISSOLVING THE UNITED NATIONS COMMISSION FOR THE
UNIFICATION AND REHABILITATION OF KOREA ( UNCURK). SO
FAR, THE DUTCH EMBASSY HAS RECEIVED ONLY A STATEMENT OF
INTENTIONS AND HAS YET TO RECEIVE INSTRUCTIONS. THE
SOURCE SAID THE DUTCH FOREIGN MINISTRY BELIEVES UNCURK
HAS OUTLIVED ITS USEFULNESS, AND IT WOULD BE BETTER FOR
ITS MEMBERS TO DISMANTLE IT THAN TO ACT UNDER THE PRESSURE
OF NORTH KOREA AND HER ALLIES. THE AUSTRALIAN PERMANENT
REPRESENTATIVE HAS APPROACHED OUR MISSION AT THE UN
ASKING FOR VIEWS ON HOW BEST TO DISSOLVE UNCURK. OUR
MISSION COMMENTS THAT THE AUSTRALIANS ARE APPARENTLY
READY TO MOVE QUICKLY ONCE THEY GET OUR POSITION AND
THAT OF THE REPUB- IC OF KOREA. ( CONFIDENTIAL) TOKYO
8404, USUN 2471, 7/3 ( LIMDIS).
JAPANESE REACTIONS TO SUMMIT
EMBASSY TOKYO REPORTS THAT THE FOREIGN OFFICE AND MEDIA
ARE CONTINUING TO STRESS THE POSITIVE CONTRIBUTIONS OF
THE NIXON- BREZHNEV SUMMIT TO WORLD PEACE, BUT ARE DE-
TECTING POSSIBLE PROBLEMS FOR JAPAN. CHIEF AMONG THESE
IS THE IMPRESSION OF A US- SOVIET RESOLVE TO FORM A NEW
WORLD ORDER BASED ON THE EXISTING BALANCE OF POWER. THE
JAPANESE ARE ALSO CONCERNED THAT JAPAN MAY BE EXCLUDED
FROM MAJOR INTERNATIONAL DELIBERATIONS, AND THAT THE
SOVIETS MAY TOUGHEN THEIR STAND AT THE FORTHCOMING
TANAKA- BREZHNEV SUMMIT. ( MITED OFFICIAL USE) TOKYO
8278, 7/2. RUSH
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