ya 1L- raun r1 LII I mu IHIH Ir' I Ir MIL D mlim In Pan NLH-ME- PD IH min-w girl 1 THE WHITE I IAIHIHITQH a Dhjauim h Declassirmmn Pan 2013411r12 NLN-MSI 1 Lt No Objection to Declassification in Part 2013 11 12 NLN-NSC PDB-38-2-26-3 1 MEMOR ANDUM o I uo pl I O VI W d comp 1e1e THE WHITE HOUSE ' WII IHINGTON TIVE D January 3 1 97 2 ID i SID HAS sEEN THE PRESIDENT HENRY A KISSINGER r Information Items Communists have launche d heavy Long eng So far friendly casualties ight t t e shelling is causing mo ra le lar fo d f e ndin g the base Since mese uns have fired more than Tieng All ordinance and buildhave been troyed The airstrip i s ll ing s used air operations to o ut 8 outhwest of Long Tieng d U S a i r strikes in the ts believe they may have s Meanwhile ground n limi ted to scattered task force totaling over om Savannaket The ire in south Laos have tinued reports of sizea d south of Dong Hene now in a position to the town i s not immed has approved the evac ur action was taken in he town were expected was re One U S SENSIT IVE CONTAINS CO DEWORD No Objection to Declassification in Part 2013 11 12 NLN-NSC PDB-38-2-26-3 No Objection to Declassification in Part 2013 11 12 NLN-NSC PDB-38-2-26-3 SECRET-SEN TIVE TOP CONTAINS CODEWORD -2- Military Situation in Cambodia The military situation was generally quiet over the weekend The Communists probed government p6sitions in the Tonle Toch area northeast of Phnom Penh and also mortared several government outposts near Prey Veng Gov rnment losses were light in these actions which probably are aimed at masking enemy supply and troop movements in this area Northwest of the capital government reinforcements have moved into the harassed rive r ine base at Fearn Chhkok where intermittent Communist attacks during he past two weeks also may have covered enemy logistical activities Bhutto to Release Mujib Ambassador Farland reports that Pres dent Bhutto has 1nformed him that he will announce the unconditional release of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in a speech in Karachi today Mujib's rel ase will become effective in approximately ten days A Time magazine correspondent has reported that Bhutto told him on December 31 that he planned to free Mujib unconditionally on or about January 7 The correspondent also said Bhutto planned to announce this decision today Yesterday however the Pakistani government officially declared that Bhutto had only stated his intention to speak on the matter shortly Mrs Gandhi's Views M s Gandhi made the following major points at her annual end of the year press conference It is natural that Pakistan should be in a traumatic state at present However when the situation settles various issues that have arisen because of the recent conflict can be discussed on a bilateral basis The question of demanding reparations from Pakistan can be considered but the issue of war crimes trials is one for decision by the BanglaDesh Government Sl le hinted that adjustments in the Kashmir cease-fire line might be a subject for negotiation India is not responsible for an y setback in its relation's with the U S India values friendship with the U S and would like ''very much for its relations with the U S to be friendly again The impor t ant question is whether the American Administrq tion wants India's friendship The American people have shown TOP SECRET-SENSITIVE CONTAINS CODEWORD No Objection to Declassification in Part 2013 11 12 NLN-NSC PDB-38-2-26-3 No Objection to Declassification in Part 2013 11 12 NLN-NSC PDB-38-2-26-3 TOP SECRET-SEN TIVE CONTAINS CODEWORD 'IJ - 3- the greatest understand ing but the American Govern ment must realize the reality that a new state of Bangla Desh has come into be ing and is working hard to restore normal conditions Concerning the stoppage of economic aid by some countries Mrs Gandhi corrunented that this was not aid at all but rather long-term credits which India pays back India was now in a position to be more self-reliant and wants to cut down on aid from wherever it comes We might accept it only for certain very special things India is still willing to normalize its relations with China regardless of its attitude during the recent IndoPak conflict She did not think that Sino-Indian relations had deteriorated during that conflict The Soviet Union had given India tremendous moral support during the war and friendship between the two countries had deepened This is the clearest expression yet from Mrs Gandhi that she i s prepared to normalize relations with the U S if we are willing It is also of course an attempt to put the onus on us for any continuing differences in the wake of t he war She seems to be taking the same approach toward the Chines e In short having won the war Mrs Gandhi may now be turning to the problems of mending her diplomatic fences 25X1 TOP SECRET-SENSITIVE CONTAINS CODEWORD No Objection to Declassification in Part 2013 11 12 NLN-NSC PDB-38-2-26-3 o o No Objection to Declassification in Part 2013 11 12 NLN-NSC PDB-38-2-26-3 oTOP SECRET-SEN IVE CONTAINS CODEWORD -425X1 Mexico Combats Subversion The Mexican government has ordered a crackdown on subvers1ves after a year of student disorders emergence of guerrilla groups and two political kidnapings While curtailing leftist activities the roundup will produce adverse reactions from the left especially rad ical students TOP SECRET-SENSITIVE CONTAINS CODEWORD No Objection to Declassification in Part 2013 11 12 NLN-NSC PDB-38-2-26-3 Lu-'11 NU Obieclion to in Part 2013- 1 1312 NLN-NSC PUB-3332133 I No Objection to Declassification in Part 2013 11 12 No Objection to Declassification in Part 2013 11 12 NLN-NSC PDB-38-2-26-3 I No Objection to Declassification in Part 2013 11 12 NLN-NSC I No Objection to Declassification in Part 2013 11 12 I NO Objection to Declassification in Part 2013 11 12 NLN-NSC PUB-382268 No Objection to Declassification in Part 2013 11 12 gun I No Objection to Dedassificatian in Part 2013 1111'12 NLH-NSC ND Objectiun t0 Declassification in Part 213131 1 12