1 l 1EMORAND U Lvi o June 11 1970 Henry A Kissinger I' INFORMATION ITEMS ' J i 7 -eJ JJU ' t f - ' ' ' -l YJ - f Vv v v f ME 10RANDUl'1 FOR THE PRESIDENT ' j -l L 1 fv c fOP 3ECRE5 -3ENSI'fIVE COlffAIN'3 CODEwOf D ' ' '- k u WASHINGTON -- I t THE VHITE HOUSE FROt1 I ' ' 0 - 1 7tEl j' 1 1 t I ' t6r- ti IL- 07 U 1 -- t- tf i L v P' 6'L --Jordanian Situation There are unconfirmed ' d-'c--lt reports that fighting resumed in Amman early this morning L C A cease-fire arrangement between the fedayeen and the go Efrff- tzi ment had been reached late yesterday afternoon Efforts were being made by thefedayeen and government jointly to p omote the idea that the agreement was final and lasting and that Il people should return to their ordinary pursuits today The agreeme nt reportedly included commitments by each side to Yr Lt 1 return their respective forces to their bases and perhaps 1 more significant a common commitment to release those de- tained by each side since the situation began deteriorating several days ago Thirty American some official British and German hostages are still being held by an extremist feda- yeen group in the Intercontinental Hotel and another hotel where more foreigners are staying has also been occupied The International Committee of the Red Cross has instructed its representative in Amman to intervene on ' behalf of the hostages Tab A --Viet Cong Terrorism Viet Cong troops over- ran the village of Thanh My 13 miles southeast of Da Nang early today A heavy mortar attack was followed by a ground assault by an estimated ene my force of two companies Sapper elements ran through the village throwing satchel charges and grenades into huts and family bunkers At least 70 South Vietnamese civilians were killed and another 70 wounded in what is the heaviest civilian casualty toll since Tet 1968 The village is estimated t9 be 90 per cent destroyed Enemy loss'e s were 16 killed ' ' j'or 8EC RE'f 3EH3I'fIVE eOH J tlIH3 eODE iORf Hanoi Takes Tough Line in Political Report North Vietnamese Premier Pham Van Dong has delivered a tough- worded report to the North Vietnamese National Assembly The freport calls for continued fighting and suggests no change ' in Hanoi's negotiating position At the same time it ad- ' ts to difficulties in the economic sphere It also s-tresses the importance of historical forces IT allegedly aiding Hanoi IS fl cause and indirect suggestion that the leadership needs to project dogma and external factors as' causes for optimism I shall send you a more detailed memorandum on this report Y ' rti j 1 1 Ji ' ill1 1 -- Swedish Aid to North Vietnam Swedish and North Vietnamese Red Cross organizations have now reached agreement on the first stage of Swedish humanitarian aid to North Vietnam According to a Swedish daily newspaper the first increment will include condensed milk laboratory equipment for the university hospital in Hanoi and textiles This agreement is in line with the Swedish Government's plans to provide the North Vietnamese with some $40 million during the next three fiscal years one third of which in the form of humanitarian grant aid and the remainder as reconstruc- tion loans after the cessation of h6stilities Tab B 'J j I i 1 ' -- MAC Meeting on Captured Korean Ship The Panmunjom meeting Tuesday on the captured South Korean propa- ganda ship produced nothing The North Koreans accused the United Nations Command of sending an armed spy ship into North Korean waters continued to claim that the ship had sunk and refused to address the question of the crew ROK mili tary leaders' have grumbled to the press about military procedures which allegedly made it impossible to take action in support of the ship without going through UN Command clearances This is at variance with our under- standing that the UN Command knew nothing about the ship or about the Korean fighters scrambled to save it The Korean grumbling is probably an effort to save face The ques- tion of operational control could be more serious Ambas- sador Porter has already told the Prime Minister that we should tighten up liaiS C c1 H E J bO rTi If S COOEHO D z - -U pt t-Jl 0'3 - 2 i b t - '2 or- 4J 'fOP 3ECRE'f SE1if3IrEIVE eON'fAIH3 CODE v70RD r -3- -- Four Power Talks bn Berlin In the Four Power talks over Berlin on Tuesday Soviet Ambassador Abrasimov took a tough line bearing down heavily on thos political activities of West Germany in Berlin which the Soviets con- sider illegal 11 He indicated that elimination of such activ- ities visits by West German officials presence of FRG minis- tries in Berlin etc was a precondition to progress in the talks He again mentioned without elaboration his two proposals for a general agreement on the status of Berlin or a more specific agreement to deal with practical problems These taiks appear to have reached the end of thf formal phase of laying out positions and debating the validity of post war agreements on Berlin and will probably now move into more serious negotiations -- UN Security Council - Cyprus On June 9 the UN Security Council unanimously voted to ext nd the man- date of the UN Force in Cyprus UNFICYP for a further six months ending December 15 1970 Soviet Ambassador Malik noted that UNFICYP had been in Cyprus for six years and stated that it could not remain there indefinitely The USSR voted for the extension he said on the understanding that the force could be withdrawn after this last extension The U S which pays 40% of ' the costs would prefer to see the UN presence continue The force though small performs useful function in keeping the hostile com- munities apart Tab D a Argentina The three-man junta of commanders in chief announced Tuesday that it has assumed executive and legislative powers for ten days within which it will name the next President Embassy sources foresee a loosening of controls on individual freedoms in the near future and widespread personnel changes in the government after the new President is selected Under the new President the mili- tary is expected to play a larger role in policy formation and execution than previously Speculation on possible candi- dates for the presidency centers on Army Commander-in-Chief Lanusse Ongania's civilian Defense Minister Monie and Ambas- sador to Brazil General Villegas OP SECRET SENSITIVE CON'fAI1 f3 CODfW'O R D SAN n ZED 'fOP 3ECRE'f 3El 31 cqpy II VE -4- SANITIZED 1 b - Peru President Velasco told our Ambassador and eace Corps Director Blatchfor d that he could not find lords 0 express the Government of Peru's gratitude for the rovided by the U S and that without U S ass istance Peru would not have made it through the first tragic days nor have had as much hope for the future tI On Wednesday Secretary Finch held the first meeting of the Steering Group which was established Monday to 600fdinate our relief efforts Crab F TOP EC ET SEWgITIV CONTAINS CODEwORD SANITJZED G QPV