No Objection to Declassification in Part 2011 05 09 NLN-NSC PDB-51-3-27-6 State Dept review completed DA mand JCS reviews No Obiection to Declassification in Part 2011 05 09 NLN-NSC PDB-51-3-27-6 25X1 25X1 No Objection to Declassification in Part 2011 05 09 NLN-NSC PDB-51-3-27-6 6I C No Objection to Declassification in Part 2011 05 09 NLN-NSC PDB-51-3-27-6 No Objection to Declassification in Part 2011 05 09 NLN-NSC PDB-51-3-27-6 PRESIDENT HAS SEE'N gTHE State Dept review compleed ANDUM THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON TSENSITIVE CONTAINS CODEWORD May 1 MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT FROM HENRY A KISSINGERYK SUBJECT Information Items 1973 ON-FILE NSC RELEASE INSTRUCTIONS APPLY Situation in Indochina The number of Vietnam cease-fire violations increased somewhat with 15 major and 82 minor incidents reported A railroad was mined and a hamlet chief was assassinated in Military Region 3 In Cambodia continuing enemy attacks on friendly defensive positions have forced the army to suspend at least temporarily all operations aimed at reopening Route 5 northwest of Phnom Penh At Takeo however Communist pressure eased somewhat Fighting continued along the Mekong River north of Neak Luong where Cambodian naval units clashed briefly with an enemy force while trying unsuccessfully to resupply army units operating along the river South of the ferry crossing two army battalion positions along the river were attacked and surrounded early this morning No details are available In other developments the President's brother General Lon Non departed Phnom Penh for Paris U S pilots flew 175 attack sorties including 12 gunships and 58 B--52 sorties 25X1 South Asia -- Mr Rush's Visit Deputy Secretary Rush has sent you a report on his recent meetings in South Asian capitals Rush felt in the wake of the recent India-Bangladesh -TP SeRETSENSITIVE n'TATq rnnrwnn No Objection to Declassification in Part 2011 05 09 NLN-NSC PDB-51-3-27-6 No Objection to Declassification in Part 2011 05 09 NLN-NSC PDB-51-3-27-6 TOP SECRET-SENYTIVE CONTAINS CODEWORD -2- proposal on POWs and related problems that there were good prospects for further progress In India he found Mrs Gandhi to be cordial desirous of improving relations and appreciative of your initiatives toward big-power detente Although she voiced no criticism of U S policies Rush detected below the surface her lingering suspicion and self-righteousness a preoccupation with the His conversations with other high Indian officials U S revealed their underlying uncertainty bordering on suspicion regarding our policy in South Asia Rush feels that we should not pay too much attention to these concerns right now In Pakistan Rush was very favorably impressed with the progress being made on all fronts under Bhutto's leadership He found Bhutto flexible and accommodating on India-Pakistan-Bangladesh Bhutto spoke of his warm regard for you and his eager issues anticipation of his visit in July He also voiced his apprehension about Soviet intentions toward Pakistan and Iran and his fear that we might overlook this in the present period of detente He said the Soviets were exerting pressure on him to forsake the CENTO alliance for a Soviet-sponsored Asian security system He looks forward to getting your views on these matters in July Rush found U S relations with Afghanistan and Nepal excellent He also found a basically warm feeling toward the U S among Bangladesh leaders He said Mujib expressed warm appreciation for U S assistance and voiced no sour notes regarding our policies toward the subcontinent in 1971 Secretary Rush met with the Shah Iran -- Mr Rush's Visit last week while in Tehran for a meeting of our Ambassadors and Charges in the Middle East and South Asia Rush emphasized that we continued to attach great importance to our warm bilateral reations to the maintenance of Iranian strength and to our reliance on Iran as a major element in the stability of the Persian Gulf The Shah Rush reports intends Iran to play a major role in the Gulf and elsewhere in the region The Shah spoke at some length about his countryt's internal progress his concern about Soviet intentions and his high regard for you personally and your policies He is looking forward to meeting with you in July The Shah expressed concern for Pakistan's internal cohesion He was critical of Indiats sanctimonious attitudes and ' double standard toward other countries On the Middle East he said TOP SECRET-SENSITIVE CONTAINS CODEWORD No Objection to Declassification in Part 2011 05 09 NLN-NSC PDB-51-3-27-6 No Objection to Declassification in Part 2011 05 09 NLN-NSC PDB-51-3-27-6 TOP SECRET-SENSITIVE CONTAINS CODEWORD -3- something must be done to improve the current atmosphere he felt that- the Rogers Plan would be a good starting point On oil the Shah said he would not try to push the price of crude up too high reasoning that to do so would push up prices of Iran's imports from the U S and Europe Egyptian strategy during the recent UN Egyptian Strategy Security Council debate on Israel's Beirut raid provides one more indication of President Sadat's intentions Egyptian Foreign Minister Zayyat initially took a very hard line that would have forced us to veto the proposed resolution At the last moment however the Egyptian tactics shifted in part out of deference to Lebanese requests but perhaps also as a signal to us that a full-scale confrontation was not desired at this point Zayyat also wanted to be certain of accomplishing his primary task of scheduling a Security Council review of the entire Arab-Israeli conflict in May which required our support That Egyptian strategy suggests that President Sadat may want to see pressure on the U S build steadily over a sustained period rather than to provoke a confrontation prematurely He is concurrently laying the groundwork for a political effort to parallel his widely advertised preparations for war The question after that will be whether Sadat will the U S -Soviet choose to use later political developments summit plans for Egyptian-Libyan merger and the Israeli elec- tions -- as further excuses to delay military action Some military preparations have already begun but as yet no one here sees a pattern of planning for a specific operation at a specific time Although it does not now appear that Sadat has made a final decision on his future strategy he is clearly engaged in an effort to convince others that he has a realistic military option For the moment he seems to be trying to use it to force political progress but the more he raises tension the greater will be the immediate danger of hostilities if he decides political efforts are at a dead end This estifi mate assumes that Sadat is still operating primarily on the basis of rational calculation more and more of his Arab cone tacts however have come away from recent conversations with him persuaded that he is in a frame of mind to do something foolish TOP SECRET-SENSITIVE CONTAINS CODEWORD No Objection to Declassification in Part 2011 05 09 NLN-NSC PDB-51-3-27-6 No Objection to Declassification in Part 2011 05 09 NLN-NSC PDB-51-3-27-6 THE SECRETARY OF STATE WASHINGTON April 30 1973 MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT - Evening Report Senate Foreign Relations Committee Session - My appearance before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee this morning was marked by concern over U S military activity in Cambodia I presented the Committee with both our legal justification for bombing in Cambodia and the basis for our 'conclusion that it is part of the effort to bring adherence to the ceasefire agreements Senators Fulbright Case Mansfield Symington Muskie and Javits all took issue with our position but the discussion was less shrill than might have been expected Senator Javits linked the Cambodia issue with that of war powers legislation I did not get into the series of hypothetical questions he put about possible future activity in Indochina but did point out that we would not re-introduce ground troops into Vietnam I also agreed to appear before the Committee again on the constitutional and legal bases for U S military activity in Cambodia if the Committee so desired after studying my presentation today William P Rogers No Objection to Declassification in Part 2011 05 09 NLN-NSC PDB-51-3-27-6 No Objection to Declassification in Part 2011 05 09 NLN-NSC PDB-51-3-27-6 N6 0 No Objection to Declassification in Part 2011 05 09 NLN-NSC PDB-51-3-27-6 25X1 25X 1 No Objection to Declassification in Part 2011 05 09 NLN-NSC PDB-51-3-27-6 6I 0I NoOjelssfctini cto o ar01 50 L-S4 PB5132- No Objection to Declassification in Part 2011 05 09 NLN-NSC PDB-51-3-27-6 No Objection to Declassification in Part 2011 05 09 NLN-NSC PDB-51-3-27-6 25X1 No Objection to Declassification in Part 2011 05 09 NLN-NSC PDB-51-3-27-6 25X1 NoOjcint elsifcto nPr 010 0 NN 25X1 No Objection to Declassification in Part 2011 05 09 NLN-NSC PDB-51-3-27-6 No Objection to Declassification in Part 2011 05 09 NLN-NSC PDB-51-3-27-6 No Objection to Declassification in Part 2011 05 09 NLN-NSC PDB-51-3-27-6 0 No Objection to Declassification in Part 2011 05 09 NLN-NSC PDB-51-3-27-6 25X1 No Objection to Declassification in Part 2011 05 09 NLN-NSC PDB-51-3-27-6 0 No Objection to Declassification in Part 2011 05 09 NLN-NSC PDB-51-3-27-6 25X1 No Objection to Declassification in Part 2011 05 09 NLN-NSC PDB-51-3-27-6 I6 No Objection to Declassification in Part 2011 05 09 NLN-NSC PDB-51-3-27-6 25X1