Jack Anderson

WP April 27, 1979

# Kissinger Anger at Cuba Disclosed

Apparently, Henry A. Kissinger will omit from his $5 million memoirs the conversations that would make the best reading.

The urbane and witty foreign policy wizard sometimes has a loose tongue. While he presided over U.S. foreign affairs, most of his telephone calls and backroom conversations were transcribed and classified. He's now taking pains to delete the most indiscreet remarks from his forthcoming memoirs.

One of the censored conversations was with Shirley Temple Black, the former child star who became ambassador to Ghana. We have had access to the classified transcript, which is dated March 3, 1976.

Kissinger was seething over Cuban intervention in Africa. "Cuba is a miserable, two-bit Caribbean country," he snorted. "It is contributing to a racial war that could be transported to the Western Hemisphere...."

He anticipated that the Cubans would intervene in the black uprising in Rhodesia. "When the Cubans go into Rhodesia," he said grimly, "I may want to get involved, even if no one else does."

He explained that his attitude "has nothing to do" with favoring the white minority. "If the Africans want to make war over that question," Kissinger said, "there is no problem for us. But if Cuba is involved, there is."

"The thing that brings blood to the eye of black Africans," said Black, "is South African involvement."

"The thing that brings blood to my eye is Cuban involvement," Kissinger retorted.

He complained that Africans didn't understand the implications of Cuban

intervention in Africa. "It is not an African problem," he said. "it is a geopolitical problem. South African involvement in Angola was very damaging. It is very unfortunate that they came in. If we could have hired mercenaries, South Africa could have stayed out."

He grumbled about his inability to block the Soviet-Cuban subversion of Angola. "For several reasons, Angola was a disaster for the United States," he said. "There is no substitute for winning. In a case like this, we are the victims of our own impotence."

Ambassador Black reported that she had consulted with top officials in the White House, State Department and Central Intelligence Agency. "I have asked everyone what I can say about our position with regard to southern Africa."

"What did they tell you?" Kissinger asked derisively. "I told the president this morning that never has history been made by so many mediocrities. Well, if that is our style, that is what we must do."

The two discussed Kissinger's plans to make a 12-day tour of Africa. "Twelve days in Africa will drive me to drink." he lamented "I have yet to meet a foreign minister with whom I have more than 45 minutes of real conversation."

"I think you would have no trouble talking to Ghanaians," Black replied. "Foreign Minister Felli is a most interesting man."

"Boredom is not a problem ...," Kissinger sighed. "The question is how to cover all these countries." He couldn't leave, he said, before March 19.

"Come on the 23rd," Black urged, speaking of April. "It is my birthday."

"You are a Taurus," noted Kissinger.

"That is why I am so pushy," she confessed.

"I am a Gemini," volunteered Kissinger. "That means I am two-faced."

Footnote: Kissinger is fighting in the courts for custody of his monitored conversations, which he claims are "my personal files," This would permit him to determine selectively which conversations would be opened to the public. He is traveling outside the country and, therefore, could not be reached for comment.

Saudi Revenge? Two of the world's biggest oil companies have incurred the wrath of Saudi Arabian Oil Minister Sheik Ahmed Zaki Yamani and a nervously waiting to see what form his displeasure will take.

Exxon and Standard Oil of California, which operate many of the Saudi oil fields, had been assigned a mission by Yamani and they failed. The mission: See that a Senate committee supresses a report on the Saudis' past oil production and future prospects.

The report was based on confidential documents subpoenaed from the two oil companies, and the Saudis were outraged that the inner secrets of their only important resource were being made available to a foreign government—the United States.

In a confidential cable, Yamar: warned the two American oil companies of "grave consequences" if they couldn't manage to keep the report from being made public. The gravest consequence. of course, would be for the Saudis to exclude Exxon and Socat from further operations in Saudi Arabia.

THE DISTRICT LINE... by Bill Gold

If You Did It,
You Must Pay

Miles Silverman lives in Gaithersburg. He seldom has occasion to drive an automobile in Arlington.

But one day recently, while Miles was driving in Arlington, he made a left turn at an intersection where left turns are prohibited.

A policeman gave him a ticket. "I'm sorry," Miles said. "I didn't see the sign. Where can I pay my fine?" He was directed to the police station.

There, says Miles, "a special magistrate informed me the fine would be $15 — and the court costs would be $18." Miles pointed out that he was pleading guilty; there would be no trial, so why should there be court costs? The magistrate said there would have to be a hearing, even though the fine was already paid. "I feel ripped off," says Miles.

Arlington Commonwealth's Attorney, William S. Burroughs Jr., offered some instructive background.

He said the magistrate may have been misunderstood. There will not have to be a hearing, but there had already been involvement with the court process, and court costs had therefore been incurred. The rationale for tacking on "court costs" is that those who use the courts, or for whom the courts are used, ought to pay a larger portion of court expenses than do people who are not involved in court cases. So the number of cases

handled by a court is divided into the total visible cost of running the court, and that produces a "per case" figure, "in this case — what did you say, $18? I think it's actually $18.75, but in any event, it's not just an arbitrary number. There's a reason for it.

"Your reader wants to know why he must pay his share of the costs even though he's pleading guilty; and I can sympathize with him. This is a question that has been asked many times.

"The reason is that the courts try to maintain a completely neutral system of justice. They try to avoid any arrangement that might encourage people to plead guilty for the sake of convenience. This, by the way, is an ABA-sponsored principle: a defendant should never be encouraged to plead guilty."

"ABA is American Bar Association?"

"Right."

"And the idea is that if people could save court costs by pleading guilty it might induce some defendants to pay the $15 and be done with the matter rather than wait for a judge to hear the evidence?"

"That's right. The special magistrate has no discretion in a case. He can merely take your money. However, a judge who hears a case might feel that there were extenuating circumstances. He could suspend the fine, yet the defendant would still have to pay the court costs if he did break a law and as a result became involved in the court process."

Does that explain things? When you're on unfamiliar turf, keep a sharp lookout for traffic signs, and if you miss one, don't plead guilty.

## CORRECTION

Speaking of courts and judges: Wed-

nesday's column made reference to a Prince George's County Juvenile Court judge who ordered parents to pay for $12,000 of the damage their young sons caused in a school fire. Through no fault of mine (is it my fault that I'm stupid?), I attributed the order to the wrong judge. It was issued by Judge Robert H. Mason. I apologize.

## HOW'S THAT AGAIN?

Marvin Stone, the editor of U.S. News & World Report, is a man who loves the English language and uses it with care. In a recent issue, Stone decried his Editor's Page to English usage and mentioned me as one who occasionally writes about usage.

Ever since that article appeared, have been hearing from Stone's readers all over the country. They have been sending me examples of fractured English — most of them, alas, from newspapers.

I think Jay Miller of Pittsburgh Calif., supplied the worst of the lot. It was a line that appeared under a picture in the Contra Costa Times. The line said, "Chris Evert beams after her and new husband John Lloyd leave in a shower of rice."

I hope her and him will be very happy.

## THIS IS WASHINGTON

Henry Barton of Annapolis notes that Transportation Secretary Brock Adams wants to save money by making severe cuts in Amtrak passenger service.

"The only thing that's holding it up," says Henry, "is that they haven't decided to which foreign government they'll give the money they save."

Friday, April 20, 1979

DR HENRY A. Kissinger looks relaxed when he was served tea in the traditional Japanese style at the tea ceremony room of Nippon Television Network Corporation (NTV) in Chiyoda-ku Wednesday evening after he was interviewed by NTV. At right is former foreign minister Toshio Kimura, who acted as one of the interviewers.

DR Henry A. Kissinger, former US secretary of state, offers incense for the late former prime minister Eisaku Sato at the family altar in the Sato home in Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, Thursday in the presence of Mrs Sato and her son, Shinji, a member of the House of Councilors. Mrs Sato thanked Dr Kissinger, who expressed his respect for her husband. He said that he had just finished four pages about the late premier in his memoirs to be completed later this year. He also said that he was very glad to hear the news when Sato won the Nobel peace prize in 1974. Dr Kissinger won the same prize in 1973. Dr Kissinger is visiting Japan at the invitation of The Yomiuri Shimbun.

DR HENRY KISSINGER (L) and Prime Minister Ohira smile as they talk Tuesday morning when the former US secretary of state visited the premier at his official residence.

April 18, 1979 54. 4. 18

# Ohira Gets Kissinger Bid To Help Mend Rift

Former US secretary of state Henry Kissinger, now visiting Japan at the invitation of The Yomiuri Shimbun and Nippon Television Network Corporation (NTV), Tuesday morning promised Prime Minister Ohira he would help improve relations between Japan and the US, particularly in terms of the bilateral economic friction.

A conference between Kissinger and Ohira was held for 45 minutes from shortly after 10 am, attended by Chief Cabinet Secretary Rokusuke Tanaka and US Ambassador to Japan Michael Mansfield.

Generalizing on the Japan-US relationship, Ohira said that bilateral relations were progressing in width and depth but trade friction was an actual fact between them.

Ohira went on to say that it was necessary for both countries to make efforts to settle this issue.

Kissinger responded by saying that Japan-US relations were apt to face various problems as the presidential election neared, but that both the Democratic and Republican parties were in agreement on the importance of relations with Japan.

He stressed that the Japan-US relations were an essential factor for the US and it was necessary for both countries to deepen their mutual understanding from a global viewpoint.

He also said that it was quite proper that the Japanese prime minister would soon be visiting the US in the current situation, adding that he would give a helping hand to the improvement of Japan-US relations.

As to the energy problem

resulting from the drastic change of the situation in Iran, Kissinger pointed out that dialog between oil producing countries and oil consumers was more active than in the first oil crisis of 1973, suggesting that this was a factor favoring a solution to the energy crisis.

He also said that Japan had used splendid tactics to cope with the great increase in oil prices after the first oil crisis and also in succeeding to maintain its trade surplus.

He added that Japan alone among the advanced countries had adopted prefer policies since 1945.

Ohira replied that it might be exaggeration but Japan was confident of overcoming the current oil crisis just as it had solved the first one.

Toward the end of the conference Kissinger referred to his memoirs which he is writing.

He said that he had already finished the first volume of the two-volume memoirs, adding that he would like to mention Ohira in the second volume who, he said, had played a very active part in the 1974 energy conference in Washington.

After the conference, Kissinger visited Foreign Minister Sonoda at his office at 11 am and talked with him for about one hour.

## NEWS SPECIAL

### "Interview With Kissinger"

NTV, YTV—11.15-12.50 pm

Former US secretary of state Henry Kissinger, accompanied by his wife, is now visiting Japan.

Former Japanese foreign minister Toshio Kimura and newscaster Masao Kunihiro ask Kissinger about his opinion on the present international situation including the normalization of the diplomatic relations between the US and China, the Middle East peace agreement and Japan-US relations.

# Japan, US Should Set Long-Term Goals On Mutual Trade, Kissinger Tells NTV

April 19, 1979

Henry A. Kissinger, former US secretary of state, Wednesday proposed that Japan and the US set long-term goals on trade between the two countries and then determine how to achieve these goals rather than trying to solve problems item by item.

Kissinger made the proposal in an interview with the Nippon Television Network Corporation (NTV).

He said economic problems between Japan and the US should be solved on a long-term, comprehensive basis.

It is not advisable to have every year or two negotiations between the two countries on some specific commodities because this creates constant tension, he said.

Kissinger said Japan and the US should come to some understanding on what degree of a Japanese trade surplus is tolerable for the US and that then Japanese industry and government should decide how to allocate that surplus among industries.

Kissinger also said Japan and the US need some common approach to the inflationary pressure and to the employment problem.

Kissinger confessed that when he started out dealing with Japan, he did not understand it at all and that he made many mistakes.

He said he did not understand, for example, how Japanese make decisions—the consensus system—but he understands that any minister, even a prime min-

ister, has to come home to consult with his colleagues and come to an agreement within Japanese social values.

This results in the very rapid execution of decisions in Japan, he said.

Kissinger admitted that it took him several years to understand this.

He said he has now come to admire Japanese performance and that once he understood it, he felt great affection and warmth for what happens in Japan.

Kissinger said that to solve the energy crisis the world's "consumer nations should cooperate with each other and not allow themselves to be blackmailed forever by a small group of energy producing nations."

He proposed that all consumer nations adopt a common policy of conservation, carry out an energetic program to develop new energy sources and hold better dialog with the producing nations,

Kissinger said that Japan and the US could cooperate "very closely" in developing new energy sources with their common investments advanced technology. And "if the joint effort succeeded it would also help solve much of Japan's trade surplus with the US."

Development of new energy sources would also bring down the high price of oil or at least stabilize it, he added.

Kissinger said: "In the measurable period of time we will have to reverse our

increasing dependence on oil and when that happens the bargaining position of the consumers and producers will alternate which will help conduct a dialog in much more favorable circumstances."

On the growing Soviet military presence in the Pacific, Kissinger said Japan "must play a greater role in the defense of the western Pacific." And the US must stay strong in this part of the world, he added.

He said Moscow cannot be allowed to continue encouraging every conflict by Soviet arms, Soviet friendship treaties and protecting a nation involved by Soviet veto in the UN.

"The Soviet Union will have to choose between expansion and relaxation of tension," he said.

Asked about the so-called "China card" and a possible tripartite alliance involving Japan, China and the US against the Soviet Union, Kissinger said, "Soviet expansion must be stopped, because if the Soviet expansion continues there will be a confrontation."

He said, "The US will not permit the world balance of power to be overturned even if it is done slowly."

Indicating the possibility of a trilateral alliance, he said, "China will cooperate with countries like the US and Japan for its own reasons."

The former US secretary of state said he did not think China will permit

itself to be used like a card by another nation. "Only the Chinese can play the China card," he added.

Kissinger said that China attacked Vietnam because of its growing concern over what was going on next to its borders. China did not want to see a Soviet-backed empire being created next to it, he added.

He said the current Chinese-Vietnamese negotiations to solve their border dispute would take a long time.

Citing his own experience of negotiating with the Vietnamese for four "excruciating" years in Paris, Kissinger joked, "I am happy to turn it over to the Chinese."

Referring to the Sino-Soviet confrontation, he said, "It is against the interests of the US and Japan that the Soviet Union establish a physical dominance over China."

Kissinger said the two nations have "an interest in the independence and development of China."

On the Egypt-Israel peace agreement, Kissinger, who once shuttled between the capitals of the two countries for days to bring about a peace accord, said he didn't think the agreement will bring a "true peace" to the area by itself. He called it an important step toward peace. "Certainly it will be expensive, but not as expensive as another war will be," he added.

Kissinger said that since

Iran was no longer a balancing factor in the Middle East, the US will have to conduct a more active diplomacy in the area and introduce some other force to supply the balance.

He said there was a need of "more visible American military power in the Indian Ocean" to assure the protection of Saudi Arabia and Jordan which "have become less sure" of US support following the Islamic revolution in Iran and the growing Soviet presence in Ethiopia.

He suggested intimate dialog between Saudi Arabia and the US and Jordan and the US to assure the rulers of the two Arab states that "we comprehend what their fears are and what their hopes are."

Kissinger said the Islamic revival in the long run has also serious consequences for the Soviet Union, because by the year 2000 more than 100 million Soviet citizens out of a total population of about 250 million will be Moslems. "And this revival can not be confined by national borders," he stated.

Asked if he plans to run for a seat in the Senate, Kissinger said he has no plan at present to seek any elected office. However, he left open the possibility of running in the future.

Kissinger arrived in Tokyo with his wife Nancy last Sunday for a 10-day visit to Japan at the invitation of The Yomuri Shimbun and NTV.

Friday, April 20, 1979

DR HENRY A. Kissinger looks relaxed when he was served tea in the traditional Japanese style at the tea ceremony room of Nippon Television Network Corporation (NTV) in Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Wednesday evening after he was interviewed by NTV. At right is former foreign minister Toshio Kimura, who acted as one of the interviewers.

April 19, 1979

FOREIGN Minister Sonoda (L) welcomes Dr Henry Kissinger to a party Sonoda gave at 6 pm Monday at the Iikura Annex of the Foreign Ministry for participants in the Trilateral Commission 10th general meeting in Tokyo.

April 24, 1977

## Tanaka Confers
With Kissinger
On Intl Issues

Former prime minister Kakuei Tanaka and former US secretary of state Henry Kissinger Monday agreed that US should make efforts to maintain the value of the dollar.

Kissinger, now on a lecture tour of Japan, visited Tanaka at the latter's residence and held talks for about 90 minutes on Japan-US relations, Japan-China relations and the latest Middle East situation.

According to Tanaka's associates, Tanaka expressed the hope that Washington make efforts to keep up the value of the dollar and Kissinger fully supported Tanaka's view.

On the Middle East oil situation, Tanaka told Kissinger that the US should clarify its policy for maintaining cooperative relations between oil-producing and oil-consuming countries.

On Japan-US relations, Kissinger expressed the view that cooperation between the two countries are an indispensable factor in the current world situation.

As to the Sino-Vietnamese dispute, Kissinger upheld China's "courageous action," associates said.

April 25, 1979

Kissinger, Miki

Talk On Intl Issues

Former US secretary of state Henry Kissinger, now here on a private visit, held talks Tuesday with former prime minister Takeo Miki on the world situation.

Regarding the Soviet Union, Kissinger predicted a big change in the Kremlin leadership within five years.

On the energy problem he said that if Japan and the US spent $300 billion over the coming 10 years for research and development of new energy sources, it would ease possible confusion that might follow oil supply shortfalls.

Miki and Kissinger agreed that Japan and the US should deal with their economic friction from a broader perspective than bilateral trade.

Flies To Peking

Kissinger left for China from Narita at 4.45 pm Tuesday.

He will return to the US on May 13 after stopping over at Hong Kong and Singapore.

キッシノジャ

博士、大阪へ

【天貞】来日中のヘンリーラ・A・キッシノジャーナ士(前米国防長官)は大阪を訪れ、二十日間、大阪城を観学、天寺ヶから銚上がりの大阪市内を一覧つかの間の、遼遙の秋日を楽しめた。

ロイルホテルから大阪城へ向
う途中、車内からの花を見く
「東京では見えないが、たぶし、大阪
で吹いていれたがった」と上を望む
も。

午前九時四十五分から天寺ヶに

立ち、辺武・大阪城天寺ヶ主在
の聴聞で、大阪市内を旅した。

キッシノジャーナ士

修学院雄宮など訪問

中【東都】来日中のヘンリーラ・A・キッシノジャーナ士(前米国防長官)は二十日間、栃葉市の修学院雄宮、仙波尋度を酒が、快闘に応えた春の古部を楽しむた。

修学院雄宮では、下の雄宮から
上の窓台で、松竹米の小道をゆ
ったり、閤目をまじめであさ
やさかを加えた比叢の山々と大
な雄宮の壁に壁。上の窓宮では
「この壁は何をいうからか」
「名前の由来は」など学者らし
研究心をもかせて窓間を雄視。

「日本の壁とこの壁から見るもの、違ったural引得術られる。すらばらとた。西洋の壁は一つのサイドから見られるだけだ」
と語りをもらった。このあと、石
底で名論い流安等、コケ寺の別名
がある西男寺を回り、午後から大
阪民族博物館(元総務省博物館)へ
向かった。

また、同日午前八時過ぎ、宿
の畳ホテルで、たぶる間隔した
セネカルのサンコール大統計と約
十五分間にわたり繰り返した。

キッシノジャーナ士

関西財界でも講演

【大阪】来日中のヘンリーラ・A・キッシノジャーナ士(前米国防長官)は、廿日午後、大阪市南区の野村証券大阪支店で、南西の財界人を前に、一時間講演した。後、京都市に向かい、野村証券でのタレントに臨んだ。二十一日は修学院雄宮で、その見学をした。