Kuwait Faces Energy Crisis as Oil Cuts Persist
Kuwait enjoys luxury car sales while gasoline remains cheap and fires burn off gas in the desert. Arab oil producers cut output up to 30 percent aiming to pressure Israel, with prices rising and reserves vast enough to endure two years of no pumping. Yet shortages appear in Egypt, Lebanon, and for aviation fuel, while Kuwait remains a refueling hub. Some states resist deeper cuts, and global shipments slow due to higher fuel costs and imports delays.
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UN plane tickets spark debate at General Assembly
In New York the United States Cuba and the Soviet Union pressed to move 100 UN bureau cremembers from first to economy class. The defeat affected 80 directors while 20 assistants-general kept first class. Waldheim would grant limited exceptions including his bodyguard always flying first class.
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Communists Outline 1974 Strategy In South Vietnam
AP reports US intelligence analysts say Communist leaders outlined a long range plan for 1974 to widen control along Vietnam borders and stage guerrilla style attacks inside Saigon held areas. They urged field commands to link liberated zones from the northern provinces to the Mekong Delta while avoiding a full countrywide offensive.
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1974 Strategy Seen in Vietnam and Cambodia
U S intelligence predicts a 1974 campaign targeting government rear areas in South Vietnam and key routes in Cambodia. Attacks on oil stocks aim to morale and defense strain, while insurgents target Me Kong Delta convoys to pressure Phnom Penh. Road deaths with 20 to 34 age group remain highest in 1972.
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Phnom Penh
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