JORDAN DISENGAGEMENT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-168-6-16-2
• Release Decision: RIPLIM
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: May 24, 2010
• Sequence Number: 16
• Publication Date: March 9, 1974
• Content Type: CABLE

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SUBJECT : JaFtDAN' DISENGAGEMENT
REF: AMMAN ! 158
2. ZAID RIFAI GAVE ME SOME OF HIS IMPRESSIONS AND CONCERNS
.....THIS MORNING ulHEN I TALKED WITH HIM ABOUT COMING TRIP TO
WASHINGTON. HE COVERED ROUGHLY SAME G`~Oi.IND AS KING, NOTING
THAT OTHER SIDE'S POSITION HAD NOT CHANGED AND THAT THEY
INSISTED ON HAVING MILITARY POSTS IN THE VALLEY. RTFAI SAID
THAT SUCH POSTS AND ISRAELI CIVILIAN SETTLEMENTS ON THE WEST
BANK WERE UNACCEPTABLE. TO JORDAN, BUT DID NOT EXCLUDE. TSRAELI
CIVILIAN ALIEN RESIDENTS AS A POSSIBILITY AFTER A SETTLEMENT
HAD BEEN ACHIEVED.
3. HE NOTED THAT PM MEIR INSISTED ON CORRIDOR APPROACH TC
DISENGAGEMENT AND HAD CUT OFF DAYAN RATHER FORCEFULLY WHEN
LATTER INDICATED A WILLINGNESS TD ACCEPT "MILITARY POSTS".
4. ZAYD ~~AYS X64 Qt1ESTI0N FOR HIM REMAINS WHAT?NAS U.S.
DONir 'AND WHpT WILD. ~T q0 FOR JORDAN W.~,~N ISRAEL. N1~ HOPES Tt7
PUT THIS QU1W~.TI~?~1; AGAI1+. DURING VISIT.' HE WANT'S TO KNOW
HOW WE HAVE StlP'1~iRT'ED JORDANIAN APPROACH WITH TSRAELIS
AND WHAT WE ARE PREPARED. TO DO FOR THEM I N FUTURE.
COMMENT: THIS SEEMS TO BE APERENNIAL QUESTION WITH
RIFAI. I EXPLAINED AGAIN TO HIM THE GENERAL Pti~OCESS YOU
HAD FOLLOWED IN THE EGYPTIAN-ISRAELI TALKS WHILE NDT TAKING
POSITION PERSONP~ALLY, YOU RATHER CONVEYED THE POSITION nF ONE
SIDE TO THE OTHER. WHILE WE PROBABLY CANNOT SATISFY !~ i_~'i
ON WHAT WE CAN DO IN FUTURE, IT WOULD BE MOST HELPFUL IF I
CO ULt~ HAVE' A wNORT MESSAGE FOR HIM GEt11wRALLY DZSCRIBING ANY EFFORT
WE HAVE MADE WITH ISRAELIS TO SUPPORT THEIR APPROACH AL~CNG LINES z~lE
DISCUSSED HERE i~ARuH 2. E.ND COf~t~fENT.
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No Objection to Declassification in Part 2010/05/24 : LOC-HAK-168-6-16-2
 No Objection to Declassification in Part 2010/05/24 : LOC-HAK-168-6-16-2
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5. ZAID SAID THAT HE HAD TALKED WITH TALHOUNI AND ABD AL-~MUNIM
AL-RIFAI ON THEIR ARRIVAL BACK FROM CAIRO, RIYADH AND DAMASCUS
LAST NIGHT. THEIR PRELIMINARY NEWS WAS BETTER THAN HE HAD
EXPECTED--THEY HAVE REACHED AND UNDERSTANDING WITH OTHER LEADERS
THAT NOTHING WILL HAPPEN ON THE PALESTINIANS UNTIL KING MEETS WITH
SADAT. FAISEL AND ASSAD WHICH IS NOW PLANNED FOR EARLY APRIL.
HE PROMISED ME LENGTHIER FILL-IN ON PLANE TOMORROW.
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NOT TO BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY
No Objection to Declassification in Part 2010/05/24 : LOC-HAK-168-6-16-2