CABLE TO AMEMBASSY TEHRAN FROM THE WHITE HOUSE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-173-6-27-4
• Release Decision: RIPLIM
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: December 28, 2012
• Sequence Number: 27
• Publication Date: April 19, 1974
• Content Type: CABLE

No Objection to Declassification in Part 2012/12/28: LOC-HAK-173-6-27-4
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FROM: uENRY A. KISSINGER
REFERENCES TEHRAN 857
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TEHRAN 872-
1, YOU ARE.1\I0W AUTHORIZED TO TELL THE SHAH THAT US IS PREPARED TO
RESPOND TO THE KIJRDISH--REQLIEST FOR ASSISTANCE ALONG THE FOLLOWING
LINES: IN Ar)!JITION TO CONTINUING OUR SUBSInY, WE ARE PREPARED TO
OFFER REFUGEE RELIEF IN AMnUNTS UP TO $1,000,000 IF IT CAN PE USED.
EFFECTIVELY. WE ARE WILLIPdG TO APPLY OUR REFUGEE RELIEF ASSISTANCE
To PURCHASE OF FOOD AS SUGGESTEn PY SHAH (TEHRAN 869) OR TO OTHER
EIAERGENC_Y SUPPLIES WHICH MAV BE NEEDED. THE GOVERNMENT OF IRAN
WnUI n HAVE T9 HANDLE THE PIIRCHA:E AND DELIVERY OF FOOD SUPP[ IES
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2 . BEF'RE MAKING THIS OFFER TO KURDS, YOU W I L L BE EXCHANGING V S 25X1
WITH SHAH ^N SUBJECT (]F WHETHER KURDS SHOULD MAKE EARLY DECLARATION
OF' AUTONOMY. AFTER DESCRIBING :".BnVE DECISInN, SUGGEST YOU MAKEFOL-
LOWING DOINTS WHICH ARE IN ACCOPE? WITH YOUR VIEWS IN TEHRAN 872.
--US DOES NOT REPEAT \I;-;T BELIEVE EARLY KURDISH PROMULGATION OF
AUTr-!NOMY WOULD SERVE US OR, WE BELIEVE, IRANIAN INTERESTS. AS
WE SEE T,4EM, US INTERESTS A-