SYRIAN DEPUTY FOREIGN SUGGEST THAT HIS GOVERNMENT REJECT SUBSTANCE OF NOTE DELIVERED NOV. 4 BY STATE DEPT.

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-187-5-25-2
• Release Decision: RIFLIM
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: August 2, 2010
• Sequence Number: 25
• Publication Date: November 5, 1973
• Content Type: CABLE

No Objection to Declassification in Full 2010/08/16: LOC-HAK-187-5-25-2
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DATE 11105/73
MESSAGE ANNOTATIONS:
WH II'E HOUSE SITUATION ROOM
HAK,SCOWCROFT,LL,SAUNDERS
SYRIAN DEPUTY FOREIGN SUGGESTS THAT HIS GOVERNMENT REJECT
SUBSTANCE OF NOTE DELI,V;ERED NOV, 4 BY STATE DEPT
MESSAGE:
PRIORITY
DE RUEHFB #0313 3090115
P 05010OZ NOV 73
FM DIRECTORS FBI
Td WHITE, HOUSE SITUATION ROOM
ATT,: OR. HENRY A. KISSINGER
SECRETARY OF STATE
BT
S E C R E T- NOFORN DISSEM
ARAB-ISRAELI CONFLICT,OCTOBER, 1973: INTERNAL SECURITY-
MIDDLE EAST..
AT.5="00PM, ON SUNDAY. 11-4-73, A CONDInENTIAL SOURCE,
WHO HAS FURNISHED RELIA' LE INFORMATION IN, THE PAST, ADVISED THAT
SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC DE UTY FOREIGN MINISTER MOHAMED ZAKARIA
ISMAIL COMMENTED TO STAFF MEMBERS OF THE SYRAIN DELEGATION TO
THE UNITED NATIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE SUGGESTION TRANSMITTL4D
THAT AFTERNOON BY THE US STATE DEPARTMENT, AS FOLLOWS.
ISMAIL ADVISED HIS ASSOCIATE, DIA EL-FATTAL, THAT IT WAS
.ISMAIL'S OPINION THAT SYRIA SHOULD REJECT THE SUGGESTION FOP HE
FELT THAT "THEY ARE READY TO PAY MORE."
ISMAIL INSTRUCTED SECOND SECRETARY ELIAS ARIS OF THE
SYRIAN DELEGATION TO CABLE THE SUGGESTION, IN PLAIN TEXT, In THE
SYRIAN FOREIGN MINISTER IN DAMASCUS. HE FURTHER INSTRUCTED THAT
A SECOND ENCODED CABLE SHOULD BE SENT TO DAMASCUSs REFERRINr.TO
THE SUGGESTION. THIS SECOND CABLE WOULD ADVISE DAMASCUS THAT
THE US STATE DEPARTMENT RELATED TO ISMAIL THE ISRAELI
SUGGESTION, AS SET FORTH IN PLAIN TEXT, AND "WHICH APPEARS FOR
CERTAIN TO HAVE BEEN DELIVERED TO THE US STATE DEPARTMENT
BEFORE,IT RECEIVED OUR REPLY TO THE THREE QUESTIONS SUBMITTED
BY KU55 'NGER."
CLASSIFIED BY A. J. DECKER, JR., XGDS2 DATE OF DECLASSIFICATION
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No Objection to Declassification in Full 2010/08/16: LOC-HAK-187-5-25-2
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