FAYSAL REPLIES TO KISSINGER PLEA FOR HELP IN MIDDLE EAST

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-206-8-2-2
• Release Decision: RIFLIM
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: November 21, 2012
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: October 6, 1973
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

No Objection to Declassification in Full 2012/11/21 : LOC-HAK-206-8-2-2
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FAYSAL REPLIES TO KISSINGER PLEA FOR HELP IN MIDDLE EAST
L062043 RIYADH DOMESTIC SERVICE IN ARABIC 2000 GMT 6 OCT 73 L
(TEXT) HIS MAJESTY KING FAYSAL RECEIVED A CABLED MESSAGE FROM
MR. HENRY 'KISSINGER, U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE, IN WHICH HE ASKED
HIS MAJESTY TO USE HIS GOOD OFFICES (LITERALLY "INTERVENE'--FBIS)
WITH PRESIDENT ANWAR ASSADAT OF THE ARAB REPUBLIC OF EGYPT AND
LT GEN HAFIZ AL-ASAD, PRESIDENT OF THE SYRIAN ARABIC REPUBLIC,
TO STOP THE CURRENT FIGHTING BETWEEN EGYPT AND SYRIA ON THE ONE HAND
AND ISRAEL ON THE. OTHER. HIS MAJESTY REPLIED BY THE FOLLOWING
TELEGRAM:
YOUR EXCELLENCY, SECRETARY OF STATE OF THE UNITED STATES,
HENRY KISSINGER: I HAVE RECEIVED THE MESSAGE SENT BY YOUR
EXCELLENCY WHICH SAYS THAT ON THE STRENGTH OF A REPORT EMANATING
FR1M ISRAEL TO THE EFFECT THAT THE EGYPTIAN AND SYRIAN FORCES HAD BEEN
PLANNING TO LAUNCH A COORDINATED ATTACK ON THE ISRAELI FORCES, YOUR
EXCELLENCY BECAME CERTAIN WHEN LAND AND AIR CLASHES ACTUALLY TOOK
PLACE BETWEEN THE EGYPTIAN AND SYRIAN FORCES ON THE ONE HAND AND
THE ISRAELI FORCES ON THE OTHER, THAT IT WAS UTNE EGYPTIANS AND
SYRIANS) WHO STARTED THE ATTACK ON ISRAEL.
It, BELIEVE THAT THIS ATTACK IS A LINK IN THE CHAIN OF THE
ISRAELI POLICY DESIGNED TO IMPLEMENT THE EXPANSIONIST PLAN AS
PART OF HER AGGRESSIVE POLICY AGAINST THE ARAB COUNTRIES. THE
ARABS HAVE NEVER COMMITTED ANY AGGRESSION AGAINST ISRAEL.
SINCE ITS ESTABLISHMENT IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN ISRAEL WHICH HAS BEGUN
THE AGGRESSION, AND EACH TIME IT HAS WON A CERTAIN AREA OF LAND IN
ACCORDANCE WITH ITS OPEN PLANS.
IF THE UNITED STATES DOES NOT ACT TO DETER ISRAEL (WORDS
INDISTINCT), THE VOLCANO WHICH HAS SO FAR BEEN QUIET IN THE MIDDLE
EAST WILL BE ACTIVE AGAIN AND ITS HOLOCAUST WILL NOT BE CONFINED TO
THIS REGION ALONE, BUT WILL DEVELOP INTO AN ALL-OUT THIRD WORLD
WAR (?ENGULFING ALL COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD) (WORDS INDISTINCT)
(CONTRARY TO?) THE AGREEMENTS OF NONCONFRONTATION BETWEEN
BIG POWERS.
THEREFORE, ISRAEL BEARS THE MAJOR RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS CURRENT
0)NFLICT IN THE REGION. THE UNITED STATES SHOULD FORCE ISRAEL TO
WITHDRAW FROM THE ARAB TERRITORIES AND TO GRANT THE PALESTINIAN
PEOPLE THEIR RIGHTS IN THEIR TERRITORY AND HOMELAND.
(SIGNED) FAYSAL
6 OCT 2120Z WJA3G
No Objection to Declassification in Full 2012/11/21 : LOC-HAK-206-8-2-2
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