CABLE TO HENRY KISSINGER FROM BRENT SCOWCROFT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-258-6-45-0
• Release Decision: RIPLIM
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: January 4, 2010
• Sequence Number: 45
• Publication Date: November 11, 1973
• Content Type: CABLE

No Objection to Declassification in Part 2010/01/04: LOC-HAK-258-6-45-0
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DELIVER OPENING OF BUSINESS
TO JON HOWE FOR SECRETARY KISSIiNGER
DELIVER TO JON HOWE IN SEALED ENVELOPE.
NOVEMBER 10 1973
TO: SECRETARY KISSINGER
FROM: GENERAL SCOWCROFT
FOLLOWING IS A MESSAGE To YOU FROM MINISTER YAMANI:
"THE OIL PICTURE IS N"1T AS DIM AS I HAD PREVIOUSLY
INDICATED. I AM PERSONALLY HOPEFUL THAT SOMETHING CAN BE
DONE-- ROTH HERE IN SAUDI ARABIA TO CHANGE THE ATTITUDES OF SENIOR
^FFICIAL.S AND ALSO LATTER uITH THE ARAB OIL PRODUCING COUNTRIES.
I REALI7E THAT IT IS NOT EASY AT THE PRESENT TIME FOR YOU OR.
ANY OTHER OFFICIAL IN THE UNITED STATES TO GIVE A PUBLIC
STATEMENT FAVORABLE TO THE ARABS. HOWEVERs SOMETHING IN THIS
LINE WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL TO OUR EFFORTS. IN THIS RESPECT
I AM REFERING TO A STATEMEr,T REGARDING IMPLEMENTATION OF UNITED
NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL R`-SOLUTION 242 ANDY SPECIFICALLY
WITHDRAWAL FROM OCCUPIED ARAB TERRITORIES."
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?. DP. YAMANI STATED TH4T THE MESSAGE ABOVE CONTAINED THE
COMPLETE ORAL AFSSAGE WHICH HE WISHED PASSED TO DR. KISSINGFR.
IN A DISCUSSIEN WHICH FOLLfWED HOMEVER, HE MADE A NUMBER OF
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS. HE STATED THAT A MEETING TO WHICH HE WAS
GOING SHORTLY WITH THE KINq HAD BEEN CALLLED TO ATTEMPT TO
OPT THE KING'S APPROVAL TO TAKE CERTAIN STEPS WHICH WOULn
EASE SOMEWHAT THE SUADI EM+ARG^ AND ^IL REDUCTION. HE SAID
THAT A COMPLETE REVERSAL OF STEPS ALREADY TAKEN WAS OUT OF
THE QUESTION, BUT THAT IT TIGHT BF POSSIBLE TO TAKE SOME STEPS
WHICH WOULD MODIFY THE PioSITION. IF SUCCESSFUL IN HIS EFFORTS
WITH THE KING, YAMANI THEN PLANS TO CALL A MEETING OF THE
ORGANIZATION OF ARAB PETROLEUM EXPORTING COUNTRIES (OAPEC) TO
INVESTIGATE WHAT COULD BE PONE TO EASE THE SITUATION.
3. YAMANI SAID THAT THE MAJOR PROBLEM FACING HIM WAS THE FACT
THAT THE KING WAS SO TERRI-?LY ANGRY AT THE UNITED STATES THAT
IT WILL BF DIFFICULT TO GET HIS APPROVAL TO PROCEED. AS HE
HAS DONE WITH OTHERS EARLIER, YAMANI ALMOST PLAINTIVELY LAMENTED
THAT THE UNITED STATES HAD FAILED TO GET THE SAUDI MESSAGE
GIVEN REPEATEDLY OVER THE LAST SIX MONTHS OR A YEAR REGARDING
SAUDI ACTIONS IF THE U. S. DID NOT CHANGE ITS PRO-ISRAELI POLICIES.
HF AGAIN SAID THAT A COMPLYTE LIFTING OF THE EMBARGO WAS
IMPOSSIPLE AT THIS TIME AN~ THAT THE UNITED STATES WOULD HAVE TO
PAY THE PRICE OF HER SUPPO T TO HER ISRAELI FRIENDS.
4. YAMANI SAID THAT "IF GIVEN THE GREEN LIGHT BY THE KING"
HF WOULD DEPART RIYADH AT 1700 HOURS LOCAL TIME THIS EVENING
11 NOVEMBER. FOR BEIRUT. HE WOULD PLAN TO REMAIN IN BEIRUT
UNTIL TUESDAY OR WEDNESDAY WHEN HE WOULD PROCEED TO GENEVA,
APPARENTLY FOR THE OAPEC MEETING IF ONE IS TO BE HELD.
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