CABLE TO BRENT SCOWCROFT FROM HENRY A. KISSINGER

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-258-6-81-0
• Release Decision: RIPLIM
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: January 4, 2010
• Sequence Number: 81
• Publication Date: November 16, 1973
• Content Type: CABLE

No Objection to Declassification in Part 2010/01/04: LOC-HAK-258-6-81-0
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FROM ME~ T13 ORAL MESSAGE
FOLLOWING ORAL REPLY
FROM OR. YAMANI CONVEYED
NOVEMBER 11.
BEGIN:TEXT: I APPRECIATED RECEIVING YOUR
ORAL MESSAGE of NOVEMBER lip WHICH TOOK SOME DAYS TO
R?ACH ME BECAUSE OF. MY TRAVELS. DURING MY TALKS IN
RIYADH;r. I TRIED `TO CONVEY TWO MAIN POINTS: FIRST, THAT
I AK TOTALLY SERIOUS IN SAYING THAT THE PRESIDENT AND
I ARE COMMI'I`T,EU TO A"MAJOR EFFORT TO BRING ABOUT A PEACE
SFFTTLEMENT jN, THE:.MIDOLE EAST THAT WIL END THE
CONDITIONS WHICH LED TO THIS LATEST WAR: SFCONI}i THAT
. CANNOT''DO THIS, 'WITH ALL TH STRAINS IT WILL ENTAIL,
I!= AT THE SA.ME.--.TI IE WE ARE FACED WITH THEKIrya OF
P041 vfM!$, 6OMt~STICALLY AND WITH OUR ALLIES THAT A
CriN1'; 4ING OIL SHORTAGE 'WILL CAUSE*
LAVE ?AL,WAYS' WORKEITnnN THE PRINCIPLE THAT I T I S NOT
WH*T E SAY, FIUI WHAT :wE On THAT IS IMPORTANT. IN FACT
THE MORE WE SAY P'UBLICLYp THE MF}RF DIFFICULT THE JOB
BECOMES.. - 'I KP40W YOU RFCOGN I ZE THAT ONLY THE UNITED
STATES CR-"NDOO. THE JOB THAT NEEDS DOING. ?BUT WE MUST
HAVE TIMF ID DO ,ITp WITHO]U.T PRESSURES AND DIVERSIONS,
AND I N OUR OWN WAY.
HAVING'SAID THAT, I ALSO RFCOGNIZE THE PROBLEMS
HIS MAJES'TWIFACES. IN THE ARAB WORLD, AND HIS NEED '
Trot HAVE. SOMETHING TIC"" POINT TO AS A BASIS FOR RELAZING
T4-4E OIL RESTRICTIONS. I CANNOT PROMISE SUDDEN AND
DRAMATIC DEVELOPMENTS. BUT I AM HOPEFUL THAT WE SHALL
SFE MORE STEADY' STEP-PY STEP'PROGRESS OF THE KINfl THAT
Rt SULTEn IN THE RECENT SIX' POINT AGREEMENT PETWEEN EGYPT
AND'ISRAEL, AND THAT I BELIEVE WILL SOON RESULT IN THE
CfINVEN,IN6 OF ?A. CCINFERENCE FOR THE PURPOSE OF NEGOTIATING
MORI/CDF
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No Objection to Declassification in Part 2010/01/04: LOC-HAK-258-6-81-0
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+~E TERP S IMF A JUST AND OUs4ABLE SETTLEMENT.
MEANWH.1L1;N I WILL Lt1Ov FOR OPPOkTUNITIrS TO
H HELPFUL`, SUCH AS MY STATEMENT
A+t1:Ui I'SRAELI'` WITHDRAWAL ON NDVFM tER 12 IN AN INTERVIEW WIT`l
CORRESPONDENT OF THE, THESF MAJOR AMERICAN TEL.FVISION
Nr TWORKS
I REGRET THE DELAY IN REPLYING To YOUR IIRAL
MFS5AGE, r AND VERY')MUCH APPREC IATF HAVING RFCE I VEO IT.
1 HOPE YOU ,WI1,L 'COME In SEE ME WHEN YOU ARE NEXT IN
wASHING1ON,.PERHAPS AS S O1 TOUR FROM GENEVA - SO THAT
WF MAY HAVE THE Q~PORTUNITY To nISCUSS THESF MATTERS MORE
IB,NT1MATELY. AND IW'G* ATER nETAIt. END TEXT.
WARM REGARDS
No Objection to Declassification in Part 2010/01/04 : LOC-HAK-258-6-81-0
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