PLEASE PASS FOLLOWING TO THE SECRETARY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-259-3-58-8
• Release Decision: RIPLIM
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: December 17, 2009
• Sequence Number: 58
• Publication Date: March 3, 1974
• Content Type: CABLE

No Objection to Declassification in Part 2009/12/17: LOC-HAK-259-3-58-8
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S E C R E T SENSITIVE EYES ONLY
TOHAK 79
TOt RALPH SIGLER FOR LARRY EAGLEBURGER
HOLD FOR PICK-UP, DO NOT ATTEMPT DELIVERY
DESTROY TAPES; RETAIN NO FILE COPIES
WH40646
MARCH 3, 1974
TO: G;1...NERAL SCOWCROFT
FROl: AMBASSADOR SILTS, CAIRO 122
1? PLEASE PASS FOLLOWING TO THE SECRETARY:
Z. WHEN MEETING WITH SADAT AND FAHMY EARLIER TODAY,
SADAT STRESSED HIS NEED FOR A DEFENSE ATTACHE TO ARRIVE
SOONEST. HE SAID YOU HAD TOLD HIM THAT YOU WOULD ARRANGE
TO SEND A BRIGADIER GENERAL (WHOSE NAME HE DID NOT RECALL)
FROM PARIS IN ABOUT THREE WEEKS TIME. THIS, I ASSUME,
IS THE MAN YOU TOLD ME ABOUT. SADAT SAID HE IS
CONCERNED THAT HE NOT BE MISUNDERSTOOD IN PENTAGON AND
IS THEREFORE ANXIOUS HAVE SUCH OFFICER AS SOON AS YOU ARE
ABLE TO ARRANGE IT.
3. I TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY TO ASK THE PRESIDENT ABOUT
AN ARTIME IN TODAY'S AHRAM (HIS FRIEND ALI AMIN'S PAPER)
REPORTING, INTER ALIA, THAT US ARMY, NAVY AND AIR FORCE
ATTACHES WILL SOON BE SENT. WAS THIS REALLY HIS WISH?
I REC,A]_LED THAT YOU AND I HAD DISCUSSED MILITARY REPRESENTA-.
T7OR.AT OUR REESTABLISHED EMBASSY AND HAD AGREED IT SHOULD
BE ?SMALL AND LOW PROFILE. I HAD IN FACT SUGGESTED ONE
DEFENSE. ATTACHE, ONE ASSISTANT, ONE ADMINISTRATIVE NCO AND
A SECRETARY. SADAT SAID THIS IS EXACTLY HIS VIEW. HE SAW
NO NEED FOR LARGE MILITARY REPRESENTATION AT THIS TIME
AND THOUGHT THE NUMBER I HAD RECOMMENDED WAS JUST RIGHT,
SO LONG AS THE PERSONNEL ARE "HONEST AND RELIABLE." HE
STRESSED THAT IT IS NEITHER IN USG NOR EGYPTIAN INTERESTS
AT THIS TIME TO SEND A LARGE MILITARY ESTABLISHMENT. WE
CAN AGAIN LOOK AT MILITARY STAFFING IN "EIGHT OR NINE
MONTHS TIME" AS OUR RELATIONSHIPS EVOLVE.
4. I ASKED SADAT IF I COULD INDICATE THAT THIS IS HIS
WISH. HE REPLIED IN THE AFFIRMATIVE.
5. PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHEN THE DEFENSE ATTACHE YOU
MENTIONED TO HIM MAY BE EXPECTED HERE SINCE WE WILL HAVE
SOME HOUSING ARRANGEMENTS TO WORK OUT. HOUSE PREVIOUSLY
USED BY DEFENSE ATTACHE HAS FOR PAST SEVERAL YEARS BEEN
OCCUPIED BY NAMRU CHIEF, WHO IS NOT SCHEDULE TO LEAVE
UNTIL JUNE. 10 VIEW INADEQUACY OF MY PRESENT RESIDENCE,
I HAD RATHER HOPE THAT, IF NOTHING ELSE CAN BE FOUND
MORE CONVENIENTLY LOCATED, I MIGHT MOVE INTO THAT MAADI
RESIDENCE MYSELF. IF THIS MATERIALIZES, IT WILL REQUIRE
SOME HOUSING EXCHANGE WITH DOD/DIA.
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No Objection to Declassification in Part 2009/12/17: LOC-HAK-259-3-58-8
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SECRET/SENSITIVE/EY -SONLY March 3, 1974
HAKTO
FOR SCOWCROFT FROM THE SECRETARY
RE: TOHAK 79
1. You should call Schlesinger immediately and
tell him that I have agreed with Sadat to the establishment
of a small Defense Attache office at our Embassy in Cairo.
We have Sadat's agreement to an office consisting of
one Defense Attache, one assistant, one administrative
N$ NCO and a secretary.
2. You should tell Schlesinger that I would like to
have Brigadier General Guay assigned to Cairo as
the Defense Attache as soon as possible. You should also
ask Schlesinger to have the Pentagon propose to us a
qualified deputy from another Service; the administrative
NCO and secretary can be chosen through the normal
procedures.
S:LSEagleburger:jmr
No Objection to Declassification in Part 2009/12/17: LOC-HAK-259-3-58-8