CABLE TO HENRY KISSINGER FROM BRENT SCOWCROFT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-259-3-60-5
• Release Decision: RIPLIM
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: December 17, 2009
• Sequence Number: 60
• Publication Date: March 3, 1974
• Content Type: CABLE

R E I No Objection to Declassification in Part 2009/12/17: LOC-HAK-259-3-60-5
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TO ~ALPH SIGLER FOR LARRY EAGLEBURGER
HOLD FOR PICKUP --DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DELIVER
MARCH 3, 1974
TO SECRETARY KISSINGER
FROM BRENT SCOWCROFT
SHALEV CALLED WITH REFERENCE TO. THE MIERACHI/LEVY
EX HANGE CTOHAK 44). HE SAID THAT AGREEMENT HAD BEEN.
REACHED WITH THE EGYPTIANS TO RETURN ALL 73 EGYPTIAN
AGENTS (OR AS MANY AS THEY ACTUALLY. HAVE) FOR MIERACHI/LEVY.
T SOVIET AGENTS WOULD NOT BE RETURNED. THE ISRAELIS
WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE TO THE EGYPTIANS AT THEIR MEETING
TOMORROW (8 AM WASHINGTON TIME) THAT, IN VIEW OF THE FACT
THAT THIS.EXCHANGE IS LIKELY TO BECOME PUBLIC, A BRIEF
LOW-HEY ANNOUNCEMENT BE MADE OF THE EXCHANGE. BEFORE
T Y APPROACH THE EGYPTIANS, HOWEVER, THE ISRAELIS WOULD LIKE
TO KNOW IF YOU WOULD HAVE ANY OBJECTION TO SUCH AN
ANNOUNCEMENT. NEITHER YOU NOR YOUR ROLE IN THIS EXCHANGE
WOULD BE MENTTIONED. SHALEV ALSO SAID STRONG EFFORTS WERE STILL
ON-FILE
INSTRUC
BEING MADE TO KEEP GOLDA FROM QUITTING. HE THINKS DAYAN
I AM SURE THAT VORONTSOV WILL CALL TOMORROW MORNING
FOR AN ANSWER TO THEIR PROPOSITION THAT OSIPOV
BE-IN ENERGY DISCUSSIONS WITH OUR REPRESENTATIVE
WH T MAY I TELL HIM? IF YOU ARE NOT PREPARED FOR IMMEDIATE
DI CUSSIONS, I COULD ALWAYS MAKE APPROPRIATE EXCUSES TO
VO ONTSOV, TELL HIM WE COULD BE IN TOUCH SHORTLY AND LET..
OS POV GO HOME.
AN AP TICKER ITEM SAYS THAT TWO SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS
SU COMMITTEES WILL BEGIN HEARINGS NEXT WEEK: SYMINGTON
SU COMMITTEE ON THE "CHANGING SECURITY IMPLICATIONS OF US
CO MITMENTS TO EUROPE" AND THE MUSKIE SUBCOMMITTEE ON
SAj.T AND SOVIET MILITARY DEVELOPMENTS. IT SAYS SCHLESINGER
WILL TESTIFY TOMORROW BEFORE THE LATTER SUBCOMMITTEE*__
No Objection to Declassification in Part 2009/12/17: LOC-HAK-259-3-60-5
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