CABLE TO WHITE HOUSE FROM AMMAN

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-259-6-10-7
• Release Decision: RIPLIM
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: December 4, 2009
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: May 5, 1974
• Content Type: CABLE

No Objection to Declassification in Part 2009/12/04: LOC-HAK-259-6-10-7
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FM AMMAN
TO WHITE HOUSE
S E C R E T 05190OZ MAY 74
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MAY 5s 1974
TO: GENERAL SCOWCROFT
FROM: THE SECRETARY
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1. YOU SHOULD CONTACT'SHALEV WITHOUT DELAY AND ASK HIM To
TRANSMIT THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE TO MRS. MEIR FROM ME:, QUOTE nEAR
MADAME PRIME MINISTER : YQU WILL RECALL THAT IN OUR CONVERSATION
I INDICATED TO YOU A TENTATIVE PLAN TO MEET GROMYKO IN CYPRUS ON
THURSDAYS THE 9TH. GROMYKO HAS NOW PROPOSED,,THAT I MEET HIM IN
CYPRUS ON MAY 7 OR S* MY.JUDGMENT IS THAT IT WOULD BE BETTER FOR ME
TO MEET,,HIM ON THE 7TH. SEVERAL., CONSIDERATIONS,LEAD ME TO THIS
CONCLUSION. BY AGREEING TO THE 7TH IT WOULD GET GROMYKO OUT OF
DAMASCUS, AS , QUICKLY AS . POSS IBLE. SHOULD I Go TO DAMASCUS ON
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TUESDAY -.THE ALTERNATIVE COURSE -IT INCREASES THE DANGER
NOT BE
THAT HE WOULD BEMOREOVER, IFSAME MEET HIMVON TUESDAYIINUULD CYPRUS .
MEETING WITH HIM.
I WOULD BE ABLE TO TELL HIM THAT I DO NOT HAVE AS YET A FINAL ISRAELI
PpSITION,r AND I COULD THEREBY AVOID GIVING HIM AN OPPORTUNITY TO
PRESS ME ON THE BASIS OF A CONCRETE POSITION. IN SHORT THIS WOULD
GIVE ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO TELL HIM AS LITTLE AS'POSSIBLE ON
TUESDAY. BY CONTRAST IF I SEE HIM AFTER,I HAVE BEEN TO DAMASCUS
HE WOULD EMERGE AS,THE SYRIAN SPOKESMAN. IN AOQITIONS IF YOU COULD
CALL A CABINET MEETING ON TUESDAY MORNING WHILE I AM'SEEING GROMYKO
IT WOULD HELP REINFORCE THE FACT THAT YOU HAD NOT REACHED A
FINAL DECISION.
WE CAN DISCUSS THIS. TOMORROW IN JERUSALEM. HOPEFULLY, GROMYKO OW F WITHDTHETIMPORTTANCECOF AVOIDINGRASSITUATIONEWHICH WOULDW
YOU AGREE
HIM THE OPPORTUNITY TO INTERVENE DIRECTLYASWANCADVOCATE OFF
THE
SYRIAN POSITION WHICH IS MORE .LIKELY IF I HAD BEEN IN DAMASCUS
BEFORE AND HE HAS LEARNED THE RESULT OF MY DAMASCUS VISIT WHILE
STILL NEAR TO THE AREA.
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INSTRUCTIONS APPLY
I WOULD PLAN TO PROCEED IN THIS WAY UNLESS YOU HAVE STRONG
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VIEWS TO THE CONTRARY. ON THE BASIS OF THE ABOVE PLAN, I WnVLO
RETURN TO ISRAEL TUESDAY AFTERNOON FROM CYPRUS'AND FLY TO DAMASCUS
WEDNESDAY MORNING. WE CAN DISCUSS ALL THIS WHEN.1 RETURN To
JERUSALEM TOMORROW AFTERNORN. IF YOU HAVE ANY STRONG VIEWS PLEASE
GET IN TOUCH WITH ME THROUGH WASHINGTON IMMEDIATELY. WARM REGARDS
END QUOTE
2. REQUEST FLASH NOTIFICATION UPON DELIVERY OF MESSAGE.
3. WARM REGARDS.
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No Objection to Declassification in Part 2009/12/04: LOC-HAK-259-6-10-7