CABLE TO SECRETARY KISSINGER FROM AMBASSADOR EILTS, CAIRO 151

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-260-1-31-7
• Release Decision: RIPLIM
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: December 7, 2009
• Sequence Number: 31
• Publication Date: May 13, 1974
• Content Type: CABLE

No Objection to Declassification in Part 2009/12/07 : LOC-HAK-260-1-31-7
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FROM: AMBASSADOR EILTS~ CAIRO 151
1, WHEN WITH FAHMY AND MARWAN AT 4244 THiS MgRNINGs MARWAN
AGAIN EMPHASIZED THE IMPORTANCE OF YC1UR VISITING KUWAIT.-
ABU DWABIs 4ATAR AND BAHREIN. WHILE PRCIFESSING TO RECOGNIZE
THE TIME PRESSURE UNpER WHICH YC~U ARE gPERATINGs BOTH
CCINTENDED THAT A VISIT TO THE GULF 5TATES C!"tULD BE D?NE IN
24 HOUR. T-~EY FEAR THAT FAILURE TL7 Dq Sp WILL MAKlr THE
JUNE 1 ARAB PETROLEUM MINISTERS MEETING DIFFICULT Tq MANAf;Fs
ESPECIALLY IF SYRIAN DISENrAGEMENT DgE5 NOT WORK OUT AT THIS
TIME. IF IT GOES WORK OUT, THEY VIEW IT A5 A gESIRABLE
TRIUMPHAL TOUk WHICH ~~CAF CHANE THE COURSE t~F GULF PpLITTCS"
THEY ARE DIVIDED ON VISIT TO KUWAIT. FAHMY STILL THINKS IT
INApVISABLE. MARWAN CLAIMS THE ENTIRE KUWAITI ARMY, IS ^N
THE ALERT ANO THAT WITH EGYPTIAN SECURITY AUTHORITIES
NOW THERfrs SECURITY SITUATION IS MANAGEABLE~< A5 HE HA5
PREVIOUSLY DONEs MARWAN SUGGESTED THAT KUWAIT BE NO MORE
THAN AN AIRPgRT STpP, AND THAT SIMILAR AIRPftRT STgPS BE
MADE AT ABU pHABIs QATAR t~70HA) AND BAHREIN, TWIS
Mf1RNING MARWAN TELEPHONED ME TO SAY THAT THE PRESIDENT
SYARES HIS VIEW qF THE IMpC1RTANCE OF YOUR VISITING THE
GULF STATI*S ON TMIS TRIP IF AT ALL P055IBLE<
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2. A TRIP BY YOU TfJ THE GULF STATE5 WC1ULDs IN MY JUDGEMENTs
BE DESIRABLE IN PRINCIPLE. UNEORTUNATELYs f1UR EGYPTIAN
FRIENDS APPEAR 7^ MAVE PRt]MISED THE GULF RUI~ERSs WHO WgULD
VERY MUCH LIKE TO HAVE YORJ VISIT THEMs THAT THEY CAN
PROpUCE YOU< AS A RESULTs SADAT'S PERSONAL PRESTIGE IS.
ENGAGED IN YOt)R APPEARING THERE< THERE IS NO DOUBTs TOOL.
THAT IF SYRIAN DISENGAGEMENT AGREEMENT DEVEl~OPS, A VISIT
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *WHSR COMMENT * * * * * ~ * * * * * * *.
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Tp THE GULF STATES, HOWEVER BRIEF, COULD HAVE SIGNIFICANT
P[JLITIGAL EFFECT.
~~ IT SEEMS TO ME THERE ARE TWO ALTERNATIVES%
(A> IF YOUR OVERBURDENED SCHEDULE DURING THE NEXT
SEVERAL DAYS SOMEHOW PERMITS YOIJ TO MAKE A BRIEF "WHISTLE
STOP~~ VISIT TO THE'FOUR GUFF STATES, YOU COULD PERHAPS
ARRANGE TO MEET WITH THE LEADERS FOR AN HOUR OR TWO AT
AIRPCIRTS. HCJWEVER, IT SH[alr1LD BE .ALL FOUR STATES. IF YOU
WENT TD QA1`AR, ABU DWA6I At`pD B?AWRFIN AND NqT TO KUWAIT,
THE KUWAITIS WOULD TAKE IT NOT SIMPLY A5 A SNUB, 6UT AS
HAVING CAUSED THEM TO LOSE BEFORE THE ARAB WORLD THAT ALL
IMPIIRTANT ELEMENT OF ~~KACE,~' I SEE LITTLE VIRTUE IN
TAKING THE TIME TO GO TO MUSCAT.
(B> IF IT IS ABSCILUTELY IMPOSSIBLE TO D^ SO, I BELIEVE
A WARM LETTER FR?M YOU TD THE RULE=RS qF THESE STATES INDIGpcTING
THAT YOU HAD VERY MUCH HrOPED ON THIS TRIP TCI BE ABLE 1'O
VISIT THEM, BUT TWAT Yf~U NqW REGRETFULLY FIND THE PROTRACT~t1
NEGpTIATIONS AND YOUR NEED TO RETURN PRECLU(?E THIS. HOWEVER,
YL1U LOOK FORWARD TO A VISIT DN YOUR NEXT TRIP TL7 THE
MIDDLE FAST AREA. THIS IS A SECOND BEST ALTERNATIVE,.
BUT I THINK IT IS SALEABLE. SHnULp YOU HAVE TD OPT FOR.
THIS SECOND CgURSE~ IT MIGWT BE USEFUL TD SENp PRESIDENT
SADAT COPIES C]F 1(OUR MESSAGES Tp THE GULF RULERS AND A5K
HI5 ASSISTANCE IN EXPLAINING YOUR INABILITY TO VISIT THESE
PLACES AT THIS TIME.
4. WARM REGARDS.
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No Objection to Declassification in Part 2009/12/07 : LOC-HAK-260-1-31-7