CABLE TO GENERAL SCOWCROFT FROM SECRETARY KISSINGER

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-260-3-67-6
• Release Decision: RIPLIM
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: September 22, 2009
• Sequence Number: 67
• Publication Date: May 29, 1974
• Content Type: CABLE

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2913112 MAY 1974
TO: GENERAL SCOWCROFT
FROM": SECRETARY KISSINGFR
1. PLEASE HAVE WINSTON LORD CONVEY THE FOLLOWING AS SOON AS
POSSIBLE FROM ME TO THE LAUNDRYMEN*
IN N THE SPIRIT OF; CLOSE CONSULTATION BETWEEN THE . PRC A'NI
USs I WANT TO INFORM THE CHINESE LEADERS ,IN ADVANCE OF THE
FOLLOWING ANNOUNCEMENT WHICH HAS JUST BEEN AGREED UPON AND
WHICH WILL BE MADE AT THE WHITE HOUSE AROU-N6 1 i00 P'.M. TODAY
(WEDNESDAY):
"THE DISCUSSIONS CONDUCTED BY UNITED,, STATES
SECRETARY OF STATE HENRY K1.SSINGER WITH SYRIA AND ISRAEL HAVE LED
TO AN AGREEMENT ON THE DISENGAGEMENT OF SYRIAN, AND ISRAELI FORCES,
THE AGREEMENT WILL BE SIGNFD BY SYRIAN AND ISRAELI MILITARY
REPRESENTATIVES IN THE EGYPTIAN-ISRAELI MILITARY WORKING GROUP
OF THE GENEVA CONFERENCE ON FRIDAY' MAY 31ST, 1974, IN GENEVA."
THE DISENGAGEMENT AGREEMENT ITSELF FOLLOWS THE MODEL
OF THE EGYPTIAN-ISRAELI AGREEMENT (IF JANUARY. it IS INTENDED,AS
THE FIRST STEP TOWARD ACHIEVEMENT OF A JUST AND CURABLE PEACE
SETTLEMENT IN THE MIDDLE EAST.
ALL THE RELEVANT DOCUMENTS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED, AND THE
SIGNING AT GENEVA WILL BE PURELY CEREMONIAL UNITED STATES
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AND SOVIET REPRESENTATIVES WILL BE PRESENT AT THE SIGNING AND
WHILE TECHNICAL DETAILS OF IMPLEMENTATION ARE BEING WORKED OUT
BY THE PARTIES I N THE GENEVA MILITARY WORKING GROUP.
I WANT THE CHINESE LEADERS TO KNOW THAT I PAID A HALF-
HOUR COURTESY CALL ON GROMYKO IN DAMASCUS AFTER MIDNIGHT
TUESDAY NIGHT, ON MY WAY TO THE AIRPORT. IT WAS PURELY A
COURTESY CALL AND TOOK PLACE AFTER THE NEGOTIATIONS HAD BEEN
COMPLETED.
THE CHINESE .LEADERS WILL APPRECIATE THAT ALL OF THE' EFFORT
THAT HAS BEEN MADE BY .THE UNITED STATES IN, THE NEGOTIATION HAS
BEEN IN PURSUANCE OF THE BASIC STRATEGY WHICH HAS BEEN.OISCt.lSSED
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MANY TIMES WITH THE CHINESE SIDE. PLEASE CONVEY MY WARM PERSONAL
REGARDS TO ALL MY CHINESE FRIENDS.
I. WILL BE IN TOUCH WITH THE CHINESE SIDE AT AN EARLY DATE
AFTER MY RETURN TO WASHINGTON To DISCUSS OTHER FORTHCOMING EVENTS$
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