CABLE TO SECRETARY KISSINGER FROM BRENT SCOWCROFT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-261-7-29-3
• Release Decision: RIPLIM
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: September 23, 2009
• Sequence Number: 29
• Publication Date: October 29, 1974
• Content Type: CABLE

No Objection To Declassification 2009/09/23: LOC-HAK-261-7-29-3
DEPARTMEN ' OF STA4FE
Message from Scowcroft
on Nixon's condition.
Suggested message to former
President also attached.
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S E C R E T SENSITIVE
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TO: SECRETARY KISSINGER
FROM: BRENT SCOWCROFT
OCT 30 2 33 AN '7q
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OCTOBER 29, 1974
AS YOU KNOW9 PRESIDENT NIXON WAS OPERATED ON TODAY FOR THE
CLOT IN HIS LEG. I HAVE JUST SEEN AN AP BULLETIN WHICH SAYS THAT
HE IS NOW IN CRITICAL CONDITION, HAVING GONE INTO SHOCK FOLLOWING
SURGERY. I AM SURE IT WOULD MEAN A GREAT DEAL TO HIM TO RECIEVE
A SHORT CABLE OF GOOD WISHES FROM YOU AND NANCY.
WARM REGARDS.
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October 30, 1974
SECRET/SENSITIVE
FOR THE WHITE HOUSE SITUATION ROOM
TO GENERAL SCOWCROFT
FROM SECRETARY KISSINGER
HAK TO 54
1. Please pass following message from me to President Nixon-
2. BEGIN TEXT: Dear Mr. President' Nancy and I are praying
for your full and speedy recovery. We are thinking of you
and are reminded by everyone we encounter on our trip how
respected you are t by them. You and your family have our
very best personal wishes. Warm regards. Henry A. Kissinger
END TEXT.
3. Warm regards.
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