CABLE TO AMEMBASSY CAIRO FROM THE SITUATION ROOM

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-262-3-6-1
• Release Decision: RIPLIM
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: December 9, 2009
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: November 6, 1974
• Content Type: CABLE

No Objection to Declassification in Part 2009/12/09: LOC-HAK-262-3-6-1
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LISBON #. PORTUGAL (AP) ..- SECRETARY OF 't'.ATE HENRY KI SSINGER
HAS HAD THE IL S. AMBASSADOR TO PORTUGAL R LOVED AND HAS REPLACED
HIM WITH A CAREER DIPLOMAT CLOSE TO THE :.W.HITE HOt?SE, DIPLOMATIC
SOURCES REPORTED TODAY.
THERE WAS NO OFFICIAL COMMENT I N t ASHI NGTON 1, BUT STATE DE PART IE NT
SOURCES SAID THEY. BELIEVED THE REPORT TO. BE TRUE.
AMBASSADOR ? STUART 'MASK SCOTT, A 67-YEAR-0. LAWYER WHO TOOK UP
HIS POST LAST JANUARY, WAS TOLD TWO WEEXS AGO HIS ASSIGNMENT
WAS END D.., THE LISBON SOURCES SAID.
HE WILL ` ..EPLACED BY FRANK CAR'LU.CCI, A MICHLY REGARDED DIPLOMAT
CURRENTLY RVINC IN PRESIDENT F'ORD'S ADMINISTRATION AS
UND.ER9ECRE.TARY OF HEALTH, EDUCATION AND WELFARE, THEY ADDED.
T WAS UNDERSTOOD THAT SCOTT, A FORER. NEW:. YORK LAW. PART IER OF
THE LATE THOMAS E, DEWEY,, WAS GIVEN !O REASON FOR HIS ABRUPT
DISMISSAL. THE SOURCES SAID A WHITE If UZ ,ANNOtjNCEi ENT ON THE
CHANGE WAS EXPECTED- THIS WEEK
THE SHAKEUP FOLLOWS THE VISIT TO LI?S8t$ LAST. MONTH OF A FOUR-
MAN AN FACT-FINDING TEAM SENT SY KIS.SINNaEH: TO DOUBLE-CHECK REPORTS
THE EMBASSY HAD SEEN FILING TO WAS3'NGTG$ ON PORTUGAL''S INTERNAL
POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS.
KISSINGER WAS SAID TO HAVE EXPRES'SE E IC:ISM A CUT REPORTS
FROM THE LISBON EMBASSY THAT PLAYf,D DoW ",I DANCERS OF A POS:IPL
TAKEOVER BY PORTUGAL' ACT, WE T` :QTY, WHICH EMERGED
FROM t.'NDERC,ROuNf TO OLAIM A` CA ST AFTER LAST APRIL' S
COUP THAT OVERTHREW THE OLD RIGHTIST REGIME.
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No Objection to Declassification in Part 2009/12/09: LOC-HAK-262-3-6-1
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