CABLE TO THE WHITE HOUSE FROM CAIRO

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-471-6-17-4
• Release Decision: RIPLIM
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: December 18, 2012
• Sequence Number: 17
• Publication Date: February 6, 1974
• Content Type: CABLE

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No Objection to Declassification in Part 2012/12/18: LOC-HAK-471-6-17-4
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TO THE k?kHITE HOUSE
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IMMEDIATE
FEBRUARY 6y 19,74
TO: SECRETARY KISSINGER 25X1
FROM AMBASSADOR EILTS, CAIRO 109
1. WHEN MEETING WITH FAH Iy TONIGHT, HE ASKFD ME TO PASS
FOLLOWING ON TO YOU URGENTLY
IN HIS PPINI
ON-FILE NSC RELEASE
INSTRUCTIONS APPLY
JN THE SYRIAN PTW LIST IS NOT THE MAIN ISSUE
INi THE CURRENT DISENGAGEMENT IMPASSE. BASED ON WHAT HE
CALLED, HIS "FACTS AND CORRELATION OF FACTS," HE SUSPECTS A
MORE SIH,:'ISTEP DESIGN. HE VIEWS PRESENT SITUATION AS
A;%t "OUTSIDE" (READ USSR) STRATEGY TO PREVENT ASSAD OR
SYRIA. FROM ACHIEVING DISENGAGEMENT. HIS CONCLUSIONS ARE
BASEf) PARTLY ON WHAT YOU INDICATED GROMYKO SAID
ABOUT HENCEFORTH HANDLING EVERYTHING JOINTLY AND IN
THE GENEVA CONFERENCE. THE SOVIETS, HE RECALLED, HAD WARNEr)
THAT FAILURE TO DU SO WOULr PROMPT THEM TO TAKE THEIR
OH,IN DIPLOMATIC MOVES.
2. FAHMY NOTED THAT THE IRAQIS HAD YESTERDAY OR THE DAY
BEFORE MOVED TWELVE THOUSAND TROOPS INTO SYRIA. ASSAD
HAD IN THE PAST WEEK SECRETLY BEEN IN BAGHDAD. THERE IS
AGAIN TALK OF A SYRIAN-IRA,-,l MERGER AND LIBYA IS.COVERTLY HELPING
TO EFFECT THIS. THE IRAQIS, IN FAHMY'S VIEW, WOULD BE
UNA~3LE TO TAKE ANY SUCH ACTIONS UNLESS THEY ARE SOVIET
INSPIRED. HE RECALLED IRAoI PRESSURE ON SYRIA DURING AND
AFTER THE OCT03ER HOSTILITIES. THEY HAD EVEN
INSISTED ON TRH NSIT FEES ON BADLY NEEDED PETROLEUM EXPORTED FROM
KUWAIT TO SYRIA. NOW SUDOr=NLY, ACCORDING Ti.`) "BRITISH" SOURCE"
THE IRAQI ATTITUDE SEEMS TO BE CHANGING. THE SAUDIS
HaVP ALSO NOTICED THIS AND ARE CONCERNED.
FAHYY RECALLED THAT YOU HAD ONCE TOLD SADAT AND HIM THAT
THE EVENT OF DIFFICULTY WITH IRAQ, YOU WOULD QUICKLY BE ABLE
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RECALLED
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Tq ARRANGE IRANIAN COUNTER PRESSURE. THIS IS THE TIME TO OD
S!:l, HE URGED, IN ORDER TO PREVENT THE IRAQIS FROM PRESSING
SYRIA AND TO ,CLIP THE SOVIET WINGS." THE IRANIANS SHOULD
MOVE FAST AND IN A CONTROLLED FASHION. THERE SHOULD BE AOEOUATE
NPWS COVERAGE OF IRANIAN TROOP MOVEMENTS ALONG THE IRAQI
BnRfER SO THAT THE IRAQIS FEEL COMPELLED TO WITHDRAW THEIR ARMY.
OJLY IF THE SYRIANS ARE NOT BACKED BY THE IRAQIS, FAHMY INSISTED,
IS THERE ANY CHANCE OF ASS:AD BECOMING MORE FLEXIBLE. HE
HOPED'YPU MIGHT BE ABLE TO MOVE FAST ON THIS.
4. PAHMY WAS CONCERNED THAT NO ONE BUT YOU KNOW ABOUT
ABOVE RECOMMENDATION. HE EVEN TOOK PAINS TO CONCEAL IT FRg.l
HIS TRUSTED AIDE, OMAR SIRRI.
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