CABLE TO HENRY A. KISSINGER FROM BRENT SCOWCROFT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-506-6-63-4
• Release Decision: RIPLIM
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: December 14, 2012
• Sequence Number: 63
• Publication Date: November 7, 1973
• Content Type: CABLE

No Objection to Declassification in Part 2012/12/17 : LOC-HAK-506-6-63-4
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NOVEMBER 7, 1973
TO: HENRY A. KISSINGER
FROM: BRENT SCOWCROFT
THE STAFF MEETING THIS y!ORNING WAS BRIEF. ASH ANNOUNCED THAT
THE ALASKA PIPELINE BILL WOULD ,PE APPROVED TODAY' TOGETHER WITH
SOME NON-GERMAIN RIDERS WHICH ARE VERY DISTURBING TO LIMB. WITH
THE ENERGY MESSAGE COMING 7UT TONIGHT, HOWEVER, THE PRESIDENT CAN
HARDLY VETO IT. JOHN LOVE REVIEWED THE SCHEDULE FOR ENERGY
TODAY, WHICH INCLUDES, BESIDES THE LEADERSHIP MEETING' A MEETING
OF MAYORS AND GOVERNORS ANA ONE OF BUSINESS AND LABOR LEADERS.
A SHORT DISCUSSION ENSUED (IN SOME OF THE POINTS IN THE ENERGY
MESSAGE AND, AS IN THE CABINET MEETING YESTERDAY, NO TWO PEOPLE
AGREED ON ANY INDIVIDUAL ITEM.
TIMMONS DISCUSSED THE CHANCES OF SUSTAINING THE VETO OF THE
WAR POWERS BILL IN THE HOUSE TODAY (WE SUBSEQUENTLY LOST BY FIVE
VOTES).
THE MEETING CONCLUDED WITH FLANIGAN POINTING OUT THAT HOD-1ELLIS
DEFEAT FOR GOVERNOR IN VIRGINIA WAS HELPFUL BECAUSE HE HAD RIDDEN
WATERGATE VERY HARD FOR THE LAST SEVERAL WEEKS.
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No Objection to Declassification in Part 2012/12/17: LOC-HAK-506-6-63-4