YOUR MEETING WITH MR. SHAKESPEARE--FEBRUARY 2

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-11-5-8-5
• Release Decision: RIFLIM
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: February 12, 2010
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: February 1, 1971
• Content Type: MEMO

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ry 1, 1971
Your Meeting with r. Shakespeare- - Yebruax y 2
trip to .;areec'e,
seeiag xank Sha kespear* to hear *h r :t his
is, Abu #**bt, ll hreia, the UAIt aad " unista.
i have tat hard ae (uH + eiariefin- on his roactiaa but have herd the
--In .;a d A c&Waa he was exposed to the Intelligence Cht*f who
has ?ece ly been putting forward such idea Saudi hacking for
a rrilla m e s.ent to upset the govern ent in South Ye n'~en
a 114a adi e t to tare over the Perot" Gulf a ei.kdo.s when the
I3ritiah pull out.
s not a vis ale state.
a seems to he the en1
here in Washin
to ' tsit the U. S.
ral ioa aauwatiGu$ t
the
rsia?n Gl.
out the question h'a'clr
eel by private pu l,ishe"ts
t. State as CIA were already discussing the ssibillty' that ti. e
Shia rid toka ,we action in South Yee t have been followin
this a" will s?+a d you the main 4msi4erettons involv*4 as thinking
become a clue rer. Shetie*a are d"S VA* BOOM
court* or another. The issuo is. in the first Instance. whether the
:S ~udi.ii could succeee 1iy mount sac an operation since #aii.a r^e cot Id
set off a train events that would und*rntne the 3a*a reg n..e. You
can tell Slkakespear* that we are actively feilowin t.hc in-i .se
d a;li rations this.
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2. the question of whether efkal should invited here for
a v oit, the rt al-a aeati, -ra is what ,nd of hrage he would project.
If he came here and cre*ted the Wapreaaton that the Egyptlana
are not pr spared to make peace with the Israelis, that would make
our job more dlfftcul.t. Given the uncertainty, now is probably not
the rigt tine.
I assu .e that, since this r~ eettng to mainly for you to J ea.r w hake.speare"e
reporrt, you o not have to do rrore than lend a sympathetic oar to his
views.
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