1. DR. KISSINGER HAS RECEIVED MR. ISMAIL'S INFORMAL COMMUNICATION OF MAY 5, (SANITIZED)REGARDING THE POSSIBILITIES OF A MEETING IN MADRID.

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-127-6-24-8
• Release Decision: RIPLIM
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: September 27, 2010
• Sequence Number: 24
• Publication Date: May 6, 1973
• Content Type: MISC

No Objection to Declassification in Part 2010/09/29: LOC-HAK-127-6-24-8 /17-3
1. Dr. Kissinger has received Mr. Ismail's informal communication
of May 5, regarding the possibilities of a STAT
meeting in Madrid.
2. There is unfortunately no feasible way in which Dr. Kissinger could
interrupt his meetings with the North Vietnamese for two days and
disappear to Madrid without arousing intense speculation and, inevitably,
compromising the secrecy of his meeting with Mr. Ismail. He therefore
believes it would be possible to meet in Madrid on the weekend of
May 19-20 only if his projected meetings in Paris with the North Vietnamese
do not materialize. In that event, Dr. Kissinger would be prepared to
fly directly from the United States to Madrid for private meetings with
Mr. Ismail. Alternatively, if Madrid is the only possibility, it might
be feasible to find a weekend during the month of June when it would
be possible to have such a meeting.
3. Dr. Kissinger. would like to point out that if meetings were to be
held in Paris, as he suggested in his last communication, it very
probably would be possible for him to free an entire day during the
weekend of May 19-20 for discussions with Mr. Ismail. Barring the
cancellation of his talks with the North Vietnamese, then, Dr. Kissinger
continues to regard Paris as the best venue under the circumstances.
No Objection to Declassification in Part 2010/09/29: LOC-HAK-127-6-24-8