CABLE TO PETER RODMAN FOR SEC. KISSINGER FROM THE SITUATION ROOM

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-173-6-14-8
• Release Decision: RIPLIM
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: December 28, 2012
• Sequence Number: 14
• Publication Date: March 25, 1974
• Content Type: CABLE

No Objection to Declassification in Part 2012/12/28: LOC-HAK-173-6-14-8
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DIA review(s)
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FM THE SITUATION ROOM //TOHAK12//
PETER RODMAN FOR SEC. KISSINGER
S E C R E T VIA BLACK PATCH WH40765
TOHAKI2
MSG FROM DIA
REF DIA MSG 670bs DTG 250424Z MAR 74.
MORI/CDF per
C05388117
1. (S/NFD) FROM HERE THERE IS NO REPORTED OR VISIBLE CHANGES IN
SOVIET POSTURING OPPOSITE THE IRANIAN BORDER.
BELIEVE GRECHKO VISIT DEFINITELY LINK D TO KU DISH
AUTONOMY PROBLEMS. INDICATIONS ARE THAT SOVIETS PUSHING IR40IS TO
RESOLVE BARZANI PROBLEM EVEN IF IT MEANS OPEN WARFARE.
2..(S/NFD) IRAQI COMMANDO UNIT cECENTLY MOVED Tit
KJRKUK AND AN UNUSUAL MOVEMENT OF ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNS TD THE
NORTHERN AREA. REASON UNKNOWN AN ALLIED CONSIDERATION IS THAT
IPAQIS MAY BE CONCERNED ABOUT IRANIAN AIRCRAFT SUPPORT DOR KURDS.
3. (5/NED) RECENT INDICATI?NS ARE THAT SOVIET AMBASSADOR TO IRAN
AHDDAUDIENCE WITH SHAH AND CONVEYED THAT SOVIETS WERE IN FULL
SUPPORT OF IRAQI ON KURDISH AUTONOMY QUESTION AND THAT ANY
INTERFERRENCE BY IRAN?WOULD BE TREATED AS AN UNFRIENDLY ACT BY
USSR.
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No Objection to Declassification in Part 2012/12/28: LOC-HAK-173-6-14-8