CABLE TO DR. KISSINGER/JERUSALEM FROM THE SITUATION ROOM

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-260-3-59-5
• Release Decision: RIPLIM
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: September 22, 2009
• Sequence Number: 59
• Publication Date: May 29, 1974
• Content Type: CABLE

No Objection To Declassification 2009/09/22: LOC-HAK-260-3-59-5
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Tn,J: JERRY BR MER/PETER ROOMAN. FOR, SECRETARY KISSINGER
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I ,THINK' wE;,HAVE THINGS AACK;' UNDER CONTROL..NO,w AFTER OUR
TFLEP$ONE .CONVERSA;Tl Gl.N I.; MADE A STRONG PITCH T[1 HAIG.' HE WA4
STRONGLY AGAI IS,T. SEPRA'TINC THE L.FAQERSHIP4R.IEFING. FRUM A TRIP
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ANNfjUNCEP ENT+,BUT'AFTER LCJMlG ARGUMENT. HE DIn4.AGREE TO RAISF
IT WI'TH THE PRESIDENT.. YOUR PHONE: CALL TO HIM WAS VERY TIMFI
.BFCAUS'E I";.T0INK "IT CDNvINCr;'p. HIM TO:;PUT, THE ARGUMENTS IN
A .M'fJFtE F.iA :ARA'R,L.E THAN HE WOULD, UTHERW1"SE .WAVE DONE.. AC
Y;C1U KNOW RO4 HA IG S CALL p:ACK . TO YOUR THE PRESIDENT' AGREEri. TO
GCI BACK T;O. THE fRL~OAY 4lEADFRSHIP MEETING.
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Y(PU -("ERF STILL UPS.E"T, SO I GUFSS HAIG MUST `HAVE PUT :THE. ARGUMENTS
IN FAIRLY STRONG 'T,ERMS. I TOLD HI!41 THAT YOU WERE NOTUPSET,
THAT Yq"U.S-IMP'L'Y FE;.LT STRpN-L.y' ARGOT. SEPARATTNG THE E=VENTS
SOLELY ON THE MERiT5 OF THE SITU AT ION. THE PRESIDENT SEEMEn
VFR,y CONC:1 L I ATDRY `'AB ;U'T THr- WHOJ,E:' MATTER' AN'f WENT. O"N. TO SA.~
Y;fU, MUST, 3E REALLY EXHAUST~: f) (I .THEN MENTIONE 0 TO HIM THE. FACT
T4-AT YOU HAD CALLED ME LAST NIGHT., AT 4:45 A.M., JERUSALEM..
TIM~F)'.. HE,,SAID WE.WOULD HA E TO; FIGURE SOME WAY TO GET ,YCIU; A
L.ITTLE,,REST WHEN: YOU RETURN? SO,, 'I THINK IT'S SAFE TO.. SAY T~-+AT
LITTLE PR{ 9LEM 'HAS BEEN LAID TO REST.
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PRES,IDEN.T A;LS:O RAISED S4LT.AGAIN TN THE, . CONTEXT
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V, UR,.M-AVIt:G TO. MAKE; AN1THER." TR':IP TO MUSCOW, 11 POINTED OUT Tl-AT
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ONLY'IF T'NE,SUSST'ANCE WARRANTED IT.. I POINT;~D OUT THAT WE W,FRE
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T,14E' p,UTCflME 1N. T.#4AT AREA' D SALT, WE . WOULD 14AVE FOR THE SU ; iT
A.,TES?.TRAN AN tI ABM AGREEMENT. DEFENSE HAS G0.TTEN' TT).HAIL WITH
THEIR t'nNCERNS' O4 SALT, 'A NI 'I `,PPE,SUME THAT? HAIL HAS ME NT I0NF0
TAI THE PRESI"t)ENT THAT''WE H.4VE SALT PROBLEMS. I' THINK H'AIG . I ,.
GOOD SHAPE,.CON THE SUBSTANCE IF THE ISSUES, AND I" FEEL Cnr!FTClENT
,?Y;H~AT, `THE PRESIDENT IS SOLPAY BEHIND YO'Us BUT THE RUREAUCRAeV
4`:5, ^.B,VroUSLY NQTC ISPOSEOY TO BE HEL.PFUL..
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