INFORMATION ITEMS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-551-5-46-4
• Release Decision: RIFLIM
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: June 29, 2010
• Sequence Number: 46
• Publication Date: December 29, 1975
• Content Type: CABLE

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No Objection to Declassification in Full 2010/06/29: LOC-HAK-551-5-46-4
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OP. IMMED
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FM THE SITUATION ROOM//TOMAK 1S//
TO PAUL BARBIAN FOR TMESECRETARY
T 0 P S E C R T?SEN$ITIVE CONTAINS CODE
TOMAK to
DECEMBER 2591, 197b
MEMORANDUM FOR$ THE PRESIDENT
FROM$ BRENT SCOWCROFT
SUBJECT! INFORMATION ITEMS
GISCARD'S VISIT TO 9IGYPT1 EMB SSY CAIRO REPORTS THAT
PRESIDENT GISCARD D-ESTAINSf$ VISIT TO EGYPT WAS THE
MOST' PUSLICIZIED AND ELEGANT EV NT SINCE PRESIDENT NIXON'S
ARRIVAL IN JUNE 1974, FOR' SADAT THE EMBASSY SAYS, THE?
VISIT? MEANT IMPORTANT POLITICAL 3UPPDRT FROM A LEADING
WESTERN STATESMAN WHO GAVE. HIM ENTHUSIASTIC PUBLIC EN-
DORSEMENT FOR MIS MIDDLE EAST STRATEGY. ALTHOUGH MILI-
TARY SALES AND LONGTERM AID LOANS WERE NOT ANNOUNCED,
THE FRENCH WILL HELP EGYPT WITH MILITARY INDUSTRIAL IZA
TION, THE EMBASSY REPORTS THAT THE-GOVERNMENT OF EGYPT IS
PERMITTING EXAGGERATED DISCUSSION PUBLICLY ABOUT MILI~
TARY SUPPLY AS IT BOLSTERS, EADATIS EFFORTS TO "PROVE"
THAT HE" HAS A CREDIBLE; ALTERNATIVE; T"O' THE SOVIETS,, FOR
FRANCE, POL9'1TICAL' AGILITY IE PAYING OFF IN COMMERCIAL
TERMS
SPAIN , u,, U0$+j AMBASSADOR I$ CONVERSATION WITH NEW INTERIOR
A LARGE SOCIALIST GROUPING CREATED, HE AVOIDED THE USE OF
THE TERM "PARTY, U NOTING' THAT THE WORD HAD NEGATIVE POLITICAL
CONNOTATIONS IN SPAIN, IN CLOSING, FRAGA INDICATED THAT HE
WOU60 LIKE TO MAINTAIN CLOSE CONTACT WITH AMBASSADOR STABLER
IN TMS FUTURE
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