CABLE TO HENRY A. KISSINGER FROM BRENT SCOWCROFT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-259-1-46-3
• Release Decision: RIPLIM
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: September 22, 2009
• Sequence Number: 46
• Publication Date: December 18, 1973
• Content Type: CABLE

No Objection To Declassification 2009/09/22: LOC-HAK-259-1-46-3
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To AMEMBASSY LISBON
S E C R E T/SENSITIVE WH37673
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TO LARRY EAGLEBURGER FOR SECRETARY KISSINGER
DECEMBER 17, 1973
Tn: HENRY A. KISSINGER
FROM: BRENT SCOWCROFT
1. DOBRYNIN AS YET HAS NO ANSWERS ON THE REVISED LETTER
OR FROM THE SYRIANS ON POWS. HE DID SAY THAT GROMYKO WOULD
BE HAPPY TO HAVE DINNER WITH YOU ON THE 20TH.
2. SPOKE WITH FULBRIGHT TODAY (HAKTO 46, 57). HE WAS
PLEASED AT THE INDICATIONS OF PROGRESS TOWARD THE CONFERENCE AND
SAID HE WAS SCHEDULING A VOTE ON THE $2.2 BILLION TOMORROW (ON
WHICH HE WILL VOTE NEGATIVE).
3. THE PRESIDENT HAS HAn A PROGRAM OF SEEING TWO CABINET
OFFICERS PER WEEK (OF THOSE HE RARELY MEETS WITH). TOMORROW IS
SCHLESINGER'S TURN. THE STANDARD SUBJECTS FOR DISCUSSION ARE THE
DEPARTMENT BUDGET AND THE flMB PROJECT ON "MANAGEMENT BY OBJECTIVES".
IT IS BILLED, AT LEAST, AS A STRICTLY PRO FORMA OPERATION. t WILL
GIVE YOU A REPORT
4. THE JERRY SCHECTER PIECE IN TIME (SENT SEP TEL) WAS NOT
VERY HELPFUL INSOFAR AS A !EDGE BETWEEN YOU AND THE PRESIDENT IS
CONCERNED.
5. SPOKE WITH NANCY TODAY. SHE IS WELL AND SURVIVING THE BIG
SNOW STORM WITHOUT DIFFICULTY.
6. THE PRESIDENT AND HAIG HAVE SPENT MOST OF THE DAY
ON STRATEGY OF MAKING PUBLIC INFORMATION FROM THE TAPES TURNED
OVER TO SIRICA AND ON WHETHER TO VETO A BILL GRANTING THE ERVIN
COMMITTEE COMPULSORY SUBPOENA POWER.
WARM REGARDS.
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