CABLE TO LARRY EAGLEBURGER FROM BRENT SCOWCROFT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-259-1-92-2
• Release Decision: RIPLIM
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 16
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: September 21, 2009
• Sequence Number: 92
• Publication Date: December 20, 1973
• Content Type: CABLE

No Objection To Declassification 2009/09/22: LOC-HAK-259-1-92-2
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DISCUSS :I)N'S':0N: THE VARL US ASPECTS OF .; 'HE S0'13J'ECT OF PEACE
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MI tED WHICH WILL'.:INFLUENCE.TH"E FNTIRE COURSE CjFTHE CONFERp'CF
?ARb IT DOES~NOT APPEAR..F.FAS'IBiE T(1 ME THAT WE, CAN'AFFOR[1 Tn
tit ABSENT FROM. HALF THE.Tlm.E OF 'THE DI$C-U,$SI,nNS,
THE: MINISTER ,'FOR .[=OR,EIG!l AFFAIRS AN"NDUNCF=D AT. THE
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STATE THE. MAI:N C;f7N0IT:IONS AND THE' POLITICAL F.R?AMEWI RK FOR
. T'HE CO$VE,N'IN(,,OF THE CONFERENCE HAVE BEEN THOROUGHLY,
CI-AR IF"IED.`. , IN THE CURSE f1F~ THF5F CONTACTS WE HAVE AGREEf
T.fl 'THE fEFI.NITiON OF THE FUNCTI:r) I OF THE :UNITE( NATIONS
THE FUNCTION ALLOT-TED TO THE U.. N. HAS BEEN `rHn,RI UGHLY
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CnNV NIN,G, qF THEE CONFERENCE. :ITH, VE nUT OF THE TEN STATES THAT, VOTED
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To IJC'LLkaE THE' SUBJECTS OF THE t)ISCkySSInNS- AT T:HE PEACE
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THE- C.ONFERENCeE,.ARE~ E'GYP;r, JORDAN ANOS:YR,TA., L'EIB.AN[1N
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T`ftE cINVI"T?ATION.: WH-I'LE~, SYR.1-#HAS! REPLIEO. IN THE N:EGArTIVE.
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F'AR THE L,.IBERATION OF, OUR FR':ISONI~"RS. LIN-. OUR PART pRflPOSALS .
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Tfl WHAT IS; Mf3:RE1 -~ IN? MV T'ALK' WITH OR. GUYER THE ASSISTANT
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T tAT':ARE RESPONSIBLE .FOR ACTS ? fF TERRORISM AN-) MLtROER..
'.SH`ALL.: NEGOTIATE WITH THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NEIGH
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WFl, ARE. NOT I GNQR ING THE O I S TURR I NG 'FACT THAT ANN ' OETHE
Pri ERS UNDER WHOSE AUSPICES THE Cf#NEERFNCF IS 'ME.ETIN"G
HAS S'EVIERE0 b'IPL. GMATIC,'"RELr TIONS WITH ISRAEL:,. Tq.JS~POWER
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,, T;. +E 'C.041R. SE OF = THE`-CONFERE"NCE iT:'WT :L BECpM,E. CLEAR WHETHER
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F>I"TT,I;NG Tt7P THF? AIM CIE' THE p;EACE~ CnNFERENCF.
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13F ,DESIGNED TO OFFER AID in THE PARTIES AS REQUIRED IN t ft,Drtz
T1~RR'I"NG,ABOUT THE SUCCESSFUL CCuNCLUSToN OF. THE NEGQTIATICINs,
'Atiq ACHIEVE A CONTRACTUAL AND BINDING' PEACE TREATY.
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-YTHE .A)CHIEVEMEW,'UP THE SIX PCT.IN1 AGREEMENT REPRESENTING
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