CABLE TO HENRY A. KISSINGER FROM BRENT SCOWCROFT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-259-6-13-4
• Release Decision: RIPLIM
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: December 4, 2009
• Sequence Number: 13
• Publication Date: March 5, 1974
• Content Type: CABLE

No Objection to Declassification in Part 2009/12/04: LOC-HAK-259-6-13-4
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MESSAGE CONTAINED IN O PASSED. TO DOBRYNIN AT 3:25 P.M.
DOBRYNIN SAID HE IS 'CONFIDENT THE SUGGESTED ARRANGEMENTS WELL
BE FINE BUT HE WILL SEEK URGENT CONFIRMATION FROM GROMYKO.
POINTS OUT, HOWEVER, THAT GROMYKO IS NOW IN DAMASCUS SO THERE MAY
BE SLIGHT DELAY.
WITH REGARD TO THE ANNOUNCEMENT, DOBRYNIN SUGGESTS THAT,
INASTHE TWO OF YOU MUCH AS REVEW" CBE CHANGED TO "CONTINUING~
THE PHRASE REVIEW".
WARM REGARDS.
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MAY 5, 1974
T0: GENERAL SCOWCROFT
FROM: SECRETARY KISSINGER
1. PLEASE TELL DOBRYNIN THAT I ACCEPT GROMKO'S PROPOSAL OF
A MEETING ON MAY 7 IN CYPRUS. HOWEVER, I WILL BE UNABLE TO LEAVE
JERUSALEM UNTIL MID-MORNING AND THEREFORE PROPOSE A LATE MORNING
OR NOON MEETING. UPON RECEIPT OF THE SOVIETS' CONFIRMATION THAT
THIS IS ACCEPTABLE, WE WILL INITIATE CONTACT WITH THE CYPRIOT
GOVERNMENT TO MAKE THE LOGISTICAL ARRANGEMENTS. HAVE DOBRYNIN
SEEK URGENT CONFIRMATION.
2. THERE CAN BE NO ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE MEETING UNTIL WE
GET SOVIET ACCEPTANCE OF THE PROPOSAL. THEN WE WOULD PLAN, IN ORDER
TO KEEP THE ANNOUNCEMENT IN LOW KEY, TO ANNOUNCE THE MEETING TO OUR
TRAVELLING PRESS AT 6:00 PM ISRAEL TIME MONDAY WHILE WE ARE
IN ISRAEL (NOON WASHINGTON TIME).
3. PROPOSE TO DOBRYNIN A SIMPLE ANNOUNCEMENT ALONG THE FOLLOWING
LINES QUOTE SECRETARY OF STATE KISSINGER AND FOREIGN MINISTER
GROMYKO HAVE AGREED TO MEET I N CYPRUS ON MAY 7 FOR R.EV IEW
OF US-SOVIET RELATIONS INCLUDING THE SITUATION IN THE MIO0_ILE EAST-
UNQUOTE PLEASE HAVE DOBRYNIN CONFIRM THAT THE TIMING AND SUBSTANCE
OF THE ANNOUNCEMENT ARE ALSO ACCEPTABLE TO THE SOVIETS.
4. FLASH -US TIME OF DELIVERY OF MESSAGE.
5. WARM REGARDS.
No Objection to Declassification in Part 2009/12/04: LOC-HAK-259-6-13-4