CABLE TO SECRETARY KISSINGER FROM GENERAL SCOWCROFT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-260-1-12-8
• Release Decision: RIPLIM
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: December 7, 2009
• Sequence Number: 12
• Publication Date: May 10, 1974
• Content Type: CABLE

No Objection to Declassification in Part 2009/12/07 : LOC-HAK-260-1-12-8
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FROM: GENERAL 5COWCROFT
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F^LLCIWING IS FRl7M SDNNENFE~.DT.
THJ= ACTING SECRETARY IS SENDING YOU A FRI~NTCHANNEL MESSAGE
JtEQUESTIMG CERTAIN INSTRUCTIpNS IN CONNECTIr)N WITH HIS
FORTHCpMING VISIT TO YUGOSLAVIA. THE THRUST pF THE GUIDANCE
REQUESTED I5 TO PUT US-YUGCI5LAV R~LATIDNS gpCK G]N CQURSE FULL
SPEED AHEADs BASED pN YOUR RECENT MEETING WITM MINK.
IT I5 ALSO C[]NSQNANT WITH YOUR AGREEMENT IN PRINCIPLE
Tn VISIT YUGOSLAVIA YOURSf;LF?
IT WOULD BE MY .JUDGMENT THAT UNLESS YDU HAYS SOME ASSURANCE
pF A PpSITIVELY WELPFUI YUGOSIAV POSTURE qN TWE MIDDLE EAST
AND pTWER ISSUES OF INTJ=REST TD USs THE IMPRtaVEMENT IN
RELATIQNS WIrtFi YUGOSLAVIA nUGHT Tf1 BE PURSUED IN SOMEWHAT MC1RE
M~ASUttEi~ DOSAGES THAN IMPLIED IN THE ACTING SECRETARY~5 PROPl75ED
COURSES OF ACTINN. THUS I BELIEVE MILITARY SALES AND
A SCHLESINGER VISIT AUGHT NOT 1'p gE BOTH APPROVED AT THIS
TIME, PROPO5ED P?SITION ON PRIMEMINISTER~S VISIT TO THE US
IN 1975 SEEMS QK. DENT VISIT EARLY THIS SUMMER WOULD IN MY VIEW
BE OVERLOADING CIRCUITS IF RUSH AND YOU BOTH Gq. IN ANY JVENTs
I Wt~ULD RECpMMEND THAT YOUR RESPONSE TCl THE ACTING SECRETARY
SHOULD INCLUDE GUIDANCE WHEREBY H!= WOULD MAKE IT CLEAR
THAT RETURN Tp EARLIER COURSE IN US-YUGgSLAV RELATIpNS IS
BpUND TO BE AFFECTED BY YUGpSl.AV CONDUCT CIN,ISSUES TWAT MATTfwR
TO US.
WARM REGARDS.
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No Objection to Declassification in Part 2009/12/07 : LOC-HAK-260-1-12-8