(Sanitized) HEALTH

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80R01731R002200050067-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 6, 2003
• Sequence Number: 67
• Publication Date: March 28, 1973
• Content Type: TELEGRAM

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Department of State
OVERWEIGHT, PALE AND PUFFY AROUND THE JOWLS.
OP :PUBLIC AND TELEVISION APPEARANCES IN WHICH HE SEEMED TO BE
AFTER THE. FIRST OF THE YEAR WHEN THE PRESIDENT MADE A NUMBER
OF RUMORS, IN THE SHORT TIME THAT I HAVE BEEN HERE, ABOUT
PRESIDENT POMPIDOU'S HEALTH, THESE RUMORS STARTED SHORTLY'
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TO SECSTATE WASHDC.8733,
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?Mr.. Livingston .of the NSC' has
requested'an OCI comment.
SUBJECT: PRESIDENT POMPIDOU'S HEALTH-
REF STATE 55824
1. IN REGARD TO PARAGRAPH TWO, REFTEL, I HAVE HEARD A NUMBER
HEALTH AND SPIRITS AND SPOKE VIGOROUSLY WHEN I PRESENTED MY
NO BASIS OF COMPARISON, PRESIDENT POMPIDOU APPEARED IN GOOD
SUGGEST YOU TALK ABOUT THIS W1TH (iC_NE_RAL_WALTERS. WHILE I HAVE
ANOTHER UNNAMED BUT TERMINAL DISEASE. IF YOU HAVE OPPORTUNITY,
RUMORS THAT THE PRESIDENT IS SUFFERING FROM CANCER OR FROM
3. 4-E, THE BRITISH, AND OTHERS HAVE HEARD MORE EXTRAVAGANT
AS THEY WERE BASED ON INFORMATION FROM THE 13RITISH EMBASSY HERE.
PROVIDED THE BASIS OF SIR ALEC DOUGLAS-HU!IE'S REMARKS, INSOFAR
INFORMATION AVAILABLE TO THE BRITISH EMBASSY WHICH MIGHT HAVE
STOPPED THE CORTISONE TREATMENTS, THIS IS ALSO-THE ONLY HARD
SOURCE ADDED THAT THE PRESIDENT. IS MUCH BETTER NOW AND HAS
2. AN EMBASSY OFFICER WAS RECENTLY TOLD BY AN ELYSEE SOURCE
CLOSE TO THE- PRESIDENT THAT POMPIDOU HAS BEEN SUFFERING FROM
RHEUMATISM AND HAS UNDERGONE CORTISONE TREATMENTS. THE
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CREDENTIALS ON_.MARCH 23.
4.:PLEASE PASS. TO LONDON I F DESIRED.
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