FUTURE OF THE SINAI SUPPORT MISSION

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP84B00890R000400020009-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 14, 2005
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: October 15, 1981
• Content Type: MF

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THE WHITE HOUSE
October 15, 1981
MEMORANDUM FOR THE HONORABLE ALEXANDER M. HAIG, JR.
The Secretary of State
D THE HONORABLE CASPAR W. WEINBERGER
The Secretary of Defense
THE HONORABLE DAVID STOCKMAN
The Director, Office of Management and Budget
THE HONORABLE WILLIAM CASEY
The Director of Central intelligence
THE HONORABLE M. PETER McPHERSON
Administrator, Agency for International Development
THE HONORABLE EUGENE ROSTON
Director, Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
THE HONORABLE FRANK E. MAESTRONE
7 Director, Sinai Support Mission
SUBJECTS Future of the Sinai Support Mission
The U. S. Government has agreed to provide a military contingent
and a civilian observer group (COG) to the Multinational Force
and Observers (MFO) to be established by March 20, 1982 to
supervise certain terms of the Egyptian-Israeli Peace Treaty in
the Sinai and a zone in Israel after total Israeli withdrawal
from Egypt on April 25, 1982. After this date, the COG will take
over the verification and inspection duties currently performed
by the Sinai Field Mission (SFM) and will be the only MFO unit to
monitor the entire controlled area. SFM is a joint government-
private sector operation directed by the Sinai Support Mission
(SSM) established by Presidential Executive Order in January 1976.
An early decision is needed on how to organize and support the
COG which Egypt and Israel requested be drawn from and operate
in a manner similar to SFM. If SSM is to support the COG, amend-
ment of the Executive order under which it operates will be
required. There is also the question of whether SSM should pro-
vide to the Director General of the MFO similar support and
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coordination with USG agencies such as now furnished to SFM.
Alternatively, other arrangements could be considered to
support the COG and possibly also the MFO Director General.
In any event, recruitment of USG volunteer personnel for COG
duty in March/April 1982, if drawn from the foreign affairs
agencies as at present, should begin by mid-October.
Contractual arrangements to obtain civilian observers with
military expertise and any other administrative and logistic
support should 'also begin by the same date to ensure a
smooth transition from SFM to COG operation.
Because several agencies are represented on the Sinai Inter-
agency Board which was set up to advise on SSM activities
and because of U.S. security assurances to Israel in case of
violation of the Peace Treaty, an interagency meeting will
be convened on Friday, October 16 at 2:30 p.m. in the White
House Situation Room to recommend whether any Presidential
action may be necessary-or what other arrangements should be
made to deal'with this issue. Decisions'oa the level of
resources to be made available to support these activities
also need to be taken.
Please call in the name of your representative to Geoffrey,
Kemp at 395-3491.
Richard V., Allen
Assistant to the President
for National Security Affairs
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