JORDANIAN QUALMS ON PEACE PROCESS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP85M00363R001202740021-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 30, 2007
• Sequence Number: 21
• Publication Date: February 3, 1983
• Content Type: MEMO

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National Intelligence Council
THE DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE
NIC 958-83
3 February 1983
MEMORANDUM FOR: Director of Central Intelligence
Deputy Director of Central Intelligence
THROUGH: Chairman, National Intelligence Council 0t.
Vice Chairman, National Intelligence Council
FROM: Charles E. Waterman
National Intelligence Officer for Near East/South Asia
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Jordanian Qualms on Peace Process
1. The following reflects views on the peace nrnrecc
-The Jordanians increasingly feel the best they will obtain from the
PLO is a highly-nuanced "permissiveness" for a Jordanian entry into
negotiations.
renders the earlier Jordanian intention conditionally to enter the peace
process less certain. Specifically:
-Lack of any progress on Lebanon has forced that problem to assume
far greater importance than it did at the time of the King's 25X1
visit. It has become symbolic of U.S. unwillingness to play tough
with Israel, even on an inherently easier problem.
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a mood of realism is setting in which
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SUBJECT: Jordanian Qualms on Peace Process
Charles E. Waterman
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