CABLE TO BRENT SCOWCROFT FROM HENRY A. KISSINGER

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-258-6-57-7
• Release Decision: RIPLIM
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: November 19, 2010
• Sequence Number: 57
• Publication Date: November 13, 1973
• Content Type: CABLE

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To WHITF HOUSE SITUATION ROOM
S E C R E T SENSITIVE EYES ONLY
NOVEMBER 13, 1973
HAKTO 47
Tn: BRENT SCOWCRDFT, THE WHITE HOUSE
FROM: HENRY A. KISSINGER
REF: TO HAK 119
1. THE PARANOIA DESCRIBED IN PARAGRAPH 2 OF REFTEL IS
SICKENING. IT IS DISCOURAGING In SAY THE LEAST TO HEAR
A80UT SUCH PREOCCUPATION DURING A TRIP OF INTENSIVE AND
DELICATE. DIPLOMACY. YOU ARE, OF COURSE, RIGHT TO LET ME
KNOW ABOUT THE PROBLEM AND FOLLOWING ARE SOME FACTS WHICH
HOPEFULLY WILL RESTORE SOME PERSPECTIVE.
2. THROUGHOUT THIS TRIP I HAVE MADE AP`ARTICULARLY
VIGOROUS EFFORT TO HIGHLIGHT THE PRESIDENT'S INVOLVEMENT
AND DIRECTION. EVERY TIME I SEE THE PRESS ON THE PLANE OR
ON THE GROUND, FOR EXAMPLE, I EMPHASIZE THAT I AM IN
COMMUNICATION WITH THE PRESIDENT TWO OR THREE TIMES A DAY.
I HAVE ALSO BEEN CAREFUL Tnn INCLUDE REFERENCES TO THE
PRESIDENT IN MY ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE STATEMENTS. UNF?RTU_NATELY$
THE PRESS HAS LARGELY SEEN FIT TO AVOID MENTIONING THESE
ASPECTS FOR REASONS WHICH ARE OBVIOUS.
3. MY MEETING WITH CHAIRMAN MAO PROVIDES A GOOD EXAMPLE.
I MADE SURE WITH THE PRIME MINISTER THAT WE COULD USE IN
THE TEXT OF THE ANNOUNCEMENT THE FACT THAT THE CHAIRMAN
SENT HIS PERSONAL GREETINGS TO THE PRESIDENT. WITH REGARD
TO THE MCCLOSKEY BRIEFING O;,N THE MEETING, THE CHINESE
INSISTED THAT HE READ ONLY THE TEXT OF THE STATEMENT.
WF,.THEREFORE, SAW TO IT THAT THE FIRST QUESTION THAT
MCCLOSKEY WAS ASKED AFTER READING THE ANNOUNCEMENT CON...
CFRNE.D WHETHER THE PRES I DE',IT SENT A MESSAGE TO THE
CHAIRMAN; IT IS THUS OUTRAGEOUS TO SAY THAT HIS HAD TO
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BF DRAGGED OUT OF MCCLOSKEY WHO HAS BEEN FULLY COOPERATING
WITH ME IN THE EFFORT TO HIGHLIGHT THE WHITE HOUSE
REFERENCES. !ACCLOSKEY IN HIS BRIEFING POINTEDLY REFERRED
TO THE PACT THAT I HAD COMMUNICATED WITH THE PRESIDENT
IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE MEETING AND, WHEN ASKED WHETHER THIS
WAS BY TELEPHONE OR TELEGRAMS HE SAID IT WAS THE LATTER.
4. WE HAVE SHIFTED AS MANY ANNOUNCEMENTS TO ZIEGLER AS WE C(IULD
TO THE POINT WHERE THE TRAVELING PRESS IS CARPING.
5. PLEASE TALK TO ZIEGLER AND HAIG AND WHOEVER ELSE NEEDS
ITo AND POINT OUT THE ABOVE FACTS PLUS THE OUTRAGEOUS NATURE
OF THIS SORT OF CONCERN. I HAVE EVERY INTEREST IN HIGH-
LIGHTING THE PRESIDENT'S ROLE. I HAVE MADE A MAXIMUM
EFFORT TO ACCOMPLISH THIS IN THE FACE OF A CYNICAL PRESS.
CORPS. I WILL CONTINUE TO nO MY BEST, BUT I CAN ONLY
DO SO IF THERE IS A FEELING OF MUTUAL SUPPORT AND SOME
SENSE OF A CONCERN FOR THE NATIONAL INTEREST RATHER THAN
PARANOIC CARPING.
b. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE IN WHAT I KNOW IS A
DIFFICULT TASK. PLEASE SHOI.,i THIS-TO HAIG*
7. WAR REGARDS.
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