CABLE TO BRENT SCOWCROFT FROM HENRY KISSINGER

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-259-1-60-7
• Release Decision: RIPLIM
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: May 18, 2010
• Sequence Number: 60
• Publication Date: December 18, 1973
• Content Type: CABLE

No Objection to Declassification in Part 2010/05/18: LOC-HAK-259-1-60-7
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FM LISBON
TO WHITE HOUSE
S E C R E T 181122Z DEC 73
LISBON 016
HAKTO 66 IMMEDIATE
FOR SCOWCROFT FROM SECRETARY KISSINGER
1. YOU MAY PASS TO SCHLESINGER THE FOLLOWING READOUT ON
ARMS TALKS IN AMMAN:
A. IN ANSWER TO JORDANIAN PLEAS FOR SUPPORT I PROMISED THAT
USG WOULD BE VERY'SYMPATHETIC TO THEIR NEEDS.. BUT I ALSO
DESCRIBED OUR SERIOUS PROBLEMS WITH THE CONGRESS, AND
INDICATED THAT THESE WOULD HAVE TO BE DEALT WITH IN SOME
FASHION.
B. AS TO TOW MISSILES, I PROMISED WE WOULD PROVIDE THEM AS
SOON AS POSSIBLE. IN THAT REGARD, THE SCHEDULE YOU HAVE
LAID OUT IN TJHAK 120 IS FINE..
SECRET: CLASSIFIED BY ANOTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCY. EXEMPT FROM
GENERAL DECLASSIFICATION SCHEDULE OF EXECUTIVE ORDER 11652 EXEMPTION
CATEGORY 58 (1). IMPOSSIBLE TO DETERMINE.
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No Objection to Declassification in Part 2010/05/18: LOC-HAK-259-1-60-7