CABLE TO BRENT SCOWCROFT FROM HENRY KISSINGER

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-259-3-13-7
• Release Decision: RIPLIM
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: June 1, 2010
• Sequence Number: 13
• Publication Date: February 27, 1974
• Content Type: CABLE

No Objection to Declassification in Part 2010/06/01 : LOC-HAK-259-3-13-7
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TO THE WHITE HOUSE
S E C R E T 2720432 FEB 74 SENSITIVE
HAKTf 19 IMMEDIATE
Tn: BRENT SCOWCROFT
FROMm: SECRETARY KISSINGER
PLEASE PASS THE FOLLOWING REPORT TO THE PRESIDENT:
QUOTE: F HAVE COMPLETED.A SECOND MEETING WITH ASADs
AS I INOICATEO'TO YOU IN My PREVIOUS REPORT., ASAD HAS AGREED TO LET
ME HAND OVER THE POW LIST, AND TO AUTHORIZE RED CROSS VISITS.
BUT HE I S TAKING A VERY. TOUGH POSITION ON THE OVERALL ISSUE OF
DISENGAGEMENT. HE HAS TOLo) ME THAT IF THE ISRAELIS COME FORWARD
WITH A DISENGAGEMENT SCHEME THAT DOES NO MORE THAN RETURN THE SIDES
Tn'THE 1967 LINES HE WILL BREAK OFF THE TALKS. ON THE BASIS
OF PAST PERFORMANCE I AM FORCED TI"i BELIEVE THAT HE MEANS IT AND WILL
On PRECISELY THAT. ALSO OHI THE BASIS OF PAST PERFORMANCE, T EXPECT
IT WILL BE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO OBTAIN AN OPENING POSITION FROM
THE ISRAELIS THAT WILL NOT RUN AFOUL OF ASAD'S PRESCRIPTION, THUS,
I PLAN TO WORK FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AND PRESENTATION TO THE SYRIANS
OF A PROPOSAL THAT IS VAGUE ENOUGH IN ITS DETAILS TO AVOID THE
PITFALLS POSSIBLE ON BOTH SIDES WHILE SERVING TO GET NEGOTIATIONS
STARTED. I WILL KNOW MORE ON THIS AFTER I FINISH MY MEETINGS WITH
THE ISRAELIS TONIGHT.
IN MY FIRST MEETING WITH PM MEIR THIS AFTERNOON I TURNED OVER
THE POW LIST. SHE WAS GRATEFUL, AND ASKED THAT SHE BE GIVEN TIME
TO NOTIFY THE FAMILIES BEFORE WE MADE ANY PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT
THUS THE SLIGHT DELAY IN THE RELEASE TIME IN WASHINGTON.
I WILL FINISH MY FIRST ROUND OF TALKS WITH THE ISRAELIS THIS
EVENING AND GO ON TO CAIRO TOMORROW. I WILL REPORT TO YOU FROM
THERE.
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