CABLE TO HENRY A. KISSINGER FROM BRENT SCOWCROFT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-259-3-5-6
• Release Decision: RIPLIM
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: October 14, 2011
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: February 27, 1974
• Content Type: CABLE

No Objection to Declassification in Part 2011/10/14: LOC-HAK-259-3-5-6
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TO LA?rRY EAGLF.BURGER FOR SEC. KI SI"di ER
FE5'1JiRY 27, 1974
TO LARRY E.AOLEBURGER FOR HENRY A. tKKISSINGER
FROM: BRENT SCOWCROFT
0: HENRY A. KISSINGER
OSD and DOS reviews
completed.
THE PRESIDENT: HAS NOW SIGN
T-' S CHARITY.
LEG AL
I HAVE SPOKEN WITH SCHLESINGER REGARDING THE 1"O4MIT1ENT TO
DEFRAY THE COSTSIZF EXPLOSIVE CLEARANCE OF THE SUEZ CANAL (HAFTO 14).
DEFENSE HAS A MAJOR EFFORT NOW GOING ON EXPLORING THIS ENTIRE
SUE AND I WILL HAVE SCHLESI LAGER' S RESPONSE FOR YOU SHOJLY. T
IGHT SAY AT THIS POINT, HOWEVER, THAT HIS ATTITUDE SEEMS TO FSF
ONE OF EXTREME: CAUTION AND THE JOS APPARENTLY WANT TO PROVIDE
ONLY TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE. I WILL GET BACK TO YOU SHORTLY Ott
M I HAD ALREADY REGISTERED WITH SIMON' OVER HIS STAT1IMENT ON
THE SHAH, BUT USED HAKTO 13 AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO' DO IT AGAI?~'.
HE CLAIMS HE WAS NISQUOTFD, BUT HE HAS THE MESSAGE.3
4. ZAHEDI APPRECIATED YOUR MESSAGE AND SAID HE WOULD CONVEY I ?.
I1 E_ )TAT ;LY TO SHAH. HE OBVIOUSLY WAS NOT OVERJOYED WITH
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No Objection to Declassification in Part 2011/10/14 : LOC-HAK-259-3-5-6