CABLE TO PETER RODMAN FOR SEC. KISSINGER FROM THE SITUATION ROOM

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-259-3-89-4
• Release Decision: RIPLIM
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: March 25, 2010
• Sequence Number: 89
• Publication Date: March 25, 1974
• Content Type: CABLE

No Objection to Declassification in Part 2010/03/25: LOC-HAK-259-3-89-4
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OP IMMED
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0 25180OZ MAR 74
FM THE SITUATION ROOM //TOHAK12//
To PETER RODMAN FOR SEC..KXSSINGER
S E C R E T VIA BLACK PATCH WH40765
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TOHAK12
M$G FROM DIA
REF,DIA MSG 67061, DIG 2504242 MAR 74*
h, (S/NFD) FROM HERE THERE. IS NO REPORTED OR vtS1BI F C14ANGr-c IN
SnVIFT POSTURING OPPOSITE THE IRANIAN BORDER.
AUTONOMY PROBLEMS. INDICATIONS ARE THAT SOVIETS PUSHING IRAQIS TO
RESOLVE BARZANI PROBLEM EVEN IF IT MEANS OPEN WARFARE.
2, (S/NFD) IRAQI COMMANDO UNIT RECENTLY MOVED TO
KIRKUK AND AN UNUSUAL MOVEMENT OF ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNS T? THE
NORTHERN AREA. REASON UNKNOWN AN ALLIED CONSIDERATION IS THAT
IRAQIS MAY BE CONCERNED ABOUT IRANIAN AIRCRAFT SUPPORT D09 KURDS.
3. (S/NFD) RECENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT SOVIET AMBASSADOR To IRAN
AHDQAUDIENCE WITH SHAH' AND CONVEYED THAT SOVIETS WERE IN FUiL
SUPPORT OF IRAQI ON KURDISH AUTONOMY QUESTION AND THAT ANY
INTERFERRENCE BY IRAN WOULD BE TREATED AS AN UNFRIENDLY ACT BY
USSR.
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No Objection to Declassification in Part 2010/03/25: LOC-HAK-259-3-89-4