CABLE TO HENRY A. KISSINGER FROM BRENT SCOWCROFT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-260-1-14-6
• Release Decision: RIPLIM
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: December 7, 2009
• Sequence Number: 14
• Publication Date: May 11, 1974
• Content Type: CABLE

No Objection to Declassification in Part 2009/12/07 : LOC-HAK-260-1-14-6
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Tn: HENRY A. KISSINGER
FROM: BRENT SCOWCROFT
I DIO NC1T ATTEND?STAFF MEETING THIS MORNING SINGE I
WAS GIVING THE VICE PRESIDirNT HI5 9T-WEEKLY BRIEFING. I
UNDERSTAND NQTHING OF SIGNIFICANCE TC1gK PLACE.
I HAVE COMPLETEq BRIEFING C1F THE CpNGRES5MEN AS RERUE51'EO
IN HAK T(7 b0 ( E7(CEPT F{]R A ~^pUPLE WHp HAVE NQT Yf T RETURNED
MY CALL). ALL SEEMED GRATEFUL FOR THE STAT~IS R~PURT5 AND Mt1ST
HAD. LAU{)ATORY REMARKS TO MAKE AW01)T YpUR EFFCIRTS. HUMPWREY
AND STENNIS WERE ESPECIALLY WARM IN THEIR PRAISE OF YCIU,
JAVITS ASKf=D ME T? TEII. Ypl1 THAT HE WOULD B~ Gl]ING TO EUROPE
AND THE MIDDLE EAST AS NE HAD 1*ARLIER DISCUSSED WITH YOU.
ANO HE WAS PLANNING THE TRIP FOR THE ENO OF JUNE ~R EARLY
JULY..
SCHLESINGFR IS VERY, .VERY INTERESTED IN Y?UR VISITING
THE. GRAND FpRKS MISSILE FIELD A$ SOON AS Ps~11SSIBLE. HIS MOTIVES,
I FEAR, ARE NQ1' PURELY ALTRUISTIC, I THINK HE'IS TRYING
Tp GET BACK IN THE GpCfD GRACES t7F SENATOR YOUNG, WHOM WE
OUTRAGE^ A 5HORT TIME AGO F1Y TRANSFERRING A RESERVE S6~UADRpN
OR 50METHING LIKE THAT.. 5CHLESINGER KEEPS pRESS~NG FOR A pgTEr
SAYING THAT YpU HAVE ALREADY SAID YOU WQUII.) DO IT. I TOLD
HIM THAT I SEE NQ WA Y. YOU 'CAN G~ BEFORE THE ~NO.[lF JUNE ANO
THAT THE MOST PRACTICAL: APPROACH MIGHT BE Tf] STOP BY ON 'THE
WAY TO qR FRpM SAN CLEMENTE. NQ ACTION IS REQUIRED AT THE.
MpMENT.
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No Objection to Declassification in Part 2009/12/07 : LOC-HAK-260-1-14-6
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STEVE LOW SAYS THAT`THE pRAFT DIRECTIVE YDU HAVE WITH
YDU ON THE ARGENTINE .SUBS 1 D I ARY CASE ( LOG Nrj. fi8~91 $HClULD
~BE ISSUPD 5Q THAT THE C3EPARTMENTS CAN BEGIN iMPLEMENTATtDN
OF THE DECISION. IE YC1U APpRC?V~, I WILL SIr,N THE PAPER OUT
BACK Hf;Rf=.
I HAVE SENT YOU JOHN SCAL"IBS MESSAGE ON HUMPHREY~S PQ0~1
CRISIS SPEECH. I HDPE THAT WE CAN ADDRESS THIS ISSUE IN
A MORE DRD;ERLY INTERAGENCY PASFiIDN THAN THE ~4 BYLLIC?N UN.
PACKAGE. THE RESENTMENT puf~R THAT AND WHEAT" FDR PERU IS
STILL HIGH AND THAT PEELING. SER'VE'S DNLY TD CREATE GROUND-
LESS RESISTANCE TO qUR PROpDSAlS AND PRDGitAMS.
THE VICE PRESIp~NT ME"f WITH THE PRESIDENT F(~R AN HOUR.
.TODAY. THE PRrwSI.k9ENT IS AT PRESENT t~UT pN THE S~QUDIA..
APPARENTLY WITH 1'WE FAMILY.
WARM .REGARDS.
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No Objection to Declassification in Part 2009/12/07 : LOC-HAK-260-1-14-6