CABLE TO SECRETARY KISSINGER FROM AMBASSADOR EILTS, CAIRO

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-260-3-22-5
• Release Decision: RIPLIM
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: December 4, 2009
• Sequence Number: 22
• Publication Date: May 24, 1974
• Content Type: CABLE

No Objection to Declassification in Part 2009/12/04: LOC-HAK-260-3-22-5
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To: SECRETARY KISSINGFR
FROM# AMBASSADOR EILTSs CAIRO
1. WHEN WITH`FAHMY TODAY, I ASKED ABOUT THE RESULTS OF
MARWAN'S RECENT MISSION TO ALGERIA. I RECALLED NE,HAD
EARLIER TOLD ME MARWAN HAD BEEN SENT THERE BY PRESIDENT
SADAT TO URGEBOUMEDIENE TO AGREE TO THE RESUMPTION OF
WITH. THE USG EVEN BEFORE SYRIAN
DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS
DISENGEGEMEN'T TAKES PLACE. FAHMY SAID MARWAN HAD REPORTED
THAT BOUMEDIENE IS AGREEABLE IN PRICIPLE TO THE RESUMPTION
OF SUCH DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS, HOWEVER, HE DOES NOT
WANT TO DO SO BEFORE SYRIAN DISENGAGEMENT.* SINCE HE, BELIEVES
SUCH AN ACTION ON HIS PART NOW COULD EMBARRASS ASAD.
ONCE SYRIAN DISENGEGEMENT TAKES PLACEs BOUMEDIENE ALLEGEDLY
HAS IN MIND AN EGYPTIAN-ALGERIAN-SYRIAN SUMMIT TO CHART
THE FUTURE RELATIONSHIP OF ALL THREE COUNTRIES WITH US.
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2'. FAHMY THEN NOTED THAT BOUMEDIENE IS ABOUT TO REORGANIZE
HIS MILITARY FORCES. THEY BADLY NEED SUCH REORGANIZATION.
FOR EXAMPLES BOUMEDIENE HAS AT THE MOMENT Nth AIRCRAFT,.
SINCE ALL WERE SENT TO EGYPT. THE QUESTION, AS FAHMY
SEES IT, IS WHETHER BOUMEDIENE TURNS TOWARDS THE US OR
THE SOVIETS FOR MILITARYASSISTANCE. IN. THIS CONNECTION:
HE SAID MARSHAL GRECHKO IS SCHEDULED TO VISIT ALGIERS
NEXT WEEK. WHILE THE ,UPCOMING GRECHKO VISIT WILL NOT,
IN HIS. VIEWS BE CONCLUSIVE IN TERMS OF BQUMEDIENE"S
DECISION, SOME URGENT USG ATTENTION SHOULD BE GIVEN TO
ALGERIANS.
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3'. FAHMY ASKED ME TO-CONVEY TO YOU HIS -PERSDNAL SUGGESTION
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THAT YOU CONSIDER STOPPING BY ALGIERS ON, THE WAY BACK. FROM
CAIRO FOR PERHAPS SIX HOURS OR OVERNIGHT. HE THOUGHT SUCH
A QUICK VISIT'BY YOU, IF YOU CAN POSSIBLY Or) SO, WILL
HAVE A SIGNIFICANT.IMPACT ON BOUMEOIENE AND.-MAKE IT EASIER
FOR PRESIDENT SADAT TO INFLUENCE THE ALGERIAN PRESIDENT.
4. FAHMY ASKED THAT THIS INFORMATION BE SENT ONLY TO
YOU AND NOT PASSED TO ANYONE.
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