CABLE TO HENRY KISSINGER FROM BRENT SCOWCROFT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-261-4-65-6
• Release Decision: RIPLIM
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: October 8, 2010
• Sequence Number: 65
• Publication Date: October 9, 1974
• Content Type: CABLE

ADAMS/BRENis;Z F.OR? THE SECRETARY
HENRY- KISSINGER
FROC1: BRE WT.. SCowcROFT..:
1. THE SENATE PASSED; THE HOUSE VERSION OF THE CONTINUING.
RESOLUTION :?BY- 62- 16. IT THEN`. ACCEPTED THE 1ANSFIELD R1 SOLUTI
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35. .t'IANSFIELD DID.AN EXCELLENT JOB OF GETTING T'1i?~ RE-
8-Y:4-0.OLUOPEDIJ YUIJ _IAY WTSW-TO SEND HIM A SNORT CABLE
SD TN ADT, ADi.
VP_P_ ECIA'TIQty. " I; WILL _SUGGEST T07- T- E PRESIDENT CALL
I ALSO. T8E HOUSE WILL` PROBABLY VOTE tOiViORROW ON MANSFIELD
AND THE: PROSPECTS DO NOT AT THIS POINT LOOK GOOD-.
2.: YOU HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED THE RELEVANT PORTIONS OF THE
PRESIDENT'S' PRESS- CONFERENCE.- HIS - DELIVERY WAS. VERY-, GOOD.. AND. THE
OV-ERALL Il4PRE,SSION EXCELLENT. I THOUGHT HE HANDLED THE FOREIGN
PO_L-ICY-QUESTIONS PRE TT Y..tr1ELL,: EXCEPT THAT I WISH HE HAD POINTED
UP. THE POTENTIAL Ut'iDERi1INING OF YOUR POSITION, BY CONTINUED
..ATTACKS,
3. T :G IERE.K:_:SIGNI iG:. CER.E MO.NY WENT.WELL AND I BELIEVE THE
4. Y E ,IS PLANNING A TOUT OF EUROPE FR OT OCTOBER 26 TO NOVEMBER 5, V
?'TO`i,ISCUSS ARNS CONTROL :MATTERS WITHUSSR. AND. FOREIGN OFFICIALS. l;,};~ `"" ?
STATE HAS NO OBJECTIONS TO ;HIS HIS PROPENSITY
FOR DISASTR. ETSOUS-STATE1IEAR, Y Ai+iD I WONDER I-F Y.QU- IANT HIN
tF'AVi:LIidG_1N .EUNP AT THIS PARTICULAR Tltl I WILL NOT,,
REPEAT NOTTURN HIM OAF UNLESS YOU SO AT5t1
5. REGARDI.N.G TRUDEAU:.VISIT, LARRY- SAYS YOU HAVE A. TRI--LATERAL Qp1
COi~MISSION -DINER ON'-DECEMBER D. ON DECEMBER.. 10 YOU. HAVE A
CARiE R:. rBROWN CHlNCBSE- CAFilBl1IOlV_JJ_kIVIVER aMAti.J1 U_-yJ11H A QUESJ.IO{V
i?ARK ? WQUL~ZI1:CEiliBER 10 BE ALRItaH1 FOR, TRUDEAU? r`.
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6.; HA L.. AND-I PASSED THE SALT NOTE TO DOBRYNIN. AFTER READING.
IT..:-CAREFULLY HE :POINTED OUT FIRST THAT THERE WAS`. NO REFERENCE
TO F.OS, HE, THEN. INDICATED THAT THE _MLBMM1 BAN WOULD BE: A DIFFICULT.
POINT. HE ALSO ASKED FOR CLARIFICATION ON THE "BULGE""- METHOD
OF REACHING- THE-. 19S5 LE.VELS,,.BUT DID NOT INDICATE -.A 4Y D.IS-
AGREEMENT. HE OBSERVED THAT. WE HAD NO- MISSILE SUBLINITS AND THAT
^mE HAD. GIVEN HIu ONLY ONE PROPOSAL -RATHER.THA.N TWO OR THREE
ALL 'IN ALL, HE DID: NOT APPEAR . ESPECIALLY. DI STRUBED BY ANYTHING
IN THE NOTE..
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INSTRUCTIONS
7 IN THE COURSE OF THE:.MEE-TING WITH :DOBRYNIN,: I TOLD HICri.:YOU WE RE UPSET ._AT THE ?.LEAKS ?'OF `-THE VLADIVOSTOK- NEE-TING.. (THIS' WAS
BEFORE. RECEIPT..OF HAKT.O 3) .. HIS RESPONSE WAS THAT. THE REPORT..
SEEMED TO COPE FROM `LONDON, WHICH MADE. IT LESS LIKELY THAT IT
WAS A SOVIET. LEAK. HE THEN SUGGESTED THAT, SINCE IT HAD LEAKED:
WE MAY:AS ?WELLBO AHEAD-AND CONFIRM IT. ~'I -THINK tJE---SR IJLD _NOT~
NCO ?FTRX RIGHT AWAY, IN VIEW Off' T -7'RE-SI'DEi'JT'S PFtE,qS C=O?iFEF;ENC-E
STATLUENT Oi^J l Fi _ BU_t sl6IC.T. I N -ADDLTTON _I. TNAUS RA;T- YOU :GJ ISHED
TO WITHHOLD A:ND ANNOUNCEMENT:-..UNTIL AFTER YOU MOSCOW VISIT IN:
ORDER TQ. RETAIN LEVERAGE OVER TI-(E SOVIETS TO LNSU.RE.A SUBSTANTIVE
OUTCO-ME OF YOU VISIT.--IF THE LATTER.- IS ,NOT A RELEVANT CONSIDERATION,
I THINK tIE, COULD A NNOUIN.CE . AFTER A :DECENT INTERVAL -FOLLOWING THE
S. I DISCOVERED LATE. THIS. AFTERNOON: THAT THE PRESIDENT WAS
HAVING REA.KFA.ST TOMORROW WITH _SCHLESINGER. I. ASKED. THE SC-HEDULFRS
HOW. IT HAP?F.J4ED AND THEY DID NOT KNOW..I ASKED RUNSFELD AWD :HE
TOLD ;ME THAT THE PRESIDENT HAD-.HAD TWO OR THREE BR EA KFAST,S: WITH. % SCHLESINGER AS -VICE _.PRE.S.IDENT AND HAD SAID HE WISHED TO CONTINUE:
THE PRACTICE. ?'_IT. JUST CAME UP. ON THE SCHEDULE" PUNSFELD SAID.
IT HAD ,'t OT HOWEVER, APPEARED' AT. ANY.TINE ON THE- PRESIDENT'S
ADVANCE . -SCHEDULE. RUMSFELD SAID THE iyiEETING WAS- HEAD TO HEAD.
.I TOLD: HIX- THAT THE PROBLEM WITH THAT WASTHAT' FREOUEN:TLY DECISIONS
WLRE:. MADE .AND THEN i'EVER GOT IMPLEMENTED BECAUSE NO ONE KNEW
WHAT HAD HAPPENED :,:.. THAT I THOUGHT I SHOULD 3E IN THE. MEETING. HE
ASKED THE.. PRESIDDENT, WHO SA-ID -:THAT :I SHOULD INDEED. SE ,AT THE MEETIN.G.
I WILL' REPORT...TH HE RESULTS IMMEDIATELY -'FOL:LOWI-NG.
9. THE PRESTDEI T, AFTER.. SAYING GOODBYE. TO G IEREit, ASKED ME TO
CONVEY TO YOU HIS. VERY.BEST WISHES.
State Dept. review completed
No Objection to Declassification in Part 2010/12/21 : LOC-HAK-261-4-65-6