INFORMATION ITEMS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-262-3-5-2
• Release Decision: RIPLIM
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: May 28, 2010
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: November 6, 1974
• Content Type: CABLE

No Objection to Declassification in Part 2010/05/28: LOC-HAK-262-3-5-2
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SYR IAN VIEWS: ILLUSTRATIVE__OF_RIPORTS_AVSY)/IAN U.IXD,10
ADVANCE OF YOUR VISIT,
THE SYRIAN LEADERSHIP AS EXTREM LY
CHANCES OF AN EARLY NEGOTIATED SETTLE .CAUSE OF ISRAELI
UNWILLINGNESS TO WITHDRAW FURTHER FROM GOLAN AND U.S. UNWILLING-
OSS OR INABILITY TO PRESSURE ISRAEL TO Po ,SO# THE SYRIANS ARE
S SAID TO FEEL THEY WILL HAVE TO, STIMULATE THIS PRESSURE BY
EFUSINO TO RENEW UNDOF UNLESS THEA3ENEVA TALKS ARE RECONVENED
A D THERE ARE TANGIBLE INDICATIONS THAT MIDEAST PEACE INITIATIVES
ARE PROGRESSING. THE SYRIANS UNDERSTAHD
THAT FAILURE TO RENEW UNDOF WILL PROBABLY MEAN RENEWED FIGHTING
IN THE GOLAN AREA. HOWEVER, ASAD WANTS To RESOLVE THE GOLAN
PROBLEM AND BELIEVES THAT UNLESS THE SYRIANS PUSH THE ISRAELIS
OUT OF THE AREA THEY WILL REMAIN THERE INDEFINITELY.
ON-FILE NSC RELEASE
INSTRUCTIONS APPLY
. REPORTS THAT THE SYRIANS ESTIMATE
ONLY APPEAR OPTIMISTIC, GIVEN THE
ANY SYRIAN PROVOCATION. REPORTING
THE PAST FEW DAYS THE ISRAELI PRESS
CONSTITUTE A CASUS BELLI* (HOUGHTON/NI
REPORTS THE BRITISH WILL ABROGATE SI.NOWTOWN PACT WITH SOUTH
AFRICA: OUR EMBASSY IN CAPE TOWN REPORTS THAT, ACCORDING TO
THE SOUTH AFRI4N PRESS, THE LABOR, GOVERNMENT HAS DECIDED TO
END THE SIMONSTOWN AGREEMENT (PERSITTI-NG UK, NAVY THE USE OF
PORT FACILITIES). JE DECISION WAS REPORTEDLY TAKEN LAST WEEK
AND, .LEAXED..TO ,THE -MOSS TO MOLLIFY4 itIVIOS: ANGER IN THE LEFT W
OF THE LABOR PARTY. THE ARTICLE coNtatirtil THAT U.S. DEFENSE
DEPARTMENT OFFICIALS "ADMITTED" TliE, U.S. WOULD VERY MUCH LIKE
TO -U4".. SIMONSTOWN.
IGHTING IN GOLAN
ISRAELI REACTION TO
L. AVIV SAYS THAT IN
ES DEBATING WHAT 'WOULD
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OTHER RECENT SOUTH AFRICAN NEWS STORIES CLAIM THE U.S. HAS PRI-
VA TELY WARNED BRITAIN OF THE "SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES OF ABROGATING
THE AGREEMENT. ONE STORY SAYS T HE "STATE DEPARTMENT IS SAID TO BE
DOING EVERYTHING IN ITS POWER TO STOP ANY SUCH BRITISH MOVE, WHICH
IS REGARDED AS MADNES30* THE DEPARTMENT*, IN RESPONSE TO EMBASSY
REQUESTS FOR GUIDANCE AUTHORIZED INTERESTED POSTS TOSAY THE
U.S. GOVERNMENT HAS NOT ENCOURAGED THE:, UK TO MAINTAIN THE SIMONS..
TOWN AGREEMENT, AND HAS. NOT ENCOURAGED THE LW TO COLLABORATE WITH
SOUTH AFRICAN NAVAL PR CES. (HORAN),
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No Objection to Declassification in Part 2010/05/28: LOC-HAK-262-3-5-2