CABLE TO SECRETARY KISSINGER (SANITIZED)

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LOC-HAK-284-11-3-1
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RIPLIM
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S
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2
Document Creation Date: 
January 11, 2017
Document Release Date: 
September 30, 2009
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3
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Publication Date: 
February 9, 1974
Content Type: 
CABLE
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No Objection To Declassification 2009/09/30: LOC-HAK-284-11-3-1 OP MME DE_]R0005 0401619 0.0915571 FEB 74 ZYH t BR A S I L I A S E C R E T *******S copy TO, THE WHITE HOUSE S E 'C R E T S E . N S_1 T I V E 0914591 ' FEB -74 To: S CRFTARY IN.. ONLY SENSITIVE PRIIMI~ BRASILIA 20005 SAW PRESIDENT MEDIC`i FIR MnRE- THAN AN HOUR Hr WA VERY CORDIAL A RELAXED. . HE SAW ME AT HIS FARM A INIn SLACKS AND A :BRIGHT GREEN SPORT 'SHIRT. #F EXPRESSED WARM APPRECIATION TO PRESIDENT AND SECRETARY FOR RAVING SENT ME T?-;;:SEE HIM. I C . NVEYED YOUR MESSAGES. M, D I,C I WAS DELIGHTED ' ,HAT THERE I S NO I MPENn I NG CHANGE I N rli oR POLICY TOWARDS CUBA AND SAID THAT BRAZIL"PELT WE DID NOT NFFO, CUBA UNTIL LATTER GAVE SOME INDICATION OF HAVING ABANDONED INTERVENTION IN A"FFAIR,S OF NEIGHBORS. .WEDICI SAID THAT BRAZIL WISHED.PERON WELL'AS HE WAS ALMOST LAST HOPE FOR ANY, KIND OF ORDER IN ARGENTINA. HE FELT IT wISF FOR ME. TO SEE HIM AND:.. VELASCO AND WAS .PA..RTICULARLY PLEASED THAT I 'WOULD SEE PINOCHET. HE SAID THAT BRAZIL WAS COMMITTED' Tn CHILE GOVERNMENT' SUCCESS AND HA'D "DOMF AND WOULD no EVERTHING POSSIBLE- TO HELP THEM:;,, HE WOULD LIKE To, COORDINATE A.SSISTA,,iCE To CHILEANS WITH US TD'''AVQID DUPLICATION. MFDICI EXPRESSED CONCERN AT'PERUVIAN RECEIPT OF SOVIET ARMS ORIGINALLY INTENDED F R ALLENGB. SAID U.S. AND BRAZIL MUST CONCERT TO AVOID ANY CONFLIC. I TOLD MEDICI THAT LATIN AMERICANS SHOULD NOT EXPECT SECRETARY KISSINGFR TO PULL ANYRABBITS:OUT OF HAT AT MEXICO CITY BUT USA WAS SINCERELY DESIROUS OF ESTABLISHING NEW QELATICINSHIP WIT-I 'NEIGHBORS BASED ON JUSTICE NOT SIZE OR STRENGTH: MEDICI PRAISEn GENEROUS U.S. GESTURE. TO PANAMA AND HOPED IT WOULD BE UNDERSTOOD .AS SUCH BY THE PANAMANIANS,, I SAID WE'LOOKED FORWARD TO"CLOSER RELATIONSHIP AND EXCHANGF OF INTELLIGENCE WITH BRAZILIANS. PRESIDENT HA? CHOSEN EXTRAORnINARILY ABLE AMBASSADOR WHO.NJOYE( H'IS TOTAL CONFIDENCE AND THAT ric- SECRETARY OF STATE. PRESIDENT MEDICI.SAID AMBASSADOR CRIMMINS, ARSOLUTEIY FIRST CLA",S,,AND EASILY MOST ABLE AND DISTINGUISHtn FOREIGN DIPLQMAT'"? + BR'A21L IN RECENT YEARS. ON-FILE NSC RELEASE INSTRUCTIONS APPLY * * ' * * A i ::* * * * *WHSR C?MME.4T * * * * HAK: SCOWCROFT, No Objection To Declassification 2009/09/30: LOC-HAK-284-11-3-1 No Objection To Declassification 2009/09/30: LOC-HAK-284-11-3-1 ******* S E C R E T *******S COpy MEDICI PRAISED STRONG U.S. ACTION IN MIDDLE EAST AND ABILIT\, TO MATCH AND SURPASS SOVIET AIRLIFT FOLLOWED BY SECRETARY'S ABLE BRINGING OF ARABS AND ISRAELIS TOGETHER. HE SAID THAT LEBANESE FOREIGN MINISTER HAD GIVEN HIM LONGs WRONG ACCOUNT OF MIDDLE FAST EVENTS. MEDICI ALSO PRAISED U.S. INCREASE OF DEFENSE BUDGET WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY PURSUING NEGOTIATING TRACK. SAID SOVIET THREAT STILL SERIOUS AND BRAZILIANS AWARE OF IT, MAJOR CLOUD WAS RISE IN OIL PRICES BUT "SECRETARY KISSINGER WAS WORKING ON IT AND IF HE WAS WORKING ON IT THERE WOULO BE RFSULTS.", BRAZILIANS WERE KEENLY LOOKING FORWARD TO SECRETARY'S VISIT, PRESIDENT MEDICI CONTRASTEfD DISORDERLY SITUATION HE FOUND n*1 ASSUMING THE PRESIDENCY WITH CURRFNT TRANQUILLIY IN BRAZIL. ONLY REAL SHADOW WAS :THREAT OF WHAT MUCH HI,, HER OIL PRICES WOULD MEAN TO BRAZIL,. NIOIC`I SAID HE HAD. BEEN VERY LUCKY I,,ACHIEVING WIDESPREAD CONCFNSUS CIF BRAZILIANS AND COULD WITS? CLEAR CONSCIENCE PASS ON GOVERNMENT TO HIS SUCCESSOR. IN RETIREMENT AS IN PRESIDENCY HE WOULD REMAIN FRIEND AND ADMIRER OF THE U.S. AND BELIEVED DEEPLY THAT SURVIVAL OF FREEDOM WAS TIED Tfl POWER AND RESOLVE OF THE THE U.S. AND ITS COURAGEOUS PRESIDENT WHOM HE FELT WOULD PREVAIL OVER THE LITTLE MEN , WHO ,WERE TRY t NG TO BRING HIM DOWN. FULLER REPORT ON MY RETURN. E?r IMPOET. 8cQ No Objection To Declassification 2009/09/30: LOC-HAK-284-11-3-1