CABLE TO RODMAN/LORD FOR DR. KISSINGER FROM THE SITUATION ROOM

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-462-1-26-9
• Release Decision: RIFLIM
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: July 26, 2010
• Sequence Number: 26
• Publication Date: February 17, 1973
• Content Type: CABLE

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No Objection to Declassification in Full 2010/07/26 : LOC-HAK-462-1-26-9
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No Objection to Declassification in Full 2010/07/26: LOC-HAK-462-1-26-9
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