CABLE TO GENERAL SCOWCROFT FROM SECRETARY KISSINGER

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-260-3-31-5
• Release Decision: RIPLIM
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: September 22, 2009
• Sequence Number: 31
• Publication Date: May 24, 1974
• Content Type: CABLE

No Objection To Declassification 2009/09/22: LOC-HAK-260-3-31-5
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TO: GENERAL SCOWCROFI
FROM: SECRETARY KISSINGER
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1. WE HAVE NOW REACHED THE POINT IN OUR NEGOTIATIONS WHERE
TOMORROW WILL PROBABLY BE DECISIVE. IT IS CLEAR THAT ISRAEL
WILL NOT GET NEARLY ALL THAT IT WANTS. THEREFORE' WE MAY HAVE
To PUT IN SOME HARDWARE COMMITMENTS.
2. I WOULD LIKE YOU TO GET AUTHORITY FROM THE PRESIDENT AND
HAIG TO COMMIT US TO SUPPLY FOUR BATTALIONS OF LANCES AS'A
COUNTER TO SOVIET FROGS AND SCUDS IN SYRIA. DOD HAS ALREADY
AGREED IN PRINCIPLE OR SO THE ISRAELIS THINK. I THINK THAT
COMMITMENT MAY MAKE THE DIFFERENCE TOGETHER WITH AN AGREEMENT
TO STUDY A LONG'RANGE MILITARY PROGRAM STUDY WITH THE ISRAELIS,
IN CARRYING THE CABINET. IT WOULD ALSO HELP ME IF I CAN AGREE IN
PRINCIPLE TO PROVIDE THEM WITH LASER BOMBS. IF I CANNOT
GET BOTH* YOU SHOULD GET AGREEMENT TO THE LANCES.
3. 1 WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT SUCCESS IN THIS AGREEMENT WOULD BE
DECISIVE IN THE WHOLE EVOLUTION OF THE MIDDLE EAST. THE DOD
ARGUMENTS THAT WE RISK HAVING NOTHING LEFT TO HOLD BACK IS NONSENSE
SINCE WE CAN ALWAYS SLOW DOWN ON DELIVERIES.
4. PLEASE LET ME KNOW IMMEDIATELY ABOUT THIS MATTER.
5. WARM REGARDS.
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