CABLE TO WIN LORD FROM HENRY KISSINGER

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-463-2-1-4
• Release Decision: RIPLIM
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: January 7, 2010
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: May 19, 1974
• Content Type: CABLE

No Objection to Declassification in Part 2010/01/07: LOC-HAK-463-2-1-4
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DF #0110 1391148
0 1910412 MAY 74 ZYH
FMJFRUSALAM
TO ' THE WHITE HOUSE
T 0 P 5 E C R E T/SENSITIVEVIA
19 MAY, 1974 1041Z
H A K T 0 110
Tn: WIN LORD
THROUGH:. GENERAL.SCOWCROFT
FROM: SECRECTARY KISSINGER
MORI/CDF
C03325212
1. PLEASE CALL IN HUANG CHEN ORs.IN HIS ABSENCE' HAN HSUs ND-
CONVEY FOLLOWING UPDATED REPORT ON MY MID-EAST MISSION FOR THE
CHINESE LEADERS. WE ARE CONVEYING THIS IN SPIRIT OF OUR
CONTINUING DESIRE TO CONSULT WITH PRC ON IMPORTANT INTERNATIONAL
ISSUES:
BEGIN MESSAGE:'
A. I WANT PRC TO KNOW THAT AS RESULT OF MY DISCUSSIONS IN LAST
FEW DAYS I AM ON-VERGE OF GETTING THE AGREEMENT OF BOTH SYRIA
AND ISRAEL ON THE KEY ISSUE IN.THE NEGOTIATIONS, NAMELY THE LINE
OF SEPARATION BETWEEN SYRIAN ANn ISRAELI FORCES. TO BREAK AN
IMPASSE, I MADE AN AMERICAN PROPOSAL.,. WHICH BOTH SIDES
HAVE NOW ACCEPTED IN PRINCIPLE. SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH FURTHER
DISCUSSION OF THIS ISSUE, I AM TRYING. TO RESOLVE SIGNIFICANT
ISSUES ON OTHER MAJOR.ELEMENTS OF AN AGREEMENT, NAMELY
MUTUAL LIMITATION OF FORCES, A UNITED NATIONS PRESENCE,
AND OTHER RELATED MATTERS QUITE SIMILAR TO THE ELEMENTS. IN THE.
EGYPTIAN-ISRAELI DISENGAGEMENT AGREEMENT (IF 'JANUARY. I AM
EXTENDING MY STAY IN THE MIDDLE EAST IN ORDER TO BRING THIS
NEGOTIATION TO A CONCLUSION.
B.. I EXPECT THE TERMS TO BE WORKED OUT. HERE IN THE AREA
AND INITIALED WHILE I AM HERE. AS A PURE FORMALITY, THE FINIAL
.DOCUMENTS WILL PROBABLY BE SIGNED IN GENEVA WITHIN-THE MILITARY:.
WORKING GROUP. IT IS THE UNANIMOUS DESIRE AMONG ALL THE PAPTIES
TO THE' NEGOTIATION, INCLUDING SYRIA, ISRAEL, EGYPT AND THE UNITED
STATES, THAT NO REPEAT NO SOVIET PARTICIPATION CAN BE PERMITTED
EXCEPT AT THE FINAL PRO-FORMA SIGNING. WE WILL PRBABLY AGREE TO
HAVE AMBASSADORS BUNKER AND VINDGRADOV'BE,PRESENT AS WITNESSES,.
OR ALTERNATIVELY OUR MILITARY ATTACHES, OR SOME SUCH ARRANGEMENT.:
I.WILL REJECT ANY SOVIET ATTEMPTS TO HAVE US AND SOVIET FOREIGN
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MINISTERS PRESENT OR TO PARTICIPATE IN THE NEGOTIATIONS.
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2. WARM REGARDS
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