CABLE TO PETER RODMAN FOR SECRETARY KISSINGER FROM BRENT SCOWCROFT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-258-6-8-1
• Release Decision: RIPLIM
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: November 30, 2010
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: November 5, 1973
• Content Type: CABLE

No Objection to Declassification in Part 2010/11/30: LOC-HAK-258-6-8-1
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OP IMMED
03733 3092359
5 NOV' 73 ZYH ZFF-1
FM THE SITUATION ROOM TOHAK 009
To AMEMBASSY RABAT
S E C R E T EYES ONLY WH32701
TO RALPH'SIGLER FOR PETER RODMAN
NOVE"'ER 5s 1973
SECRET/EYES. ONLY
DELIVER IN SEALED ENVELOPE
TO: PETER ROOMAN FOR SECRETARY KISSINGER
FROM!
, DINITZ CALLEDTWITH.TWO MESSAGES. IN
RESPONSE TO YOUR
REQUEST FOR'UNINTERRUPTED.SUPPLY TO THE THIRD ARMY WHILE
YOU ARE IN CAIRDs THE CABINET HAS AGREED'TO,.LET'50,ADDITION.AL.
VEHICLES GO THROUGH. AT THE RATE AT WHICH THEY HAVE BEEN PRO-,
CEEDING#. THIS WILL MORE THAN CARRY YOU THROUGH'THE CAIRO STOP.
THE EGYPTIANS HAVE BEEN INFORMED THAT AN ADDITIONAL 50 HAVE
BEEN APPROVED. DINITZ POINTS OUT THAT' THIS IS A ONE-TIME
MEASURE AND WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE OVERALL ISSUE OF RESUPPLY.
WITH THESE 50 VEHICLESs THE TOTAL NUMBER OF VEHICLES PERMITTED
THROUGH WILL BE 188. DINITZ ALSO STATED THAT THE CABINET HAS
DECIDED TO REAFFIRM ITS POSITION ON THE 22 OCTOBER LINES THAT
`DIS?
ISs.,QUOTE THE QUESTI?N OF THE LINE OF 22 OCTOBER WILL BE
CUSSED BETWEEN THE TWO SIDES WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE ARRANGE-?-
THE CABINET
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FALL-BACK POSITION TO THI
HAS
NO
2. TIMMONS AND KOROLOGOS REPORTS THAT MANSFIELD IS VERY UP-.
SET ABOUT THEDECISION TO DELAY SONNENFELDT'S CONFIRMATION.
SECRET/EYES ONLY
SECRET/EYES ONLY HE HAS REFUSED TO SEND OTHER CONFIRMATIONS TO THE FLOOR
( 1 1 THUS FAR) AS LONG AS SONNENPELDT I S DELAYED. 1 ,CALLED.
ON-FILE NSC RELEASE
INSTRUCTIONS APPLY
SHULTZ TO INFORM HIM OF THE SITUATION AND HE SUGGESTED THAT
YOU. AGREE TO AN EARLY ANNOUNCEMENT OF SONNENFELDT TO STATEs
THUS SOLVING THE PROBLEM. TO PROCEED WITH THE CONFIRMATION
TO THE TREASURY POSITION HE FEELS, AS I AM SURE YOU KNOW,-
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No Objection to Declassification in Part 2010/11/30: LOC-HAK-258-6-8-1
 No Objection to Declassification in Part 2010/11/30: LOC-HAK-258-6-8-1
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WOULD BE PERPETRATING A DECEPTION ON THE SENATE. THEN THERE
is THE PERISCOPE ITEM ABOVT SONNENPELOT IN NEWSWEEKs WHICH
DOES NOT REALLY HELP THE SITUATION* ANY INSTRUCTIONS?
WARM REGARDS.
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No Objection to Declassification in Part 2010/11/30 : LOC-HAK-258-6-8-1