CABLE TO USDEL RIYADH FROM THE SITUATION ROOM TOHAK 82

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-259-1-6-7
• Release Decision: RIPLIM
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: September 21, 2009
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: December 14, 1973
• Content Type: CABLE

No Objection To Declassification 2009/09/22: LOC-HAK-259-1-6-7
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FM THE SITUATION ROOM TOHAK 82
TO USDEL RIYADH
UNCLAS
04365 3481931
WH37592
TOMAK 82
TO LARRY EAGLEBURGER FOR SECRETARY KISSINGER
N. 91
MIDDLE 'EAST
BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
MEMBERS OF SECRETARY OF STATE HENRY A. KISSINGER"S DELEGATION
SAID TODAY THERE WAS A "BETTER THAN 50.50 CHANCE" THE
ARABS WILL LIFT THEIR OIL EMBARGO NEXT MONTH.
THEY SAID THEY EXPECTED ISRAEL AND EGYPT TO BE NEGOTIATING
A DISENGAGEMENT OF THEIR ARMIES ON THE SUEZ FRONT BY THAT TIME.
THEY MADE THE STATEMENT ON ARRIVAL IN RIYADHs SAUDI ARABIA
FROM CAIRO. KISSINGER IS SCHEDULED TO MEET KING FAISAL DURING
HIS STAY.
SAUDI GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS AND U.S DIPLOMATS IN RIYADH
INDICATED FAISAL MIGHT BE WILLING.TO CONSIDER A LIMITED
RESUMPTION OF OIL DELIVERIES TO AFFECTED NATIONS IF PRESIDENT
NIXON OR KISSINGER MAKES A PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT CALLING FOR
ISRAELI: WITHDRAWAL FROM OCCUPIED ARAB TERRITORY.
IN CAIRO, KISSINGER SAID PUBLICLY THAT A SETTLEMENT MUST
BE WITHIN TERMS OF THE 1967 U.N. RESOLUTION SEEKING ISRAELI
WITHDRAWAL. THIS APPARENTLY IS JUST WHAT THE SAUDIS WANT
--PUBLIC REAFFIRMATION OF U.S. COMMITMENT TO THE'MEASURE.
PRESIDENT ANWAR SADAT SAID EGYPT WAS WILLING TO BE IN THE
SAME ROOM WITH ISRAEL AT THE MIDDLE EAST PEACE CONFERENCE,
"BUT IF YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT DIRECT NEGOTIATIONS, THE
ANSWER IS NO.""
HE ALSO SAID HE HOPED THE TWO SIDES WOULD BE ABLE TO BARGAIN
SERIOUSLY ABOUT DISENGAGEMENT OF EGYPITAN AND ISRAELI FORCES
BEFORE CHRISTMAS.
$ADAT SPOKE AFTER MEETING WITH KISSINGER FOR THE SECOND
TIME IN TWO,DAYS.
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