INDIAN OCEAN

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CREST [1]

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Library of Congress [2]

Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST):

LOC-HAK-259-3-21-8

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RIPLIM

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Document Creation Date:

January 11, 2017

Document Release Date:

December 17, 2009

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Publication Date:

March 1, 1974

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CABLE

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No Objection to Declassification in Part 2009/12/17: LOC-HAK-259-3-21-8 Z 01.1 c 1292 MAR 74 Z;. FM, THE SITUATION ROOM JO CUSINT CAIRO ZEM S E C R E T TO.AX 49 TO LARRY EAGLESURGER SUBJECT; INDIAN OCEAN FR om, JAN LODAL/HELMUT SONNENFE SONNENFELDT HAS ALREADY DESCa IBED FOR YOU IN STATE CHANNELS THE B1JEACRATIC SITUATION IN THE USG ON VARIOUS INDIAN OCEAN QUESTIONS,, INCLUDING RATIONALE FOR USE WITH CONGRESS ON DIEGO GARCIA AND POSSIBILITY OF U.S.-SOVIET NAVAL LIMITATIONS. IN TERMS OF BROADER .UBSTANTIVE QUESTIONS WE ARE PREPARING A PAPER. FOR YOU R . MOSCOW TRIP THAT WILL ADDRESS SUCH POSSIBLE NAVAL LIMITATIONS, IN THE EVENT YOU WANT TO BE IN A POSITION TO DISCUSS 9ltS MATTE'S WITH BREZ NVW? . TN fDIJITIUN 6 WE aE"LIEVE IT WOULD SE, WORTHWHILE TO ISSUE A NSSM ON THESE INDIAN OCEAN QUESTIONS. THE BUREAUCRACY WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED BY THIS AS THERE HAS BEEN CONSIDERABLE >'WORK DONE ALREADY (NSSMS., :1.04, 1 10) AND IT IS BADLY OF,DATE (1970-71). A NSSM EXERCISE WOULD SERVE TO FURTHER F-1 ZFF-4 ZYH NODIS WH40594 FOR SEC. XISSIN ER EBRUARY 28: 1974 SLOW DOWN THE BUREAUCRACY FROM TAKING INITIATIVES. IF ANYTHING WORTH PURSUING EMERGES, THE NSS! EFFORT COULD SERVE TO ATTAIN THE AUCR.ATIC CONSENSUS' HIGH MIGHT BE ItITICAL-FOR PERHAPS IMP iSSIBLE_-FOR NEGOTIATING SUCH NAVAL LIMITATIONS. IT.H. THE ABOVE II ? ?I D WE ARE PREPARING A DRAFT NSSM INTENDED DEVELOP ALTERNATIVE U. S. STRATEGIES THROUGH 1980 FOR DEALING ll_lfffl,'CU0ENT AND PROJECTED SOVIET ACS IVI IE'S' IN THE INDIAN OCEAN A_1 D FOR FURTHER L , U'. S _I "ERESTS I! '~1 ARE s WE WILL HAS [)Y F"OR .YOUR G N IC E iAT ION ON YOUR, RETURN? 6 ` ~.~ 3R7'Ill[Ak?~. ~. Declassification in Part 2009/12/17: LOC-HAK-259-3-21-8