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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

May 1, 1974

No. 165

STATEMENT BY
THE HONORABLE HENRY A. KISSINGER
SECRETARY OF STATE
UPON DEPARTURE FROM ALGIERS, ALGERIA
APRIL 30, 1974

I would like to express my appreciation and that of Mrs. Kissinger for the extraordinary hospitality with which we have been received here. By now I know it to be characteristic of Algeria, but it is always heart-warming to come here.

As you know, I had extensive talks with President Boumediene last night and again this morning. We talked in great detail, with concern, and with the intention of making a positive contribution about peace in the Middle East, especially about the most immediate problem which is to bring about a separation of forces between Syria and Israel. I told President Boumediene about the decision of the U.S. to make a major effort in this respect and that we will do our utmost to bring about a solution based on justice to both sides and that both sides can accept. I believe that President Boumediene showed understanding and support for our intention.

We also had extensive conversations about relations between Algeria and the United States. Those relations are improving constantly and will continue to improve in the future. We will continue to exchange views on the subject, but I know we are on a good course which is to the benefit of the people of Algeria and of the people of the United States and, I assume and am confident, of all the peoples in the area.

So I leave here with very warm feelings and with increased hope for my mission in the Middle East, and with the hope that I may have the opportunity to return soon again because it is always of the greatest importance to us to learn the views of the distinguished leader of Algeria, President Boumediene.

Thank you very much.

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FOR THE SECRETARY FROM EAGLEBURGER

1. FOLLOWING IS THE VERBATIM TEXT OF THE COLSON AFFIDAVIT REFERRED TO IN MY EARLIER TELEGRAM:

QTE: CHARLES W. COLSON, BEING DULY SWORN, DEPOSES AND SAYS:

--1. I SUBMIT THIS AFFIDAVIT PURSUANT TO THE COURT'S ORDER OF APRIL 19, 1974, AND IN SUPPORT OF MY MOTION FOR DISCOVERY PURSUANT TO RULE 16 OF THE FEDERAL RULES OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE.

-- 2. I WAS IN SEVERAL MEETINGS WITH THE PRESIDENT IN THE PERIOD FOLLOWING THE PUBLICATION IN THE PRESS OF THE "PENTAGON PAPERS" IN THE NEW YORK TIMES, THE WASHINGTON POST AND OTHER PAPERS. THE PRESIDENTIAL LOGS SHOW MEETINGS AND TELEPHONE CALLS BETWEEN THE PRESIDENT AND ME (SOMETIMES WITH OTHERS PRESENT) ON THE FOLLOWING DATES: JUNE 15, 16, 17, 23, 25, 28, 29, 30, JULY 1 AND JULY 2, 1971. DURING THAT PERIOD (I CANNOT ESTABLISH WHICH OF THE AFOREMENTIONED MEETINGS OR CALLS ARE RELEVANT ALTHOUGH I BELIEVE MANY ARE) THE PRESIDENT REPEATEDLY EMPHASIZED THE TREMENDOUS GRAVITY OF THE LEAKS AND HIS CONCERN THAT ELLSBERG AND/OR ELLSBERG'S ASSOCIATES MIGHT CONTINUE THE PATTERN. I CAN REMEMBER THE PRESIDENT SAYING ON A NUMBER OF OCCASIONS THAT IF THE LEAKS WERE TO CONTINUE, THERE

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COULD BE NO "CREDIBLE US FOREIGN POLICY" AND THAT THE DAMAGE TO THE GOVERNMENT AND TO THE NATIONAL SECURITY AT A VERY SENSITIVE TIME WOULD BE SIVERE. HE REFERRED TO MANY OF THE SENSITIVE MATTERS THAT WERE THEN EITHER BEING NEGOTIATED OR CONSIDERED BY THE ADMINISTRATION, E.G., SALT, SOVIET DETENTE, THE PARIS PEACE NEGOTIATIONS AND HIS PLANS FOR ENDING THE WAR IN VIETNAM. (HE HAD EARLIER MADE ME AWARE OF HIS DESIRE TO VISIT THE PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA.) DURING THE TWO WEEKS FOLLOWING THE PUBLICATION OF THE PENTAGON PAPERS, I ALSO MET WITH DR. KISSINGER, MR. EHRLICHMAN AND MR. HALDEMAN. ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, DR. KISSINGER WOULD ARRIVE AT OUR MEETING HAVING JUST COME FROM MEETING WITH THE PRESIDENT. DR. KISSINGER WAS EVEN MORE ALARMED OVER THE LEAKS THAN THE PRESIDENT. HE BELIEVED THAT THE LEAKS MUST BE STOPPED AT ALL COSTS, THAT ELLSBERG MUST BE STOPPED FROM MAKING FURTHER DISCLOSURES OF CLASSIFIED INFORMATION, AND THAT THOSE ACTING IN CONCERT WITH HIM MUST BE STOPPED. DR. KISSINGER ALSO REPORTED ON ELLSBERG'S PRIVATE HABITS AND CERTAIN OF HIS ACTIVITIES IN VIETNAM. I HAD THE CLEAR IMPRESSION THAT DR. KISSINGER WAS REACTING TO CONVERSATIONS HE HAD HAD AT VARIOUS TIMES WITH THE PRESIDENT; BASICALLY HIS CONCERN WAS VERY SIMILAR TO THE PRESIDENT'S: THAT ELLSBERG'S ACTIVITIES OR THE ACTIVITIES OF THOSE ACTING WITH HIM OR PURSUANT TO HIS EXAMPLE, COULD UNDERMINE THE MOST CRITICAL AND SENSITIVE FOREIGN POLICY NEGOTIATIONS. AT VARIOUS TIMES THEREAFTER BOTH THE PRESIDENT AND DR. KISSINGER VOICED THEIR GREAT CONCERN OVER LEAKS OF SENSITIVE INFORMATION THAT COULD UNDERMINE VITAL NATIONAL SECURITY MATTERS. THE PRESIDENT FROM TIME TO TIME EXPRESSED HIS DISSATISFACTION WITH THE AGRESSIVENESS OF THE INVESTIGATIONS BEING CONDUCTED OF DR. ELLSBERG AND OTHERS (EARLY AUGUST 1971).

3. IN LATE JUNE 1971, PERHAPS JUNE 28, 29, 30 OR EVEN JULY 1ST (THE PRESIDENTIAL LOGS ARE, I BELIEVE, INCOMPLETE). I HAD SEVERAL DISCUSSIONS WITH THE PRESIDENT REGARDING THE POSSIBILITY OF STILL FURTHER SECURITY LEAKS. DURING AT LEAST ONE OF THESE DISCUSSIONS, MR. HALDEMAN WAS ALSO PRESENT. ON THAT OCCASION, THE PRESIDENT, SPEAKING TO MR. HALDEMAN AND TO ME, SAID IN EFFECT: I DON'T GIVE A DAMN HOW IT IS DONE, DO WHATEVER HAS TO BE DONE TO STOP THESE LEAKS AND PREVENT FURTHER UNAUTHORIZED DISCLOSURES; I DON'T WANT TO BE TOLD WHY IT CAN'T BE DONE. THIS GOVERNMENT CANNOT SURVIVE, IT CANNOT FUNCTION IF ANYONE CAN RUN OUT AND LEAK WHATEVER DOCUMENTS HE WANTS TO. WE WILL BE DESTROYED IN THE NEGOTIATIONS THAT WE HAVE UNDERWAY WITH THE SOVIET UNION; WE WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO STAND UP AGAINST THE SOVIET UNION; PEOPLE'S LIVES ARE AT STAKE IN VIETNAM. I WANT TO KNOW WHO IS BEHIND THIS AND I WANT THE MOST COMPLETE INVESTIGATION THAT CAN BE CONDUCTED. AT ONE POINT THE PRESIDENT ASKED MR. HALDEMAN

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WHETHER THE WHITE HOUSE HAD THE CAPACITY TO HANDLE THIS.
HALDEMAN SAID IT WAS BEING ESTABLISHED. THE PRESIDENT
WENT ON: I WANT TO KNOW HOW AND WHY THE "COUNTER-
GOVERNMENT" IS AT WORK. IF WE DO NOT STOP THEM, IF WE
DO NOT FIND OUT WHO IS INVOLVED AND WHY, WE WILL EN-
DANGER EVERYTHING THAT THIS GOVERNMENT IS TRYING TO DO IN
THE MOST SENSITIVE FOREIGN POLICY AND NATIONAL SECURITY
AREAS. I DON'T WANT EXCUSES, I WANT RESULTS. I WANT IT
DONE, WHATEVER THE COST.

4. DURING THIS PERIOD, AS IN ALL OTHER PERIODS, THE PRESIDENT HAD A HABIT OF MAKING MEMORANDA AT NIGHT FOR MR. HALDEMAN AND DICTATING DICTABELTS. OF WHAT WENT ON DURING THE DAY. ACCORDINGLY, DURING THE PERIOD OF MID-JUNE TO THE END OF JULY 1971, THERE SHOULD BE NOTES AND MEMOS, INCLUDING INSTRUCTIONS TO MR. HALDEMAN, MR. EHRLICHMAN, DR. KISSINGER AND OTHERS. DEALING WITH THIS MATTER. THESE NOTES AND MEMOS WOULD BE PART OF THE STAFF SECRETARY'S FILES OR MR. HALDEMAN'S FILES OR ROSE WOOD'S FILES. IF NOT, THEY WOULD BE FOUND IN THE FILES OF THE SECRETARY IN MR. HALDEMAN'S OFFICE WHO USED TO TRANSCRIBE THESE BELTS AND WHO SHOULD HAVE KEPT RECORDS OF SUCH NOTES AND MEMOS. BASED ON MY KNOWLEDGE OF THE PRESIDENT'S HABITS, I BELIEVE THAT THESE NOTES, MEMOS AND WRITTEN INSTRUCTIONS SHOULD BE SOMEWHERE IN THE PRESIDENTIAL FILES.

5. AFTER THE SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS UNIT WAS ESTABLISHED AS A RESULT OF MEETINGS IN CALIFORNIA, IT WAS REPORTED TO ME BY MESSRS. EHRLICHMAN AND KROGH THAT THE PRESIDENT

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D ORDERED THE CREATION OF SUCH A UNIT, THAT IT WAS TO BE LOCATED IN THE BASEMENT OF THE EOB, THAT IT WAS TO BE OPERATED UNDER SUPER-SECRET CONDITIONS; THAT THERE WOULD BE STERILE PHONES, THAT SPECIAL PASSES WERE TO BE REQUIRED FOR ENTRY AND THAT ALL OF THIS WAS CONSISTENT WITH THE INSTRUCTIONS THE PRESIDENT HAD ISSUED TO STOP LEAKS OF CLASSIFIED NATIONAL SECURITY INFORMATION. I WAS TOLD THE UNIT WAS GRANTED A BROAD CHARTER TO COORDINATE AND SUPERVISE THE INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES OF ALL AGENCIES, DIRECTED TO PREVENTING LEAKS OF SUCH INFORMATION. I THEREUPON CONCLUDED THAT THE PRESIDENT HAD IMPRESSED UPON MESSRS. EHRLICHMAN AND KROGH THE SAME INSTRUCTIONS HE HAD GIVEN TO MR. HALDEMAN AND ME IN LATE JUNE, AND IN FACT, HAD GIVEN THEM THE AUTHORITY AND CHARTER TO CONDUCT A FULL-FLEDGED WHITE HOUSE INVESTIGATION IN CONCERT WITH OTHER AGENCIES SUCH AS THE FBI AND THE CIA.

6. I WAS NOT PRESENT BUT I WAS AND AM AWARE OF AT LEAST THREE MEETINGS AT WHICH THE SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS UNIT WAS GIVEN ITS AUTHORIZATION. ONE WAS ON JULY 15 ON A HELICOPTER RETURNING FROM LOS ANGELES TO SAN CLEMENTE FOLLOWING THE PRESIDENT'S ANNOUNCEMENT OF DR. KISSINGER'S TRIP TO CHINA. MESSRS. HALDEMAN, EHRLICHMAN, KISSINGER AND THE PRESIDENT ENGAGED IN THAT DISCUSSION. THERE WAS A SUBSEQUENT MEETING ON JULY 17 IN SAN CLEMENTE, TO WHICH MR. KROGH AS TESTIFIED. THERE WAS ALSO A MEETING IN SAN CLEMENTE ON JULY 12. AT WHICH MR. ROBERT MARDIAN WAS PRESENT. THERE WAS ALSO THE JULY 24TH MEETING WITH THE PRESIDENT IN WASHINGTON, ATTENDED FIRST BY MR. EHRLICHMAN AND LATER BY MR. KROGH. I KNOW THERE WAS A SUBSEQUENT MEETING BETWEEN THE PRESIDENT AND J. EDGAR HOOVER AT WHICH THE CHARTER OF THE SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS UNIT WAS DISCUSSED. I BELIEVE THAT THERE WERE SIMILAR MEETINGS WITH MESSRS. MITCHELL, HELMS, ROGERS AND LAIRD OR, IF THE PRESIDENT WAS NOT PRESENT, MR. EHRLICHMAN CONDUCTED SUCH MEETINGS AT THE PRESIDENT'S DIRECTION.

7. ON OR ABOUT APRIL 18, 1973, AT THE SUGGESTION OF MY COUNSEL, I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH MR. EHRLICHMAN CONCERNING THE NATIONAL SECURITY RESTRICTIONS, IF ANY, THAT WOULD PREVENT MY DISCUSSING WITH THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY'S OFFICE MY KNOWLEDGE OF THE SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS UNIT AND ITS ACTIVITIES. MR. EHRLICHMAN SAID THAT HE HAD DISCUSSED THE MATTER WITH THE PRESIDENT, ACCORDING TO MR. EHRLICHMAN, THE PRESIDENT, IN MR. EHRLICHMAN'S PRESENCE, HAD TELEPHONED ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL H. M. PETERSON, AT WHICH TIME THE PRESIDENT TOLD MR. PETERSON THAT HE, THE PRESIDENT, HAD AUTHORIZED THE SPECIAL INVESTIGATION UNIT TO INVESTIGATE DR. ELLSBERG ON NATIONAL SECURITY GROUNDS, THAT HE HAD APPROVED THE "ELLSBERG OPERATION" AFTER CONSULTATION WITH J. EDGAR HOOVER, AND THAT MR. PETERSON SHOULD NOT PURSUE THE MATTER ANY FURTHER. MR. EHRLICHMAN THEN TOLD ME THAT THE NATIONAL SECURITY RESTRICTIONS ABOUT WHICH I HAD INQUIRED WERE

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STILL VERY MUCH APPLICABLE AND THAT I WAS NOT AT
LIBERTY TO DISCUSS THE MATTER WITH THE UNITED STATES
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE - OR WITH ANYONE ELSE.

CONTEMPORANEOUS KNOWLEDGE -

8. DURING THE PERIOD JUNE THROUGH OCTOBER 1971 AND PRIOR THERETO, I HAD PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE OF THE INFORMATION LISTED BELOW, WHICH WAS OBTAINED, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, EITHER FROM SEEING PARTICULAR DOCUMENTS, FROM HAVING PORTIONS OF SUCH DOCUMENTS READ TO ME, OR FROM BEING TOLD ABOUT EITHER THE SUBJECT MATTER OR THEIR CONTENTS. IT IS IMPOSSIBLE, ALMOST THREE YEARS AFTER THE FACT, TO PARTICULARIZE THE SOURCE OR EXTENT OF MY CONTEMPORARY KNOWLEDGE CONCERNING EACH DOCUMENT OR ITEM OF INFORMATION WITHOUT ACCESS TO THE DOCUMENTS IN ORDER TO REFRESH MY RECOLLECTION.

A. REPORTS OF VARIOUS GOVERNMENT AGENCIES (I.E., DOD, CIA, FBI) CONCERNING THE DELIVERY OF "PENTAGON PAPERS" TO AGENTS OF THE SOVIET UNION OR OTHER FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS;

B. REPORTS OF VARIOUS GOVERNMENT AGENCIES (I.E. THE AND INTERNAL SECURITY DIVISION, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, AND THE FBI) CONCERNING THE SUSPICION THAT DR. ELLSBERG WAS ACTING ON BEHALF OF A FOREIGN GOVERNMENT IN RELEASING CLASSIFIED INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC;

C. A MEETING IN LATE JULY 1971 AT WHICH THE ATTORNEY GENERAL REPORTED TO PRESIDENT NIXON THAT DR. ELLSBERG

MAY HAVE BEEN PART OF A DOMESTIC SPY RING.

D. CIA AND FBI REPORTS CONCERNING THE COMPROMISING OF

D. CIA AND FBI REPORTS CONCERNING THE COMPROMISING OF A CIA AGENT IN PAKISTAN AS A RESULT OF AN AUGUST 13, 1971, NEW YORK TIMES DISPATCH;

E. A REPORT PREPARED BY ADMIRAL NOEL GUYLER AND MEMBERS OF HIS STAFF DETAILING THE DAMAGE TO THE NATIONAL SECURITY WHICH COULD BE EXPECTED TO RESULT FROM THE RELEASE OF THE "PENTAGON PAPERS";

F. A JUNE 14, 1971, MEMORANDUM FROM J. FRED BUZHARDT TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL DETAILING THE NATIONAL SECURITY CONCERNS ARISING FROM UNAUTHORIZED DISCLOSURES OF CLASSIFIED INFORMATION;

G. COMMUNICATIONS FROM FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS -- SUCH AS AUSTRALIA, CANADA AND BRITAIN -- EXPRESSING CONCERN OVER THE INABILITY OF THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO PREVENT UNAUTHORIZED DISCLOSURES OF CLASSIFIED INFORMATION;

H. COMMUNICATIONS FROM J. EDGAR HOOVER TO DR. HENRY KISSINGER EXPRESSING THE VIEW THAT CERTAIN PERSONS LEAKING

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INFORMATION TO DR. ELLSBERG MAY HAVE BEEN PART OF A
DOMESTIC SPY RING;

I. NATIONAL SECURITY STUDY MEMORANDUM NO. 1 (NSSM-1);

J. OTHER CONTINGENCY PLANS FOR MILITARY OPERATIONS IN
SOUTH EAST ASIA;

K. STRATEGIC INTEGRATED OPERATIONS PLANS (SIOP'S);

L. SEVERAL DOCUMENTS SUBMITTED IN CAMERA TO THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT IN CONNECTION WITH NEW YORK TIMES COMPANY V. UNITED STATES, 403 U.S. 714 (1971), WHICH WERE PART OF THE "PENTAGON PAPERS" BUT WERE NEVER PUBLISHED, AND WHICH DEALT WITH CIA AGENTS IN THE FIELD, U-2 OVERFLIGHTS OF CHINA, AND DECODING INFORMATION;

M. SECRET NEGOTIATIONS BY DR. KISSINGER IN PARIS CONCERNING THE VIETNAM WAR;

N. SECRET NEGOTIATIONS CONCERNING A TRIP TO CHINA BY
PRESIDENT NIXON;

O. SECRET NEGOTIATIONS IN CONNECTION WITH THE STRATEGIC
ARMS LIMITATION TREATY;

P. A 1970 FBI REPORT OF AN INVESTIGATION CONCERNING THE

P. A 1970 FBI REPORT OF AN INVESTIGATION CONCERNING THE
COMPROMISE OR THEFT OF SECRETS AT THE RAND CORPORATION;

Q. REPORTS BY THE CIA CONCERNING DR. ELLSBERG'S
ACTIVITIES IN VIETNAM;

R. A PSYCHOLOGICAL PROFILE OF DR. ELLSBERG SUPPLIED BY
THE CIA;

S. MEMORANDA OR THE RECORDS OF DR. KISSINGER AND OTHER
NATIONAL SECURITY COUNSEL STAFF PERSONS CONCERNING
MEETINGS WITH OR ABOUT DR. ELLSBERG;

T. REPORTS BY VARIOUS GOVERNMENT AGENCIES CONCERNING
LEAKS OF CLASSIFIED NATIONAL SECURITY INFORMATION DURING
THE PERIOD 1969 TO 1971, INCLUDING A CIA SUMMARY AND
ANALYSIS DATED OCTOBER 1971 SUBMITTED BY DIRECTOR HELMS
TO THE WHITE HOUSE;

U. REPORTS BY VARIOUS GOVERNMENT AGENCIES CONCERNING
THE SALT LEAK OF 1971, INCLUDING POLYGRAPH TESTS OF
SUSPECTS, REPORTS OF INVESTIGATIONS, AND THE DISPOSITION
OF PERSONNEL WHO WERE IDENTIFIED AS BEING RESPONSIBLE;

V. NUMEROUS CONVERSATIONS BETWEEN DR. KISSINGER OF THE
ONE HAND, AND PRESIDENT NIXON, MR. EHRLICHMAN, DR.

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ELLSBERG, SECRETARY LAIRD, DIRECTOR HELMS AND GENERAL HAIG, ON THE OTHER, CONCERNING THE SALT LEAK OR THE LEAK OF THE PENTAGON PAPERS IN JULY 1971;

W. REPORTS BY GOVERNMENT AGENCIES CONCERNING DR. ELLSBERG'S RELATIONSHIP WITH A SECURITY OFFICER AT RAND AS A RESULT OF WHICH HE HAD GAINED ACCESS TO EXTENSIVE HIGHLY CLASSIFIED STRATEGIC INFORMATION AND STOP'S;

X. REPORTS OF CONTACTS BETWEEN THE CIA AND THE SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS UNIT AND REPORTS OF CONTACTS BETWEEN THE CIA AND THE SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS UNIT. UNNOTE RUSH

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May 2, 1974

No. 167

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PRESS CONFERENCE BY
THE HONORABLE HENRY A. KISSINGER
SECRETARY OF STATE
AND
HIS EXCELLENCY ANWAR AL-SADAT
PRESIDENT OF THE ARAB REPUBLIC OF EGYPT

ALEXANDRIA, EGYPT

MAY 1, 1974

**QUESTION:** Does improved bilateral relations include the sale of arms by the United States to Egypt?

**PRESIDENT SADAT:** We have talked about the economic aid and the reconstruction aid and the Suez Canal. But regarding the military aid, we are not in imminent need for this and I didn't demand anything.

**QUESTION:** Did you ask?

**PRESIDENT SADAT:** I didn't ask even, because you know I have declared officially that we shall be varying the sources of arms. This was the decision that was taken by me and the armed forces.

**QUESTION:** Can I ask Dr. Kissinger how far he is optimistic about his coming trip to Syria and Israel? And what are the chances?

**SECRETARY KISSINGER:** I'm always optimistic. I think that it is important for both Syria and Israel, and for peace in the area, that progress be made on the separation of forces between Syria and Israel. It is the principle objective of our policy at this moment, and I will make a major effort. And I have had very useful talks with President Sadat.

**QUESTION:** Mr. Secretary, you know it's suggested there has been rather wide-ranging optimism and it's been suggested that an agreement has at least been already partially achieved between Israel and Syria. Would you comment on that?

**SECRETARY KISSINGER:** There is no agreement that has been reached between Syria and Israel. I expect that the talks will be very difficult and that we will not have an easy passage, but a decision of this kind will be made between Israel and Syria. Therefore, we can't judge the extent of the problem until we have visited those two countries.

**QUESTION:** Mr. Secretary, why did you decide after your talks here to return here on Saturday? What factors ...?

**SECRETARY KISSINGER:** I don't really know at this moment the detailed position that both Israel and Syria are going to take on my visits there.

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It seemed to me useful, and I'm very grateful that President Anwar Sadat has invited me to gain the benefit of his views on the situation as it will then exist before returning to [garbled].

**QUESTION:** Mr. Secretary, is it accurate that Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko will be in Damascus at the same time as you on Friday?

**SECRETARY KISSINGER:** I'm not aware of the fact that Foreign Minister Gromyko will be in Damascus on Friday. I will be surprised if I find him there.

**QUESTION:** Do you find, Dr. Kissinger, there is any necessity for a Geneva Conference to discuss details of disengagement or modalities of disengagement?

**SECRETARY KISSINGER:** I agree completely with the view expressed earlier by President Sadat that the appropriate time for the reconvening of the Geneva Conference will be after the completion of the disengagement negotiations.

**QUESTION:** What about the disengagement issue, Mr. Secretary?

**SECRETARY KISSINGER:** I believe that the disengagement issue can be settled through the process which is now underway.

**QUESTION:** Mr. President, are you satisfied that the Soviet Union is now in a position to play a constructive and cooperative role in bringing about disengagement and that it is prepared to do so?

**PRESIDENT SADAT:** I hope it is.

**QUESTION:** But you have no assurances?

**PRESIDENT SADAT:** As I told you, I hope it is.

**QUESTION:** Do you expect to be back here, Dr. Kissinger?

**SECRETARY KISSINGER:** Well, I expect to be back here on Saturday.

**QUESTION:** And on the third visit, too?

**SECRETARY KISSINGER:** I will not be surprised that, if the President will let me come back, I may want to benefit from his wisdom once again.

**PRESIDENT SADAT:** Welcome.

**QUESTION:** Mr. President, do you think that the formation of the new Cabinet in Israel will hinder the talks on disengagement?

**PRESIDENT SADAT:** My information is that the new Cabinet has not yet been formed up to this moment.

**QUESTION:** Yes, but the coming formation?

**PRESIDENT SADAT:** The coming formation? Well, let us postpone it until it comes and let us see who will come as Ministers and the whole Cabinet, and then we can judge the whole thing.

**QUESTION:** Mr. Secretary, have you reached the stage where you have formulated your American visualization for plans for the disengagement of both sides?

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**SECRETARY KISSINGER:** I will proceed as I did in the case of Egypt; that is to say, the ultimate responsibility is that of the parties concerned. After I have seen the next position of the two sides, I may then, perhaps, suggest some ideas of my own when I may urge the two sides to rethink their positions. But as I said, I am not going to either Damascus or to Tel Aviv with an American proposal.

**QUESTION:** What do you think, Dr. Kissinger, is the main difficulty concerning disengagement?

**SECRETARY KISSINGER:** I think the main difficulty is distrust between the two sides; and if we can contribute to overcoming the distrust, some of the practical issues will sort themselves out fairly quickly.

**QUESTION:** Dr. Kissinger, when do you expect the Geneva Conference could meet? And what are the prospects for this Conference?

**SECRETARY KISSINGER:** I think everybody is agreed that the Geneva Conference should be convened after the completion of the disengagement negotiations. I think the best way to make a judgment is after the disengagement negotiations finish.

**QUESTION:** Do you have any idea, Mr. Secretary, how long this mission will last?

**SECRETARY KISSINGER:** I think I'll have a better judgment after I talk to the parties concerned, but I do want to say that I will make a very major effort and do my utmost.

**QUESTION:** Do we understand that the Geneva talks will be resumed after the disengagement actually takes place, when the two armies are separated, or just after an agreement is reached and then it starts?

**SECRETARY KISSINGER:** I think the interval between the completion of the agreement and the completion of the actual separation of forces will not be such a long while. I would think the best time is probably after the whole process is completed, but this is a subject of discussion among the parties.

**QUESTION:** Mr. President, you will be going to the Geneva Middle East Peace Conference when it resumes?

**PRESIDENT SADAT:** Why should I go? We have started the Conference on the level of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs, and if we reach the stage — and this must be the final stage — if we can reach this stage, it may be feasible at that time but not before.

**QUESTION:** Mr. President, have you discussed the ideas for the next stage in withdrawal in the Sinai?

**PRESIDENT SADAT:** We always — the Secretary and I — we always don't cross bridges before we reach them.

**QUESTION:** Dr. Kissinger, do you think you have reached a certain stage where you can be in touch with the Palestinian representatives?

**SECRETARY KISSINGER:** My present effort is concentrated on bringing about the separation of forces between Israel and Syria. And I must devote all my energies to this enterprise at this moment.

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**QUESTION:** Do you believe, Dr. Kissinger, that there is a possibility that you can reach a phase where there will be a full Israeli withdrawal from all Arab occupied territories?

**SECRETARY KISSINGER:** We have stated in the disengagement between Egypt and Israel, and we have said it publicly our support for Security Council Resolutions 338 and 242.

**QUESTION:** Thank you, Mr. President and Mr. Secretary.

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May 2, 1974

No. 168

STATEMENT BY
THE HONORABLE HENRY A. KISSINGER
SECRETARY OF STATE
UPON ARRIVAL IN TEL AVIV, ISRAEL

MAY 2, 1974

Foreign Minister, Ladies and Gentlemen:

This is the fifth time that I have returned to Israel since that
moving day on October 22nd when it became apparent that the matter of
fact courage of the Israeli people, together with the assistance of its
friends, had once again assured the survival of Israel. After this,
Israel and the United States together embarked on the complicated,
difficult, but essential process of building peace in this area. We did
so as friends and partners, and that friendship has remained unchanged
in peace as it has been in the previous period of war. I come here again
to continue discussions with the Israeli cabinet on the same problems
of peace and in the same spirit of friendship that have always
characterized our relationship. I come here not to discuss concessions,
but to discuss security. The issue is not pressure, but a lasting peace,
and I am confident that when we are finished we will feel, as we have
at every previous stage and at the end of every previous visit, that
together we have made a contribution towards that peace which the
suffering and courage of this people so richly deserve.

Thank you very much.

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May 3, 1974

No. 170

DEPARTURE STATEMENTS EXCHANGED BY
SECRETARY OF STATE HENRY A. KISSINGER
AND
FOREIGN MINISTER ABBA EBAN
BEN GURION AIRPORT, TEL AVIV

MAY 3, 1974

Secretary Kissinger

I would like to thank the Foreign Minister of the Government of Israel for the warmth with which I have been received. As has become characteristic in recent months, we conducted these conversations in the spirit of being engaged in a common project with the purpose of promoting peace in the area and ending the hostilities that are now going on. I am now going to Damascus, having studied with the Government of Israel in great detail all the considerations involved in a disengagement agreement, and I will do my best to present the ideas that have emerged out of these discussions as honestly and as fairly as I can and then to return here with the Syrian ideas. We will then attempt to see how whatever differences exist can be managed and dealt with. The negotiations will be conducted, as I said yesterday, with the attitude that we seek security and peace and not the imposition of views of any party on any other party, and they have been conducted and will be conducted with friendship and confidence.

Thank you very much.

Foreign Minister Eban

This is really not an occasion for any emotional farewell for the simple reason that we shall be seeing the Secretary again, I hope tomorrow night, but I think we've done useful work by a detailed clarification of all the elements and criteria involved in a disengagement agreement. The absence of it increases the chances of hostilities and obstructs the prospects of further progress towards peace. So our problem is to work out a disengagement agreement compatible with security and with vital interests. I think that we have clarified the issues involved, and we hope to pursue this discussion further on the Secretary's return from Damascus. We did deeply appreciate the precise, detailed study that he has given with us to this problem just as we appreciate the atmosphere of confidence and friendship in which these talks were conducted. We therefore, wish him bon voyage for a very brief period, and as I've said, we hope to carry this discussion forward on his return.

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May 6, 1974

No. 174

REMARKS EXCHANGED
BY THE HONORABLE
HENRY A. KISSINGER
SECRETARY OF STATE
AND
PRIME MINISTER ZAID RIFAI
AT AMMAN AIRPORT
AMMAN, JORDAN
MAY 6, 1974

Secretary Kissinger:

Ladies and Gentlemen, I should like to express the gratitude of my associates and myself to His Majesty and the Prime Minister for the extra-ordinary warm reception that we have received here. We discussed in great detail the state of current negotiations in the Middle East leading, we hope, towards a disengagement agreement between Syria and Israel and also the further negotiations that we agreed should follow that step. We also had a very good review of the relations between Jordan and the United States and found them to be excellent. It is always a joy to us to visit our friends in Jordan and to benefit from their wisdom and their courage and to know that our relationships are constantly improving.

Thank you.

Prime Minister Rifai:

I would like just to add that our talks with Dr. Kissinger have been very productive. They were held in the usual warm and friendly atmosphere. The talks covered a review in detail of the situation in the area. The progress made towards the Syrian-Israeli disengagement of forces, the prospect of a Jordanian-Israeli disengagement agreement to follow the Syrian-Israeli disengagement, as well as bilateral relations between Jordan and the United States which I would like to confirm, as Dr. Kissinger has said, are excellent and are always continually improving. We are always happy to welcome Dr. Kissinger in Amman; this time we are particularly pleased that Mrs. Kissinger accompanied him. We look forward to many more visits by the both of them to Amman.

Thank you.

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SUBJECT: JOINT STATEMENT FOLLOWING KISSINGER-GROMYKO MEETING IN NICOSIA

FOLLOWING IS TEXT OF JOINT STATEMENT TO BE RELEASED
IN MOSCOW AT 2100 AND IN NICOSIA AT 2000, MAY 7, 1974:

QUOTE: AS AGREED, FOREIGN MINISTER A. A. GROMYKO, MEMBER OF THE POLITBUREAU OF THE CC CPSU, AND HENRY A. KISSINGER, SECRETARY OF STATE AND ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT FOR NATIONAL SECURITY AFFAIRS, MET ON MAY 7 IN NICOSIA, CYPRUS.

QUOTE: PURSUANT TO THEIR RECENT DISCUSSIONS IN WASHINGTON AND GENEVA, THEY CONTINUED THE CONSIDERATION OF A NUMBER OF QUESTIONS PERTAINING TO SOVIET-AMERICAN RELATIONS AND TO THE SITUATION IN THE MIDDLE EAST.

QUOTE: THEY ALSO DISCUSSED AS A PART OF THE GENERAL PROBLEM OF A MIDDLE EAST SETTLEMENT THE QUESTION OF A DISENGAGEMENT OF FORCES ON THE SYRIA-ISRAEL FRONT.

QUOTE: BOTH SIDES REGARD THE EXCHANGE OF VIEWS AS BEING MUTUALLY USEFUL. UNQUOTE.

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AT NICOSIA AIRPORT MAY 7

FOLLOWING IS THE TEXT OF SECRETARY KISSINGER'S DEPARTURE
STATEMENT MAY 7:

QUOTE I JUST WANT TO EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE AND THAT OF ALL MY
COLLEAGUES TO THE GOVERNMENT OF CYPRUS FOR THE ARRANGEMENTS
THAT WERE MADE. AND I APPRECIATED THE TALKS THAT I HAD WITH
THE PRESIDENT BEFORE AND AFTER THE MEETING AND I LEAVE HERE
WITH A VERY GOOD FEELING ABOUT MY EXPERIENCES IN CYPRUS. THANK
YOU. END QUOTE.

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Washington Announcement

Secretary Kissinger announces with regret the resignation
of Mr. William Donaldson, Under Secretary of State for Security
Assistance. Mr. Donaldson, who is resigning for personal reasons,
will leave office on Friday, May 10.

The Secretary has sent the following letter to Mr. Donaldson
from the Middle East:

"Dear Bill:

"I very much regret your decision to leave the Department to return to private life. While I am deeply sorry to see you go, I understand the reasons for your decision.

"As you leave you take with you my thanks for the
fine work you have done, my gratitude for the personal
sacrifices you have made, and my best wishes for a
successful future."

Washington Announcement

May 8, 1974

The Secretary has sent the following letter to Mr. Donaldson
will leave office on Friday, May 10.
Assistance. Mr. Donaldson, who is resigning for personal reasons,
of Mr. William Donaldson, Under Secretary of State for Security
Secretary Kissinger announces with regret the resignation

"Dear Bill:

from the Middle East:

sorry to see you go. I understand the reasons for your
decision.

successful future."

sacrifices you have made, and my best wishes for a
fine work you have done, my gratitude for the personal

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1. TEXT OF SECRETARY'S DEPARTURE STATEMENT AT DAMASCUS
   AIRPORT MAY 8:

2. "PRESIDENT ASAD AND I HAVE HAD A VERY GOOD AND VERY FRIENDLY TALK. I BROUGHT TO PRESIDENT ASAD SOME ISRAELI CONSIDERATIONS ON THE NATURE OF A DISENGAGEMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN SYRIA AND ISRAEL.

3. "PRESIDENT ASAD IN TURN CONVEYED TO ME SOME SYRIAN CONSIDERATIONS WHICH I AM NOW TAKING BACK TO ISRAEL. SOME PROGRESS WAS MADE BUT NO AGREEMENT WAS REACHED AND THEREFORE TALKS ARE CONTINUING.

4. "I EXPECT TO RETURN TO DAMASCUS LATER THIS WEEK AND LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING MY TALKS WITH PRESIDENT ASAD.

5. "ON BEHALF OF MY COLLEAGUES I WOULD LIKE TO THANK PRESIDENT ASAD, THE FOREIGN MINISTER AND ALL HIS ASSOCIATES FOR THE EXTRAORDINARILY WARM HOSPITALITY WITH WHICH WE HAVE BEEN RECEIVED. THANK YOU.". SCOTES BT #0636

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May 9, 1974

As is well known, the United States and Saudi Arabia agreed on April 5 to solidify their bilateral relations in all fields -- economic, scientific, technological and in the area of the Kingdom's defensive requirements. To pursue this agreement, His Royal Highness, Prince Fahd, has agreed to head a delegation of senior Saudi officials to the United States beginning on May 24 to work out the details of this cooperation with their counterparts in the U.S. Government.

I will head the United States Delegation.

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KISSINGER AND FOREIGN MINISTER SAQQAF

KISSINGER: QUOTE FIRST OF ALL, I WANTED TO THANK HIS MAJESTY, AND MY FRIEND, THE FOREIGN MINISTER, FOR THE EXTRAORDINARILY WARM AND COURTEOUS RECEPTION WE HAVE RECEIVED HERE. AS YOU KNOW, ON APRIL 5, THE UNITED STATES AND SAUDI ARABIA ANNOUNCED THAT THEY WOULD SOLIDIFY AND EXTEND THEIR BILATERAL RELATIONS IN A NUMBER OF FIELDS--ECONOMIC, TECHNOLOGICAL, SCIENTIFIC, AND IN THE AREA OF THE DEFENSIVE REQUIREMENTS OF THE KINGDOM. I AM HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE THAT PRINCE FAHD HAS AGREED TO HEAD A DELEGATION OF SENIOR OFFICERS FROM SAUDI ARABIA TO VISIT THE UNITED STATES, STARTING MAY 24, TO PUT THIS PROJECT INTO EFFECT. THE UNITED STATES DELEGATION, COMPOSED OF SENIOR OFFICIALS OF SIMILAR RANK, WILL BE HEADED BY ME. THE UNITED STATES LOOKS FORWARD TO THIS OPPORTUNITY TO EXTEND ITS LONG AND DEEP FRIENDSHIP FOR THE GOVERNMENT AND PEOPLE'S OF SAUDI ARABIA. I WILL NOW GO ON FROM HERE TO CAIRO, AND OTHER PLACES, TO PURSUE THE EFFORTS TO BRING ABOUT A DISENGAGEMENT BETWEEN THE FORCES BETWEEN SYRIA AND ISRAEL, AND I HAVE BENEFITED GREATLY FROM THE WISDOM AND COUNSEL OF HIS MAJEST, THE FOREIGN MINISTER, AND ALL OUR SAUDI FRIENDS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UNQUOTE.

SAQQAF: QUOTE I THANK MY FRIEND THE SECRETARY OF STATE AND WOULD LIKE TO MENTION HERE THAT WHAT WE DID IS NOTHING COMMISSERATE WITH WHAT HE DESERVES. WE AS PEOPLE WHOSE RELIGION IS ISLAM, WHICH MEANS, ACTUALLY, PEACE--YOU CAN EVEN IN ARABIC

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WOULD LIKE TO MENTION HERE THAT WHAT WE DID 12 NOTHING COM-
SAQDAF: QUOTE I THANK MY FRIEND THE SECRETARY OF STATE AND
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UNQUOTE.

HIS MAJESTY, THE FOREIGN MINISTER, AND ALL OUR SAUDI FRIENDS, AND I HAVE BENEFITED CREATLY FROM THE WISDOM AND COUNSEL OF ENGAGEMENT BETWEEN THE FORCES BETWEEN SYRIA AND ISRAEL, AND OTHER PLACES, TO PURSUE THE EFFORTS TO BRING ABOUT A DISPEOPLE'S OF SAUDI ARABIA. I WILL NOW GO ON FROM HERE TO CAIRO, TO EXTEND ITS FOND AND DEEP FRIENDSHIP FOR THE GOVERNMENT AND BY ME. THE UNITED STATES LOOKS FORWARD TO THIS OPPORTUNITY COMBINED OF SENIOR OFFICIALS OF SIMILAR RANK, WILL BE HEADED THIS PROJECT INTO EFFECT. THE UNITED STATES DELEGATION, ARABIA TO VISIT THE UNITED STATES, STARTING MAY 54, TO PUT AGREED TO HEAD A DELEGATION OF SENIOR OFFICERS FROM SAUDI THE KINGDOM. I AM HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE THAT PRINCE FAHD HAS SCIENTIFIC, AND IN THE AREA OF THE DEFENSIVE REQUIREMENTS OF RELATIONS IN A NUMBER OF FIELDS--ECONOMIC, TECHNOLOGICAL, ANNOUNCED THAT THEY WOULD SOCIALLY AND EXTEND THEIR GILATERAL AS YOU KNOW, ON APRIL 2, THE UNITED STATES AND SAUDI ARABIA ARILY WARM AND COURTEOUS RECEPTION WE HAVE RECEIVED HERE. AND MY FRIEND, THE FOREIGN MINISTER, FOR THE EXTRAORDIN

KISSINGER: QUOTE FIRST OF ALL, I WANTED TO THANK HIS MAJESTY, HIS MAJESTY, THE FOREIGN MINISTER, AND ALL OUR SAUDI FRIENDS. AND I HAVE BENEFITED CREATLY FROM THE WISDOM AND COUNSEL OF ENGAGEMENT BETWEEN THE FORCES BETWEEN SYRIA AND ISRAEL, AND OTHER PLACES, TO PURSUE THE EFFORTS TO BRING ABOUT A DISPEOPLE'S OF SAUDI ARABIA. I WILL NOW GO ON FROM HERE TO CAIRO, TO EXTEND ITS FOND AND DEEP FRIENDSHIP FOR THE GOVERNMENT AND BY ME. THE UNITED STATES LOOKS FORWARD TO THIS OPPORTUNITY COMBINED OF SENIOR OFFICIALS OF SIMILAR RANK, WILL BE HEADED THIS PROJECT INTO EFFECT. THE UNITED STATES DELEGATION, ARABIA TO VISIT THE UNITED STATES, STARTING MAY 54, TO PUT AGREED TO HEAD A DELEGATION OF SENIOR OFFICERS FROM SAUDI THE KINGDOM. I AM HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE THAT PRINCE FAHD HAS SCIENTIFIC, AND IN THE AREA OF THE DEFENSIVE REQUIREMENTS OF RELATIONS IN A NUMBER OF FIELDS--ECONOMIC, TECHNOLOGICAL, ANNOUNCED THAT THEY WOULD SOCIALLY AND EXTEND THEIR GILATERAL AS YOU KNOW, ON APRIL 2, THE UNITED STATES AND SAUDI ARABIA ARILY WARM AND COURTEOUS RECEPTION WE HAVE RECEIVED HERE. AND MY FRIEND, THE FOREIGN MINISTER, FOR THE EXTRAORDIN

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NOTICE THE SIMILARITY IN THE SOUNDS--WE, BEING THE PEOPLE THAT WE ARE, OF THAT FAITH, OF THAT PERSUASION, APPRECIATE THEREFORE GREATLY SUCH DISTINGUISHED PEOPLE AS DR. KISSINGER, WHO ARE PURSUING THE PATH OF PEACE. I MUST REPORT AS A HISTORIC FACT, OR A FACT WHICH TOUCHES ON HISTORY--BUT ALTHOUGH IT IS A PERSONAL ONE--NAMELY, THAT EVERY TIME I HAVE SEEN THE SECRETARY OF STATE, I HAVE BEEN MORE AND MORE CONVINCED-- THERE ISN'T ANY ROOM FOR MORE, ACTUALLY--THAT HE IS STRIVING, DOING HIS UTMOST TOWARDS SECURING A JUST PEACE, NOT ONLY IN THIS AREA, BUT HE IS ALSO DEEPLY INTERESTED, AND COMMITTED, TO HAVING PEACE REIGN THROUGHTOUT THE WORLD. WHETHER HIS EFFORTS LEAD TO SUCCESS OR NOT, THAT IS NOT MATERIAL, BUT I PERSONALLY FEEL THAT HE WILL SUCCEED BY DINT OF HIS PERSERVERENCE, EXTREME HARD WORK, HIS PATIENCE, AND HIS UTTER CONVICTION IN THE NEED TO HAVE PEACE REIGN. THE SECRETARY OF STATE HAS MET WITH HIS MAJESTY KING FAISAL, HAS LISTENED FROM HIS MAJESTY'S MOUTH TO THE VIEWS AND THE POLICIES OF THE KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA. AND WE HOPE THAT THIS KNOWLEDGE WILL HELP HIM PURSUE HIS EFFORTS. AS I SAID IN THE MORNING, I REPEAT AGAIN THAT IRRESPECTIVE OF THE RESULTS, WE WILL CONTINUE TO APPRECIATE THE EFFORTS EXPENDED BY OUR DEAR FRIEND, DR. HENRY KISSINGER, AND BY HIS COLLEAGUES IN THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT. WE ALSO WOULD ANNOUNCE WITH PLEASURE WHAT YOU HAVE JUST HEARD-- AT LEAST, EXPRESS OUR PLEASURE AT WHAT YOU AND WE HAVE JUST HEARD, NAMELY, THAT IN CONTINUANCE OF THOSE AMICABLE RELATIONS BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND SAUDI ARABIA, IN FURTHERANCE THEREOF, HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCE FAHD BIN ABDULAZIZ, SECOND DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER AND MINISTER OF THE INTERIOR OF THE KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA, WOULD BE PROCEEDING TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA FOR THAT SPECIFIC PURPOSE, TO START FORMALLY THE ARRANGEMENTS AND THE DISCUSSIONS ON THE DATE BEYOND OR AFTER THE 22ND OF MAY--IN ACTUAL FACT, ON THE 24TH. I HAVE EVERY CONVICTION THAT BOTH HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCE FAHD AND DR. HENRY KISSINGER WILL SUCCEED IN THEIR JOINT EFFORTS. IN ANY CASE, IT BEHOOVES US TO HOPE THAT THEIR EFFORTS, WHEN THEY START, WILL HAVE COME AS A FOLLOW-UP TO OR SUBSEQUENT TO THE SUCCESS OBTAINED IN THE DIRECTION OF THE DISENGAGEMENT BETWEEN THE SYRIAN FORCES AND THE OCCUPYING FORCES OF ISRAEL. BECAUSE SHOULD THIS SEQUENCE BE THE CASE--

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OF THE DISENGAGEMENT BETWEEN THE SYRIAN FORCES AND THE OCCUPY-
TO OR SUBSEQUENT TO THE SUCCESS OBTAINED IN THE DIRECTION
EFFORTS, WHEN THEY START, WILL HAVE COME AS A FOLLOW-UP
JOINT EFFORTS. IN ANY CASE, IT BEHOOVES US TO HOPE THAT THEIR
BRING FAHD AND DR. HENRY KISSINGER WILL SUCCEED IN THEIR
THE SATTH. I HAVE EVERY CONVICTION THAT BOTH HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS
THE DATE BEYOND OR AFTER THE SND OF MAY--IN ACTUAL FACT, ON
TO START FORMALLY THE ARRANGEMENTS AND THE DISCUSSIONS ON
TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA FOR THAT SPECIFIC PURPOSE,
INTERIOR OF THE KINGDOM OF SANDI ARABIA, WOULD BE PROCEEDING
ABDULAZIS, SECOND DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER AND MINISTER OF THE
FURTHERANCE THEREOF, HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS BRUCE FAHD BIM
TONGUISH BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND SANDI ARABIA, IN
HEARD, NAMELY, THAT IN CONTINUANCE OF THOSE AMICABLE REFA-
AT LEAST, EXPRESSE OUR PLEASURE AT WHAT YOU AND WE HAVE JUST
WOULD ANNOUNCE WITH PLEASURE WHAT YOU HAVE JUST HEARD--
AND BY HIS COLLEAGUES IN THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT. WE ALSO
THE EFFORTS EXPRESSED BY OUR DEAR FRIEND, DR. HENRY KISSINGER,
IRRESPECTIVE OF THE RESULTS, WE WILL CONTINUE TO APPRECIATE
EFFORTS. AS I SAID IN THE MORNING, I REPEAT AGAIN THAT
AND WE HOPE THAT THIS KNOWLEDGE WILL HELP HIM PURUEH HIS
TO THE VIEWS AND THE POLICIES OF THE KINGDOM OF SANDI ARABIA.
MAJESTY KING FAIZAL, HAS LISTENED FROM HIS MAJESTY'S MOUTH
TO HAVE PEACE REIGN. THE SECRETARY OF STATE HAS MET WITH HIS
HARD WORK, HIS PATIENCE, AND HIS UTTER CONVICTION IN THE NEED
FEEL THAT HE WILL SUCCEED BY DINT OF HIS PERSERVANCE. EXTREME
LEAD TO SUCCESS OR NOT, THAT IS NOT MATERIAL, BUT I PERSONALLY
TO HAVING PEACE REIGN THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. WHETHER HIS EFFORTS
THIS AREA, BUT HE IS ALSO DEEPLY INTERESTED, AND COMMITTED,
DOING HIS OUTMOST TOWARDS SECURING A JUST PEACE, NOT ONLY IN
THERE ISN'T ANY ROOM FOR MORE. ACTUALLY--THAT HE IS STRIVING,
SECRETARY OF STATE, I HAVE BEEN MORE AND MORE CONVINCED--
IT IS A PERSONAL ONE--NAMELY, THAT EVERY TIME I HAVE SEEN THE
HISTORIC FACT, OR A FACT WHICH TOUCHES ON HISTORY--BUT ALTHOUGH
WHO ARE PURSUING THE PATH OF PEACE. I MUST REPORT AS A
THEREFORE GREATLY SUCH DISTINGUISHED PEOPLE AS DR. KISSINGER,
THAT WE ARE, OF THAT FAITH, OF THAT PERSONSHIP, APPRECIATE
NOTICE THE SIMILARITY IN THE SOUNDS--WE, BEING THE PEOPLE

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BON VOYAGE, AND WE WILL WELCOME HIM ANY TIME. UNDOCUMENT.

FREIND IS IM2SIRING. LET ME END BY WISHING HIM EVERY SUCCESS.

KNOW WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO ME: MAYBE THE PRESENCE OF OUR

BEEN OF THE HABIT OF BEING A MAN OF FEW WORDS: I DON'T

RESPECT, APPRECIATION, COOPERATION AND AMITY. I HAVE ALWAYS

EFFORTS BETWEEN US AND BRING ABOUT AN INCREASING MEASURE OF

WOULD FEND GREATER POSSIBILITIES FOR SUCCESS TO SUCH JOINT

DISENGAGEMENT ARE SUCCESSFUL. WE ALL KNOW THAT THAT IN ITSELF

COOPERATIVE EFFORTS COME AFTER DISENGAGEMENT. THE ATTEMPT IS AT

IN OTHER WORDS, THE JOINT SAUDI U.2. COMMITTEES OR BILATERAL

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detailed discussion this evening and we will meet
again after the Israeli Cabinet has met tomorrow.
We continue to work on means of reconciling the
differences between the two positions.

Q: Dr. Kissinger, how long are you prepared to
go back and forth between Jerusalem and Damascus?
Secretary: Well, as long as there is hope of
making progress in this round. Unquote.

3. Remarks by FM Eban: Quote: I'll just say
what we did tonight. We heard the Secretary'
of State's report of his conversations in Damascus.
We then asked continued our detailed considera-
tion of the concrete problems involved in a
disengagement agreement and we discussed ways in
which some of the differences might be reconciled
and because an agreement has not been reached and
we are bringing this situation as it now stands
to our Cabinet for further discussion
tomorrow. Unquote.

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1. TEXT OF SECRETARY'S DEPARTURE STATEMENT AT DAMASCUS AIRPORT MAY 12:

2. THE PRESIDENT AND I HAD A VERY EXTENSIVE REVIEW OF THE SITUATION. THE MEETING WAS ATTENDED BY THE FOREIGN MINISTER, BY THE MINISTER OF DEFENSE, BY THE CHIEF OF THE AIR FORCE AND BY THE CHIEF OF MILITARY INTELLIGENCE OF SYRIAM.

3. WE PASSED FROM THE STAGE OF GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS TO A DETAILED AND CONCRETE EXAMINATION OF ALL THE ELEMENTS OF DISENGAGEMENT. WE MADE SOME PROGRESS BUT NO AGREEMENT WAS REACHED.

4. I AM RETURNING TO ISRAEL WITH DETAILED CONSIDERATIONS GIVEN TO ME BY THE SYRIAN GOVERNMENT AND I EXPECT TO RETURN HERE TUESDAY.

5. THE ATMOSPHERE AT THE MEETING WAS VERY FRIENDLY. I WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS MY APPRECIATION AND THAT OF MY ASSOCIATES FOR THE CHARACTERISTICALLY WARM AND FRIENDLY RECEPTION THAT WE HAVE HAD HERE.

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WE DEEPLY APPRECIATE THE CONCERN CONSISTENTLY SHOWN BY PRESIDENT NIXON AND HIS INTEREST IN SEEING A SOLUTION TO THE NEAR EASTERN PROBLEM. WE ALSO APPRECIATE GREATLY THE FACT THAT THE PRESIDENT HAS SEEN FIT TO SEND HIS SECRETARY OF STATE, CUR FRIEND, HENRY, DR. HENRY KISSINGER, NEEDLESS TO SAY, TO COME HERE AND CONVEY TO US THE VIEWS AND EXCHANGE IN A COOPERATIVE MANNER TOWARDS THE SOLUTION OF THIS PROBLEM.

AT THE RISK OF REPEATING MYSELF, IT GIVES ME PLEASURE TO SAY IT AGAIN, ANYWAY, THAT FROM THE FIRST MEVENT I HAD THE PLEASURE OF MEETING DR. KISSINGER, I SENSED IN MY INTEGRITY, STRAIGHTFORWARDNESS-, AND TRUTHFULNESS TO HIS WORD. FROM THE FIRST I WAS CONVINCED THAT HE MEANS WHAT HE SAYS AND HE IS STRIVING VERY HARD TOWARDS THE SOLUTION OF THIS PROBLEM IN COOPERATION WITH ALL CONCERNED. WE CERTAINLY APPRECIATE AND KNOW, FOR A FACT, WHAT AN ARDUOUS TASK IT MUST BE, THIS GOING AND COMING, THIS SHUTTLE DIPLOMACY, SO TO SPEAK, AND IN FACT WE ARE DOUBLY SURPRISED PARTICULARLY IN THE CASE OF HIS EXCELLENCY, SECRETARY OF STATE, BECAUSE A MAN WHO CONDUCTS THIS KIND OF DIPLOMACY, STAYING AWAY SO OFTEN BEFORE THE END OF HIS HONEYMOON, IS REALLY ASTOUNDING. THE KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA, HEADED BY HIS MAJESTY KING FAISAL, AND IN THE NAME OF ITS PEOPLE, RELECTING THE WISHES AND THE DESIRES OF ITS PEOPLE, CHERISH NOTHING BUT AMITY AND FRIENDLINESS FOR ALL THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. THAT IS WHY NOT ONLY ARE WE DESIROUS OF, BUT WE CERTAINLY ARE WORKING HARD TOWARDS THE CEVENTING AND STRENGTHENING OF GOOD RELATIONS BETWEEN OUR TWO COUNTRIES.

OF COURSE WE HAVE NO DOUBT THAT THIS WILL HAPPEN, AND WE ARE STRIVING HARD TOWARDS ITS HAPPENING. BUT WE ARE NOT FOOLING OURSELVES TO THINK THAT IT WILL HAPPEN IMMEDIATELY, IT WILL ONLY HAPPEN AFTER WE HAVE THE UPPER HAND OVER THOSE ELEMENTS WHO DO NOT WISH A SOLUTION. IN SPITE OF ALL THIS WE ARE REALLY WORKING HARD ON TWO FRONTS. ONCE AGAIN I WELCOME OUR VERY DEAR FRIEND, AND I WAS VERY PLEASED TO HEAR, ALBEIT IT IN AN ASIDE THAT THE DISCUSSIONS HAVE ACHIEVED SOME KING OF PROGRESS. IN THANKING AGAIN OUR GUEST, DR. KISSINGER, I WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS THE HOPE THAT HIS NEXT VISIT TO OUR COUNTRY WILL BE FOR PURE PLEASURE, TO COME AND BE OUR GUEST, AND RELAX. THAT WILL HAPPEN WE HOPE, AND WE TRUST IN GOD, WHEN PEACE AND JUSTICE WILL HAVE REIGNED, WHEN HE WILL HAVE HAD HIS EFFORTS AND THOSE OF OTHERS CROWNED WITH SUCCESS. WE SAY THIS IN ALL SINCERITY, REFLECTING THE

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SUBJECT: TEXT OF SECRETARY'S DEPARTURE STATEMENT

1. TEXT OF SECRETARY'S DEPARTURE STATEMENT AT DAMASCUS AIRPORT MAY 14:

2. I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT THE PRESIDENT AND I HAD FURTHER VERY EXTENSIVE TALKS IN A MOST CORDIAL ATMOSPHERE.

3. WE CONTINUED TO REVIEW POSSIBLE DISENGAGEMENT AGREEMENTS FURTHER REFINING THE VARIOUS IDEAS THAT WE HAVE BEFORE US. NO AGREEMENT WAS REACHED.

4. I AM RETURNING TO ISRAEL NOW TO BRING THE GOVERNMENT THERE SOME SYRIAN THROUGHTS AND I EXPECT TO RETURN TO DAMASCUS TOMORROW (MAY 15).

5. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK OUR SYRIAN HOSTS FOR THEIR CHARACTERISTIC HOSPITALITY.

6. QUESTION: DID YOU RESITER FURTHER PROGRESS?

7. ANSWER: WE MADE FURTHER PROGRESS IN REFINING THE ISSUES.

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I was shocked and outraged to learn of the
attack by fedayeen terrorists against a teenage
campsite in Ma'alot early this morning and against
other innocent civilians in the same area. Our hearts
go out to the families and to all of Israel.

The United States Government strongly condemns
this mindless and irrational action and appeals to
those holding innocent hostages to release them.
Already, there are reports that a father, mother
and their five year-old have been killed and others
injured.

Violence such as this will serve no cause but
to undermine the prospects for peace in this area.
Further, we believe that it is time for all responsible
governments to make clear that, whatever their political
differences, such inhumane acts must be condemned and
those who carry them out dealt with severely.

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SUBJ: SECVISIT - JORDAN DEPARTURE STATEMENTS

1. FOLLOWING ARE TEXTS OF DEPARTURE STATEMENTS BY SEC. KISSINGER AND PRIME MINISTER ZAID RIFAI AT AMMAN AIRPORT, MAY 6.

2. SECRETARY KISSINGER:

"LADIES AND GENTLEMEN I SOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS THE GRATITUDE OF MY ASSOCIATES AND MYSELF TO HIS MAJESTY AND THE PRIME MINISTER FOR THE EXTRA-ORDINARY WARM RECEPTION THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED HERE. WE DISCUSSED IN GREAT DETAIL THE STATE OF CURRENT NEGOTIATIONS IN THE MIDDLE EAST LEADING WE HOPE TOWARDS A DISENGAGEMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN SYRIA AND ISRAEL AND ALSO THE FURTHER NEGOTIATIONS THAT WE AGREED SHOULD FOLLOW THAT STEP. WE ALSO HAD A VERY GOOD REVIEW OF THE RELATIONS BETWEEN JORDAN AND THE UNITED STATES AND FOUND THEM TO BE EXCELLENT. IT IS ALWAYS A JOY TO US TO VISIT OUR FRIENDS IN JORDAN AND TO BENEFIT FROM THEIR WISDOM AND THEIR COURAGE AND TO KNOW THAT OUR RELATIONSHIPS ARE CONCENTED IMPROVING. THANK YOU".

3. PRIME MINISTER ZAID RIFAI:

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AIRPORT MAY 17:

2. THE PRESIDENT AND FOREIGN MINISTER AND SOME OF THEIR ASSOCIATES AND I AND MY ASSOCIATES REVIEWED IN GREAT DETAIL ALL THE ASPECTS OF A POSSIBLE AGREEMENT BETWEEN SYRIA AND ISRAEL.

3. WE PARTICULARLY CONCENTRATED ON SEEKING NEW APPROACHES TO BRIDGE THE REMAINING DIFFERENCES.

4. I AM NOW GOING TO ISRAEL WHERE I WILL BE MEETING WITH ISRAELI OFFICIALS TOMORROW AND I WILL RETURN TO DAMASCUS ON SATURDAY.

5. WE SHOULD KNOW BY THEN WHETHER NEW APPROACHES CAN BE FOUND.

6. THE MEETING WAS HELD IN AN ATMOSPHERE OF GREAT CORDIALITY AND IN A VERY CONSTRUCTIVE SPIRIT.

7. QUESTION: (MARILYN BERGER) MR. SECRETARY, CAN YOU SAY WHETHER PROGRESS WAS MADE TODAY?

8. ANSWER: WE MADE SOME PROGRESS BUT WE OBVIOUSLY HAVEN'T YET REACHED AN AGREEMENT.

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Yesterday, many civilian lives were lost as a result of air attacks by Israeli forces in Lebanon in retaliation for the massacre at Ma'alot. The United States Government deeply deplores the loss of innocent lives wherever it occurs in this tragic conflict. It must express its concern that such cycles of violence undermine the search for peace in the Middle East and calls on all parties to redouble their efforts for a just and lasting peace.

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DEPT PASS WHITE HOUSE FOR GENERAL SCOWCROFT AND ZIEGLER

1. TRANSCRIPT OF SECRETARY'S Q AND A WITH PRESS AT 12:30 PM, WEDNESDAY, MAY 22, FOLLOWING MEETING AT PRIME MINISTER MEIR'S OFFICE.

2. **QUOTE**
Q: MR. SECRETARY, HOW ARE THE TALKS GOING?

SECRETARY: AS YOU KNOW, SUBSTANTIAL AGREEMENT HAS BEEN REACHED ON THE DEMARCATION LINE, BUT THERE ARE A WHOLE RANGE OF OTHER ISSUES THAT ARE LINKED TO IT SUCH AS BUFFER ZONE, THINNING OUT OF FORCES, UN PRESENCE, PRISONERS, WHICH WE ARE NOW NEGOTIATING, ON SEVERAL OF WHICH PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE. I AM GOING BACK TO DAMASCUS THIS AFTERNOON TO DISCUSS THOSE ELEMENTS THAT STILL REMAIN UNRESOLVED BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THE WHOLE THING IS ONE PACKAGE, AND THEN I WILL MEET WITH MY ISRAELI COLLEAGUES EITHER TONIGHT OR FIRST THING TOMORROW MORNING, DEPENDING ON WHEN I COME BACK.

3. **Q:** WILL YOU STAY BEYOND FRIDAY?

SECRETARY: I EXPECT TO LEAVE THIS WEEKEND.

4. **Q:** WILL YOU WRAP IT UP ON FRIDAY?

SECRETARY: I DO NOT WANT TO MAKE A PREDICTION. UNQUOTE
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TOAST BY THE SECRETARY AT HIS LUNCHEON, May 23, 1974

Mr. Minister, Mr. Defense Minister, Distinguished Guests:

I consider this occasion a rather momentous event. Six months ago if anyone had predicted that an American Secretary of State would meet at this Residence of American Ambassadors with such a distinguished group of Syrians, he would have been considered a dreamer. Yet we meet here today not only in our official capacities but, having worked together for peace in the Middle East, with increasing confidence and friendship. When I first met the Foreign Minister his natural affection for anything American nevertheless had to give way to some suspicion engendered by six years of isolation. I believe that we have now recognized that closer relations between Syria and the United States are in the interest of both countries and that hostility serves neither of our people.

There is an overriding need to bring a just and permanent peace to the Middle East and the United States has engaged itself in that effort. As an important first step in that effort, we have in the last four weeks, all of us around this table, worked to bring about a disengagement between Syrian and Israeli forces. It has been a difficult negotiation eased somewhat by the natural conciliativeness of both sides. It has been difficult but

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we have persevered because all of us around this table
recognize that the first step is always the hardest.

There has been enough suffering in the Middle East
and it is time that the peoples of the Middle East began
to devote their talents to peaceful pursuits. It is my
judgment that we have made great progress in this negotiation
and even if we should for some reason not complete it on
this trip, we will surely bring it to a conclusion in the
near future. But we will continue to persevere in the next
few days and I want to pay tribute to the constructive
and positive spirit that has been displayed by the Syrian
side. It is this spirit which will help us move forward
towards peace in the Middle East and towards improved
relations between our two countries. The personal associa-
tions my colleagues and I have formed in the weeks past
will be deepened in the months to come.

We would like to express our gratitude for the
unfailing hospitality with which we have been greeted
here and for the personal warmth of our hosts. It is in
this spirit that I would like to propose a toast: To
peace in the Middle East, to improved relations between
our two countries and to my friend, the Foreign Minister,
and his colleagues.

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Q: HOW ARE THE TALKS GOING, DR. KISSINGER?

K: WELL, AS I'VE POINTED OUT ON THE REMAINING ISSUES, ESPECIALLY THE THINNING OUT OF FORCES, WE ARE CONSIDERING WHETHER THE TIME IS APPROACHING WHERE AN AMERICAN PROPOSAL MIGHT HELP MATTERS, AND IN ORDER TO DO THIS WE HAVE A VERY DETAILED EXAMINATION OF ALL THE ASPECTS OF THINNING OUT WITH OUR ISRAELI COLLEAGUES, AND I BELIEVE WE HAVE MADE GOOD PROGRESS.

Q: DOES THAT MEAN THAT YOU HAVE NOT YET GIVEN AN AMERICAN PROPOSAL TO THE SYRIANS OR THE ISRAELIS?

K: THAT IS WHAT I DISCUSSED.

Q: HOW LONG WILL YOU STAY IN THE AREA, SIR?

K: (LAUGHING.) WELL, AS I'VE POINTED OUT, I AM LEAVING OVER THE WEEKEND.

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DEPARTMENT PASS WHITE HOUSE FOR GENERAL SKOWCROFT AND ZIEGLER

1. FOLLOWING IS TRANSCRIPT OF SECRETARY KISSINGER'S REPLY TO REMARKS BY PM MEIR AT LUNCHEON GIVEN BY MRS. IR AT KING DAVID HOTEL, SUNDAY, MAY 26:

2. QUOTE: MADAM PRIME MINISTER, FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES: I CANNOT TELL YOU HOW MUCH I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU HAVE SAID, THOUGH TO (SEVERAL WORDS LOST) FOR DOING IMPOSSIBLE THINGS IN THIS COUNTRY IS A LITTLE BIT OUT OF PLACE BECAUSE THIS WHOLE COUNTRY IS AN IMPOSSIBILITY. IT IS A TESTIMONY TO THE FACT THAT ALL GREAT THINGS IN HISTORY HAVE BEEN DREAMS BEFORE THEY BECAME A REALITY. AND WHEN I SPEAK TO THE PEOPLE AT MY TABLE HERE, ALL OF WHOM CAME TO THIS COUNTRY AT A TIME WHEN IT WAS BARREN AND ALL THEY HAD WAS THEIR INSPIRATION, THEN I KNOW THAT THERE IS STILL HOPE IN THIS WORLD AND WHEN THE PETTY CALCULATIONS THAT FORM SO MUCH OF THE DISCUSSION OF THE DAY HAVE BEEN OVERCOME--AT LEAST IN SOHN PARTS OF THE WORLD--BY GREAT DREAMS THAT THEN BECAME GREAT EVENTS.

3. I MUST SAY ON BEHALF OF MY COLLEAGUES THAT THE LA FOUR WEEKS FOR ALL THEIR DIFFICULTIES HAVE BEEN AMONG THE MOST REWARDING, SOMETIMES THE MOST COMPLEX, AND SOMETIMES THE MOST EMOTIONAL, OF OUR LIVES. IT ISN'T OFTEN THAT ONE IS GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO CHANGE A COURSE OF EVENTS, AND THERE IS NO AREA THAT IS SO MUCH MORE IN NEED OF CHANGE AS THE MIDDLE EAST, NO AREA IN WHICH SUFFERING HAS BEEN MORE PROLONGED, AND NO PEOPLE WHICH DESERVES A REST MORE THAN THIS PEOPLE HERE WHICH THROUGHOUT ITS HISTORY HAS BORNE MORE THAN ITS SHARE OF SUFFERING.

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4. AS WE HAVE EMBARKED ON THIS EFFORT, SOMETIMES THINKING THAT IT WOULD FAIL, SOMETIMES MAKING PROGRESS, WE HAVE ALL BEEN DETERMINED THAT WHETHER WE SUCCEED ON THIS PARTICULAR EFFORT OR NOT, THAT THE COURSE ON WHICH WE EMBARK MUST SUCCEED, THAT PEACE MUST BE BROUGHT TO THIS AREA AND THAT ALL OF US WILL MAKE THE GREATEST EFFORT TO REALIZE WHAT WE HAVE STARTED.

5. WE WANT TO EXPRESS OUR GRATITUDE TO THE PATIENCE OF THE ISRAELI NEGOTIATING TEAMS AND TO THE PATIENCE OF THE ISRAELI CABINET. THE FOREIGN PQNISTER MANY MONTHS AGO TOLD ME THAT ISRAEL WOULD CONDUCT ITS NEGOTIATION WITH ITS CHARACTERISTIC TENACITY. I J

DON'T KNOW WHAT HE WAS TALKING ABOUT OR I WOULD NOT BE HERE. AND WE HAVE HAD OCCASIONS WHEN AFTER TALKING ABOUT KUNEITRA FOR SEVERAL WEEKS, I SENT TWO MEMBERS OF MY TEAM OUT THERE TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT AND ONE OF THEM CAME BACK AND SAID: 'IMAGINE WHAT THEY'RE DOING NOW--THEY'RE PUSHING KUNEITRA TOWARD THE SYRIAN FRONTIER.' THEY HAD SEEN SOME BULLDOZERS AT WORK. WE HAVE GOTTEN TO KNOW EVERY HILL ON THE GOLAN HEIGHTS AND MANY OTHER PROBLEMS, AND WE HAVE ALSO LEARNED WHAT WAS TO US FIRST AN INTELLECTUAL DECISION HAS NOW BEEN TRANSFORMED INTO AN EMOTIONAL NECESSITY; THAT THE PROGRESS THAT HAS BEEN MADE MUST NOT BE LOST AND THAT WHETHER OR NOT THIS LAST TRIP TO DAMASCUS WILL BRIA THE AGREEMENT THAT IS SO CTISED, WE WILL CONTINUE THE EFFORT UNTIL THIS FIRST STEP TOWARD A LASTING PEACE WILL HAVE BEEN CONCLUDED.

6. MADAME PRIME MINISTER, YOU REPRESENT THIS GENERATION THAT CAME TO THIS COUNTRY WHEN IT WAS ONLY A DREAM AND YOU HAVE DONE WHAT IS GIVEN TO VERY FEW: TO BRING A PEOPLE TO A COUNTRY, TO MAKE THE COUNTRY A STATE, AND TO TURN THE STATE INTO A HOME. ALL OF US WHO HAVE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF WORKING WITH YOU HAVE BEEN INSPIRED BY YOUR GREATNESS AS A HUMAN BEING, AS WELL AS BY YOUR LEADERSHIP OF YOUR COUNTRY.

7. IT HAS BEEN SAID THAT NOTHING IS MORE PERMANENT IN ISRAEL THAN A CARETAKER GOVERNMENT. IF I CAN BELEIVE THE NEWSPAPER REPORTS, IT MAY BE THAT A NEW GOVERNMENT WILL SOON BE FORMED AND WITH ALL OUR RESPECT FOR YOUR SU

EIR INNOCENCE AND ALL THE MEN CAN TURN TO TASKS OF CONSTRUCTION. I WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE A TOAST TO THE PRIME MINISTER, AND TO PEACE. UNQUOTE.

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1. WE ARRIVED IN DAMASCUS ONCE MORE TO EXCHANGE VIEWS WITH PRESIDENT ASAD AND SYRIAN LEADERS ON QUESTIONS INVOLVING A SETTLEMENT IN THE MIDDLE EAST. I BELIEVE THERE IS NO NEED TO REPEAT THAT THE SOVIET UNION STANDS STEADFAST IN ITS POSITION THAT A JUST SETTLEMENT IN THIS AREA CANNOT BE ACHIEVED EXCEPT ON A BASIS OF COMPLETE ISRAELI WITHDRAWAL FROM ALL ARAB LANDS OCCUPIED IN 1967 AND THEREAFTER AND ON THE BASIS OF ACHIEVING THE RIGHTS OF THE PALESTINIANF PEOPLE.

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1. FOLLOWING IS TEXT OF SECRETARY'S DEPARTURE STATEMENT AT DAMASCUS AIRPORT MAY 27:

2. QUOTE. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN: PRESIDENT ASAD AND I SPENT MOST OF LAST NIGHT AND ALL OF TODAY ONHG VERY COMPLETE AND PAINSTAKING REVIEW OF ALL THE ASPECTS OF A POSSIBLE DISENGAGEMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN ISRAEL AND SYRIA. WE HAVE NARROWED THE DIFFERENCES TO A VERY FEW AND I AM NOW RETURNING TO ISRAEL TO MEET WITH THE ISRAELI NEGOTIATING TEAM TONIGHT TO SEE WHAT THEIR VIEW IS ABOUT HOW THESE DIFFERENCES MIGHT BE BRIDGED. TOMMOROW MR. SISCO OF MY GROUP IS GOING HTO RETURN TO DAMASCUS TO BRING THESE CONSIDERATIONS TO PRESIDENT ASAD AND TO THE FOREIGN MINISTER.

". SINCE THIS IS MY LAST VISIT TO DAMASCUS ON THIS TRIP, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A FEW OBSERVATIONS AND I KNOW I SPEAK ALSO FOR MYHSYRIAN COLLEAGUES. RELATIONS BETWEEN THE SYRIAN AND AMERICAN PEOPLE'S HAVE ALWAYS BEEN GOOD. AS A RESULT OF THE VERY INTENSIVE, VERY CON-STRUCTIVE DISCUSSIONS THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE IN THE LAST FOUR WEEKS, THE RELATIONS BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENTS OF SYRIA AND THE U.S. HAVE GREATLY IMPROVED AND A MUTUAL COMPREHENSION OF EACH OTHER'S PROBLEMS HAVE GROWN. WE HAVE MADE A DECISION TO CONTINUE TOWARDS AN IMPROVEMENT OF OUR RELATIONS ON A VERY BROAD FRONT. WE CONSIDER THIS ONE OF THE VERY POSITIVE OUTCOMES OF MY VISIT TO THE MIDDLE EAST. ON BEHALF OF MY COLLEAGUES I WOULD

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3. In periods which were sometimes difficult we have come to know not every stream in Kuneitra, but almost every hope of people on both sides of the border where every field evokes such profound associations and where one begins to sense that the desire for peace is taking on ever more tangible force.

4. This country, which has suffered so much, and the people that have suffered so much, no gift could be greater than the possibility of a true and lasting peace.

5. On behalf of all of my colleagues, I know that our deepest wishes of the past month will speed the day when a lasting peace comes, and as the Prime Minister so eloquently said, when children on both sides of the frontier can live in security, when mothers do not have to worry about their sons and when everybody can turn their energies to tasks of construction.

Our Israeli colleagues and we have worked together with a common attitude towards the common objective of peace and we shall miss nightly meetings (laughter), but we have forged an understanding of each other and of friendship that none of us will ever forget and we have felt too, the hopes and the wishes of the people of Israel which when merged with the hopes of the people on the other side of the frontier must lead soon to a lasting peace.

6. To the Prime Minister, who has been an inspiration to us all on both sides of the table, we are so happy that in this, her last week in office, she could make this great contribution

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to the establishment of peace and we hope that we will have
the opportunity to benefit from her wisdom for many decades
to come. Thank you very much. UNQUOTE.

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8. **~~U~~**~~SECRET~~ QUOTE. Ladies and Gentlemen of the press, my colleagues, & the guests, Mr. Secretary, and your colleagues: I can say now our colleagues on both sides, right? There is no doubt that this is a great evening, an evening that spells great efforts, a lot of soul-searching, and searching possibilities that may seem impossible at some time ago seemed to be impossible.

9. This is a day that we hope will be a day that will not only bring immediate quiet on our northern borders and that Syrian mothers, Israeli mothers, Syrian young wives, Israeli young wives, children on both sides of the border can go to sleep at night without terror,美好梦想和美好的 dreams of who knows, if their dear one is alive today will he be alive again on the next day? This is what we hope for, for our people and for our neighbors and we hope that this goes well. We pray that it should, that this is a beginning for a real and lasting peace with all our neighbors and all our borders.
Again, for the sake of the people on both sides of the border.

10. Mr. Secretary, this is really to a very great extent your day. It's been a joy and a pleasure to work together. We

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on different sides of the table; American delegation on one
side, Israeli delegation on the other side, but sometimes our
problems were rather mixed up, because we really wanted exactly the
same thing. But there is no doubt—I've said it before—without
your patience, without your ability for work—although you gave us
an inferiority complex—I've said to my colleagues in the Cabinet
that with the exception of those that were Chiefs of Staff in the
old days and the Chief of Staff of today that (Dr. Kissinger)
knows the terrain like he knows his own home. I don't think anyone
of us would dare face an examination (from Dr. Kissinger) of hills,
towns, roads, busy houses. Every house in Kuneitra and every
house that is not there anymore, even,

11. I think you know—and you heard it over the radio—my colleague Shimon Peres has said this over the radio (that) the Government today at the meeting has unanimously accepted the agreement. At the same time it passed the resolution and asked me to say this tonight—that on behalf of the Israel Government, on behalf of all the the people of Israel, all the boys that are still on the front, that we want to express to you our great appreciation, admiration, and wonder of how you do it. Some of the newspapermen said do I know how you do it? I don't, but you've done it! And I want to say thank you to you and to your colleagues and really congratulations. And I want through this media—I think there are two televisions around here—to say on behalf

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LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT TO MAKE. THE SECRETARY WILL NOT BE COMING BACK TONIGHT. NOW THAT IS SOME- THING THAT I'S CAPABLE OF GRASPING INTELLECTUALLY, BUT NOT EMOTIONALLY. THE EXPERIENCE OF THE DAILY MEETINGS HAS BECOME ALMOST PART OF OUR LIVES. I WOULD TRUST TO THINK THAT AFTER MORE THAN 30 DAYS OF INTENSIVE ACTIVITY PROBABLY UNPRECEDENTED IN THE HISTORY OF DIPLOMATIC TECHNIQUES SECRETARY KISSINGER GOES BACK WITH ANOTHER VICTORY ON HIS BACK. IT ISN'T ONLY A VICTORY FOR AMERICAN STATESMANSHIP, IT IS I BELIEVE A VICTORY FOR THE CAUSE OF PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND IN THE WORLD. I BELIEVE THAT ISRAELI OPINION UNDERSTANDS THAT WHAT WE HAVE DONE IS A STEP TOWARDS A BETTER FUTURE. BUT ONLY A STEP TOWARDS THAT FUTURE, A STEP THAT REQUIRES A CONTINUOUS AND UNCEASING PREOCCUPATION WITH FUTURE STEPS AND WITH FUTURE PROSPECTS. AND I'M CERTAIN THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO COUNT ON THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE UNITED STATES, WE SHALL BE ABLE TO COUNT ON ITS UNEXAMPLED PRESTIGE IN THE MIDDLE EAST AS ON THE PERSONAL INTEREST OF SECRETARY KISSINGER IN THE PROBLEMS AND ANXIETIES THAT CONTINUE TO BESET US. PERSONALLY I WOULD SAY THAT I HAVE FOUND THIS TO BE AN INTELLECTUAL EXPERIENCE OF THE GREATEST MAGNITUDE. I SHALL NEVER FORGET IT. I WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER HOW, WHEN WE WERE AT THE POINT OF DE- SPAIR, THE SECRETARY OF STATE CARRIED HIS ACTIVITIES BEYOND THE POINT OF DESPAIR WITH A RESILIENCE THAT WAS SOMETIMES ALMOST BEYOND BELIEF. AND JUST WHEN THINGS SEEMED TO BE COLLAPSING A NEW EFFORT OF WILL AND NEW EFFORT OF CONFIDENCE BROUGHT THE NEGOTIATION BACK TO LIFE. MY FINAL OBSERVATION IS ON THE LENGTH OF TIME THAT THIS HAS TAKEN AND PERHAPS MANY IN ISRAEL AND IN AMERICA AND IN THE WORLD MAY BE SURPRISED IF I SAY THAT THIS HAS BEEN A REMARKABLY RAPID

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SADAT-KISSINGER REMARKS TO PRESS

5:00 p.m., May 30, 1974 - Giza Residence, Cairo

**Question:** Mr. President, did you agree on the next steps?

**Sadat:** We agreed upon everything!

**Question:** When will you go to Geneva?

**Sadat:** First, I have a statement. [Reads]

"Egypt welcomes reaching an agreement on the disengagement of forces on the Syrian front as another step on the road towards a durable peace based on justice in accordance with the Security Council resolutions.

"The agreement, even though it is merely a military one for the consolidation of the ceasefire, is an important step that will generate momentum towards the realization of the Arab national goal which is the total Israeli withdrawal from all the occupied Arab territories as well as the restoration of the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people. Furthermore, it confronts all the parties concerned with their responsibilities and paves the way for the activation of the Geneva Conference.

"We hail, in particular, the wisdom and farsightedness of President Hafez Al-Assad, and the positive and effective role of the United States of America which

<u>Kissinger:</u> Mr. President, I would like to express appreciation for your very generous words. Six months ago I had the honor for the first time of meeting President Sadat, who since then has become my friend, on whose advice we relied, and whose inspiration has guided our efforts.

The United States is dedicated to achieving a permanent peace based on justice in the Middle East. And we engaged ourselves in the efforts on disengagement with Egypt and Syria because we were convinced it was a necessary first step.

The negotiations concluded yesterday between Syria and Israel could not have succeeded without the advice and constant support of President Sadat and the Egyptian Government.

The relations between the United States and Egypt have improved and will continue to improve. In order to intensify this cooperation, President Sadat and President Nixon have agreed to establish a Joint Cooperation Commission between the United States and Egypt to work in various fields to the mutual benefit. A further announcement of the details will be made tomorrow in Cairo and Washington.

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proved that it is capable and qualified, under the
leadership of President Nixon, to assume its responsi-
bilities as a great power. In recognition of this role
we welcome the forthcoming visit of President Richard
Nixon and we trust that it will be a further step for
intensifying mutual understanding and consolidating
the friendship between the American and Arab peoples.

"The tireless efforts undertaken by Dr. Henry Kissinger and his colleagues represent a new page in the field of human creative achievement which would never have come about had it not been founded on a deep humanistic vision and a genuine commitment to the cause of peace."

By all measures, Dr. Kissinger has done again a miracle.
I myself am proud because Dr. Kissinger is my friend and
my brother, and since the beginning I was sure -- and
maybe you remember in Alexandria I told you this -- and in
spite of all the difficulties and all the tireless efforts
that were needed, DR. Kissinger spared no effort and no
time to do his best to perform -- as I told you -- another
miracle.

My congratulations to President Nixon, and I am sure he is
much more proud than me for what you have done, and my
congratulations to the American people.

It remains only to thank my friend, President Sadat,
for the warm hospitality we received and for his constant
friendship.

**Question:** When will President Nixon leave [for the Middle East]?

**Kissinger:** The date will have to be set after I return to Washington.

**Question:** Will the PLO be invited to Geneva?

**Sadat:** We have to discuss the whole thing with the Arabs first.

**Question:** Dr. Kissinger, do you expect a resumption of diplomatic relations with Syria?

**Kissinger:** At the airport in Damascus Monday night, by agreement with the Syrian Government, I stated that the United States and Syria agreed to engage in a rapid improvement in relations, that will begin immediately. I don't want to speculate on any given step at any given time. I know I speak for the Syrian Government when I say this.

**Question:** When will the Geneva Conference reconvene?

**Sadat:** We must discuss the whole thing among ourselves -- Egypt, Syria, Jordan, the Palestinians. We must have some time for that. And after that we will approach the two super powers on reconvening.