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File scanned from the National Security Adviser's Memoranda of Conversation Collection at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library
SECRET/NODIS/XGDS
MEMORANDUM
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
MEMORANDUM OF CONVERSATION
PARTICIPANTS:
President Nixon
Dr. Henry A. Kissinger, Assistant
To the President for National
Security Affairs
Alexander M. Haig, Jr., Assistant
to the President
Ron Ziegler, Press Secretary
Maj. Gen. Brent Scowcroft, Dept.
Assistant to the President for
National Security Affairs
DATE AND TIME:
Tuesday, October 9, 1973
4:45 p.m.
PLACE:
Oval Office
3/8/04
The President: Give no background - especially to that jackass Jackson.
Kissinger: The information we had prior to the outbreak was this. We had
been receiving information about the buildup. I asked Dinitz for an assessment.
He said there was no chance of an attack and they had adopted defensive
positions as a result of the Syrian air battle of last month.
The President: Dinitz has to keep the pro-Israel group off our back.
DECLASSIFIED
E.O. 12958, SEC. 3.5
NSC 11/24/00, GUIDELINES
NARA DATE 8/3/04
Ziegler: The Guadal Canal is moving. What is that for?
Kissinger: It's for the evacuation of Libya. It should be by helicopter, not
the 82nd.
The President: How about Dobrynin?
Kissi nger: I told him if they are playing games, it risked the whole relation-
ship.
BY
Up to Saturday there was unanimity that the Arab buildup was defensive.
Friday night we got an Israeli message, disturbed about events that day.
Saturday morning they told Keating they wouldn't attack.
CLASSIFIED BY HEnRY A. Kissinger
EXEMPT FROM GENERAL DECLASSIFICATION
SECRET/NODIS/XGDS
GERALD
SCHEDULE OF EXE: UTIVE ORDER 11652
EXEMITION CATEGORY 5b (1,3)
AUTOMATICALLY DECLASSIFIED ON Imp. TO det.
SECRET/NODIS/XGDS
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Never once did we tell the Israelis not to attack. After the war started,
I approached the Soviets; they British were for a joint approach in the
Security Council. The Soviets refused; the British wanted a simple
ceasefire, but then decided not to submit any resolution. The Chinese
had no instructions.
Golda said they would have victory by Wednesday night and not to table a
resolution before Tuesday.
Egypt is opposed to a resolution also.
The Soviet Union has asked for us to hold off on a resolution while they work
with the Arabs.
For us to table a resolution would be a disaster right now. If the Russians
come in with a simple ceasefire, we are in trouble. We can't veto it. We
either vote yes or abstain.
We are still in good shape. We are the only ones that both sides are talking to.
We have two messages from Ismail; we kept Jordan out; we have a message
of thanks from Lebanon; and we are in touch with the Russians.
The President: How many Americans are there in Israel?
Kissinger: If the Arabs sense that the Israelis have lost more than they
have admitted, they might rush in.
The President: Why do we have such lousy tanks?
Let's give them some M-60 tanks. It would give them great assurance if we
could eventually give them laser bombs.
Let's go ahead on the consumables. But the quid pro quo is to tell Golda to
call off the Jewish Community in this country. If it gets hairy, we may need
to do more.
Kissinger: But not today.
The President: The Israelis must not be allowed to lose. How about sneaking
in planes and tanks?
Kissinger: We can wait until Thursday. If the Israelis for the first time were
pushed back by Arabs.
The President: Let's identify the tanks and planes on a contingency basis --
in Europe.
SECRET/NODIS/XGDS
SEGRET/NODIS/XGDS
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Kissinger: We want to stick by Israel now so they won't turn on you during
the diplomatic phase.
For the leadership meeting. They'll ask: Will we replace the equipment?
Keep it as cool as possible at the leadership meeting. It will keep the
Arabs quiet and the Israelis know what we will be doing.
The Israelis will face a new problem. They have lost their invincibility
and the Arabs have lost their sense of inferiority.
SECRET/NODIS/XGDS
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DECLASSIFIED
NSC MEMO, 11/24/00, STATE DEPT. GUIDELINES State Deview 3/8/04
E.O. 12958, SEC. 3.5
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NARA DATE 8/3/04
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