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OCR Page 1 of 73DECLASSIFIED
NLN 92-35/14
RDC
E.O. 12356, Sect. 3.4
NSC 3/5/93 F 93 - 205
MEMORANDUM
8558
By, EAD
NARA, Date 8 / 10 / 93
BB1
NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL
C069
ACTION
CONFIDENTIAL
January 12, 1973
MEMORANDUM FOR:
CONNIE STUART
FROM:
Jeanne W. Davis
SUBJECT:
Letter to Tricia Nixon Cox on
Fate of Iraqi Jew
You will note from the attached that we were recently asked
to prepare a reply from Mrs. Cox to Dr. David Shamash
(evidently a new neighbor in NYC) whose brother is an Iraqi
Jew and is missing in Iraq. Mrs. Cox also expressed inter-
est in US policy towards this general situation.
For the purpose of putting down the facts, State prepared the
more substantive reply at Tab B. However, we recommend
that Mrs. Cox, consistent with White House handling of this
particular subject, reply with the more general note at
Tab A and that State follow up in more detail directly with
Dr. Shamash.
In both Syria and Iraq, the Jewish community has been and
continues to be discriminated against in often tragic ways.
The problem for the US is that we do not have diplomatic
relations with either of these radical states and therefore
have little diplomatic influence or presence. However,
the US has been in the lead over the years in encouraging UN
agencies and third countries to use influence in seeking an
end to the discrimination and hopefully permission for the
Jews to emigrate. If they can emigrate the US is further
prepared to help them. This strategy even encounters prob-
lems in that countries like Syria and Iraq often stiffen their
resolve when faced with pressures. Finally, US leverage
is further complicated by the Arab/Israeli dispute, with
both Syria and Iraq adamantly against our policies and thus
even less inclined to entertain US representations on behalf
of the Jewish communities. Nevertheless, the State Depart-
ment, which follows the whereabouts of Iraqi and Syrian
Jews closely, continues to work through available channels
CONFIDENTIAL
RECEIVED
JAN 15 1973
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