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ACTION SS-15
INFO OCT-01 EUR-12 ISO-00 NSC-05 NSCE-00 SSO-00 PRS-01
PA-01 CCO-00 NEA-10 DODE-00 /045 W
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O 251125Z MAY 76 ZFF-4
FM USDEL SECRETARY LUXEMBOURG
TO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE
AMEMBASSY LONDON IMMEDIATE
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DEPARTMENT FOR S/S-O (DDO); LONDON FOR S/S-BRODY: PER
TELCONS FROM AIRCRAFT.
E.O. 11652: DECLASSIFY UPON RECEIPT
TAGS: OVIP (KISSINGER, HENRY A.)
SUBJ: SECRETARY'S OPENING STATEMENT FOR CENTO
1. STOP PRESSES; MAKE FOLLOWING CHANGES BEFORE DISTRIBUTION
TO PRESS OF SECRETARY'S STATEMENT.
2. PARAGRAPH WHICH BEGINS "OUR ELECTORAL PROCESS"; SENTENCE
WHICH BEGINS "THE AMERICAN PEOPLE"; THIS SENTENCE SHOULD
BEGIN A NEW PARAGRAPH.
3. PARAGRAPH WHICH BEGINS THE "SECOND ENDURING PRINCIPLE";
SECOND SENTENCE WHICH BEGINS "WE WILL NEVER FORGET": DELETE
FIVE WORDS "WE WILL NEVER FORGET THAT" AND TAKE REMAINDER OF
PARAGRAPH ("IN SHORT, PEACE RESTS FUNDAMENTALLY . . . AGAINST
FOREIGN INTERVENTION OR INTIMIDATION.") AND MOVE THIS UP TO
BEGIN THE END OF THE PREVIOUS PARAGRAPH (THAT IS, FOLLOWING
THE SENTENCE "OF THIS REGION".)
4. NEXT PARAGRAPH (BEGINNING "BUT WE MUST NEVER
FORGET"); FIRST SENTENCE SHOULD BE CHANGED TO READ:
"WE SHALL NEVER FORGET THAT IN A WORLD OF INTERCONTINENTAL
MISSILES AND THERMONUCLEAR CAPABILITIES, BUILDING A
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FIRM FOUNDATION FOR PEACE MUST BE THE INESCAPABLE IMPERATIVE
OF ALL OUR ACTION." CONTINUE THROUGH THAT
PARAGRAPH TO THE LAST SENTENCE WHICH SHOULD BE CHANGED TO
READ "THIS IS WHY THE UNITED STATES, WHILE STRIVING FOR
AN EASING OF TENSIONS, CANNOT ACCEPT SELECTIVE RELAXATION
OF TENSIONS; PEACE IS INDIVISIBLE, AND CLAIMS THAT CO-
EXISTENCE IN ONE PART OF THE WORLD CANNOT BE COUPLED WITH
DISRUPTIVE CONDUCT IN ANOTHER."
5. FOLLOWING PARAGRAPH, FINAL SENTENCE, "DESTINY" SHOULD
BE DELETED AND "PEACE" SHOULD BE SUBSTITUTED.
6. NEXT PARAGRAPH, FIRST SENTENCE, "IN GOOD INTENTIONS"
SHOULD BE" ON REPEAT ON GOOD INTENTIONS".
THIRD SENTENCE, SAME PARAGRAPH SHOULD BECOME "WE WILL PURSUE
A STEADY COURSE, GUIDED BY OUR IDEALS AND OUR INTERESTS,
STRIVING FOR A MORE PEACEFUL AND SECURE WORLD, ALWAYS MINDFUL
OF THE SECURITY AND CONCERNS OF OUR ALLIES AND OTHERS WHO
RELY ON US.
7. TWO THIRDS THEY WAY THROUGH THE STATEMENT, THE PARAGRAPH
WHICH BEGINS "UNFORTUNATELY THE TRAGEDY OF LEBANON: FIRST
SENTENCE SHOULD READ "UNFORTUNATELY THE TRAGEDY OF LEBANON
HAS PREOCCUPIED THE ATTENTION OF MANY OF THE PARTIES
IN THE MIDDLE EAST." FINAL SENTENCE IN THAT PARAGRAPH
SHOULD READ ". . . TO PRACTICE THE UTMOST RESTRAINT . . .".
8. NEXT PARAGRAPH, 4TH SENTENCE ("IN COOPERATION AND
DEDICATION THERE IS MUCH THAT CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED.")
SHOULD BE REMOVED ALTOGETHER.
9. MANY THANKS. (SORRY ABOUT THAT).
KISSINGER
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