January 5, 1974

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Vol. E-6, Documents on Africa, 1973-1976

Africa Region

• 15. Memorandum From the President’s Deputy Assistant for National Security Affairs (Scowcroft) to Secretary of State Kissinger, Washington, January 5, 1974

  Scowcroft transmitted Assistant Secretary Newsom’s draft memorandum, providing background on U.S. policy against furnishing Sidewinder missiles to Africa. Newsom recommended a selective relaxation of the policy. Scowcroft recommended delaying a decision on Newsom’s recommendation.
  
  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 747, Country Files, Africa, Africa General. Secret; Sensitive. A handwritten notation reads: “HAK has seen.” The draft at Tab A is attached but is not published. The final version is Document 16.

• 16. Action Memorandum From the Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs (Newsom) to Secretary of State Kissinger, Washington, January 5, 1974

  The memorandum provided background information on U.S. policy against furnishing Sidewinder missiles to Africa, but Assistant Secretary Newsom recommended a relaxation of the policy.
  
  Source: National Archives, RG 59, AF/I Files: Lot 75 D 420, Box 1, POL 23 Nigeria. Secret. Drafted by A. Navez and Newsom. Cleared in EUR, PM, L/PM, AF/E, AF/W, and NEA/RA. The recommendation was left blank.

Vol. E-12, Documents on East and Southeast Asia, 1973-1976

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• 183. Memorandum From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger) to Secretary of State Kissinger, Washington, January 5, 1974., Washington, January 5, 1974

  Kissinger tasked the Departments of State, Defense, Treasury, Commerce, and the Central Intelligence Agency to complete the response to NSSM 172.
  
  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 1061, NSC Institutional Materials, NSC Institutional Papers, January 1974 (2 of 2). Secret. Copies were sent to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Assistant to the President for International Economic Affairs. Sent to Kissinger under a covering memorandum, December 21, 1973, from Froebe and Donald Stukel of the NSC staff, which stated, “In June a long and rather rambling draft was completed and a copy sent to the NSC Staff. At that point further work bogged down due to uncertainty among the drafters as to how current events were likely to impact on US/Japan long-term relations and due partly to our call in July for an IG special report on regional and global issues in support of Prime Minister Tanaka’s visit.” (Ibid.)

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• WHCA-6722
  "Agronsky & Company". FTN: Sen. Jackson; "MTP": Kenneth Rush; "I&A": President of Syria Hafez al-Assad.
  CBS, NBC, ABC
  Runtime: 00:30:00
• WHCA-6726
  Weekly News Summary, Tape II.
  ALL NETWORKS
  
  33. Brokaw/Valeriani: Secretary of State Kissinger and Israel's Minister of Defense Moshe Dayan finish talks. Time Code Start: 78:02. Keywords: Middle East, Mideast, Israeli, war, cabinet, advisors, military, leaders, meetings, truce, treaties, negotiations. Network: NBC.
  
  34. Brokaw/Brady: Further bomb attacks in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Time Code Start: 79:50. Keywords: Cambodia, Vietnam War, cities. Network: NBC.
  
  35. Brokaw/Hager: Frequency of Airline hijackings reducing. Time Code Start: 81:49. Keywords: decreases, terrorism, hijackings, aviation industry, commercial airlines, aircraft, planes, jets, airliners, airports, police, security screenings, crime prevention. Network: NBC.
  
  36. Rather/Kalb: Secretary of State Kissinger and Israel's Minister of Defense Moshe Dayan finish talks. Time Code Start: 83:56. Keywords: Middle East, Mideast, Israeli, war, cabinet, advisors, military, leaders, meetings, truce, treaties, negotiations. Network: CBS.
  
  37. Rather/Henderson: Is oil being dealt out fairly?. Time Code Start: 86:15. Keywords: energy, petroleum, drilling, oil supply, oil supplies, imports, shortages, sales, costs, increases. Network: CBS.

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