126. Minutes of a Washington Special Actions Group Meeting1
SUBJECT
- Jordan
PARTICIPATION
- Chairman—Henry A. Kissinger
- State
- U. Alexis Johnson
- Rodger Davies
- Amb. Harrison Symmes
- Defense
- Richard A. Ware
- Dennis J. Doolin
- JCS
- Adm. Thomas H. Moorer
- Brig. Gen. Jacob E. Glick
- CIA
- Gen. Robert E. Cushman, Jr.
- Thomas Karamessines
- David Blee
- NSC Staff
- Harold H. Saunders
- D. Keith Guthrie
SUMMARY OF CONCLUSIONS
The WSAG received a status report on the evacuation of U.S. and other foreign nationals from Amman2 and reviewed progress on contingency planning for possible military action in Jordan. The contingency plan for military action in response to a request from King Hussein for support against outside intervention3 is to be completed no later than June 17. The WSAG also noted that there was a possibility that an evacuation from Beirut might have to be undertaken and that there were existing WSAG-approved plans to cover this contingency.4
[Omitted here are the minutes of the meeting.]
- Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, NSC Institutional Files (H-Files), Box H–114, Washington Special Actions Group, WSAG Meetings Minutes (Originals) 1969 and 1970. Top Secret; Nodis. All brackets are in the original except those indicating text omitted by the editors. The meeting was held in the White House Situation Room.↩
- The report has not been found. The contingency plan for “Military-Supported Evacuation of U.S. Citizens from Jordan,” undated, is ibid., Box H–075, Washington Special Actions Group Meetings, WSAG Meeting Jordan and Cambodia.↩
- These contingencies were discussed at the June 22 WSAG meeting; see Document 131.↩
- A summary of the Lebanon evacuation plan, June 11, is in the National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, NSC Institutional Files (H-Files), Box H–075, Washington Special Actions Group Meetings, WSAG Meeting Jordan 6/11/70.↩