101. National Security Decision Memorandum 2701
TO
- The Secretary of Defense
- The Deputy Secretary of State
SUBJECT
- Military Assistance for Israel
The President has reviewed the NSSM 207 response2 and the options for military assistance for Israel which were discussed at the National Security Council meeting of September 6, 1974.3
The President has decided to provide the Government of Israel with the military equipment listed in the attachment to this memorandum. The list consists of the items in 1(a), 1(b), and 1(c) of the options discussed at the National Security Council meeting, plus certain additional items.
The President has directed that all items on the attached list be delivered by April 1, 1975.
U. S. government credit guarantees are authorized to provide necessary funding.
Henry A. Kissinger4
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MILITARY EQUIPMENT FOR ISRAEL
| Searchlight, Artillery | 30 |
| Carrier, Tracked Cargo M548 | 60 |
| Cartridge 105mm, Anti-personnel M–49E3 | 6,000 |
| Proximity Fuze | 20,000 |
| LAW | 20,000 |
| Propelled Charge for Breaching Minefields | 176 |
| Trucks, utility ¼ ton (Jeep) | 2,450 |
| M725 Ambulance, 1½ ton | 120 |
| Cartridge, 106mm, Anti-personnel | 2,000 |
| Cartridge, 5.56mm | 100 million |
| Maverick AGM–65 | 200 |
| Chaff RR 150/160 | 192,000 |
| Hobo, MK 84 | 280 |
| Chaff Bomb, MJU 1/B | 2,600 |
| Doppler Navigation System | 10 |
| Searchlight, Naval Mercury-Xenon | 10 |
| Sonar, Variable Depth | 12 |
| DST Mines | 200 |
| Torpedo MK 46 | 50 |
| Field Cable, spiral | 1,000 |
| Switchboard, Field SB 22 | 300 |
| Wire, Field WD 110 | 10,000 miles |
| Battery, BA 4386 | 100,000 |
| Generator, D. C. 1.5 KW | 570 |
| 175 Self-Propelled Gun | 13 |
| Redeye Air Defense Missile | 1,082 |
| M88 Tank Recovery Vehicles | 5 |
| TOW Launchers | 72 |
| TOW Missiles | 2,757 |
| M60A1 Tanks | 100 |
| M113A1 Armored Personnel Carrier | 300 |
| M577A1 Command Post Carrier | 48 |
| 155mm Self-Propelled Howitzer (M109A1) | 92 |
| M578 Armored Recovery Vehicle | 4 |
| M16A1 Rifles | 80,000 |
| Shrike missiles (AGM 45–3A and 45–4) | 200 |
- Source: Ford Library, National Security Adviser, NSDMs, Box 1, NSDM 270. Top Secret; Sensitive. A copy was sent to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.↩
- See footnote 2, Document 98.↩
- No minutes of the September 6 NSC meeting have been found. According to Kissinger’s Record of Schedule, the meeting took place from 2:06 to 4 p.m. (Library of Congress, Manuscript Division, Kissinger Papers, Box 438, Miscellany, 1968–76) On the morning of September 6, Kissinger briefed President Ford and Vice President Rockefeller for the meeting. The memorandum of conversation is in the Ford Library, National Security Adviser, Memoranda of Conversations, Box 5, September 6, 1974, Ford, Rockefeller, Kissinger.↩
- Scowcroft signed for Kissinger above Kissinger’s typed signature.↩