422. Memorandum From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger) to Secretary of State Rogers, Secretary of Defense Laird, and Secretary of Commerce Stans1 2
Washington, January 14, 1972.
SUBJECT:
- Foreign Military Sales Suspension Affecting Peru
The President has studied the considerations and views set forth in your Departments’ memoranda and has approved an approach to the Peruvian Government including the following elements:
- 1.
- An expression of appreciation for the restraint shown by the Government of Peru during the past nine months.
- 2.
- The observation that the Foreign Military Sales suspension expires on March 30, 1972.
- 3.
- An invitation to the Government of Peru to begin immediate consultations with us on the type of military equipment they wish to acquire.
- 4.
- The observation that if the Government of Peru were pre-pared to indicate that the policy of restraint would be continued, the United States Government would lift the Foreign Military Sales suspension immediately.
Henry A. Kissinger