Office of the Historian

193. Telegram 173878 From the Department of State to the Embassy in Kenya1 2

Washington, July 14, 1976, 0105Z

From the Secretary for Ambassador Marshall

Subject:

  • Logistic flights and USS Ranger

Reference:

  • Nairobi 7195

1. You may inform President Kenyatta on my behalf that in light of the situation now existing in East Africa we have stationed an aircraft carrier task force in the Indian Ocean. If Kenyatta is not immediately available to you, you may pass this information to whomever you believe would be most appropriate in terms of conveying it soonest to Kenyatta, but you should make sure it is understood as a message from me to the President.

2. You are authorized to make whatever arrangements are necessary for logistic flights between Nairobi, Mombassa and the Ranger after you have passed the above message.

Kissinger
  1. Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Policy Files, 1976. Secret; Niact Immediate; Nodis. Drafted by Blake, cleared by Habib, approved by Eagleburger.↩
  2. Secretary of State Kissinger instructed Ambassador Marshall to inform President Kenyatta that the United States had stationed an aircraft carrier task force in the Indian Ocean.↩