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CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 01 CAIRO 00008 020857Z ACTION SS-25 INFO OCT-01 ISO-00 SSO-00 /026 W ------------------052607 020900Z /17 O 020852Z JAN 79 FM AMEMBASSY CAIRO TO AMEMBASSY TEHRAN IMMEDIATE INFO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 7999 C O N F I D E N T I A L CAIRO 00008 EXDIS EYES ONLY FOR SULLIVAN FROM EILTS E.O. 12065: GDS 1/2/85 (EILTS, HERMANN FR.) OR-M TAGS: PEPR PPDC EG IR SUBJECT: MESSAGE FOR THE SHAH FROM SADAT 1. IN LONG TALK WITH SADAT LAST NIGHT, HE VOICED GLOOMY VIEW OF SHAH'S PROSPECTS OF STAYING ON. HE EXPECTS PRESENT REGIME TO COLLAPSE WITHIN "HOURS OR DAYS" AND SEES IRAN ENDING UP WITH EITHER AN EXTREME LEFT OR, MORE LIKELY, RIGHIST GOVERNMENT. HE CONSIDERS THE MULLAHS DANGEROUS AND WONDERS ABOUT FUTURE ORIENTATION OF IRANIAN MILITARY. HE IS DEEPLY TROUBLED ABOUT IRANIAN SITUATION AND IS PARTICULARLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE SHAH, WHOM HE CONSIDERS A GOOD FRIEND. HE HAD HEARD MEDIA REPORTS THAT THE SHAH PLANS TO GO ABROAD FOR REST AND MEDICAL TREATMENT. 2. SADAT THEN MENTIONED THAT HE HAD SENT WORD TO THE SHAH EARLIER IN THE DAY INVITING HIM TO COME TO ASWAN FOR REST AND RELAXATION. VP MUBARAK, WHO WAS PRESENT, TOLD SADAT THAT HE HAD CONVEYED THIS INVITATION TO IRANIAN AMBASSADOR ABBAS NAYERI, BUT THAT LATTER HAD CLAIMED HE IS TOTALLY OUT OF COMMUNICATION WITH HIS CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 CAIRO 00008 020857Z GOVERNMENT. 3. SADAT THEN ASKED IF THERE IS ANY WAY IN WHICH YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO CONVEY TO THE SHAH HIS BEST WISHES AND HIS INVITATION TO COME TO ASWAN FOR REST, SHOULD THE SHAH WISH TO DO SO. HE IS ANXIOUS THAT THE SHAH KNOW OF SADAT'S SOLICITUDE. Sheryl P. Walter Declassified/Released US Department of State EO Systematic Review 20 Mar 2014 Sheryl P. Walter Declassified/Released US Department of State EO Systematic Review 20 Mar 2014 4. YOU ARE IN BEST POSITION TO DECIDE WHETHER CONVEYING SADAT'S INVITATION AT THIS TIME MIGHT BE MISCONSTRUED. I DO NOT WISH BURDEN YOU AT THIS DIFFICULT TIME, BUT IF YOU CAN SAY SOMETHING TO THE SHAH ABOUT SADAT'S INVITATION, I KNOW SADAT WILL BE APPRECIATIVE. PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU DECIDE TO DO. EILTS CONFIDENTIAL NNN Sheryl P. Walter Declassified/Released US Department of State EO Systematic Review 20 Mar 2014 Sheryl P. Walter Declassified/Released US Department of State EO Systematic Review 20 Mar 2014