DoS planned for the evacuation of the embassy in Kabul | 40+ years ago!
CONTINGENCY PLANNING FOR EVACUATION OF EMBASSY KABUL
>1979 November 25
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I THINK YOU CAN APPRECIATE THAT WE IN KABUL FEEL VULNERABLE AND ISOLATED IN THE WAKE OF ANTI-AMERICANISM ON BOTH
SIDES OF AFGHANISTAN. WHILE WE CONTINUE TO BELIEVE THAT THE
KABUL POPULACE IS GENERALLY PRO-AMERICAN, THE DRA IS AT BEST
LUKE-WARM TOWARDS US AND CANNOT BE COUNTED UPON FOR PROTECTION IN ALL CIRCUMSTANCES. IF FOR SOME REASON THE ISLAMIC
WORLD TURNS AGAINST US, OUR ONLY SENSIBLE RECOURSE MAY BE
TO CLOSE DOWN OUR MISSION.
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WITH THE ABOVE IN MIND, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK YOU TO MAKE
SURE, IN ANY WASHINGTON CONTINGENCY PLANNING RE OUR TEHRAN
HOSTAGESS, THAT IF ANY ACTION (MILITARY OR OTHERWISE) IS
BEING PLANNED WHICH COULD LEAD TO A GENERAL ISLAMIC BACKLASH,
THAT EMBASSY KABUL WILL BE GIVEN ADVANCE NOTICE SO AS
TO BE ABLE TO TAKE PROTECTIVE ACTION. IDEALLY, I WOULD
LIKE TIME TO EVACUATE ALL AMERICANS FROM AFGHANISTAN
(BY SPECIAL AIRCRAFT IF NECESSARY), OR IF TIME DOES NOT
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