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INFO OCT-01 IO-12 ADP-00 CIAE-00 DODE-00 PM-09 H-02 INR-10
L-03 NSAE-00 NSC-10 PA-03 RSC-01 PRS-01 SS-15 USIA-12
NEA-10 GAC-01 TRSE-00 MBFR-03 SAJ-01 AID-20 CEA-02
COME-00 EB-11 EA-11 FRB-02 OPIC-12 CIEP-02 LAB-06
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P 081831 Z MAY 73
FM USMISSION EC BRUSSELS
TO SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 5180
INFO AMEMBASSY BONN
AMEMBASSY BRUSSELS
AMEMBASSY COPENHAGEN
AMEMBASSY DUBLIN
AMEMBASSY THE HAGUE
AMEMBASSY LONDON PRIORITY
AMEMBASSY LUXEMBOURG
AMEMBASSY PARIS
AMEMBASSY ROME
USMISSION GENEVA
USMISSION NATO BRUSSELS
USMISSION OECD PARIS
UNCLAS EC BRUSSELS 2549
LONDON FOR KISSINGER
DEPARTMENT PASS HORMATS, NSC STAFF
E. O. 11652: N/ A
TAGS: PFOR, EEC, NATO, US
SUBJECT: SUMMARY OF SOAMES SPEECH ON US/ EUROPEAN
RELATIONS
1. SIR CHRISTOPHER SOAMES, EC VICE PRESIDENT AND
COMMISSIONER RESPONSIBLE FOR EXTERNAL RELATIONS, SPEAKING
UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED
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BEFORE THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT IN STRASBOURG MAY 8, MADE A
POSITIVE AND CONSTRUCTIVE RESPONSE TO PRESIDENT NIXON' S
FOREIGN POLICY REPORT AND TO DR. KISSINGER' S " YEAR OF EUROPE"
SPEECH. A LARGE PART OF SOAMES PRESENTATION WAS DEVOTED TO
FORMULATION IN BROAD TERMS OF SHARED US- EUROPEAN OBJECTIVES.
( FULL TEXT SENT SEPTEL.) SOAMES SPOKE DURING A DEBATE ON US/
EUROPEAN RELATIONS AT WHICH MEMBERS OF CODEL ROSENTHAL-
FRASER WERE PRESENT AS GUESTS OF THE PARLIAMENT. HIS REMARKS
REFLECTED DISCUSSION OF US/ EC RELATIONS IN LAST WEEK' S
MEETING OF THE COMMISSION.
2. BEGIN SUMMAR. SOAMES SAID THAT THE PRESIDE FOR IERONYMOS AS " MAN
DEVOTED
TO HIS DUTY AND FULL OF WISDOM" WHO HAS FOUGHT EVILS IN THE
CHURCH AND REORGANIZED AND PLACED CHURCH ON ITS PROPER PATH
OF DESTINY. EDITORIAL URGED THAT CHURCH CONCENTRATE ON BASIC
SOCIAL PROBLEMS OF MODERN TIME AND SAID CRITICS OF IERONYMOS
ARE THOSE WHO ARE UNABLE TO COPE WITH MODERN CHALLENGES AND THEY
WORK FOR CHURCH' S DECADENCE WHILE ARCHBISHOP LABORS FOR
ITS SURVIVAL.
TASCA
NOTE BY OCT: NOT PASSED CAIRO.
LIMITED OFFICIAL USE
NMAFVVZCZ
*** Current Handling Restrictions *** n/a
*** Current Classification *** UNCLASSIFIED
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UNCLASSIFIED
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ACTION EUR-25
INFO OCT-01 IO-12 ADP-00 CIAE-00 DODE-00 PM-09 H-02 INR-10
L-03 NSAE-00 NSC-10 PA-03 RSC-01 PRS-01 SS-15 USIA-12
NEA-10 GAC-01 TRSE-00 MBFR-03 SAJ-01 AID-20 CEA-02
COME-00 EB-11 EA-11 FRB-02 OPIC-12 CIEP-02 LAB-06
SIL-01 OMB-01 AGR-20 STR-08 SCEM-02 RSR-01 /218 W
--------------------- 008518
P 081831 Z MAY 73
FM USMISSION EC BRUSSELS
TO SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 5180
INFO AMEMBASSY BONN
AMEMBASSY BRUSSELS
AMEMBASSY COPENHAGEN
AMEMBASSY DUBLIN
AMEMBASSY THE HAGUE
AMEMBASSY LONDON PRIORITY
AMEMBASSY LUXEMBOURG
AMEMBASSY PARIS
AMEMBASSY ROME
USMISSION GENEVA
USMISSION NATO BRUSSELS
USMISSION OECD PARIS
UNCLAS EC BRUSSELS 2549
LONDON FOR KISSINGER
DEPARTMENT PASS HORMATS, NSC STAFF
E. O. 11652: N/ A
TAGS: PFOR, EEC, NATO, US
SUBJECT: SUMMARY OF SOAMES SPEECH ON US/ EUROPEAN
RELATIONS
1. SIR CHRISTOPHER SOAMES, EC VICE PRESIDENT AND
COMMISSIONER RESPONSIBLE FOR EXTERNAL RELATIONS, SPEAKING
UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED
PAGE 02 EC BRU 02549 082201 Z
BEFORE THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT IN STRASBOURG MAY 8, MADE A
POSITIVE AND CONSTRUCTIVE RESPONSE TO PRESIDENT NIXON' S
FOREIGN POLICY REPORT AND TO DR. KISSINGER' S " YEAR OF EUROPE"
SPEECH. A LARGE PART OF SOAMES PRESENTATION WAS DEVOTED TO
FORMULATION IN BROAD TERMS OF SHARED US- EUROPEAN OBJECTIVES.
( FULL TEXT SENT SEPTEL.) SOAMES SPOKE DURING A DEBATE ON US/
EUROPEAN RELATIONS AT WHICH MEMBERS OF CODEL ROSENTHAL-
FRASER WERE PRESENT AS GUESTS OF THE PARLIAMENT. HIS REMARKS
REFLECTED DISCUSSION OF US/ EC RELATIONS IN LAST WEEK' S
MEETING OF THE COMMISSION.
2. BEGIN SUMMAR. SOAMES SAID THAT THE PRESIDE FOR IERONYMOS AS " MAN
DEVOTED
TO HIS DUTY AND FULL OF WISDOM" WHO HAS FOUGHT EVILS IN THE
CHURCH AND REORGANIZED AND PLACED CHURCH ON ITS PROPER PATH
OF DESTINY. EDITORIAL URGED THAT CHURCH CONCENTRATE ON BASIC
SOCIAL PROBLEMS OF MODERN TIME AND SAID CRITICS OF IERONYMOS
ARE THOSE WHO ARE UNABLE TO COPE WITH MODERN CHALLENGES AND THEY
WORK FOR CHURCH' S DECADENCE WHILE ARCHBISHOP LABORS FOR
ITS SURVIVAL.
TASCA
NOTE BY OCT: NOT PASSED CAIRO.
LIMITED OFFICIAL USE
NMAFVVZCZ
*** Current Handling Restrictions *** n/a
*** Current Classification *** UNCLASSIFIED