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INFO ALL NATO CAPITALS 2784
AMEMBASSY HELSINKI
C O N F I D E N T I A L USNATO 1332
E. O. 11652: GDS, 12-31-79
TAGS: PFOR
SUBJECT: CSCE: ECONOMIC COOPERATION
HELSINKI FOR USDEL MPT
SUMMARY. AT MARCH 14 MEETING, SENIOR POLADS HEARD REPORT
BY CHAIRMAN ECONOMIC COMMITTEE ON STATUS ECONADS CSCE STUDIES.
SEVERAL MEMBERS SHOWED ANTICIPATED OPPOSITION TO SUGGESTION
THAT ECONADS ATTEMPT EVEN INTERNAL REDRAFT OF EXISTING NATO
MANDATES. SPC AGREED, HOWEVER, THAT ECONADS SHOULD EXAMINE
EASTERN AND NEUTRALS' MANDATE PROPOSALS IN EFFORT ASCERTAIN
WHICH ELEMENTS MIGHT BE EVENTUALLY ACCEPTABLE TO NATO. ECONADS
WILL TAKE UP THIS PROJECT MARCH 20 AND POSSIBLY MARCH 23.
END SUMMARY.
1. ECONADS CHAIRMAN ( LAULAN) ADVISED SPC THAT WORK ON THREE
PAPERS ( ORDER OF PRIORITY AMONG PROPOSALS, POSSIBLE DRAFT DE-
CLARATION, AND ENVIRONMENT PAPER) WAS COMPLETED. COMMITTEE
AGREED EXAMINE PAPERS AROUND APRIL 1. TURNING TO QUESTION
OF MANDATE, LAULAN EXPRESSED PERSONAL VIEW THAT ECONADS
SHOULD REEXAMINE MANDATE IN ORDER KEEP PACE WITH MPT
DEVELOPMENTS. HE STRESSED THAT ECONADS MUST INTENSIFY
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EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION ON SOVIET/ EE STATEMENTS ON SECOND
AGENDA ITEM, NOTING IN THIS CONNECTION BELGIAN REPORT ON
ZORIN- FORTHOMME CONVERSATION ( SEPTEL).
2. US REP WELCOMED SUGGESTION THAT ECONADS CLOSELY FOLLOW
MPT DEVELOPMENTS. CANADIAN REP EXPRESSED FAMILIAR FEARS THAT
NATO WORK FALLING BEHIND HELSINKI DEVELOPMENTS AND SUGGESTED
THAT AFTER ANALYSIS SUGGESTED BY US REP, ECONADS TAKE NEW LOOK
AT NATO MANDATE. ITALIAN REP DISAGREED AND ARGUED THAT ANY
REDRAFTING OF MANDATE MUST AWAIT MORE EXTENSIVE SOVIET/ EE
COMMENTS ON EXISTING NATO MANDATE. STEPPING BACK SOMEWHAT,
LAULAN AGREED WITH ITALIAN POSTION BUT SUGGESTED THAT FOLLOWING
ANALYSIS OF POSITIONS TAKEN BY OTHER SIDE REDRAFTING OF MANDATE
MIGHT BE USEFUL, NETHERLANDS REP SUPPORTED ITALIAN POSITION.
3. WHILE SUPPORTING ITALIAN POSITION, FRENCH REP SUGGESTED
THAT ECONADS TAKE " PROGRESSIVE APPROACH" WHICH HE DEFINED AS
FIRST EXAMINING POSITIONS OF OTHER MPT PARTICIPANTS AND THEN,
ON BASIS THIS ANALYSIS, MOVING TO REDRAFT OF MANDATE. NORWEGIAN
REP ACCEPTED THIS APPROACH BUT SUGGESTED THAT THERE SEVERAL OTHER
PROPOSALS IN " BASKET" TWO WHICH CONTAINED ELEMENTS NATO MEMBERS
COULD ACCEPT. US REP AGREED AND PROPOSED THAT ECONADS GIVE
PARTICULARLY CLOSE ATTENTION TO PROPOSALS BY NEUTRALS TO
DETERMINE WHETHER THEY CONTAINED SPECIFIC LANGUAGE WE COULD
ADOPT. FRENCH REP AGREED BUT AGAIN STRESSED THAT REDRAFT OF
MANDATE WOULD BE PREMATURE. CANADIAN REP SAID HE ASSUMED
CAUTIOUS APPROACH ADOPTED IN BRUSSELS WOULD ALSO BE FOLLOWED
IN HELSINKI.
4. IN FURTHER STEP AWAY FROM INITIAL POSITION, LAULAN EX-
PRESSED AGREEMENT WITH FRENCH REP' S POSITION THAT REDRAFT OF
MANDATE WOULD BE PREMATURE. GOING FURTHER, LAULAN POINTED
OUT THAT THERE WERE GREAT DIFFERENCES BETWEEN NATO MANDATE
TABLED BY BELGIAN DELEGATION AND SOVIET " TASKS" SINCE SOVIETS
HAD ONLY TWO IDEAS, NON- DISCRIMINATION AND SUPPORT FOR PAN-
EUROPEAN PROJECTS. ON THIS BASIS, LAULAN SAID, IT WILL BE
DIFFICULT TO REACH " JOINT POINT OF DEPARTURE" IN HELSINKI.
5. SUMMING UP, SPC CHAIRMAN SAID ECONADS WOULD URGENTLY STUDY
SOVIET/ EE AND NEUTRAL PROPOSALS IN VIEW FACT MPT WOULD SOON
REACH " BASKET" TWO. ECONADS WILL MEET ON THIS SUBJECT MARCH 20
AND POSSIBLY MARCH 23. RUMSFELD
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