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INRE-00 NSCE-00 USIE-00 AF-04 CIEP-01 TRSE-00 CIAE-00
COME-00 EB-04 INR-05 LAB-01 NSAE-00 RSC-01 SIL-01
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O R 261213Z OCT 74
FM USMISSION GENEVA
TO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 8901
INFO ALL CSCE CAPITALS 206
AMEMBASSY CAIRO
AMEMBASSY LISBON
AMEMBASSY LUXEMBOURG
AMEMBASSY NICOSIA
AMEMBASSY OSLO
AMEMBASSY RABAT
AMEMBASSY SOFIA
AMEMBASSY TUNIS
USNMR SHAPE
USCINCEUR
USDOCOUSOUTH
USLO SACLANT NORFOLK VA
CINCLANT
USDEL SALT TWO GENEVA
AMEMBASSY NEW DELHI
C O N F I D E N T I A L SECTION 1 OF 2 GENEVA 6575
NEW DELHI HOLD FOR THE SECRETARY'S PARTY
BONN HOLD FOR COUNSELOR SONNENFELDT AND ASSISTANT SECRETARY
HARTMAN
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TAGS: CSCE, PFOR, PARM, EGEN, SGEN, XG
SUBJ: CSCE: STAGE II HIGHLIGHTS - OCTOBER 21 - 25
1. SUMMARY: WITH THE CONFERENCE UNABLE TO MAKE ANY
SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS AGAIN THIS WEEK, THE
NEUTRAL GROUP AGREED TO PREPARE A PCAKAGE DEAL
COMPROMISE COVERING THE FIVE SUBJECTS CURRENTLY
UNDER DISCUSSION IN THE HUMAN CONTACTS SUBCOMMITTEE.
SUCH A PACKAGE DEAL WILL PROBABLY TAKE AT LEAST ONE
MORE WEEK TO DEVELOP, AND SOME FURTHER TIME FOR
CONSIDERATION, BUT WOULD COVER ALL THE SIGNIFICANT
UNRESOLVED PROBLEMS UNDER THIS SUBJECT HEADING. IF
SUCCESSFUL, IT WOULD SETTLE MORE THAN HALF OF THE
MAJOR CONTENTIOUS ISSUES OUTSTANDING IN BASKET III,
AND THUS GIVE CSCE A STRONG FORWARD IMPETUS. IN
EXPECTATION OF A PACKAGE PROPOSAL, THE SOVIETS
MAINTAINED THEIR TOUGH SUBSTANTIVE POSITIONS IN
BASKET III, BUT THEIR ATTITUDES IN INFORMAL CONTACTS
LEAD WESTERN DELEGATES TO CONCLUDE THAT THEY WERE
ONCE AGAIN UNDER TIME PRESSURE AND ANXIOUS TO WRAP
UP THE BULK OF STAGE II WORK AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
PONOMAREV'S SPEECH DURING THE WARSAW PREPARATORY
MEETING SUGGESTS THAT LINKAGE BETWEEN CONCLUSION OF
CSCE AND THE CONVENING OF A CONFERENCE OF EUROPEAN
COMMUNIST PARTIES IS AN IMPORTANT ADDITIONAL
FACTOR IN THIS ATTTUDE. THUS FAR, HOWEVER, THE
SOVIET DELEGATION HERE HAS SHOWN LITTLE INCLINATION
TO COMPROMISE ON SUBSTANCE IN ORDER TO FACILITATE
EARLY CONCLUSION. END SUMMARY.
2. PRINCIPLES AND THEIR IMPLEMENTATION-- NEITHER
PRINCIPLES SUBCOMMITTEE NOR SPECIAL WORKING BODY
CONTRIBUTED MUCH MOMENTUM TO THE COMFERENCE THIS
WEEK. FORMER RETURNED BY PRIOR ARRANGEMENT TO
SEVENTH PRINCIPLE (HUMAN RIGHTS). SWISS, IN EFFECT,
ABANDONED THEIR AMENDMENT DIRECTED AGAINST ARBITRARY
ARRESTS, BUT SUBCOMMITTEE STILL FACED WIDELY
DIFFERENT NATIONAL POSITIONS ON YUGOSLAVS' PROTECTION
OF MINORITIES SENTENCE. SPECIAL WORKING BODY ON
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IMPLEMENTATION LEFT PREAMBLE TO SWISS PROPOSAL
UNRESOLVED AND OPERATIVE PARAGRAPH OF THAT PROPOSAL
FOR TIME BEING TO INFORMAL SWISS-SOVIET CONTACTS,
AND ENGAGED IN TENTATIVE DISCUSSION OF ROMANIAN
PARAGRAPH ON ENCOURAGING CLIMATE OF CONFIDENCE TO
PRECLUDE PROPAGANDA FOR WARS OF AGGRESSION.
3. MILITARY SEUCRITY -- IN ONE FORMAL MEETING
DURING THE WEEK THE SUBCOMMITTEE CONTINUED ITS DEBATE
ON THE QUESTION OF THE CONTENT OF THE PRIOR NOTIFICATION
OF MAJOR MILITARY MANEUVERS. AGAIN THE DISCUSSION
WAS INCONCLUSIVE WITH THE EASTERN BLOC PERSISTING
IN OPPOSING ANY REFERENCE TO THE DATES OF MOVEMENT
OF FORCES TO AND FROM THE MANEUVER AREA. SUBCOMMITTEE
WILL RETURN TO A FULL SCHEDULE OF MEETINGS NEXT WEEK.
4. ECONOMICS, SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY-- FOLLOWING WEEKS
OF DISCUSSION, FULL COMMITTEE REACHED INFORMAL
AGREEMENT ON A PREAMBULAR PARAGRAPH CONCERNING GROWING
WORLD WIDE ECONOMIC INTERDEPENDENCE AND THE NEED FOR
COMMON AND EFFECTIVE EFFORTS TOWARD SOLUTION OF
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INRE-00 NSCE-00 USIE-00 AF-04 CIEP-01 CIAE-00 COME-00
EB-04 INR-05 LAB-01 NSAE-00 RSC-01 SIL-01 TRSE-00
STR-01 OES-02 OMB-01 PM-03 H-01 L-01 NSC-05 PA-01
PRS-01 SP-02 SS-15 VO-01 SCA-01 SR-02 ORM-01 AID-05
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TO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 8902
INFO ALL CSCE CAPITALS 207
AMEMBASSY CAIRO
AMEMBASSY LISBON
AMEMBASSY LUXEMBOURG
AMEMBASSY NICOSIA
AMEMBASSY OSLO
AMEMBASSY RABAT
AMEMBASSY SOFIA
AMEMBASSY TUNIS
USNMR SHAPE
USCINCEUR
USDOCOSOUTH
USLO SACLANT NORFOLK VA
CINCLANT
USDEL SALT TWO GENEVA
AMEMBASSY NEW DELHI
C O N F I D E N T I A L SECTION 2 OF 2 GENEVA 6575
WORLD ECONOMIC PROBLEMS. SOVIETS RESERVED ON THE WORD
"INTERDEPENDENCE" AND MAY REOPEN THIS POINT LATER.
FIVE OF EIGHT PARAGRAPHS OF THE BASKET II PREAMBLE
HAVE NOW BEEN "MENTALLY REGISTERED". SUB-COMMITTEES
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ON COMMERCIAL EXCHANGES AND INDUSTRIAL COOPERATION
DID NOT MEET, BUT FRENCH DELEGATION, REPRESENTING
EC-NINE, TABLED AMENDED PARAGRAPHS ON KEY COMMERCIAL
EXCHANGES ISSUES WHICH WERE DISCUSSED PREVIOUSLY IN
NATO CAUCUS. SUB-COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
REGISTERED ONE PARAGRAPH ON CHANNELS OF COOPERATION,
INCLUDING A REFERENCE TO DIRECT CONTACTS. IN PRINCIPLE,
ONLY REMAINING ITEM OF BASIC DRAFTING IS A PARAGRAPH
CONCERNING LDC'S BUT ROMAINIANS MAY INTRODUCE
LANGUAGE ON ACCESS TO TECHNOLOGY WHICH
COULD PROLONG DRAFTING AND ADD AN EXTRA PARAGRAPH.
SUBCOMMITTEE ON OTHER ECONOMIC AREAS TEMPORARILY
PUT ASIDE CONSIDERATION OF TOURISM TEXTS AS EAST
PRIVATELY HINTED GREATER FLEXIBILITY WHEN RELATED
ISSUES HAVE BEEN RESOLVED IN BASKET III. SUB-
COMMITTEE THEN TURNED TO CONSIDERATION OF MIGRANT
LABOR AND REGISTERED ONE PARAGRAPH ON SUBJECT.
5. HUMANITARIAN COOPERATION-- HUMAN CONTACTS
SUBCOMMITTEE CONTINUED INFORMAL SESSIONS ON FIVE
SUBJECTS IN PARALLEL, WITH LITTLE PROGRESS. IN
MID-WEEK, THE NEUTRAL GROUP, LED BY AUSTRIA,
AGREED AFTER CONSULTATIONS WITH THE EC-NINE,
TO FORMULATE A "PACKAGE DEAL" COVERING ALL FIVE
TOPICS (FAMILY REUNIFICATION, MARRIAGE, TRAVEL,
INTRODUCTORY LANGUAGE AND "MUTUALLY ACCEPTABLE COND-
ITIONS" LANGUAGE). IF NEUTRALS MOVE RAPIDLY BARGAINING
SHOULD INTENSIFY BY LATE NEXT WEEK. THE NEUTRAL TASK
WILL BE FORMIDABLE HOWEVER, SINCE ALL SIGNIFICANT
PROBLEMS IN HUMAN CONTACTS WOULD BE IN THE "PACKAGE".
INFORMATION SUBCOMMITTEE UNEXPECTEDLY SPENT SEVERAL
SESSIONS AND A LOT OF CORRIDOR TIME ON A SIMPLE
SENTENCE DEALING WITH POSSIBILITIES FOR
DISSEMINATING THE OUTPUT OF OFFICIAL INFORMATION
SERVICES. DISCUSSION STALLED WHEN THE SOVIETS INSISTED
ON A PHRASE MAKING THIS KIND OF ACTIVITY
SUBJECT TO BILATERAL ARRANGEMENTS. NO SOLUTION
WAS IN SIGHT. IN SUBCOMMITTEES ON CULTURE AND
EDUCATION, LIMITED PROGRESS WAS ACHIEVED ON LESS
CONTROVERSIAL FEATURES OF WESTERN PROPOSALS. IN
CULTURE, SUBCOMMITTEE GAVE PRELIMINARY AGREEMENT
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TO A PARAGRAPH ON ESTABLISHMENT OF A TELEVISION
LIBRARY WHILE INFORMAL WORKING GROUP IN EDUCATION
APPROVED ITEM ON INTENSIFIED COOPERATION IN FOREIGN
LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION. MEANWHILE, EC-NINE ARE STILL
CONSIDERING THEIR POSITION ON DRAFTMINI-PREAMBLE
RECENTLY FLOATED INFORMALLY BY NEUTRALS WITH VIEW
TO BREAKING IMPASSE ON THIS SUBJECT IN EDUCATION
SUBCOMMITTEE.
6. COMMENT. DESPITE THE LACK OF SUBSTANTIVE PRO-
GRESS THIS WEEK, THE CONFERENCE DID MOVE ONE STEP
CLOSER TO RESOLUTION OF BASKET III ISSUES, AS
INTERESTED NEUTRAL DELEGATIONS (AUSTRIA, FINLAND,
SWEDEN AND SWITZERLAND) AGREED TO PREPARE A COMPROMISE
PACKAGE WHICH COULD RESOLVE THE REMAINING PROBLEMS
IN HUMAN CONTACTS. THIS AGREEMENT WAS ONLY
GIVEN AFTER WESTERN DELEGATIONS INDICATED THEY THOUGHT
AN INITIAIVE COULD BE USEFUL AND GAVE THE NEUTRALS
GENERAL ENCOURAGEMENT. WITH A PACKAGE IN THE OFFING,
THE ASSUMPTION HERE IS THAT THERE WILL BE NO
PROGRESS ON THESE SUBJECTS UNTIL THE FULL PACKAGE
CAN BE AGREED, AND SOVIET BEHAVIOR HAS
TENDED TO CONFIRM THIS BELIEF. NEVERTHELESS, WESTERN
DELEGATIONS DETECTED A DIFFERENCE IN THE SOVIET
ATTITUDE DURING THE WEEK, AND MOST DELEGATES WERE
CONVINCED THAT THE SOVIET DELEGATION IS NOW
UNDER INSTRUCTIONS TO SPEED UP THE WORK OF THE CON-
FERENCE AND TO TRY TO COMPLETE MOST OF STAGE II
BEFORE THE CHRISTMAS RECESS. SOVIET DELEGATES
CONTINUED THEIR ROUND OF INFORMAL CONTACTS, AND
INFORMALLY FLOATED SEVERAL PROCEDURAL SUGGESTIONS
FOR ACCELERATED PROGRESS. THIS REVIVAL OF OBVIOUS
SOVIET INTEREST IN AN EARLY CSCE CONCLUSION
COINCIDED WITH FURTHER REPORTS OF THE PREPARATORY
MEETING OF EUROPEAN COMMUNIST PARTIES IN WARSAW,
INCLUDING THE PRAVDA VERSION OF PONOVAREV'S SPEECH.
THE LINKAGE WHICH THE SOVIETS HAVE THEMSELVES NOW
ESTABLISHED BETWEEN CONCLUSION OF CSCE AND THE
CONFERENCE OF EUROPEAN COMMUNIST PARTIES WHICH THEY
ARE COMMITTED TO CONVERGE DURING THE FIRST SIX
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MONTHS OF 1975 APPEARED MORE CLEARLY AS AN IMPORTANT
ADDITIONAL FACTOR IN THE SOVIET DESIRE FOR AN EARLY
CONCLUSION. THUS FAR, HOWEVER, THERE HAS BEEN NO
INDICATION THAT THE SOVIETS ARE INCLINED TO MAKE
SUBSTANTIVE CONCESSIONS TO OBTAIN AN EARLY
CONCLUSION. END COMMENT.
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