Memorandum, State Department Summary of Telegrams

OFFICE OF DE ASSIFIED THE SECRETARY OF STATE they V E.O. 12065, Sec. 3.402 WASHINGTON State Dept. Guidelines, March 6, 1982 By DEB NLT, Date 9-4-85 February 27, 1952 SECRET SECURITY INF ORMATION SUMMARY OF TELEGRAMS EGYPT We have informed our Embassy in Cairo that we are encouraged that March 1 has now been set as the date for the first meeting between the Egyptian Prime Minister and British Ambassador Stephenson to discuss resumption of negotiations on the Anglo-Egyptian dispute. However, we feel that a repetition of statements for popular consumption similar to a recent statement by the Egyptian Prime Minister will not contribute to the proper atmo- - sphere for the resumption of conversations and have suggested that Ambassador Caffery, if he considers it appropriate and useful, should convey this view to the Prime Minister. Meanwhile, our Embassy in London has discussed with the UK Foreign Office the question of the ex- tent of participation of other countries in the negotiations. The UK For - eign Office believes that it is unlikely that the Egyptians will desire to engage in five-power discussions until after bilateral discussions have been completed. The Foreign Office also feels it has already served notice to the French and the Turks that five-power talks are a possibility by informing them that the UK has no fixed views and is willing to con- sider the Egyptian's views as to whether conversations in the first in- stance should be on: 1) an Anglo-Egyptian basis and then move into the five-power - phase; 2) five-power discussions at the outset; 3) any other suggested basis the Egyptians may put forward. JAPAN In commenting on reports from Taipei concerning the adverse effects of the recent Japanese Diet de- bates on the pending negotiations for a bilateral treaty between the Japanese and Chinese Nationalist Governments and on public opinion on Formosa, our political advisor in Tokyo points out that the Chinese Nationalists are apparently unaware of the extent of the Japanese public reluctance to deal with the Chinese Nationalist Government on a basis other than as a local regime. He believes that Japanese Prime Minister Yoshida has performed a difficult feat in the heat of Diet debates on his Chinese treaty policy by fending off the attacks of the opposition parties, virtually all of which object to the current bilateral treaty negotiations. The Japanese public tends to view the treaty with the Chinese Nationalists with some suspicion and the Japanese Government is under continuous heavy pressure from business and other groups demanding that the door SECRET SEGURITY INFORMATTON