Memorandum, State Department Summary of Telegrams

the NLT(NAUL A.de/341 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE H E.O. 12065, Sec. 3-402 State Dept. Guidelines, March 6, 1982 WASHINGTON By DEB NLT, Date 9-9-85 March 21, 1952 TOP SEGRET SECURITY INFORMATION SUMMARY OF TELEGRAMS INDIA We have informed Ambassador Bowles that he may assure the Government of India categorically that no American or other UN planes were in the area of Tsingtao on March 6 and therefore the Chinese Communist statements alleging that our planes dropped germ- bearing insects there on that date are complete fabrications. We have also informed Bowles for his information that General Ridgway will shortly issue a categorical denial of the use of biological warfare weapons in Korea or China and will reiterate his acceptance of the proposed Inter- national Red Cross investigation. We have some misgivings lest Indian Ambassador Panikkar in Peking may be duped by the Chinese in regard to their allegations and might sow seeds of doubt in the minds of his government. SOVIET NOTE The Department had suggested to our NATO Council Deputy in London that he should inform his NATO colleagues in general terms of the reply we propose to make to the Soviet note on the German treaty. However, in view of strong objections on the part of the British and the coolness of the French toward the suggestion, our Council Deputy has refrained for the time being from carrying out the Department's suggestion although he has expressed his personal conviction that it would be preferable to give this information to all his NATO colleagues. NATO We have informed our Missions in NATO countries that we do not anticipate making any general public declaration of our policy that defense and base rights arrangements, as implementing agreements under Article 3 of the Atlantic Pact, are not required to be registered with the UN under Article 102 of the UN Charter. If our policy is agreed on in NATO, however, it would be the basis for such statements by the governments concerned as circumstances might re- - quire. In such cases, however, we think it would appear desirable not to have it referred to as "an agreed NATO policy. " SPAIN The Spanish Foreign Office has been elusive in response to our request of last week that they agree to open negotiations immediately after the presentation of Ambassador Mac Veagh's cre- dentials. Our Charge in Madrid says that they are obviously shy about