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The original documents are located in Box 8, folder "Japan - State Department
Telegrams: From SECSTATE - NODIS (1)" of the National Security Adviser Files:
Presidential Country Files for East Asia and the Pacific at the Gerald R. Ford
Presidential Library.
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DEPARTMENT of STATE
Department of State
CHITED STATES OF AMERICA
TELEGRAM
GEODET
CLUIMI
0 1100152 AUG 74 ZFF4
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TO AMEMBASSY TOXYO IMMEDIATE 5979
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6 E e R E T STATE 175376
RECD: 10 AUGUST 74 -
9 26 PM
NODIS
E.O. 11652: GDS
TAGS: PFOR, JA
SUBJECT: YASUKAWA MEETING WITH PRESIDENT FORD AND
SECRETARY
1. SECRETARY MET WITH AMB. YASUKAWA AT WHITE HOUSE FOR
APPROXIMATELY 30 MINUTES AT 2:45 P.M. AUG. 9. DURING THAT
TIME, SECRETARY ESCORTED YASUKAWA TO OVAL OFFICE FOR TEN-
MINUTE PRIVATE MEETING WITH THE PRESIDENT.
2. SECRETARY BEGAN BY EXPRESSING APPRECIATION FOR "WARM
WORDS" CONTAINED IN AUG. 9 STATEMENT BY CHIEF CADINET
SECRETARY NIKAIDO. SECRETARY SAID THAT MAIN PURPOSE OF
THIS MEETING WAS TO EMPHASIZE THAT FOREIGN POLICY OF PRE-
VIOUS ADMINISTRATION WILL CONTINUE AND THAT FRIENDSHIP WITH
JAPAN IS ONE OF ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS OF THAT POLICY. HE
NOTED THAT MEETING WITH YASUKAWA WOULD BE FIRST MEETING
OF NEW PRESIDENT WITH AN INDIVIDUAL FOREIGN AMBASSADOR--
PRESIDENT HAD MET SHORTLY BEFORE WITH NATO AMBASSADORS AS
A GROUP--AND EMPHASIZED THAT THIS WAS INTENDED TO SYMBOLIZE
IMPORTANCE THE ADMINISTRATION ATTACHES TO RELATIONS WITH
OUR ALLIES, INCLUDING JAPAN. IN RESPONSE, YASUKAWA STATED
THAT HIS GOVERNMENT APPRECIATES--AND FULLY RECIPROCATES--
OUR CONTINUED EMPHASIS ON IMPORTANCE OF US-JAPAN RELATIONS.
3. SECRETARY SAID THAT PRESIDENT HAD TOLD HIM IN DIS-
CUSSIONS DURING THE LAST DAY AND A HALF THAT HE WOULD BE
WILLING TO VISIT JAPAN IN LATE NOVEMBER OR EARLY DECEMBER
IF THE GOJ WERE PREPARED TO RECEIVE HIM AT THAT TIME.
HE SAID THAT THIS WOULD BE AMONG THE PRESIDENT'S FIRST
VISITS ABROAD AND THAT IT WOULD SYMBOLIZE THE PRESIDENT'S
INTENTION TO FURTHER STRENGTHEN US-JAPAN RELATIONSHIP.
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POLIBRARY
YASUKAWA SAID HE WAS CERTAIN THAT GOJ WOULD WELCOME
IBRARY
PRESIDENTIAL VISIT, PROVIDED APPROPRIATE TIMING COULD BE
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VISIT JAPAN NEXT SPRING IF GOJ SO PREFERRED. THEY AGREED
REPORT
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NOT TO INFORM PRESS OF POSSIBLE PRESIDENTIAL VISIT UNTIL
YASUKAWA REPORTED TO AND RECEIVED GUIDANCE FROM TOKYO.
4. ON OTHER VISITS, SECRETARY SAID HE LOOKED FORWARD TO
EXTENSIVE MEETING WITH FONMIN KIMURA WHEN ME ATTENDS
UNGA IN SEPTEMBER. IN RESPONSE TO YASUKAWA'S STATEMENT
THAT KIMURA WOULD LIKE TO PAY COURTESY CALL ON PRESIDENT,
SECRETARY STATED THAT HE WOULD "DO UTMOST" TO ARRANGE A
MEETING BUT NOTED THAT OUR PAST PRACTICE HAS BEEN FOR
PRESIDENT NOT TO RECEIVE FOREIGN MINISTERS DURING UNGA,
SINCE HE WOULD BE UNDER PRESSURE TO SEE A NUMBER OF
FOREIGN MINISTERS IF HE AGREED TO SEE ONE.
S. YASUKAWA NOTED THAT AMBASSADOR HODGSON HAD INFORMED
PRIME MINISTER TANAXA THAT SECRETARY WOULD LIKE TO VISIT
JAPAN IN CONJUNCTION WITH HIS CHINA VISIT. HE STATED
THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO CONSULT CLOSELY ON TIMING, NOTING
THAT GOJ WILL BE OCCUPIED WITH MINISTERIAL CONSULTATIONS
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WITH GERMANS OCT 8-9. SECRETARY INDICATED THAT PLANNING
FOR CHINA VISIT IS NOT YET COMPLETED BUT THAT HE WOULD
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OCTOBER 20-NOVEMBER 5.
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WASHINGTON AROUND SEPTEMBER 30 FOR IMF/IBRD MEETING.
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SECRETARY SAID HE WOULD WISH TO MEET WITH AND HOST LUNCH
FOR OHIRA, STATING THAT HE FEELS GREAT AFFECTION FOR
OHIRA.
7. ONLY OTHER SUBSTANTIVE ISSUES DISCUSSED WERE TRADE
BILL AND ECG ACTIVITIES. YASUKAWA REITERATED GOJ'S STRONG
HOPE FOR EARLY PASSAGE OF TRADE BILL. SECRETARY SAID THAT
WE WILL CONTINUE OUR EFFORTS WITH CONGRESS TO MOVE THE
TRADE BILL AND THAT HE WAS HOPEFUL WE WOULD BE SUCCESSFUL.
8. SECRETARY SAID THAT HE WAS PLEASED THAT GOOD PROGRESS
HAD BEEN MADE AT LAST E OG MEETING IN BRUSSELS. YASUKAWA
AGREED, STATING THAT HIS GOVERNMENT WAS PREPARED TO GO
ALONG WITH IEP PROPOSAL. SECRETARY SAID HE WAS CONSIDER-
ING POSSIBILITY OF INFORMAL TALKS ON ENERGY AMONG SMALLER
GROUP OF COUNTRIES. HE NOTED THAT A NUMBER OF COUNTRIES,
SECRET
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INCLUDING JAPAN, WOULD BE UNABLE TO BEAR BALANCE OF
TRADE DEFICITS ARISING FROM OIL PRICES. HE SAID HE WOULD
CONSULT WITH GOJ AS HIS THINKING BECAME FIRMER. KISSINGER
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TAGS: APOR, JA
SUBJECT: GOJ RESPONSE TO SUGGESTED PRESIDENTIAL VISIT
1. AMBASSADOR YASUKAWA CALLED ON ACTING ASSISTANT
SECRETARY HUMMEL DURING MORNING OF AUGUST 10 UNDER INSYRUC-
TIONS TO RESPOND URGENTLY TO SECRETARY'S SUGGESTION, MADE
PREVIOUS DAY TO YASUKAWA, THAT PRESIDENT WOULD LIKE TO
VISIT JAPAN IN LATE NOVEMBER OR EARLY DECEMBER (SEPTEL).
YASUKAWA SAID HIS GOVERNMENT VERY MUCH APPRECIATED THE
PRESIDENT'S OFFER AND HOPED THAT PRESIDENT, PERHAPS
ACCOMPANIED BY MRS. FORD, WOULD VISIT JAPAN AT EARLIEST
POSSIBLE DATE, IF POSSIBLE BY END OF THE YEAR. HE
SUGGESTED THAT AGREEMENT OF BOTH GOVERNMENTS TO SUCH
A VISIT SHOULD BE ANNOUNCED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, LEAVING
TIMING FOR LATER DISCUSSION THROUGH DIPLOMATIC CHANNELS.
HE SAID GOJ HOPEO THAT ANNOUNCEMENT COULD BE AGREED UPON
FOR JOINT RELEASE ON WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14, OR EARLIER.
2. YASUKAWA ALSO SAID THAT PM TANAKA WOULD LIKE TO VISIT
WASHINGTON FOR BRIEF WORKING MEETING WITH PRESIDENT
DURING HIS SEPTEMBER VISIT TO LATIN AMERICA AND CANADA. HE
SAID THAT AFTERNOON OF SEPT 21 WOULD BE MOST CONVENIENT
TIME FOR TANAKA, WHO WOULD BE ENROUTE BETWEEN A VISIT TO
BRAZIL AND A REST STOP IN BERMUDA. HE COULD ARRIVE IN
WASHINGTON IN TIME FOR MORNING M-ETING WITH PRESIDENT IF
THAT WERE MORE CONVENIENT. HE EMPHASIZED THAT TANAKA
WOULD EXPECT NO CEREMONIAL OR SOCIAL EVENTS, THAT HE
WOULD BE IN WASHINGTON ONLY A FEW HOURS, AND THAT HE
WOULD NOT PLAN TO SPEND A NIGHT IN WASHINGTON.
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3. HUMMEL AGREED TO CONVEY BOTH OF THESE SUGGESTIONS TO
SECRETARY AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. KISSINGER
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SUBJECT:
VISIT OF PRIME MINISTER TANAKA
EYES ONLY FOR AMBASSADOR
1. PRESIDENT FORD HAS AGREED RECEIVE PRIME MINISTER TANAXA
SEPTEMBER 21. JAPANESE EMBASSY HAS BEEN INFORMED HERE.
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2. WE PLAN ISSUE AT 5000 Pollo FOLLOWING PRESS ANNOUNCE-
MENT, EMBARGOED FOR JOINT RELEASE IN TOKYO AND WASHINGTON
AT 10:00 P.M. P. AUGUST 27 UACHINGTON TIME: "PRIME MINISTER
TANAKA OF JAPAN, AFTER HIS OFFICIAL VISITS TO MEXICO AND
BRAZIL, WILL STOP OVER IN WASHINGTON, D.C. ON SEPTEMBER 21
TO MEET WITH PRESIDENT FORD."
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PARTICIPATE IN MEETING. KISSINGER
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REF: STATE 220134
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us
1. EMBASSY TOKYO SHOULD NOT TAKE ACTION AS INSTRUCTED
PARA 4 REFTEL. DISCUSSIONS ON THIS MATTER WITH JAPANESE
HAVE TAXEN PLACE HERETOFORE AT USUN AND WE WILL CONTINUE
TO FOLLOW UP THERE.
2. FOR USUN: YOU ARE AUTHORIZED TO INFORM JAPANESE OF
SUBSTANCE REFIEL, AND SEEK THEIR CONTINUED COOPERATION AS
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E.O. 12958, SEC. 3.5
FORD
STATE DEPT, GUIDELINES
BY
Hn 9 NARA, DATE 1/27/03
State Review
TD 9/23/02
NOT TO BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT THAUTHORIZATION OF THE EXECUTIVE SEC
PY OF I5 COPIES
Corrected copy:
Para 3 line 3&4. line added.
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OF STATE
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Department of State 11/4/74
UNITED AMERICA
SEORET
TELEGRAM
STATES OF
SEONE!
CONTROL: 0680Q
RECD: 2 NOV 74
P 0300297 NOV 74 ZFF4
6:40PM
FM SECSTATE WASHDC
TO RUEHKO/AMEMBASSY TOKYO PRIORITY 0000
RUFHOL/AMEMBASSY BONN PRIORITY 0000
BT
SECRET STATE 241954
NODIS
ZOPIU
E.O. 11652: XGDS 3
TAGS: ENRG
SUBJECT: CAMP DAVID FOLLOWUP
1. FOLLOWING IS TEXT OF AN INFORMAL PAPER FOR ENDERS AND
COOPER DISCUSSIONS NEXT WEEK. REQUEST THAT TOKYO PASS TO
MIYAZAKI AND YOSHIDA AND BONN TO POEHL AND HERMES. PLEASE
STRESS TO RECIPIENTS THAT THIS PAPER IS OF THE HIGHEST
SENSITIVITY AND IS FOR THEIR EYES ONLY. REQUEST THAT NO
DISTRIBUTION BE MADE IN EMBASSY.
2. BEGIN TEXT. A PROPOSAL FOR MORE COMPREHENSIVE
COLLABORATION AMONG THE INDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRIES.
3. IN LIGHT OF THE DANGEROUS SITUATION FACING THEM,
PARTICULARLY AS A RESULT OF THE OIL PRICE INCREASES, THE
INDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRIES SHOULD UNDERTAKE A MORE COMPRE-
HENSIVE COLLABORATION WITH THE OBJECTIVESOF: BRINGING
ABOUT LOWER COSTS FOR THEIR OIL SUPPLIES: REDUCING THE
ZODIU
DAMAGE TO THEIR ECONOMIES CAUSED BY THE HIGHER COSTS OF
THEIR IMPORTS: PREVENTING DISRUPTION OF THE BASIC COHESION
OF THE COUNTRIES OF THE FREE WORLD: AND CREATING PRO-
CEDURES TO IMPROVE THEIR CAPACITY TO RESPOND TO UNFORE -
SEEN FUTURE EVENTS.
A. IN UNDERTAKING THIS MORE COMPREHENSIVE COLLABORATION,
THE INDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRIES MUST BUILD UPON WHAT HAS
ALREADY BEEN ACCOMPLISHED AND IS ALREADY BEING UNDERTAKEN
IN VARIOUS EXISTING INTERNATIONAL BODIES, INCLUDING THE
FORD
IMF. THE OECD, AND THE IEA.
DECLASSIFIED
E.O. 12956, SEC. 3.5
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
SECRET
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PAGE -2- STATE 241954, NOV3
5. AS THE NEXT STEP TOWARD THIS DESIRED COLLABORATION,
FURTHER DISCUSSIONS SHOULD BE HELD AMONG THE FOREIGN AND
FINANCE MINISTERS OF THE FIVE MAJOR NATIONS IN AN EFFORT
TO REDUCE DIFFERENCES IN THEIR PERCEPTIONS OF PROBLEMS
AND OPPORTUNITIES BEFORE FORMAL DISCUSSIONS OF CLOSER
COOPERATION ARE UNDERTAKEN WITH A WIDER GROUP OF INDUS-
TRIALIZED COUNTRIES.
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6. A PROGRAM OF ADDITIONAL COOPERATION IS DESIRABLE! ONE
IN WHICH THE DIFFERENT PARTS REINFORCE ONE ANOTHER BOTH
POLITICALLY AND ECONOMICALLY.
7. INCLUDED IN THE PROGRAM SHOULD BE: (A) AN INTER-
NATIONALLY AGREED SET OF ADDITIONAL MEASURES INTENDED TO
REDUCE RELIANCE BY THE INDUSTRIAL COUNTRIES ON IMPORTS OF
OIL FROM OUTSIDE THE GROUP, TO BE REFERRED TO BELOW AS
"CONSERVATION MEASURES": (B) A NEW SET OF COMMITMENTS
AND PROCEDURES BY WHICH THE GROUP COULD PROVIDE ECONOMIC
SUPPORT, AS NEEDED, IN THE FORM OF LOANS TO THOSE MEMBERS
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OF THE GROUP WHICH WOULD OTHERWISE SUFFER ACUTE ECONOMIC
DAMAGE AS A RESULT OF INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOP-
MENTS, TO BE REFERRED TO BELOW AS "FINANCIAL SOLIDARITY
MEASURES": AND (C) AN UNDERTAKING TO ATTEMPT TO DEVELOP
VARIOUS OTHER FORMS OF COLLABORATION ON MEASURES SUPPORTIVE
OF THE ACTIVITIES INCLUDED IN A AND B, REFERRED TO BELOW
AS "OTHER SUPPORTIVE MEASURES".
8. CONSERVATION MEASURES. ADDITIONAL MEASURES BY THE
MAJOR INDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRIES TO REDUCE THEIR RELIANCE
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ON HIGH COST OIL IMPORTS ARE DESIRABLE: TO REDUCE
VULNERABILITY TO FUTURE INTERRUPTIONS IN SUPPLY: TO
LIMIT THE REAL BURDEN BEING PLACED ON THEIR ECONOMIES BY
THE NECESSITY OF PAYING EITHER CURRENTLY FOR THE COSTLY
IMPORTS OR ULTIMATELY FOR AMORTIZATION OF DEBT BEING
UNDERTAKEN TO FINANCE THE CURRENT CONSUMPTION OF ENERGY:
TO REDUCE THE DANGER OF POTENTIAL DISRUPTION TO THE WORLD'S
FINANCING SYSTEM AS A RESULT OF CONCENTRATION OF LARGE
HOLDINGS OF FINANCING ASSETS IN THE HANDS OF A SMALL
NUMBER OF PRODUCING COUNTRY GOVERNMENTS: AND TO DEMON-
STRATE TO THE PRODUCERS MORE PROMPTLY THE DAMAGE WHICH
FORD
WILL BE DONE TO THEIR ECONOMIC WELFARE, AS WELL AS THAT
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OF THE CONSUMING NATIONS, BY ATTEMPTS TO PROLONG CURRENT
HIGH OIL PRICES.
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PAGE -3- STATE 241954, NOV 3
9. THE MOST APPROPRIATE MIX OF ADDITIONAL CONSERVATION
MEASURES WILL VARY FROM COUNTRY TO COUNTRY. AMONG THE
IMPORTANT TYPES OF MEASURES ARE LIKELY TO BE REMOVAL OF
OFFICIAL RESTRAINTS ON THE COST OF ENERGY TO CONSUMERS,
IMPOSITION OF ADDITIONAL TAXATION ON CONSUMPTION OF
IMPORTED ENERGY, AND INDUCEMENTS TO SWITCH FROM OIL TO
OTHER SOURCES OF ENERGY.
10. THE HIGHER PRICES WHICH HAVE BEEN ALLOWED TO TAKE
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EFFECT IN THE MARKET PLACE HAVE ALREADY REDUCED OIL
CONSUMPTION. NOT ONLY HAVE THE 5# TO 10# INCREASES FORE-
CAST EARLIER FOR CONSUMPTION GROWTH IN 1974 NOT TAKEN
PLACE, BUT RECENT CONSUMPTION LEVELS IN THE MAJOR INDUS-
TRIAL COUNTRIES HAVE BEEN RUNNING 5# TO 10# BELOW THE
LEVELS BEFORE THE OUTBREAK OF THE MID-EAST WAR IN OCTOBER
D
1973. SOME OF THE REDUCTIONS IN CONSUMPTION ARE ATTRI-
BUTABLE, HOWEVER, TO THE SLOWER OVERALL RATES OF ECONOMIC
GROWTH BEING EXPERIENCED IN THE INDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRIES,
AND THERE IS NO ASSURANCE THAT IN THE ABSENCE OF NEW
GOVERNMENT MEASURES THERE WILL BE NO RESURGENCE OF DEMAND
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IN 1975 WHEN HIGHER RATES OF ECONOMIC GROWTH RESUME
AND WHEN THE SHOCK OF THE SUDDEN MOVE TO HIGHER PRICES IS
FURTHER IN THE PAST. UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES, ADDITIONAL
CONSERVATION AND PRODUCTION-ENCOURAGING MEASURES ARE
DESIRABLE IN ALL COUNTRIES, AND PROBABLY IN EVERY COUNTRY
IT WILL BE EASIER TO GAIN LEGISLATIVE AND POPULAR ACCEPT-
ANCE OF ADDITIONAL MEASURES IF THEY ARE TAKEN IN THE
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CONTEXT OF AN EQUITABLY SHARED COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAM
OF INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION. (#READ AS PERCENT)
11. IT IS PROBABLY NEITHER PRACTICAL NOR DESIRABLE TO
EXPECT GOVERNMENTS TO COMMIT THEIR COUNTRIES TO SPECIFIC
MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF OIL IMPORTS IN 1975 OR TO ADOPT
D
IDENTICAL PROGRAMS OR STANDARDS OF CONSERVATION MEASURES.
BUT INDIVIDUAL COUNTRY PROGRAMS FOR 1975 SHOULD BE COL-
LATED INTO A TOTAL INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM, WHICH WOULD
THEN BE REVIEWED FOR THE ADEQUACY OF ITS TOTAL IMPACT AND
FOR THE EQUITY OF DISTRIBUTION OF NATIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS,
AND ADJUSTED AS NECESSARY. IT SHOULD BE USEFUL TO ESTAB-
S
LISH AN AGREED TIMETABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF NATIONAL
PROGRAMS AND THEIR INTERNATIONAL REVIEW AND ADJUSTMENT.
R.
FORD
BASED ON EXPERIENCE, IN THE COURSE OF 1975 ADDITIONAL
MEASURES COULD BE CONSIDERED, IF NECESSARY, FOR IMPLEMEN-
TATION LATER IN 1975 OR IN 1976.
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12. AS A FIRST APPROXIMATION, IT IS SUGGESTED THAT
MEASURES BE SOUGHT WHICH WOULD RESULT IN TOTAL MEMBER OUN-
TRY IMPORTS IN THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1975 OF AT LEAST 20
,CT,
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ABOUT 5 1/2 MILLION BARRELS A DAY, BELOW THEIR IMPORTS
OF ABOUT 27 1/2 MILLION BARRELS A DAY IN THE THIRD QUAR-
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TER OF 1973. ALREADY, BY THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1974,
THEIR IMPORTS HAD BEEN REDUCED TO ALMOST HALF THE AMOUNT
PROPOSED FOR THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1975. THE CUTBACK IN
CONSUMPTION COULD ALTERNATIVELY BE EXPRESSED IN TERMS
IN REDUCTION IN CONSUMPTION BELOW LEVELS WHICH WOULD
HAVE PREVAILED IN THE ABSENCE OF NEW CONSERVATION
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MEASURES.
13. FINANCIAL SOLIDARITY. DESPITE THE REDUCTION IN OIL
IMPORT COSTS WHICH CAN BE ACHIEVED BY ADDITIONAL
CONSERVATION MEASURES, AND DESPITE THE DESIRABLE IMPACT
WHICH SUCH CONSERVATION MAY HAVE IN PREVENTING FURTHER
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INCREASES IN OIL PRICES AND POSSIBLY IN BRINGING ABOUT
SOME PRICE REDUCTIONS, THE INDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRIES
ARE LIKELY TO BE FACED, IN 1975 AND LATER YEARS, WITH
ENORMOUS OIL IMPORT BILLS. VAST CHANGES IN THE PATTERN
OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND INVESTMENT FLOWS WILL RESULT.
ADJUSTMENT OF THESE FLOWS IS LIKELY TO TAKE PLACE IN
MANY DIFFERENT WAYS, BOTH THROUGH THE MANY EXISTING
N
CHANNELS OF CONTACT BETWEEN THE OIL-PRODUCING COUNTRIES
AND THE INDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRIES AND THROUGH VARIOUS NEW
CHANNELS.
14. IN THIS PROCESS, HOWEVER, THERE IS THE DANGER THAT -
IN THE ABSENCE OF NEW MEASURES OF INTERNATIONAL COOPERA-
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TION on PARTICULAR INDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRIES MIGHT BE FACED
WITH ACUTE ECONOMIC HARDSHIP OR WITH THE NECESSITY
TO RELY ON FINANCIAL HELP FROM PRODUCING COUNTRIES ON
TERMS WHICH SHOULD BE CONSIDERED POLITICALLY OR ECON-
OMICALLY UNACCEPTABLE TO THE COMMUNITY OF INDUSTRIALIZED
NATIONS. TO COUNTER THIS DANGER, IT WOULD SEEM HIGHLY
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DESIRABLE THAT THE INDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRIES DEVELOP AMONG
THEMSELVES A NEW SET OF COMMITMENTS AND PROCEDURES BY
A.
FORD
WHICH THE GROUP COULD PROVIDE ECONOMIC SUPPORT IN THE
FORM OF LOANS, WHEN APPROPRIATE, TO INDIVIDUAL MEMBER
COUNTRIES OF THE GROUP. WHAT IS NEEDED IS MORE LIKELY
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SAFETY NET WOULD NEED TO BE DESIGNED FOR USE IN ANY
EMERGENCY WHICH MIGHT ARISE IN ORDER TO PROVIDE COUNTRIES
IN ADVANCE WITH A CONFIDENCE WHICH WOULD ALLOW THEM TO
AVOID INTERNATIONALLY DISRUPTIVE ECONOMIC POLICIES
WHICH MIGHT OTHERWISE BE UNDERTAKEN OUT OF EXTREME FEAR
OF THE FUTURE.
15. TO BE EFFECTIVE IN COMBATTING FEAR, THE POTENTIALLY
AVAILABLE LOANS WOULD HAVE TO BE VERY LARGE. ON THE
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OTHER HAND, SUCH LOANS COULD NOT BE PROMISED TO ANY
MEMBER OF THE GROUP AUTOMATICALLY. THE AVAILABILITY OF
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THE LOANS WOULD HAVE TO BE CONDITIONED UPON JUDGMENT
ON BEHALF OF THE GROUP THAT A PROSPECTIVE BORROWING
NATION WAS FOLLOWING REASONABLE POLICIES OF SELF-HELP.
16. AS A PRELIMINARY PROPOSAL TO MEET THE NEED FOR A
SAFETY NET, IT IS SUGGESTED THAT CONSIDERATION BE GIVEN
TO AN ACREEMENT AMONG INDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRIES THAT THEY
WOULD - IN THE CONTEXT OF A LARGER PROGRAM OF COLLABORA-
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TION ON CONSERVATION AND OTHER ENERGY MATTERS - AGREE TO
UNDERTAKE LOAN COMMITMENTS CALLABLE ON DEMAND BY A COMMON-
FUND WHEN LOAN ASSISTANCE WAS NEEDED AND APPROVED FOR A
PARTICULAR MEMBER COUNTRY.
17. THE PRINCIPLES ON WHICH THE FUND WOULD BE BASED COULD
BE AS FOLLOWS: (A) THE TOTAL SIZE OF THE FUND WOULD
BE RELATED TO THE ESTIMATED ANNUAL COMBINED DEFICIT ON
CURRENT ACCOUNT OF PARTICIPATING COUNTRIES VIS-A-VIS
OUTSIDE OIL SUPPLIERS CAN APPROPRIATE NUMBER FOR THE
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FIRST YEAR MIGHT BE ONE HALF, WHICH WOULD PROVIDE A
FUND ON THE ORDER OF $20 OR $25 BILLION). (B) EACH
COUNTRY'S MAXIMUM LENDING OBLIGATION AND MAXIMUM BORROW-
ING LIMIT WOULD BE IDENTICAL. (C) THESE LIMITS WOULD
BE DETERMINED BASICALLY BY REFERENCE TO AN APPROPRIATE
FORMULA INCORPORATING RELEVANT CONSIDERATIONS: AN
APPROPRIATE FORMULA MIGHT BE BASED ON OIL IMPORTS FROM
OUTSIDE THE GROUP, PARTICIPATION IN FOREIGN TRADE, AND
GNP. (D) PARTICIPANTS WOULD SHARE IN FINANCING LOANS
FORD
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18. ADDITIONAL COMMITMENTS WOULD BE ANTICIPATED FOR
1976. EACH LOAN FROM THE COMMON FUND WOULD BE APPROVED
BY A BOARD OF TRUSTEES ACTING ON A QUALIFIED WEIGHTED
VOTING BASIS ON BEHALF OF THE MEMBER NATIONS IN THE
GROUP. THE DISCRETION OF THE BOARD SHOULD PROBABLY BE
LIMITED BY AGREED GUIDELINES. THE BOARD MIGHT WELL BE
ASSOCIATED WITH THE OECD. PRESUMABLY, THE LOANS TO
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AND FROM THE COMMON FUND WOULD BE ON COMMERCIAL TERMS.
LOAN ASSISTANCE FROM THE COMMON FUND SHOULD PROBABLY
BE MADE CONDITIONAL ON THE BORROWER MAKING APPROPRIATE
USE OF OTHER ASSETS AVAILABLE TOIT AND MAKING EFFORTS
TO OBTAIN CAPITAL FROM OTHER SOURCES ON REASONABLE
TERMS. BORROWERS WOULD ALSO BE EXPECTED NOT TO TAKE
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TRADE OR OTHER RESTRICTIVE MEASURES INCONSISTENT WITH
THEIR GATT, IMF, AND OECD OBLIGATIONS.
19. AN IMPORTANT FEATURE OF THE FINANCIAL SAFETY NET,
AS DESCRIBED ABOVE, WOULD BE THAT THE ASSISTANCE TO ANY
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PARTICULAR NATION WOULD NEITHER BE, NOR APPEAR TO BE,
DEPENDENT ON THE APPROVAL OF ONE OR MORE OF THE OIL-
PRODUCING COUNTRIES. THE ASSISTANCE WOULD BE ON A MUTUAL
SELF-HELP BASIS AMONG THE INDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRIES. EACH
OF THOSE COUNTRIES COULD RAISE THE FUNDS FOR ITS CON-
TRIBUTION AS IT SAW FIT: FROM CASH ON HAND, FROM TAXATION,
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OR FROM NEW BORROWING. SUCH NEW BORROWING COULD, IN
EFFECT, BE FROM AN OIL-PRODUCING GOVERNMENT IF AN OIL
PRODUCER HAPPENED TO PURCHASE THE DEBT OBLIGATIONS SOLD
BY THE BORROWING GOVERNMENT ON THE MARKET, OR IF A LOAN
WERE ARRANGED DIRECTLY BY THE BORROWING COUNTRY GOVERN-
MENT FROM AN OIL PRODUCERS. BUT, IN THE USUAL - AND
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PREFERABLE - CASE, LENDING TO THE COMMON FUND WOULD BE BUT
ONE OF THE MANY WAYS IN WHICH AN INDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRY
GOVERNMENT WERE DISBURSING FUNDS, AND IT WOULD NOT BE
POSSIBLE TO MAKE AN UNAMBIGUOUS CONNECTION BETWEEN ONE
SOURCE OF FUNDS FOR THE GOVERNMENT AND ONE USE OF FUNDS
BY THAT GOVERNMENT.
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21. AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO LOANS TO THE COMMON FUND, CON-
SIDERATION COULD BE GIVEN TO BORROWING BY THE FUND ON
THE STRENGTH OF GUARANTIES PROVIDED BY THE COOPERATING
GOVERNMENTS, PRESUMABLY IN ABOUT THE SAME PROPORTIONS
AS LOANS MIGHT BE MADE TO THE COMMON FUND. IN SOME
COUNTRIES, IT MIGHT BE THAT SUCH GUARANTIES WOULD APPEAR
LESS ONEROUS TO LEGISLATURES THAN DIRECT LOANS TO A
COMMON FUND, EVEN THOUGH THE RISK EXPOSURE TO THE
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GOVERNMENTS WOULD BE THE SAME BY EITHER METHOD. ON THE
OTHER HAND, THE GUARANTY METHOD WOULD HAVE A SIGNIFICANT
POLITICAL DISADVANTAGE IN THAT THE POLITICAL CREDIT FOR
THE ASSISTANCE MIGHT TEND TO ACCRUE IN LARGE MEASURE,
TO THE PROVIDER OF THE LOAN FUNDS, QUITE POSSIBLY AN OIL
PRODUCER, RATHER THAN TO THE PROVIDERS OF THE GUARANTIES
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WHO WOULD BE THE REAL BEARERS OF THE RISK. THE GUARANTY
ROUTE WOULD ALSO HAVE THE DISADVANTAGE THAT THE RATE OF
INTEREST PAID ON THE GUARANTEED BORROWINGS WOULD
PROBABLY BE HIGHER THAN THAT PAID ON AVERAGE BY GOVERN-
MENTS BORROWING THEIR SEPARATE SHARES OF THE NEEDED FUNDS
DIRECTLY ON THEIR OWN SEPARATE FULL LEGAL OBLIGATIONS.
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IN VIEW OF FREQUENT PUBLIC FAILURE TO UNDERSTAND THE
NATURE OF GUARANTIES, THERE WOULD ALSO BE SOME DANGER
THAT THE GUARANTY ROUTE WOULD BE TREATED AS A "SOMETHING
FOR NOTHING" METHOD AND WOULD THUS LEAD TO LESS CAREFUL
MONITORING OF THE ASSISTANCE INVOLVED.
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22. IT WOULD ALSO BE POSSIBLE, AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE
COMMON FUND OUTLINED ABOVE, TO CONSIDER ATTEMPTING TO USE
THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND AS THE PROVIDER OF THE
DESIRED SAFETY NET FOR THE INDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRIES.
THAT ALTERNATIVE WOULD HAVE THE ADVANTAGE OF MAKING USE
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OF AN EXISTING INSTITUTION WITHOUT REQUIRING ESTABLISH-
MENT OF A NEW COMMON FUND. ON THE OTHER HAND, THERE
WOULD BE A NUMBER OF DISADVANTAGES OF ATTEMPTING TO USE
THE IMF. ESTABLISHMENT WITHIN THE IMF OF A SAFETY NET OF
THE LARGE SIZE NECESSARY TO ACCOMPLISH THE DESIRED OB-
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MOST SUCH COUNTRIES. FOR MANY OF THEM, CONCESSIONAL
LENDING IN SMALLER AMOUNTS WOULD BE APPROPRIATE. IT WOULD
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ALSO BE MORE DIFFICULT TO DEVELOP IN AN INTEGRATED PRO-
GRAM OF CONSERVATION, FINANCIAL SOLIDARITY, AND OTHER
SUPPORTIVE MEASURES, IF THE SAFETY NET WERE ATTEMPTED IN
THE IMF, WHICH INCLUDES IN ITS MEMBERSHIP BOTH THE OIL-
PRODUCING COUNTRIES AND MANY OTHER COUNTRIES WHICH WOULD
NOT BE LIKELY PARTICIPANTS IN THE PROPOSED INTEGRATED
PROGRAM.
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IS CHOSEN FOR INDUSTRIAL COUNTRIES, THE NEED TO PROVIDE
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ADDITIONAL CONCESSIONAL ASSISTANCE TO DEVELOPING
COUNTRIES WILL NEED TO BE CONSIDERED. TO THE EXTENT
THAT FINANCIAL SOLIDARITY LEADS TO IMPROVED ECONOMIC
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PERFORMANCE IN INDUSTRIAL COUNTRIES, LESSER AMOUNTS OF
DIRECT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO DEVELOPING NATIONS WILL
BE REQUIRED HOWEVER.
24. OTHER SUPPORTIVE MEASURES. ALTHOUGH CONSERVATION
EFFORTS AND FINANCIAL SOLIDARITY WOULD BE THE TWO MOST
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IMPORTANT INDIVIDUAL COMPONENTS OF A COMPREHENSIVE
PROGRAM OF COOPERATION, THERE ARE LIKELY TO BE MANY
OTHER INDIVIDUAL FORMS OF COOPERATION WHICH, IN COMBINA-
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MEASURES. A COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAM SHOULD, THEREFORE,
INCLUDE AN UNDERTAKING BY THE GOVERNMENTS INVOLVED TO
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ATTEMPT COOPERATION IN OTHER WAYS CONTRIBUTING TO THE SAME
OBJECTIVES.
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25. FOR THIS PURPOSE ECONOMIC RELATIONS WITH PRODUCERS
WOULD BE REVIEWED IN AN EFFORT TO IDENTIFY WAYS AND MEANS
IN WHICH OIL COMPANY POLICIES ON PRICING AND THE DIS-
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TRIBUTION OF LIFTINGS, CONSUMING COUNTRY IMPORT AND
EXPORT POLICIES, EXPORT CREDITS, AND LOANS AND POLICIES
OF INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS COULD BE MANAGED TO
YIELD A BETTER BALANCE OF BARGAINING POWER WITH THE
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1. YASUKAWA CALLED ON HABIB EVENING NOV 12 TO DISCUSS
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PRESIDENT FORD. ACCORDING YASUKAWA, BOTH TANAKA AND OHIRA
REMAIN CONVINCED THAT RESOLUTE ACTION TO RESOLVE ISSUE AND
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YASUKAWA SAID HE WOULD TAKE NEW READING ON HIS RETURN TO
JAPAN AND WOULD RELAY ANY NEW IMPRESSIONS TO DEPT THROUGH
AMB HODGSON. NONE OF HIS STAFF AT JAPANESE EMBASSY HERE IS
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14 IN EUROPE, AND AS- EARLY AS POSSIBLE DURING THE BUSINESS
DAY IN JAPAN, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15. THE SECRETARY'S SPEECH
REFERRED TO IN THIS LETTER WILL BE DELIVERED THURSDAY,
NOVEMBER 14 IN CHICAGO AT 9:25 PM LOCAL TIME. YOU SHOULD
ASK THAT THE SECRETARY'S LETTER BE HELD IN STRICTEST
CONFIDENCE UNTIL HE DELIVERS THE SPEECH.
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HAVE NOW BECOME MANIFEST -- IN MORE RAPID INFLATION,
ARRESTED GROWTH, INCREASING STRAINS ON THE INTERNATIONAL
FINANCIAL SYSTEM AND NARROWING OPPORTUNITIES FOR GOVERN-
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AN EFFECTIVE STRATEGY TO OVERCOME THE PROBLEMS EMANATING
FROM THE ENERGY CRISIS.
3. THE USG RELIEVES THAT THE CONCLUSION IS INESCAPABLE
THAT COOPERATION AMONG THE MAJOR OIL CONSUMING AREAS OF
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FERENCE AND CARRIED FORWARD IN SUBSEQUENT DELIBERATIONS.
OUR WORK HAS NOW PROGRESSED TO THE STAGE WHERE WE
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SIDERING AMONG THE FIVE TO THE BROADER GROUP OF COUNTRIES
THAT WILL NEED TO ACT ON THEM. AS A PART OF THIS PROCESS,
I INTEND TO PRESENT SOME U.S. PROPOSALS IN A SPEECH ON THE
EVENING OF NOVEMBER 14 IN CHICAGO. I WANT TO SHARE WITH
YOU SOME OF THE REASONING BEHIND THESE PROPOSALS, AS
WELL AS THE NATURE OF THE PROPOSALS THEMSELVES, ALTHOUGH
OUR GENERAL THOUGHTS ARE ALREADY FAMILIAR TO YOU.
5. ON THE IMPORTANT QUESTION OF OIL PRICE, THE PRODUCERS
HAVE "ADE IT CLEAR THAT POLITICAL PERSUASION OP NEGOTIA-
TION IS NOT NOW GOING TO RESULT IN ANY NOTABLE PRICE
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DIFFICULT BUT WORKABLE ONE OF ACTION ON THE CONSUMER
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OF OUR ECONOMIES IN THE INTERIM PERIOD OF HIGH OIL PRICES.
TO ACHIEVE THE FIRST OBJECTIVE CONSUMING COUNTRIES NEED
MAJOR NEW EFFORTS BOTH TO REDUCE DEMAND FOR OIL THROUGH
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CONSERVATION AND TO DEVELOP NEW SOURCES OF ENERGY SUPPLY.
IN THE PERIOD UNTIL THESE ACTIONS REACH FULL EFFECTIVENESS
CONSUMING COUNTRIES, AS WE HAVE RECOGNIZED, NEED TO
COMPLETE TWO SAFETY NETS, ONE TO DEAL WITH ANY NEW OIL
SUPPLY EMERGENCY AND THE OTHER TO DEAL WITH ANY POTENTIAL
INABILITY OF THE FINANCIAL SYSTEM TO RECYCLE THE HUGE
FLO# OF OIL FUNDS.
6. ENERGY CONSERVATION OFFERS US THE MOST IMMEDIATE
PROSPECT OF RELIEF FROM HIGH OIL PRICES. FOR POLITICAL
AS WELL AS ECONOMIC REASONS EFFECTIVE CONSERVATION MUST
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BE A COLLECTIVE EFFORT. AT A MINIMUM WE SHOULD COL-
LATE OUR INDIVIDUAL COUNTRY PROGRAMS FOR 1975 TO MAKE SURE
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1975. IN THE CONTEXT OF A COMMON GOAL OF CONSUMING
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INTEGRITY OF OUR FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, TO ENSURE THAT
NO NATION FEELS FORCED TO PURSUE DISRUPTIVE POLICIES
FOR LACK OF ADEQUATE FINANCE AND TO MAKE SURE NO CONSUM-
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IS PROPOSING THAT THE INDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRIES CREATE
A COMMON LOAN AND GUARANTY FACILITY TO PROVIDE A MEANS
FOR RECYCLING UP TO DOLS 25 BILLION IN 1975. GOVERNMENTS
WOULD INDIVIDUALLY CHOOSE HOW TO MEET THEIR COMMITMENTS
TO SUCH A FACILITY, BUT PRESUMABLY MOST WOULD CHOOSE TO
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TO PROVIDE FUNDS TO THE FACILITY WOULD BE MADE IN
CONNECTION WITH SPECIFIC DECISIONS OF PARTICIPATING
GOVERNMENTS ON SUPPORT TO COUNTRIES IN NEED OF FINANCING,
AFTER FULL RESORT TO PRIVATE OPPORTUNITIES AND REASONABLE
SELF-HELP MEASURES.
9. WE ARE ALREADY CONSIDERING NE" WAYS OF ASSISTING
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES IN THEIR ACUTE FINANCIAL PROBLEMS.
WE NEED TO CONSIDER NEW POSSIBILITIES OF PROVIDING
HIGHLY CONCESSIONAL FINANCING TO THE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
MOST SERIOUSLY HURT BY THE CURRENT CRISIS. IN PARTICULAR,
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11. THE USG HOPES THAT CONSUMING COUNTRIES CAN MOVE
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INTERNATIONAL ENERGY AGENCY is BES1 PLACED TO DEVELOP
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COOPERATION LOOKING TO ENACTMENT WITHIN THE OECD FRAME-
WORK.
12. THE ISSUES AND TASKS BEFORE US COMPRISE A PROGRAM OF
CONSIDERABLE MAGNITUDE, REQUIRING DIFFICULT POLITICAL
DECISIONS. BUT JUST AS THE TURADIL OF THE IMMEDIATE
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INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION, SO CAN THE ENERGY CRISIS OF
TODAY BE ONE LEADING TO HISTORIC ACHIEVEMENT THROUGH
COOPERATION. THE ECONOMIC FACTS OF TODAY ARE STARK, AS
THEY WERE IN 1947-1948. THE STRUCTURE EMERGING FROM
THAT CHALLENGE HAS SECURED OUR DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS,
ECONOMIC PROGRESS AND SECURITY FOR A GENERATION. THESE
ACHIEVEMENTS ARE NOW THREATENED. BUT SITH THE SAME
POLITICAL VISION, COURAGE, AND ABOVE ALL, COOPERATION
THAT SUSTAINED US IN THE EARLIER YEARS, WE CAN MEET THE
NEW ENERGY CHALLENGE.
13. I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU ON THESE TASKS
IN THE PERIOD IMMEDIATELY AHEAD, AND HOPE THAT WE CAN
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COUNT ON YOUR SUPPORT AND THAT OF YOUR GOVERNMENT FOR
THE PROPOSALS WE HAVE MADE.
SIGNED HENRY A. KISSINGER.
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VISIT, OF MY VISIT AND FOR YOUR HELPFUL ROLE IN HANDLING THIS
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2. YOU WILL HAVE SEEN BY NOW FROM THE SECRETARY'S CHICAGO
SPEECH THAT WE ARE PRESENTING THE ESSENCE OF OUR
PROPOSALS TO A BROAD GROUP OF GOVERNMENTS AND TO THE
PUBLIC. THIS COURSE SHOULD BOTH ADVANCE OUR ENERGY
STRATEGY AND FACILITATE OUR TASK IN PROJECTING A
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IN WITH ASAD AND URGED A DIRECT MESSAGE FROM HIM. HE
SAID HE SENT SUCH A MESSAGE TO ASAD LAST NIGHT MAKING
ESSENTIALLY SAME, ARGUMENT SUGGESTED BY FAHMI. HE IS
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YET BUT WILL OBVIOUSLY BE HELD TOWARD END OF MONTH WHEN
UNDOF MANDATE EXPIRES. I URGED, AND HE AGREED, THAT HE
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WOULD HOLD UP ISSUANCE OF REPORT UNTIL VERY LATEST
POSSIBLE TIME. IN SHORT IN HIS OWN WORDS RATHER THAN A
WEEK BEFORE SECURITY COUNCIL MEETING, HE WILL HOLD "IT
TO THE LAST MINUTE".
4. I DID NOT, HOWEVER, CONVINCE HIM. TO KEEP KHADDAM
NON-RENEWAL REQUEST OUT OF THE SECRETARY GENERAL'S REPORT
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IF WE GET TO THAT POINT. I NOTED HE WAS NOT UNDER ANY
OBLIGATION TO INCLUDE SYRIAN POSITION, THAT HE SHOULD
CONFINE HIS REPORT TO THE FACTS OF SITUATION, EXPLAINING
WHAT UNDOF HAS DONE IN APPEALING TO PARTIES AND SECURITY
COUNCIL THAT UNDOF BE CONTINUED. WALDHEIM MAINTAINED
THAT KHADDAM HAD ASKED HIM TO REFLECT SYRIAN POSITION
IN HIS REPORT, AND IF THEY HOLD TO, THIS POSITION,
HE WILL HAVE TO INCLUDE IT IN RECORT. I ASKED HIM NOT
TO MAKE ANY FINAL JUDGEMENT ON THIS. I ASKED WHETHER
HE HAD SYRIAN POSITION IN WRITING. HE SAID ORALLY ONLY.
THE REASON I ASKED IS THAT
IF THE SYRIANS HOLD
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DAYS AND INSIST THAT HE INSIST WITH THE SYRIANS THAT
LATTER PUT IT IN WRITING.
5. WE AGREED WE WOULD BE IN TOUCH ON THIS AGAIN EARLY IN
THE week.
6. SECRETARY MAY WANT TO AUTHORIZE FILTS TO COMMUNICATE
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1. THE TEXTS OF THE FOLLOWING LETTERS FROM SYG WALDHEIM TO
PM RABIN ON NOVEMBER 16 AND THE RESPONSE FROM RABIN TO
WALDHEIM ON NOVEMBER 17 WERE GIVEN ME BY MINISTER SHALEV
WHO ASKED THAT THEY BE PASSED TO YOU. TEXTS FOLLOW:
2. FROM WALDHEIM TO RABIN: QUOTE DEAR PRIME MINISTER.
I HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING WITH GROWING ANXIETY THE MOST RECENT
DEVELOPMENTS IN THE MIDDLE EAST.
I AM DEEPLY CONCERNED THAT THE PRESENT INCREASE IN TENSION
MAY LEAD TO A BREAKDOWN OF THE CFASE FIRE WHICH I FIRMLY
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BE IN THE LONG TERM INTERESTS OF NO ONE.
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SUCH A DEVELOPMENT WOULD REMOVE ANY IMMEDIATE POSSIBILITY
OF MAKING REAL PROGRESS TOWARD A PEACEFUL AND JUST SETTLE-
MENT IN THE MIDDLE EAST.
Y FOR MY PART HAVE BEEN DDING AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO ALL
THAT I CAN TO CONTRIBUTE TO A SOLUTION OF THIS CRUCIAL
PROBLEM.
AS AMBASSADOR TEKOAH WILL HAVE INFORMED YOU I HAVE BEEN AD-
VISED BY THE FOREIGN MINISTER OF SYRIA OF THE INTENTION OF
HIS GOVERNMENT NOT TO AGREE TO THE RENEWAL OF THE MANDATE
OF UNDOF WHEN ITS CURRENT SIX-MONTH MANDATE EXPIRES.
ALTHOUGH THIS IS A MATTER WHICH HAS TO 88 DECIDED BY THE
SECURITY COUNCIL I AM NATURALLY DEEPLY CONCERNED AT THE
POSSIBLE CONSEQUENCES OF SUCH A DEVELOPMENT. I SHOULD ADD
THAT THE ADOVE-MENTIONED TALKS DEALT ONLY WITH THE QUESTION
OF UNDOF'S RENEWAL AND DID NOT COVER THE DISENGAGEMENT
AGREEMENT AS A WHOLE,
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I WISH TO ASSURE YOU THAT WE ARE MAKING EVERY POSSIBLE
EFFORT TO AVERT ANY DEVELOPMENT WHICH MIGHT LEAD TO A NEW
OUTBREAK OF FIGHTING IN THE MIDDLE EAST.
I AM SURE THAT WE CAN COUNT ON THE COOPERATION OF YOUR
GOVERNMENT IN THIS EFFORT WHICH TS VITAL NOT ONLY TO THE
COUNTRIES OF THE REGION BUT ALSO TO WORLD PEACE.
I SHALL OF COURSE KEEP AMBA3SADOR TEKOAH FULLY INFORMED
OF DEVELOPMENTS.
PLEASE ACCEPT MR', PRIME MINISTER. THE, ASSURANCES OF MY
HIGHEST CONSIDERATION. KURT WALDHEIM. UNQUOTE.
3. FROM RABIN TO WALDHEIM: QUOTE DEAR SECRETARY GENERAL.
I AGREE WITH YOU THAT IT WOULD BE MOST REGRETTABLE TF THE
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PRESENT TENSION CONTINUED ENDANGERING THE DISENGAGEMENT
AGREEMENT AND THE CEASEFIRE. I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT ISRAEL
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ATTACHES IMPORTANCE TO THE MAINTENANCE OF THE TERMS OF THE
DISENGAGEMENT AGREEMENT AND THE CEASEFIRE AS A PREREQUISITE
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FOR PROGRESS TOWARDS PEACE.
I WOULD LIKE TO CLARIFY THAT ISRAEL HAS NOT BEEN THE
INITIATOR OF THIS TENSION. ISRAEL WAS OBLIGED TO TAKE
CERTAIN LIMITED PRECAUTIONARY STFPS ONLY AFTER IT BECAME
CLEAR THAT SYRIAN ARMED FORCES HAD BEEN PUT IN A STATE OF
ALERT,
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YOUR MESSAGE REFERRED TO THE INTENTION OF THE SYRIAN
GOVERNMENT NOT TO AGREE TO THE RENEWAL OF THE MANDATE OF
UNDOF WHEN ITS CURRENT SIX MONTH MANDATE EXPIRES. THIS
DEVELOPMENT IS CERTAINLY DAMAGING TO THE PROSPECTS OF
PEACE. I MUST MAKE IT CLEAR THAT ISRAEL CONSIDERS THE
UNDOF'S ROLE AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE DISENGAGEMENT AGREE-
MENT. THE COMMITMENTS OF SYRIA AND ISRAEL, AS SET OUT IN
THE AGREEMENT AND PROTOCOL, BOTH. CONSTITUTING ONE INDIVIS**
IBLE WHOLE, ARE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC.
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THE ESTABLISHMENT AND STATIONING OF UNDOF IN THE AREA
DESIGNATED IN THE AGREEMENT IS ONE OF THE PRINCIPLES OF
THE AGREEMENT. UNDOF'S ROLE IS, INTER ALIA, TO SUPERVISE
THE AGREEMENT AND PROTOCOL WITH REGARD TO THE AREA. OF SEP-
ARATION AND LIMITATION. PARAGRAPH E OF THE AGREEMENT
SPECIFICALLY STATES THAT THE PROVISIONS CONCERNING THE
CEASEFIRE, THE DISENGAGEMENT AND THE DEMILITARIZATION
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WOULD BE INSPECTED BY UN PERSONNEL, WHO, UNDER THIS AGREE-
MENT, WOULD COMPRISE THE UNDOF: THERE IS NO TIME LIMIT ON
THE VALIDITY OF THE AGREEMENT AND THE FUNCTIONS OF THE
UNDOF THEREUNDER.
I WISH TO EMPHASIZE THE SERIOUSNESS WITH WHICH WE WOULD
VIEW A BREACH OF AGREEMENT. I AM GLAD TO HAVE YOUR ASSUR-
ANCE THAT YOU ARE MAKING EVERY EFFORT TO AVERT UNDESTRABLE
developments. I CAN ASSURE you OF THE COOPERATION OF THE
GOVERNMENT OF ISRAEL IN YOUR EFFORTS. UNQUOTE. INGERSOLL
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