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The original documents are located in Box 14, folder "People's Republic of China - State
Department Telegrams: From SECSTATE - NODIS (2)" of the 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
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
TELEGRAM
SECRET
NOD791
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TAGS: PFOR, CH, US
/
SUBJECT: CLAIMS/ASSETS
REF: SECTO 170
FOR HABIB FROM ALDRICH AND HUMMEL
1. WE HAVE MET AGAIN WITH TREASURY REPRESENTATIVE
SOMMERFIELD AND REVIEWED THE ENTIRE ISSUE OF ADEQUATELY
DEFINING "NATIONALS OF THE PRC. OUR RELUCTANT CONCLUSION
IS THAT TO RELY SOLELY ON THE LAST SENTENCE OF PARAGRAPH 4
WOULD UNACCEPTABLY INCREASE BOTH THE AMOUNT OF LITIGATION
AND THE LIKELIHOOD THAT THE USG WOULD LOSE IN COURT CASES
INVOLVING AS MUCH AS DOLS 12 MILLION. WHICH IS AT LEAST ONE
EIGHTH OF TOTAL FROZEN ASSETS. EFFECT OF THIS WOULD BE TO
REDUCE AMOUNT AVAILABLE TO REIMBURSE U.S. CLAIMANTS TO A
LEVEL WHICH WE BELIEVE WOULD NOT REPEAT NOT BE ACCEPTABLE
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TO THE CLAIMANTS OR TO CONGRESS (WHICH WILL HAVE TO PASS.
NECESSARY AUTIORIZING LEGISLATION TO IMPLEMENT ANY AGREE-
MENT REACHED WITH THE PRC).
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DEPARTMENT
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Department of State
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2, LANGUAGE IN THE LAST SENTENCE OF PARA A IS NOT REPEAT
NOT ACCEPTABI ALONE BECAUSE IT DEFINES THE ASSETS REPEAT
ASSETS OF "NATIONALS OF THE PRC" WHICH ARE BLOCKED, WITH-
OUT DEFINING WHAT CONSTITUTES A "NATIONAL." IN ORDER FOR
IT TO BE VALID IN U.S. COURTS, THE DEFINITION WHICH WE ARE
SEEKING MUST CONTAIN SOME SPECIFIC REFERENCE (WHICH THE
PRC EXPLICITLY ACCEPTS) TO THE BROAD DEFINITION OF THE
TERM CONTAINED IN FOREIGN ASSET CONTROL REGULATIONS,
RATHER THAN THE ORDINARY DEFINITION WHICH WOULD OTHERWISE
PREVAIL.
3. ACCORDINGLY, WHETHER WE USE THE PRESENT ADDITIONAL
LANGUAGE, SIDE LETTERS OR SOME OTHER DEVICE, WE MUST HAVE
AN EXPLICIT LINK BETWEEN TERM "NATIONALS OF THE PRC" USED
IN THE AGREEMENT AND THE RELEVANT U.S. LAW AND REGULA-
TIONS. CASE OF SIN HUA TRUST ILLUSTRATES THE DIFFICULTIES
WHICH WOULD ARISE IF THE TERM WERE NOT so DEFINED. FIRM
IS COMMERCIAL AND SAVINGS BANK INCORPORATED AS LIMITED
COMPANY IN HONG KONG. BY VIRTUE OF INCORPORATION IN HONG
KONG. BANK WOULD BE CONSIDERED A "BRITISH NATIONAL in NOT
A "PRC NATIONAL" AS THAT TERM IS USED IN ORDINARY LAW.
THIS IS TRUE EVEN THOUGH SIN HUA IS IN FACT WELL-KNOWN
AS ONE OF NINE LEADING PRC BANKS IN HONG KONG. THUS,
UNLESS WE SOMEHOW INVOKE THE BROAD DEFINITION OF
"NATIONAL" CONTAINED IN TREASURY REGULATIONS, U.S. COURTS
COULD WELL HOLD THAT ASSIGNMENT noES NOT COVER ASSETS IN
NAMES OF THIRD COUNTRY NATIONALS SUCH AS THIS ONE.
4. ANOTHER CASE IN POINT IS, A SWISS FIRM, WHICH IS
OWNED BY AN AUSTRIAN CITIZEN. DURING THE FIFTIES, THIS
FIRMIS SOLE FUNCTION WAS TO ACT AS A PROCUREMENT AGENT
FOR THE PRC, AND IT RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL, DOLLAR TRANSFERS
FROM THE PRC. SOME OF WHICH WERE BLOCKED. neverthelfss,
IT IS NOT A PRC "NATIONAL" UNDER ORDINARY LAW AND WE
SUBSTANTIALLY ENDANGER OUR ABILITY TO COLLECT SUCH
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BLOCKED ASSETS UNLESS IT IS CLEAR THAT THE AGREEMENT
FORD
COVERS THIS TYPE OF "PRC NATIONAL."
GERALD
LIBRARY
5. WHILE IT IS NOT CLEAR WE WILL BE SUCCESSFUL IN
DEFENDING OUR EFFORTS TO COLLECT FOR U.S. CLAIMANTS, EVEN
NOT TO BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY
OF STATE
Department of State
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WITH SATISFACTORY WORDING IN THE ASSIGNMENT, AT LEAST
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SUCH WORDING WOULD MEASURABLY IMPROVE OUR LITIGATIVE
POSTURE TO THE POINT WHERE THE anos ARE IN OUR FAVOR, AND
THIS IS ABOUT THE REST WE CAN HOPE FOR. ON THE OTHER
HAND, THE ABSENCE OF. SATISFACTORY WORDING MAY JEOPARDIZE
DUR PROSPECTS IN U.S. COURTS so SEVERELY THAT THE MERITS
OF THE SETTLEMENT ITSELF ARE QUESTIONABLE.
6. WE NOTE THAT THE PRC HAS NOT REPEAT NOT INDICATED
PRECISELY WHY IT HAS FOUND VARIOUS U.S. FORMULATIONS OF
THIS DEFINITION UNACCEPTABLE. THE CHINESE MAY FIND IT
UNPALATABLE AS A MATTER OF PRINCIPLE TO ASSIGN TO THE USG
ASSETS WHICH ARE IN THE NAMES OF THIRD COUNTRY NATIONALS
WHO MAY NOW HAVE LITTLE OR NO CONNECTION WITH THE PRC,
IF IT BECOMES EVIDENT FROM YOUR DISCUSSIONS THAT THIS IS
IN FACT THE CASE, YOU COULD PROPOSE THAT THE PRC CONSIDER
A LUMP-SUM PAYMENT (SIMILAR TO CHOU EN-LAIIS, OFFER ON THE
THIRD-COUNTRY BANK ISSUE) TO REIMBURSE THE U.S. FOR
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EXCLUDING THIS CATEGORY OF ASSET FROM THE SETTLEMENT'
SUCH A LUMP-SUM PAYMENT SHOULD AMOUNT TO APPROXIMATELY
THE TOTAL OF ASSETS IN THESE QUESTIONABLE CATEGORIES, OR
DOLS 12-15 MILLION. YOU COULD POINT OUT. THAT THIS FORM
OF SETTLEMENT WOULD ACTUALLY INVOLVE A U.S. CONCESSION,
IN THAT WE WOULD BE FOREGOING POTENTIAL CLAIM TO MANY
YEARS' INTEREST ON THESE BLOCKED ACCOUNTS. YOU COULD SEEK
AGREEMENT IN PRINCIPLE TO THIS APPROACH WITH DETAILS TO BE
WORKED OUT LATER. INGERSOLL
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TAGS: PFOR, PORG, UN, CB, us, CH
SUBJECT: KHMER IN 20TH UNGA: À POSSIBLE COMPROMISE TO
ASSIST IN LAUNCHING NEGOTIATIONS
REF: PHNOM PENH 15863
FOR SECRETARY FROM SISCO
i. WE 00 NOT RPT NOT THINK SITUATION DESCRIBED PARA i
REFTEL IS LIKELY TO ARISE AS WE DOUBT THAT GRUNK SUPPORTERS
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WOULD ASSOCIATE THEMSELVES WITH FVEN AN AMENDED ASEAN
RESOLUTION. IN ANY EVENT, WE 00 NOT THINK PROPOSAL REFTEL
SHOULD BE PURSUED FOR SEVERAL REASONS:
A. CHINESE TOLD US CATEGORICALLY IN RESPONSE TO OUR
PROBE AS TO WHETHER VOTE ON KHMER RESOLUTION MIGHT BE
POSTPONED WHILE YOU WERE IN PEKING THAT YOUR TRIP HAD
NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS DEBATE AND THEY WOULD NOT AGREE TO
SUCH PROPOSAL. THEY ARE MOST UNLIKELY TO WISH UNDERTAKE
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NEGOTIATION OF THIS KIND.
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AMERICA
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A. PROPOSING DEAL OF KIND OUTLINED REFTEL COULD ONLY
BE CONSTRUED BY CHINESE AS MEANING WF ARF LEADING FROM
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WEAKNESS AND EXPECTING A DEPEAT ON OUR RESOLUTION. THIS,
WOULD CERTAINLY NOT INDUCE THEM TO CONCILIATORY ATTITUDE.
C. PRESENT PRIENDLY TEXT HAS EMERGED FROM MONTH-
LONG SERIES OF MOST INTENSIVE NEGOTIATIONS WITH OUR KEY
ASIAN ALLIES. FOR US SUDDENLY TO STRIKE A DEAL CHANGING
THE RESOLUTION (EVEN IF THIS WERF POSSIBLE) WITHOUT
INFORMING OR CONSULTING THEM WOULD BE TAKEN VERY MUCH
AMISS, THIS IS PARTICULARLY TRUE OF JAPANESE, WHO WOULD
BE SENSITIVE ABOUT FAILURE TO DISCUSS DURING VISIT OF
PRESIDENT FORD.
D. VOTE ON KHMER ITEM MAY COME AS EARLY AS
WEDNESDAY. KIND OF COMPLICATED TRADE-OFF ENVISAGED
REFTEL WITH ALL THE CONSULTATIONS THIS SHOULD INVOLVE
COULD UNDER AEST OF CIRCUMSTANCES HARDLY BE CONSUMMATED
IN THIS TIME.
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E. FOREGOING WRITTEN IN FULL AWARENESS THAT IN FACT
OUR VOTING POSITION IN NEW YORK TS QUITE SHAKY. WHILE
WE MAY HAVE MARGIN OF ONE OR TWO VOTES, THIS IS OBVIOUSLY
TOO CLOSE TO COUNT ON. BOUTEFLIKA CLEARLY INTENT ON
PRESSING PROCEDURAL ADVANTAGES HF HAS FROM PRESIDING OVER
GA CONSIDERATION OF THIS ITEM AND RIDING ON CREST OF
SERIES OF ALGERIAN VICTORIES TO DATE, E.G., SUSPENSION OF
SOUTH AFRICA. INVITATION OF ARAFAT, ADOPTION OF PALESTINE
RESOLUTION. WHILE PRO-STHANOUK FORCES CANNOT BE ANY MORE
CERTAIN OF VICTORY THAN WE ARE, WE SEE NO SIGN THEY ARE
so LACKING IN CONFIDENCE THAT THEY WOULD BE INTERESTED IN
THE KIND OF COMPROMISE INVOLVED IN DEAN'S PROPOSAL. INGERSOLL
FORD
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LIBRARY
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S/S -01PK JOHNSON
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TO USLO PEKING IMMEDIATE
C e N I D E N I A L STATE 263368
NODIS
TOSEC 466
E.O. 116521 GDS
TAGSI EGEN, OTRA
SUBJECT: VISIT OF CHANCELLOR SCHMIDT
FOR THE SECRETARY FROM HARTMAN AND KATZ
1. IN MEETING WITH ENDERS AND BENNETT LAST WEEK, SCHMIDT
PROPOSED THAT AFTERNOON BE SET ASIDE DURING HIS VISIT FOR
ECONOMIC POLICY DISCUSSIONS. HE SAID THAT PRESIDENT AND HE
NEED NOT BE PRESENT, ALTHOUGH THEY MIGHT WISH TO ATTEND.
HE PROPOSED THAT GERMAN SIDE BE REPRESENTED BY HISS (FROM
CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE) AND INDUSTRIALIST (PROBABLY
DR. MERKLE OF BOSCH), A TRADE UNTONIST, AND STATE
SECRETARIES FROM MINISTRIES FINANCE AND ECONOMIC. ON OUR
SIDE, HE THOUGHT WE WOULD WISH TO HAVE BURNS, SIMON AND
GREENSPAN, AMONG OTHERS. WE PROPOSE TO MAKE PROVISION FOR
SUCH A MEETING AND PLAN SET ASIDE 4 P.M. TO 7 P.M., DEC. 5'.
2. SCHMIDT MENTIONED ALSO INCLUDING AS PARTICIPANT
GEORGE SCHULZ, WHO HE GREATLY RESPECTS (HE PLANS, TO PRESENT
FRO DECLARATION TO SCHULZ DURING HIS VISIT HERE). SINCE
SCHULZ MAY BE PERSUASIVE WITH SCHMIDT, BELIEVE SCHULZ
CONFIDENTIAL"
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OF STATE DX
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PAGE 02 STATE 260368
SHOULD BE BRIEFED FULLY ON OUR ENERGY AND RELATED FINANCIAL
STRATEGY. REQUEST YOUR APPROVAL INCLUSION SCHMIDT IN
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ECONOMIC POLICY DISCUSSIONS AND HIS BRIEFING BY ENDERS. INGERSOL
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SUBJECT:
MESSAGES ON SALT FOR CALLAGHAN, GENSCHER
AND SAUVAGNARGUES
FOR THE SECRETARY FROM SONNENFELDT
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I BELIEVE IT WOULD BE USEFUL FOR YOU TO SEND PERSONAL
MESSAGES TO CALLAGHAN, GENSCHER AND BAUVAGNARGUES
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ANALOGOUS TO THE ONE YOU SENT THE SHAH GIVING A GENERAL
RUNDOWN ON SALT DISCUSSIONS IN VI.ADIVOSTOK. I CAN DRAFT
HERE USING MESSAGE TO SHAH AS MODEL OR YOU MAY WISH TO
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SEND THEM DIRECTLY FROM PEKING. INGERSOLL
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TAGS: EGEN. OTRA
SUBJECT: VISIT OF CHANCELLOR SCHMIDT
REF: STATE 260368 (TOSEC 466)
NAME IN FINAL SENTENCE PARA 2 REFTEL SHOULD OF COURSE BE
"SCHULTZ", NOT RPT NOT "SCHMIDT." INGERSOLL
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INFO AMEMBASSY DAMASCUS IMMEDIATE
USMISSION USUN NEW YORK IMMEDIATE
S E C R E T STATE 260749
NODIS
TOSEC 503
E.O. 116521 GDS
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TAGS: OVIP (KISSINGER, HENRY A.)
SUBJECT: SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION
REF: PEKING 2096
FOR SECRETARY FROM SISCO
1. CONVEYED YOUR INSTRUCTIONS TO SCALI EARLY NOV. 26.
2. SCALI FIRST SET UP MEETING WITH SYRIAN AMBASSADOR
KELANI TO BE SURE HE WAS FULLY ON BOARD AND WOULD CONFIRM,
WHEN ASKED. THAT SYRIA ACCEPTED TEXT OF RESOLUTION ON
UNDOF EXTENSION WHICH WAS BEING PROPOSED.
3. KELANI WAS MOST COOPERATIVE AND FRIENDLY, CONFIRMING
HE HAD RECEIVED INSTRUCTIONS FROM DAMASCUS. HE INDICATED
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HIS INTERPRETATION OF HIS INSTRUCTIONS WAS TO SEEK GENERAL
NON-ALIGNED CO-SPONSORSHIP, AND HE PROPOSED TO PUT TEXT IN
SECRET
GERACO FORD LIBRARY
HR5/11/01
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OF STATE
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HANDS OF PERUVIAN AMBASSADOR, WHA to WIDELY RESPECTED, TO
SEEK ADDITIONAL. NON-ALTGNED CO-SPONSORS. SCALI CONCURRED.
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4, IN CONVERSATION, SCALI MENTIONED THAT STYLISTICALLY
CURRENT TEXT EXTENDING PERIOD OF UNDOP FOR ADDITIONAL
PERIOD DID NOT READ WELL AND HE WONDERED IF SYRIANS UIO
NOT MEAN EXTENDING "MANDATE" OF UNDOF, AS HAD JUST BPEN
DONE WITH UNEF. KELANI READILY AGREED AND UNDERTOOK TO
PASS TEXT TO PERUVIANS USING WORD "MANDATE" INSTEAD OF
"PERTOD". KELANI ALSO UNDERTOOK TO SHOW TEXT TO SOVTET
AMBASSADOR MALIK.
5. TEXT WILL START GETTING PASSED AROUND BY PERUVIANS
LATER TODAY, AND SC WILL MEET FRIDAY TO VOTE ON IT.
6. I HAVE REPEATED THIS CABLE FAR THE INFORMATION OF
DAMASCUS. SECRETARY MAY WIBH TO INSTRUCT MURPHY TO
GIVE THE ESSENCE OF THE ABOVE TO THE SYRIAN GOVERNMENT
AS A REPORT OF OUR EFFORTS THUS FAR. MURPHY SHOULD
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TAKE NO ACTION UNTILHE HEARS FROM THE SECRETARY. INGERSOLL
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TAGS:
OVIP CKISSINGER, HENRY A.9
SUBJECTI
LETTERS TO LATIN AMERICAN FOREIGN MINISTERS
FOR THE SECRETARY FROM EAGLEBURGER
1. SONNENFELDT HAS TOLD ME OF YOUR DESIRE TO BRIEF SOME
LATIN AMERICAN FOREIGN MINISTERS ON THE SUMMIT. I HAVE
CHECKED WITH ROGERS WHO SUGGESTS PERSONAL MESSAGES FROM YOU
TO THE FOLLOWING FOREIGN MINISTERSI (A) RABASA (MEXICO),
(B) SILVEIRA (BRAZIL), (c) VIGNEA (ARGENTINA) (D) LTEVANO
(COLOMBIA): (E) CARVAJAL (CHILE).
2. THE FOLLOWING IS THE TEXT OF A LETTER I HAVE DRAFTED
BASED ON YOUR MESSAGE TO THE SHAH, ALTHOUGH IT IS SUB-
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STANTIALLY REDUCED IN CONTENT. TN ADDITION, I HAVE
SUGGESTED SEVERAL SENTENCES ON THE SAPAN AND KOREA VISITS IN
ORDER TO MAKE IT A GENERAL REPORT ON YOUR TRIP RATHER THAN
SIMPLY A REPORT ON THE SUMMIT MEFTING ITSELF. IF YOU
APPROVE THE TEXT, WE WILL SEND IT OUT FROM HERE FOR DELIVERY
is
FORD
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PAGE 02 STATE 260885
BY OUR AMBASSADORS. IN SPECIFIC CASES (Top's, RABASA) OF
A CLOSE PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP, WF WILL OF COURSE USE FIRST
NAMES AND TRY TO ADD A PERSONAL TOUCH.
3. TEXT OF MESSAGE FOLLOWS:
DEAR MR. MINISTERI
IN KEEPING WITH MY GENERAL DESIRE OF MAINTAINING CONTACT
WITH OUR LATIN AMERICAN FRIENDS ON A RANGE OF SUBJECTS
OF INTERNATIONAL CONCERN, T WANTED YOU TO HAVE A PERSONAL
REPORT FROM ME ON THE PRESIDENT'S TRIP TO JAPAN, KOREA
AND THE SOVIET UNION.
THE VISIT TO JAPAN, THE FIRST BY A PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES, MUST I THINK BE VIEWED AS A MAJOR SUCCESS DESPITE
PRIME MINISTER TANAKA'S SUBSEQUENT RESIGNATION. WE HAD.
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FRANK AND FRIENDLY DISCUSSIONS WITH A LARGE NUMBER OF
JAPANESE OFFICIALS, INCLUDING MORT OF THE POSSIBLE
CANDIDATES TO SUCCEED TANAKA. AS A RESULT IT IS MY
BELIEF THAT SENIOR U.S. AND JAPANESE OFFICIALS NOW HAVE A
FAR BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF EACH OTHER'S CONCERNS AND AN
EVEN FIRMER RELIEF IN THE IMPORTANCE OF THE CONTINUATION
OF A CLOSE ALLIANCE BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND JAPAN..
WE WERE PARTICULARLY PLEASED BY JAPANIS APPARENT WILLING-
NESS TO WORK CLOSELY WITH US ON FOOD AND ENERGY PROBLEMS,
THEREBY EXPANDING OUR CORPERATIVE RELATIONSHIP BEYOND
SIMPLE SECURITY CONCERNS TO A BROADER RANGE OF ISSUES.
IN KOREA THE PRESIDENT WAS WARMLY RECEIVED BY THE KOREAN
POPULACE AND SPENT SEVERAL HOURS IN DETAILED DISCUSSIONS WIT
PRESIDENT PARK. ONCE AGAIN IT IS MY CONVICTION THAT THE
VISIT SERVED TO STRENGTHEN THE TIES BETWEEN THE TWO
COUNTRIES. IN ADDITION
TT PROVIDED THE PRESI-
DENT WITH A CHANCE TO MEET WITH SOME OF THE SOLDIERS WE
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HAVE STATIONED IN SOUTH KOREA.
THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE TRIP, OF COURSE, WAS THE SUMMIT
MEETING AT VI ADIVOSTOK AND THE AGREEMENT ON STRATEGIC
&
FORD
ARMS THAT CAME FROM THOSE MEETINGS.
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WE HAVE LONG WISHED TO REACH AN AGREEMENT WITH THE SOVIET
UNION THAT WOULD FURTHER CURB THE STRATEGIC ARMS RACE,
AUT WE HAVE ALWAYS BREN OPPORED TO TAKING ANY STEPS THAT
wauld WEAKEN WESTERN DEFENSES OR HINNER OUR OVER-ALL
INTERNATIONAL STRATEGY. I AM PLEASED TO REPORT THAT IN
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THE TALKS BETWEEN PRESIDENT FORD AND GENERAL SECRETARY
BREZHNEV WE WERE ABLE TO MAKE SUBSTANTIAL PROGRESS TOWARD
A TEN-YEAR FOLLOW-ON AGREEMENT TO THE FIRST SALT AGREE-
MENT THAT SHOULD BOTH ENHANCE GLOBAL STARILITY AND ASSURE
CONTINUED STRONG WESTERN DEFENSES.
CONCLUSION OF THIS AGREEMENT WAS NOT EASY. THE SOVIET
SIDE MADE SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO GET US TO AGREE TO A
FORMULA WHICH WOULD HAVE PERMITTED THEM A MODERATE, EDGE
IN NUMBERS OF MISSILES BUT THE PRESIDENT HELP FIRM. AS
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A RESULT THE SOVIET SIDE CHANGED ITS POSITION AND AGREED
TO A FORMULA WHICH IN EFFECT MEANS AN EQUAL NUMBER OF
MISSILES ON BOTH SIDES. IN SHORT I THINK WE HAVE OVER-
COME THE MAJOR POLITICAL AND CONCEPTUAL PROBLEMS INVOLVED
IN A NEW SALT AGREEMENT AND THaT THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE
THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO SIGN AN AGREEMENT NEXT SUMMER
WHEN GENERAL SECRETARY BREZHNEV VISITS THE UNITED STATES.
WITH WARM REGARDS, SINCERELY, HENRY A. KISSINGER INGERSOLL
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1. FOLLOWING IS A DRAFT TEXT OF YOUR PROPOSED TESTIMONY.
TO THE SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE ON DECEMBER 3. THIS TEXT
WAS DEVELOPED BY EB, EUR AND STR DURING MY ABSENCE AND MAY
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INTO THE OTHER MATTERS IN THE DRAFT, BUT SINCE OTHERS
FEEL STRONGLY THAT YOU 00 SO I TRANSMIT IT ANYWAY so YOU
CAN DETERMINE WHAT COURSE TO TAKE. FOLLOWING THE
BUREAUCRACY!S TEXT, I TRANSMIT MY OWN DRAFT OF WHAT WOULD
EITHER BE SECTION II OR WOULD STAND ALONE SHOULD YOU DECIDE
TO SKIP THE OTHER MATTERS. MY TEXT HAS NOT REPEAT NOT BEEN
SEEN BY L. ONCE A DRAFT WITH WHICH YOU ARE SATISFIED HAS
BEEN DEVELOPED I BELIEVE ALDRICH SHOULD REVIEW IT. WOULD
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APPRECIATE YOUR FURTHER GUIDANCE.
BEGIN AGENCY DRAFT
SECTION I.
2. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN, FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO APPEAR
BEFORE YOUR COMMITTEE AND PARTICULARLY FOR YOUR
CONSIDERATION WHILE OUR SCHEDULING DIFFICULTIES WERE BEING
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WORKED OUT:
3. AT THE OUTSET LET ME ADDRESS THE QUESTION OF WHY THE
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THE TRADE REFORM ACT -- AN IMPORTANCE WHICH HAS INCREASED
SINCE THE BILL WAS FIRST INTRODUCED. AT THIS TIME WHEN
THE ECONOMIC STABILITY OF THE WORLD HAS BEEN SEVERELY
SHAKEN, IT IS OF CRITICAL IMPORTANCE TO DEMONSTRATE THE
ABILITY OF COUNTRIES TO SOLVE CRITICAL ECONOMIC PROBLEMS
BY WORKING TOGETHER COOPERATIVELY.
4. I MAKE NO PRETENCE THAT THE MULTILATERAL TRADE
NEGOTIATIONS -- WHICH CAN GO AHEAD ONLY IF THIS BILL IS
ENACTED -- WILL SOLVE THE ENERGY CRISIS, THE RECYCLING
OF PETRO-DOLLARS, OR WORLDWIDE INFLATION. THESE ARE
PROBLEMS WHICH ARE BEING DEALT WITH IN OTHER FORA AND IN
OTHER WAYS. BUT THE TRADE NEGOTIATIONS ARE AN ESSENTIAL
PIECE OF THE LARGER PICTURE, IF MAJOR TRADING NATIONS
ARE NOT ENGAGED IN THE PROCESS OF TRADE NEGOTIATIONS,
THE RISK OF THEIR RESORTING TO UNILATERAL RESTRICTIVE
ACTIONS IS GREATLY ENHANCED. THIS CAN ONLY AGGRAVATE
SERIOUSLY OUR CURRENT ECONOMIC DIFFICULTIES, INCREASE
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SOLVE. FOR THIS TO OCCUR AS A RESULT OF FAILURE TO ACT
ON OUR PART WHEN OTHERS ARE ANXIOUS TO GO AHEAD WOULD BE
A BLOW TO U.S. LEADERSHIP OF POTENTIALLY HISTORIC
PROPORTIONS.
5. MR. CHAIRMAN, I AM NOT A DOOMSAYER. INDEED, I. AM
CONFIDENT THAT OUR ECONOMIC PROBLEMS CAN BE SOLVED, BUT
AS WE PROCEED HERE TODAY WE SHOULD BEAR IN MIND THAT THE
FOREIGN POLICY IMPLICATIONS OF THE TRADE REFORM ACT ARE
NOT LIMITED TO THOSE PROVISIONS ON WHICH I WISH TO DIRECT
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MY MAIN COMMENTS -- OUR TRADE RELATIONS WITH COMMUNIST
COUNTRIES AND ALSO GENERALIZED PREFERENCES FOR DEVELOPING
COUNTRIES. IN ITS ENTIRETY THE BILL IS AN ABSOLUTELY
ESSENTIAL TOOL IF THE UNITED STATES TS TO BE IN A
POSITION TO MANAGE EFFECTIVELY ITS OVERALL RELATIONS --
POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC -- AT A. TIME WHEN THE WORLD
ECONOMY IS, AT A CRITICAL POINT.
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6. MR. CHAIRMAN, I AM SURE THAT YOU AND THE COMMITTEE
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MEMBERS WILL HAVE A NUMBER OF QUESTIONS ABOUT TITLE IV
AND IN PARTICULAR ABOUT THE STATUS OF THE JACKSON=VANIK
AMENDMENT. RATHER THAN TRYING TO ANTICIPATE YOUR
QUESTIONS, I WOULD LIKE IN THIS PORTION OF MY TESTIMONY
BRIEFLY TO REVIEW THE MAJOR EVENTS CONNECTED WITH THE
PROBLEM OF OUR GRANTING MFN STATUS AND MAKING GOVERNMENT
CREDITS AVAILABLE TO THE SOVIET UNION,
7. FOLLOWING THE MOSCOW SUMMIT OF 1972 WE FELT THAT
PROGRESS IN OUR POLITICAL RELATIONS WITH THE SOVIET
UNION -- PROGRESS WHICH WAS MANIFEST IN THE QUADRIPARTITE
AGREEMENT ON BERLIN, IN ENDING OUR MILITARY INVOLVEMENT
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IN VIETNAM, IN THE TALKS ON STRATEGIC ARMS LIMITATIONS,
AND IN THE STATEMENT OF PRINCIPLES OF US-SOVIET RELATIONS
SIGNED AT THE 1972 SUMMIT -- WARRANTED NORMALIZATION OF
OUR ECONOMIC RELATIONS WITH THE SOVIET UNION.
8. A SERIES OF INTERLOCKING ECONOMIC AGREEMENTS WITH THE
USSR WAS CONCLUDED IN OCTOBER 1972. THESE INCLUDED A
LEND LEASE AGREEMENT, A TRADE AGREEMENT PROVISION FOR
RECIPROCAL NON-DISCRIMINATORY TRADE STATUS, AND A
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ELIGIBLE FOR CREDITS FROM THE us EXPORT-IMPORT BANK.
9. IN THE SUMMER OF 1972 THE SOVIET UNION ESTABLISHED
THE SO-CALLED EDUCATION TAX, UNDER WHICH EACH POTENTIAL
SOVIET EMIGRANT WAS REQUIRED TO REIMBURSE THE USSR FOR
THE EDUCATION HE HAD RECEIVED THERE. WHEN, IN EARLY 1973,
THE ADMINISTRATION SENT TO CONGRESS THE TRADE REFORM BILL,
AN AMENDMENT WAS OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE VANIK IN THE
HOUSE AND SENATOR JACKSON IN THE SENATE WHICH WOULD DENY
MOST-FAVORED-NATION TARIFF TREATMENT AND GOVERNMENT
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CREDITS TO ANY MARKET ECONOMY COUNTRY" THAT DENIED
ITS CITIZENS THE RIGHT OR OPPORTUNITY TO EMIGRATE,
SPECIFICALLY BY IMPOSING MORE THAN A NOMINAL TAX OR FEE.
THE AMENDMENT SEEMED AIMED PRINCIPALLY AT THE ELIMINATION
OF THE SOVIET EDUCATION TAX.
10. IN APRIL OF LAST YEAR WE REPORTED TO SENATE AND
HOUSE LEADERS THAT THE PRESIDENT HAD BEEN ASSURED BY THE
SOVIET GOVERNMENT THAT THE EDUCATION TAX HAD BEEN
COMPLETELY AND INDEFINITELY WAIVED. SINCE MARCH 1974
THE TAX IN FACT HAS NOT BEEN APPLIED. IED. AS YOU KNOW, THE
JACKSON-VANIK AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED BY THE HOUSE LAST
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PRESENTLY BEFORE THIS COMMITTEE.
11. AFTER NUMEROUS DISCUSSIONS OF THIS MATTER WITH THE
PRINCIPAL SPONSORS OF THE JACKSON-VANIK AMENDMENT AS, WELL
AS WITH SOVIET REPRESENTATIVES, ON OCTOBER 18 OF THIS
YEAR I INFORMED SENATOR JACKSON ON BEHALF OF THE
ADMINISTRATION THAT WE HAD RECEIVED ASSURANCES THAT
EMIGRATION FROM THE USSR WOULD BE GOVERNED BY THE
FOLLOWING CRITERIA:
--PUNITIVE ACTIONS AGAINST THOSE SEEKING TO EMIGRATE
WOULD BE VIOLATIONS OF SOVIET LAW AND REGULATIONS AND
THEREFORE WILL NOT BE PERMITTED:
-UNREASONABLE OR UNLAWFUL IMPEDIMENTS WILL NOT BE PLACED
IN THE WAY OF PERSONS DESIRING TO MAKE APPLICATION TO
EMIGRATE
APPLICATIONS FOR EMIGRATION WILL BE PROCESSED IN ORDER
OF RECEIPT AND ON A NON-DISCRIMINATORY BASIS;
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EXPEDITIOUSLY,
--COLLECTION OF THE EDUCATION TAX WILL REMAIN SUSPENDED
AND
"-WE WILL BE IN A POSITION TO BRING TO THE ATTENTION. OF
THE SOVIET LEADERSHIP, FOR ITS SYMPATHETIC CONSIDERATION
AND RESPONSE, INDICATIONS WE MAY HAVE THAT THESE
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CRITERIA AND PRACTICES ARE NOT BEING APPLIED.
12. MY LETTER CONCLUDED WITH THE EXPRESSION OF OUR
BELIEF THAT A GOOD BASIS HAD BEEN ESTABLISHED FOR
PROCEEDING WITH AN ACCEPTABLE FORMULATION OF TITLE IV
so THAT NORMAL TRADING RELATIONS COULD GO FORWARD FOR THE
MUTUAL BENEFIT OF THE US AND THE USSR. SENATOR JACKSON
HAS, AS YOU KNOW, INDICATED HIS READINESS TO PROPOSE AN
AMENDMENT TO THE BILL ON THE FLOOR OF THE SENATE,
AUTHORIZING THE PRESIDENT TO WAIVE THE RESTRICTIONS OF
THE JACKSON-VANIK AMENDMENT.
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13. AS I INDICATED TO THIS COMMITTEE IN MARCH, WE seek
IMPROVED RELATIONS WITH THE SOVIFT UNION BECAUSE IN A
NUCLEAR AGE WE AND THE SOVIETS HAVE AN OVERRIDING
OBLIGATION TO REDUCE THE LIKELIHOOD OF CONFRONTATION
THAT COULD LEAD TO NUCLEAR CATASTROPHE. WE HAVE PROFOUND
DIFFERENCES WITH THE SOVIET UNION, AND IT IS THESE VERY
DIFFERENCES WHICH COMPEL ANY RESPONSIBLE ADMINISTRATION
TO MAKE A MAJOR EFFORT TO CREATE A MORE CONSTRUCTIVE.
RELATIONSHIP. IN PURSUING THIS POLICY, WE ARE MINDFUL
THAT THE BENEFITS MUST BE MUTUAL AND THAT OUR NATIONAL
SECURITY MUST BE PROTECTED. WITH RESPECT TO TITLE IV OF
THE TRADE REFORM BILL, WE BELIEVE WE ARE NOW IN A
POSITION TO MEET THESE VITAL CONCERNS ADEQUATELY AND THUS
TO MOVE FROM OUR PRESENT SITUATION TO A SAFER, FREER AND
MORE HUMANE WORLD, WHILE AT THE SAME TIME BRINGING
IMPORTANT ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL BENEFITS TO THE UNITED
STATES.
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OPPORTUNITY TO BRIEFLY COMMENT ON ANOTHER PART OF THE
TRADE BILL WHICH HAS IMPORTANT FOREIGN POLICY
IMPLICATIONS.
15'. YOU WILL RECALL, MR. CHAIRMAN, I WROTE TO YOU IN
SEPTEMBER TO EXPRESS MY STRONG SUPPORT FOR TITLE V OF THE
TRADE REFORM ACT BECAUSE I CONSIDER THE PROMPT IMPLEMENTA-
TION OF A MEANINGFUL SYSTEM OF GENERALIZED PREFERENCES
IMPORTANT TO U.S. RELATIONS WITH DEVELOPING COUNTRIES. I
AM GRATIFIED THAT THIS COMMITTEE HAS AGREED TO ENDORSE THE
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CONCEPT OF GENERALIZED TARIFF PREFERENCES. I AM, HOWEVER,
SERIOUSLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE DECISION OF YOUR COMMITTEE
TO AUTOMATICALLY EXCLUDE CERTAIN CATEGORIES OF DEVELOPING
COUNTRIES FROM THE BENEFITS OF THESE PREFERENCES. ,
16, THESE AMENDMENTS, AS WE UNDERSTAND THEM, WOULD
RESULT IN THE AUTOMATIC DENIAL OF PREFERENCES TO A NUMBER
OF IMPORTANT DEVELOPING COUNTRIES. AMONG THOSE WE WOULD
BE REQUIRED TO EXCLUDE WOULD BF ALL THE MEMBER COUNTRIES
OF THE ORGANIZATION OF PETROLEUM EXPORTING COUNTRIES,
INCLUDING COUNTRIES WHICH DID NOT PARTICIPATE IN LAST
YEAR'S OIL EMBARGO SUCH AS ECUADOR, VENEZUELA, NIGERIA,
AND INDONESIA. MANY OF THE COUNTRIES AFFECTED ARE JUST
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IN EFFORTS TO STRENGTHEN OUR RELATIONS AND TO WORK OUT
MUTUALLY ACCEPTABLE SOLUTIONS TO DIFFICULT ECONOMIC AND
POLITICAL PROBLEMS.
17's I BELIEVE THAT THE CONCERNS WHICH THESE AMENDMENTS
REFLECT ARE SHARED BY ALL IN BOTH THE EXECUTIVE AND
LEGISLATIVE BRANCHES OF OUR GOVERNMENT. THE ECONOMIC
BENEFITS TO DEVELOPING COUNTRIES OF GENERALIZED
PREFERENCES, HOWEVER, ARE MODEST AND THUS THEIR AUTOMATIC
DENIAL WILL NOT GIVE THE UNITED STATES THE NEEDED LEVERAGE
TO RESOLVE DIFFICULT. PROBLEMS SUCH AS OIL PRICING,
EXPROPRIATION OF U.S. PROPERTY AND ILLICIT NARCOTICS
TRAFFIC. UNDER MANY CIRCUMSTANCES, AUTOMATIC ACTION TO
DENY OR WITHDRAW PREFERENCES MAY WELL EXACERBATE THE
SITUATION, MAKE COMPROMISE LESS LIKELY AND PROVOKE
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I AM PARTICULARLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE EFFECT THESE
AMENDMENTS WILL HAVE ON U.S. ABILITY TO PLAY A
CONSTRUCTIVE ROLE IN PREVENTING RENEWED CONFLICT IN THE
MIDDLE EAST. ALSO, WE CAN EXPECT PARTICULARLY STRONG
REACTIONS FROM THE LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRIES GIVEN THE
IMPORTANCE THEY ATTACH TO A U.S. SYSTEM OF GENERALIZED
PREFERENCES.
18. THE ADMINISTRATION'S REQUEST FOR THE AUTHORITY
CONTAINED IN TITLE V REFLECTS A U.S. COMMITMENT IN
CONCERT WITH OTHER DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, TO EXTEND
GENERALIZED, NON-DISCRIMINATORY AND NON-RECIPROCAL TARIFF
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GENERALIZED, NON-DISCRIMINATORY AND NON-RECIPROCAL TARIFF
PREFERENCES. WITH THE AMENDMENTS PROPOSED BY YOUR
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COMMITTEE, THE PROPOSED U.S. PREFERENCE SYSTEM WILL NO
LONGER BE NON-DISCRIMINATORY AND NON-RECIPROCAL. I WOULD
EXPECT CHARGES IN THE GATT AND ELSEWHERE THAT THE U.S. HAS
VIOLATED ITS INTERNATIONAL COMMITMENTS.
19. THIS COMMITTEE HAS MADE SEVERAL CHANGES IN TITLE V
WHICH WE CONSIDER TO BE DISTINCT IMPROVEMENTS. AT THE
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CONTAINS AMPLE AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE MR TO DENY GENERALIZED
PREFERENCES TO ANY COUNTRY WHENEVER IT. IS IN THE OVERALL
INTEREST OF THE UNITED STATES TO DO SO. I CAN ASSURE YOU
THAT THE ADMINISTRATION WILL KEEP CONGRESS FULLY INFORMED
IN ADVANCE OF THE BASIS FOR ANY DECISIONS ON BENEFICIARY
STATUS. I AM CONFIDENT THAT YOU AND YOUR COMMITTEE WILL,
GIVE SERIOUS CONSIDERATION TO THE PROBLEMS I HAVE RAISED.
SECTION IV.
20. MR. CHAIRMAN, I WOULD LIKE TO CONCLUDE MY REMARKS BY
EMPHASIZING AGAIN THE URGENCY AND IMPORTANCE I ATTACH TO
PASSAGE OF THE TRADE BILL. WITHOUT THE AUTHORITIES THIS
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BILL WILL PROVIDE:
--WE WILL COMPOUND THE WORLD'S ECONOMIC DIFFICULTIES, AT
A TIME WHEN ECONOMIC CHAOS ALREADY THREATENS BY BRINGING
TO A HALT EFFORTS TO LIBERALIZE AND REFORM THE WORLD'S
TRADING SYSTEM.
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--OUR EFFORTS TO ESTABLISH A FIRMER, MORE STABLE
RELATIONSHIP WITH THE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES AND PARTICULARLY
OUR LATIN AMERICAN ALLIES WILL FALTER JUST WHEN THESE
COUNTRIES AND THEIR RESOURCES ARE INCREASINGLY IMPORTANT
TO US.
*-OUR EFFORTS TO NORMALIZE RELATIONS WITH THE SOVIET UNION
AND OTHER COMMUNIST COUNTRIES WILL SUFFER A SERIOUS
SETBACK.
20. THE BURDEN OF LEADERSHIP THE UNITED STATES MUST BEAR
WEIGHS HEAVY BOTH ON THOSE OF US IN THE EXECUTIVE AND THE
CONGRESS. IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT THIS LEADERSHIP BE
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EXERCISED POSITIVELY WITH THE RECOGNITION THAT INACTION
IS AS SIGNIFICANT AND OFTEN MORE HARMFUL TO OUR INTERESTS
THAN ACTION. I STRONGLY URGE THE CONGRESS TO ACT PROMPTLY
AND POSITIVELY ON THIS BILL. END AGENCY DRAFT.
BEGIN SONNENFELDT DRAFT.
21. MR. CHAIRMAN. YOU HAVE ASKED ME TO COMMENT
SPECIFICALLY ON THE EMIGRATION ISSUE AS IT RELATES TO
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DEALT WITH IN THE JACKSON-VANIK AMENDMENT TO TITLE IV.
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22. LET ME STATE CLEARLY AT THE OUTSET THAT I DEAL WITH
THIS MATTER WITH CONSIDERABLE MISGIVING BECAUSE WHAT IS
SAID ON THIS OCCASION COULD, IF NOT HANDLED WITH UTMOST
CARE, DEAL A SERIOUS SETBACK BOTH TO THE CAUSE OF FREER
EMIGRATION FROM THE USSR AND TO THE MORE HOPEFUL TREND IN
US-SOVIET RELATIONS THAT HAS BEEN MAINTAINED FOR THE LAST
FEW YEARS AND WAS RECENTLY CONFIRMED AND STRENGTHENED IN
THE PRESIDENT'S MEETING WITH MR. BREZHNEV IN VLADIVOSTOK.
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23, AS YOU ARE WELL AWARE, THE ADMINISTRATION DID NOT
THINK IT WISE TO MAKE THE QUESTION OF EMIGRATION FROM THE
USSR A MATTER OF DOMESTIC US LEGISLATION. ITS VIEW WAS
THAT THIS MIGHT HAVE ADVERSE EFFECTS ON EMIGRATION FROM
THE USSR AND MORE BASICALLY CREATE A PRECEDENT IN
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS WHICH WE MIGHT EASILY SOME DAY
COME TO REGRET WHEN SOME OTHER NATION MAKES US NATIONAL
PRACTICES SUBJECT TO ITS LEGISLATION OR THE OBJECT OF ITS
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24. nevertheless, WE WERE AWARE THAT SUBSTANTIAL OPINION
IN THE CONGRESS RAN IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION AND THAT IF
OUR GOVERNMENT WAS TO BE EQUIPPED WITH THE NECESSARY.
INSTRUMENTALITIES FOR THE CONDUCT OF AN EFFECTIVE POLICY
TOWARD THE USSR IT WOULD BE NECESSARY TO DEAL WITH THE
EMIGRATION ISSUE IN THE TRADE BILL. YOU ARE WELL AWARE
FROM MY PREVIOUS TESTIMONY BEFORE THIS COMMITTEE AND OTHER
AUTHORITATIVE ADMINISTRATION STATEMENTS, THAT WE REGARD
MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL ECONOMIC INTERCOURSE WITH THE USSR AS
AN IMPORTANT ELEMENT IN OUR OVERALL. EFFORT TO DEVELOP A
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MORE CONSTRUCTIVE RELATIONSHIP WITH THAT COUNTRY AND TO
PROVIDE THE SOVIET UNION WITH INCENTIVES FOR RESPONSIBLE
AND RESTRAINED INTERNATIONAL CONDUCT.
25'. IT BECAME APPARENT EARLIER THIS YEAR, THAT A
SATISFACTORY COMPROMISE ON THE JACKSON-VANIK AMENDMENT
REQUIRED CERTAIN CONTACTS WITH THE SOVIET GOVERNMENT ON
OUR PART IN ORDER TO OBTAIN ASSURANCES THAT SOVIET
EMIGRATION POLICY WOULD SATISFY WIDESPREAD HUMANITARIAN
CONCERNS CONCERNING THE ABILITY OF PERSONS WHO WISHED TO
DO so TO LEAVE THE USSR. AT THE SAME TIME IT WAS CLEAR
THAT ANY EFFORT TO OBTAIN A FORMAL AGREEMENT WITH THE
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INDEED THE EFFORT TO OBTAIN SUCH AN AGREEMENT WOULD SET
AN UNDESIRABLE PRECEDENT FOR OUR OWN INTERESTS. LET ME
STATE FLATLY TO THIS COMMITTEE THAT IF I WERE TO COME
BEFORE YOU AND ASSERT THAT A FORMAL AGREEMENT IN THIS
AREA EXISTS BETWEEN OUR GOVERNMENT AND THAT OF THE USSR
IT WOULD BE IMMEDIATELY REPUDIATED BY THE SOVIET
GOVERNMENT.
26. LAST SPRING, THEREFORE, IN A SERIES OF DISCUSSIONS
WITH SOVIET FOREIGN MINISTER GROMYKO AND THE SOVIET
AMBASSADOR HERE WE SOUGHT TO CLARIFY SOVIET EMIGRATION
PRACTICES AND SOVIET INTENTIONS WITH RESPECT TO THEM.
IT WAS IN THESE DISCUSSIONS -- SOME OF WHICH WERE
CONDUCTED DURING MY MEETINGS WITH MR. GROMYKO IN GENEVA
AND IN CYPRUS -- THAT INFORMATION WAS OBTAINED WHICH
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SENATOR JACKSON, WITH WHICH YOU ARE FAMILIAR.
27'. IN PARTICULAR, WE WERE ASSURED THAT NO ILLEGAL OR
UNREASONABLE IMPEDIMENTS WOULD BF PLACED IN THE WAY OF
PERSONS WISHING TO EMIGRATE: THAT ALL WHO WISHED TO
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EMIGRATE WOULD BE PERMITTED TO DO so EXCEPT FOR THOSE
HOLDING SECURITY CLEARANCES, THAT THERE WOULD BE NO
HARRASSMENT OR PUNISHMENT OF THOSE APPLYING FOR EMIGRATION,
THAT THERE WOULD BE NO DISCRIMINATORY CRITERIA APPLIED TO
APPLICANTS FOR EMIGRATION, AND THAT THE SO-CALLED
EMIGRATION TAX WHICH WAS SUSPENDED IN 1973 WOULD REMAIN
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28. IN THE COURSE OF THOSE DISCUSSIONS IT WAS
INDICATED TO us THAT WE WOULD BE ENTITLED TO SPECULATE
OR ASSUME THAT THE NUMBER OF, EMIGRANTS MIGHT RISE TO
SOME 45,000 PERSONS PER YEAR. IT WAS SUBSEQUENTLY MADE
CLEAR TO US, HOWEVER, THAT IF ANY NUMBER WAS USED IN
REGARD TO SOVIET EMIGRATION THIS WOULD BE WHOLLY OUR
RESPONSIBILITY, THAT IS, THE SOVTET GOVERNMENT COULD NOT
BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR OR BOUND BY ANY SUCH NUMBER.
THIS POINT HAS BEEN CONSISTENTLY MADE CLEAR TO MEMBERS
OF CONGRESS WITH WHICH WE HAVE DEALT ON THIS ISSUE.
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29. FINALLY, THE DISCUSSIONS OF LAST SPRING INDICATED
THAT WE WOULD HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO RAISE WITH SOVIET
AUTHORITIES ANY INDICATION WE MIGHT HAVE THAT EMIGRATION
WAS IN FACT BEING INTERFERED WITH OR THAT APPLICANTS FOR
EMIGRATION WERE BEING SUBJECTED TO HARRASSMENT OR
PUNITIVE ACTION.
30. THE POINTS I HAVE JUST CITED HAVE ALWAYS BEEN THE
BASIS FOR MY CONTACTS WITH SENATORS JACKSON, JAVITS AND
RIBICOFF WHO, AS YOU ARE AWARE, PLAYED THE LEADING ROLE
IN THE EFFORT TO GET THIS SET OF ISSUES RESOLVED. I MAY
ADD THAT THESE POINTS HAVE BEEN REITERATED TO US BY
SOVIET LEADERS ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, INCLUDING IN
PRESIDENT FORD'S INITIAL CONTACTS WITH SOVIET REPRESENTA-
TIVES AND MOST RECENTLY AT VLADIVOSTOK.
IVES AND MOST RECENTLY AT VLADIVOSTOK.
31. MY DISCUSSIONS WITH THE THREE AROVE-NAMED SENATORS
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EVENTUALLY LED TO THE DRAFTING OF THE EXCHANGE OF
CORRESPONDENCE PUBLICIZED ON OCTOBER 18. THE PROCESS,
HOWEVER, TOOK TIME BECAUSE OF THE ADMINISTRATION'S
SCRUPULOUS CONCERN THAT THERE BE NO INFERENCE THAT
COMMITMENTS HAD BEEN OBTAINED FROM THE SOVIET UNION,
EITHER IN FORM OR SUBSTANCE, WHICH IN FACT HAD NOT BEEN
OBTAINED. I AM SURE THAT YOU WILL APPRECIATE THAT DURING
THE SUMMER OF THIS YEAR CIRCUMSTANCES WITHIN OUR OWN
GOVERNMENT DID NOT PERMIT THE PROCESS OF FINDING AN
ACCEPTABLE COMPROMISE TO BE COMPLETED.
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32. FOLLOWING HIS ASSUMPTION OF THE PRESIDENCY, HOWEVER,
PRESIDENT FORD TOOK A DIRECT AND PERSONAL INTEREST IN
SETTLING THE OUTSTANDING ISSUES. HE MET OR HAD DIRECT
CONTACT WITH THE THREE SENATORS CAS WELL AS WITH YOU,
MR. CHAIRMAN) ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. IN ADDITION TO
CLARIFYING POINTS OF SUBSTANCE, THESE CONTACTS EVENTUALLY
RESULTED IN THE DRAFTING OF TWO LETTERS: ONE FROM ME TO
SENATOR JACKSON AND ONE FROM THE SENATOR TO ME, THE
FIRST OF THESE LETTERS CONTAINS THE TOTAL OF ASSURANCES
WHICH THE ADMINISTRATION FELT IN A POSITION TO MAKE ON
THE BASIS OF CONTACTS WITH SOVIET REPRESENTATIVES. THE
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ELABORATIONS BY SENATOR JACKSON WHICH WHILE REASONABLE
EXTRAPOLATIONS OF THE POINTS CONTAINED IN MY LETTER ARE
NOT SPECIFICALLY ENDORSED BY THE ADMINISTRATION. BUT AS
MY LETTER TO SENATOR JACKSON INDICATED, THEY WILL BE
AMONG THE CONSIDERATIONS WHICH THE PRESIDENT WILL APPLY
IN JUDGING SOVIET PERFORMANCE WHEN HE MAKES HIS DETERMINA-
TION AS TO THE CONTINUANCE OF THE MEASURES PROVIDED FOR
IN THE TRADE BILL, I.E., EXTENSION OF THE CREDIT
FACILITIES OF THE EXIM BANK AND OF MOST-FAVORED-NATION
TREATMENT. WE RECOGNIZE OF COURSE THAT THESE SAME
POINTS MAY BE APPLIED BY THE CONGRESS IN REACHING ITS
OWN DECISIONS UNDER THE PROCEDURES TO BE PROVIDED IN THE
TRADE BILL.
33. WITH THE EXCHANGE OF CORRESPONDENCE AGREED, IT
BECAME POSSIBLE TO WORK OUT A SET OF PROCEDURES -- WHICH,
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I UNDERSTAND ARE TO BE OFFERED IN THE FORM OF A FURTHER
AMENDMENT TO TITLE IV FROM THE SENATE FLOOR -- WHEREBY
THE PRESIDENT WILL BE AUTHORIZED TO WAIVE THE PROVISIONS
OF THE ORIGINAL JACKSON-VANIK AMENDMENT AND TO PROCEED
WITH THE EXTENSION OF MFN AND EXIM BANK FACILITIES FOR
AT LEAST AN INITIAL PERIOD OF 18 MONTHS. THESE
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PROCEDURES WILL ALSO PROVIDE FOR MEANS WHEREBY THE
INITIAL EXTENSIONS CAN BE CONTINUED FOR ADDITIONAL ONE
YEAR PERIODS.
34, THUS, MR. CHAIRMAN, I BELIEVE A SATISFACTORY
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WHAT THE ADMINISTRATION ORIGINALLY PREFERRED, IT APPEARS
TO US TO PROTECT THE INTERESTS AND CONCERNS OF ALL
PARTIES.
35. I BELIEVE IT IS NOW ESSENTIAL TO LET THESE
PROVISIONS AND UNDERSTANDINGS PROCEED IN PRACTICE. i
AM CONVINCED THAT ADDITIONAL COMMENTARY, OR CLAIMS THAT
THIS OR THAT PROTAGONIST HAS WON OUT, CAN ONLY
JEOPARDIZE THE PURPOSES WE ARE ALL SEEKING TO ACHIEVE.
I WOULD HOPE THEREFORE THAT YOUR QUESTIONS TO ME AFTER
I HAVE COMPLETED THIS STATEMENT WILL TAKE FULL ACCOUNT
OF THE SENSITIVITY OF THE ISSUES. THERE WILL BE AMPLE
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OPPORTUNITY TO TEST IN PRACTICE WHAT HAS BEEN SET DOWN
ON PAPER AND TO DEBATE THESE MATTERS AGAIN FULLY WHEN
THE TIME FOR STOCKTAKING COMES AFTER THE INITIAL PERIOD
OF OPERATION OF THE WAIVERS TO BF PROVIDED FOR IN THE
FLOOR AMENDMENT. WHILE I WILL OF COURSE ANSWER YOUR.
QUESTIONS TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY, I WANT YOU TO BE
IN NO DOUBT AS TO THE CONSTRAINTS UNDER WHICH I WILL BE
DOING SO, END SONNENFELDT DRAFT. INGERSOLL
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THAT RADIO ISRAEL ANNOUNCED THAT ALLON WILL SHORTLY RE
GOING TO WASHINGTON FOR DISCUSSIONS BEARING ON THENEXT
STAGE OF DISFNGAGEMENT TO TAKE PLACE IN SINAL,' # I CALLED
DINITZ TO EXPRESS MY CONCERN THAT THIS KIND OF A REPORT
WILL BE MOST EMBARRASSING FOR BOTH THE EGYPTIANS AND THE
BYRIANS. DINITZ SAID HE WANTS YOU TO KNOW THAT THIS WAB
SPECULATION BY THE RADIO COMMENTATOR AND NOTHING TO THIS
EFFECT WAS PUT OUT BY THE ISRAELI GOVERNMENT. I ASKED HIM
TO REITERATE TO JERUSALEM ONCE AGAIN, AS HE DID YESTERDAY,
HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO KEEP STRICTLY WITHIN THE COIFINES
OF THE GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENT THAT WAS PUT OUT TODAY WITHOUT
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SUBJECT: INFORMATION FOR SHAH ON IRAQ AND ETHIOPIA
REF: TEHRAN 10001
FOR THE SECRETARY FROM SISCO
1. SUGGEST REPLY ALONG FOLLOWING LINES TO TEHRAN REFTEL:
2. BEGIN DUOTE:
PEKING 2082 AND 2091 RESPOND TO SHAHIS PERSONAL REQUEST FOR
BRIEFING BY SECRETARY ON VLADIVOSTOK TALKS.
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3. EMRASSY MAY PASS FOLLOWING TO ALAM FOR TRANSMITTAL TO
SHAH ON ETHIOPIA AND IRAQ.
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INSTABILITY IN ETHIOPIA AND HORN OF AFRICA.
WE DO NOT YET HAVE A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF EXACT MOTIVES
FOR EXECUTION OF GENERAL AMAN AND OTHER PRISONERS. IT
SEEMS, HOWEVER, THAT ONE OF PRINCIPAL CAUSES WAS FEAR ON
PART OF MEMBERS OF DOMINANT PROVISIONAL MILITARY COUNCIL
THAT GENERAL AMAN WAS PREPARING AN ATTEMPT TO INCREASE HIS
AUTHORITY AT THEIR EXPENSE, IT TS NOT APPARENT WHAT EFFECT
THIS EVENT WILL HAVE ON ETHIOPIA'S DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN
POLICIES. WF UNDERSTAND THAT ONE SUBSTANTIVE ISSUE WHICH
MAY HAVE BEEN INVOLVED CONCERNED SITUATION IN ERITREA,
WHERE GENERAL AMAN HAD STILL HOPED TO REACH NEGOTIATED
SOLUTION WITH INSURGENTS, WHILE MILITARY RADICALS APPEAR
INTENT ON PROSECUTING WAR. ANOTHER ISSUE WAS ALLEGED
FEAR THAT AMAN WAS TOO FRIENDLY TO EMPEROR AND MEMBERS
OF FORMER GOVERNMENT.
GIVEN SHARP DIFFERENCES OVER SOCIAL REFORMS WHICH EXIST
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EVEN WITHIN MILITARY, AND ETHIOPTA'S LONG-STANDING
PROBLEMS OF NATIONAL INTEGRATION. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT
THIS WEEKENDIS VIOLENCE MAY LEAD TO SERIOUS SPLITS WITHIN
MILITARY. IF THIS DEVELOPS, CONSEQUENCES FOR ETHIOPIA'S
STABILITY AND INTEGRITY COULD RE VERY GRAVE.
WE ARE FOLLOWING SITUATION CLOSELY AND WILL WELCOME ANY
INFORMATION TRANIANS CAN CONTRIBUTE.
B, IRAQ. OUR INFORMATION IS THAT IRADI SOVIET RELATIONS
CURRENTLY UNDERGOING BTRAIN, WITH IRAQIS UNHAPPY ABOUT
SOVIET FAILURE TO DELIVER ALL THE MILITARY SUPPLIES THEY
FEEL THEY NEED TO PRESS CAMPAIGN AGAINST KURDS. ON OTHER
HAND CERTAIN SOPHISTICATED MILITARY ITEMS HAVE BEEN
DELIVERED RECENTLY (FYIs REFERENCE IS PRIMARILY TO MIG-23
FLOGGER AIRCRAFT. BUT ALSO REFERS TO CERTAIN NAVAL ITEMS
END FYI).
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IRAQIS ARE PROBABLY ALSO UNHAPPY THAT SOVIETS HAVE SHOWN
GOOD DEAL OF PUBLIC RESTRAINT IN COMMENTING ON IRAQ-IRAN
DIFFERENCES.
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GRAND TOUR INVOLVING THREE MOST IMPORTANT STATES IN
REGION. FROM STANDPOINT OF SOVIET INVOLVEMENT. WHILE
BILATERAL ISSUES WILL, OF COURSE, RE DISCUSSED IN EACH
OF THE CAPITALS, AND WILL BE PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT IN
CAIRO, PRIMARY SIGNIFICANCE OF TRIP IS AS DEMONSTRATION
OF CONTINUING SOVIET CONCERN FOR AND INVOLVEMENT IN THE
MIDDLE EAST.
A. SHAH SHOULD BE ASSURED, HOWEVER, THAT DESPITE FORE-
GOING USG HAS NO ILLUSIONS OVER COURSE OF POLICY IN
IRAQ. WE 00 NOT VIEW CURRENT IRRITATION IN RELATIONS
BETWEEN IRAQ AND USSR AS FORESHADOWING RIFT OF MAJOR
PROPORTIONS BETWEEN IRAQIS AND SOVIETS. BOTH SIDES CON-
TINUE TO HAVE STRONG INTEREST IN MAINTAINING CLOSE TIES,
SOVIETS VALUE THEIR FOOTHOLD IN TRAQ, AND IRAQIS FEEL
THEY NEED SOVIET ARMS AND POLITICAL SUPPORT. NONETHELESS,
WE DO THINK THERE IS EVIDENCE THAT IRAQ, WITH ITS NEWLY.
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FOUND OIL WEALTH, IS ATTEMPTING TO LESSEN ITS DEPENDENCE
ON USSR AND EXPAND ITS TIES BOTH WITH MODERATE ARABS AND
WITH WEST. THIS IS A TREND WHICH WE THINK IT WOULD BE IN
INTEREST OF NEITHER TRAN NOR USG TO DISCOURAGE. MEANWHILE,
HE ARE WELL AWARE THAT RADICAL TENDENCIES IN IRAQI
LEADERSHIP REMAIN STRONG AND THAT IRAQ IS PURSUING
VARIOUS POLICIES THAT ARE CURRENTLY OR POTENTIALLY DIS-
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RUPTIVE OF AREA STABILITY. WE WISH ASSURE HIS IMPERIAL
MAJESTY THAT WE REMAIN ALERT TO THESE RISKS IN DEALING
WITH IRAQIS AND LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING EXCHANGES OF
VIEWS WITH GOVT OF IRAN ON THIS SUBJECT. END QUOTE.
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