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The original documents are located in Box 3, folder "Canada - State Department Telegrams:
To SECSTATE - EXDIS" of the National Security Advisor. Presidential Country Files for
Europe and Canada, 1974-77 at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library.
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NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION
Presidential Libraries Withdrawal Sheet
WITHDRAWAL ID 014161
REASON FOR WITHDRAWAL
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TYPE OF MATERIAL
Telegram
CREATOR'S NAME
AMEMBASSY OTTAWA
RECEIVER'S NAME
SECSTATE WASHDC
DESCRIPTION
Re Cyprus
CREATION DATE
08/15/1974
VOLUME
3 pages
COLLECTION/SERIES/FOLDER ID
032500046
COLLECTION TITLE
NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER. PRESIDENTIAL
COUNTRY FILES FOR EUROPE AND CANADA
BOX NUMBER
3
FOLDER TITLE
Canada - State Department Telegrams: To
SECSTATE - EXDIS
DATE WITHDRAWN
10/17/2001
WITHDRAWING ARCHIVIST
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Department of State
OF STATE AMERICA UNITED
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TO SECSTATE WASHDC 6089
RCRE T OTTAWA 1279
EXDIS
FOR THE SECRETARY FROM AMBASSADOR
E.O. 11652: GDS
TAGS: PFOR, CA, NATO
SUBJ:
REF: USNATO 1909
:- WHILE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT HAS DISPLAYED RELUCTANCE
TO AGREE TO EARLY SUMMIT CAROUND JUNE 1), BELIEVE
TRUDEAU WOULD APPROVE PARTICIPATION MINISTER EXTERNAL
AFFAIRS IN FOREIGN MINISTERS MEETING END OF MAY. IF
LATTER GROUP APPROVES DATE FOR SUMMIT, TRUDEAU WOULD
FIND IT POLITICALLY AWKWARD TO WITHHOLD CONCURRENCE.
2. IF END OF MAY MEETING OF FOREIGN MINISTERS IS
AGREED, SUGGEST YOU CONSIDER MAKING STOP IN OTTAWA EN
ROUTE TO EUROPE. SUCH STOP COULD BE ALONG LINES OF
MACEACHEN'S RECENT LUNCHEON VISIT TO WASHINGTON, OR
COULD BE OVERNIGHT AS YOU DESIRE. IT MIGHT ALSO
AFFORD YOU OPPORTUNITY TO OFFER MACEACHEN A LIFT TO
EUROPE. WHILE HE PROBABLY WOULD NOT ACCEPT (FOR
ARRIVAL PROTOCOL AND OTHER REASONS), SUCH GESTURE
BY YOU WOULD BE APPRECIATED BY CANADIAN PUBLIC.
FORD
PORTER
a
NOTE: EXDIS CAPTION ADDED PER MR. SHANKLE (S/S-0)
GERALD
LEGRARY
NOT TO BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT TRECAOTHORIZATION OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY
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INFO AMEMBASSY LONDON
AMEMBASSY OSLO
AMEMBASSY SANTIAGO
MISSION GENEVA 722
USMISSION NATO
USMISSION UN
C. 0 N F I D E N T I A to OTTAWA 1891
EXDIS
E.O. 11652: GDS
TAGS: PLOS, CA
SUBJ: CANADIAN LOS POSITION
REF: GENEVA 3409; OTTAWA 1844
1. EMBOFFS DISCUSSED GENEVA CONFERENCE MAY 15 WITH
PAUL LAPOINTE, EXTAFF COORDINATOR FOR LOS. IN GENERAL,
LAPOINTE SEEMED TO REFLECT SATISFIED ATTITUDE OF CANADIANS
RE LOS CONFERENCE. FINAL UNIFIED TEXT IS ONE WHICH THEY
APPARENTLY ARE NOT UNHAPPY ABOUT, AND THEY ARE POSSIBLY
PREPARED TO LIVE WITH MOST GENERAL PROVISIONS OF TEXT.
WHEN ASKED IF THAT INCLUDED SUCH THINGSS AS LANGUAGE ON
STRAITS, HE INDICATED THE AFFIRMATIVE, LAPOINTE
VOLUNTEERED THAT THERE HAD BEEN DIFFERENCES WITH THE
US ON THE SUBJECT, BUT GHOUGHT THAT THESE HAD BEEN
WORKED OUT SATISFACTORILY. IT WAS EVIDENT THAT
CANADIANS ARE WORRIED ABOUT HEAD HARBOR PASSAGE, AND
ARE NOT HAPPY THAT LANGUAGE IN UNIFIED TEXT MAY NOT BE
GOOD FOR THEIR POSITION ON THAT WATERWAY, BUT HE ALSO
INDICATED THAT PERHAPS CANADIANS WOULD PREFER, IF US
FOHD
AGREES, TO DEAL WITH THE MATTER AS A BILATERAL ISSUE
&
AND NOT PRESS IT AT LOS. AT THE HEART OF THEIR PROBLEM
WITH HEAD HARBOR PASSAGE, HE SAID, IS "THAT WE SIMPLY DO
GERALD
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NOT WANT SUPERTANKERS ENTERING THOSE INTERNAL WATERS,
2. REFERRING TO NORTHWEST PASSAGE, LAPOINTE IMPLIED
THAT PERHAPS THERE HAD BEEN A MISUNDERSTANDING RE
DEFINITIONS, AND THAT CANADIANS HAD THOUGHT TEXT SUBMITTED
BY BRITISH WAS NOT CONSISTENT WITH LANGUAGE THEY THOUGHT
US WOULD SUPPORT AS RESULT OF MEETING IN OTTAWA. HOWEVER,
HE ALSO INDICATED THAT HE THOUGHT SOLUTION PROPOSED BY
AMBASSADOR MOORE CPARA 7, GENEVA REFTEL) PROVIDED A WAY
OUT OF PROBLEM. IN ANY EVENT, EMBOFFS HAD IMPRESSION THAT
CANADIANS, HAVING MADE THEIR POINTS, MIGHT BE WILLING TO
DROP OPPOSITION TO STRAITS LANGUAGE IN UNIFIED TEXT.
COMMENT: THIS SUGGESTS THAT ANY ACTION AT
THIS POINT MIGHT BE COUNTER-PRODUCTIVE AND THAT
PERHAPS NEXT EVENSEN GROUP MEETING MIGHT BE TIME TO
GAUGE WHETHER ANY FURTHER ACTION IS NECESSARY. IT IS
OBVIOUS CANADIANS ARE IN PROCESS DIGESTING TEXT AND
PERHAPS PRESSURE AT THIS TIME MAY RAISE HACKLES UNNECESSSARILY.
3. RE UNILATERAL ACTION, LAPOINTE WAS OFNCIEW THAT us
WOULD BE LEADERSI IF us ACTS UNILATERALLY, CANADA WOULD
HAVE TO FOLLOW SUIT. HE PERSONALLY MUCH OPPOSED TO
UNILATERAL ACTION. STATING THAT IN HISTORY OF FISHERIES
DISPUTES, UNILATERAL ACTION AND USE OF FORCE HAS NEVER
SUCCEEDED WELL. "WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO, BLAST A SOVIET
VESSEL OUT OF THE WATER FOR HAVING A FEW EXTRA FISH IN ITS
HOLD?" HE ASKED. (HE ALSO CITED STORY THAT LAST CHECK OF
FISHING VESSELS OFF CANADIAN COAST REVEALED NO SOVIET
VIOLATION. TWU SPANISH VIOLATIONS, AND 22 CANADIAN VIOLATIONS).
COOPERATION WAS ESSENTIAL AND AS A RESULT HE WAS ANCIOUS TO
SEE WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN AT JUNE ICNAF MEETING. EVEN
MORE PROBLEMATIC, HE SAID, WAS THE POSSIBILITY OF UNILATERAL
ACTION ON DEEP SEABEDS WHICH SHOULD DEFINITELY BE AVOIDED.
AT LEAST, HE HOPED THAT US, CANADA AND MEXICO MIGHT PERHAPS
PRODUCE A JOINT DECLARATION ON FISHERIES SO THAT AT LEAST
THESE THREE COUNTRIES MIGHT WORK TOGETHER.
4. COMMENT: IN REFERENCE TO BOTH HEAD HARBOR AND
FORD
&
NORTHWEST PASSAGES, LAPOINTE SUGGESTED THAT PERHAPS
BEST WAY TO PROCEED IS TO ACCEPT STRAITS LANGUAGE OF
GERALD
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UNIFIED TEXT OF PURPOSE OF CONCLUDING LOS, AND THEN
DEAL WITH US/CANADIAN DIFFERENCES THROUGH BILATERAL
NEGOTIATIONS. THIS SUGGESTION COULD STEM FROM CANADIAN
FEELING THAT THEY MORE LIKELY SECURE CONCESSIONS FROM US
EXATS
BILATERALLY SINCE, INTER ALIA, BILATERAL CONTEXT WOULD
PROVIDE GREATER SCOPE FOR US DOMESTIC ELEMENTS FAVORABLE
TO CANADIAN POSITIONS TO BRING PRESSURE TO BEAR (E.G.,
ENVIRONMENTALISTS). CANADIANS MAY ADDITIONALLY OR
ALTERNATIVELY FEEL THAT US MIGHT BE MORE WILLING MAKE
BILATERAL CONCESSIONS TO CANADA OUTSIDE LOS FORUM ON
ASSUUMPTION THAT SUCH EXTRA-LOS AGREEMENT WOULD NOT ESTABLISH
LEGAL PRECEDENTS APPLICABLE TO DETRIMENT us INTERESTS IN
OTHER WORLD STRAITS. IN EITHER CASE, GOC WOULD BE LIKELY
TO CONTEND THAT US AGREEMENT NOT TO RAISE BILATERAL
CONSIDERATIONS IN LOS NEGOTIATIONS IN EXCHANGE FOR GOC
AGREEMENT TO UNIFIED TEXT STRAITS LANGUAGE CARRED RECIPROCAL
OBLIGATION ON US NOT TOINVOKE LOS AGREED PRINCIPLES WHEN
DEALING WITH BILATERAL MATTERS. THIS, OF COURSE, WOULD
REPRESENT WAIVER BY US OF STRONGEST POINT IN OUR
FAVOR WITH RESPECT TO HEAD HABOR PASSAGE. QUESTION
SEEMS TO BE WHETHER WE PREPARED TO PAY THAT PRICE
FOR CANADIAN SUPPORT ON STRAITS LANGUAGE IN LOS.
PORTER
NOTE BY OC/T: EXDIS CAPTION ADDED PER S/S-O, MR. JOHNSON.
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&
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AMCONSUL BOMBAY
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EXDIS
IPS by Jach Julsu Date 8/1/00
E.O. 116521 XGDS-3
TAGS: PARM, TECH, IN
SUBJECT: INDIAN NUCLEAR POLICY
EXE
REFS: (A) BOMBAY 19071 (B) STATE 19405
1. I DISCUSSED WITH DEPUTY MINISTER ROBINSON TODAY CANADIAN
ATTITUDES TOWARD INDIA IN LIGHT OF REFTELS, WITH PARTICULAR
ATTENTION TO ALLEGED INDIAN WILLINGNESS TO MAKE "UNILATERAL
DECLARATION" MENTIONED PARA 9 REFTEL A, ROBINSON MADE IT CLEAR
THAT CANADIANS ARE MAINTAINING VERY RETICENT ATTITUDE TOWARD
INDIANS IN LIGHT OF UNSATISFACTORY RESPONSES AND EXCHANGES WITH
REGARD TO SAFEGUARDS, AND ESPECIALLY BECAUSE OF CURRENT INDICATIONS
THAT INDIANS MAY BE MOVING TOWARD ANOTHER EXPLOSION.
2, ROBINSON, WHO HAD JUST RETURNED FROM LEAVE DAY OR TWO AGO,
WAS NOT AWARE OF ANY INDIAN OFFER TO MAKE "UNILATERAL DECLARATION,
BUT SAID HE WOULD LOOK INTO IT AND PROVIDE us WITH COMMENT. HE
SAID THAT ON THE FACE OF IT AND IN LIGHT OF INDIAN ATTITUDES AND
INDICATIONS MENTIONED ABOVE, SUCH A DECLARATION WOULD NOT APPEAR
TO BE VERY CONVINCING.
3, WE WILL REPORT FURTHER WHEN ROBINSON CONTACTS US.
PORTER
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TO SECSTATE WASHDC 7307
INFO AMEMBASSY NEW DELHI
AMCONSUL BOMBAY
TATE DEPT. DECLASSIFICATION REVIEW
USMISSION IAEA VIENNA
X
Retain Class'n
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& E CRET OTTAWA 3126
EO 12958, 25X( )
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After
EXDIS
With concurrence
by fach Subser Date (not)(obtained) 8/1/00
E.O. 11652: XGDS-3
TAGS: PARM, TECH, IN
SUBJ: INDIAN NUCLEAR POLICY
REF: OTTAWA 3119
1. FURTHER TO REFTEL CONCERNING INDIAN AND CANADIAN ATTITUDES
RE "UNILATERAL DECLARATION," DEPUTY MINISTER ROBINSON PHONED
AMBASSADOR TO SAY CANADIANS HAD NOT RECEIVED RECENTLY ANY
INDIAN EXPRESSIONS OF WILLINGNESS TO MAKE SUCH "UNILATERAL
DECLARATION." ROBINSON SAID INDIANS HAD MADE REFERENCE IN
EARLIER STAGE OF CAN/INDIAN EXCHANGES SEVERAL MONTHS AGO
TO INDIAN WILLINGNESS TO MAKE STATEMENT BEARING ON THEIR
ROLE AS SUPPLIERS OF NUCLEAR EQUIPMENT, BUT NOT RELATED TO
SAFEGUARDS.
2. I CONCUR WITH DEPARTMENT CONCERNS THAT GOI MAY ATTEMPT TO
PRESSURE us AND CANADA. IN VIEW OF OUR INDICATIONS THAT
CANADA INTENDS TO STAND FIRMLY BEHIND PRINCIPLE OF ADEQUATE
SAFEGUARDS, IT IS IMPORTANT IN MY JUDGMENT THAT WE MAINTAIN
CLOSEST POSSIBLE CONTACTS WITH GOC AS SITUATION DEVELOPS.
PORTER
LIBRARY GERALD
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USLO PEKING
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With concurrence
(not)(obtained)
AMCONSUL HONG KONG
by Jack Sulser Date 8/1/00
CONFIDENTTALOTTAWA 3618
LIMDIS
EO 11652 GDS
TAGS OTRA CH UK KS UR TW OVIP
SUBJ HEATH VISIT TO PRC
FOLLOWING IS TEXT OF REPORT FROM CANADIAN EMBASSY PEKING ON
RECENT HEATH VISIT TO PRC. REPORT WAS PROVIDED TO POL COUNS
ON CONFIDENTIAL BASIS BY PM TRUDEAUS FOREIGN AFFAIRS ASSISTANT
IVAN HEAD (PROTECT):
BEGIN TEXT:
FORMER BRIT PM EDWARD HEATH VISITED PEKIN SEPT 19-21 IN COURSE
OF TOUR THROUGH EAST ASIA. HE RECEIVED ACCOLADE OF AN HOUR'S
VISIT WITH CHAIRMAN MAO AND MET TENG HSIAO-PING. WHEN Y CALLED
THIS MORNING ON BRIT. AMBASSADOR YOUDE CWHO ACCOMPANIED
HEATH ON BOTH CALLS, ATTENDED TENG'S BANQUET AND GAVE DINNER
AT WHICH CHIEF GUEST WAS VICE FOREIGN MINISTER HAN NIEN-LUNG)
HE SAID CHINESE HAD TOLD HEATH PREMIER CHOU EN-LAI WISHED TO
SEE HIM BUT HIS DOCTORS HAD RULED AGAINST IT. HE ALSO MISSED
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CHIAO KUAN-HUA WHO HAD DEPARTED FOR UNGA BUT WAS REPRESENTED
DURING VISIT BY VICE FOREIGN MINISTER HAN NIEN-LUNG. YOUDE
COMMENTED LATTER GAVE EVERY APPEARANCE OF BEING SENIOR AMONG
CHIAO'S DEPUTIES AND THIS BORNE OUT BY HIS INCREASED VISIBILITY
RECENTLY DURING VIP VISITS,
2, YOUDE DECLINED TO COMMENT ON HEATHIS CONVERSATION WITH MAO
SAYING IT HAD BEEN AGREED HEATH WOULD HIMSELF DECIDE ON WHAT
SHOULD BE MADE PUBLIC. HE DID, HOWEVER, REVEAL THAT MTG WAS IN
CHUNG NAN HAI (THOUGH CLEARLY NOT/NOT IN LIBRARY WHERE MOST
VISITS IN PAST OCCURRED) AND THAT MAO, WHILE PHYSICALLY FRAIL,
WAS APPARENTLY ALERT AND FULLY AWARE OF WHAT WAS GOING ON. YOUDE
SPEAKS CHINESE WELL AND HE WAS CONVINCED MAD'S COMMENTS MADE
SENSE EVEN THOUGH THEY REQUIRED DOUBLE TRANSLATION VIA WANG
HAI-JUNG AND NANCY TANG. HE SUFFERS FROM SPEECH IMPEDIMENT WHICH,
COMBINED WITH HUNANESE ACCENT, REQUIRES HIS HUNANESE NIECE
FIRST TO DECYPHER COMMENTS AND CONVEY THEM IN CHINESE TO NANCY
TANG FOR TRANSLATION INTO ENGLISH. LATTER HOWEVER REPEATED TO
MAD FOR HIS APPROVAL WHAT SHE GOT VIA WANG BEFORE PUTTING IT
INTO ENGLISH.
3. BEYOND THESE ATMOSPHERICS YOUDE WOULD NOT/NOT GO.
HOWEVER, LDN DAILY TELEGRAPH CORRESPONDENT, CLARE HOLLINGWORTH,
SPENT CONSIDERABLE TIME WITH HEATH AND CONFIDED LATTER HAD SAID
MAO WAS EXTREMELY CRITICAL OF PM WILSON AND BRIT LABOUR PARTY,
ESPECIALLY ITS LEFT WING, THIS, OF COURSE, IS PART OF EXPLANATION
OF EXTRAORDINARY ATTENTION PAID BY CHINESE LEADERS TO A ORIT
CONSERVATIVE EX-PREMIER EX-PARTY LEADER. WHEN I ASKED YOUDE HIS
VIEW ON THIS HE SAID IT WAS CLEAR CHINESE HAD HIGH REGARD FOR
HEATH FOR FOLLOWING REASONS: (A) HE WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR NORMAL-
IZING RELATIONS WITH CHINA AND WITHDRAWAL OF BRIT CONGEN FROM
TAIWANK (B) HE WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR TAKING UK INTO EEC) HE
WAS TOUGH ON RUSSIANS. CONTRAST OF CHINESE TREATMENT OF HEATH
AND STRAUSS CWHO SAW ONLY TENG HSIAO-PING), BOTH HERE AT APPROX
SAME TIME AND BOTH ON SECOND VISIT, WAS DUE TO CHINESE AWARENESS
THAT A SECOND MAO RECEPTION FOR STRAUSS WOULD HAVE UPSET SCHMIDT
AGAIN AND LIKELY PUT HIS OCT 31 VISIT IN JEOPARDY ONCE MORE.
4, REGARDING HEATH'S TALKS WITH TENG HSIAO-PING, YOUDE SAID
HEATH HAD AGREED HE COULD BRIEF OLD COMWEL AMBASSADORS AND
FOLLOWING IS SUBSTANCE OF CONVERSATIONS WITH TENG.
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5. SOVIET UNION-MUCH OF DISCUSSION IMPINGED IN ONE WAY OR
ANOTHER ON SINO-SOVIET RELATIONS. TENG HAD SAID THERE HAD NOT/
NOT BEEN "AN INCH OF PROGRESS. UNTIL NOW THERE HAD BEEN NO/NO
RECONCILIATION BETWEEN THEM AND, AS LONG AS SOCIAL IMPERIALISM
PREVAILED IN SOVIET UNION, HE EXPECTED NONE IN FUTURE. HE WAS
EXTREMELY CRITICAL OF HSNKI CONFERENCE AND SKEPTICAL ABOUT ITS
RESULTS. UNDER "SMOKESCREEN OF HSNKI DETENTE, "TENG SAID
RUSSIANS WOULD NOW PEDDLE THEIR ASIAN SECURITY SYSTEM AS A MEANS
OF OUSTING AMERICANS AND SPLITTING ASIAN NATIONS. THEIR AIM WAS
TO DIVIDE AND RULE AND IN THE PROCESS TO ENCIRCLE CHINA, HE
ADDED THEY WOULD NEVER SUCCEED.
6. TENG INDICATED CONCERN ABOUT RUSSIAN EFFORTS AROUND WORLD AND
EMPHASIZED IMPORTANCE OF UNITY OF EUROPE. HE ALSO STRESSED NEED
FOR USA TO RECOGNIZE SIGNIFICANCE OF STRONG AND UNITED EUROPE
BECAUSE FOCUS OF SOVIET POLICY WAS EUROPE. WESTERN POWERS SHOULD
RECOGNIZE THIS AND NOT/NOT BE DISTRACTED BY SOVIET ACTIONS
ELSEWHERE. TENG REITERATED FAMILIAR CHINESE LINE THAT GROWING
SUPER-POWER CONTENTION WAS INCREASING DANGER OF WAR AND THAT
CONTINUING ARMS EXPANSION WAS EVIDENCE OF THIS FACT.
7. TAIWAN-TENG EXPRESSED NO/NO NEW THOUGHTS ON THIS SUBJECT.
HE SAID, GIVEN THE CIRCUMSTANCES, SINO-USA RELATIONS WERE AS
MIGHT BE EXPECTED. ISSUE BETWEEN THEM REMAINED TAIWAN AND NORMAL-
IZATION OF RELATIONS DEPENDED ON AMERICAN BREAK WITH IT, ONLY
SOLUTION THAT COULD BE ENVISAGED WAS JAPANESE SOLUTION. HOW-
EVER, CHINESE WERE A PATIENT PEOPLE AND COULD WAIT A LONG TIME.
8. KOREA - TENG ADVISED HEATH NOT/NOT TO BELIEVE STOREIS
SUGGESTING SLIKELIHOOD OF NORTH KOREAN ATTACK ON SOUTH, IN
CHINESE VIEW THE MAN TO WATCH IN THIS CONNECTION WAS PARK
CHUNG-LEE, NOT/NOT KIM IL SUGN. CHINA SUPPORTED KIMIS FIVE
POINTS, INCLUDING REMOVAL OF USA TROOPS FROM SOUTH. HOWEVER,
TENG SET NO/NO TIMETABLE FOR WITHDRAWAL AND GAVE IMPRESSION
THIS WAS A LONG-TERM PROBLEM.
9. VIETNAM - TENG'S LINE HERE WAS THAT RUSSIANS WERE SEEKING
BASES IN VIETNAM BUT THAT AFTER FIGHTING 30 YEARS FOR
INDEPENDENCE, VIETNAMESE WERE NOT/NOT ABOUT TO SURRENDER ANY
SOVEREIGNTY IN THIS WAY. HE INDICATED HOWEVER THAT THE SOVIET
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SEARCH FOR INFLUENCE IN INDOCHINA WAS A MAJOR PROBLEM,
THE
10. ON DOMESTIC SIDE TENG DREW HEATH'S ATTENTION TO IMPORTANCE
OF AGRICULTURE TO NEW 5-YEAR PLAN, MENTIONING TA CHAI MTGS HE
HAD JUST ATTENDED COURLET 721 SEP 19), HE HAD ADDED THAT,
DUE TO THIS YEAR'S BUMPER CROP, CHINA WOULD NOT/NOT BE LOOKING
TO INNATL MARKET FOR WHEAT IN NEAR FUTURE. (THIS PRESUMABLY WAS
TO EMPHASIZE CONTRAST WITH RECENT SOVIET PRODUCTION DIFFICULTIES
AND HEAVY IMPORTS OF GRAIN.)
11. YOUDE SAID TENG HSIAO-PING LOOKED VERY FIT AND RADIATED
CONFIDENCE. HE GAVE EVERY APPEARANCE OF BEING ON TOP OF
HIS BRIEF AND FULLY IN CHARGE. SMALL
END TEXT.
JOHNSON
LISRANY GERALD FORD
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TAGS OVIP CA (FORD, GERALD R.)
SUBJ PRESIDENTIAL LETTER TO PM TRUDEAU
REF STATE 265536
la LETTER CONTAINED REFTEL DELIVERED BY POLCOUNS TO PM ADVISER
TVAN HEAD AT 1230 NOVEMBER 10. AFTER READING LETTER, HEAD SAID
HE WAS IMPRESSED, AND KNEW PM WOULD BE TOO, AT THE WARMTH AND
CANDOR OF THE MESSAGE. HE WAS FULLY AWARE THAT us HAD DONE
EVERYTHING THAT COULD BE DONE TO HAVE CANADA ADDED TO PARTICI-
PANTS. HE WAS ESPECIALLY GRATIFIED BY PRESIDENT'S STATEMENT
THAT HE WILL INSIST THAT CANADA BE INVOLVED IN ANY FOLLOW-UP
EFFORTS FLOWING FROM CONFERENCE. THIS WAS PRECISELY THE TACTIC
GOC NOW INTENDED PURSUE, DESIGNED TO MAKE IT CLEAR TO FRANCE
THAT THE RESTRAINT GOC HAD SHOWN WITH REGARD TO ATTENDANCE AT
SUMMIT WOULD NOT BE EXTENDED TO FURTHER WORK OF
THIS NATURE.
2. REFERRING TO PRESS REPORTS THAT EXTAFF SECSTATE
MACEACHEN HAD TOLD REPORTERS THAT CANADA'S EXCLUSION
FROM CONFERENCE "IS BOUND TO AFFECT RELATIONS" BETWEEN
CANADA AND FRANCE "AND IT WON'T BE A FAVORABLE EFFECT",
FORD
POLCOUNS INQUIRED IF GOC CONTEMPLATED ANYTHING SPECIFIC.
?
HEAD REPLIED IN NEGATIVE, INDICATING THAT MACEACHEN HAD
SOMEWHAT EXCEEDED GOC POLICY. AFTER LABORIOUS AND LENGTHY
EFFORTS TO BRING CANADIAN-FRENCH RELATIONS BACK TO THE
BERALD
LIGHANY
NORMALCY REPRESENTED BY RECENT
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PONIATOWSKI VISIT TO CANADA AND LAST YEAR'S TRUDEAU VISIT
TO PARIS, GOC WISHED AVOID PUBLIC DISPUTES. HOWEVER, GOC
WAS ANNOYED WITH FRANCE FOR ARROGATING TO ITSELF FOR
SECOND TIME IN A YEAR (FIRST BEING PRODUCER-CONSUMER CON-
FERENCE) THE RIGHT TO INSIST THAT IT ALONE IS COMPETENT
TO DECIDE WHO SHOULD AND SHOULD NOT BE INVOLVED IN
SUCH GATHERINGS.
JOHNSON
A FORD
GERALD AHYWRIT
SECRET
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