Memorandum, State Department Summary of Telegrams

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE DECLASSIFIED WASHINGTON E.O. 12065, Sec. 3-402 State Dept. Guidelines, March 6, 1982 DEB NLT, Date 9-4-85 April 26, 1951 By C R E SUMMARY OF TELEGRAMS FOUR POWER In the last two sessions of the talks Gromyko PARIS TALKS has abandoned his preceding attitude of "reasonableness" and has launched into violent tirades against the West. We are aware that this is a possible indication of Gromyko's intention to break off the talks, although there are other indications that the Soviets may still hope to arrange a meeting of the Foreign Ministers. (The Soviet Ambassador in London remarked yester- - day to a Foreign Office official that he may attend the CFM and is keep- ing his plans fluid; he also observed that in 1948 the Foreign Ministers met without any agreed agenda.) We have instructed Ambassador Jessup to initiate a series of moves designed for the "final stages" of the talks and aimed at maneuvering us into a favorable propaganda position for the end of the talks, whether or not these talks are to be followed by a meet- ing of the Foreign Ministers. Although we have not abandoned hope that the Soviets may make some acceptable last-minute concessions, we feel that a stage has been reached where tentative preparations for the end must be undertaken. TURKEY Ambassador Wadsworth reports that during the past weeks the Turkish public and press have grown increasingly preoccupied over obtaining a security arrange - ment, either with the NAT or directly with the US. The Turks claim, with considerable justification, that their request for NATO membership is a lead from strength rather than from weakness. They profess inability to understand the reluctance of certain NAT powers to accept an offer of the "strongest army in Europe" and of the only nation in the Middle East capable of resisting aggression. The Turks also have taken heart at the performance of their troops in Korea, and feel much more confident now than last September, when they presented their request for NATO membership to the Foreign Ministers meeting in New York, that some security arrangement must and can be worked out.