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CONSIDER THE *RUMANITARIAN" ASPECTS AS WELL, AS SOME OF US INSIST
UPON TO. I THINK PERSONALLY THAT INSPITE OF VISHINSKY'S INSISTANCE
OF THE *RIGHT* OF FORCED REPETRATIONS, HE MIGHT NOT STICK TO THIS
CONDITION IF ONE GIVES HIM SATISFACTION IN OTHER ASPECTS AND FIELDS
IN THIS MATTER. AFTER ALL, IN THE SAME WAY THAT THE US, THE USSR WANTS
ALSO TO SAVE ITS FACE.. AND ONLY *HONORABLE* SOLUTIONS WOULD BE
ACCEPTED BY EITHER USSR OR USA, I MEAN SOLUTIONS WHICH CAN BE WELL
JUSTIFIABLE TO THE US AND PRO-COMMUNIST OR COMMUNIST PUBLIC OPINIONS!
4. THE INDIAN DELEGATION HAS WIRED NEW DELHI so THAT THE LATTER WIRES
PEKING IN ORDER TO "MAKE THE NECESSARY TALKS" WITH THE RED CHINESE AS
TO WHAT EXTENT THE RED CHINESE WOULD BE READY TO ACCEPT THE UNCOMPROMIS-
ING ATTITUDE OF THE USSR AND TO WHAT EXTENT WOULD THEY BE READY FOR A
COMPROMISE?
PALAR OF THE INDONESIAN DELEGATION THEN EXPLAINED HIS RESOLUTION.
HE SAID THAT THE RESOLUTION IS BASED ON THE FOLLOWING ELEMENTS WHICH HE
THINS RPT THINKS ARE OBJECTIVE AND FAIR:
A. THE CONSTITUTION OF 2 COMMISSIONS. THE FIRST ONE WILL BE COMPOSED
OF THE "INTERESTED PARTIES" AND ACT ALONG THE SAME LINES THAN THE
COMMISSION SUGGESTED BY THE PERUVIAN DELEGATION. WHEN ALL THE PW RPT
PW WILL BE GATHERED BY THIS COMMISSION IN A NEUTRAL SPOT -- THEY
(THE PW) WOULD BE TOLD TO GO WHEREVER THEY WANT TO GO. THE REMAINING,
THOSE WHO HESITATE, WOULD THEN BE TURNED TO A SC RPT SECOND COMMISSION
OF *NEUTRALS* WHICH WOULD THEN START TO SCREEN THEM, INTERROGATE THEM,
ETC. THE FIRST COMMISSION WILL TAKE ALL THE PW AND WILL NO CONSIDER
THE PREVIOUS SCREENING OF THE ALLIES.
B. I HAVE CONSULTED WITH THE PERUVIAN AND MEXICAN DELEGATIONS
ABOUT MY RESL RPT RESOLUTION AND THEY BOTH THOUGHT IT WAS "HOPEFUL".
I INTEND TO HAVE MORE MEETINGS WITH BOTH OF THEM -- BECUASE THERE IS
NO DOUBT THAT THE SUPPORT OF THE SOUTH AMERICANS IS ESSENTIAL TO US.
IFHD
RPT IF WE CAN GET THE SUPPORT OF BOTH MEXICO AND PERU WITH
OTHER SOUTH AMERICANS, THEN OUR RESOLUTION WILL HAVE A GREAT CHANCES
TO PASS
C. AS FAR AS WHAT WAS SAID BY MR. MENON, SAID PALAR, I DO NOT THINK
THAT HIS VIEWS ARE PERFECTLY FIT TO THE SITUATION WHEN HE SPEAKS ABOUT
GETTING THE SUPPORT OF BOTH US AND USSR BEFORE PUTTING A RESOLUTION.
I SHARE DIFFERENT VIEWS. IF THE RESOLUTION WE RAVE WITH SUFFICIENT
CONCESSIONS TO BOTH PARTIES IS CONSIDERED FAIR ENOUGH BY ALL OF US,
THEN WE COULD ALWAYS PUSH IT THRU THE COMMITTEE PROVIC RPT PROVIDED
WE ARE POSITIVE OR ALMOSTHPOSITIVE OF THE 2/3 MAJORITY UNDER
PUBLIC PRESSURE ON BOTH SIDES (USA, USSR), WE CAN HOPE THAT THESE 2
COUNTRIES WILL NOT LOBBY OR REJECT 100 PERCENT SUCH PLAN.
MAHMOUD GHALEB OF EGYPT WHO WAS ATTENDING THE MEETING SAID THAT TO HIS
MIND -- TWO POINTS SHOULD BE STRESSED OUT:
1. THERE SHOULD BE A GENERAL CALL FOR A CEASE-FIRE BEFORE ANY ACTION
IS TAKEN IN REGARD TO THE RETURN OF THE PRISONERS OF WAR. AS LONG AS
HOSTILITIES EXIST, SAID GHALEB, THE GENEVA CONVENTION DOES NOT SPEAK
ABOUT THE RETURN OF THE PRISONERS OF WAR. WHY NOT PUSHING AMEAD THE
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