Memorandum, State Department Summary of Telegrams

di OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE WASHINGTON P State Depl. E.O. DEB 12065.500 Guidelines, NLT, Date. 6, 1982 September 30, 1952 BY SECRET SECURITY INFORMATION SUMMARY OF TELEGRAMS AUSTRIA: The three Western Deputies for the Austrian Treaty met in London yesterday and, in the absence of any Soviet acceptance to the invitation to be present, agreed to make the following recommendations to their governments: 1) There should be no exchange of communications with the Soviet Embassy in London concerning Soviet attendance at a meeting of the Deputies; 2) The conditions laid down in the latest Soviet note cannot be ac- cepted as a basis for discussion; 3) The Soviet note must be answered, but delivery should be timed to take place shortly before the open- ing of the UN; 4) The content of our notes should serve to strengthen the Austrian case and the Western replies in the UN debate; 5) The replies should be drafted in London; and 6) The question of timing as proposed above, as well as the final draft of the notes, should be approved by the Austrian Government. As to substance of the replies, the Deputies recommended that our notes refer to the delays occasioned by the procedure of constant addition of new conditions in the exchange of notes rather than continuing to meet. Moreover, they should specifically ask the Soviet Government exactly what is meant by the continued reference to Potsdam. They should also ask: 1) Whether the Soviets make a discussion of Trieste a prior condition to negotiating any settlement for Austria? and 2) If they meant that denazification and demilitari- zation must be carried out on Soviet terms which have not been ac- cepted by the three Western governments or by the Austrian Govern- ment? Our Deputies have also recommended that we should take care not to imply in our notes that we are either withdrawing the abbreviated text or committing ourselves to a discussion of the old draft. THE SUDAN: Ambassador Caffery has submitted from Cairo a sum- mary of conclusions just brought back from the Sudan by a member of his staff concerning the political situation there. These are: 1) The majority of politically conscious Sudanese desire independence but there are sharp differences of opinion over how best to attain it; 2) The basic political alignments continue to hinge on rivalry between the pro-unity groups and the independence groups; SECRET SECURITY INF "ORMATION