423. Telegram 1300 from Geneva1
1300. From Osborn.
Following just received from Wang:
“Since our side proposed the new draft for an agreed announcement at our December 1 meeting and although you have repeatedly referred to it as an encouraging progress in the talks, however, your side has, for three consecutive meetings, not expressed its attitude towards our new draft so that we have not been able to carry on discussions on the basis of this new draft in order to reach agreement. Our side considers that our new draft is entirely capable of leading to an agreement between the two sides and as such there should be no (repeat no) further delay. Our next meeting should be held on December 22, without alteration, as was agreed between us and publicly announced.”
- Source: Department of State, Central Files, 611.93/12–1955. Confidential; Niact; Limited Distribution. Repeated Niact to Prague for the Ambassador only as telegram 17.↩