44. Telegram 115833 From the Department of State to Certain Diplomatic Posts, May 11, 1976, 2357Z.1 2
TELEGRAM
Department of State
115833
P R 112357Z MAY 76
FM SECSTATE WASHDC
TO AMEMBASSY ABIDJAN PRIORITY
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INFO
AMEMBASSY SEOUL
AMEMBASSY TEL AVIV
USMISSION USUN NEW YORK
AMEMBASSY BEIRUT BY
POUCH
STATE 115833
KUWAIT POUCH BAGHDAD
E.O. 11652:GDS
TAGS: PFOR, UN, PORG
SUBJECT: MULTILATERAL AFFAIRS: REVIEW OF POST ACTIONS
1. THE FOLLOWING KEY DOCUMENTS IN MULTILATERAL AFFAIRS HAVE BEEN SENT TO ALL POSTS.
A. ORGANIZING FOR MULTILATERAL DIPLOMACY. STATE 303856.
B. PRESS
ARTICLES “ZAP LIST”. STATE 13264
C. NEA ORGANIZING FOR MULTILATERAL DIPLOMACY. STATE 29255.
D. OPERATIONS AND REQUESTS. STATE 37591.
E. MULTILATERAL
ISSUES. STATE 37592.
F. NA SUMMIT: PREPARATIONS AND PRECEDING
MEETINGS. STATE 74904.
G. POSSIBLE DEBATE ON THE KOREAN ITEM IN
THE 31ST UNGA. STATE 98185.
H.
MULTILATERAL AFFAIRS: PUERTO RICO. STATE 49329, STATE 49330 AND STATE
111286.
I. MIDDLE EAST ISSUES IN MULTILATERAL DIPLOMACY--ISRAELI
UNGA SUSPENSION AND ZIONISM/RACISM. STATE 108501 AND 110462.
J.
UNCTAD IV: REACTIONS TO SECRETARY
KISSINGER’S ADDRESS. STATE
112580.
K. UNCTAD IV: SUMMARY AND ANALYSES OF SECRETARY’S SPEECH.
STATE 110079
L. INR REPORT ON
UNCTAD IV. STATE 096398.
M. INR REPORT: “THE NON-ALIGNED SUMMIT
CONFERENCE AT SRI LANKA: BACKGROUND TO THE ISSUES.” REPORT NO. 369, 26
MARCH 1976.
N. INR REPORT: “THE NON-ALIGNED MOVEMENT: THE KOREAN
ISSUE.” REPORT NO. 406, 21 APRIL 1976.
O. INR REPORT: “THE
NON-ALIGNED MOVEMENT: THE PUERTO RICAN ISSUE.” REPORT NO. 400, 14 APRIL
1976.
P. INR REPORT: THE NON-ALIGNED MOVEMENT: THE MIDDLE EAST
ISSUE. REPORT NO. 386, 7 APRIL, 1976.
IT IS IMPORTANT THAT BEFORE TAKING ACTIONS DESCRIBED IN FOLLOWING PARA POSTS HAVE MLO REVIEW THESE MATERIALS AND ADAPT THEM FOR MOST EFFECTIVE LOCAL USE.
2. IT IS NOW TIME TO BE CERTAIN THAT NAM GOVERNMENTS HAVE GOTTEN A CLEAR SIGNAL ON ISSUES OF KEY CONCERN TO US THAT WILL BE ADDRESSED AT NON-ALIGNED COORDINATING COMMITTEE (NACC) FOREIGN MINISTERS’ CONFERENCE AT ALGIERS MAY 30. AMBASSADORIAL LEVEL OF NACC PERMREPS IN NEW YORK ON MAY 6 ENDORSED ANNOTATED AGENDA FOR CONSIDERATION AT ALGIERS (USUN 2005 NOTAL). THIS DOCUMENT WHICH CONTAINS DESCRIPTIONS OF ISSUES WHICH NACC FONMINS WILL ADDRESS IS PROBABLY ALREADY, IN ITS EARLIER DRAFT FORM, IN THE HANDS OF MOST NAM GOVERNMENTS. THE ANNOTATIONS HAVE NO RECOMMENDATIONS AT THIS STAGE. IF CONFRONTATIONAL POSITIONS ARE ENDORSED AT ALGIERS ON KEY ISSUES IT WILL BE INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT TO ENCOURAGE MODERATE NAMS TO SEEK TO MODIFY THESE POSITIONS BETWEEN ALGIERS AND COLOMBO SUMMIT.
A. THRUST OF ANNOTATION ON PUERTO RICO IS THAT PUERTO RICO REMAINS ONE OF THE MAIN ENCLAVES OF COLONIALISM IN LATIN AMERICA; THAT THIS STATUS HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED BY VARIOUS NON-ALIGNED MEETINGS WHICH HAVE REAFFIRMED THEIR SUPPORT FOR THE STRUGGLE OF THE PEOPLE OF PUERTO RICO FOR INDEPENDENCE; THAT THE UN COMMITTEE OF 24 HAS REPEATEDLY EXAMINED THE SITUATION AND REAFFIRMED THE INALIENABLE RIGHT OF THE PEOPLE OF PUERTO RICO TO SELF DETERMINATION AND INDEPENDENCE IN ACCORDANCE WITH GENERAL ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION 1514 (XV). (FYI. INACCURACIES IN ANNOTATION REFERENCES TO COMMITTEE OF 24 ACTION WILL BE CLEAR FROM STATE 49329 AND 49330. END FYI.)
B. THE ANNOTATION ON KOREA RECOUNTS THE NON-ALIGNED POSITION ON KOREA AT ALGIERS, HAVANA AND LIMA. ALGIERS RESOLUTION IN 1973 CALLED FOR WITHDRAWAL OF ALL FOREIGN TROOPS STATIONED IN SOUTH KOREA, AN END TO FOREIGN INTERFERENCE IN ALL ITS FORMS IN THE DOMESTIC AFFAIRS OF KOREA AND DECLARED THAT ADMISSION OF KOREA TO THE UN SHOULD BE DEFERRED UNTIL AFTER COMPLETE UNIFICATION OR AFTER ESTABLISHMENT OF A CONFEDERATION OF NORTH AND SOUTH. MARCH 1975 HAVANA MEETING AFFIRMED POLICY OF INDEPENDENT AND PEACEFUL UNIFICATION OF KOREA, CALLED FOR WITHDRAWAL OF ALL FOREIGN TROOPS STATIONED SOUTH KOREA AND ENDORSED APPLICATION OF NORTH KOREA FOR NAM MEMBERSHIP. AT LIMA 1975 NORTH KOREA WAS ADMITTED TO MEMBERSHIP IN THE NAM. LIMA MEETING REAFFIRMED SUPPORT FOR POLICY OF INDEPENDENT AND PEACEFUL REUNIFICATION OF KOREA, DEMANDED WITHDRAWAL OF ALL FOREIGN TROOPS STATIONED IN SOUTH KOREA UNDER UN FLAG AND REPLACEMENT OF ARMISTICE AGREEMENT WITH PEACE AGREEMENT; EXPRESSED HOPE NORTH AND SOUTH OF KOREA WOULD OBSERVE THREE PRINCIPLES OF NATIONAL REUNIFICATION STIPULATED IN NORTH-SOUTH STATEMENT OF JULY 4, 1972. ANNOTATION CONCLUDES WITH REFERENCE TO ADOPTION OF TWO RESOLUTIONS BY 30TH UNGA WITHOUT FURTHER ELABORATION. FYI. BIAS OF ANNOTATION IN FAVOR OF NORTH KOREA WILL BE CLEAR FROM STATE 98185 AND INR REPORT ON KOREAN ISSUE. END FYI.
C. ANNOTATION ON MIDDLE EAST IS LENGTHY AND STRONGLY CRITICAL OF ISRAEL FOR ALLEGEDLY OBSTRUCTING PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND FOR SUPPRESSING PALESTINIAN RIGHTS AND NATIONAL ASPIRATIONS. IT ACCUSES US OF SUPPORTING ISRAELI EFFORTS TO BLOCK REAL PROGRESS IN SEARCH FOR JUST AND COMPREHENSIVE SETTLEMENT. THRUST OF ANNOTATION IS TO PUT SOLUTION OF MIDDLE EAST QUESTION IN UN CONTEXT REJECTING STEP-BY-STEP DIPLOMACY. ANNOTATION DOES NOT EXPLICITLY RAISE THE ISSUE OF SUSPENSION OF ISRAEL FROM THE UN BUT RATHER WARNS THAT ISRAELI VIOLATIONS OF UN CHARTER SO PERSISTENT THAT NAM COUNTRIES SHOULD CONSIDER MEASURES AGAINST ISRAEL IN CONFORMITY WITH CHAPTER VII OF UN CHARTER. UNGA RESOLUTION ON ZIONISM AS RACISM NOT CITED IN ANNOTATION BUT THERE IS REFERENCE TO HAVANA MEETING CONDEMNATION OF ZIONISM AS THREAT TO WORLD PEACE AND SECURITY AND CALL UPON ALL COUNTRIES TO OPPOSE THIS RACIST IMPERIALIST IDEOLOGY. (FYI. BECAUSE ISRAELI SUSPENSION IS NOT DIRECTLY MENTIONED AND BECAUSE ZIONISM AS RACISM IS AMBIGUOUSLY TREATED IN THE ANNOTATION, POSTS HAVE BEEN REQUESTED IN STATE 110462 NOT RPT NOT TO USE THE TALKING POINTS IN STATE 108501 AT THIS TIME UNLESS THE ISSUE IS RAISED BY HOST GOVERNMENT IN COURSE OF CONVERSATIONS; END FYI.)
3. ABOVE ANNOTATIONS SHOULD NOT BE EXPLICITLY DISCUSSED AS THEY HAVE NOT BEEN MADE PUBLIC. THEY ARE SUMMARIZED HEREIN IN ORDER TO ILLUSTRATE VIEW OF THESE PROBLEMS NAM MEMBERS BEING PROVIDED BY NACC.
4. POSTS IN COUNTRIES BELONGING TO NAM (ESPECIALLY TO NACC OF NAM) ARE REQUESTED TO REVIEW POST ACTIONS IN RESPONSE TO REFTELS RELATING TO KOREA, AND PUERTO RICO, AND CONSIDER WHAT ACTIONS DURING NEXT TEN DAYS, BEFORE POSITIONS ARE FIRMED UP FOR NACC FOREIGN MINISTERS MEETING, WOULD MOST EFFECTIVELY UNDERLINE TO HOST GOVERNMENT CONCERNS OUTLINED THEREIN. IF HOST GOVTS ARE TO EXPRESS DESIRED RESERVATIONS ABOUT THEM, IT IS IMPORTANT THEY DO SO PRIOR TO THAT MEETING, OR, IF THEY ARE NACC MEMBERS AT THE MEETING. POSTS IN COMMITTEE OF 24 COUNTRIES NEED NO LONGER OBSERVE CAVEATS IN STATE 49329 BUT MAY DISCUSS PUERTO RICO IN NAM CONTEXT REFUTING CUBAN CHARACTERIZATION OF PUERTO RICAN PROBLEM.
5. POSTS SHOULD BE CLEAR THAT DEPARTMENT IS NOT RPT NOT SEEKING VOTES OR PROMISE OF SUPPORT ON KEY ISSUES AT THIS TIME ALTHOUGH EXPRESSIONS OF SUPPORT OBVIOUSLY ARE WELCOME. PRESENT EFFORT IS BEST DESCRIBED AS CAMPAIGN AGAINST CONFRONTATION IN 31ST UNGA BY IMPRESSING ON NAM COUNTRIES IMPORTANCE THESE KEY ISSUES TO US AND ONE-SIDEDNESS OF PREVIOUS NAM FORMULATIONS. WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE NAM COUNTRIES, PARTICULARLY MODERATES, TO CONSIDER ISSUES ON MERITS AND WHETHER CONFRONTATIONAL FORMULATIONS IN INTEREST OF INDIVIDUAL NAM MEMBERS.
6. IN CONSIDERING WHAT FURTHER STATEMENTS NEED TO BE MADE AND AT WHAT LEVEL IN ORDER TO ENCOURAGE THIS RESULT, NAM POSTS MAY WISH, WHERE APPROPRIATE, TO PLACE DISCUSSION OF POLITICAL ISSUES WHICH THEY HAVE BEEN INSTRUCTED TO TAKE UP IN CONTEXT OF BROAD DEVELOPMENTS IN UN SYSTEM, INCLUDING NORTH-SOUTH ECONOMIC ISSUES SUCH AS THOSE TO BE CONSIDERED AT UNCTAD IV. (SEE STATE 096398 AND SECRETARY’S SPEECH AT NAIROBI AS RECEIVED ON WIRELESS FILE.) THIS POINT PROBABLY NOT APPROPRIATE FOR EUR POSTS. POSTS SHOULD, WHEREVER APPROPRIATE, PLACE DISCUSSIONS WITH HOST COUNTRY ON KEY ISSUES IN UN SYSTEM WITHIN CONTEXT OF ONGOING POST DISCUSSION OF MAIN ISSUES IN BILATERAL RELATIONS. FOR THIS REASON, IT WILL BE APPROPRIATE IN MOST POSTS TO REVIEW THESE ISSUES IN COURSE OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR BROAD, HIGH LEVEL REVIEW OF US RELATIONS WITH HOST COUNTRY RATHER THAN IN SPECIFIC DEMARCHES TO IO LEVEL OFFICIALS IN HOST GOVERNMENT. IT MAY BE USEFUL TO INDICATE TO HOST GOVERNMENT FACT THAT U.S. PUBLIC AND CONGRESS INCREASINGLY QUESTIONING WHETHER OTHER COUNTRIES ARE RECIPROCATING CONCERN WE ARE SHOWING FOR THEIR KEY ISSUES IN MULTILATERAL AND BILATERAL AFFAIRS AND THAT DEGREE OF THEIR RESPONSIVENESS WILL BE NOTICED IN US.
6. POSTS REQUESTED REPORT BY MAY 21 INFO USUN EFFORTS THEY HAVE MADE ON BASIS OF INSTRUCTIONS RELATING TO KOREA, PUERTO RICO (AND MIDDLE EAST IF HOST COUNTRY RAISED) TOGETHER WITH ASSESSMENT OF THEIR IMPACT. BRIEF STATEMENT SHOULD COVER: (A) HOST GOVERNMENT POSITION AT NAM; (B) ESTIMATE AS TO WHETHER IT CAN BE MODIFIED EITHER FAVORABLY OR UNFAVORABLY TO OUR POSITION; (C) LISTING OF OFFICIALS WITH WHOM CONVERSATION IS HELD; (D) NOTATION OF SUBJECTS COVERED; AND (E) COMMENTS OR SUGGESTIONS AS TO FURTHER ACTION. IF SAME POINTS COVERED IN EARLIER MESSAGES, PLEASE CITE NUMBERS.
7. DEPT WILL BE UTILIZING SUITABLE OPPORTUNITIES, DURING SAME PERIOD, TO UNDERTAKE SIMILAR REVIEW OF THESE ISSUES WITH SELECTED MISSIONS IN WASHINGTON.
KISSINGER
- Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy Files. Confidential; Priority. Drafted by Baker; cleared by McNutt, Semakis, Monsma, Whiting, Blaney (in substance), and Zimmerman (in substance); and approved by Lewis. Telegrams 303856 and 37592 are published as Documents 35 and 39, respectively.↩
- The Department instructed posts in non-aligned movement countries to communicate U.S. positions on key issues to host governments.↩