350. Memorandum From Secretary of State Vance to President Carter1
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3. Pakistan—While our relations with Pakistan are severely strained over the nuclear issue, we are continuing to work with it on some subjects of mutual interest in order to sustain our bilateral ties.
Pakistan/US civil air negotiations were held in Washington last week in a fairly cordial atmosphere. The Pakistanis proposed a route to San Francisco via China and Japan. We have countered with a Seoul-Seattle routing which they have agreed to consider.
Today we approved a $35 million CCC credit to Pakistan for the purchase of vegetable oil, for a total of $130 million in CCC credits this year.
A Pakistan delegation is in Washington for consultations under our textile agreement. The discussions are cordial, and it appears the Pakistanis will leave tomorrow with modest but useful adjustments favorable to the GOP.2
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- Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Brzezinski Material, Subject File, Box 22, Evening Reports (State): 7/79. Secret. Printed from an uninitialed copy. Carter initialed “C” at the top of the memorandum.↩
- The bilateral cotton textile agreement between the United States and Pakistan of January 4 and 9, 1978 (TIAS 9050), was amended by an exchange of notes on July 27 and 30. (Department of State Bulletin, October 1979, p. 67)↩