282. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in the German Democratic Republic1
80884.
Washington, March 16, 1985,
2310Z
SUBJECT
- US Policy Toward the GDR.
- 1.
- The Secretary has approved the course of action recommended in
decision memo of March 8 on US
policy toward the GDR.2 Accordingly, Ambassador is requested to inform
appropriate GDR authorities that:
- a.
- We have reviewed the results of Ambassador’s informal and nonbinding exploration of the possibilities for a simultaneous resolution of official US claims and Jewish claims from World War II, US concerns on emigration, and the GDR’s concerns on trade.
- b.
- As a concept for resolving these important issues, we are interested in this approach.
- c.
- Without commitment at this point on the specific elements of a formal proposal, we are prepared to move the discussion from the personal to the official level.
- d.
- Having done this, there will necessarily be a pause as the appropriate offices of our government take up the question. We assume this will also be the case on the GDR side.
- 2.
- FYI: The Secretary is writing to Rabbi Israel Miller3 of the Conference on Jewish Material Claims (CJMC), the Secretary of Commerce, and the US Special Trade Representative advising them of this decision.4
Shultz
- Source: Department of State, Central Foreign Policy File, D850182–0109. Confidential; Priority; Exdis. Sent Priority for information to Bonn and West Berlin. Drafted by Keith McCormick (EUR/CE); cleared by Jeffrey Gallup (EUR/CE), Carol Thompson (S), Kornblum, Niles, Bruce Strathearn (S/S–O), Michelle Bova (S/S), Courtney, John Kimball (C), David Miller (EB/EWT), and Philip Kaplan (S/P); approved by Shultz.↩
- See Document 280.↩
- See Document 281.↩
- Not found.↩