Departmenlng Stizi ze 77E CONFIDENTIAE 5a5 PAGE 0 GENEVA 01343 2419572 91 ACTION ACDA 17 75104 V EDfVawa INFO OIC 05oH 191NSC 07p 25 I DOD QIISP aspss 11 5F eapepn 03 sc 03 ARA 191EA 19 10 Q Ejs klt Eul K i 8 2417usz OCT 67 FM USMISSION GENEVA To SECSTATE NASHDC 5692 INFO AMEMBASSY BONN 74s AMEMBASSY BRUSSELS 744 AMEMBASSY LONDON 9 6 AMEMBASSY MEXICO CITY 28 AMEMBASSY Moscow 476 AMEMBASSY OTTAWA 409 USHISSION NATO l7 AMEMBASSY TOKYO 315 USUN NEW YORK lane 1 I A GENEVA 1343 SUBJECTI ENDC LIAISON REPORT No 429 1- AT LUNCH OCT 23 FISHER INFORMED CASIANEDA AND AGUIRRE THO RUFHGV 13#3 I I A 0F STATUS DISCUSSIONS OF VARIOUS AMENDMENTS To NPT FISHER GAVE CASTANEDA COPY OF PROPOSED LANGUAGE To DEAL WITH FOUR MEXICAN AMENDMENTS STRESSING THEY WERE STILL UNDER DISCUSSION BETWEEN C0-CHAIRMEN AND THEREFORE MUST a Q DECLASSIFIED CONFIDENTIAL Department of State CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 GENEVA 01343 2R1957Z HELD IN FISHER ALSO GAVE CASTANEDA COPY OF PROPOSED LANGUAGE TO DEAL WITH PERIODIC REVIEH CONFERENCES AND PREPARATORY COMMISSION FOR SUCH CASTANEDA EXPRESSED GRATIFICATIDN AT THIS EVIDENCE OF WILLINGNESS To MOVE TOWARD MEXICAN POSITION AND URGED THAT ACTION BE TAKEN SOONEST T0 TABLE SUCH RESPONSES IN HE ENDC IN ORDER TO HEAD OFF WHAT HE FEARED WOULD BE A TENDENCY FOR OTHERS TO PUT IN AMENDMENTS PRIMARILY T0 DELAY 2 CASTANEDA SAID THAT HE IS OPPOSING A SUGGESTION BY THE INDIANS IN MEETINGS OF TO QOMFICE A NON-ALIGNFD DOCUMENT LISTING ALL THE VARIOUS AMENDMENTS AND SOGGESTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE FOR IMPROVING THE CASTANEOA THIS HAS AN OBVIOUS DEVICE TO TRY AND PERSUADE THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY THAT HE ARE FAR FROM AGREEMENI ON A TREATY AND THAT THE DRAFT PRESENTLY UNDER DISCUSSION DOES NOT HITH PAGE THREE RUFHGV I343 I I A THE VIEWS OF MANY EN THIS CONNECTION HE STRESSED NEED COMPLETE ART IN ORDER HEAD OFE UNGA ATTEMPTS RENRITE DRAFT TREATVO 3 SPECIFIC COMMENTS ON OUR PROPOSED ARTICLES DEALING WITH MEXICAN SUGGESTIONS HERE EIMITED ESSENTIALLY To A HE WONDEREO WHETHER IN ARTICLE ON PEACEFUL USES IT WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE T0 APPROXIMATE MEXICAN LANGUAGE RE DUTY To BY HAVING OUR LANGUAGE STATE THAT To THE TREATY IN A POSITION TO DO SO SHALL CONTRIBUTE ALONE 0R TOGETHER FISHER EMPHASIZED NOTION 0F HAs IMPORTANT TO US- 9 RE ARTICLE 0N PEACEFUL NUCLEAR HE NOTED OPTION FOR PROVIDING SERVICES ON BILATERAL BASIS BUT 010 NO PRESS POINT HHEN FISHER EXPLAINED NEED TO KEEP SUCH OPTION OPEN HE DID QUESTION THE PHRASE UNDERSTOOD as INAPPROPRIATE TREATY LANGUAGE DECLASSIF Authority W0 CONFIDENTIAL DECLASSHHED Authority 520212 3 3500 Department ofmmow- AM CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 93 GENEVA 01343 2k 957l PAGE FOUR RUFHGV I343 0 I I A Ca AS REGARDS ARTICLE 0N DISARMAMENT HE WONDERED AROUT POSSIBILITY OF MAKING REFERENCE TO NEED FOR COMPREHENSIVE TEST BAN BUT APPEARED T0 AGREE THAT 09R LANGUAGE SUBSTANTIALLY MET MEXICAN PROVIDED PREAMBULAR PARAS ON DISARMAMENT WOULD REMAIN- o HE FELT LANGUAGE 0N PERIODIC CONFERENCES WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL 49 CASTANEDA ALSO ASKED ABOUT STATUS FORMULATION US POSITICN ON PROTOCOLS TO TREATY 0F TLATELOLCO AND IMPLIED MEXICO MIGHT NELCOME Us STATEMENT OF INTENTION TO SIGN PROTOCOL NHEN er TREATY IN FORCE FOR CONSIDERABLE NUMBER OF 5 SENGOKU JAPAN INFORMED US THAT GOVERNMENT HAD DECIDED THAT IT WOULD LIKE TO HAVE ITS LETTER To THE HEN MADE PUBLIC BY CIRCULATION AS A CONFERENCE 1T ALSO LIKE TO HAVE US PRESENT WISH TO SOVIET C0- CHAIRMAN RATHER THAN HAVING JAPANESE REPRESENTATIVE HERE MAKE PAGE FIVE RUFHGV I343 I I I A DIRECT APPROACH TO GOJ REQUESTS THAT IT BE NOTIFIED IN ADVANCE WHEN DOCUMENT Is TO BE MADE PUBLIC HERE so THAT SIMULTANEOUS RELEASE CAN BE MADE BY 609 TO PRESS IN ON OCT0 24 DELOFF INFORMED ANTYASOV IUSSR 0F JAPANESE DECISIONO ANTYASOV ANTICIPATED NO PROBLEM PROVIDED TIMING COULD BE ARRANGED SO As NOT To INSPIRE OTHER GOVTS MAKE SIMILAR CONFIDENTIAL This document is from the holdings of The National Security Archive Suite 701 Gelman Library The George Washington University 2130 H Street NW Washington D C 20037 Phone 202 994-7000 Fax 202 994-7005 nsarchiv@gwu edu