Margaret P Grafeld Declassified Released US Department of State EO Systematic Review 04 MAY 2006 Message Text PAGE 01 STATE 259265 TOSEC 300013 61 ORIGIN SS-25 INFO OCT-01 ISO-00 SSO-00 CCO-00 026 R DRAFTED BY S S-S GWCHAPMAN APPROVED BY S S-S RGAMBLE --------------------- 015432 P 200054Z OCT 76 ZFF4 FM SECSTATE WASHDC TO USDEL SECRETARY PRIORITY C O N F I D E N T I A L STATE 259265 TOSEC 300013 STADIS EXDIS C O R R E C T E D C O P Y UPGRADED TO STADIS EXDIS E O 11652 GDS TAGS PFOR OVIP KISSINGER HENRY A SUBJECT DAILY ACTIVITY REPORTS FROM THE BUREAUS OCT 19 1976 FOLLOWING ARE THE DAILY ACTIVITY REPORTS FROM THE BUREAUS OCT 19 1976 H PM AND EB DID NOT SUBMIT AF - TALCOTT W SEELYE ACTING MEETING WITH SENEGALESE FOREIGN MINISTER - I MET WITH SENEGALESE MINISTER SECK WHO WAS IN TOWN TO DISCUSS THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF THE GAMBIA RIVER UITH AID WE BRIEFLY DISCUSSED THE SITUATION IN SOUTHERN AFRICA SECK WAS QUITE OPTIMISTIC REGARDING A FAVORABLE OUTCOME BOTH IN NAMIBIA AND RHODESIA WE DISCUSSED GHANAIAN PRESIDENT SEKOU TOURE'S CONCERNS FOR GUINEA SECURITY SECK SAID SEKOU TOURE IS A PSYCHOPATH AND DOUBTED VERY MUCH THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO CONVINCE HIM THAT GUINEA IS NOT THREATENED BY ANY CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 STATE 259265 TOSEC 300013 OF ITS NEIGHBORS AMBASSUDOR SCHAUFELE'S MEETING WITH CAMEROONIAN AMBASSADOR - THE NEW CAMEROONIAN AMBASSADOR PAID Margaret P Grafeld Declassified Released US Department of State EO Systematic Review 04 MAY 2006 Margaret P Grafeld Declassified Released US Department of State EO Systematic Review 04 MAY 2006 A COURTESY CALL ON AMBASSADOR SCHAUFELE HE IS FORMER FOREIGN MINISTER ACTION MESSAGES ON CRITICAL ISSUES NONE ARA HWSHLAUDEMAN -- IT'S NOT ACADEMIC PART II WE FINISHED UP OUR MEETINGS WITH THE DIRECTORS OF THE MAJOR LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES CENTERS ON WHAT I THOUGHT WAS A SURPRISINGLY CONSTRUCTIVE SERIES OF NOTES -- IT'S CLEAR THAT WE CAN HELP THEM IN SUCH AREAS AS FUNDING PARTICULARLY IN THE FIELD OF FUNDING RESEARCH-ASSUMING THE DEPARTMENT WISHES TO TAKE THE LEGISLATIVE INITIATIVE -- MORE SURPRISINGLY THEY SEEM CNCLINED TO BE OF ASSISTANCE TO US AT LEAST SOME OF THEM THINK FOR EXAMPLE THAT THEY OUGHT TO BE DOING MORE TO CREATE PUBLIC CONSENSUS ON SOME OF OUR LATIN AMERICAN POLICIES WE AGREED TO A SECOND SUMMIT MEETING IN SIX MONTHS AND HAVE MAPPED OUT A PREPARATORY WORK PROGRAM I THINK THE RIPPLE EXFECT OF THIS MEETING WILL BE HELPFUL IN A PART OF THE INTELLECTUAL COMMUNITY WHICH HAS NOT LOOKED ON THE DEPARTMENT WITH MUCH FAVOR IN RECENT YEARS -- BARBADOS I ACCOMPANIED HENRY FORDE THE NEW MINISTER OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS OF BARBADOS IN HIS CALL ON CHUCK ROBINSON AMD LATER HAD AN HOUR'S TALK WITH HIM BILL LUERS HOSTED A SMALL LUNCHEON FOR HIM FORDE IS BRIGHT ARTICULATE AND WELL DISPOSED TOWARDS US HE TAKES AN EXCEEDINGLY DIM VIEW OF THE OAS WHICH CURRENTLY COUNTS TWO OF HIS FELLOW CITIZENS AMONG SOME 1700 EMPLOYEES FORDE WAS PARTICULARLY INTERESTED IN WHETHER THERE MIGHT BE ANY POSSIBILITY OF A CHANGE IN OUR POLICY OF GIVING CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 03 STATE 259265 TOSEC 300013 BARBADOS NO BILATERAL AID I SAID THAT POLICY WAS RIPE FOR REVIEW IN MY JUDGMENT BUT THAT I COULDN'T BE TOO HOPEFUL IN VIEW OF HIS COUNTRY'S PER CAPITA GNP AND OTHER OBSTACLES HE OUTLINED WHAT SOUNDED TO ME LIKE SEVERAL SENSIBLE PROJECTS AND I SAID WE WOULD LOOK FOR WAYS TO HELP -- CHILE I LUNCHED WITH TRUCCO AND SERGIO DIEZ THE LATTER YOU WILL RECALL AS CHILE'S SPOKESMAN ON HUMAN RIGHTS AT THE SANTIAGO OASGA HE IS STILL CONVINCED THAT THE DUTCH REPRESENTATIVE IN THE THIRD COMMITTEE HAD A RESOLUTION UP HIS SLEEVE AIMED AT PAVING THE WAY FOR ECONOMIC Margaret P Grafeld Declassified Released US Department of State EO Systematic Review 04 MAY 2006 Margaret P Grafeld Declassified Released US Department of State EO Systematic Review 04 MAY 2006 SANCTIONS I ASKED USUN TO LOOK INTO IT AGAIN DIEZ AND TRUCCO WILL BE SEEING OUR PEOPLE IN NEW YORK NEXT WEEK ACTION MESSAGES ON CRITICAL ISSUES MESSAGE DATE 10 19 76 ISSUE COUNTRIES PROTEST TO GUYANA GUYANA 10 19 76 CUBANA CRASH LETTER VENEZUELA TO VENEZUELAN FOREIGN MINISTER EA - ARTHUR W HUMMEL JR EA - ARTHUR W HUMMEL JR FAREWELL CALL BY THAI AMBASSADOR BOB MILLER AND I RECEIVED OUTGOING THAI AMBASSADOR UPADIT FOR A FAREWELL CALL HE HAS BEEN CALLED HOME URGENTLY TO BECOME THE NEW FOREIGN MINISTER HIS APPOINTMENT WILL BE ANNOUNCED ON FRIDAY I CONGRATULATED HIM AND EXPRESSED OUR DESIRE TO CONTINUE CLOSE AND FRIENDLY RELATIONS WITH THE NEW THAI GOVERNMENT ACTION MESSAGES ON CRITICAL ISSUES NEGATIVE EUR - ARTHUR A HARTMAN CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 04 STATE 259265 TOSEC 300013 MEETING WITH ROMANIAN AMBASSADOR AMBASSADOR NICOLAE WHO IS RETURNING TO BUCHAREST IN ABOUT A WEEK TO ATTEND A NOVEMBER 3 CENTRAL COMMITTEE PLENARY SESSION CALLED ON ME FOR A PRE-DEPARTURE SURVEY OF BILATERAL RELATIONS HE SHOWED UNUSUAL INTEREST IN CULTURAL EXCHANGES AND SEEMED TO BE WILLING TO TRY TO PROD HIS OWN BUREAUCRACY INTONPERMITTING GREATER PARTICIPATION IN THE EXCHANGE PROGRAM CSCE COMMISSION TRIP I MET TODAY WITH EUR DESK OFFICERS TO SET OUT GUIDELINES FOR PROVIDING UNCLASSIFIED BACKGROUND INFORMATION IN A SYSTEMATIC MANNER TO THE CSCE COMMISSION STAFF SUCH INFORMATION IS BEING SOUGHT BY THE STAFF TO PREPARE BRIEFING MATERIAL FOR THE COMMISSION MEMBERS FOR THEIR TRIP TO EUROPE ON NOVEMBER 5-23 ACTION MESSAGES ON CRITICAL ISSUES NONE NEA - MR ATHERTON 1 AS PART OF THE DEPARTMENT'S EXPANDED PUBLIC AFFAIRS Margaret P Grafeld Declassified Released US Department of State EO Systematic Review 04 MAY 2006 Margaret P Grafeld Declassified Released US Department of State EO Systematic Review 04 MAY 2006 PROGRAM AND IN RESPONSE TO MANY EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST FROM VARIOUS CHURCH-AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS HAVING TIES TO THE MIDDLE EAST NEA TODAY ORGANIBED AND HOSTED A BACKGROUND CONFERENCE ON THE MIDDLE EAST FOR CHRISTIAN LEADERS TWENTY-FIVE PROMINENT REPRESENTATIVES OF A WIDE RANGE OF CHRISTIAN DENOMINATIONS ATTENDED AND AT THE END OF THE DAY EXPRESSED ENTHUSIASTIC APPRECIATION FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO AIR THEIR VIEWS AND TO HAVE ANSWERS TO MANY OF THEIR QUESTIONS ABOUT U S POLICY NOT UNEXPECTEDLY THEY WERE PARTICULARLY CONCERNED ABOUT HUMAN RIGHTS ARMS SALES TO THE MIDDLE EAST AND WHAT MANY OF THEM CONSIDER NEGLECT OF THE PALESTINIAN ISSUE I BELIEVE WE SUCCEEDED IN GIVING THEM A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF OUR POLICY POSITION ON ALL THESE ISSUES AND OF THE REALITIES WHICH HAVE TO BE DEALT WITH IN THE REAL WORLD OF CONDUCTING MIDDLE EAST DIPLOMACY 2 I ATTENDED THE OPENING PLENARY SESSION OF THE U S CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 05 STATE 259265 TOSEC 300013 TUNISIAN JOINT COMMISSION THIS MORNING CHAIRED BY BILL ROGERS THE FOCUS WAS ON THE NEW TUNISIAN FIFTH DEVELOPMENT PLAN AND WAYS IN WHICH THE USG CAN HELP SUPPORT IT THE MEETING DEALT WITH CONSIDERABLY MORE SUBSTANCE THAN HAVE EARLIER JOINT COMMISSION MEETINGS AND THIS SESSION IS GENERALLY OFF TO A GOOD UPBEAT START THE TUNISIAN AMBASSADOR CONFIRMED THAT DESPITE THE CURRENT ROUND OF ARAB DIPLOMATIC ACTIVITY AND THE FORTHCOMING ARAB SUMMIT IN CAIRO NEXT WEEK FOREIGN MINISTER CHATTI WHO CHAIRED THE JUST-CONCLUDED ARAB FOREIGN MINISTERS MEETING PLANS TO ARRIVE HERE DIRECTLY FROM CAIRO TOMORROW EVENING FOR HIS MEETING WITH YOU THE FOLLOWING DAY 3 ACTION MESSAGES ON CRITICAL ISSUES NONE IO - LEWIS 1 NAMIBIA AND THE SECURITY COUNCIL AS EXPECTED THE BRITISH AND FRENCH JOINED US IN VETOING THE CHAPTER VII RESOLUTION ON NAMIBIA THIS AFTERNOON IN THE SECURITY COUNCIL JAPAN AND ITALY ABSTAINED ON THE DRAFT WHILE THE OTHER TEN COUNCIL MEMBERS VOTED IN FAVOR THE AFRICANS PREDICTABLY CONDEMNED THE TRIPLE VETO AS A FURTHER SIGN OF WESTERN INSENSITIVITY TO AFRICA AND AS BOUND TO LEAD TO FURTHER BLOODSHED IN SOUTHERN AFRICA SEVERAL COUNCIL MEMBERS DESCRIBED PRIME MINISTER VORSTER'S INTERVIEW IN TODAY'S NEW YORK TIMES AS CONCRETE EVIDENCE THAT THERE HAS BEEN NO CHANGE IN SOUTH AFRICA'S INTRANSIGENCE ON NAMIBIA AND APARTHEID 2 SOVIET PROPOSAL FOR NON-USE OF FORCE TREATY Margaret P Grafeld Declassified Released US Department of State EO Systematic Review 04 MAY 2006 Margaret P Grafeld Declassified Released US Department of State EO Systematic Review 04 MAY 2006 VORONTSOV CALLED ON ME TODAY TO ASK U S SUPPORT FOR PROCEDURAL HANDLING IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE SOVIET DRAFT TREATY ON NON-USE OF FORCE I REPLIED THAT THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY HAD ALREADY MADE A DECISION ON PROCEDURE AND WE WERE SATISFIED WITH IT I TOOK THE OCCASION TO REVIEW WITH VORONTSOV OUR POSITION ON THE FORTHCOMING UNESCO CONFERENCE ALONG THE LINES WE CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 06 STATE 259265 TOSEC 300013 HAVE USED WITH OTHER GOVERNMENTS 3 UNESCO JOHN REINHARDT AND I SPENT 90 MINUTES WITH B'NAI B'RITH ANTI DEFAMATION LEAGUE OFFICIALS INCLUDING DAVID SUMECK DISCUSSING THE LIKELY OUTCOME OF THE POLITICAL ISSUES AT THE UNESCO GENERAL CONFERENCE THEY ARE UP IN ARMS OVER THE MASS MEDIA ISSUE AS WELL AS OF COURSE THE ISRAELI-RELATED ISSUES THEY HAVE A VERY NEGATIVE VIEW OF M'BOW I OUTLINED THE HELPFUL ROLE HE HAS BEEN PLAYING BEHIND THE SCENES WITH THE AFRICANS IN PARTICULAR AND MAY HAVE DENTED THEM SLIGHTLY 4 UNEF RENEWAL COMING UP THE UN SECRETARIAT HAS SCHEDULED FOR FRIDAY OCTOBER 22 FORMAL SECURITY COUNCIL CONSIDERATION OF THE UNEF MANDATE EXPIRING OCTOBER 24 THE SECRETARY GENERAL'S REPORT RECOMMENDS A ONE YEAR RENEWAL A DRAFT RESOLUTION ALONG THE LINES OF LAST YEAR HAS BEEN CIRCULATED BY THE PAKISTANI SC PRESIDENT AND IT APPEARS TO BE ACCEPTABLE TO BOTH THE EGYPTIANS AND ISRAELIS 5 ACTION MESSAGE ON CRITICAL ISSUES DATE ISSUE COUNTRIES 10 18 76 UNESCO MASS MEDIA DECLARATION CU EA ARA LOBBYING INSTRUCTIONS TO POSTS AF NEA POSTS IN SEEKIMG SUPPORT FOR DEFERRAL OF CONSIDERATION OF MASS MEDIA DECLARATION L - MONROE LEIGH -- I CONFERRED WITH SHELDON VANCE AND OTHERS REGARDING A REPORT NOT YET CONFIRMED THAT U S DRUG ENFORCEMENT ACT MONIES MADE AVAILABLE TO THE MEXICAN AUTHORITIES ARE USED TO PAY BOUNTIES TO MEXICAN LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS WHO MAKE NARCOTICS ARRESTS IMPLICATION IS THAT THE Margaret P Grafeld Declassified Released US Department of State EO Systematic Review 04 MAY 2006 Margaret P Grafeld Declassified Released US Department of State EO Systematic Review 04 MAY 2006 CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 07 STATE 259265 TOSEC 300013 INCREASED NUMBER OF AMERICANS IN MEXICAN JAILS IS DIRECTLY ATTRIBUTABLE TO U S GOVERNMENT SUBSIDIES MADE AVAILABLE TO MEXICO VANCE IS CONVINCED THERE IS NO TRUTH TO THIS REPORT I WILL INVESTIGATE FURTHER WHEN I AM IN MEXICO ON FRIDAY OF THIS WEEK -- I CONFERRED WITH OUR FISHERIES NEGOTIATORS REGARDING RESULTS OF TODAY'S MEETING WITH CANADIAN REPRESENTATIVES LATTER TOOK A TOUGH LINE MAINTAINING THAT YOU AND JAMIESON HAD AGREED THAT THE INTERIM AGREEMENT WOULD HAVE ALL THE REASSURING ELEMENTS OF A PERMANENT FISHERIES AGREEMENT AND WOULD COVER THE WHOLE OF GEORGES BANK LATER CANADIANS RETREATED FROM THIS POSITION AND AGREED TO DISCUSS A MUCH MORE LIMITED SORT OF INTERIM AGREEMENT APPLICABLE WITHIN THE DISPUTED AREA BUT WHICH MIGHT BE EXPANDED TO A BROADER AREA -- ALDRICH DRAFTED AN UNDERSTANDING RESERVATION FOR POSSIBLE USE IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE PROTOCOL ON THE LAWS OF WAR WHICH IS UNDER NEGOTIATION IN GENEVA THIS UNDERSTANDING WOULD BE TO THE EFFECT THAT THE RULES ESTABLISHED BY THE PROTOCOL ARE NOT INTENDED TO HAVE ANY EFFECT ON AND DO NOT APPLY TO THE USE OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS WE SHALL CONSULT WITH A FEW OF OUR ALLIES ON THIS POSSIBLE APPROACH TO THE PROBLEM BUT WOULD NOT OF COURSE SURFACE IT IN THE CONFERENCE UNTIL SUCH TIME AS WE HAVE DECIDED TO SIGN THE PROTOCOL -- FELDMAN CONSULTED WITH JUSTICE ON THE SALT BACKGROUNDER FOI CASE THE ORAL ARGUMENT BEFORE THE COURT OF APPEALS IS SCHEDULED FOR THURSDAY WE SEEK TO REVERSE THE DISTRICT COURT ORDER THAT THE DEPARTMENT RELEASE THE TRANSCRIPT OF YOUR BRIEFING -- FELDMAN ADVISED E AGAINST PREPARING A CONSUMER IMPACT STATEMENT ON MEAT IMPORT QUOTAS AFTER THE FACT ACTION MESSAGES ON CRITICAL ISSUES NONE ROBINSON CONFIDENTIAL END OF DOCUMENT Margaret P Grafeld Declassified Released US Department of State EO Systematic Review 04 MAY 2006 Margaret P Grafeld Declassified Released US Department of State EO Systematic Review 04 MAY 2006 Message Attributes Automatic Decaptioning Z Capture Date 15 SEP 1999 Channel Indicators n a Current Classification UNCLASSIFIED Concepts TOSEC POLITICAL SUMMARIES Control Number n a Copy SINGLE Draft Date 20 OCT 1976 Decaption Date 28 MAY 2004 Decaption Note 25 YEAR REVIEW Disposition Action RELEASED Disposition Approved on Date Disposition Authority BoyleJA Disposition Case Number n a Disposition Comment 25 YEAR REVIEW Disposition Date 28 MAY 2004 Disposition Event Disposition History n a Disposition Reason Disposition Remarks Document Number 1976STATE259265 Document Source ADS Document Unique ID 00 Drafter S S-S GWCHAPMAN Enclosure HR PER 76 STATE 259534 Executive Order 11652 GDS Errors n a Film Number D760392-1089 From STATE Handling Restrictions n a Image Path ISecure 1 Legacy Key link1976 newtext t197610103 baaaeqma tel Line Count 315 Locator TEXT ON-LINE TEXT ON MICROFILM Office ORIGIN SS Original Classification CONFIDENTIAL Original Handling Restrictions EXDIS Original Previous Classification n a Original Previous Handling Restrictions n a Page Count 6 Previous Channel Indicators Previous Classification CONFIDENTIAL Previous Handling Restrictions EXDIS Reference n a Review Action RELEASED APPROVED Review Authority BoyleJA Review Comment n a Review Content Flags Review Date 13 NOV 2003 Review Event Review Exemptions n a Review History RELEASED 13 NOV 2003 by GarlanWA APPROVED 12 AUG 2004 by BoyleJA Review Markings Margaret P Grafeld Declassified Released US Department of State EO Systematic Review 04 MAY 2006 Review Media Identifier Review Referrals n a Review Release Date n a Review Release Event n a Review Transfer Date Review Withdrawn Fields n a Secure OPEN Status NATIVE Subject DAILY ACTIVITY REPORTS FROM THE BUREAUS OCT 19 TAGS PFOR OVIP KISSINGER HENRY A To SECRETARY Type TE Markings Margaret P Grafeld Declassified Released US Department of State EO Systematic Review 04 MAY 2006 Margaret P Grafeld Declassified Released US Department of State EO Systematic Review 04 MAY 2006