--- • i Department' of State ·TELEGRAM AN 0760 73-1 I U PAGE OI CTJON L•Ol NAT'l 07019 2•t3 9Z INFO ocr-01 ss- rs -00 EUA-08 NSC-05 NSCf-00 10-06 P -o SP-02 OHA-02 OPfrl-Of IkR•05 ClAf-00 ACOA-10 bES•02 ' SSl -00 10 0 W -------- - --------2813662 010086 63 PR 2812002 DEC 76 •• F USHISSIOH NAro ro SECsrA TE NASHDC PR'ICJRlrY SECOfF WASHDC PAJORJTY IHFO Al'IEl'IBASSY 80Nf PRIORITY AM£118A55 Y LONDON AM£118ASSY OTTA-A AMEl'IBASSY PARIS USl' ISSlOIC GfrteVA USl'llSSIIJli USUN Nffrl YO · JCS WASHOC CA w·s IP 5 NT r I l _ USNAT 101 E O I 1652 GOS TAGS NAT'l PFl lol PARM lCPC SUBJECT NATfl COlfSIOE'RATIOH 01' DRAFT PROTOCOJ 0 f IHTfRNATIO fAL LAIi IH ARl'IED CONFI ICT A REF USNATO 7013 OTG 23t8 3Z DEC 76 NOTAL 8 STATE 308066 OTG 21203 OEC 6 NOTAL C USNAT'l 6693 OTG t7lt BZ OEC 76 NOTAL SUMMARY WE QUESTlOlf THE DEC JSJON THAT A NAM MILfTARY • COMMfTTff STUDY l F THE lMPLIC TlONS FOR NATO'S DEFrNSE POSTUAt ' f' PROTOC OL I SHOULD SEGJJ'I ONLY AF'TER C011PLETf01t OF THE PAOTOtOL IT Si £115 TO US THAT TH£ 6TRATfGY OUTLIN£D 114 REF 8 POINTS TOWARD INITIATING SERIOU6 NATO WORK ON THIS ISSUE TOO LATE A PROMPT START WOULD INCREASE TH£ LrKELlHOOO THAT NATO STUDY WILL Sf ea r ae 111 11t een fD IIHIIL PAGE 02 NATO 01019 20 349 RELEVANT TO ALLIED POSITIONS ON tHE PROTOCOL ANO ITS SIGNATURE urn nen II at - 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