Margaret P Grafeld Declassified Released US Department of State EO Systematic Review 22 May 2009 Message Text LIMITED OFFICIAL USE PAGE 01 GENEVA 02051 171830Z ACTION L-03 INFO OCT-01 IO-13 ISO-00 DHA-02 ACDA-07 DPW-01 CIAE-00 INR-07 NSAE-00 SCA-01 ERDA-05 OIC-02 OES-06 048 W ------------------180724Z 086925 10 R 171801Z MAR 77 FM USMISSION GENEVA TO SECSTATE WASHDC 6019 AMEMBASSY BONN INFO SECDEF WASHDC USMISSION NATO LIMITED OFFICIAL USE GENEVA 2051 E O 11652 N A TAGS PFOR SUBJECT LAWS OF WAR - GERMAN CONCERNS WITH DRAFT PROTOCOL 1 SUMMARY CONCERNS BY GERMAN DEFENSE MINISTRY WITH RESPECT TO DRAFT PROTOCOL ON LAWS OF WAR HAVE LARGELY BEEN OVERCOME IN PART FRG FOREIGN OFFICE HAS PREVAILED OVER DEFENSE MINISTRY AND IN PART OUR EXPLANATIONS OF MEANING OF CONTROVERSIAL PROVISIONS HAVE SATISFIED GERMAN WORRIES HOWEVER GERMANS WILL NEED TO STATE CERTAIN UNDERSTANDINGS AT TIME OF SIGNATURE AND THEY HOPE THAT NATO ALLIES WILL JOIN THEM IN THESE STATEMENTS WE SHALL CONTINUE DURING GENEVA CONFERENCE TO WORK OUT WITH FRG DEL THESE STATEMENTS OF UNDERSTANDING AND THEY SHOULD PROVIDE BASIS FOR COMMON INTERPRETATIONS TO BE GIVEN NATO MILITARY COMMITTEE AS A BISIS FOR ITS SEPARATE STUDY SEE SEPTEL END SUMMARY 2 FRG HEAD OF DELEGATION AMB ROBERT TOLD ALDRICH THAT AFTER DIFFICULT ARGUMENT FRG DEFENSE MINISTEY OBJECTIONS TO DRAFT PROTOCOL ON INTERNATIONAL ARMED CONFLICTS HAD LARGELY BEEN OVERCOME HE SAID THAT USG EFFORTS TO LIMITED OFFICIAL USE LIMITED OFFICIAL USE PAGE 02 GENEVA 02051 171830Z EXPALIN OUR INTERPRETATIONS HAD BEEN MOST HELPFUL IN THIS REGARD BUT THAT THE FOREIGN MINISTRY HAD STILL HAD A TOUGHT FIGHT 3 ROBERT SAID THAT PRICE FOR DEFENSE MINISTRY CONCURRENCE WAS AGREEMENT THAT FRG WOULD BE PREPARED DURING FINAL PLENARIES AND AT TIME OF SIGNATURE TO MAKE A NUMBER OF Margaret P Grafeld Declassified Released US Department of State EO Systematic Review 22 May 2009 Margaret P Grafeld Declassified Released US Department of State EO Systematic Review 22 May 2009 STATEMENTS OF UNDERSTANDING COVERING THE MOST DIFFICULT ISSUES FRG HOPED THAT USG AND INDEED ALL NATO ALLIES WOULD MAKE IDENTICAL STATEMENTS ALDRICH ASSURED ROBERT THAT WE WOULD TRY TO WORK OUT AGREED TEXTS OF THESE STATEMENTS AND CONVINCE OTHER ALLIES TO ACCEPT THEM FRENCH BRITISH AND CANADIAN DELS HAVE AGREED TO JOIN IN THIS DRAFTING EFFORT DURING THE GENEVA CONFERENCE WE SHALL INCLUDE OTHER NATO DELS WHEN AGREEMENT ON TEXTS HAS BEEN REACHED IN THIS SMALLER GROUP 4 IT IS UNDERSTOOD THAT THESE AGREED STATEMENTS WILL ALSO PROVIDE MUCH OF THE NECESSARY INTERPRETIVE BASIS FOR A STUDY BY THE NATO MILITARY COMMITTEE OF THE IMPLICATIONS OF THE PROTOCOL THIS STUDY WILLL BEGIN ONLY FOLLOWING THE CONSLUSION OF THE GENEVA CONFERENCE IN JUNE SORENSON LIMITED OFFICIAL USE NNN Margaret P Grafeld Declassified Released US Department of State EO Systematic Review 22 May 2009 Margaret P Grafeld Declassified Released US Department of State EO Systematic Review 22 May 2009 Message Attributes Automatic Decaptioning X Capture Date 01-Jan-1994 12 00 00 am Channel Indicators n a Current Classification UNCLASSIFIED Concepts POLICIES AGREEMENT DRAFT LAW WAR AGREEMENTS Control Number n a Copy SINGLE Sent Date 17-Mar-1977 12 00 00 am Decaption Date 01-Jan-1960 12 00 00 am Decaption Note Disposition Action RELEASED Disposition Approved on Date Disposition Case Number n a Disposition Comment 25 YEAR REVIEW Disposition Date 22 May 2009 Disposition Event Disposition History n a Disposition Reason Disposition Remarks Document Number 1977GENEVA02051 Document Source CORE Document Unique ID 00 Drafter n a Enclosure n a Executive Order N A Errors N A Expiration Film Number D770093-0096 Format TEL From GENEVA Handling Restrictions n a Image Path ISecure 1 Legacy Key link1977 newtext t19770350 aaaabrom tel Line Count 78 Litigation Code IDs Litigation Codes Litigation History Locator TEXT ON-LINE ON MICROFILM Message ID 8fad09b7-c288-dd11-92da-001cc4696bcc Office ACTION L Original Classification LIMITED OFFICIAL USE Original Handling Restrictions n a Original Previous Classification n a Original Previous Handling Restrictions n a Page Count 2 Previous Channel Indicators n a Previous Classification LIMITED OFFICIAL USE Previous Handling Restrictions n a Reference n a Retention 0 Review Action RELEASED APPROVED Review Content Flags Review Date 09-Mar-2005 12 00 00 am Review Event Review Exemptions n a Review Media Identifier Review Release Date n a Review Release Event n a Review Transfer Date Review Withdrawn Fields n a SAS ID 3082565 Secure OPEN Status NATIVE Subject LAWS OF WAR - 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