Margaret P Grafeld Declassified Released US Department of State EO Systematic Review 22 May 2009 Message Text CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 01 GENEVA 02092 181731Z ACTION EUR-12 INFO OCT-01 IO-13 ISO-00 SS-15 NSC-05 CIAE-00 PM-04 INR-07 L-03 ACDA-07 NSAE-00 PA-01 PRS-01 SP-02 USIA-06 TRSE-00 EURE-00 077 W ------------------181859Z 114193 53 P R 181641Z MAR 77 FM USMISSION GENEVA TO SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 6056 INFO AMEMBASSY BONN AMEMBASSY PARIS USMISSION NATO SECDEF C O N F I D E N T I A L GENEVA 2092 E O 11652 GDS TAGS PFOR PARM NATO SUBJECT NATO CONSIDERATION OF DRAFT PROTOCOL ON INTERNATIONAL LAW IN ARMED CONFLICT REF A GENEVA 2052 NOTAL B USNATO 1139 NOTAL 1 MARCH 18 MEETING OF REPS FROM NATO COUNTRIES REFERRED TO REF A RESULTED IN AGREEMENT BY ALL PRESENT TO RECOMMEND TO THEIR GOVERNMENTS THAT MANDATE FOR NATO MILITARY COMMITTEE STUDY BE APPROVED AT EARLY DATE PREFERABLY AT NEXT MEETING WHERE POLADS CONSIDER THE QUESTION SUBJECT TO THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THE STUDY ITSELF WOULD NOT BEGIN UNTIL A THE DELEGATIONS IN GENEVA HAVE PRODUCED AGREED INTERPRETATIONS OF THE RELEVANT ARTICLES WHICH CAN SERVE AS A BASIS FOR THE WORK OF THE MILITARY COMMITTEE AND B THE CONFERENCE HAS ENDED AND THE FINAL STRUCTURE OF THE PROTOCOL CAN BE SEEN DUTCH AND NORWEGIANS WHO HAD BEEN RELUCTANT TO AGREE TO MANDATE EXPLICITLY CONCURRED IN THIS COMPROMISE WHICH WAS PROPOSED BY USREP AMB ALDRICH CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 GENEVA 02092 181731Z 2 TEXT OF MANDATE REMAINS NATURALLY TO BE WORKED OUT BY POLADS BUT THERE WAS CONSENSUS AMONG GENEVA REPS THAT IT SHOULD BE SIMPLE AND NONPREJUDICIAL USDEL WOULD THKNK UK PROPOSAL TRANSMITTED REF B WOULD MEET THESE REQUIREMENTS 3 REPS FROM NATO COUNTRIES WERE GENERALLY ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT IDEA OF WORKNG OUT COMMON INTERPRETATIONS OF KEY 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 PROVISIONS OF THE DRAFT PROTOCOL ONLY SOUR NOTE WAS NTRODUCED BY THE FRENCH REP COLONEL DE GABERY WHO EXPOUNDED AT LENGTH HIS VIEW THAT PROTOCOL WOULD SERIOUSLY HARM WESTERN DEFENSE INTERESTS HIS INTERPRETATIONS OF A NUMBER OF DRAFT ARTICLES WERE UNREASONABLE TRACKED FORMER GERMAN DEFENSE MINISTRY ARGUMENTS AND SEEMED DESIGNED SIMPLY TO JUSITFY PROBABLY FRENCH DECISION TO REJECT PROTOCOL A DECISION THAT WOULD OWE MORE TO POLITICAL THAN TO MILITARY CONSIDERATIONS E G ARTICLE 1 ON WARS OF NATIONAL LIBERATION SORENSON CONFIDENTIAL 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 ALLIANCE AGREEMENTS LAW WAR MEETING DELEGATIONS MEETINGS Control Number n a Copy SINGLE Sent Date 18-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 1977GENEVA02092 Document Source CORE Document Unique ID 00 Drafter n a Enclosure n a Executive Order GS Errors N A Expiration Film Number D770093-0799 Format TEL From GENEVA Handling Restrictions n a Image Path ISecure 1 Legacy Key link1977 newtext t19770347 aaaabnzz tel Line Count 72 Litigation Code IDs Litigation Codes Litigation History Locator TEXT ON-LINE ON MICROFILM Message ID 4e0eeeb5-c288-dd11-92da-001cc4696bcc Office ACTION EUR Original Classification CONFIDENTIAL 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 CONFIDENTIAL Previous Handling Restrictions n a Reference 77 GENEVA 2052 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 3069451 Secure OPEN Status NATIVE Subject NATO CONSIDERATION OF DRAFT PROTOCOL ON INTERNATIONAL LAW IN ARMED CONFLICT TAGS PFOR PARM NATO To STATE Type TE vdkvgwkey odbc SAS SAS dbo SAS_Docs 4e0eeeb5-c288-dd11-92da-001cc4696bcc Review Markings Margaret P Grafeld Declassified Released US Department of State EO Systematic Review 22 May 2009 Markings 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