1022 foreign Relatio ns 1981-1988 Volume XU Argcntln 1 orgucd strongly fur o quote pollu cr poys oppn'-'ch unquote without t lnbomting Argentine Rt Tn scnti e ery helpful J uppor- tive of U S p sitions thrnugh ut as w ts Fgyptian ddcgat 6 Next Working Group M it g UNEPSt c ret ui lt J ru l unccd that nc t me 1ing ho s been schcdulcd lor Fcbruiry 23--27 1987 ' llowcvcr EC with Jopane e s upport nsked for postponenl until April ina EC Cooncil will not meet until M irch 20 USSR furlhcr romplic Jlt'd s11u 1lion by 1ying tha1 no further s ssion should be held un til UNCl s Cmcming Council which conH• in mid-June can clari fy •orking group's mnndatc regarding scope o f chemic- 1ls to be 4 ' '01'1 irlcn'Cl U S Nordics Canada md Argcntin strongly rgued tlutt Felm ary date kn own to all parties fur over • year shculd be mninl a ined Result was that working group rolcm d the issue 1 iNEP Executive Director rolba for resolution Streator • See Do cument 358 357 Memorandum From Paul Gigol White House Fellow lo the Chief ol St ff lo the President's Astistant for Oomesti Policy Hines ' Wo 1ioig lo11 Fcbruory 20 1987 Patricia AF- t-hort r c m m tkc it here's whc I sc t OJ'0nt issue • Admlni trnlion policy h is bct'n led b 1 PA a ld Stt11e and I ho e riou doubh that what they're lea ding ' good p llicy • Dy n ins fot ti tn i either good politi« 9 i'v phn c Jc m n in CrCs nl tlt11 Vicm t a lo lk the U S going fo · bcy nd whot most rnh•r rountnc want El Lh the E C and llp n will luwc to bl arm•hvist ' l ju t to S'-'I tlwm to ooc pt afret7 c 'Sc ura a n L1bran • Robert Joh m on f• Swa1osphericOzone #2 Not lassl ti4 Uion Moll m S Protection of the Ozone La 'er 1023 f • U t's sume we gt 'l only a fl' 'CZC at Vicru il or it on the future negoti ting sess lons 11 en we ore Mill Linder d court order to l'ilc d1m1t'SIIC regulotion 1 • Al that swge we·re in trouble lf EPA dQt ' 111'1 writ sti r enough dnm -stic r gulatioi s then bath lhc Democrats in Congn 'ss ond the emironmfntaliMs wiU bang us O er tht ht d dtino uur o n rt·qtm t fiw a plw 'it' Jm tiu i1 Vicnn i G cvidc1'1CC thai tough regul 1lions m mdoting a phase-down arc nccci s uy • On the other hand i£ we m 1ndatc J ph 1sc- lown ourselves then H' p t li ze our own industry and raise pn 1 1tc tu bM th import of product containing CFC • 11 e L 'Conomlc imp Kt would tremendoU t tjncl cr s arc ubiquitous And 1t lcast so far no one in Admilu Strnlion hM dtme • tudy of just how much any kine I of rcgu1Jtfon would ro t Hher CFC oon urncrs cv producer • A l cy i uc it c 1111 lu me i w l ether the Admi nbtr 1tion hib C' 'cr decided th 1t the scWncc linking CfCs with 01 one depletion jusli• h J ph 1se--down llw 4 nti b t h mticlve s KIY the can't It'll how much 'insurance -th 11 ic CFC regul tion-is n 1uircd They ay that's a policy judgment Ct so far that policy judgnwnt i• being mode with 1ut ilny assessment of its C05ts • A t thi• litte 6ta ge it mJy be impu sblt- to h ingc the Adminic tr t• hon s ncgoti 1ting posilion the intcma iooal talks But one Lhing l htOPC might b able to do is to tell our negotiating tcnm to«crpt afr eu Right now Benedick and the negotiating team won't do that so they're trying to r 1ise thcdoml '-Cic politk 1I pl Sr ure in Europe andJ 1pan so t·he governments will support i1 phas own ln other words the Rcagolll Administration finds itself in th e unu uaf positican of being allied w ilh Germany's Green Party • In any ca lhis issue of Free1 e • phase-down is important and may require DPC attention Today's Vorking Croup meeting was lt t le st a start at trying to get some more sober voice -Justice and lntt -rior in particular-into the policy proce s I lope this help P•uJ Gig ot