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TO IMMEDIATE UKMIS NEW YORK TELEGRAM NO 286 OF 9 MARCH
YOUR TELNO 539: CONTACT GROUP ON AVIATION SECURITY
1.
GRATEFUL FOR LIST OF 88 COUNTRIES BY NEXT BAG. WE MAKE IT 86.
2. MY FIRST IFT CONTAINS THE TEXT OF FCO TELEGRAM NO 150 OF
3 NOVEMBER 1977 TO ALGIERS AND CERTAIN POSTS SEEKING ADVICE ON HOW COUNTRIES WOULD REACT TO LOBBYING OF THIS KIND. MY SECOND IFT CONTAINS A STATEMENT OF THE CONCLUSIONS WE DREW FROM THE REPLIES WE RECEIVED. WE ARE CHECKING WHETHER THERE WAS A PREVIOUS EXERCISE TWO YEARS AGO. WE SHALL TELEGRAPH FURTHER SUGGESTIONS FOR ARGUMENTS ON WHICH AMBASSADORS COULD BASE THEIR DEMARCHES.
3. YOUR PARA 1. WE SEE NO REASON WHY AGREEMENT IN THE CONTACT GROUP TO MOUNT A LOBBYING EXERCISE SHOULD CUT ACROSS THE ICAO EXERCISE, WHICH ALSO CALLED UPON STATES WHICH HAD NOT DONE SO TO RATIFY OR ACCEDE TO THE CONVENTIONS. THE CONTACT GROUP EXERCISE SHOULD REINFORCE IT.
4. WE CAN AGREE AD REFERENDUM TO LOBBYING IN A COUNTRY THAT HAS NOT RATIFIED ONE OR OTHER OF THE CONVENTIONS PROVIDED:
(1)
(11)
(111)
(IV)
WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT ON THE PRECISE TERMS IN WHICH THE DEMARCHE IS MADE AND ON WHAT BASIS. WOULD COUNTRIES, FOR EXAMPLE, BE ACTING INDIVIDUALLY OR ON
BEHALF OF THE CONTACT GROUP?
WE ARE ACCOMPANIED IN ANY DEMARCHE WE MAKE BY A REASONABLE NUMBER OF OTHER COUNTRIES ASSOCIATED IN THIS EXERCISE.
WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT FURTHER ABOUT THE TIMING
OF ANY APPROACH WE MAKE IN EACH CAPITAL.
WE HAVE A RESIDENT MISSION IN THE CAPITAL.
WE SEE NO REASON TO AVOID ENGAGING OURSELVES (AD REFERENDUM) IN A LOBBYING EXERCISE OF THIS KIND IN FRONT LINE OR OTHER AFRICAN COUNTRIES.