RESTRICTED
PARLIAMENT TOMORROW IF THEIR RESOLUTION OF LAST WEEK ON REFUGEES COULD BE CONSIDERED SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE OF PARLIAMENT'S AGREEMENT. IF NOT THEIR FORMAL AGREEMENT WOULD BE SOUGHT. THAT WOULD PRO
TAKE 2/3 MONTHS.
4. CHEYSSON CONFIRMED THAT THE
LY
COMMISSION PROPOSALS WOULD INCREASE
THE COMMUNITY'S 1979 FCOD AID PROGRAMME IN CEREALS BY FORTY EIGHT THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED TONNES. THE COUNCIL MINUTES SHOULD RECORD THAT THIS WAS AN EXCEPTIONAL ARRANGEMENT AND IN NO WAY PREJUDICED
FUTURE FOOD AID VOLUME DECISIONS.
5. THE FOUR MEAU FOR CAMBODIA WOULD NOT BE USED UNTIL THE COUNCIL HAD PRONOUNCED ON SPECIFIC COMMISSION PROPOSALS. THESE WOULD FOLLOW WHEN EFFECTIVE ARRANGEMENTS FOR IMPLEMENTATION COULD BE MADE, AN INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATION WOULD BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. IT WAS CLEAR THAT NONE OF THE AID WOULD PASS THROUGH THE HANDS OF CAMBODIAN AUTHORITIES. THE VIREMENT DECISION TO CREATE A RESERVE FOR THE CAMBODIAN OPERATIONS WAS HOWEVER URGENT AS IT WOULD TAKE 2/3 MONTHS. IF NOT BEGUN UNTIL SEPTEMBER IT COULD NOT BE COMPLETED BEFORE NOVEMBER. THE COMMUNITY WAS FIRMLY COMMITTTED TO
DOING SOMETHING BEFORE THAT.
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6. THE COMMISSION WOULD KEEP THE 1979 VIETNAM FOOD AID PROGRAMME SUSPENDED APART FROM THE TWO THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED TONNES OF RICE FOR CAMBODIANS IN VIETNAM THROUGH UNHCR. THE COMMISSION WOULD MAKE A PROPOSAL ON WHAT TO DO WITH IT TO THE COUNCIL AFTER THE UN SECRETARY GENERAL HAD REPORTED TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY IN SEPTEMBER ON FOLLOW UP TO THE GENEVA CONFERENCE. THE COUNCIL MIGHT THEN DECIDE TO RESTORE THE TEN THOUSAND TONNES OF RICE THE COMMISSION NOW PRO- POSED TO TAKE FROM THE VIETNAM ALLOCATION.IT WAS IMPORTANT TO
MAINTAIN THE PRESSURE WHICH SUSPENSION PROVIDED.
7. I SAID THE COUNCIL SHOULD NOT TAKE BINDING DECISIONS TODAY., WE DID NOT WANT THE INCREASE IN COMMUNITY FOOD AID IMPLIED BY THE COMMISSION PROPOSALS. ALL FOOD AID FOR REFUGEES SHOULD COME OUT.OF THE VIETNAM ALLOCATION. IF THAT WERE NOT POSSIBLE IT SHOULD COME OUT OF THE RESERVE. A DECISION ON THE MONEY FOR CAMBODIA COULD AWAIT THE SPECIFIC COMMISSION PROPOSALS. THE OTHER COMMISSION PROPOSALS ·
LOOKED ACCEPTABLE.
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RESTRICTED
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/8. THE GERMANS