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INFO ROUTINE EC POSTS, TOKYO, UKREP BRUSSELS, WASHINGTON INFO ROUTINE UKMIS NEW YORK, UKDEL IMF/IBRD WASHINGTON INFO ROUTINE SEOUL
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OUR TELNO 151, BERNE TELNO 170, STOCKHOLM TELNO 502, VIENNA TELNO 262, OSLO TELNO 242: GULF CRISIS: BURDENSHARING
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MINISTERS ARE DISAPPOINTED WITH THE POOR RESPONSE TO DATE OF WEALTHY EFTA COUNTRIES. THE RESULTS OF YOUR INITIAL LOBBYING SUGGEST THAT FURTHER COMMITMENTS ARE IN THE PIPELINE, BUT THESE WOULD STILL FALL WELL SHORT OF AN OVERALL CONTRIBUTION COMPARABLE TO THAT OF THE UK (WHICH NOW STANDS AT 0.18 PER CENT OF GDP), OF OTHER EC COUNTRIES OR EVEN KOREA.
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YOU SHOULD THEREFORE CONTINUE TO SEEK OPPORTUNITIES FOR FURTHER LOBBYING, AND DRAW ON THE BACKGROUND IN FIRST TUR. YOU SHOULD IN PARTICULAR BRING OUT THE FOLLOWING POINTS, WHICH THE SECRETARY OF STATE MAY RAISE IF HE IS ABLE TO HAVE
BILATERALS WITH RESPECTIVE FOREIGN MINISTERS IN THE MARGINS OF NEXT WEEK'S CSCE CONFERENCE IN NEW YORK.
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ONLY FITTING THAT RICHER COUNTRIES NOT CONTRIBUTING TO THE MULTINATIONAL FORCE SHOULD MAKE A SPECIAL FINANCIAL EFFORT. JAPAN AND GERMANY HAVE PLEDGED SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNTS (US DOLLARS 4 BILLION AND 2.2 BILLION): EVEN KOREA IS CONTRIBUTING US DOLLARS 220 MILLION.
IF IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT POLITICALLY TO CONTRIBUTE TO MILITARY COSTS, ALL THE CONTRIBUTION COULD GO IN ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE TO COUNTRIES DIRECTLY AFFECTED BY SANCTIONS (EGYPT, TURKEY, JORDAN).
3. (FOR BERNE). RESIST LINKAGE WITH APPLICATION TO IMF. WHILE WE STRONGLY SUPPORT THIS APPLICATION, IT WILL INEVITABLY BE HANDLED ON A QUITE DIFFERENT TIMESCALE FROM THE QUESTION OF BURDENSHARING. DECISIONS ARE REQUIRED NOW ON ASSISTANCE TO STATES MOST SEVERELY AFFECTED BY THE IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS ON IRAQ. (A CONTRIBUTION OF AROUND US DOLLARS 316 MILLION
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