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AS REGARDS THE PROPOSED CONFERENCE, HARTLING RE-ITERATED HIS EARNEST DESIRE NOT TO BE INVOLVED IN ANY POLITICAL ASPECTS OF IT. IF PRESSURE ON VIETNAM WAS TO BE A HAJOR FEATURE HE THOUGHT THE VENUE SHOULD BE NEW YORK. HE WAS PROCEEDING
QUICKLY WITH HIS CONSULTATIONS AND HOPED TO HAVE MADE ALL HIS APPROACHES THIS WEEK. GOVERNMENTS WOULD NEED A WEEK OR SO TO RESPOND, BUT HE WISHED TO REPORT TO WALDHEIM WHEN THE LATTER ARRIVES HERE ON 30 JUNE FOR THE ACC AND ECOSOC MEETINGS.
6. HARTLING READ FROM A LETTER HE HAD JUST RECEIVED FROM WALDHEIM. THIS MENTIONED US SUPPORT FOR THE CONFERENCE AND SAID THEY WERE THINKING OF SETTING UP A STEERING COMMITTEE IN
NEW YORK TO PREPARE FOR IT. HE WAS UNAWARE OF WALDHEIM'S IDEA OF HOLDING A CONFERENCE HERE ON ABOUT 18 JULY.
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7. HARTLING DID NOT PUSH HARD FOR UK OFFERS OF RESETTLEMENT AND FINANCE AND UNDERSTOOD THAT THE MINISTER OF STATE COULD NOT GIVE FIRM INDICATIONS NOW. BUT HE SUGGESTED THAT IT MIGHT BE APPROPR+ IATE FOR US TO MERGE OUR QUOTE INDICATIVE NUMBER UNQUOTE OF 10,000 WITH THE SIMILAR FIGURE HE HAS MENTIONED FOR HONG KONG.
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