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WASHINGTON 182224Z JUNE 79
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELEGRAM NUMBER 1567 OF 18 JUNE
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INFO IMMEDIATE UKMIS GENEVA, UKMIS NEW YORK, PRIORITY HONG KONG.
MIPT AND YOUR TELNO 276 TO UKMIS NEW YORK: UN CONFERENCE.
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1. MIPT WAS DRAFTED BEFORE RECEIPT OF YOUR TELEGRAM UNDER REFERENCE. IT WAS CLEAR FROM THE MEETING AT THE STATE DEPARTMENT THAT ALTHOUGH VANCE AND THE PRESIDENT HAD STILL TO BE CONSULTED, THOSE AT THE MEETING WERE INCREASINGLY IN FAVOUR OF DE-LINKING THE TWO ASPECTS OF A CONFERENCE. THEIR REASONS FOR THIS WERE THAT:
A. UNHCR WOULD HAVE LITTLE ENTHUSIASM FOR A CONFERENCE WITH A HEAVY POLITICAL CONTENT, AND THIS WOULD BE UNHELPFUL EVEN IF, AS THE AMERICANS HOPED, WALDHEIM HIMSELF CHAIRED THE CONFERENCE.
B. SOME POTENTIAL RESETTLEMENT COUNTRIES WOULD NOT ATTEND A POLITIC-
ALY FLAVOURED CONFERENCE, AND
C. THERE WAS A DANGER THAT, IF A CONFERENCE CONCENTRATED ON POLITICAL CONDEMNATION OF VIETNAM, SOME COUNTRIES WOULD FEEL THAT THEY HAD DONE ENOUGH BY JOINING IN THE CHORUS AND THEN WASH THEIR HANDS OF THE RE- :
SETTLEMENT PROBLEM.
THE TREND OF AMERICAN THINKING APPEARS TO BE DIVERGING FROM THAT IN YOUR TELEGRAM UNDER REFERENCE.
2. GRATEFUL FOR YOUR COMMENTS, WHICH WOULD BE HELPFUL WHEN THE GOVERNOR SEES WALDHEIM IN NEW YORK ON WEDNESDAY.
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