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(b) Afghan refugees invited home under an amnesty a offered rehabilitation, their return to be

(c)

(d)

(e)

facilitated by the Government of Pakistan and discussions to be held about those not willing

to return;

The US and USSR to give guarantees that no interference or subversive activities against Afghanistan will take place;

The Government of Afghanistan to ask for the withdrawal of Russian troops when relations with neighbours normalised and

interference' has ceased;

external

Talks about peace in the Persian Gulf and the Indian Ocean. The timing of this revamping

of the Afghan proposals clearly owes much to the Islamic Conference and to the Muskie/Gromyko

meeting.

The 14 May proposals:

(a) amplify Kabul proposals made on 17 April but

their main intent still seems to be to obtain

international recognition for Babrak Karmal regime and confirmation of status quo.

(b) They allocate role to Karmal out of scale

with degree of support he enjoys (1.2 million refugees in Pakistan).

(c) They say nothing

ê

(d)

(e)

Soviet Union.

about Afghan frontier with

Also silent about China.

1 Guarantees' of non-interference from Pakistan neglects difficulty of controlling frontier with Afghanistan. Minor incidents could enable Soviets to argue 'guarantees' had not been met and, therefore, provide pretext not to withdraw

troops.

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