RESTRICTED
100206 MDHIAN 4052
664.
6. FORMULA 1 FOR OPERATIVE PARAS 2 AND 3 WAS BASED ON OUR WORKING PAPER BUT WITH THE DELETION OF THE EXPLICIT REFERENCE TO VERIFICATION OF CARGOES. ON REFLECTION WE THOUGHT INCLUSION OF THIS COULD LEAD TO A RESTRICTIVE INTERPRETATION. FORMULA 2, WHICH WOULD BE A SUBSTITUTE FOR OPERATIVE PARAS 2 AND 3, WAS PROPOSED BY THE RUSSIANS WHO WERE KEEN TO AVOID ANY FORMULA WHICH WOULD PERMIT THE USE OF FORCE TO TURN BACK OR EVEN DISABLE VESSELS. THIS APPEARS TO REFLECT THEIR FUNDAMENTAL DIFFERENCE OF APPROACH.
7. OPERATIVE PARA 5 OF THE COMPROMISE TEXT IS A REWORKING OF OPERATIVE PARA 5 OF OUR WORKING PAPER. THIS WAS ACCEPTABLE IN ITS ORIGINAL FORM TO THE RUSSIANS AND THE FRENCH, BUT NOT TO THE AMERICANS. THEY REQUIRED CONSIDERABLE PERSUASION TO ACCEPT ANY REFERENCE TO THE MILITARY STAFF COMMITTEE.
COMMENT
8. THE RUSSIANS' GRADUALIST APPROACH MAY WELL APPEAL TO THE CHINESE, WHO DID NOT PARTICIPATE ACTIVELY IN THE COUNSELLORS' MEETING BECAUSE THEY WERE WITHOUT INSTRUCTIONS, AND TO NON-ALIGNED MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. THIS DIFFERENCE WILL HAVE TO BE DEALT WITH BY AMBASSADORS OF THE FIVE ON 20 AUGUST. THEY MAY WELL HAVE TO REFER TO CAPITALS FOR FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS. THIS REINFORCES THE CASE (PARA 6 OF YOUR TELNO 457) FOR DISUADING THE AMERICANS FROM BEING TOO HASTY IN
PRESSING FOR SECURITY COUNCIL ACTION.
9. GRATEFUL FOR YOUR VIEWS ON TEXT IN MIFT DESKBY 20133OZ.
TICKELL
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ΜΑΙΝ
IRAQ/KUWAIT
LIMITED
280
ADDITIONAL
43
IRAQ / KUWAIT
(PASSED TO EMERGENCY UNIT)
NNNN
DISTRIBUTION
323
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