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SUMMARY
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BEREAVED FAMILIES MEETING IN MOSCOW WITH RUSSIAN AUTHORITIES ON 11-12 MARCH 1993. FOCUS ON RECOVERY OF REMAINS AND COMPENSATION. UNSURPRISING LINE TAKEN BY RUSSIANS IN PRESS CONFERENCE ON 16 MARCH OVER COMPENSATION AND RESPONSIBILITY. ACTION ON HOLD PENDING ICAO REPORT DUE OUT APRIL/MAY.
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2. THE HEADS OF THE US, JAPANESE AND KOREAN FAMILIES ASSOCIATIONS OF KAL007 VICTIMS MET THE RUSSIAN AUTHORITIES IN MOSCOW ON 11-12 MARCH 1993. THE FOLLOWING ARE THE MAIN POINTS OF COMMENTS GIVEN TO ME BY TONY ARIAS (US EMBASSY) ON 16 AND 18 MARCH.
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ARIAS SAID THE FAMILIES ASSOCIATIONS HAD TALKED TO MANY OF THE INDIVIDUALS INVOLVED IN THE KALO07 DISASTER UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT, AND THE PRINCIPAL ISSUES DISCUSSED WERE REMAINS/PERSONAL EFFECTS, MEMORIALS AND COMPENSATION. ALTHOUGH THE THREE GROUPS HAD BEEN PUSHING SEPARATE AGENDAS, THEY HAD MANAGED TO AGREE A POSITION PAPER ON 12 MARCH (NOW COPIED TO EASTERN DEPT BY FAX).
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ARIAS SAID THE FAMILIES HAD HAD EXPLAINED TO THEM IN PLAIN TERMS THAT THERE WOULD VERY LIKELY BE NO/NO HUMAN REMAINS LEFT TO RECOVER, GIVEN THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE WATER IN WHICH THE PLANE LAY, AND THE SPEED AT WHICH THE PLANE WOULD HAVE HIT THE WATER (ANDREI ILYICH OF IZVESTIA, WHO HAS BEEN WORKING ON THE KALO07 CASE
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