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A: WELL, I THINK I WAS PRESENT AT ALL THE CONVERSATIONS BETWEEN PRESIDENT REAGAN AND PRIME MINISTER SHAMIR, AND I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT THE STATEMENT THAT YOU QUOTED WAS NOT MADE.

WE WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH THE GERMANS AND WE HAVE A
STRONG AND GOOD WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH THE GERMAN PEOPLE
AND THE GERMAN GOVERNMENT AND CHANCELLOR KOHL, AND I WITH
FOREIGN MINISTER GENSCHER.

Q: CONCERNING THE STOCKHOLM CONFERENCE, THE PEACE MOVEMENT FROM EUROPE AND THE UNITED STATES HAS DEMANDED THAT OBSERVER STATUS IN STOCKHOLM, WITH THE RIGHT TO SPEAK AND TO TAKE POSITIONS. YOU MUST HAVE RECEIVED A LETTER WITH SUCH A REQUEST, AS HAVE THE OTHER 34 FOREIGN MINISTERS. WHAT IS YOUR REACTION?

A: MY REACTION IS NEGATIVE. THE CONFERENCE IS OPEN IN THE SENSE THAT IT WILL BE HEAVILY REPORTED, I AM SURE, AND PEOPLE CAN SEE WHAT IS GOING ON.

IT IS A CONFERENCE COMPOSED OF REPRESENTATIVES OF GOVERNMENTS, AND THERE IS A PROCESS THROUGH WHICH GOVERNMENTS ARE CHOSEN BY PEOPLE, AND IN DEMOCRACIES WE KNOW OF THAT PROCESS, AND THE PEOPLE WHO ARE CHOSEN SPEAK FOR THOSE COUNTRIES, AND THOSE WHO WISH TO MAKE THEIR VIEWS KNOWN CAN DO SO. IT'S A FREE AND OPEN SITUATION IN OUR COUNTRIES, AND THE VIEWPOINTS OF THE PEACE MOVEMENTS ARE HEARD AND LISTENED TO, AND SO THEIR VIEWS ARE WELL KNOWN.

Q: MR. SECRETARY, ASSUMING THERE IS AN IMPROVEMENT IN MR. ANDROPOV'S HEALTH, IS THERE ANY SERIOUS THOUGHT GIVEN IN WASHINGTON TO THE POSSIBILITY OF A SUMMIT MEETING BETWEEN MR. REAGAN AND MR. ANDROPOV IN 1984?

A: PRESIDENT REAGAN HAS ALWAYS TAKEN THE ATTITUDE THAT HE WOULD BE GLAD TO MEET WITH HIS SOVIET COUNTERPART, AND HE WROTE A LETTER TO MR. BREZHENEV WHEN HE WAS ALIVE, TO THAT EFFECT, AND HE HAS MADE NUMEROUS STATEMENTS TO THAT EFFECT, INSOFAR AS MR. ANDROPOV'S CONCERNED.

I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT, AND I WOULD SAY FROM WHAT I HAVE SEEN AND HEARD, THE SOVIET UNION AGREES ON THIS, THAT ANY MEETING OF THAT KIND BE ONE FROM WHICH THERE IS A REASONABLE EXPECTATION OF SOME WORTHWHILE RESULTS. JUST TO HAVE A MEETING FOR THE SAKE OF A MEETING COULD DO POSSIBLY MORE HARM THAN GOOD, IN THE SENSE THAT INEVITABLY PEOPLE'S HOPES AND EXPECTATIONS ARE RAISED SIMPLY BY VIRTUE OF THE PROSPECT OF A MEETING.

AND SO I THINK WE HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL WITH THOSE HOPES AND EXPECTATIONS, BECAUSE THEY'RE IMPORTANT TO US. AND WE SHOULD OBVIOUSLY WANT TO HAVE A MEETING, AND WE DO. BUT WE WANT ONE THAT WILL ACCOMPLISH SOMETHING.

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Q: MR. SECRETARY, LOOKING BEYOND STOCKHOLM, DO YOU STILL SEE A CHANCE IN THE NEAR FUTURE FOR A NEW ARMS CONTROL AGREEMENT WITH THE SOVIET UNION, DESPITE THE FACT THAT THE SOVIETS ARE DEPLOYING A VAST NUMBER OF NEW MISSILES EVERY WEEK IN EASTERN EUROPE?

A: OF COURSE THERE IS ALWAYS THE PROSPECT THAT THERE MAY BE ONE. IN ORDER FOR THERE TO BE ONE THERE HAS TO BE DISCUSSION, AND THERE ARE FORUMS THAT ARE THERE.

WE'RE READY TO DISCUSS AND WE'VE MADE PROPOSALS AND WE'VE CHANGED AND ADJUSTED OUR PROPOSALS AS WE'VE HEARD SOVIET VIEWS ABOUT THEM, AND TRIED, ALWAYS, TO LOOK AT WHAT WE HAVE PUT ON THE TABLE AND BE SURE IT'S REASONABLE AND TO BE SURE THAT OUR NEGOTIATORS ARE THERE IN A SPIRIT OF GIVE AND TAKE.

WE'LL CONTINUE TO BE THERE IN THAT SPIRIT AND WE'LL ALSO CONTINUE TO LOOK TO OUR STRENGTH AND OUR SECURITY AND OUR DEFENSE NEEDS SO THAT THE SOVIET UNION WILL KNOW THAT THE UNITED STATES WILL DEFEND ITS VALUES AND DEFEND ITS INTERESTS. BUT WE ARE ANXIOUS TO DEVELOP WORTHWHILE AGREEMENTS, IF IT'S POSSIBLE TO DO SO, AND OF COURSE, THAT DEPENDS UPON WHAT KIND OF RESPONSIVENESS THERE MAY BE FROM THE SOVIET SIDE.

Q: MR. SECRETARY, WHY DOESN'T THE UNITED STATES SUPPORT THE IDEA OF A NORDIC NUCLEAR FREE ZONE?

A: I THINK THE PROBLEM, INSOFAR AS THE NUCLEAR FREE ZONE IS CONCERNED, IT'S WHAT YOU WANT IS A ZONE THAT'S FREE OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS COMING DOWN AT YOU, AND IN ORDER TO ATTAIN THAT OBJECTIVE, WE SEEK ALWAYS TO FIND THE KIND OF EQUALITY THAT SETS UP DETERRENTS AND THAT IS A METHOD THAT HAS WORKED THROUGHOUT THE PAST 35 YEARS OR SO. IT HAS MAINTAINED THE PEACE, AND THAT'S THE PLACE WHERE WE THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO CONCENTRATE.

Q: BUT DOESN'T THE SOVIET WILLINGNESS TO WITHDRAW SOME OF ITS NUCLEAR FORCES FROM THE BALTIC SEA AND THE BALTIC SOVIET REPUBLICS MAKE A ZONE MORE INTERESTING, EVEN FOR THE UNITED STATES?

A: IT'S INTERESTING BUT IT'S ALSO INTERESTING TO READ THE REPORTS OF SOVIET SUBMARINES IN SWEDISH HARBORS AND THINGS OF THAT KIND, AND YOU HAVE TO ASK YOURSELF WHAT IS TRULY TAKING PLACE. BE REALISTIC. AND WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO BE ABLE TO VERIFY ABOUT WHAT MAY TAKE PLACE?

AND ALSO REMIND YOURSELF THAT IT ISN'T SO MUCH A QUESTION OF WHERE NUCLEAR WEAPONS ARE STATIONED AS WHERE THEY ARE AIMED, AND THE POSSIBILITY THAT THEY MAY BE AIMED. AND THE POSSIBILITY, WE BELIEVE, IS TO GET THE NUMBER OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS REDUCED.

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PRESIDENT REAGAN HAS PROPOSED THAT THE INTERMEDIATE RANGE WEAPONS BE ELIMINATED IN THEIR ENTIRETY, AND FOR THAT MATTER, SPEAKING BEFORE THE JAPANESE DIET A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO, HE STATED HIS DREAM THAT NUCLEAR WEAPONS BE ELIMINATED ENTIRELY.

SO, IT IS THE QUESTION OF REDUCING THE NUMBER OF THESE WEAPONS AND, AT THE SAME TIME DOING IT IN A MANNER WHERE THERE'S EQUALITY AND, THEREFORE, DETERRENCE. THAT'S THE KEY.

Q: ACCORDING TO SOME ECONOMIC SOURCES, A NUMBER OF NATO COUNTRIES WILL BE PREPARED TO GO BEYOND THE LIMITS OF THE MANDATE AGREED TO BY ALL NATO COUNTRIES FOR THE STOCKHOLM CONFERENCE. THEY WILL BE PREPARED TO SUPPORT, AT LEAST TO A CERTAIN EXTENT, EXPECTED INITIATIVES BY THE EASTERN BLOC CONCERNING A NON-AGGRESSION TREATY OR NUCLEAR FREE ZONES IN CENTRAL EUROPE. COULD I HAVE YOUR VIEW ON THIS?

A: NATO IS PURELY A DETERRENT FORCE. THERE'S NOTHING AGGRESSIVE ABOUT NATO. SO, THE ONLY POSSIBILITY OF AGGRESSION COMES FROM THE OTHER SIDE. SO, THERE IS REALLY, I THINK, FROM THE STANDPOING OF NATO, NO AGGRESSIVE INTENTION WHATEVER.

ALWAYS WE HAVE TO ASK OURSELVES WHETHER OR NOT WE WANT TO SPEND OUR TIME ON THINGS THAT ARE ESSENTIALLY WISHFUL, AS DISTINCT FROM THINGS THAT ARE OPERATIONAL. AND WE BELIEVE THAT THE GREATEST CONFIDENCE CAN COME FROM OPERATIONAL THINGS THAT WILL MAKE AGGRESSION MORE DIFFICULT, RATHER THAN SIMPLY THE EXPRESSION OF AN INTENT WHICH MAY OR MAY NOT BE VIOLATED.

THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD IS FULL OF AGREEMENTS ABOUT INTENT, AND THEN IN THE CLUTCH THE INTENT WAS NOT OBSERVED. SO, I THINK THAT IT IS THE OPERATIONAL MATTERS THAT DESERVE THE ATTENTION, SINCE THEY HAVE THE ATTRIBUTE THAT THEY TEND TO CONVERT INTENT MORE CLOSE TO REALITY.

Q: WHAT WILL BE THE REACTION OF THE REAGAN ADMINISTRATION IF THE COMING ELECTIONS IN EL SALVADOR FAIL TO BRING TO POWER A MORE LIBERAL AGREEMENT? WILL THERE BE A HUGH PROBLEM?

A: OF COURSE, THE PURPOSE OF AN ELECTION IS TO IDENTIFY, WHEN IT'S A PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, THE PERSON, THE PARTY THAT THE PEOPLE WANT TO HAVE AS THEIR PRESIDENT. AND THE ELECTORAL PROCESS ONLY MEANS SOMETHING WHEN PEOPLE ARE DETERMINED, BEFORE THE EVENT, TO LIVE BY WHATEVER IT IS THAT THE PEOPLE DECIDE, AND CERTAINLY FROM OUR STANDPOINT THAT'S OUR BELIEF ABOUT THE WAY ELECTIONS OUGHT TO BE HELD, AND THE JUDGMENT OF THE VOTERS IN EL SALVADOR ABOUT WHO SHOULD BE THEIR PRESIDENT IS THE JUDGMENT THAT WE'LL HAVE TO ACCEPT AND LIVE WITH, WHATEVER IT IS.

Q: CAN YOU CONFIRM THAT EVENTUAL USE OF THE EUROMISSILES WILL BE MADE WITH AGREEMENT OF THE COUNTRIES WHICH HOST THE WEAPONS?

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A: THERE HAVE BEEN INTENSIVE DISCUSSIONS WITH THE BASING COUNTRIES ON THOSE MATTERS AND I BELIEVE THAT SATISFACTORY RESOLUTIONS HAVE BEEN MADE, AND I WOULD PREFER TO JUST LEAVE IT AT THAT.

Q: IN THE NEXT 24 HOURS WILL BE MEETING WITH THE ITALIAN FOREIGN MINISTER. WE WOULD LIKE TO UNDERSTAND BETTER WHETHER THERE IS AS FULL AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN ITALY AND THE UNITED STATES ON LEBANESE POLICY AS IT HAS BEEN SAID. RECENTLY STATEMENTS FROM THE ITALIAN SIDE SEEM TO BEAR OUT THAT IN CASE THERE IS A CIVIL WAR IN LEBANON THE ITALIAN FORCE IN LEBANON WOULD BE WITHDRAWN. WOULD YOU SAY THE SAME AS FAR AS THE AMERICAN FORCES IN LEBANON ARE CONCERNED?

A: LET ME ADDRESS MYSELF TO OUR RELATIONS WITH ITALY ON THE MULTINATIONAL FORCE, AND SAY THAT WE HAVE HAD VERY CLOSE CONSULTATIONS THROUGHOUT THE EXISTENCE OF THE MULTINATIONAL FORCE WITH ITALY.

WHEN THE MULTINATIONAL FORCE RE-ENTERED THE BEIRUT AREA THE SECOND TIME IT WAS ON THE INITIATIVE OF ITALY. ITALY IS THE COUNTRY WHO'STEPPED FORWARD AND SAID, "WE MUST GO BACK," AND PERSUADED US AND THE FRENCH AND THEN, SUBSEQUENTLY, THE BRITISH, TO DO SO, AND WE HAVE KEPT VERY CLOSE TOUCH ON THE GROUND, AND THE FOREIGN MINISTER OF ITALY -- MR. COLOMBO AND THEN SUCCEEDING HIM MR. ANDREOTTI -- AND I HAVE MET VERY FREQUENTLY AND WE KEEP IN CLOSE TOUCH WITH EACH OTHER AND SHARE VIEWS. WE HAVE HAD A CONSISTENCY OF VIEWS AND A GOOD ABILITY TO COOPERATE AND WORK TOGETHER IN THE EXPERIENCE OF THE MULTINATIONAL FORCE AND ITS OPERATION. AND I SEE NO REASON WHY THAT WON'T CONTINUE.

I DON'T WANT TO DISCUSS ANY SPECIFIC THINGS SUCH AS YOU MENTIONED. I WILL BE TALKING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER ANDREOTTI TOMORROW, AND LOOK FORWARD TO THAT, AND AS WE ALWAYS HAVE IN THE PAST WE'LL, I'M SURE, DISCUSS ALL OF THE DIFFICULTIES AND PROBLEMS OF LEBANON, AS WELL AS THE OPPORTUNITIES AND THE THINGS THAT WE'RE THERE TO SUPPORT.

Q: MR. SHULTZ, YOU WILL SHORTLY BE SEEING SIR GEOFFREY HOWE, THE BRITISH FOREIGN SECRETARY, FOLLOWING HIS TOUR OF THE MIDDLE EAST. DO YOU ACCEPT HIS VIEW THAT ISRAEL SHOULD NOW ACCEPT THE PLO AS PARTIES TO DISCUSSIONS ON THE FUTURE OF THE WEST BANK?

A: NO, I DON'T. I THINK THAT THE PLO STILL IS AN ORGANIZATION THAT HAS SAID THAT ITS OBJECTIVE IS THE ELIMINATION OF ISRAEL. IT DOESN'T RECOGNIZE U.N. RESOLUTION 242, AND SO THEREFORE I DON'T SEE THAT IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE TO MAKE ANY SUCH STATEMENT TO ISRAEL, AND I HAVEN'T HEARD SIR GEOFFREY HOWE MAKE THAT STATEMENT, BUT YOU SAID THAT HE DID, SO I ACCEPT YOUR WORD.

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Q: I HAVE A QUESTION ON ARMS DELIVERIES BY TWO EUROPEAN POWERS TO THE MIDDLE EAST. ONE BY THE FRENCH TO IRAQ WHERE THE FRENCH MINISTER CHEYSSON TOLD ME THAT ONE OF THE REASONS WHY HE DOES IT IS TO COUNTER THE POSSIBILITY OF A PURE SOVIET INFLUENCE ON IRAQ. DOES THAT HELP? DOES IT REALLY HAVE THIS EFFECT?

AND THEN ABOUT GERMANY WHICH WANTS TO SELL ARMS TO SAUDI ARABIA. THE ISRAELIS FEEL VERY THREATENED BY IT, AND IN VIEW OF THE PAST, ARE VERY UPSET ABOUT IT BECAUSE THE GERMANS, OF ALL PEOPLE, WOULD BE DELIVERING ARMS TO WHAT ISRAELI CONSIDERS ITS ENEMIES.

SO, THE QUESTION IN THAT CASE IS DOES, IN YOUR VIEW, SAUDI ARABIA NEED THEM, IN VIEW OF THE FACT THAT YOU ARE DELIVERING THINGS LIKE AWACS, WHICH WOULD AT LEAST HELP THEM ENOUGH, I WOULD THINK?

A: ON THE LATTER QUESTION, OF COURSE, A COUNTRY, IS SUPPOSE, IS ITS OWN JUDGE OF WHAT ITS NEEDS ARE, AND THE COUNTRY THAT IS DOING THE SELLING OF ARMS HAS TO DECIDE ABOUT ITS OWN POLICY THERE. BUT IN TERMS OF ASSESSING THE NEED, OBVIOUSLY IT'S UP TO THE SAUDI ARABIANS TO ASSESS THEIR NEEDS.

INSOFAR AS ARMS SALES TO IRAQ IS CONCERNED, I'M SURE THERE IS MERIT TO THE ARGUMENT THAT THE FRENCH FOREIGN MINISTER ADVANCES. I THINK THAT THE REAL PROBLEM THERE IS TO GET THAT WAR BETWEEN IRAQ AND IRAN, WHICH HAS BEEN SO DESTRUCTIVE TO BOTH COUNTRIES, TO GET THAT WAR SETTLED AND TO GET THEM INTO SOME KIND OF CONSTRUCTIVE DISCUSSION.

AMONG OTHER THINGS, THERE IS A THREAT THAT THE IMPACT OF THAT WAR WILL SPILL OVER INTO THE GULF, INTO OTHER GULF COUNTRIES AND HAVE A DELETERIOUS IMPACT ON THE FLOW OF OIL TO EUROPE AND TO JAPAN, AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT HAS TO WORRY EVERYBODY AND WE WANT TO DO EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN TO SEE THAT THAT DOESN'T COME TO PASS.

I THINK THE MAIN OBJECTIVE SHOULD BE TO GET THE WAR STOPPED. A SECOND OBJECTIVE, AS IN THE UNITED NATIONS RESOLUTION WHICH WE SUPPORTED, WAS TO CONFINE THE WAR SO IT DOESN'T SPILL OVER INTO THE GULF AREA, AND WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE ARMS SALES TO IRAN AND IRAQ REDUCED.

Q: TWO QUESTIONS, MR. SECRETARY. FIRST, SOME GOVERNMENTS CONSIDER THE STOCKHOLM CONFERENCE AND CONFIDENCE-BUILDING MEASURES AS A FIRST STEP IN THE WAY OF THE SECOND PHASE OF THE CONFERENCE WHICH WILL DEAL AFTER 1986 WITH CONVENTIONAL DISARMAMENT IN EUROPE. BUT AMBASSADOR GOODBY SAID SOME DAYS AGO THAT CONVENTIONAL DISARMAMENT IN EUROPE COULD ONLY BE DISCUSSED IN THE VIENNA MBFR CONFERENCE. ISN'T THIS AN IMPORTANT DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WASHINGTON AND PARIS, AND

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SECONDLY, HOW DO YOU INTERPRET THE EFFORTS OF THE EAST GERMAN GOVERNMENT TO PROMOTE SUCH GERMAN HISTORICAL FIGURES AS MARTIN LUTHER AND OTTO VON BISMARCK?

A: FIRST OF ALL I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY PARTICULAR DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT AND THE U.S. GOVERNMENT ON THE BASIC POINTS -- OF DEVELOPING PRACTICAL, WORKABLE, OPERATIONAL MEASURES THAT WILL BUILD CONFIDENCE AND GIVE ADDITIONAL SECURITY IN EUROPE. AND WE LOOK FOR THE STOCKHOLM CONFERENCE TO DO THAT.

SECONDLY, WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE VERIFIABLE, REDUCED LEVELS OF CONVENTIONAL FORCES, AND THE MBFR TALKS HAVE BEEN WORKING AWAY AT THAT, UNFORTUNATELY WITHOUT RESULT, BUT WILL CONTINUE TO WORK AWAY AT THAT, ASSUMING THE SOVIETS RESUME THEIR SEAT AT THE DISCUSSION TABLE. SO, WE WILL SEE WHERE WE GO FROM THERE.

BUT ALL MATTERS OF FORM WE ARE GLAD TO DISCUSS. THE IMPORTANT MATTERS, HOWEVER, ARE MATTERS OF SUBSTANCE, AND I THINK OUR OBJECTIVES ARE SIMILAR.

Q: MR. SECRETARY, I WOULD LIKE TO GET BACK TO THE MIDEAST SITUATION, AND I WOULD LIKE TO ASK YOU AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF A COUNTRY WITH AN ESPECIALLY LARGE RESPONSIBILITY IN THE MIDEAST IF YOU WOULD CONSIDER GERMAN MILITARY AID TO SAUDI ARABIA AS A STABILIZING FACTOR IN THE MIDEAST?

A: WELL, I DON'T THINK IT'S FOR ME TO COMMENT ON GERMAN DECISIONS INSOFAR AS THEIR MILITARY SALES ARE CONCERNED. I THINK THE WORD "AID" IS PROBABLY MISPLACED. I BELIEVE THE SAUDIS CAN PAY FOR THE THINGS THAT THEY PURCHASE; THEY DON'T NEED AID. BUT THIS IS SOMETHING FOR THE GERMAN PEOPLE TO DECIDE.

Q: MR. SECRETARY, MAY I COME BACK ONCE AGAIN TO THE CENTRAL AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN QUESTION? IN OCTOBER THE UNITED STATES INTERVENED MILITARILY IN GRENADA. DO YOU SEE A POSSIBILITY OR A DANGER OF A SIMILAR SITUATION EVOLVING IN CENTRAL AMERICA, A SITUATION IN WHICH THE UNITED STATES WILL FEEL IT SHOULD INTERVENE MILITARILY IN CENTRAL AMERICA ITSELF?

A: NO, THERE IS NO INDICATION OF THAT. I THINK THE RESCUE MISSION IN GRENADA WAS SOMETHING CLEARLY CALLED FOR BY WHAT WAS LEFT OF GOVERNMENT IN GRENADA, ON THE ONE HAND, AND THE SURROUNDING DEMOCRATIC STATES AND THEIR OWN CONCERNS, ON THE OTHER, IN A PLEA TO THE UNITED STATES TO HELP THEM. IT WASN'T JUST THE UNITED STATES. WE WERE HELPING THEM AND ALSO TRYING TO PROTECT THE LIVES OF OUR AMERICAN CITIZENS THERE, AND PARTICULARLY IN THE LIGHT OF THE FACT THAT WE DID HAVE ONE VERY TRAUMATIC EXPERIENCE WITH HOSTAGE-TAKING IN IRAN AND WE AREN'T ABOUT TO SEE THAT HAPPEN AGAIN.

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SO, I THINK THE GRENADA RESCUE EFFORT WAS AN IMPORTANT THING FOR THE UNITED STATES TO DO, RESPONDING TO A UNIQUE SET OF CIRCUMSTANCES.

Q: YOU WERE MENTIONING THE SOVIET SUBMARINES IN THE SWEIDISH ARCHIPELAGO. WHY DO YOU THINK THE SOVIET SUBMARINES WOULD VIOLATE SWEDISH WATERS?

A: I THINK IT IS UNCONSCIONABLE AND TOTALLY OBJECTIONABLE FOR THEM TO DO SO. THEY MUST HAVE SOME MILITARY OBJECTIVE IN EXPLORING THERE, BUT IT IS NOT ANYTHING THAT WE CAN ACCEPT, AND SURELY, THAT THE SWEDES CAN ACCEPT, AND I THINK THAT THE SWEDES HAVE TAKEN A VERY STRONG AND PROPER POSITION ON THIS.

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SHULTZ SEES RUMSFELD-ASSAD TALKS IMPORTANT FOR LEBANON
(ARTICLE ON SHULTZ STATE DEPT. NEWS CONFERENCE) (1,650)

BY RUSSELL DYBVIK

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WASHINGTON--SECRETARY OF STATE SHULTZ TOLD REPORTERS JANUARY 12 THAT TALKS BETWEEN SYRIAN PRESIDENT ASSAD AND U.S. MIDDLE EAST NEGOTIATOR DONALD RUMSFELD WILL PROVIDE A KEY INDICATOR OF WHETHER "GENUINE PROGRESS IS POSSIBLE" IN THE EFFORT TO BRING PEACE TO LEBANON.

SHULTZ TOLD A NEWS CONFERENCE THAT RUMSFELD ARRIVED IN DAMASCUS JANUARY 12 AND HAD ALREADY MET WITH FOREIGN MINISTER KHADDAM.

"HE IS EXPECTED TO MEET WITH PRESIDENT ASSAD DURING THIS VISIT TO DAMASCUS," SHULTZ SAID. "WE WILL BE THERE WITH A SERIOUS PURPOSE."

IN A BROAD-RANGING NEWS CONFERENCE, SHULTZ SAID HE WOULD BE MEETING WITH SOVIET FOREIGN MINISTER ANDREI GROMYKO NEXT WEEK "IN A CONSTRUCTIVE SPIRIT" AND PREPARED TO TALK ABOUT A FULL RANGE OF ISSUES INCLUDING ARMS CONTROL.

THE SECRETARY HAILED THE REPORT OF THE KISSINGER COMMISSION AS "A GREAT SERVICE" BECAUSE IT POINTED UP THE ACUTENESS OF THE PROBLEMS OF CENTRAL AMERICA AND THEIR IMPORTANCE TO THE UNITED STATES. AND HE DENOUNCED NICARAGUA FOR FIRING ON AN AMERICAN HELICOPTER AND SUBSEQUENTLY KILLING ITS PILOT JANUARY 11. "THE ACTION WAS "SIMPLY NOT AN ACCEPTABLE OR TOLERABLE LINE OF BEHAVIOR." HE SAID.

SHULTZ SAID THERE HAVE BEEN "INTERMEDIATE THINGS THAT COULD HELP STABILIZE THE SITUATION IN LEBANON" IDENTIFIED AND OUTLINED IN CONSIDERABLE DETAIL THROUGH NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF PRESIDENT GEMAYEL AND THE VARIOUS FACTIONS IN LEBANON ON A NEW SECURITY PLAN.

AND ALTHOUGH THE SECRETARY SAID THE EMERGENCE OF THE SECURITY PLAN HAD PROVIDED "SOME ENCOURAGING SIGNS LATELY," HE ACKNOWLEDGED THAT "MORE RECENTLY THE IMMEDIATE PROSPECT OF THAT PLAN SEEMS TO BE A LITTLE DIMMER."

SHULTZ CHARACTERIZED THE DISCUSSIONS IN LEBANON AS "A CONSTANT BACK-AND-FORTH OF HOPE AND DISAPPOINTMENT."

HE EMPHASIZED THAT THE SYRIAN ATTITUDE WILL BE VERY IMPORTANT IN DETERMINING WHETHER THE SECURITY PLAN CAN BE PUT INTO EFFECT.

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"WE WILL LOOK FOR AMBASSADOR RUMSFELD'S TALKS WITH PRESIDENT ASSAD AS AN IMPORTANT MOMENT IN THESE NEGOTIATIONS," SHULTZ SAID.

HE DESCRIBED WALID JUMBLATT, THE DRUSE LEADER WHO HAS REFUSED TO ACCEPT THE NEW SECURITY PLAN, AS "A STRONG AND LEGITIMATE DRUSE LEADER," BUT NOTED THAT JUMBLATT "IS VERY RESPONSIVE TO WHAT THE SYRIANS SEEM TO WANT HIM TO DO. AT LEAST THERE IS CONSIDERABLE EVIDENCE FOR THAT," THE SECRETARY SAID.

HE SAID JUMBLATT'S DECISION TO VISIT MOSCOW "ISN'T SURPRISING IN VIEW OF THE SOVIET-SYRIAN CONNECTION" AND THAT IT ONLY EMPHASIZES THAT RELATIONSHIP.

THE JUMBLATT VISIT TO MOSCOW ALSO "EMPHASIZES THE IMPORTANCE OF THE DISCUSSION THAT AMBASSADOR RUMSFELD WILL BE HAVING WITH PRESIDENT ASSAD," SHULTZ SAID. "WE'LL SEE AS A RESULT OF THAT DISCUSSION WHETHER OR NOT SOME GENUINE PROGRESS IS POSSIBLE."

SHULTZ REITERATED U.S. SUPPORT FOR THE MAY 17 AGREEMENT BETWEEN LEBANON AND ISRAEL, EMPHASIZING THAT "IT IS THE ONE EXISTING AGREEMENT WHEREBY ONE OF THE (OCCUPYING) PARTIES HAS AGREED TO LEAVE LEBANON." HE POINTED TO THE LONG-STANDING OBJECTIVE OF BRINGING ABOUT THE WITHDRAWAL OF ALL FOREIGN FORCES FROM LEBANON.

THE SECRETARY SAID THAT FROM ALL THE INDICATIONS THE UNITED STATES HAS SOVIET PRESIDENT YURI ANDROPOV IS "ACTIVELY IN CHARGE OF THE SOVIET GOVERNMENT" ALTHOUGH HE HAS NOT BEEN "VISIBLE" IN SEVERAL MONTHS.

SHULTZ TOLD REPORTERS HE DID NOT BELIEVE IT WAS WORTHWHILE TO SPECULATE ON WHETHER HE WAS OPTIMISTIC OR PESSIMISTIC ABOUT THE CHANCES FOR SUCCESS IN HIS JANUARY 18 TALKS WITH FOREIGN MINISTER GROMYKO IN STOCKHOLM.

"IF I THOUGHT THAT THE SITUATION WAS HOPELESS, I WOULDN'T BOTHER SITTING DOWN. AND I PRESUME MISTER GROMYKO FEELS THE SAME WAY," SHULTZ SAID. "BUT THE QUESTION OF WHETHER OR NOT OUT OF OUR DISCUSSIONS THERE WILL COME USEFUL RESULTS REMAINS TO BE SEEN."

HE EMPHASIZED HE WAS READY TO DISCUSS "A FULL RANGE OF ISSUES INCLUDING ARMS CONTROL" AND WAS READY TO DISCUSS THEM IN A CONSTRUCTIVE WAY.

THE SECRETARY SAID THERE WAS NO NEED TO CHANGE THE U.S. POSITION ON NEGOTIATIONS TO REDUCE INTERMEDIATE NUCLEAR FORCES (INF) IN EUROPE. THE SOVIETS BROKE OFF THOSE TALKS LAST NOVEMBER WHEN THE PROCESS OF DEPLOYING NEW U.S. PERSHING TWO AND GROUND-LAUNCHED CRUISE MISSILES BEGAN.

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NOT ACCEPTABLE TO THE UNITED STATES OR ITS ALLIES BECAUSE IT
WOULD MEAN RETURNING "TO A SITUATION WHERE THERE IS A VERY
LARGE MONOCLOPY OF SOVIET INTERMEDIATE-RANGE MISSILES."

HE SAID THE U.S. POSITIONS IN THE INF AND OTHER ARMS
CONTROL TALKS ARE "REASONABLE" AND ARE WIDELY SUPPORTED BY
AMERICA'S ALLIES.

"FURTHERMORE, WE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN THERE IN A SPIRIT OF
GIVE-AND-TAKE, AND I THINK THAT IS THE POSITION WE SHOULD BE
IN AND THAT'S WHERE WE ARE. THERE IS NO NEED TO CHANGE IT."
SHULTZ SAID.

HE SAID IF THE SOVIET UNION WERE ALLOWED TO REGAIN A
MONOCLOPY OF INF MISSILES IN EUROPE IT WOULD BE "VERY
DESTABILIZING AND VERY UNDESIRABLE."

SHULTZ SAID THE WEST MUST GUARD AGAINST GETTING "INTO THE
MOOD OF SO MUCH WANTING NEGOTIATIONS TO BE GOING ON OR TO BE
COMPLETED THAT WE AGREE TO THINGS THAT REALLY DON'T MAKE
SENSE FROM OUR STANDPOINT."

HE SAID THE SOVIET UNION HAD DISPLAYED "A CONSISTENT
PATTERN OF ADDITIONAL SOVIET DEPLOYMENTS OF THE SS-20
MISSILES" BEFORE THE INF NEGOTIATIONS BEGAN, CONTINUED THOSE
DEPLOYMENTS WHILE THE NEGOTIATIONS WERE UNDERWAY, AND HAS
CONTINUED TO DEPLOY SS-20S SINCE THE KREMLIN BROKE OFF THE
GENEVA TALKS ALMOST TWO MONTHS AGO.

THE SECRETARY SAID THE UNITED STATES WOULD FAVOR THE
ELIMINATION OF ALL INF WEAPONS, AS ORIGINALLY PROPOSED BY
PRESIDENT REAGAN, ADDING THAT IT WAS THE PRESIDENT'S HOPE
THAT EVENTUALLY ALL NUCLEAR WEAPONS COULD BE ELIMINATED.

IN DEALING WITH THE SOVIET UNION, SHULTZ SAID, IT IS
IMPORTANT TO BE REALISTIC AND CANDID, AND IF THERE ARE
"UNPLEASANT FACTS" THEY SHOULD BE PUT FORWARD.

"CALLING ATTENTION TO VIOLATIONS OF ARMS CONTROL AGREEMENTS IS PERFECTLY CONSISTENT WITH THAT," HE SAID, NOTING THAT IN HIS SEPTEMBER ADDRESS TO THE UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY, PRESIDENT REAGAN POINTED OUT A NUMBER OF DEVELOPMENTS THAT THE UNITED STATES BELIEVES "CONSTITUTE PROBLEMS WITH RESPECT TO ARMS CONTROL AGREEMENTS." THOSE INCLUDED A LARGE RADAR INSTALLATION CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN THE SOVIET UNION, AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW SOVIET MISSILE.

SHULTZ EMPHASIZED THAT IT WAS DESIRABLE TO HAVE A DIALOGUE
WITH THE SOVIET UNION AND IT WOULD BE DESIRABLE TO REDUCE
TENSIONS IN VARIOUS PARTS OF THE WORLD "IF WE CAN. AND IT
MUST PERHAPS LOOK THAT WAY TO THEM, TOO," HE SAID.

THE SECRETARY SAID THE UNITED STATES HAS PROTESTED IN "THE
STRONGEST TERMS" TO NICARAGUA OVER THE JANUARY 11 KILLING OF

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AN AMERICAN MILITARY HELICOPTER PILOT IN HONDURAS NEAR THE NICARAGUAN BORDER.

"IT IS UNACCEPTABLE TO FIRE FROM ONE COUNTRY INTO ANOTHER COUNTRY AT PEOPLE AND WIND UP KILLING SOMEBODY," SHULTZ DECLARED.

THE SECRETARY SAID THE HELICOPTER "WAS APPARENTLY OFF COURSE," BUT HE SAID HE DID NOT KNOW IF IT HAD FLOWN OVER NICARAGUAN TERRITORY.

THE HELICOPTER LANDED ON A ROAD ABOUT 200 METERS INSIDE HONDURAS AND WAS FIRED ON FROM NICARAGUA AFTER IT WAS ON THE GROUND. THE PILOT WAS KILLED AND HIS TWO PASSENGERS WERE INJURED.

SHULTZ ACKNOWLEDGED THAT IT WAS A COMPLICATED PROBLEM, BUT HE SAID THE SIMPLE FACT WAS THAT AN UNARMED HELICOPTER MANAGED TO LAND IN HONDURAN TERRITORY AND WAS FIRED ON FROM NICARAGUA.

"IT IS THAT ACTION, IN SHOOTING AT ALL OF THE PEOPLE INVOLVED AND KILLING THE PILOT THAT WE HAVE PROTESTED IN THE STRONGEST TERMS," THE SECRETARY SAID.

WHILE SHULTZ DID NOT GO INTO A DETAILED ASSESSMENT OF THE KISSINGER COMMISSION REPORT, HE SAID THE QUESTION OF "CERTIFICATION" OF HUMAN RIGHTS PROGRESS TO CONGRESS WAS SOMETHING THE ADMINISTRATION WOULD HAVE TO WORK WITH CONGRESS ON TO RESOLVE.

HE EMPHASIZED THAT IT HAD ALWAYS BEEN THE POSITION OF THE ADMINISTRATION THAT THE SC-CALLED DEATH SQUADS AND VIOLATIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS "ARE BASICALLY INTOLERABLE THINGS AND THEY MUST CHANGE."

VICE PRESIDENT BUSH, IN A RECENT VISIT TO EL SALVADOR, MADE THAT POINT VERY CLEAR, SHULTZ SAID. "THEY MUST CHANGE, NOT BECAUSE WE WANT THEM, OR THE CONGRESS WANT THEM, BUT BECAUSE THAT MUST BE WHAT IT TAKES FOR THERE TO BE A DECENT AND SECURE LIFE IN EL SALVADOR. THE PEOPLE OF EL SALVADOR MUST WANT TO SEE THIS COME ABOUT," SHULTZ SAID.

ON OTHER TOPICS. THE SECRETARY:

-- EXPRESSED THE HOPE THAT THE UNILATERAL WITHDRAWAL OF SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES FROM ANGOLA IS AN ACTION THAT WILL LEAD OTHERS TO ACT SO THAT "SOMETHING GOOD WILL COME OUT OF IT." THE UNITED STATES HAS URGED SOUTH AFRICA AND ANGOLA TO WORK OUT A DISENGAGEMENT AGREEMENT TO TAKE EFFECT ON JANUARY 31. SHULTZ SAID THE UNITED STATES BELIEVES A WITHDRAWAL OF CUBAN FORCES FROM ANGOLA IS "DESERABLE," BUT HE ADDED THAT "IT IS CLEARLY NECESSARY IF SOUTH AFRICA IS GOING TO GO ALONG WITH WHAT HAS EMERGED AS A VERY REAL POSSIBLE WAY OF GAINING NAMIBIAN INDEPENDENCE."

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— EMPHASIZED THAT "THE ESSENCE OF THE MATTER" IS THAT NORTH AND SOUTH KOREA MUST NEGOTIATE WITH EACH OTHER TO "EASE TENSIONS ON THE PENINSULA AND MOVE TOWARD A MORE STABLE SITUATION. HE DID NOT RESPOND DIRECTLY TO A NORTH KOREAN CALL FOR NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE UNITED STATES. BUT HE DID ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE UNITED STATES AND SOUTH KOREA WILL EXAMINE THE NORTH KOREAN PROPOSALS TO "SEE IF THERE ISN'T SOME WAY IN WHICH WORTHWHILE DISCUSSIONS CAN BE GOTTEN UNDERWAY." HE SAID THE OCTOBER 9 BOMB ATTACK IN RANGOON, BURMA, CARRIED OUT BY NORTH KOREAN ARMY OFFICERS "SEEMED TO BE INTENDED FOR THE SOUTH KOREAN PRESIDENT" AS WELL AS THE FOUR SOUTH KOREAN CABINET MINISTERS THAT WERE KILLED. THE BOMBING, SHULTZ SAID, "DOES CALL INTO QUESTION THE SINCERITY OF THESE MOVES."

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AMERICAN REPUBLICS WIRELESS FILE NO. 8

THURSDAY, JANUARY 12, 1984

*

401 *BUDGET (50)

402 *MORE U.S. AID URGED FOR CENTRAL AMERICA (S) (2,700)

(EXCERPTS: KISSINGER NEWS CONFERENCE)

403 ADMINISTRATION DEFENDS CONTINUED MARINE PRESENCE IN
LEBANON (E) (400)

(REPORT ON DAM, TOWER, WARNER TESTIMONY ON HILL)

404 CHINA SEEKS MORE AMERICAN BUSINESS, ZHAO SAYS (E) (450)

(REPORT ON PREMIER'S ACTIVITIES IN WASHINGTON)

405 ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS, WEDNESDAY, JAN. 11 (E) (550)

406 *U.S. LABOR FIGHTS FOR DEMOCRACY IN HEMISPHERE (E)(950)

(ARTICLE BASED ON INTERVIEW WITH AFL-CIO'S MIKE BOGGS)

407 MORE U.S. AID URGED FOR CENTRAL AMERICA (E) (2,700)

(WITH ARF-402 OF 1/12/84)

408 *ADVISORY TO PACS, IOS RE EXTRA HEAVY FILE TODAY (100)

409 *AMLOG (150)

410 (FS) WPOST, NYTIMES EDITS ON KISSINGER REPORT(E)(1,300)

411 (VOA EDITORIAL) THE KISSINGER COMMISSION (E) (350)

412 *THE FAILURE OF THE CUBAN MODEL (S) (2,750)

(WITH ARF-219 OF 1/10/84)

(LUIS F. AGUILAR BYLINER)

413 P/P ARTICLE ALERT NO. 416, JAN. 11, 1984 (E) (1,950)

414 *KISSINGER: STOP CENAM ARMS BUILDUP (E) (550)

(ARTICLE BASED ON KISSINGER AMNET PRESS CONFERENCE)

415 CONGRESSIONAL REPORT, THURSDAY, JAN. 12 (E) (700)

416 KISSINGER: CONDITIONS IN CENAM MUST BE IMPROVED (E)
(5,200)

(LEAD, TRANSCRIPT: KISSINGER AMNET)

417 *KISSINGER: CONDITIONS IN CENAM MUST BE IMPROVED (S)
(5,550) (WITH ARF-416 OF 1/12/84)

418 SHULTZ SAYS CONCESSIONS ON INF TALKS NOT APPROPRIATE
(E) (750)

(EXCERPTS: SHULTZ REMARKS ON 'WORLDNET')

419 SHULTZ WORLDNET INTERVIEW (E) (7,000)
(TRANSCRIPT)

420 *KISSINGER: STOP CENAM ARMS BUILDUP (S) (600)

(WITH ARF-414 OF 1/12/84)

421 *SHULTZ SAYS CONCESSIONS ON INF TALKS NOT APPROPRIATE
(S) (1,550) (WITH ARF-418 OF 1/12/84)

USIA WIRELESS FILE

422 *ARLOG (350)

ENGLISH: 23,500
SPANISH: 13,150
TOTAL: 36,650

VIA USINFO TO:

ARU01 PORT AU PRINCE RE AFLOG OG 1/11/84 (350)

ARU02 LIMA RE SELECTED WF ARTICLES OF 1/11/84 (6,300)

ARU03 GRENADA, BRIDGETOWN RE NYTIMES ON GRENADA (300)

TOTAL USINFO COUNT: 6,950

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AFRICA FILE NUMBER 8 FOR THURSDAY, JANUARY 12, 1984 (350)

401 *BUDGET (350)

402 *PRESIDENT, VP OF AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION NAMED (FR) (480) (ARTICLE ON HILLIARD AND PETTY NOMINATIONS)

403 WHITE HOUSE REPORT (795) (SOVIET SPEECH, HELICOPTER ATTACK, RUMSFELD)

404 DEFENSE DEPARTMENT REPORT (460) (SHOOTDOWN OF U.S. HELICOPTER OVER HONDURAS)

405 CONGRESSIONAL REPORT (690) (REACTION TO KISSINGER COMMISSION REPORT)

406 REAGAN SEEKS 'URGENT' SOLUTIONS IN CENTRAL AMERICA (FR) (1,230) (ARTICLE ON REAGAN STATEMENT, KISSINGER BRIEFING)

407 (VOA EDITORIAL) THE KISSINGER COMMISSION (360)

408 ARTICLE ALERT NO. 416 (2,000)

409 NEWS ROUNDUP (FS) (320)

410 MEDIA REACTION REPORT WATCH LIST (220)

411 (U.S. OPINION) THE KISSINGER REPORT (710)

412 ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS (1,520) (BUSINESS SPENDING, GOVERNMENT WASTE, BUDGET COMMENTS, DISINFLATION, CITRUS PROSPECTS))

413 KISSINGER: STOP CENTRAL AMERICA ARMS BUILDUP (2,920) (EXCERPTS: KISSINGER INTERVIEW ON 'WORLDNET')

414 SHULTZ SAYS CONCESSIONS ON INF TALKS NOT APPROPRIATE (EXCERPTS: SHULTZ REMARKS ON 'WORLDNET') (4000)

415 ARTICLE ON SHULTZ PRESS CONFERENCE (1,000)

416 REAGAN 'DETERMINED' TO STABILIZE U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS (FR) (610) (ARTICLE ON REAGAN/ZHAO MEETING, WHITE HOUSE BRIEFING)

918 *FRENCH TRANSLATION FORECAST (75)

919 *AUGMENTATION DE 8,3 POUR CENT EN 1983 DU NOMBRE DES NOIRS AMERICAINS OCCUPANT DES POSTES ELECTIFS (AF-304) (920)

920 *TABLEAU : ACCROISSEMENT DU NOMBRE DES NOIRS OCCUPANT DES POSTES ELECTIFS AUX ETATS-UNIS (AF-305) (260)

921 *L'ANNIVERSAIRE DE MARTIN LUTHER KING EST OBSERVE AUX ETATS-UNIS (AF-202) (1010)

922 *LES ETATS-UNIS SONT EN FAVEUR D'UNE PLANIFICATION SOUPLE POUR LA REPARTITION DES RADIOFREQUENCES (AF-203) (1010)

923 *L'AMBASSADE DE COTE D'IVOIRE REND HOMMAGE A MARTIN

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LUTHER KING (AF-302) (430)

924 *(EDITORIAL DE LA VCIX DE L'AMERIQUE) LA COMMISSION KISSINGER (AF-407) (420)

925 *EXTRAITS DU RAPPORT KISSINGER SUR L'AMERIQUE CENTRALE (1350)

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TOTAL ENGLISH: 15,665
TOTAL FRENCH: 6,175
GRAND TOTAL: 21,840

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USINFOS SENT:

AFU010112 PARIS: FRENCH NEWELL TRANSCRIPT (2,750)

AFU020112 MASERU: REPEAT AF2060110, REUR 0098 (1,270)

AFU030112 YAOUNDE: REPEAT AF9021227, REUR 111409Z JAN 84 (710)

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TOTAL USINFOS: 4,730

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ITEMS AIRSHIPPED:

LAGOS: 1/11-12 PRESS CLIPS ON NIGERIA

PRETORIA: 1/12 CSM/VAN SLAMBROUCK, WP/SPARKS ON MOZAMBIQUE, SWAPO TALKS

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NEAR EAST/SOUTH ASIA WIRELESS FILE
FOR THURSDAY, JANUARY 12, 1984.

401 INTRO 20

402 VOA EDITORIAL: THE KISSINGER COMMISSION 360

403 MIDDLE EAST REPORTING IN THE U.S. PRESS (NESA) 1704

404 CONGRESSIONAL REPORT (REACT TO KISSINGER REPORT) 690

405 DEFENSE DEPARTMENT REPORT 460

406 WHITE HOUSE REPORT 795

407 NEWS ROUNDUP 300

408 NOTE: MEDIA WATCH LIST 220

409 KISSINGER: STOP CENTRAL AMERICA ARMS BUILDUP
(EXCERPTS: KISSINGER INTERVIEW ON WORLD NET) 2920

410 REAGAN DETERMINED TO STABILIZE U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS
(REAGAN-ZHAO MEETING; WHITE HOUSE BRIEFING) 890

411 SHULTZ LOOKS FOR SERIOUS U.S.-SYRIA TALKS ON LEBANON
(EXCERPTS: SHULTZ ON WORLDNET) 4000

412 SHULTZ SEES RUMSFLED-ASSAD TALKS IMPORTANT
(SHULTZ STATE DEPT. NEWS CONFERENCE) 1650

413 LOG 500

TOTAL NESA ENGLISH: 15,569

ARABIC FILE

18 LOG 50

19 DAM SAYS U.S. MARINE PRESENCE IN LEBANON JUSTIFIED (NE
302) 2480

20 EXCERPTS: MIDDLE EAST REPORTING IN THE U.S. PRESS (NE
403) 1800

21 SHULTZ LOOKS FOR SERIOUS U.S.-SYRIAN TALKS ON LEBANON (NE
411) 4000

22 MIDEAST EXCERPTS: WHITE HOUSE REPORT (NE 406) 100

ARABIC TOTAL: 8380

NESA FRENCH FILE

909 LES ETATS-UNIS SONT EN FAVEUR D'UNE PLANIFICATION SOUPLE
POUR LA REPARTITION DES RADIOFREQUENCES (1010)
(INTERVIEW ACCORDEE A L'USIA PAR L'AMBASSADEUR MARKS SUR LA
CAMR)

910 (EDITORIAL DE LA VOIX DE L'AMERIQUE) LA COMMISSION
KISSINGER (420)

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911 EXTRAITS DU RAPPORT KISSINGER SUR L'AMERIQUE CENTRALE
(1350)

TOTAL NESA FRENCH: 2780

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NESA USINFO'S

1 -- BEIRUT, DAMASCUS, TEL AVIV, JERUSALEM, AMMAN, CAIRO, ALEXANDRIA, JIDDA, RIYADH -- WASHINGTON POST (JONATHAN RANDAL), "JUMBLATT SAYS GEMAYEL SABOTAGED SECURITY PLAN." 859

2 -- TEL AVIV, JERUSALEM, CAIRO, ALEXANDRIA, AMMAN -- WASHINGTON POST (EDWARD WALSH), "ECONOMIC CRISIS PROVIDES FIRST LEADERSHIP TEST FOR SHAMIR." 1110

3 -- KABUL, ISLAMABAD, NEW DELHI -- WASHINGTON TIMES (ROY CHILDS), "AFGHANISTAN AND THE LIMITS OF SOVIET POWER." 899

4 -- BEIRUT, DAMASCUS, AMMAN, TEL AVIV, JERUSALEM, CAIRO, ALEXANDRIA, RIYADH, JIDDA -- NEW YORK TIMES (BERNARD GWERTZMAN), "U.S. LOOKS TO CRUCIAL SYRIA TALKS TO HELP SETTLE THE LEBANON CRISIS." 1377

5 -- NEW DELHI, ISLAMABAD, KABUL -- WASHINGTON TIMES (ELMO ZUMWALT AND WORTH BAGLEY), "THE MUJAHEDIN FORCE OF WILL." 815

6 -- BEIRUT, DAMASCUS, TEL AVIV, JERUSALEM, AMMAN, CAIRO, ALEXANDRIA, RIYADH, JIDDA -- WALL STREET JOURNAL (MORTON KONDRACKE), "REAGAN DESERVES CREDIT FOR FIRM STAND ON LEBANON." 1296

7 -- TEL AVIV, JERUSLAEM, BEIRUT, DAMASCUS -- MIDDLE EAST NEWS SUMMARY FOR AMB. RUMSFELD. 674

8 -- KUWAIT -- (REQUESTED) LOS ANGELES TIMES (DAVID LAMB), "KUWAIT LINKS BOMBINGS WITH PRO-IRANIAN GROUPS." 1032.

9 -- KUWAIT -- NESA LOG FOR THURSDAY, JANUARY 12. 500

NESA USINFO'S: 8560

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NEVER RESPECTED HUMAN RIGHTS IN ANY OF THE COUNTRIES IN WHICH
THEY HAVE GOVERNED, BUT STILL THERE IS A HUGE AREA IN WHICH
THE UNITED STATES CAN USE ITS INFLUENCE AND MUST USE ITS
INFLUENCE TO BRING ABOUT AN IMPROVEMENT OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND
ARE ASSURED OF THIS ONE CLARIFYING POSITION. IN ADDITION
THERE ARE CERTAIN PRACTICES LIKE THE DEATH SQUADS WHICH
CANNOT BE ACCEPTED BY ANY DEMOCRATIC GOVERNMENT.

SO I SUPPORT MY COLLEAGUES IN THE PROPOSAL THAT SOME
CONDITIONS HAVE TO BE PUT. I CLARIFIED IT, IN PARTICULAR HOW
IT SHOULD BE INTERPRETED, BUT IT EMPHATICALLY DOES NOT MEAN
THAT THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION OR ITS CHAIRMAN WELCOME
ANY METHOD THAT MIGHT BE USED IN THE FIGHT AGAINST THE
GUERRILLAS. (END EXCERPTS)

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