I Luv Ha DECQSSIFLED A - Authority Department of St 55mm 909 pa AN 91 PAGE 01 STATE 295852 H5 ORIGIN ii INFO OCT-01 ISO-00 001 66011 DRAFTED BY APPROVED BY R ORTIZ 055276 1615202 DEC 75 ZFFH FM SECSTATE HASHDC TO ANEHBASSY TOKYO PRIORITY ANEMBASSY OTTAHA USNISSION IAEA VIENNA 31 STATE 295 NODIS FOLLOHING TELEGRAM SENT ACTION SECSTATE FROM SEOUL DTD 16 DEC 19 5 52% GTE SEOUL 9551 Hours DEPARTMENT PASS TOKYO OTTAHA AND IAEA VIENNA 22 TAGS HNUC PARK K5 FR CA SUBJECT RON NUCLEAR PROCESSING PLANT CANADIAN APPROACH 9526 1 CANADIAN AMBASSADOR STILES CALLED ON ME TODAY DEC 16 TO INFORM ME THAT HE HAD NOH RECEIVED INSTRUCTIONS TO APPROACH FOREIGN MINISTER ON NUCLEAR REPROCESSING AFTER COORDINATING HITH ME INSTRUCTIONS PROVIDE THAT HE HILL EXPLAIN DELAY IN SIGNATURE ON BASIS ABSENCE OF CANADIAN FOREIGN MINISTER AT NATO AND CIEC MEETINGS AND DESIRE TO PAGE 02 STATE 295852 3 SECRET DECLASSIFIED Authomy SECRET DELAY SIGNATURE UNTIL PARLIAMENT RECONVENES JANUARY 19 GIVEN SENSITIVITY OF THIS ISSUE AT SANE TINE STILES IS TO NOTE THAT NEITHER CANADIAN OR US GOVERNNENTS HILL AGREE TO REPROCESSING OF HASTE MATERIALS FRON THEIR REACTORS BY KOREANS AND ASK HHAT NUCLEAR MATERIALS HILL BE AVAILABLE FOR REPROCESSING IN FRENCH PLANT STILES HAS FINALLY BEEN ASKED TO REPORT ON ANY RESPONSE NE HAVE RECEIVED AND THEN AHAIT SIGNAL BEFORE MAKING APPROACH 999 0'9 03 2- I BRIEFED STILES ON CONVERSATION HITH VICE HINISTER 9 SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY REPORTED SEPTEL ON THIS BASIS ANTICIPATES INSTRUCTIONS TO SEE FOREIGN MINISTER P TONORROU SNEIDER UNOTE INGERSOLL SECRET                     National Security Archive    Suite 701  Gelman Library  The George Washington University    2130 H Street  NW  Washington  D C  20037    Phone  202 994‐7000  Fax  202 994‐7005  nsarchiv@gwu edu