• • No Objection to Declassification in Part 2010 01 04 LOC-HAK-259-3-4-7 ' - I I Fm 64 I 5 57z ·s E c RE r SENSITIVE EXCLUSIVELY EYES ONL ------ vtt40 s2 25X1 TOHAK 33 TO LARRY EAGLEBURGER FOR SEC KISSINGER t8RUARY 27 1974 TOI SECRETARY KISSINGER P'ROM1 BRENT SCOVCROFT VE NEED TO CONSIDER URGENTLY THE P8SSI8ILITY THAT THE PRG AND THE GRUN WILL E SEATED AS FULL MEMBERS OF THE CURRENT LAV OF VAR so CONFERENCE UNDER A VOTE THAT MAY BE TAKEM IN THE NEXT DAY OR STATE HAS BEEN CAMPAI8MIMG ·AGAINST THE ADMISSION OF THESE TWO PuPPETS WITH SOME VIGOR BUT APPARENTLY WITH LESS PROSPECT OF SUCCESS THAN ON LAST YEAR•s UN VOTE CONCERNING CAMBODIA THE MORI GDF C03344231 ORV HAS CONDUCTED A VIGOROUS CAMPAIGN FOR THE PRG INCLUDING A STATEMENT THAT IT MIGHT BOYCOTT THE CONFERENCE IF THE PRG IS NOT ADMITTED• STATE TODAY HAS MADE A COUNT THAT SUGGESTS THE PRG VOTE COULD GO EITHER WAY BY TWO OR THREE VOTES WITH THE GRUNT POSSIBLY SNEAK• • INS IN BY Al ·EQUAL OR THINNER MARGIN ITSELF FOR THE POSSIBILITY THE 8VN NOT TO VALK our or a· STATE KAS B N READYIIG DEFEAT INSTRUCTING SAIGON TO URGE IT HAS ALSO BEGUN TO PREPARE A FALL- BACK CONPROMISE POSITION UNDER WHICH WE WOULD ABSTAIN ON A VOTE TO GIVE THE P 8 OBSERVER STATUS IN ORDER TO HEAD o r A VOTE ON FULL MEMBERSHIP THE LAW OF WAR CONFERENCE IS NOT A UN•SPONSOREO CONFERENCE IT HAS BEEN CALLED BY THE GOVERNMENT OF SWITZERLAND UNDER THE TERMS OF THE GENEVA CONVENTIONS WE KAVE AN INTEREST IN PARTICIPATING BECAUSE THE QUESTION OF POV TREATMENT WILL ARISE AND BECAUSE VE VANT TO BE ABLE TO REFUTE THE MANY CRITICISMS THAT WILL BE MADU t No Objection to Declassification in Part 2010 01 04 LOC-HAK-259-3-4-7 ON-FILE NSC RELEASE INSTRUCTIONS APPLY tncs IN 1 VTTTYAM AMn l WU - - No Objection to Declassification in Part 2010 01 04 LOC-HAK-259-3-4-7 THERE ARE TWO ISSUES FO S WHILE FURTHER TACTICS BEFORE THE VOTEt l• AND OUR BQLEGATION OUR E BASSIES HAVE BEEN CA PAIGNING THEY HAVE NOT YET GONE SO FAR AS THE DRV IN SUGGESTING THAT VE IGffT OURSELVES RECONSIDER tlJR PARTICIPATION IF THE PRG IS ADfUTTED WE COULD JUSTIFY SUCH RECONSIDERATION ON GROUNDS THAT WITH THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZA• TION CONFERENCE AND THE LAV o THE SEAS CONFERENCE COMING UP VE VANT TO MAKE CLEAR TO EVERYBODY THAT VE WILL NOT SIT STILL FOR THIS SORT OF POLITICAL MANEUVEftING AT OBVIOUSLY WE COULD NOT SO THREATEN EVERY INTERNATIONAL MEETING UNLESS WE WERE PREPARED TO VALK OUT IF THE VOTE GOES AGAINST US -2- AS AN ALTERNATIVE WE COULD PASS THE WORD MORE ACTIVELY THAT VE WOULD BE PREPARED TO ACCEPT THE PRG OR GRUNX AS AN OBSERVER OR TO ACCEPT TKE PRG AS A lllEMBER OF THE ORV DELEGATION IN ORDER TO HEAD OYF A VOTE ON FULL MEMBERSHIP WE GATHER OUR CHIEF DELEGATE GEORGE ALDRICH MAY HAVE STATED THIS IN PRIVATE DISCUSSIONS IN GENEVA BUT IT HAS NOT BECOME A FULL DIPLOMATIC EFFORT a e11 I i PASS THE WORD THAT WE MAY RECONSIDER OUR PARTICIPATION _ 'U DISAPPROVE MAINTAIN OUR PRESENT POSITION THAT VE WILL STAY AND CONTINUE TO URGE THE GVN TO STAY EVEN IF THE PR8 IS SEATED APPROVE '•t M DISAPPROVE PASS THE WORD VE WOULD BE PREPARED TO ACCEPT THE PRG GRUNK AS OBSERVERS OR TO ACCEPT THE PRG AS A MEMBER or TH DRY DELE8A-N6'0bjection r _teclassification in Part 2010 01 04 LOC-HAK-259-3-4-7 6PPOnvr nT 6PPDnu No Objection to Declassification in Part 2010 01 04 LOC-HAK-259-3-4-7 1 • ifE OUR ACTUAL PARTI-ATION IF THE VOTE GOES AGIFNST US HAV TWO ALTERNATIVES IS TO VALK OUT HER ONE IS TO PROTEST AND STAY TKE OTK£R THE FIRST ENABLES US TO PARTI CIPAT IN THE WORK OF THE CONFERENCE BUT MEANS THAT WE WILL SEE THE PRG GAIN STATUS AT THIS flfEETING AND AT OTHERS EVEN THOUGH THIS CONFERENCE MAY NOT BE AN ABSOLUTE PRECEDENT SINCE IT IS NOT SPONSORED BY TH tJN PERHAPS A DISTINCTION WITHOUT A DIFFERENCE • THE SECOND MEANS FO'RSAKING OUR OBJECTIVES AT THE CONFERENCE IRRITATING A LOT OF COUNTRIES INCLUDING SWITZERLAND BUT OBVIOUSLY SHOWING OUR DETER• MINATION ON THIS ISSUE AND MAKING IT LESS LIKELY TO GAIN SUPPORT IN TKE FUTURE IT DOES HOWEVER IMPLICITLY COMMIT US TO WALK OUT OF OTHER COMF RENCES WHERE VE MAY HAVE A GREATER INTEREST THAN IN THIS ON • • I II II' WE PROTEST BUT STAY • APPROVE DISAPPROVE IRQ I VE WALK OUT APPROVE DISAPPROVE _-t No Objection to Declassification in Part 2010 01 04 LOC-HAK-259-3-4-7