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C O N F I D E N T I A L USUN NEW YORK 01998
E.O.12065: GDS 5/9/85 (JONES, B.J.) OR-P
TAGS: TSPA, UN
SUBJECT: OUTER SPACE: MOON TREATY
1. (C-ENTIRE TEXT)
2. US MISSION OFFICER TOOK ADVANTAGE OF APRIL 30-MAY 9
VISIT OF OUTER SPACE LEGAL SUBCOMMITTEE (LSC) CHAIRMAN
WYZNER FOR MEETING OF SYG'S ADVISORY BOARD ON DISARMAMENT
STUDIES TO ASK WYZNER FOR PROGNOSIS ON MOON TREATY. WYZNER
SAID HE DID NOT PLAN TO COME TO NEW YORK FOR FULL OUTER
SPACE COMMITTEE (OSC) MEETING IN JUNE-JULY. LSC HAD
ACCOMPLISHED LITTLE, EITHER ON THE MOON TREATY OR OTHER
MATTERS, AND HE DID NOT THINK HIS PRESENCE WAS WORTHWHILE.
3. ON THE MOON TREATY, HOWEVER, WYZNER SAID THAT PROGRESS
MIGHT WELL PROVE POSSIBLE LATER IN THE SUMMER AFTER THE
NEXT LAW OF THE SEA (LOS) MEETING. PROGRESS AT THE MARCH
LOS MEETING HAD BEEN ENCOURAGING AND THERE WERE NOW HOPES
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FOR SIGNIFICANT FURTHER PROGRESS AT THE SUMMER MEETING.
IF THIS WERE THE CASE, SOVIETS MIGHT THEN BE PREPARED TO
MAKE CONCESSIONS ON "COMMON HERITAGE" FORMULATION IN THE
MOON TREATY. WYZNER THUS CONFIRMED OUR OWN IMPRESSION
THAT A MAJOR SOVIET PREOCCUPATION WITH THE MOON TREATY IS
THE PRECEDENT THAT IT MIGHT SET FOR HERETOFORE UNRESOLVED
LOS ISSUES.
Sheryl P. Walter Declassified/Released US Department of State EO Systematic Review 20 Mar 2014
Sheryl P. Walter Declassified/Released US Department of State EO Systematic Review 20 Mar 2014
4. SPECULATING ON HOW TO MOVE THE MOON TREATY FORWARD
AFTER THE SUMMER LOS SESSION, WYZNER SAID A SMALL GROUP
CONSISTING OF U.S., USSR, AND TWO LEADING NON-ALIGNED
COUNTRIES MIGHT SIT DOWN AND SEEK CONSENSUS ON MAJOR
UNRESOLVED POINTS IN THE TEXT. MISSOFF ASKED WHETHER
SUCH A GROUP SHOULD NOT INCLUDE AUSTRIA, AS AUTHOR/
CONCILIATOR. WYZNER READILY ACKNOWLEDGED THAT AUSTRIA
SHOULD ALSO PARTIICPATE.
5. IN A SUBSEQUENT CONVERSATION WITH SUCHARIPA (AUSTRIA)
MISOFF REQUESTED VIEWS ON WYZNER'S SUGGESTION. SUCHARIPA
REACTED FAVORABLY. HE THOUGHT BRAZIL AND INDIA WOULD BE
THE BEST NON-ALIGNED CANDIDATES AND THAT THESE TWO COUNTRIES
COULD "DELIVER" REMAINDER OF NON-ALIGNED. AS FOR TIMING,
SUCHARIPA THOUGHT THAT A MEETING DURING THE GA, PERHAPS
AT THE TIME OF THE OUTER SPACE DEBATE IN THE SPECIAL
POLITICAL COMMITTEE, MIGHT BE APPROPRIATE FOR A FIRST
MEETING. A SECOND REVIEW SESSION ON THE TREATY COULD
PERHAPS BE HELD IN EARLY 1980 PRIOR TO THE LSC MEETING.
6. MISOFF AND SUCHARIPA AGREED NOT TO MENTION THIS
POSSIBILITY TO OTHER DELEGATIONS FOR THE TIME BEING,
PENDING RECEIPT OF INSTRUCTIONS. IF DEPARTMENT SEES
MERIT IN WYZNER'S IDEA, BELIEVE NEXT APPROPRIATE STEP
WOULD BE TO BRING IT UP WITH SOVIETS DURING BILATERAL
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MEETING EARLY IN OSC SESSION.
LEONARD
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