SOVIET DELEGATION IN GENEVA IN THE DARK

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78S01932A000100010084-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 18, 2005
• Sequence Number: 84
• Publication Date: January 19, 1974
• Content Type: CABLE

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THE NUMBER TWO MAN ON THE SOVIET DELEGATION, AT THE
GENEVA PEACE CONFERENCE -TOOK THE INITIATIVE YESTERDAY FOR
JHEFIRSTTIME IN TWO WEEKS TO GET IN TOUCH WITH HIS US
'`COUNTERPARTS. HIS MAIN PURPOSE WAS TO GATHER INFORMATION
:ON THE
TERMS OF THE DISENGAGEMENT AGREEMENT,-ADMITTING THAT
MOSCOW WAS SENDING THE GENEVA DELEGATION AILMOST NOTHING.
ALSO EXPRESSED THE VIEW--WITHOUT BELUUABORING THE
State Department review completed
"POINT--THAT THE GENEVA TALKS SHOULD BE REACTIVATED SOON.
PRESUMABLY THE SOVIETS ARE UPSET WITH WASHINGTON'S MONOPOLY
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OVER THE DISENGAGEMENT NEGOTIATIONS AND WANT TO RETURN THE
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.TALKS TO THE FORUM IN GENEVA WHERE MOSCOW IS REPRESENTED.
INDEED, THE EGYPTIAN AMBASSADOR IN GENEVA INFORMED
YESTERDAY THAT SOVIET AMBASSADOR VINOGRADOV HAS
VINOGRADOV CRITICIIZED THE EGYPTIANS FOR
HAVING FORGOTTEN THEIR TRUE FRIENDS- AND CLAIMED THAT
OPENLY CRITICAL OF THE WAY THE DISENGAGEMENT AGREEMENT
WAS UNDER PRESSURE FROM CERTAIN ARAB STATES TO RECONVENE
THE FULL CONFERENCE IN GENEVA. WHEN ASKED TO IDENTIFY
THESE COUNTRIES, VINOGRADOV REPORTEDLY BACKED OFF.
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