SOVIET DELEGATION IN GENEVA IN THE DARK

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CIA-RDP78S01932A000100010084-5
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RIPPUB
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C
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2
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December 19, 2016
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May 18, 2005
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84
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January 19, 1974
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OUTGOING MESSAGE Appr. oMV, ;LFAK eV2005/06/13 CIA-RDP78SO19 a 0 0 0 CONFIDENTIAL MESSAGE HANDLING INDICATOR 191648Z CIA/WHSS 25X1 7 10 3 6 D - 12 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 Jsz OVER THE DISENGAGEMENT NEGOTIATIONS AND WANT TO RETURN THE DATE: ORIG: UNIT: EXT: REPRODUCTION BY OTHER THAN THE ISSUING OFFICE IS PROHIBITED Approved For Release 2005/06/13: CIA-RDP78S01932AO0010001 EDITIONS 10 T E g 12 .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. REPRODUCTION BY OTHER THAN THE ISSUING OFFICE IS PROHIBITED Approved. For Release 2005/06/13: CIA-RDP78SO1932A000100 Approved, F9STi%Sp22005106/13 CIA-R;DP78S01 25Xi'.