LOS: PACEM IN MARIBUS CONFERENCE

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CIA-RDP82S00697R000300080004-5
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December 12, 2016
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June 10, 2002
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4
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September 13, 1974
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CABLE SEC DISSEM BY~PER TOTAL COPILaa_~" _ RUN BY p p REPRODUCTION BY OTHER THAN A roved For Release 2 rIQ$./21j NClXRPe88 a~06991300 30008000415sU1NG OFFICE 15 PROHIBITED PERSON/UNIT NOTIFIEDr STAT AIJVAN.GECOPYYi ACTION UNIT T-1 T 414091 EI.A828 PAGE 01 TOR11315352 SEP 74 FM A ME MBA L LE TT A TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 5771 INFO RUEHDT/USMISSION USUN 194 BT R 131057 - . THE OCEANS); STU MCINTYRE OF D/LOS AT STATE DEPT (WHO DESCRIBED ~N OF ECONOMIC 20NE AND COUNTERED AS NECESSARY POSITIONS ADVANCED ON OTHER ISSUED,BY OHTER PARTICIPANTS WHEN THOSE POSITIONS WERE AT VARIANCE WITH U.S. POLICY, E.G., MYRDAL'S DISARMAMENT COMMENTS); AND AMBASSADOR J'. DJALAL OF ADMIN INTERNAL USE ONLY DR. J,S. WARIOBA OF TANZANIA (WHO JUSTIFIED 200-MILE ZONE PRIMARILY AS A MEANS WHEREBY THE LDCS COULD KEEP SOME PORTION OF THE WORLD'S OCEANS OUT OF THE GRASP OF THE TECHNOLOGICALLY ADVANCED COUNTRIES, AND ATTACKED LORD RITCHIE-CALER OF U.K, FOR LATTER'S CRITICISM OF THE ONE AS A STEP BACKWARD FOR THE LDCS)1 MRS. A MYRDAL OF SWE EN (WHO tlA,I.VOC,-r,EmD P b--I6LLI.O_N .O ' ALL MISSILE "TE "INU OVE H G SEAS, ALL NATIONAL MILITARY AC14 TQ THEm~ t ED. AND ALL BUMPING OF WEAPONS IN V BEYOND 200 MILES WOULD BE THE PRIMARY STIMULUS TO THE NEW RACE); OVER SUCH AN ISSUED AS WHETHER A 200-MILE ECONOMIC ZONE IS .DESIRABLE OR NOT, 3o PRINCIPAL SPEAKERS INCLUDED ARVID PARDO (WHO THOUGHT A 200-MILE ZONE WOULD. BE MERELY THE BEGINNING LINE FOR A NEW RACE TO GRAB ADDITIONAL OCEAN SPACE, AND EXTENDING COASTAL STATE AUTHORITY TO ANY PORTION OF THE CONTINENTAL MARGIN STATE MESSAGE NC 39919 b SUBJ; LOSE P M N MARIBS CANFERENCE:~.~ 1, AS-TN"T'AATT~~YE RS, AC'1 ~gp IN MARIBUS DISCUSSED VARIOUS LOS ISSUES AND SOUGHT TO INFLUENCE U,N. LOS CONFERENCE. FOCUS THIS YEAR WAS ON ECONOMIC ZONE AND PROSPECTS FOR ARMS CONTROL IN THE OCEANS. 2, PACEM IN MARIBUS WAS LESS WELL ATTENDED THIS YEAR THAN IN PREVIOUS YEARS. THERE WERE FEW NEW INSIGHTS AND THE GATHERING WAS UNENTHUSIASTIC. MANY PARTICIPANTS FELT THAT THEIR EARLIER ROLE (AS THEY SAW IT) OF LEADING THE THINKING IN THE FIELD WAS OVERTAKEN BY THE REALITIES OF THE U.N, CONFERNCE AND THERE IS LITTLE THEY CAN DO TO AFFECT ITS OUTCOME, SPLITS SEEMED TO DEVELOP EVEN AMONG THE SPONSORS (ELIZABETH MANN BORGESE ET AL) E, O. 11652: N/A TAGS= PLOS, MT UNCLAS VALLETTA 1493 State Dept. review completed Approved For Release 2002/08/21 : CIA-RDP82SO0697R000300080004-5 CABLE SEC DISSEM BV PER TOTAL COPIES RUN BY REPRODUCTION ?Y OTHER THAN Approved, or Releas 2O( ;l I:pLlk ,8ZM617ROO 300080004-5?uING OPRICE IS PROHIBITED T 414091 PAGE 02-02 TORE 1315352 SEP 74 RF, FILE VR , EIAJ2`S- STATE MESSAGE NC 39919 INDONESIA (WHO UNDERSCORED NEED TO RECOGNIZE ARCHIPELAGOS, WELCOMED THE REDUCTION OF THE AREA OF THE HIGH SEAS CAUSED BY THE 200-MILE ZONE SINCE THIS WOULD LIMIT THE GREAT POWERS WHO ARE THE PRIME BENEFICIARIES OF THE HIGH SEAS, AND CRITICIZED MCINTYRE+S MENTION OF NECESSITY`OF UNIMPEDED TRANSIT OF INTER- NATIONAL STRAIT$),.LATTER COMMENT OF DJALAL PRODUCED REBUTTAL BY MCIN'T,YRE. FRANK LAQUE (U.S. DEPT OF COMMERCE) AND GOK SLAKE (NSF) MADE USEFUL INTERVENTIONS ON SEABED RESOURCE SUBJECTS, 4, THE PACEM IN MARIBUS SPONSORS ARE ATTEMPTING TO DRAW UP SOME RECOMMENDATIONS TO BE SENT TO THE LOS CONFERENCE, IF THE PAST IS A GUIDE, THEY WILL SUCCEED IN GETTING THEIR DRAFT THOUGH PACEM IN MARIBUS WITH ONLY MINOR MODIFICATIONS AND'WITHOUT NOTING THE DISSENTERS IN THE DOCUMENT. THE INFLUDENCE OF THE ANNUAL RECOMMENDTIONS ON THE U.S. SEABED COMMITTEE OR THE U.N. CONFERENCE ON LOS HAS NOT BEEN SUBSTANTIAL IN RECENT YEARS, BUT THIS YEAR THE EFFECT OF THEM IS LIKELY TO BE EVEN LESS THAN USUAL, NEVERTHELESS, IT IS USEFUL TO.HAVE USG PARTICIPANTS CONTRIBUTE TO THE PACEM IN MARIBUS DISSCU~SIONS AND TO CLARIFY AND DEFEND. U,S. POSITIONS WHEN NEEDED. WIGGINS ADMIN INTERNAL USE ONLY Approved For Release 2002/08/21 : CIA-RDP82SO0697R000300080004-5