SIG MEETING VERSAILES SUMMIT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP83M00914R000500120023-3
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• Original Classification: C
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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 5, 2009
• Sequence Number: 23
• Publication Date: March 5, 1982
• Content Type: MEMO

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MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD
SUBJECT: SIG Meeting
Versailles Summit
4 March 1982, 1100-1200. 305, EOB
CIA Attendees: NIC
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Hormats chaired the-meeting and provided the bulk of the comments 25X1
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The purpose of the meeting was to provide a read-out on the
27-28 February Preparatory Meeting in Paris, and to lay the groundwork
for Summit preparations withi
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I. PROCEDURE
C. Prep Meetings-- The next meeting is 24-25 April, at which
there will be a broad, informal discussion of a rough draft olthe
final communique, which Attali will draft. This will be followed
by possibly the final meeting before the Summit, in early May.
(Early May was at US insistence; the French proposed late May).
The May meeting will focus on ironing out communique language
differences Ana Anv nthar .,,?.,1..i..,
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see next item).
B. Papers -- Reagan and other leaders decided at Ottawa that
they wanted to deformalize And debureaucratize the Summit. As a
result, there will be only one formal paper assigned this year,
on technological progress and its impact on growth and employment.
This will be drafted by the French Personal Representative, Jacques
Attali. Another formal paper arises from Ottawa -- the High-Level
Monitoring Group will present a paper on energy. All other papers
will be "personal," prepared by the Sherpas; they will be only for
discussion and will not include proposed communique language. The
deadline for papers is 16 A
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iscussions will be informal (stressed),
A. The US delegation obtained more staff time and more
political discussion. The latter now is planned for all meals.
The political d
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II. PHILOSOPHY
We must pull our ideas together early and present our suggestions:
in a positive way. We want to try to make an impact as the papers
are being written; only later, if our ideas are not receiving 25X1
adequate attention, will we present them formally. As usual, we
appear to be ahead of other delegations in planning and preparation.
III. TONE
The atmosphere at the prep meeting was somber. The West
Europeans appear very pessimistic about their economies and about
the impact of unemployment on social and political stability.
Privately at least, they recognize that their problems are largely
NSC review completed.
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their own doing, but they also blame US interest rates and
exchange rate volatility. Indeed, resentment of high US interest
rates permeates all the Summit discussions (trade, energy, North- 25X1
South) and not just economic policy topics. The US will have
to be able to respond to West European complaints.
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