INTERAGENCY GROUP MEETING ON IAEA REASSESSMENT

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January 14, 1983
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MEMO
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Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/02/18: CIA-RDP85M00364R000801330010-9 EXECUTIVE SECRETARIAT Routing Slip D/ICS DDI;:r Chm/NIC D/OEA C/PAD./OEA V" A 21 _t) fir 22 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/02/18: CIA-RDP85M00364R000801330010-9 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/02/18: CIA-RDP85M00364R000801330010-9 United States Department of State JVashington. D.C. 20520 January 14, 1983 i g.3 " oZ / NSC - Mr. Michael Wheeler-8301247 ACDA - Mr. Joseph Presel -8301248 CIA - - - Commerce - Ms. Helen Robbins-8301250 DOE - Mr. William Vitale -8301251 DOD - COL John Stanford -8301252 NRC - Mr. Samuel Chilk-8301253 OMB - Mr. Alton Keel-8301254 JSC - LTC Dennis Stanley -8301255 SUBJECT: Interagency Group Meeting on IAEA Reassessment The next meeting of the Interagency Group will be held on Monday, January 17, at 1:00 pm in Room 6226 in the Depart- ment of State. The purpose of the meeting.will be to discuss and obtain comments on the attached draft IG memorandum re- garding U.S. participation in the IAEA. Attached is a copy of the draft IG memorandum, a draft executive summary, and a draft memorandum informing the Presi- dent of the conclusions of the IG. Attachments: As stated QD7-~- Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/02/18: CIA-RDP85M00364R000801330010-9 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/02/18: CIA-RDP85M00364R000801330010-9 DRAFT REPORT TO THE PRESIDENT SECRET SUBJECT: Resumption of U.S. Participation in the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) The Inter-Agency Group (IG) on the Reassessment of U.S. Policy toward the IAEA has concluded a three. month examination of our role and interests in the IAEA. This reassessment was triggered by the rejection of the Israeli delegation's creden- tials at the General Conference of the IAEA last September. The IG has unanimously concluded that: (1) The IAEA safeguards system. performs a role critical fore U.S. national security and non-proliferation interests, (2) there is no presently viable alternative to that safe- guards system and none which could be put into place in the near term, and (3) key members and senior IAEA Secretariat staff, including the Director General, will support our efforts to reduce extraneous political controversy, protect Israel's right to participate, and to strengthen the safeguards regime. After a comprehensive examination of all the considerations summarized above, the IG also concluded that the United States can best accomplish its objectives by participating actively from within the IAEA. The IG, therefore, concluded that the U.S. should decide in principle to resume participation in the IAEA at the earliest practicable' date. As the IG's report indicates (Tab 1), the timing of resump- tion of participation is complicated by the Kasten Amendment to the Continuing Resolution, which temporarily blocks U.S. pay- ments to the IAEA, and by a December .982 UNGA resolution which calls on the IAEA to exclude South Africa from all technical working groups. We are developing a strategy for dealing with these complications which includes close consultations with key IAEA members and with Members of Congress. Consistent with the IG's recommendations, we will then proceed with resumption of participation at the earliest practicable date. Attachment: Tab 1 -'Inter-Agency Group Report SECRET Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/02/18: CIA-RDP85M00364R000801330010-9