AMBASSADOR'S INITIATIVES ON TURKISH MEMBERSHIP IN COE AND TURKISH-ISRAELI RELATIONS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90B01370R000801030054-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 19, 2010
• Sequence Number: 54
• Publication Date: January 27, 1984
• Content Type: CABLE

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TOR: 271518Z JAN 84
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FM AMEMBASSY ANKARA
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 2250
INFO RUEHTV/AMEMBASSY TEL AVIV 2314
RUEHJM/AMCONSUL JERUSALEM 0376
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E.O. 12356: DECL: OADR
TAGS: PREL, TU, IS, COE, XF
SUBJ: AMBASSADOR'S INITIATIVES ON TURKISH MEMBERSHIP
IN COE AND TURKISH-ISRAELI RELATIONS
REF: A) STATE 24871, B) 83 ANKARA 11006
C) ANKARA 849, D) ANKARA 682
E) ANKARA 678, F) 83 ANKARA 11385
2. ON THE EVE OF THE JAN 30 MEETING OF THE COE PARLIA-
MENTARY ASSEMBLY IN STRASBOURG I WOULD LIKE TO
RECAPITULATE MY EFFORTS TO, ON THE ONE HAND, ENHANCE
THE PROSPECTS FOR ACCEPTANCE BY THE ASSEMBLY OF THE
PARLIAMENTARY DELEGATION WHICH THE GOT IS APPARENTLY
DETERMINED TO SEND TO THAT MEETING; WHILE ON THE OTHER,
ENLISTING ISRAELI SUPPORT FOR THE GOT POSITION AT THE
PARLIAMENTARY ASSEMBLY, THUS LAYING THE GROUNDWORK FOR
AN IMPROVEMENT IN TURKISH-ISRAELI RELATIONS WHICH, WE
HOPE, WILL HAVE A POSITIVE INFLUENCE ON GOT ATTITUDES
TOWARD U.S.-ISRAELI COOPERATION IN THE MIDDLE EAST
(SEE REF A).
3. CHIEF AMONG MY EFFORTS IN SUPPORT OF THE GOT AT
THE PARLIAMENTARY ASSEMBLY WERE MY SUGGESTIONS, THAT:
-- (1) EUROPEAN POSTS BE INSTRUCTED TO MAKE DEMARCHES
TO THEIR RESPECTIVE HOST GOVERNMENTS, AND THEIR PARLIA-
MENTARY REPRESENTATIVES, ENCOURAGING THEM TO LEND THEIR
SUPPORT TO THE SEATING OF THE TURKISH DELEGATION; AND
-- (2) THE U.S.G. ENCOURAGE ISRAEL TO INSTRUCT
ITS EUROPEAN MISSIONS AND ITS MISSION TO THE COE PARLIA-
MENTARY ASSEMBLY TO DO LIKEWISE. THE LATTER SUGGESTION,
SUBSEQUENTLY ADOPTED AND CARRIED OUT BY THE ISRAELI
GOVERNMENT, WAS ORIGINALLY CONCEIVED IN MY DISCUSSIONS
WITH THE ISRAELI CHARGE IN ANKARA.
4. IN SUPPORT OF THESE SUGGESTIONS, I HAVE PROVIDED
THE COGENT REASONS WHY OUR EUROPEAN FRIENDS SHOULD
ACCEPT THE TURKISH DELEGATION AND THUS AVOID A RUPTURE
IN RELATIONS BETWEEN TURKEY AND EUROPE.
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ISRAELI SUPPORT FOR TURKEY, WE HOPE, WILL BE THE
BEGINNING OF IMPROVED RELATIONS BETWEEN TURKEY AND
ISRAEL, WHICH, IN TURN, CAN LAY THE GROUNDWORK FOR
ISRAELI SUPPORT FOR TURKISH INTERESTS IN THE U.S.
CONGRESS AND A MORE FAVORABLE ATTITUDE OF THE GOT TOWARD
U.S.-ISRAELI COOPERATION IN THE MIDDLE EAST.
6. I AM CONVINCED THAT THESE INITIATIVES SERVE VITAL
LONG-TERM U.S. INTERESTS IN THE MIDDLE EAST.
THE OUTCOME OF THESE EFFORTS IN STRASBOURG IS STILL
VERY MUCH IN DOUBT.
REGARDLESS OF THE OUTCOME AT STRASBOURG I BELIEVE
OUR EFFORTS WILL STAND US IN GOOD STEAD IN OUR FUTURE
DEALINGS WITH THE GOT ON A VARIETY OF VITAL U.S.
INTERESTS.
7. I HAVE REPEATEDLY RAISED THE QUESTION OF TURKEY'S RE-
LATIONS WITH ISRAEL ON VARIOUS LEVELS. AS I REPORTED TO
WASHINGTON, I ELICITED FROM MR. OZAL A STATEMENT THAT
THERE WOULD BE NO CHANGE IN TURKEY'S RECOGNITION OF
ISRAEL EVEN BEFORE HE TOOK OFFICE AS PRIME MINISTER.
CODEL LANTOS AS A RESULT OF BRIEFINGS THEY RECEIVED HERE,
STRESSED IN OTHER MEETINGS WITH GOT OFFICIALS THE IMPOR-
TANCE OF TURKEY'S RECOGNITION OF ISRAEL IN AMERICAN DO-
MESTIC POLITICS. I HAVE ALSO RAISED THIS ISSUE IN MY
MEETINGS WITH GENERAL GUNERAL.
8. THIS MESSAGE WAS PERSONALLY PREPARED BY AMBASSADOR
STRAUSZ-HUPE BEFORE HIS DEPARTURE. PEREZ
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