HUMAN RIGHTS PRM MEETING, 28 FEBRUARY, 4:00 PM

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• Publication Date: March 1, 1977
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1 March 1977
MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD
SUBJECT: Human Rights PRM Meeting,'28 February, 4:00 PM
The following issues were discussed:
1. Procedure - Ms. Tuchman stated that she is committed
to providing Brzezinski with a PRM draft on Friday, 4 March,
and that the PRM would be distributed in final form next
week to.member agencies. She will attempt to get her final
draft to us by 2 March but hopes to avoid further changes.
2. NSC Draft vs State De artment Draft - The two State
Representatives, Derlan an Voge esang, attempted to persuade
Ms. Tuchman to substitute the State draft (see attachment)
for the NSC version. They took the position that we should
avoid trying to define human rights, but rather outline a
general approach and an action program. Tuchman took the
position that some definition of the basic human rights involved
.was necessary and she made it clear that she was not prepared
to accept the State draft, but would make changes in the NSC
draft based on the discussion at this meeting.
3. Third World Reaction - Baker of State and Birmbaum
of AID emphasized t at third world countries are more concerned
with economic rights than they are with civil rights and that
our approach would have to take their point of view into account.
Birnbaum went on to stress that cutting off economic aid was
not necessarily the best way of improving human rights per-
formance and he used as an example of what could be done the
progress that has been made by quiet persuasion on the popu-
lation problem.
4. Problem of 'Conflicting 'Intere's'ts - Erb of Treasury
mace the point that in a number of cases our own national
security interests might be in conflict with pressure to
improve human rights performance of individual countries and
he urged that some consideration of this problem be included
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in the redraft. He specifically called for the establishment.-
of some procedure whereby the issue of human rights could be
introduced into the decision-making process so that a conscious
dlecision could be made between competing U.S. interests.
5. Existing Human Ri hg is .Agreement', Charters and
Conventions - Coldklang of Justice stressed t hat t e S. is
a party to a number of overlapping international agreements
affecting human rights, including the UN Charter, the Genocide
Treaty, the OAS Agreement on Human Rights, the Helsinki
Declaration, etc. He pointed out that the legal basis for
taking action in a specific case would depend upon what agree-
ments have been ratified by the country in question.
6. Communist vs Non-Communist Countries - There was
an inconclusive iscuss on of the nee ror making a distinction
between Communist and non-Communist countries in our policy
approach. Derian argued strongly against such a distinction
but Tuchman and the majority seem to feel that it was necessary
to 'draw this line.
7. Intelligence 'Contrib'ution - Tuchman felt that a section
of the PRM should specifically call for an intelligence contri-
bution and she indicated she would introduce such a paragraph
into the redraft. Baker of State and I pointed out that the
CIA Stations did contribute to the Embassy reporting to Congress
on the human rights situation as required by law.
8. Belgrade Conference - There was general agreement
that there was need or clarifying U.S. policy towards the
Belgrade Conference and this item will be covered in Tuchman's
redraft.
9. At the end of the meeting I had a chance to chat briefly
with Tuchman and suggested that we get together to review the
present status of Agency production in this field and she
indicated that she very much wanted to do so and would be in
touch with me.
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Cord Meyer, Jr.
SA/DDCI
Attachments:
1. List of Attendees
2. Member Agencies Drafts of PRM
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February 28, 1977
4:00 p.m. - Room 305
LIST OF ATTENDEES
Jessica Tuchman
Bob Kimmitt
State _.
Patt Derian
Sandy Vogel 9esang
DOD
B/G James M. Thompson
JCSr'IG- ~ j,
Admiral Sa~nvae- -H- Packer
Commerce
A rthur Downey
CIA
Cord Meyer
AID
USIA
Justice
Jack Goldklang
Treasury
Dick Erb
Arnold Nachmanoff
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PR : 'US FOREIGiI POLICY ON RIGII'i's
Introduction
1. Purpose of PRMM: develop a. comprehensive Us policy on
human ric;:lts aricl identify sptcif.ic actions for i^iplertentzition
2. Road.-nap of PFti'.:
-.--_ provide brief executive surtimar r of
major poiilt:s, rprohlc~:.w. nVIA I
Discussion
1. Objectives of US Policy on human rights
a . Rcasorts for. US emphas ils on human rights (legal,
r
b. Dcfini tIotI of "internationally recognized human
r mss" and analysis of
gro3 "coILJ1.stCi'it pattern of
Speak' General gu9.clnltne for US policy (such as iiztention
to Speak out or acE ,~ncn we bcelicvo Us can !,(7,
ip those most
affected; to . 'efloc;: concern about human rights in all
Countries I ] ncluding our own; etc.)
zon, etc . i
4. Tactics and initiatives r.o> t steL~a a;ict Of.'1 (:~ t JLIlC F:; or < (rango ction:;oalread to en andG;iC'S,
those proposed, includin 1 taken and
~'uCt:01~ ~
3. Specific to Consider in individual cases/
Cour t;l'~e cb i G'2 :3C Ct .LU11 no
t-- .) itoUj , r cilati ng to tile bur; ail
l;1ghtB si.tu,at cstl iLaeIf- Stick a0 i.f0iG o ,
erp t.rating hums fights Violet ions tes 2'Ilrlt~, or c~,Lcrn~al threat, level of , serioou usness of internal
do_rolopr;tent--and items relating
to US response such as .amount of US leverage, likely'reper-
cussior-s to us act'
5 action to the Preside;it's Inaugural
and other stat~cltients )
?'. nl.tiatiVes by inter-
national financial institutions of :.,hich the us
is a mermber ; changes in US refugee, asylum, and visa
policies; more consistezitly vigorous protection of
a. Ur,ilatera ]. measure s (such as
m
ttcc~uent usr., of rla.plo:ti~c..tc or`' vigorous E.nd
approaches; appro-
priate public st-atLc_mcnt:s and symbolic acts;
reductions in sccui:ity assistance and arms sales;
reductions in economic4,7 ? i
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human x-i.glits of US citizen: abroad; better use.
of information 131 o(jrams; etc.)
Within
b. r.ult?.il.atc-2rnl actions ('initi