DRAPER MISSION: ISRAELIS DO NOT ACCEPT COMPROMISE AGENDA FORMULA

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• Publication Date: January 5, 1983
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SUBJECT: DRAPER MISSION: ISRAELIS DO NOT ACCEPT
COMPROMISE AGENDA FORMULA
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2, SUMMARY: ISRAELIS HAVE DECLINED THE COMPROMISE
AGENDA FORMULA WHICH I PROPOSED, PRIMARILY BECAUSE THEY
SEE IT AS A CONCESSION TO LEBANESE PRIME MINISTER
WAZZAN AND THEY DO NUT WANT TO ENCOURAGE WAZZAN TO
BELIEVE THAT HE HAS A VETO OVER THE NEGOTIATING PROCESS,
I SAID THE U,S, WAS NOT GOING TO GO ALONG WITH A
GOVERNMENT CRISIS IN BEIRUT OVER SENSITIVE AGENDA
WORDING PROBLEMS, WHEN THE LEBANESE WERE PREPARED
TO DISCUSS THE REAL SUBSTANCE OF NDRMALIZATION, ISRAELIS
WILL WAIT TO HEAR LEBANESE POSITION TOMORROW IN
KIRYAT SHEMONA, BASED ON OUR DISCUSSIONS HERE AND
IN LEBANON, THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE THAT TOMORROW'S
SESSION WILL AGAIN FAIL. TO PRODUCE AN AGREED AGENDA
OR OTHERWISE PERMIT THE INITIATION OF SUBSTANTIVE
TALKS, END SUMMARY.
S, ACCOMPANIED BY CHARGE FLATEN AND KRECZKO, I MET
WITH FONMIN SHAMIIR., HIS DEPUTY BEN-MEIR, TAM+R, KIMCHE,
BAR-UN, "MANDY, O RUBIjNSTt IN, AND OTHERS ON JANUARY 5
TO REVIEW WHERE WE STOOD ON THE EFFORT TO PRODUCE AN
AGENDA FOR THE LEBANON/ISRAEL NEGOTIATIONS, I OUTLINED
THE PROPOSAL WHICH I HAD WORKED OUT WITH THE
LEBANESE (TEXT IN PARA 10 BELOW),EMPHASIZING THAT ITS
MAIN VIRTUE FROM THE ISRAELI.PERSPECTIVE SHOULD BE
THE WRITTEN ACCEPTANCE BY LEBANON OF DISCUSSION ON
ALL ITEMS GN THE ISRAEb.I AGENDA, INCLUDING SUCH
ITEMS AS NORMALIZATION AND OPEN BORDERS. ALTHOUGH
INITIALLY INTRIGUED WITH THE IDEA, SHAMIR EVENTUALLY
CONCLUDED THAT HE BELIEVED IT WAS UNSATISFACTORY,
ON THE SUBSTANTIVE SIDE, HE BELIEVES THAT THE
OFFICIAL AGENDA WAS THIN ON THE NORMALIZATION ISSUE,
AND THAT THE LEBANESE ACQUIESCENCE IN THE ISRAELI
AGENDA WAS DISGUISED IN THE FORM I PROPOSED.
HOWEVER, SHAMIRsS MAIN OBJECTION WAS THAT OUR PROPOSAL
WAS A STEP-BACK FROM THE LAST LEBANESE PROPOSAL,
WHICH THE ISRAELIS KNOW WAS WITHDRAWN BECAUSE OF
WAZZAN'S OBJECTION TO THE PROPOSAL, SHAMIR SAID
THAT THE UNITED STATES SHOULD USE ITS INFLUENCE
TO CONVINCE WAZZAN TO ACCEPT THE PROPOSAL. TO GIVE IN
WOULD ENCOURAGE WAZZAN TO BELIEVE THAT HE HAS A
VETO OVER THE NORMALIZATION PROCESS,, AND WOULD
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FRUSTRATE THE SUBSTANTIVE TALKS, SHAMIR CONCLUDED
THAT'HE WOULD RAISE OUR SUGGESTION WITH THE
MINISTERIAL STEERING COMMITTEE, NOT AS A PROPOSAL:
BUT AS AN IDEA.
A. I SAID THAT WE HAD PERSUADED GEMAYEL TO ACCEPT
THE JANUARY3 PROPOSAL OF THE LEBANESE DELEGATION,
PROVIDED WAZZAN WOULD GO ALONG, HOd1EVER, DESPITE
OUR EFFORTS. WAZZAN WOULD NOT AGREE, I MENTIONED.
THAT WAZZAN WAS SO OPPOSED TO THE PROPOSAL THAT HE
HAD THREATENED TO RESIGN IF IT WERE ACCEPTED, (TAMIR
SAID THAT IT MIGHT BE HELPFUL IF WAZZA-N RESIGNED;
I SAID THAT THE UNITED STATES WAS NOT GOING TO FORCE
A GOVERNMENTAL CRISIS IN LEBANON OVER THE FORMULATION
OF THE AGENDA,) A RECURRING THEME WITH THE FOREIGN
MINISTERR, KIMCHE, BENoMEIR AND LATER INTERIOR MINISTER
BURG, WAS THE ISRAELI CONVINCTION THAT IF THE UNITED
STATES HAD PUSHED HARDER, GEMAYEL WOULD HAVE ACCEPTED
THE FORMULA PROPOSED BY THE LEBANESE DELEGATION AND
THEN REJECTED BY GEMAYEL, I. STRIDENTLY REJECTED THIS
FERCEPTION IN ALL MEETINGS. SHAMIR SAID THAT'THE-
ADVANTAGE OF THE JANUARY 3 PROPOSAL WAS THAT IT
COMMITTED THE LEBANESE TO ACCEPTANCE OF THE'PRINCIPLE
OF NORMALIZATION. HE SAID IT IS VERY-IMPORTANT FOR
THE ISRAELIS TO KNOW AT THE START THAT THE LEBANESE
GOVERNMENT ACCEPTS THIS PRINCIPLE. BENoM MIR ADDED
THAT WITH THE COMPROMISE FORMULA THE LEBANESE WOULD
ONLY HAVE AGREED THAT THE ISRAELI DELEGATION COULD
RAISE THE ITEMS ON ITS AGENDA, 'WHAT THAT MEANS,
ACCORDING TO SHAMIR AND BEN-MEIR, IS THAT WITH THE
COMPROMISE FORMULA, THE LEBANESE HAVE NOT ACCEPTED
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ANYTHING, SHAMIR AND BENwMEIR BOTH NOTED
THAT THIS IS NOT AN ARGUMENT OVER A WORD OR TWO,
IT IS A QUESTION OF THE PRINCIPLE
OF LEBANESE ACCEPTANCE OF THE CONCEPT OF DEALING
WITH ISRAEL, LATER BEN-HEIR ADDED THAT IT IS ALSO CLEAR
TO THE LEBANESE THAT IT IS AN IMPORTANT QUESTION,
IF NOT, WAZZAN WOULD NOT HAVE THREATENED TO RESIGN
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OVER THIS ISSUE.
S. I LUNCHED WITH KIMCHE AND TAMIR IMMEDIATELY
FOLLOWING THE MINISTERIAL MEETING. THEY REPORTED
(AND BURG SUBSEQUENTLY CONFIRMED) THAT MY PROPOSAL
WAS UNSATISFACTORY TO ISRAEL?. ISRAEL WOULD START
TOMORROW'S SESSION ON THE BASIS OF THE LAST LEBANESE
PROPOSAL, AND WOULD WANT TO HAVE DIRECT CONFIRMATION,
AND AN EXPLANATION, FROM LEBANON CONCERNING'THE
UNACCEPTABILITY OF LEBANON'S FORMER PROPOSAL-
TAMIR RESURRECTED THE SHARON WORKING PAPER; HE SAID
ISRAEL WOULD NOT ALLOW WAZZAN TO FORCE GEMAYEL TO BACK
AWAY FROM IT. I WARNED KIMCHE THAT THE LEBANESE
WOULD INDEED RETRACT THEIR FORMER PROPOSAL AND THAT
WE ALL SHOULD BE THINKING THIS EVENING OF NEW IDEAS TO
GET US BEYOND THE AGENDA DEBATE AND INTO THE SUBSTANCE,
TAMIR ALSO INSISTED THAT THE ORIGINAL ISRAELI
AGENDA HAD DEEN AGREED TO BY THE LEBANESE IN THE
SECRET CHANNEL. HE ALSO INSISTED THAT THE GOI WOULD NOT
LET WAZZAN FORCE GEIAYEL TO ABANDON ITS ESSENTIAL
ELEMENTS,
6, WE ALSO DISCUSSED SOME OF THE SUBSTANTIVE ITEMS
WITH KIMCHE AND TAMIR, WHO SAID THAT ISRAEL WOULD
WELCOME CONTINUED SUBSTANTIVE DISCUSSIONS WITH US9
I AGREED, IN THE COURSE OF THE SUBSTANTIVE DISCUSSION,,
TAMIR SAID THAT ISRAEL WILL NOT INSIST ON A LENGTHY
WITHDRAWAL PERIOD. IF SYRIA CAN WITHDRAW IN ONE
MONTH, ISRAEL CAN ALSO, HOWEVER, BECAUSE THE LAF,
WHICH WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR SECURITY IN' THE SOUTH,
WILL TAKE SOME TIME TO BE STRENGTHENEDo ISRAEL WILL
INSIST ON INTERIM MEASURES SUCH AS EARLY WARNING
STATIONS AND AERIAL. RECONNAISSANCE FOR AN AGREED PERIOD,
7, I ALSO HAD A BRIEF MEETING WITH DR, BURG, WHO
CONSIDERS HIMSELF PRIMARILY A SPECTATOR ON LEBANON
ISSUES, BURG CONFIRMED THAT THE MINISTERIAL COMMITTEE
HAD REJECTED OUR PROPOSED COMPROMISE; BUT EXPRESSED
CONFIDENCE THAT THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE WAS RICH ENOUGH
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TO FIND AN ACCEPTABLE FORMULA, BURG ALSO CONFIRMED
THAT WHILE HE HAD NO QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE U.S,.
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ROLE, "OTHERS" WERE CHARGING THAT THE UQS, WAS
PREVENTING LEBANON FROM REACHING AGREEMENT WITH ISRAEL,
8, IN A LONG MEETING WITH DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER
BEN-MEIR THIS EVENING, WE WENT OVER AGAIN MUCH OF THE
SAME GROUND. BEN-MEIR SPENT MUCH OF THE MEETING
REITERATING THE ISRAELI CONVICTION THAT THE
GOVERNMENT OF ISRAELI IS COMMITTED TO HONEST NEGOTIATIONS
AND HAS PROVEN ITS GOOD FAITH BY THE CONCESSIONS THAT
HAD BEEN MADE DURING THE PAST THREE MONTHS,
HE NOTED THAT ISRAEL BACKED AWAY FROM INSIST
ENCE
ON A TREATY WITH LEBANON EVEN THOUGH THE PRIME
MINISTER HAD PROMISED A PEACE TREATY BY THE NEW YEAR,.
HE ADDED THAT ISRAEL HAD DROPPED ITS INSISTENCE
ON MINISTERIAL LEVEL REPRESENTATION AND SUBSEQUENTLY
ON THE VENUE OF JERUSALEM WHICH WAS DONE AT THE''
INITIATIVE OF THE PRIME MINISTER HIMSELF.IN A CABINET
SESSION, FINALLYD HE NOTED THAT ISRAEL HAD BEEN
WILLING TO ACCEPT THREE SUBSTANTIALLY DIFFERENT
FORMULAS ON NORMALIZATION IN ORDER TO GET THE TALKS
MOVING. BEN-MEIR SAID THAT ISRAEL HAD TAKEN THESE
STEPS BECAUSE IT AGREED WITH US THAT LEBANON SHOULD NOT
BE PUSHED BEYOND THE POINT WHERE A CENTRAL GOVERNMENT
COULD SURVIVE AND RETAIN THE SUPPORT OF MOST FACTIONS
WITHIN LEBANON, BEN-MEIC CONCLUDED BY STATING THAT
ISRAEL BELIEVES THAT IF IT DOES NOT TAKE ASTAND NOW
TO SECURE LEBANESE AFFIRMATION. OF THE PRINCIPLE
OF NORMAL RELATIONS THAT THE NEGOTIATIONS WILL BE
MORE DIFFICULT LATER, WE THEN SOUGHT TO EXPLORE
OTHER POSSIBILITIES FOR A FORMULA WHICH WOULD HELP
TO BREAK{ THE AGENDA DEADLOCK IN TOMORROWS SESSION,
9, OUR FORMULA INCLUDED A FORMAL AGENOAQ WHICH WOULD
CONSIST OF THREE SIMPLE ITEMS AND WHICH WOULD BE MADE
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EXCHANGE OF LETTERS, IN WHICH ISRAEL AND LEBANON
WOULD ACCEPT THAT ALL OF THE ITEMS WHICH HAD BEEN
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INCLUDED IN THEIR RESPECTIVEa ORIGINAL AGENDAS WERE'
SUBSUMED UNDER THE THREE AGENDA ITEMS AND WOULD BE
DISCUSSED, THE ORIGINAL ISRAELI AND LEBANESE CMINUS
THE ITEM ON U,S, ROLE) AGENDAS MOULD BE ATTACHED
TO.THE EXCHANGE OF LETTERS, IT WAS UNDERSTOOD THAT
THE EXCHANGE OF LETTERS COULD ALSO BE MADE PUBLIC,.
10, FOLLOWING IS TEXT OF PROPOSAL SHARED WITH THE
ISRAE'LIS TODAY. QUOTE:
AGENDA
IT IS AGREED THAT THE AGENDA WILL CONSIST OF THE
FOLLOWING ITEMS: SECURITY ARRANGEMENTS; WITHDRAWAL;
AND MUTUAL RELATIONS, IN LIGHT OF THEIR INTERRELATION-
SHIP, THESE ITEMS WILL BE DISCUSSED CONCURRENTLY,
DEAR DOCTOR KIMCHE AND AMBASSADOR DRAPER:
IN ACCEPTING THE U,S,IPROPOSED AGENDA TODAY, I ACCEPT
THAT ALL OF THE QUESTIONS AND ISSUES LISTED IN
ISRAEL'S PROPOSED AGENDA OF DECEMBER 22 (ATTACHED)
ARE SUBSUMED UNDER THE THREE AGREED AGENDA ITEFMS,
AND THAT THE LEBANESE DELEGATION IS PREPARED-TO ADDRESS
THEM IN AN OPEN-MINDED WAY, WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO,.
OR PRIOR COMMI1MENT CONCERNING, THE FINAL OUTCOME
OF THE NEGOTIATIONS,
I UNDERSTAND THAT EACH DELEGATION RESERVES THE RIGHT
TO RAISE SUBJECTS ADDITIONAL TO THOSE ON THE AGENDA,
ATTACHMENT:
AMBASSADOR FATTAL
ISRAEL'S PROPOSED AGENDA OF DECEMBER 22, 1982
ISRAELI PROPOSED AGENDA OF DECEMBER 22
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1. NORMALIZATION OF RELATIONS:
A) TERMINATION OF THE STATE OF t1 AR.
B) OPEN BORDERS,
C) LIAISON OFFICES,
D) CESSATION OF HOSTILE PROPAGANDAo
E) TRADE, COMMUNICATION, TOURISM, ETC,
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2. SECURITY ARRANGEMENTS;
A) PREVENTION OF HOSTILE ACTIVITY AGAINST ISRAEL AND
LEBANON,
6) ISRAELI WARNING STATIONS,
C) FORCES 70 BE PRESENT IN THE SOUTH,
D) RECONNAISSANCE FLIGHTS AND NAVAL PATROLS,
E) LIMITATIONS OF l EAPONS AND FORTIFICATIONS,
F) SUPERVISORY SYSTEMS,
G) PRESENCE OF FOREIGN TROOPS IN LEBANON AND ISRAEL,
3. CONDITIONS FOR WITHDRAWAL OF ISRAELI FORCES:
A) PLO DEPARTURE
B) RETURN OF PRISONERS, MISSING AND BODIES BY SYRIA AND
? PLO.
C) SIMULTANEOUS WITHDRAWAL OF SYRIANS.
DEAR AMBASSADOR FATTAL AND AMBASSADOR DRAPERS
IN ACCEPTING THE U.S.-PROPOSED AGENDA, I ACCEPT
THAT ALL OF THE QUESTIONS AND ISSUES LISTED IN LEBANON?S
PROPOSED AGENDA OF DECEMBER'28 (ATTACHMENT) ARE
SUBSUMED UNDER THE THREE AGREED AGENDA ITEMS, AND THAT
THE ISRAELI DELEGATION IS PREPARED TO ADDRESS THEM'IN
AN OPEN-MINDED WAY, WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO, OR PRIOR
COMMITMENT CONCERNING, THE FINAL-OUTCOME OF THE
NEGOTIATIONS.
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I UNDERSTAND THAT EACH DELEGATION RESERVES THE RIGHT
TO RAISE SUBJECTS ADDITIONAL TO THOSE ON THE AGENDAQ
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LEBANESE PROPOSED AGENDA OF DECEMBER 20
1) PROGRAM OF EVACUATION*
2) IMMEDIATE DISPOSITIONS FOR WITHDRAWALo
3) SECURITY ARRANGEMENTS*
4) GENERAL FRAMEWORK OF RELATIONSQ.
UNOUOTE,
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LEBANESE PROPOSED AGENDA OF DECEMBER 23q 1982
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