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1 CON F IDE N T l BRIEF FOR THE CHAIRMAN MEETING OF THE COUNCIL ON SATURDAY, 23RD ITEM: FOLLOW-UP TO THE 11TH JANUARY MINISTERIAL MEETING ON POLAND You may wish to say: Prmit m to bgin by xtnding a harty wlcom to all of th snior officials who hav journyd from capitals,~o. join us for! this imp~rt~t mtin~. W ar ga~hrd today rlto cbrry forward work wlthln th Alllanc concrnlng th J 'r" "\, si tua tio?,. lin Poland following th imposition of martial law 1 thr on 13th Dcmbr last and on Allid ractions to that situation. Th "Dclaration on Evnts in Poland", issud aftr th S.pcial Ministrial Sssion hld hr on 11th January, provids th basic framwork for our discussion on this occasion, baring in mind that on dlgation has rsrvd its position on a numbr of points st forth in that Dclaration. To bgin with, l would no,t that paragraph 5 of th 11th January Dclaration spcifically urgd th Polish authoritis to tak thr stps; namly, "to nd th stat of martial law, to rlas thos arrstd, and to rstor immdiatly a dialogu with th Church and Solidarity." To dat, thr has bn no significant progrss on any on of ths thr fronts. On th contrary, th vidnc strongly suggsts that, dspit thir public promiss of modration, th martial law ladrship is dtrmind to roll back th procss of rform that had bn undrway in Poland sinc August of It sms, thrfor, that th Wst should continu to xrcis prssur in vry appropriat way towards th achivmnt of th aims splld out in th 11th January Dclaration and in kping wi th th action programm outlind in that documnt. It furthr sms to m that, in ssnc, th purpos of our mting is to idntify th most ffctiv

2 -2- ''\ l \ 11 ways to arriv at our objctivs in Poland and how individual Allid fforts might bst b coordinatd. With that in mind, and whil som dftlgations may wish to rviw stps alrady takn by thir govrnmnts and to assss thir impact as an aid in charting a cours for th futur, l suggst that w structur our xchang by moving through what might b trmd th oprativ paragraphs of th 11th January Dclaration on by on. It will b rcalld that such a procdural dvic provd its worth in promoting an ordrly, fficint, and highly productiv discussion at th Ministrial Mting which producd that Dclaration Th first oprativ paragraph is paragraph 9 daling with th CSCE Follow-Up Mting in Madrid. Sinc that particular subjct will b takn up by th Council nxt wk, l rcommnd that w pass ovr it for th tim bing with th undrstanding that w could hav a "tour d t~bl" atth nd of our work today to bring vryon up-to-dat on currnt national plans rgarding th attndanc of Ministrs at th rconvning of th Madrid Mting. If th procdurs l hav just outlind ar agrabl, and ~nlss anyon wishs to mak sorn gnral rmarks, w could mov dirctly to paragraph 10 of th Ministrial Dclaration. As you know, that paragraph rfrs to th intnsification of Allid fforts "to bring to th attntion of world public opinion and intrnational organizations" human rights violations and violnc in Poland. Dos anyon wish to tak th floor on this point? (~' i' 1 l "., t May w turn now to paragraph 11, bginning with sub-paragraphs Ca) and Cb) on rstrictions on Sovit and Pèlish diplomats and on th curtailmnt of crtain scintific and tchnical arrangmnts. Who would lik to start our considration of ths two points?

3 Th balanc of paragraph 11 concrns nsuring that th truth is availabl to th Polish popl, th quality of bilatral rlations with th military régim in Warsaw, and th plight of Pols strandd abroad by vnts in thir country. wish to addrss ths mattrs? Dos anyon l bliv w can tak paragraphs 12 and 13 togthr Th first is a gnral rfrnc to.th importanc of conomic masurs as a mans of rgistring Allid concrnsov~po~and and strsss th significanc of stps alrady announcd by Prsidnt Ragan in this rgard. Paragraph 13 gos on to stat Allid intntions concrning futur commrcial crdits for and Poland, Polish dbt paymnts du in 1982/humanitarian assistanc. It striks m that it might b particularly worthwhil to xchang information on th dtails of th currnt status of Polish commrcial crdits and on th xprinc various Allis hav had so far in guaranting that humanitarian assistanc is actually r~~?ing th intndd 1.. ~ l' " "'. 1-,. rcipints. To whom may l giv th floor? '\ \.,.1

4 Paragraph 14 concrns conomic and commrcial rlations with th Sovit Union as wil as Poland and nots that th Allis "will xamin" th futur cours of thos rlations. It also nots that th Allis "will xamin" masurs in a numbr of spcifi filds. bgin by inviting dlgations to rport on th status of ths W might xaminations and to offr any rflctionsthy might hav on othr possibl aras for conomic and commrcial masurs. l giv th floor? To whom May If w can now turn to paragraph 15, it cits Allid "rsolv not to undrmin th ffct of ach othr'r masurs". On of th lmnts suggstd for discussion today in a lttr circulatd by th U.S. Dlgation on 15th January is th "oprational maning" of th~t,.~ldg. l, us th'' bn~'f'it ',\ Il, 1 Prhaps, w might start by asking th U.S. to giv of its own thinking on this point?

5 NAT 0-5- Paragraph 16, which concluds th 11th January Dclaration, addrsss th nd to rflct on longr-trm East-Wst conomic rlations. It singls out "nrgy, agricultural commoditis and othr goods, and th xport of tchnology" as particularly mriting such rflction. As l bliv w ar ail awar, th U.S. has xplicitly proposd that w discuss today possibl actions ovr th longr-trm and sa it occurs to m that th U.S. might wish to commnc our considration of this point as wil. From th th Ohair, l would simply not that th study of th implications of tchnology transfrs to Warsaw Pact stats, commissiond by th Council wil bfor th imposition of martial law in Poland, is making stady progrss towards compltion prior to th May NAC Ministrial Mting. l rturn now to th mattr of Ministrial participa~ion in th CSCE Rviw Mting upon its rsumption in Madrid nxt month. According to my information, th following is,th status of Allid plans in this rgard Ar thr any corrctions to this list? '1-,

6 Bfor w tak up what l bliv is th last itm of businss l ft bfor us - that is, what should b said to th prss following this mting - l would lik to try to summariz th main conclusions to b drawn from our discussion. First, l think thr is gnral agrmnt that * l would now lik to rad out th draft txt of a possibl statmnt to th prss. First, l would rcall that th Council prviously smd mor or lss agrd that, spcally sinc a Saturday mting is in itslf rathr xtraordinary, it is saf to assum a high dgr of mdia intrst in its outcom. Nvrthlss, any public statmnt should b rlativly brif and issud on th authority of th Scrtary Gnral or his 4t rprsntativ. Finally, l would add that obviously w would tt not want to say anything that could dtract from th important public affairs bnfits obtaind froid th succss of th 11th January Ministrial Mting. to ~ak Th draft statmnt sks account of ail of ths points. It gos as follows: