CROSS-BORDER ASSISTANCE: ROLE OF PVD'S

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90B01390R000700900108-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 14, 2010
• Sequence Number: 108
• Publication Date: January 9, 1986
• Content Type: CABLE

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RUFHOL/AMEMBASSY BONN 8120
RUFHFR/AMEMBASSY PARIS 5021
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E.O. 12356: DECL: OADR
TAGS: EAID, PGOV, XD, US
SUBJECT: CROSS-BORDER ASSISTANCE: ROLE OF PVO'S
2. WE ASSUME THAT , IN CONNECTION WITH CODEL HATCH'S
VISIT, QUESTION OF CONTINUING PVO ROLE IN CBA WILL BE
RAISED. AS YOU ARE AWARE, THERE HAVE BEEN CONTINUING
EXPRESSIONS OF CONCERN FROM EUROPEAN GOVERNMENTS, FROM
CONGRESS, AND FROM PVO'S THEMSELVES ABOUT THEIR FUTURE
ROLE AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP TO WHATEVER NEW CBA REGIME IS
ESTABLISHED IN CONNECTION WITH PAKISTAN WELFARE
INTERNATIONAL. WE BELIEVE IT WOULD BE USEFUL FOR YOU TO
FIND AN OCCASION, WHETHER IN CONNECTION WITH CODEL HATCH
OR SEPARATELY, TO REITERATE OUR POSITION WITH ZIA, YAOUB
KHAN, OR OTHERS ALONG THE FOLLOWING LINES:
-- WE ARE VERY PLEASED THAT GOP IS TAKING STEPS TO
ESTABLISH A BASIS FOR LONG-TERM CROSS-BORDER HUMANITARIAN
ASSISTANCE TO THE AFGHANS. AS GOP IS AWARE, WE HAVE DONE
AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO OUR FULL SHARE IN SUPPORTING
SUCH AN EFFORT. WE BELIEVE IT IS CRITICAL TO ANY LONGER
TERM STRATEGY TOWARD AFGHANISTAN.
-- PRIVATE VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATIONS HAVE UP TILL NOW
PLAYED A MAJOR ROLE IN CBA OPERATIONS. THEY HAVE SHOWN
GREAT RESOURCEFULNESS AND COURAGE AND HAVE EARNED OUR
RESPECT AND -- WE ARE SURE -- THAT OF THE AFGHANS.
-- LOOKING TO FUTURE ARRANGEMENTS THE POINT WE WOULD LIKE
TO STRESS IS A POLITICAL ONE. THE PVO'S NOT ONLY BRING A
SIGNIFICANT MEASURE OF COMMITMENT, SKILL AND EXPERTISE TO
CBA, THEY ALSO ACT TO RALLY BROAD SUPPORT FOR THE AFGHANS
AND FOR THE WORK OF THE GOP IN ASSISTING THE AFGHANS.
BOTH IN EUROPE AND IN THE UNITED STATES, THE WORK OF THE
PVO'S HAS STRONG SUPPORT ON A POPULAR LEVEL, IN
PARLIAMENTS AND GOVERNMENTS. THIS MAKES IT POSSIBLE BOTH
FOR RESOURCES TO FLOW AND FOR POLITICAL COMMITMENT TO
REMAIN FIRM.
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ADDRESSING THE ROLE OF THE PVO'S AND IN DEALING WITH THEM
AND THE GOVERNMENTS SUPPORTING THEM. IT IS A MATTER OF
IMPORTANCE TO US AND, WE ASSUME, TO OTHER WESTERN
GOVERNMENTS AS WELL. SHULTZ
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