US-USSR COMPREHENSIVE FISHERIES AGREEMENT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP11M01338R000400470123-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 13, 2013
• Sequence Number: 123
• Publication Date: August 6, 1988
• Content Type: CABLE

Declassified in Part- Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2013/09/13: CIA-RDP11M01338R000400470123-3
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TO AMEMBASSY MOSCOW PRIORITY 9828
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UNCLAS STATE 255727
E.O. 12356: N/A
TAGS: EFIS, UR
SUBJECT: us-u5sR COMPREHENSIVE FISHERIES AGREEMENT
REF: MOSCOW 18844
1. IN RESPONSE TO REFTEL, THERE ARE TWO WAYS IN WHICH
THE U.S.-SOVIET COMPREHENSIVE FISHERIES AGREEMENT CAN
ENTER INTO FORCE. FIRST, THE CONGRESS CAN TAKE
POSITIVE ACTION AT ANY TIME TO APPROVE THE AGREEMENT
THROUGH THE INTRODUCTION OF LEGISLATION. THIS STEP HAS
ALREADY BEEN TAKEN THROUGH THE INTRODUCTION BY
CONGRESSMAN STUDDS AND YOUNG ON JUNE 27 OF H.R. 4919, A
BILL TO APPROVE THE U.S.-SOVIET COMPREHENSIVE FISHERIES
AGREEMENT WHICH IS CURRENTLY UNDER CONSIDERATION BY THE
CONGRESS. SECOND, THE COMPREHENSIVE AGREEMENT WOULD
AUTOMATICALLY ENTER INTO FORCE IF IT SITS BEFORE THE
CONGRESS FOR SIXTY CONSECUTIVE DAYS OF LEGISLATIVE
SESSION AND CONGRESS DOES NOT TAKE POSITIVE ACTION TO
APPROVE THE BILL. BASED ON THE CURRENT CONGRESSIONAL
CALENDAR, IN LIEU OF POSITIVE ACTION THIS SIXTY DAY
PERIOD WOULD END ON OR ABOUT OCTOBER 10, AT WHICH TIME
THE AGREEMENT WOULD ENTER INTO FORCE.
2. BASED ON CONVERSATIONS WITH CONGRESSIONAL STAFF
MEMBERS IT IS LIKELY THAT THE CONGRESS WILL TAKE
POSITIVE ACTION TO APPROVE THE COMPREHENSIVE AGREEMENT
SOMETIME AFTER IT RETURNS FROM RECESS ON SEPTEMBER 8.
WE ARE AWARE OF NO OPPOSITION TO THE AGREEMENT AND HAVE
REASON TO BELIEVE IT WILL BE APPROVED SOON AFTER THE
CONGRESSIONAL RECESS.
3. THE DEPT IS VERY CONCERNED OVER REPORT REFTEL THAT
THE MINFISH IS CONSIDERING POSTPOINING AN AUGUST 17
MEETING IN KHABAROVSK BETWEEN U.S. AND SOVIET FISHING
INDUSTRY REPRESENTATIVES UNTIL THE AGREEMENT IS IN
FORCE. CONSIDERING THE FACT THAT THE LATEST THE
AGREEMENT COULD BE APPROVED IS MID-OCTOBER, WE SEE NO
REASON FOR THE TALKS NOT TO CONTINUE AS PLANNED. WE
URGE MINFISH NOT POSTPONE THE INDUSTRY MEETING IN
KHABAROVSK.
4. DEPT ASO URGES SOVIETS TO PROVIDE THE FULL LIST OF
REQUESTED DOCUMENTS ON SOVIET FISHERIES LEGISLATION AS
SOON AS POSSIBLE. THIS WILL GREATLY FACILITATE THE
PROMPT IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COMPREHENSIVE AGREEMENT
ONCE IT IS APPROVED BY THE CONGRESS. ARMACOST
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