LOSC REPORTING -- 1975 GENEVA (POST)

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• Publication Date: January 1, 1975
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i,, FOLLOWING LETTER TO L65 CONFERENCE PAR TI CI PANTS
FROMATVTHEECLOSETOFUTMEUGEN~VA SESSION OF THE THIRD
UNiTEA NATiQNS CONFERENCE ON THE LAW OF THE SEA,
THE INFORMAL CROUP OF ,JURIIaICAL EXPERTS REACHED
CONSENSUS ON THE DESxRABiLiTY OF FURTHER INTER-
SESSIONAL MEETINGS. 't HAVE EXPLORED THE POSSI~~
iL$TIES FOR IwpNVENINI~ A MEETING AT A SUITABLE
PLACEr ANA AM PLEASED Tp BE IN A POSTION TO I'N~
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VITE YOU TO A MEETING OF THE GROUP IN GENEVA{ IN
THE PALAIS AES NATIONS+ FROM 25TH AUGUST TO 5fiH
5EPTEM6ER~ 1975,
++THE MEETING kV'I,LL HAVE NECESSARY CONFERENCE
FACILITiES~ INCLUDING INTERPRETATION SERVICES
FOR ENGLISH, FRENCH AND SRANISH, THANKS TO THE
VALUABLE ASSISTANCE pF THE SECRETARIAT OF THE
UN$ TEA NATIONS AND TWE COOP ERAT ION OF THE PER*
SONAL RER RE SEt~ITAT I VE OF THE SEC RETA RY GENERAL
OF THE UN1TE~ NATIONS MR, BERNARAO ~ULETA~
"I VENTURE TO SUGGESTS 'I,N KEEPING WITH OUR DIS+?
CUSSIONS IN GENEVA, THAT THE GROUP TAKE AS ITS
SUBJECT MATTI~R FOR HAS MEETING QUESTIONS DEALT
WiTN BY THE TI~IRD COMMITTEEr THE GROUP WAS PE3E"
VIOUSLY DISCUSSED THE SUBJECT OF RULES RELATiN0
TO THE PREVENTION OF MARINE POLLUTION FRAM VESSELS
AND COULA US~EULLY RESUME THIS DISCUSSIONS FU~tTHER!
MORE? IT APPEARS TO ME THAT QUESTIONS RELATiNtS TO
MARINE SCIENT'IFIC.RESEARCH REQUIRE THE PARTiEULAR
ATTENTION OF MEMBERS.- pF THE GROUPS THE ~A&iS pOR
OUR WORK WILL OF COU[~SE BE THE INFORM~4I~.~tNGLE
G~ N F I D E N T I A L
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MEETING AT ABOUT THE SAME TIME,
4, IN REPLY TO A gUE5TI0N ABOUT THE TIMING OF THESE
TALKS CARDENAS WAS TOLD THAT THE ORIGINAL PLANS HAII
BEEN FOR A TWO^WEEK MEETING THE LAST TWO WEEKS IN
SEPTEMBER, TALKS WITH UN SECRETARIAT OFFICIALS IN
NEW YORK, WHO ALL STRONGLY ENDORSE THE IDEA OF THE
DISCUSSIONS INDICATED THE SECRETARIATS PREFER&~lCE
FOR A SCHEDULE BEGINNING AT THAT TIME BUT THAT THE
U, S, DELEGATION WOULD PREFER THE FIRST TWD WEEKS OF
OCTOBER OR -THE LAST WEEK OF SEPTEMBER ANA THE FIRST
Wi:EK OF OCTOBER, AMBASSADOR CARDENAS INDICATED THAT
THE FIRST TWO- WEEKS OF OCTOBER MIGHT BE PREFERABLE
BY THE ECUADORIAN SIDE, BUT THAT HE WOULD CHECK RACY,
WITH HIS FOREIGN MTNI5TRY,
~ COMMENTS THE LANGUAGE OF ART PRODUCED BY THE FOREIGN
M~NISTRY ON THE NON-REGIONAL PARTICIRATION IN TI;E UNGA
MEETING IS 50MEW!~AT UNCLEARr IT WOULp APPEAR FROM
CARDENAS~ COMMENTS THAT THE INTENT OF THE .FOREIGN
MINISTRY STATEMENT IS TO EXCLUDE FRANCE WHILE LEAVING
THE DOOR OPEN TO CANADA AND JAPAN, OUR JUDGMENT IS
THAT THEY MAY NOT WISH TO MAKE AN ISSUE OF .THIS PRIOR
TO THE UNGA DISCUSSIONS, AND THAT THEY DO NOT .WISH TO
MAKE THE PARTICIPAYION gUESTION TO BE A CONDITION
FOR THEIR ATTiTNDANCc IN NEW YORK., IT MAY NOT BE
Ni"CE55ARY FOR U5 TO D0 ANYTHING MORE ON THIS ISSI.IE
IF THE CHAIRMAN OF THE NEW YORK TALKS, WHEN SELECTED
DECIDES TO INVITE THE CANADIANS AND THE JAPANESE TO
THE TALKS,
~~ (FYII WHILE DISCUSSING THE MATTER OF THE CHAIRMAN
FOR THE FALL TALKS AMBASSADOR CARDENAS SUBMITTED THE
NAME OF GALO PLAZA AS A P055IBILITY~ THE DEPARTMENT
WOULD APPRECIATE THE. POST+S VIEWS ON THIS CANDIDATE
BOTH EMBASSY AND ECUADOR PRESS REPORTS INDICATE CALO
PLAZA IS INTERE5TED IN REENTERING ECUADORIAN POLITICS
IF THIS IS TRUES WOULD THESE AMBITIONS. FACILITATE OR
FINDER HIS OBJECTIVITY IN DEALING WITH THE SENSITIVE
FISHERIES PROBLEM? )
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SUBJECT s LOS ~ HMG DEoMARCHE
1~ SUMMARYi UK EMB CHARGE MORETON AND EMBOFF GLOVER
pEL IV ER ED AICiE-MEMOIR` TO UNDER SECRETARY MAW JULY 22,
MORCTON ExPRESSED STRONG CONCERN AT PR OSPECt OF U~wS.
ExTEN5I0N OF FISHERIES JURISDICTION TO 200 MILES AND URGED
USG TO AVOID SUCH ACTIGN~ END SUMMARY.
2, IN DELIVERING AIDE.-MEMOIRE (PARA 4 BELOW) MORETON MADE
FOLLOWING POINTS, HMG ATTACHES A GREAT IMPORTANCE TO LO5
CONFERENCE WHICH IT CONSIDERS VITAL OPPORTUNITY TE)
ESTABLISH AN AGREED LEG~'.L RE=GIME FOR THE SEAS AND AVOID
HAVING THEM BECOME AN ARENA FOR WORLD CONFLICT. MORETON
SAID HIS GOVERNMENT WISa~ED TO REGISTER ITS STRONG CONCERN
AT PROSPECT Off' EARLY ExiENSiON OF U.Sp E"ISHERIES JURISAIC-
,..-~C~ewera
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TION TO 200 MILESd FEE Sq,D KENYA LOS DELEGATION HAD ~~/
WARNED THAT SUCH UNIL`A`1'~ S ON BY _v4 ~~__` _ _~ ~,/
CO '' C W LTa AD T.0__A NUMBER OF'
. ~ O N L A TM _'rN G--2 ~ 0 1~I_l~~__ _ I; R R 1 T O R~~~~E A A___ _O T H E E __.
rUROPEAN COUNTRIES. HE MAID, ARE ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT EF'F'ECT
SUCH ExTENSION WOULD NAVE ON FISHING PATTERNS IN NORTH
ATLANTiC? HE STATED THAT IN MANY WAYS SINGLE NEGOTIATING
TE"xT PRO DUCE D AT GENEVA LOS CONFERENCE IS MORE FAVORADLE YO ~,~'`
INTERESTS WHICH US AND UK SHARE THAN COULD HAVE 6EEN
HOPED FOR FROM MOOD EARLIER AT CONFERENCE. HE SAID MAJOR
POSITIVE ELEMENTS- ARE A I2-MILE TERRIT?RIAL SEA. TRANSIT
PASS~.GE THROUGH STRAIT'S, A SATISFACTORY REGIME FOR.
ARCHIPELAGOSa Fi~EEDOMS OF NAVIGATION AND OVERFLIGHTa
CABLE LAYING ANU PIPE LINES IN ECONOMIC 20NE AND CONTYNU-
ANCE OF HIGH SEAS ~'REEDOMS? TExT ALSO PROVIDES FOR
COASTAL STATE SOVEREIGP! RIGHTS OVER ECONOMIC RESOURCES IN
200 MILE ECONOMIC 20NE. iN CONCLUSION, MO RE TON EXPRCSSED
NAPE THAT USG WOULD k3E ABLE TO AVOID JUMPING THE GUN ON
tCONOMiC z~ONE QUESTION SO AS NOT TO JEOPARDISE VERY
C O N F I D E N T I A L
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REAL ADVANTAGES WHICH rXISTING TEXT INCLUDES,
3e UNDER SECRETARY MpN+ STATED CHAT U,S, SHARES CONCERNS
OF UoKe REGARpING CONSEQUENCES OF EARLY EXTENSION OF
UeSe FISHERIES JURISDICTIONr MRe MAW NOTED STRONG
PRE SSU~ES FOR ACC MILE LEGISLATION IN CONGRESS. HE STATED
THAT .,ALTHOUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE STRONGLY OPPbSES
SUCH'ACTIONe EXECUTIVE BRANCH CANNOT CONTROL CONGRESS AND
IT I~- DIFFICULT TO TELL WHETHER WE GAN SUCCESSFULLY DEFEAT
~p0-MILE LEGISLATION, HE SUGGESTED TO MORETON THAT IT
MIGHT BE USEFUL TO MAKE SIMILAR POINTS TO GOVERNMENT OF
CANADA WHICH IS ALSO UNDER PRESSURE TO MAKE UNILATERAL
EXTENSIONe MR, MAW EXPRESSED SATISFACTION WYTH CLOSE
CGOPERATIgN BETWEEN HMG AND USG IN LOS NEGOTIATIONS AND
EXPRESSED HOPE THAT WE COULD WORK TOGETHER TO ACHIEVE
MEANINGFUL WORK SCHEDULE FOR LOS CONFERENCE IN 1976
INCLUDING OBTAINING AuPEEMENT FROM GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO
FIRMLY SCHEDULE TWO SESSIONS OF THE CONFERENCE IN X976,
RRESENT ARRANGEMENT COPJTEMPLATEa SECOND SESSION ONLY IF
CONFERENCE AFFIRMATIVELY SO DECIDES AT FIRST SESSION,
4e FOLLOWING IS TEXT OF AIDE?MEMOIPE,
BEGIN TEXT, THE BRITISH aOVERNMENT CONTINUES TO ATTACH
THE HIGHEST IMPORTANCE T7 THE LAW OF THE SEA CONFERENCE
WHERE THERE IS CLOSE CO-OPERATION BETWEEN THE AMERICAN
AND E~RITISH DELEGATIONS IN ORDER TO ATTAIN MANY COMMON
GOALS,
THE BRITISH AUTHORITIES NAVE BEEN FOLLOWING THE PROGRESS
OF DISCUSSIGNS IN COd~~'ESS ABOUT PROPOSALS TO EXTENTa
UNITED STATES FISHERIES JURISDICTION OUT TO 20C MILES,
THE BRITISH AUTHORITIES UVHEASLAN?ITHE DEEHATO CONSERVE
FISHING STOCKS i N THE "~+OR~i H AT LANT IC AND SHARE THE
CfiNCERNS OF THE UNITf':~ ~~TATES GOVERNMENT ON THIS MATTER,
HOWEVER, THEY ARE DES?l :' CONCERNED AT THE POSSIBILITY OF
THE UNITED STATES EXTE,rDIPJG UNILATERALLY TO 2D~ MILES
WHILE THERE ARE STILL GOOD PROSPECTS OF THE CONFERENCE
SHOWING POSITIVE RESUL'fSe THERE ARE GOOD REASONS TO
BELIEVE THAT SUCH UNILATERAL ACTION BY THE UNITED STATES
WOULD BE LYKtLY TO LEAD TO A NUMBER OF SERIOUS REpER?
CUSSIGni5s-
-FI-~STe A NUMBER OF OTF~'ER COASTAL STATES ARE LIKELY TO
REACT BY CLAIMING A TERPITORIAL SEA OR SIMILARLY 6ROAD
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JURISDICTION QUT TO Z~fG MILES4 THIS WOULD PREJUDICE OUR
COMMON INTERESTS IN MAINTAINING THE PRESENT FREBDOM OF
NAVIGATIONr PARTICULARL~? FOR DEFENSE PURPOSESr
-SECONI)LYr EXISTING FISHING PATTERNS AROUND THE: WHOLE OF
THE NORTH ATLANTIC WO'~11~-J BE DI STURBE:I~~ SOME COUNTRIES?
PARTICULARLY IN NORTH NME;RICA AND WESTERN EUROPE, WOULD
REACT BY EXTENDING THEIR LIMITSr E3UT OTHERS WHICH BED
CAUSE OF THEIR GEyOGRAGH ICAL SITUATION ARE Ur~p.D~n~. TO DO SO
MEANINGFULLY WOULD ALSO BE AF~'ECTEDs WHOLESALE CHANGES
ON THE E3ASIS OF' UNILATERAL ACTION WOULD BREED INSTABILITY
AND MIGHT WELL LEAD Ta DISPUTES,
-FINALLYr AS A RESULT C~' SUCH EVENTS, THE NEGOTIATIONS
FOR A NEW LAW OF THE: SEA CONVENTION COULD_BREAK DOWNw^~
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fH NMENT Ey L ~ A HE UNITED STATES
GOVERNMENT SHAREwS THE WISH THAT THE CONFERENCE SHOULD
REACH A SUCCESSFUL COPai.LUSION BY ADOPTING A NEW CO NVEeN?
TION. CONSIDERAE3~,E PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE? THE SINGLE
NEGOTIATING TEXT CONTAINS MANY FAVORABLE E~LCMENTS TO
THEE INTERESTS OF BOTH G~IVERNMENTS ON SUCH VITAL DUESTIONS ~"!/
A5 TRANSIT THROUGH STRAITS AND.NAVIGATION THROUGH THE
TERRITORIAL SEA, I T W q1! LD B E MOST REGRETTABLE I F TH ES E
POSITIVE E: LE METNTS WERE .aEpPARDIzEI7r AS MIGHT WELL BE THE
CASSr BY AN EXTENSION OF tlNITED STATES FISHERIES JURIS?
gICTION,
ACCORDINGLY IN VIEW OF THE RISK OF uIRE CONSEQUENCES
FLOWING FROM U NILATE:RAL EXTENSIONS OF JURISDICTION AT
THIS TIME:r THE aRITISH uf1VERNMENT HOPE THAT THE UNITED
STATES GOVElRNMENT WYLL FIND APPROPRIATE MEASURES TO ENSURE
THAT THE COMMON INTERESTS DESCRIE3ED ABOVE ARE PRESERVED.
E"ND TEXT.
KISSINGER
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SUBJECTS LOS1 EVENSEN GROUP MEETING -- ~~amm?!~!
1. EVENSEN GROUPS AN .INFORMAL GROUP CHAIRED BY JENS EVENSEN
OF NORWAY WHICH HAS MET THRgUGHOUT LOS NEGOTIATIONS Tq DEAL
WITH DIFFICULT NEGOTIATING PROBLEMS AS AN AID TO FORMAL LOS
CONFERENCE COMMITTEES IS P MEETING IN GENEVA AUGUST
25 TO SEPTEMBER 51 ,. OSE IS TO CONSID BL
MARINE POLLUTION AND SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH IN PREPARATION FOR
NEXT YEARS SESSIQN OF LOS CONFERENCE, ATTENDENCE IN
PAST HAS BEEN BY SPECIFIC INVITATION ALTHOUGH THIS MEETING
WILL BE OPEN TO ALL LOS CONFERENCE PARTICIPANTS INDIA AND
US HAVE PARTICIPATED THROUGHOUT
2? INDIA HAS BEEN ACTIVE IN POLLUTION AND SCIENCE NEGOTIA-
TIONS AND HAS BEEN jN OPPgSITION TO US ON MANY KEY ISSUES,
INDIAN REPRESENTATIVE qN THIS QUESTION HAS BEEN ISHWAR C,
JAINr A LEGAL OFFICER IN MEA/ WHO ACTS ON DIRECT INSTRUCTIONS
FROM DRI S,P~ JAGgTA, HEAD OF INDIAN LqS DELEGATIgN AND
LEGAL ADVISER TO MEAL JAGgTA APPARENTLY GIVES JAIN NO
FLEXIBILITY ON SUB STANT~IVE QUESTIONS, THUS MAKING REAL
NEGOTIATIONS WITH JAIN IMPOSSIBLE,
3, BECAUSE OF ABOVE SITUATIgN~ WE FEEL IT IS IMPORTANT THAT
DR, JAGgTA ATTEND EVENSEN GROUP MEETINGS REQUEST EMBASSY
TO APPRgACH JAGgTA TO MAKE FOLLOWING POINTSt US FEELS
EVENSEN GROUP DISCUSSIONS COULD BE IMPORTANT IN INTER-
SESSIONAL MEETINGS BETWEEN NqW AND NEXT SESSIgN OF LOS
CONFERENCE CONSEQUENTLYr WE FEEL IT IS IMPORTANT THAT
pELEGATIONS BE REPRESENTED AT HIGH LEVEL. IF DR', JAGgTA
DOES PLAN TO ATTEND PLEASE INDICATE qUR DESIRE TQ MEET
PRIVATELY WITH HIM IN GENEVA EITHER JUST PRIOR Tq EVENSEN
GROUP OR DURING FIRST FEW DAYS pF EVENSEN GROUP MEETING.
KISSINGER
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SUBJECTi PRESIDENT LOPES qN LOSUNBNJERRITORIAL WATERS
~,~ ON THEOCCASION OF THE QPENING OF THE 1975 SESSION OF CONGRESS ON
JULY 2fDr PRESIDENT LOPES DELIVERED A SPEECH TO THE SENATE.-WHICH
INCLUDEp COMMENTS ON THE LOSANp COLOMBIANS TERRITORIAL WATERS. /
2, LG E,~ SPOK: 0 ABLY LTHQUGH WITH SAME RESERVATIONS ABO~L___T.H_E_ r~
THIRD. OS F R E ST T I NG, ' E T- HUGH UND~IV I ABLE P~~_RESS WAS..
MA. N OME MPARTANT SUBJEC Sr IT CANNOT - NO SI~DERED TOTALLY
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SATISFACTORY I TERMS 0 E -T~a~,
~ ON COLOMeIA~S OWN T R 'j RT-AL ~TATERSr THE PRESIpENT SAIDr }'WHILE
A LAW OF THE SEA IS BEING WORKS=D OUT WITH DIFFICULTY AND AMID THE
SKEPTICISM OF THE MSALL COUNTRISKr COLOMBIA HAS LQNSIDERED IT NE CE SSA
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Tp BECOME CONSCIOUS OF .OUR RIGHTS ON LOS MATTERS~~',.IN TIMES PAST
SOME OF OUR NEIGHBORS HAKE MOVEp FORWARD TO EXTE(i1p.THEIR,TERRITORIAL
WATERS TO 2R1~ MILES WITHOUT PREVIOUS. DISCUSSION WITH TWEIR NEIGHBORS
CONCERNING PROBLEMS OF SUPERPOSITION WHICH COULD ARISE. AS TIME GOES
BY AND AS THE BELIEF IN-THE IMPOSSIBILITY OF ARRIVING AT AN
AGREEMENT IN THIS AREA IN THE LOS CONFERENCE SPREADSr IT IS
NECESSARY TO ADOPT POSITIONS BEFORE STEP5 tOF OTHERS) ARE
TAKEN WHICH LATER COULD BECOME RIGHTS. COLOMBIA CANNOT FOREGO
1N DEFI NI TELY THE EST ABLI SHMENT OF A P05ITI ON I N RE AA TI ON TO THE
EXTENSION OF FIER TERROTIRIAL WATERSr ESPECIALLY IN THE PACIFIC".~.
LOPEi~ COMPLETED THE tOPC BY EMPTXSI~ING THE ECONOMIC BENEFITS
WHICH COULD ACCRUE TO COLOMBIA BY CONCENTRATING ON THE RESOURCES
OFF HE R.SHORESI
4r COMMENTi THIS APPEARS TO BE A REFERENCE TO A PROPOSAL UNDER-
STUDY TO EXTEND COLOMBIA~~S JURIDSICTION FOR THE CONSERVATION OF
RESOURCES tBOGOTA 677P1), IT IS CLEAR THA COLOMBIA IS .BEGINNING
TO FOCUS ON THE aUESTION 9F HER RIGHTS TO WATERS-pFF HER SHORES. VAKY
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EASTERN PACIFIC TUNA CfJNSERVATION~AN_IZ MA NA GEME_NT_,~..._______._
2~ M A SHOULD ASSURE HOST GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS WE
WOULD WELCOME THEIR PARTICIPATION IN SEPTEMBER MEETING
aND ADVISE TMEM U.S. wI LL CONTI NUE TO KEEP THEM INFORMED
OF OUR THINKING ON WHAT MIGHT BE ACHIEVED AT THE MEETING
WE WOULD WELCOME ANY IDEAS OF HOST GOVERNMENT ON PROPOSED
MEETING ANDr SPECIFICALLY WHO MIGHT CHAIR MEETING. U.S~
FEELS IT INAPPROPRIATE F'OR U,S, TO CHAIR MEETING AND
BELIEVES SOMEONE FROM A CpUNTRY NOT DIRECTLY INTERESTED
IN EASTERN PACIFIC TUNA FISHERY BUT WHO KNOWLEDGEABLE
ABOUT LOS NEGOTIATIONS AND TUNA AND HAS CONFIDENCE OF'
STATES INVOLVEpSHOULD BE RECRUITED.
3, FOR GUATEpMALA, SAN SALVADOR AND TEGUCIGALPA. HOST
pOVERNMENTS ARE NOT SIGNIFICANTLY INVOLVED IN TUNA FISHING
AT PRESENT AND ARE NCT MEMBERS OF CURRENT REGIONAL
CONSERVATION ORGANISATION (INTER-AMERICAN TROPICAL TUNA
COMMISSION-IATTC~o HO WEVERa, AS THEY ARE STATES OF
REGION AND SOME TUNA IS CAUGHT OFF' THEIR COASTS, WE BELIEVE
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LA6~J OF THE SEA
PEKING ASSERTIVE, MOSCOW DEFENSIVE ON LOS CONFERENCE
The Third UN Conference on the Law of the SEA (LOS), currently
in its second substantive session in Geneva, has been used by
Peking as a vehicle for promoting its image as a true friend
and defe~lder of the developing countries against the "threat"
from the "superpowers' rapacious campaign of maritime hegemony.
Having neither a large navy nor extensive deepaea fishing
operations, China has espoused the LOS stands of the developing
coastal states--extended territorial limits., strict coastal-
state control of adjacent straits and economic zones, and the
creation of a powerful international organization for exploita-
tion of the deep seabed.
Moscow, forced on the defensive by the PRC's apparently greater
support for developing countries, has had to walk a tightrope
in criticizing China's LOS views for fear of offending the
generally unnamed Third World proponents of "unrealistic"
positions who are supported by Peking. Soviet propagandists
have thus focused on accusing China of engaging in "disruptive"
tactics and encouraging "arbitrary and unilateral acts" which,
as INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS noted in June 1974, "clash with the
vital interests of the developing countries" because they
threaten to undermine the principles of international law on
which all states depend. For its own part, Moscow at the LOS
conference has proposed a 12-mile territorial limit but accepted
* The growing importance of the sea as a source of minerals
and food and the proliferation of countries since the incon-
clusive end of the second LOS conference in 1960 were the
basic reasons for convening a third UN conference in 1974 in
an effort to write an omnibus treaty covering all ma~o~ LOS
issues, including territorial limits, economic zones and
fishing rights, passage through straits, exploitation of
the deep seabed, and pollution. Recent Soviet and Chinese
LOS statements are briefly discussed in the TRENDS of
20 February 1975, pages 15-16.
General
USSR.
'PRC
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The new republic secretary for agriculture is a livestock specialist
and former first secretary of Ural oblast named Sh.K. Kospanov.
Kospanov has not,.risen rapidly in then Kazakh hierarchy, but he
has apparently been well connected. He was one of only three
Kazakh obkom first secretaries elected full members of the
CPSU Central Committee in 1966 and onEr,of only four so elected
at the 1971 CPSU Congress--this deap_C`te the fact that his oblast
has one of the smallest party organizations in Kazakhstan. The
ousted agriculture secretary,,~ksanov, traded places with Kospanov,
replacing him as first secr~t'ary of iJral oblast.
Two relatively obscure,-,~~Rus,sian offic:~als were named to the vacant
industrial posts, Acsandr.,Gavrilovach Korkin as Central Committee
secretary and Se?rgey Artemo~t~~.ch Smirnov as first deputy premier.
Korkin was fo --erly director `of the Kazakh metallurgical construc-
tion trust;'~and became Kazakh ~~inister for construction of
heavy industrial enterprises only three years ago, in February 1972.
Smirnov is especially obscure, ha~,~in;~ only been identified as
director of an unnamed combine in Ts~elinograd in 1971 and as a member
of the Kazakh Supreme Soviet's const~euction commission and an
"engineering-technical worker" in the~mid-1960's.
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the idea of a loosely defined 200-mile economic zone, condi-
tioning support for the economic zone on the achievement of
an overall LOS treaty which would include, as a sine ua non,
endorsement of the concept of free passage through straits
connecting international waters.
STRAITS Although Soviet and Chinese propagandists have
PASSAGE exploited a variety of themes in the 20 June-
29 August 1974 session in Caracas and in the
current Geneva session, greatest emphasis recently has been
on questions of straits usage and economic issues rather
than on extended territorial claims, possibly because some-
thing approaching a consensus an a 12-mile territorial limit
was achieved at Caracas. The sensitive issue of straits which
fall within territorial waters but connect international
bodies of water has been systematically exploited by .Peking,
which has condemned the "superpowers' untenable theory of
'free passage "'--the right of ships and planes to pass without
coastal state permission.* Noting on 27 March that the Chinese
delegation in Geneva had held that a strait within territorial
limits constituted "an inseparable component part of the terri-
torial sea of a coastal state," NCNA has energetically
supported the doctrine of "innocent passage," which requires
submarines to surface and military ships and planes to receive
littoral state permission before passing through such straits.
In supporting Third World proposals that "any activities not
directly related to passage" be forbidden in straits, NCNA
has scoY~ed Moscow's "arrogant attempt" to "impose" its own
straits proposals on the conference..
Tlhe Soviet Union, most of whose shipping passes through
straits touching the Black Sea, Baltic Sea or Sea of Japan,
has insisted on freedom of navigation for both military and
merchant. ships, PRAVDA arguing on 31 August 1974 that "free
passage for all ships through international straits" must
become 1Pa most important integral part of a new international
code on the law of the sea." N. Belov, in a ZA RUBEZHOM
article signed to press on 20 March, defended free passage as
a principle which "is now recognized and has proved its worth
* The extension of territorial limits to 12, rather than
3 miles would enclose some 100 straits within the overlapping
territorial waters of one or more states, and thus makes
rules governing passage of vital consequence to major mari-
time nations such as the United States and USSR.
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over a long historical period." Selov noted that such straits
as Malacca and Gibraltar, which would be closed. with the extension
of littoral states' territorial limits to 12 miles, are "key
sectors of international seaways01 and that any restrictions on
their use would be "an infringement of the interests of all
other states." The writer said that the Soviet draft proposals
on free passage made adequate provision for the protection of
coastal states from pollution and other dangers and that further
controls would "contradict the interests of the development of
international relations." In an effort to make its straits
stand palatable, especially to the AraGb states, the Soviet Union
has been careful to stress that free passage should apply only
to straits connecting two bodies of international water and not.,
for example, to the Strait of Tiran which ]:ies between the Red
Sea and the territorially enclosed Gulf of Aqaba. In a long
article outlining Soviet LOS positions, INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
in February 1975 emphasized that the Soviet proposal "specifically
stipulates" that "the principle of innocent passage for all ships"
should apply in straits such as Tiran and others "which connect
the high seas with- territorial waters.."
ECONOMIC Moscow has been. careful t:o tie the straits issue to
ISSUES Soviet support for the 200-mile economic zone, NEW
TIMES noting on 21 March that all sections of the
proposed treaty were part of a "closely interlinked package"
which could not be "taken apart.." Re~,arding the economic zone,
Moscow has recognized the coastal stage's "sovereign rights"
and first call on food and. mineral resources, but Moscow radio
also noted on 26 August 1974 that foreign states should be
allowed to fish "on the basis of paying reasonable. prices."
Pointing to Soviet consideration of the interests of littoral
states in such matters as fishing. as proof of the fairness of
Moscow's LOS proposals,. IZVESTIYA on ~?1 August 1974 rapped
Peking's attempt to "make illusory political capital among the
Third World countries" by attacking the. Soviet pxogram.
Supporting a broader definition of coastal-state control of the
economic zone, NCNA on 26 April quo .ed the Chinese representative
in Geneva as saying that the state must have "exclusive jurisdic-
tion" over the entire economic zone and should enjoy "full
sovereignty to protect,.. regulate, use, explore and exploit"
resources in the zone. The Chinese a~ad Third World representa-
tives were reported as having success:Eully refuted the Soviet
Union's "absurd theory" that the economic zone was part of the
high seas and that littoral countries should consider "other
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legitimate uses" of the area in exercising their rights. NCNA
warned that any limitation of a state's exclusive rights would
"pave the way for large fishing fleets of the two superpowers"
which would plunder the coastal region. Such language is
typical of NCNA, which continually accuses the "superpowers"
of poaching jn other nations' waters. Thus, on 4 April Ecuador
was praised for having captured U.S. vessels which "sneaked
into its territorial waters for stealthy fishing," and it was
reported that Soviet trawlers had "nearly drained the Finnish
traditional fishing zone of all fishes."
Moscow and Washington have also been criticized by Peking for
"plunder" in the deep seabed as well. The two countrtes advocate
an international seabed organization with authority largely
limited to licensing--rather than undertaking--the exploitation
of the seabed, while Peking has supported a "comprehensive
authority" which would itself engage in seabed activities.
NCNA argued on 28 March that the U.S. and USSR proposals would
create an organization which "would inevitably become a show-
piece" while the "superpowers and their monopoly companies
will exercise real power, turning the international seabed
into afield for their private interests."
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KOREA
DPRK MEDIA NOTE CONTINUED U.S. COMMITMIENT TO SOUTH
Recent North Korean media comment has suggested that U.S.
resolve to maintain its presence in South Korea has been
strengthened, rather than weakened, by recent developments
in Indochina. A NODONG SINMUN commentary on 2 May, for
example, complained that although the United States has been
defeated in Indochina, it is not "drawing a proper lesson"
and instead is making an effort to "bank up at any cost" the
Pak Chong-hui government. DPRK media have also continued to~
highlight a standard Pyongyang theme--that the United States
wants to hold on to South Korea forever as a base.for
"aggression" in Asia.
A 13 April NODONG SINMUN commentary on President Ford's
10 April foreign policy speech focusedl on the idea that the
United States was pledging to reinforce its commitment to
the ROK and tighten its alliance with Japan. Commenting on
Defense Secretary Schlesinger's 1 May press conference, .a
3 May NODONG SINMUN commentary emphasa.zed U.S. resolve to
honor its military commitments and reinforce its position
in South Korea as part of a post-Vietrdam strategy.
Only two monitored DPRK commentaries i.n recent weeks have
questioned either the willingness or capability of the
United States to honor its commitmerit~> to its allies, and
neither suggested that the time was nc>w propitious to
challenge directly the U.S. presence in the South. A
25 April Pyongyang radio commentary on the lessons of Indochina,
broadcast while Kim I1-song was in Pekj`.ng, claimed that
domestic opposition to U.S. foreign policy had intensified,
and the U.S_. economic crisis had grown to sueh an extent
that the United States was in no position to help its
"puppets ;'and that it would be unable to save the regime
in Seoul. A 6 May NODONG SINMUN commentary directly questioned
the efficacy of U.S. commitments when it claimed that the fate
of the Lon Nol and Thieu governments, "believing in 'the
commitments' and 'assistance' of U.S. imperialist masters,"
show that "the day has gone when the :>outh Korean puppets
could benefit from the help of the U.S. imperialist masters."
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AUG ~;, ON AiVOTHLR TOPIC, I AGAIN BROUGHT UP LOS IN THE
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CA LLcD THE TWO KEY ARTICLES IN .THE AGREEME~f~T :WHICH IS TO BE
S I ~' ED , O~v' E ARTICLE uT AT ED THAT THE Si AW AR D 6O RD ER f~ ET WE EN THE
T'Wu COUNTRIES WAS TO BE DEFINE) AS INDICATED ON AN ATTACHED MAP.
THr S GON~a ARTICLE SAID THAT EACH COUNTRY RESERVES TO ITSELF THE
RIG~?T TO DcCIDG WHAT KINDS OF JURISDICTION IT WILL ESTABLISH IN
THE 5~ aS O F"F ITS C-OASTS UP T O A MAXIMUM OF 21~`C MILES .
2R. HE THEN. SHO'w~D ME TH`. MAP, IT ~HOWS,THE BORDER DRAWN
SEA'r,ARC, ON THE ECUADORi.AN SIDE IT SHOWS A 2C0 MILE .' `~
TERRITORIAL. SEA, ON -THE GO LO M(3 IAN SIDE IT SHOWS A 12-MILE
7ERK ITOR IAL SEAT I T T-HEN SHOWS A. SHADED PORT ION OUT EL 20FJ
MILLS LABELS; AN ECONOMIC CONSt~;vATION EONS. REPEATI~~G OUR
CGNGERPvS THAT EXTENSION OF JURISDICTIONS NOT- BE ESTABLISHED
UN?LATERALLY, I Ir`_~G~UIRED WHETHER THE MAP DID NOT DO )THAT,
3, THE MINIS-TER THEN A T LENGTH DISCOURSED ES 5E NT I A LL Y AS
FD LLO'WSc COLOMBIA AGKEES-.WITH THE SECRETARY+S MONTREAL
SEFPCH THAT THE LOS CONFERENCE P~UST REACH SO ME. AGREE MENTS
RE XT YEAR AND Nu ONE CAN WAIT INDEFINITELY; THE GOC UNDERSTANDS
THAT COUNTRIES CANNOT 6EGIN TAKING ACTION UNILATERALLY AND
INDI1~'IDUALLY Ar~D DOES NOT INTEND T0;-WHAT IS IN THE AGREEMENT
WITH ECUADOR. IS IN EFFECT A STATEMENT OF COLOMBIA?5 POLICY
ON `r~NAT JURISDICTION OUGHT TO BE 6MUCH. HE aEOD, AS THE
SECRETARY DID IN HIS SPEECH? RATHER. THAN A LEGAL BASES FOR
JURISDICTION, l~~t~IGH WOULD REQUIRE LEGISLATIVE AUTHORITY,
4, THE MINISTER AGAIN DID NOT REFER TO THE FUTURE POSSIBILITY.
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SH 0':J ~U Mr_ THE 7 XT /M AP 0 N THE ~iA S I S OF P ER SO NA L CO NF I D EN CE .
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AS ?'UiviLATtRAL ACTION"` EY CO LO MEiA OR NOT MAY BE MOOT, IN
ANY CASE- THERE IS AT LEAST SO Mc COMFORT IN KNOWING THAT
A) CGLO~~EIA wIUL APPAF~ENTLY NOT SUCCUMB TO ECUADORIAN
EL A;~ !~ I SH i~'~c NT S TD S lJP PU RT A 2 CD ~"I IL E TE RR I T OR I A L SEA CO NC EP T ;
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Ca COLOMBI4 STILL INTENDS TO PUSH FOR AN INTERNATIONAL
AGREEMENT IN TrE LOS CONFERENCE, TO A GRE T DEGREE, ALSO,
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LOS C0'vF`~~RENCE COi~1i~I`~Tt:E I, AND IN COLOME?0 WITH CHRISTOPHER
'INTOa CH~~IRi^AN 0~" COi~P~1ITTEE I1S PrRIVATE NEGOTIATING GROUP.
PURPUS OF CijNULTATIGNS WILL EE TU DISCUSS INTERSESSIONAL
WORK ON COMMITT~=E I tDE~P 5E ABED) ISSUES PRIOR TO NEXT
SFSaION OF CONF~RP:i~'CE SCHEDULED FOrZ, MARCH 1976.
2e FOR YAOUNDE~ Ei~cjASSY IS REtyUESTED TO CONTACT PAULENGO
TO ARR.ANuE CONSULTATIONS WITH HIM FOR RATINER AND ESKIN
SCP T 3~~, RATI+tiiER HAS DISCUSSED THESE CONSULTATIONS WITaa
ENGO I3Y TELEPHONES THOUC~I NO SPECIE IC SCHE>rULk GETCRi~INED,
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MAKING PRO POSAI., Er1BASSY S1~OULD SUGGEST TO EPJGO FULL DAY
OF MEETINGS SEPT 3, WITI-' SCHk:DULE fi0R SEPT 4-~ TO BE WORKED
OlJ'T AFTER TEAM1a ARRIVAL. IN ADDITION- DEPARTMENT IS FOR
bJARD IN G BY A I RPOUCH 4 REG I STRY NOS, 165697 AND 165675) .
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SHOULD DELIVER TO HIM AS SOON A5 POSSIBLE.
3, FOR YAOUIVDE:~ ESK IN AND RATINER PLAN TO ARRIVE DOUALA
VIA PAA 106 SEPT ~ AT 17~C ~ THEY WILL ARRIVE YAOUNDE
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1, AMBASSADOR. MADE ORAL DE MARCHE TO FOREIRN MINISTER LIEVANO
PER REFTEL~ MAKING POINTS INCLUDED THEREIN. LIEVANO~ IN REPLY
STATED: A) HE HAD READ THE SECRETARY'S MONTREAL SPEECH CAREFULLY.:
B) COLOMBIA+S POSITION A5 Tp WHAT A LDS TREATY SHOULD CONTAIN
RE MARI-TIME JURISDICTION PARALLELS OURS, IEr A 12~MILE TER-
RITORIAL SEA AND A 2m0-MILE ECONOMIC EONS. gUT WITH FREtDOM OF
NAVIGATION THROUGH LATTERi C) THERE NEED BE ND FEAR THAT COLOMBIA
WOULD DECLARE A 20m-MILE TERRITORIAL SEA DURING LOPE' VISIT TO
ECUADOR; IT ODES NOT AGREE WITH ECUADOR IN THIS REGARDi D) THE
GOC'S PRIMARY INTEREST AND- MAIN OBJECTIVE .AS REQARDS LDPE~r
VISIT TO QUITO IS TO SIGN AN AGREEMENT DELIMITING THE MARITIME
BOUNDARY BETWEEN THE TWO CDUNTRIES3 THERE HAVE BEEN DISPUTES YN
THE PAST AS TO HOW THIS LINE SHOULD BE DRAWN, ANA THE GOC IS
ANXIOUS TO SETTLE ALL SUCH DISPUTES WITH N6IGHBDRS AND ABOVE ALL
AVOID PERPETUATING A PROBLEM SfMILAR TO THE ONE WITH VENEZUELA
IN THE GULF OF MARACAIBOi E)WHAT THE JOINT AGREEMENT DR A
DECLARATION WILL PROBA6LY SAY IS THAT WHILE ECUADOR HAS ITS
P051TION AS REGARDS MARITIME JURISDICTION, COLOMBIA RESERVES
THE RIGHT TO DETERMINE ITS OWN POLICY AS TO JURISDICTIONS AND
THIS WILLOBFERENCEfOVDI~~r'E12IMILEHTERRITORpAL ANDH2O0TMILE IN
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2, ON THE LAST POINTr LIEVANO WAS EVASIVE AS TO PRECISELY WHAT
FORM ANY SUCH DECLARATION MIGHT TAKE THE AMBASSADOR STRESSED
THE DANGERS WB SAW IN UNILATTRAL ACTIONS, AND THE MINISTER
PROFESSED TO UNDERSTAND AND ACCEPT THE POINT.- HE IMPLIED THAT
WHAT WOULD BE SAID IN ANY DECLARATION AT QUITO WOULD BE .MORE
AN ASSERTION BY THE GOC OF IT5 POLICY AND P05ITIDN RATHER THAN
A FORMAL ASSERTION OF JURISDICTION, THIS IS LIKELY TO BE THE
CASE IF THE GOC IS IN FACC DONT~MxLDT~N~ TOIEAL~TER LEGISLATIVE
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HOW IT WILTOCOME OUT IN QUITO. I7 .DOES SEE=M CLEAR THAT WHAT IS
TO BE SIGNED AND SAID IN ECUADOR HAS gLREADY BEEN PRETTY WELL
DECIDED UPON AND WORKED OUT.
3, THE AMBASSADOR EMPHASISED THAT WHILE WE APPRECIATED COLOMBIA+S
SUBSTANTIVE POSITION AND. UNDERSTOOD THAT IT WAS SIMILAR TO .OURS,
OUR CONCERN WAS THAT THESE POSITIONS NOT BE ASSERTED UNILATERALLY,
PARTICULARLY BY LEGISLATION OR SIMILAR ACT, SO AS NOT TO UNDERMINE
THE LOS NEGOTIATIONS OR UNLEASH CHAIN REACTIONS, POINT E REF TEL
WAS UNDERSCORED THE MINISTER DID NOT'REACT TO THE REFERENCE ON
LEGISLATION, AND DID NOT REFER TO ANY POSSIBLE BILL, ~INE'ORMATION,
IN THIS REGARD WAS GIVEN US IN CONFIDENCE BY MEMBERS OF HIS
'STAFFr AND WE SUSPECT HE MAY BE UNAWARE OF THAT, OUR UNDERSTANDING
IS THAT THE DRAFT OF A BILL IS BEING WORKED ON WITHIN THE MINISTRY
BUT THAT NO DECISION MWS-BEEN MADE AS TO TIMING. NOR A`RE WE-
ABSOLUTELY SURE THAT A DECISION HAS FIRMLY-(SEEN MADE TO GO FORWARD
TO THE CO RESS WITH IT). THE MINISTER WAS IN ANY CASE ABSORBED
IN THE ECUADORAN VISIT ANA THOSE ASPECTS OF THE QUESTION.
4, THE AMBASSADOR PROMISED TO PROVIDE LIEVANO WITH AN AIDE
ME MO IRE OUTLINING THE POINTS HE HAD MADE ORALLY F(]R TH(~ MINISTER+S
FURTHER CONSIDERATIONI HE WILL DISCUSS THE MATTER WITH LIEVANO
AGAIN UPON THE LATTER'S RETURN FROM aUITO ?- AND THE LIGHT
THEREOF -- WITH SPECIFIC REFERENCE TO P05SIfll.E`U ATERAL LEGIS-
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BE ADDED LATER.
3, THE GOE, EWIDENTLY IN COLLABORATION WITH PERU AND CHILE.
C O N F I D E N T I A L
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will .not be altered in the planning period. 'T`here may be,
as there has been in the past, the occasional instance of
police brutality, alleged ar real, and the political opp?sition
undoubtedly will continue tea protest what it percei.ves'as
government control of radio cammunic.ations, the tie that binds
the islands together. Even though believe genuine gri+evanc~es
exist they are almost cert~~inly less prevalent. than far almost
any other state with comparable traditions, Respect for hus~an
nights is fundamental tQ the existing Rainamian system:
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My predecessor's conclusion a year ago was that, at that-
time, the ~tyle.of United. States diplomacy way perhaps more
important than its content. I believe his judgment has been..
ix3rne out by subsequent events. The effort of the Embassy
to learn about :and deal with all segments of the population,
to be viewed as fair, friendly and cozacerned s~ith issues that
interest Bahamians has, I believe, resulted i a considerable
degree of confidence in United States representatives in this
country, To that extent, we may have some"bankable currency"
upon which we can ca11 in addressing future potential problems.
I believe that at this stage-our posture shou3.ci remain as it
has been over the past year. As an Embassy a~ an island
nation with significant U.S. interests locate~.on tither
islands, we could, of course, put to good use-more money for
internal travel,. not only to stay in touch with the sagnif~cant
military and commercial .interests here, but a~.so through the
extension of consular services to the Americas corvnunaty
generally. ~sur represent~+tion allowance is inadequate. As
previous CP,SF analyses have indi.r_ated, the is.s+~ance of new
Bahamian passports has increasers the demand for tourist visas,
The Embassy is at the present time issuing NIA's at the rate of
35,E per year as compared to last year?s level of 25,UC10.
So far we have, through the re-alignment of e~stinq resources,.
been able to meet this challenge and expect toy be able to do
so thraugh the-GASP period. If we maintain t'ti~ level of
~7~C c,nrtrirc.c nr~vi.riw+rl nthF'r agencies at they present minimufllr
-- ~ ~ ;a +c- ,..a- :.. .+ e? e. n ~.. rte. 1
we also expect na ~cv c~~~u ttcxu~.Ll.vlieal itui'ii:ai5aa:~ti.~w~ ~~::.,.~.-~?a.~ ~
in the GASP time-frame. Neither have-we iden~if~ecl, in terms
of resources ref lectinq challenges car opportuar+a:ties affecting
U:5. interests, an appropriate ohjc'ctive to w~~ich the resources
of the Peace Corps might be applied. We have an any event
received na request from the Gr?A for such assistance. Cne
area which we have so far explaited through toe happy
coincidence of prior experience and interest pan the-part of
one of our.cansular officers, contacts with t'he cultural-
and press community,. may well suffer with her projected re-
assignment. Still, we doubt-that a full-time: slot for these
'purposes is justified and thus plan to do as best we can.
with. such talent as we have available.
Moreover,-the basic policy lanes we have been pursuing...
with regaxd to such issues as the AID project,. LOS, bases
anal spaney lobster should not be altered. ~n the .other hand,
as has already been suggested, some prudent planning for
less favorable contingencies might not be a bad idea.:
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Seyr Weiss
Ambassador
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STATEMENT OF MAJOR .ISSUE
What should be the ,response of the United States to
GLOB implementation and enforcement of its claim to spinet'
lobster resources at present being exploited by U.S.-based
fishermen?
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ISSUE ANALYSIS
STATEMENT OF ISSUE
What should be the response cif the U.S, to GC~'-R implementa-
tion and enforcement of its claim to spiney lol"jster res+~urces
at present being exploited by U.S.-based fishermen?
IMPCIRTA~T A,SSUMF'TiO2ai5.
1. Competing requirements for scarce Bahamian official
.personnel-resources and a general uncertainty about how to
address Bahamian naticnal interests will delay the GCOB
response to the U.S. negotiating. initiative for an eventual
fisheries agreesrent well intca-the 175 lobster fishing season.
2. U.B.. fishermen will continue to exgloit the spiney
lobster resouurces of The Bahamas in violation of Bahamian law,
3. Bahamian fisheries laws are consistent with U.S.
practice. GCOB will continue to arrest U.S.-based fishermen
for the poaching within the Bahamian 12-mile fisheries gone.
The GLOB will be under pressure to begin enforcement of its
claim {patterned after U.S. legislation) to the lobster resources
of the continental shelf which in many cases extends beyond
~.lY~C '~iilJi.l~ e,aYi~.
4. GCOB believes resources to be presently threatened
and at such time as it agrees to initiate negotiations will
have as its starting gosition at least a sharp reduction of the
participation in, if in fact not the complete exclusion of,
U.S. based fishermen from the resources. If the negotiations
,are lengthy or fail to produce information which demcanstrates
that the resource is not threatened,. the OCOB may decide to
begin enforcPrnent of its. claim.
5. U.S. industry and Congress will put pressure on
U.S. Government to protect their interests in the lobster
resources of the shelf area beyr~nd the 12-mile limit and will
expect U.S.-GCaB negotiations to produce the terms for
continued U.S. industry ac~-ess to the resources.
press the GCOB to enter into negotiations to determine the
state of the spinet' lobster resource in order to establish
if possible the bdsiS fair continued mutual. exploitation of
that resource. U.S. Government also should cr~ntinue to try.
to persuade the GCOB not to enforce .its claim until after the
ISSUE RESOLUTIOt~i
Recoam~c~ndation: That the U.S. Government continue to
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completion of negotiations. At the carne time, U.S. Government,
-even though reluctant to-enter into bilateral talks on the
delimitation of the continental shelf, should-fc~r iCs awn
purposes have. clc~er that. area of Lhs~ ah~l t` whic?kr i t i t
prepared to conceed as undeniably .Bahamian. U.S. ,31sa shaulc9
undertake continuing consultations with the Florida congressional
delegation and U.S. industry representatives to ensure their
full understanding of the legitimacy of the .Bahamian claim-
and of the. U.S. Government's-intention to respect it. If,
in the absence or failure of negotiations, a situation should
arise in which there is conflict among the fishermen in the
-.area newly-covered by the mast recent Bahamian claim,. the
U.S. Government should undertake to police its own fishermen
and encourage-the GCOD to do likewise for its fishermen.
U.S. policy with respect to GLOB arrests of U.S. fishermen
for. poaching inside the 12-mile fishery zone should remain
unchanged i.e. the U.S. should see that U.S.-based fishermen
receive due process of law. U.S. should initiate the same
policy with respect to fishermen arrested beyond the 12-mile
zone aver the Bahamian continental shelf.
Reasons for Recommendation: As the F~aharnian claim to the
lobster resource ollows the lead of U.S. legi~latian, the
U.S. Gavernmaent has no basis far arguing that the Bahamian
~t~i_m is either inaUprapriate or legally invalid. Eu~ther_,
"' ,r R, ~,. T? ~-+ i ~.. .~..,~.~,tant ~ nn Y1'1aL Cne. L r_'ti:`ui:.v +:+
In the LtLC:t~ lyL l.l(C .~cltau::l..u.a. ...~.....__....
in danger and ccauld,-under the. pressure of the U.S. fisheries
in the area, be rendered as extinct as the Flc+rida lobster
that the U.S. industry pre~~iausly fished, there currently
is no factual evidence available to support a contrary argument
concerning the viability of the resource and thus to support the
U.S. position that the U.S. industry should be allowed tcs
continue -its exploitation of the Bahamian resaurceg. -There
will kie pressures on both gavernrnents to do something and,
while the GLOB may-not be able to pu11 itself tovPther to
address the issue, it-may decide to make gestures r.n enforce the
claim to reiiesre political pressures or it may find itself
helpless as Bahamian fishermen undertake their own enforcemenr
activities. Z'he recorrunended resolution is designed to have
-the U.S. prepared to pursue the negotiating initiative ~ap~-
fully armed with facts which sustain the position that the.
resource can be protected while permitting some =aegrFe of
continued-access to ~.~.5. fishermen-while at the same time
being able to respond should there be inci.c3ents in the fishery
c~raunds invalvinr~ the L.S.-based wndustry. This response, if
preceded by careful congressional ec:nsultatians e:~plaixuing
the legitimacy of the Bahamian clairr+, should make it possible
far the U.S. Government to re3.ievry pressures far retalia-tian
and thus hopef~slly to prevent conflict inthis area from
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jeopardizing other U.S.- interests in The Bahamas, nat'the
least of which is the cordial atmosphere which governs our
relationship.
Alternatives; Theoretically, the first alternative
is to insist on t e continuing rights of U.S. fishermen
despite the fact the- the Bahamian claim is based on U.S.
precedents. This will not wash internationally or in terms
of U.S./GCOB bilateral relations and is not therefore considered
legitimate alternative for U.S. policy. The second alternativ+s
is to wait until something happens.
Unfortunately, there is a history of cca~flict between
fishermen of Florida and The Bahamas', and Cuba and The
Bahamas, and if there is no-clear U.S. Government position --
acknowledging the validity of the Bahamian c~.aim, U.S.-based
fishermen, already immune to appeals from the USG, may be
encouraged even to .intensify their fishing efforts in The
Bahamas area. Playing the situation by ear increases the
prospect -of conflict.
A third alternative would be to encourage .the U.S.-
based industry to attempt negotiation of the issue directly,~
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encouraging.industry-GCOB discussions is the: risk that-the
agreements emerging from such discussions might be both
fragmentary and fragile. Fragmentary, if several-industry
segments reached separate agreement with the CCOB on separate
terms, a possibility the Embassy suspects likely.- Fragile,
because of what the Embassy believes to be the possibility
that private agreements might be based on the peculiar inter-
ests and susceptibilities of pa:rticuiar GCOB Ministers,
and.-might therefore fall with the. disappearance or reassign-
went of the Government persanality involved (if not before).
U.S. Government-GLOB discussions, on the other hand, probably.
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INTEREST, POLICY AND RFSOt?RCF, ANALYSIS
1. U.S. ECONOMIC PROSPE~'tITY
There will be no chiange in U.S. domination of ..the Bahamian
market. The cl?se ties between the economies of the U.S. and
The Bahamas mean, of course, that the Bahamian economy will
continue to decline or rise in the planning period in a manner
roughly parallel to .the fortunes of the U.S. economy, A
decline i.n The. Bahamas may result in a dropping off of .imports,
but. there will be no effect an the proportionate U.S, share
of the Bahamian market which, consumer oriented-and inspired:.
by U.S. media, produces a continuing and perhapsgrowing demand
for U.S. goods.
to go to increased government spending against other priorities,
Investment and Im rt Substitution Policies. The Bahamian
Government will cant~nue to avor U.S. trade. Lie spite some
rhetorical emphasis on self-help and calls for avoiding over-
dependence on U.S, trade, there should be no obstacles to
its further development. Nor is-the government's encourage-
ment of private foreign investment expected to change. The
GC4B will-continue to pursue its policy of Bahamianization
of the work force, employing work permit regulations to control
the number of non-Bahamians in local firms. The impact of the
-work permit program in the past- has been decidedly negative
in terms of-its effect on willingness of potential investors
tca come into The Bahamas and on existing investors to add
LU zineir Camm.ltments hPrP_ Rah~m'i~ni.~~t_nn. h~~aoc~.~r~ hie
moved off of center stage as an .investor confidence problem
and, while. it will-continue to exert a negative influence,
the seriousness and dimension of that influence is unclear..
Government's long term policy objective of import substitution
in the area of agricultural products may in time-have- some
effect on the level of U.S. foodstuffs imported into The
Bahamas. This import substitution program in the agricultural
area will not be realized in the planning period. When and
if it is, the expected reduction in `agricultural-imports from
the U.S. will not affect the proportion of U.S, goods in
B~ahramian trade as the foreign exchange thus freed is expected
the goods far which, given the propensity of the business
community to impart from-the U.H., will probably continue to
come largely from the U.S.
' Fisheries Dispute. The Bahamas will continue the vigorous
arrest and prosecution of foreign fishermen operating inside
the Bahamian 12-mile fisheries limit. Bahamian intentions
with respect to its new legislation claiming the spinet' lobster
as a creature of the continental shelf are not yet clear. In
terms of the Bahamian enforcement capacity, the Bahamian
Government in-the CASP time-frame will a~ot have sufficient.
resources to pursue both the pcalicinel of the .i2-mile zone
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and the Bahamas BanDc~ outside of the zone with any degree of
efficiency.. This does not, however, preclude the possibility
of indirridual acts of enforcement. The U.S. initiative .looking
toward the eventual negotiation of arrangements which would
permit access to the resource beyond the 12-male limit by the .
Florida-bass+eri spinet' lobster industry now operating there will
remain on the table. It is not clear at this time whether
GCOB objectives with respect to the preservat;~.an and management
of the spinet' lobster resaurce preclude entirely outside
exploitation or permit same other arrangement e.g. licensing
faint ventures, landing in The Bahamas, etc. {S,ee Section II.)
F~PdTICIPATED CHALLENGES C1R ?PPORTLI*~ITIFS
Continued presence of U.S. f.i.shermen in the Banks area will
lead to pz'essures an the GCOB to enfoz?ce its :Maims to the
lobster resaurce,
SIGNIFICANCE ?F CHALLENGES t7R OPPORTUNITIES
In any fishery dispute which may emerge, the ~~.5, rovernment
`will be hard-put to resolve a problem which ~?:~ the product
of Bahamian actions which produce hardship on ?a U.S. industry.
taut follow.U.S. precedents. The challenge facing the I1.S. Govern-
ment will be to encourage the GCOB to pursue the negt~tiating
option before beginning enforcement of its cl;~:im,
Y~cut~US~,u t,t~il~J i-i.~+~v
OBJECTIVE l: Encourage GCc~B to pursue fisheries negotiatian
proposal now on tai+le in order to arrive at arrangements
which will permit continued albeit reduced access by U.S,
industry to .Bahamian spin~~y lobster resources can Bahamas Banks.
Estimated FY 7fi Estimated FY 77
' Resources (On0) Resources (000)
None None
OBJECTIVE 2: r?r.ge the GCOf3 not to attempt enforcement of
claim before the ir,itiatian and completion of negotiations.
Estimated FY 76 Estimated: FY 77
.Resources (000} Resources (000)
None None
OBJECTIVE 3: Encourage removal of trade practices discriminating
against U . S . gocicic and services ,
Estimated EY 7?+
F~esaurces (000)
Esti.rnatec3 FY 7"7
Resources {t3t30}
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OBJECTIVE' 4. Cortirue to urge Government Ministries and private
sector to use U.S. government's Trade Opportunity Service to
locate U.S. supply sources, ttti give early notice of potential
major rCOB Projects, anr~ to -seek EXIM financing where appropriate.
to U.S. use o m.xlxtary acilities in The Bahamas and U.S.
operating rights in The Bahamas will not reflect any change
in fundamental Bahamian attitudes toward the U,S. and t.o
Americans generally. The institutions and national dispasi-
tian of The Bahamas are favorable to the U.S. and will rernxAin
so. The Bahamian. decision to resume diplomatic relations with
Cuba and same increase in official contacts between Tfie Bahamas
and Cuba will not reflect anything more than a Bahamian desire
to make pure that its foreign policy takes account of the
unavoidable intez-ests of Cuba in the region south and west
of The Bahamas and moreover does sa with a timing which
anticipates a rravement of U.5. policy in a similar direction.
F..stimated FY 7F~ Estimated FY 77
Resources (On(1) Resources (000)
f~THER INTERESTS
U.S. National nefense. The Bahamian position with respect
The Bahamian Government, which in still in the process
f1f cnrt- ti r~rT n~~4- i f-a ?Fnre.i r+n r`r.9 : ++~s nr~ ..r+ } ~ ~r s.++ 7 Z .F 1..~-~, 1 N~.,~ ?i w..
period iacus mast ar~its iarexgn attaxrs effort on the achl.evement
of international acceptance of the archipelago concept at the
IAS negotiations. All other foreign policy tasks, including
the negotiation with the U.S. of new agreements for U.S.
military facilities in this country, will probably await the
completion of the LOS Conference.
U.S. draft agreements on facilities and operating rights
now on the table awaiting a Bahamian response, do not incorporate
the possibility of international recognition of The Bahamas
as an archipelago. The GCOB response to those drafts, however,
-'will reflect the importance the GCOS attaches to the acceptance
of the application of the archipelago corscept to ghe Bahamas.
What form that response will take-will be determined by the
outcome of the LC~S Conference. Consequently,: in our view,
the present U.S. position on facilities and operating rights
is the correct one and should be maintained throughout the CASP
period until the uncertainties surrounding the fate of the
archipelago conc~?pt at the LOS Conference-are .resolved. In
-the meantime, the U.S, will want to be examining some of the
contingent possibilities but it need not consider at this time
a .change in present policy.
.Estimated FY 76
Resources `(OOC~)
Estimated FY '17
Resources (OP(})
None yr~rtF?
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The positions of the L.S. and The Bahamas in the Law of
the Sea context, is of mare ir~amediate relevance to our national
defense interest, in the islands than to our concern far world
order. 'C'he GC'e:~B fully uncierstanas and basically supports US
LOS interests. The Eahan~as generally will take positions in the
UN similar to those of the U>S. It does not canvider itself a
member of the "third world" or Group of 77. It is not likely
to became so in the CASP time-frame, although it may not be
above using -such groups to advance its .own ends if necessary.
The Bahamas will not-join the OAS.. It will continue to adhere.
to international law, customs and agreements.
ti
Bahamian fisheries claims are and will continue to be
consistent both with international law and with U.S, custom
and practice. The Bahamas will not extend i.ts fiche-rise
claims beyond what is provided for in international law o.r
beyond precedents-set by the U.S. itself.
Estimated FY 76 Estimated FY 77
Resources (n~70} Resources_(00~)
None None
Fair Treatment. and Safety of U.S. Citizens and Pro,~erty.
r _ __
A decline in the- Bahamian economy may ac~yravate tii~ us`ci3~~~~.,x--
ment prablerr+ which. at present is associated generally-with an
eanwillingne$s on the part of some Bahamians to accept certain
types of jobs.. This could. produce a-crime rate increase steeper
than the present one, although it is difficult to judge the
extent to which crime.is~ economically inspired and therefore
likely to increase in direct pr?portian to an increase in
unemployment levels. To the extent that rising crime affects
the Aahamian image as a desirable tourist center there will
be an additional factor forcing a decline in Bahamian economic
fortunes.
The kinds of crime-which have or-may become characteristic
of The Bahamas do not qualify, however, as organized acts of
crime ar terrori:~m against U.S. citizens and property> Neither
is an atmosphere-made somewhat strained by a growing concern
over crime and a crime-induced "fear" likely to affect attitudes
generally-about the CT.S., U.S. citizens, or U.S. property. There
will be no exproprnations.
There will be a continuation of .the arrests of Miami-based` .
fishermen poaching lobsters inside the Bahamian i2-mile. fishery
zone. G:i.ven the h=story of this problem, fines are likely to
increase,.. and the potential for violence which at times in
the past has been ~ feature of the "lobster way" hetwe~n the
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Florida-based fishermen in ~tiarni anc~ The Bahamas swill. likely increase.
In the area encompassed by the new Bahamian claim to the spinet'
lobster as a creature of the continental shelf, i.e, between the-
12-mile limit.-and the edge of the shelf, there will be consider-
able uncertainty with respect tc~ the Bahamian ~'.overnment's
intentions and again a very real potential fnr 'violence,
The policy of Bahamianization of the wank force is, in
principle, reasonable-for The Bahamas as well as consistent
with U.S. practice of protecting jobs for Americans, Administra-
tion of-work permits, however, continues to include .caprice, a
large measure of bureaucratic ineptitude, and same malice;
-and, in terms of Bahamian interests in follawinq policies of
encouraging employment of Bahamians and increased foreign
investment, is often less than-judicious. Frictions will
continue to be created.
The Embassy will as in the past see that poachers enjoy
du,e process of law in these- instances when they are arrested
for violations of the 12-mile fishery zone. Prospects with
respect to the treatment of other fishermen are discussed
under "L+tarld Crder" above,
Estimated FY 7F Estimataed FY 77
Resources (n~0) Resources t00t3)
Control of Movement cif People and Goads to and From the U.S.
The ster+~o-type of the. illegal. immigrant -- a man or woman
without employment in his own country who enters the U.S.
illegally-and accepts employment at the lower end of the job
scale, does-not include the Bahamian, Bahamians who are willing
to work as domestics,-hotel staff and laborers can find jobs
at the present tune in The Bahamas at wages-equal to ar higher
than such employment in the U,S. Even if the decline in the
Bahamian economy at present, associated with the decline in the
U.S. economy, is accentuated by a falling? off of the toaarist
business because of a rising crirn~~ rate,. the attractions of the
U,S. as a place of employment are-not li~:ely to increase signifi-
cantly if at all in the planning period; Increased pressures
an ~'mhas5y consular resources +:~ meet demands fc~r tourist
? visas generated h;~ a stepped up issuance by the GCOR of the --
new Bahamiar. passport will continue througho~xt the c'ASP time-
frame but do-not appear at present to require additional
pars?nnel resources. They may require the nbassy to reorder
consular priorities to reduce the number of state-side rases
accepted for immigrant visas.
With respect. t? Bahamian cooperation in interdicting:
illicit narcotics traffic, this continues t~s be`excellert-
There is eery indicatii~n of a risi~sq carcern in. T.he~ Bahamas
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over the use of narcotics by young Bahamians anc3 :~ paralle l
determination not tc~ allow The ~3ahames to become a route-for-
the traffic of narcotics into the L?.S.
Estimated FY 7K
Resources (-000}
Estimated FY 77
Resources (000)
36 Narcotics
Favorable T~isposition of Other Peoples '~owarc~ the U . S ,
Even in the worst of circumstances, such as an unfavorable
outcome for either party in the military facilities negotiations,
the fundamentally-favorable disposition of the P.ahamians to the
U,S. is not likely to change. Too many Baha~rians have too
many ties with the U.S. -- education, fa~tily, i~3eals -- for
the traditional favorable disposition to be eroded in the-
foreseeahle future. The attitude of the government, however,
ma;y change in the process of negotiating with the U.S., and
to the e~ctent that the Bahamian Government, as we sugga~sted
in last year?s CASP, may come to the facilities negotiating-
table with essentially non--negotiable positions, this process
of official cooling ecauld increase.
Estimated FY 76 Estimated FY 77
Resources { ~'~~ } Resources ( 000 )
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OPen Channels of Coi!srnunication Between the U.S, and Oth+~r
Countries. Access to GLOB leaders continues to be good but
one concern-expressed in the last CASP, Bahat!~ian sensitivity
to their own bureaucratic inadequacies, is increasing and does
Lead to what we perceive to be on occasion a combination of
embarrassment and aggravation at di~cussinq frankly with v.S.
officials the day-to-day progress of bilateral relationships.
The personal relationships and mutual. respect which-would .be
necessary to overcome. Bahamian sensitivities.-have peen.
+established, however. The U.S, presence :in The Bahamas is not.
overwhelming and because it is dispersed over several islarccls,
is not susceptible of becoming viewed as overwhelming Y~g
Bahamian officialdartt.
Economic and Social '~evelogrment of Other Countries.
Bahamian economic growth in the period of th+~ CA:~P will-depend
in the first instance on developments in the U.S. and world
economy. secondly, it will also depend on the capacity of the
Bahamian governr~en.t to :manage its own affairs and. to prevent
such factors a.s a rising crime rate, increased unemployment among
young people, poor service or exorbitant prices from accelerat-
ina an~v decline through damage to-the Bahamian image as a
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desirable tourist tacale, They s~.r~winq of eco~xmic grawth
related to the-world situation is and will continue to be a
problem essentially beyond Bahamian capacities; to de.;l with...
The latter problem, i.e. the possibly negative effect of
domestic developments.c~n tourism, will hF a re?sPonsibili.ty of
the Bahamian Government., Tt is in this area that the apparent
inability of the Bahamian ~,overnment to manage its affairs
with ease,. confidence, anti efficiency will be key. There is
room for growth in the t~ahamian ecanamy. Government policy will
continue to encourage investment both foreign and domestic.
Income distribution problems- will remain., particularly the
..inequitable distribution of income among the islzsnr?s which
make up The Bahamas. The national per capita income average
?f ~240~} makes a wide swing 'between New Providence. Grand Bahamas,
Andros-and Eleuthera and the truly "out" islands where subsistence
agriculture -prevails and the per capita averas~e is nearer-$8011.
In relative terms, The Aahantas is a wealthy ctauntry, in absolute
terms it must address the problems of the ineguitiPs among the
various islands, These inequities extend beyond the extrercaes
of rich and poor people (essentially on New Providence and
Grand Bahama) and those of income generally t~ those of duality
of life and there are-not as yet any programs or-even realistic
plans to bring the elements of a "quality-life" to these more
remote areas of. The Bahamas within the CASP tsme-frame. More~-
aver, in social- terms the problem is aggravated by Bahamian
a... ~.. >,....P...~. ~rJ rtac. T~7 a,nrl rarlin cahlr}1 f>Tn1P~"t.r+ the AR1P_T.'1C~n
standard of~tivinq for Banrxmiares r.o enjoy.
Bahamians development policy is-not yet trRns-fated into
specific programs and objectives and .the lacy, of management
expertise and .a reluctance to make decisions sef-erred to
elsewhere makes definitive progress on this scr7re ~znlikely.
The only viable program going, the AID Livestra~-k Development and
Research Project., will end January 18, 1978.. The GCOB under-
stands that no additional t7.S. funds will be forthcoming,
though this will nr~t detertheir seeking ad~~i~i~naG assistance
within the CASP time-frame.- To the extent that this-Project
emerges as the only concrete evidence of development., and the
GCOB is unable to take it aver as scheduled, it may request
that U.S. provide additional funds. In light ref the high
Bahamian, GNP, L. ~. has no real basis for can*_'s''1t1P..c~ ~~S51Stance
ir. purely economic terms; neither has the iJ . S.. any basis for
a Peace Corps presence. This does not preclu~e the probability
the GC?B will continue to link economic and social-development
assistance vaith the facilities negotiations, insisting they
be part of the U.S.-quid, either substitutive for, or additional.
to, facilities rental payments.- Should the COB position
remain inflexible, the t~.S. will have- to consider whether some
such .form of additional commitment is justified.
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Estimated FY 76
Resources (~~n)
Estimated ~'Y 7`?
Resources { r~ ~t rt )
$i~ million total-budget for ~Tn F~ahamas
Livestock Project for five years beginning
1/18f73.
5.5 CU 6. 8 CIr
Political Develo rnp ent of Other Countries. The WASP
time-~rarxe wit inc~de preparations or general elections,
likely to be held in October 1977, although an earlier date.
i.s not impossible. A combination of a less than- vigorcaus
economy, rising crime, disparities in wealth, and the felt
frustration which comes from the lack of any seal accomplish--
menu in the period -since incienendenc.e, may cause Bahamians
generally to question the PLP leadership which }~rought the
nation tca independence but now has 3 somewhat middle-aged
and lack--luster appearance. The question will be, "Is :the
present leadership as capable of administering an"independent
Bahamas as it was of achieving that independence? ~
To the extent the issue arises for the average voter,
the answer is likely to be "*~o" but at the moment there
is a serious question as to whether attracti~re alternatives
exist. So far as we .can..judge, an election held .today would
_ s. _ ._ ~ _ _ ,..,.ti",'.: r ~ t ~ m a -i n ^~- i fi yi c^ ci 111_ C~ h P_
prc~oa~ly reLUrii i..iiC rLr ~.~ ~~,.,.....~ _...~,,._ ._ :,-
reduced substantially. In viewing the matter over ~tiz~ .,~,~~~ r~~ icd
covered }~y the CASP *~he likelihood of ?'i.,I' retainin~7 Ucntrol
remains. EowevPr, ent`~usi.asrt for. the ryLP, muct1 of i`: stemming
from thc~ charismatic character of Pindlinc? anal his i~adership
in the fight for inc3ependence,4 may. well he on the wane.
The inherent clif~iculty of the social and espec'ialy economic
problems faced by the country, concern over corru~~tion, crimes
and police excesses, wtdch could become serious if a maa~r
scandal should break, internal divisions which-are already
evident within PLP .party ranks, anc: a separation zn time from-
the original. enthusiasm for the all-black PLF' whic'~ swept to
power as the aforementioned champion of independence, could
bring down the Government. Even these factors., a~.l of which
certainly could materialize within the next two years, would-
be insufficient to replace the ;PLP vnlpss there is a viable
alternative, At a min-imam this, in turn, would probably require
the purging of the present white Aay Street elements ~rithin
the FNNi and ~rould certainly require a new andmcare cynam.ic
party leader. It might-even require the emerc~encp cf a new
party combining PT,F' dissidents together with a Pur~~d ~''[~I1'''l.
Clearly, fear all car most. of these circumstances to materialize
would take some doing and it is this which leads :~:s to .conclude
that we will most. Iikely cont.inza.e to .deal with a PLT, Government.
F3ut in Taolitcs events can move raI?idly and we are ~~ware of
`~.1. ` f`.L 1
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a sufficient urielPrrurrent of political turmoil so that-one
cannot rule out a coalescence of the foregain~ factors resulting
in the displacement of the PLP control of the Government sometiz~~e
during the term covered by this GASP, In any event, political
alternatives an the Bahamian scene do not include any which
.represent a challenge to U.S, interests in that a change in
the ruling Party would not bring to power .individuals hostile
to the U,S. and we therefore do not foresee any challenges to
us at this .time.
The institutions of The Fahamas -- courts, m}nistries,
houses of parliament -- are centuries old and in the British
tradition. -They are likely to withstand the pressures which
may came to them out of the faltering economy or out of .the
1976-197'7 political-life of the country. In the main there
will continue to be respect for-human rights, hint the pressures.
on the Government. to achieve a elimination in crime may result
in some degree of callousness in public attitudes toward
police practices if not actual occasional excesses by police
against the .civil rights of accused.
Other U.S. Interests
~.1 I1~ DGIIQIIIG~ 411.dCJ JC_C 4ilC: .i L.L=.ati ~.si .~ih"~ h~C's'~(.1 C1 L~~. [- RUSTpY,r7 ~..
concern for ecxaperatinn in sur.h areas as heal#h and science and
the need for urgent address to a possible specific ~~roblem
af, for instance, typhr~id on New Providence. It sees,the
inter-relationship. between its economic development, dependence
on tourism, and the rather rapid breakdown of the ?dew Providence
sewerage and water system. They are c~irrently seeking World
Bank fi.nancinq of a new sy:~tem but do face the threat of
epidemics in -the CARP time--frame, which could, given-the
volume of daily travel between-Nassau and the i1.S,, he a threat
to the U.S. mainland,.
Estimated F'Y 7i~ Estimated. FY 77
Resources tp~n) Resources (~n~l)
None None
5 PC` F2I"r
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.
E'Y 74
E'Y 75
FY 7fi
FY 77
Actual
Est.
Pln.
P1n.
State
Salaries and Wises
516
480
475
490
1
Repres~taticx~ Allowance
3 . Q1
3.9~
5, ~
5.0
?~O
169.0
73.9
fi5.tt
95.0
Cultural Pm3rar.1 {CU)
I2 . ~
12.2
22...8
13.3
($10 mill im total riu3~et foz' AI]7
liaha~lrs Livestock Project for five
years beginning 1/18/73}
,~srcotics (tra:~ning
USIS
PAQ RP.SWrces 'l
36.0 3~t5.0 36.0
?tz5?c.ai
z.'.~
y i r~
~ l!1
Reimlwrsa3sle by Airlines
243
32.1
325
Jvstic~ t1I3S - Prxlear~nce)
245
267
27.5
285
Reilfiursable by Airlines
101
104
lief
i15
Acg-culture {F'rc~clearar~ce`
R~imbursarile by Airlines
87
24
93
16
tt}s
3G
110
35
In ter-na t.ia~al Ins ti tut_irn s!
Major Bilat,pxal Crnors
tl'~IDP
600
500
600
580
UK
100
100
100
100.
1,' -
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Post's allotment d:ses not include ad3itir~al $700 merle av3liabie
in Jane 1979- oar apprazimately-$500 out--of-pocket for ,FY'74.
Post's allotment far FY-75 -does not include anticipat~S800
out-of-p~c'xet for fiscal year.
Anticipated regtusem~! is .
Does not :include $245,000 far acx~iisit.icx! and renovatica! of new
f32 ir. :i ate ~'~' ' 7 5 .
~,~_
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FY 7 7
Pln.
~" _~.
off Cl.k~~~:~ J.`f I;:Lic `r'S CrPP Ci4t
I
iJi'.f Clk FSL
Stage
Executive Directs
~
1 1
6
1
6
1 2
Subtotal
9_ 4
4 16
7
9 4
17
9 4
Total
~q
'10
3C~
30
AID
U.ti.
1
T
1
1
tairect Hire
i Contract
5
7
7
PASA
Local
8
8
q
Total
C'
USIS
Local
~ 1
Total
'
1
1
--
~ ~ -
- -
-
i90 D
~'
6
6
Marine Guards
Naval Liaison Office
1
-
1 -
t -
~ _
U.Sn
Local
M I LGP.~'. C'['
s
U.S.
Local
Tote 1
t
- i -
1- 5
~ ~'
'-
Peace Corps
Staff
[J.S.
Lo ca l
PCV~
Total
-
1NS
T'ota~I U.S.
6
.
6
8
8
Total Local
-
CUSTOMS
8
13
8
8
Total. U.S,
Total Local
- -~
^T
AGRICULTQRE
~
_
Z
~
2
-
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E3TATE~ MESSAGE?
42478
~ost C-~eheva
Bahamas -!
1, USG ANO GCOB DELS MET AUGUST 13 IN OPENING SESSION ON
SPINY LOBSTER, ADDERLEY WELCOMED UrS, DEL WITH STATEMENT
ON IMPORTANCE GLOB ATTACHES TO OFFSWORE RESOURCESr ARCHIPELAGO
STATUS AND THIS FIRST FOREIGN POLICY VENTURE: SINCE INDEPENDENCE
(TEXTS SENT 6/13), FOLLOWING OPENING STATEMENTS BY UrS, AMB
AND U,S, DEL CHRMN WALLACEr ADDERLEY ASKED WHAT UrS, POSIT$OAI
IS,
2r US REP YNDICATED SPECIFICS OF U,S, POSITION "OULD E3E PUT
FORWARD NEXT MEETING IN A DOCUMENT AND REVIEWED GENERAL OBJECT-
IVES OF U,5, IN NEGOTIATIONr INCLUDING CONS.ERVATIONr ACCESS
TO THE RESOURCE WITH A LIMIT ON NUMk3ER OF LICENSESr ASSISTANCE
IN ENFORCEMENT, RECIPROCITY, AND SCIENTIFIC COOPERATION,
3r PRE5ENT.ATTON OF GCgB DEL VERY FRIENDLY, SELF?ASSUREDr
ADDERLEY INDICATED GCOB P05ITYON ON INTERIM ENFORCEMENT MOR?
ATORIUM UNCHANGEDr
4, TALKS RESUMED AUGUST 14 WITH PRESENTATION ANiJ EXPLANATION
BY U,S, REP QF FOLLOWING PAPER ON U.Sr POSITIONi
BE:GIiN TEXT UPS, PROPOSALS FOR ACCOMMODATION IN MATTERS RELATING
TO SPINY LOBSTER
LISTED BELOW ARE THE PRINCIPAL ELEMENTS WHICH THE UNITED
STATES BELIEVES SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN ANY ARRANGEMENTS WITH
THE BAHAMAS CONCERNING SPINY LOBSTER, THIS LISTING IS MADE
ON THE UNDERSTAND%NG THAT THE SPINY LOBSTER IS A CREATURE OF
THE CONTINENTAL SHELF, AND IS MADE WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE
PRECISE FORM IN WHICH- ANY ARRANGEMENTS BETWEEN THE TWO GOVERN*~
MENTS MIGHT BE CAST OR THE NATURE OF ADMINISTRATIVE ARRANGE-
MENTS WHICH MIGHT BE NEEDED TO IMPLEMENT THESE PROPOSALS,
I, RECIPROCITY
THE TERM5 AND CONDITION5 OF ANY ARRANGEMENTS UNDER WHICH U,S,
FISHERMEN WOULD OPERATE REGARDING SPINY LOBSTER FISHING ON
C O N F I D E N T I A L
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THE BAHAMIAN BANKS WOULD BE RECYPROCAL IN THE SENSE THAT THESE
SAME TERMS AND CONDITIONS WOULD APPLY WITH RESPECT TO BA WAMIAN
FISHERMEN DESIRING TO FISH FO~d SPINY LOBSTER ON THE U.S.
CONTINENTAL SHELF
II. LICENSING OF VESSELS
AMERICAN VESSELS WOULD ESE ELIGIBLE TO PURCHASE LICENSES TO
FISH FOR SPINY LOBSTER ON THE BAHAMIAN BANKS, THE NUMBER OF
AMERICAN VESSELS WHICH WOULD BE ALLOWED T'0?PURCHASE LICENSES
WOULD 8E BASED ON THE AMOUNT OF FISHING WHICH WOULD ENSURE
THE PROPER CONSERVATION OF THE RESOURCE, AFTER TAKING INTO
ACCOUNT THE LEVEL OF BAHAMIAN FISHING IN ACCORDANCE WITH
THE BEST SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE AVAYLA?LE, IT IS THE U.S, VIEW
THAT 350 AMERICAN VESSELS SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO PURCHASE LICENSES
AT THE PRESENT TIME. THIS FIGURE WOULD BE ADJUSTED,. IF APPRO~
PRIAT
E, FOLLOWING PERIODIC REASSESSMENTS OF THE STATUS OF THE
SPINY LOBSTER STOCKS, A5 WELI AS REASSESSMENTS OF THE LEVEL
OF BAHAMIAN .FISHING,
THE UNITED STATES WOULD RECOMMEND THAT EACH VESSEL BE SUBJECT
T
O A FLAT FEE TO BE PAID ANNUALLY, THE AMOUNT TO VARY PER
VESSEL LENGTH AS ~OLLOWSi
LENGTH OF VESSEL AMOUNT OF FEE
QJ TO 30 FEET DOLS 25PJ
OVER 3m T? 45 FEET 501
OVER 45 TO b~J FEET 7g~
OVER 61~ FEET 1,f~00
THE UNITED STATES BELIEVES THAT LICENSES SHOULD BE ISSUED BY
THE FLAG STATE IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARRANGEMENTS AGREED UPON
BY BOTH GOVERNMENTS.
III. COORDINATION IN MANAGEMENT AND CONSERVATION
THERE SHOULD BE A MEANS OF F4CILITATING THE PROPER CONSERVA-
TION OF THE SPINY LOBSTER STOCKS OF BOTH COUNTRYES
IT IS
.
THE VIEW OF THE UNITED. STATES THAT THERE SHOULD BE A MECHANISM
TO PROVIDE FOR A REGULAR AND SYSTEMATIC REVIEW OF THE STATUS
OF THE RESOURCE AND TO RECOMMEND TO THE TWO GOVERNMENTS WHATEVER
CONSERVATION MEASURES ARE APPROPRIATE,
IV. FISHERY ANALYSIS AND RESOURCE ASSESSMENTS
THE UNITED STATES PROPOSES A CQOPERATIVE SCIENTIFIC: INyESTIGA~
TION OF THE LOl~STER STOCKS OF THE BAHAMIAN BANKS, MONITORING
AND ANALYSIS OF THE FISHERY AS WELL AS SURVEYS AND ASSESSMENT
OF THE RESOURCE ARE ENVISAGEA. TMESE STUAIES WOULD INCLUDE
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AREAS WHERE THE FISHERY NOW OPERgTES AS WELL AS DTHER AREAS
NOT UTILISED AT THE PRESENT TIME.
EXISTING EFFORTS TO COLLECT AND ANALYSE FISHERIES CATCH DATA
WOULD BE EXPANDED, WE WOULD ALSO PROPOSE AADITIONAL ASSESS-
MENT ACTIVITIES INCLUDING REEF" SURVEYS THE ESTABLISHMENT ANA
MONITORING OF A SANCTUARY AREA WHERE AN UNMOLESTED PDPULATION
CAN BE" OBSERVED AND TAGGING TO DETERMINE GROWTHS MORTALITY
MIGRATDRY MOVEMENTS, AND DTHER POPULATION CHANGES,
V, COOPERATIVE ENFORCEMENT OF' MANAGEMENT MEASURES
U. S. PARTICIPATION iN ENFORCEMENT PROGRAMS FOR CONSERVATION
MEASURES COORDINATED BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES WOULD BE VERY
SIGNIFICANTLY ENHANCED BY A BAHAMIAN/AMERYCAN TREATY REGARDING
SPINY LOBSTER. IMPLEMENTING UPS. LEGI5LATION FOR SUCH A TREATY
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FM AMEMBASSY .NASSAU
TO SECSTATE WASFIDC IMMEDIATE 707b
BT
C O N F I D E N T I A L
LYMITED OFFICIAL USE SECTION 2 OF 2 NASSAU 1317
WOULD ESTAaLISH NEW FEDERAL AUTHORITY SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED TO
IMPROVE ENFORCEMENT EFFICIENCY AND ACHIEVE FULL COMPLIANCE EY ALL
PERSONS UNDER U.S, JURISDICTION WITH CONSERVATION AND LICENSYNG
CONTROLS ESTABLISHED UNDER THE TREATY. IN THE INTERIM PERIOD;
PENDING TREATY RATIFICATION AND THE ENACTMENT OF IMPLEMENTING
LEGISLATION, U.S, ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES WOULD INCLUDE VOLUNTARY
COMPLIANCE BY THE FISHERMAN, U.S. ENCOURAGEMENT OF VOLUNTARY
COMPLIANCE THROUGH INTENSIVE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS, ANA THE
APPLICATION OF EXISTING LAWS INSOFAR A5 THEY MAY ASSIST IN
ACHIEVING THE OBJECT AND PURPOSE OF THE AGREEMENT,
A MAJOR ASPECT OF U.S. ENFORCEMENT EFFORT5 WOULD INCLUDE
THOROUGH SURVEILLANCE BY U.S. COAST GUARD PATROLS OF SPINY
LOBSTER FISHING AREAS pFF THE BAHAMAS. THIS WOULD ASSIST IN
DETERRING VIOLATIONS -AND IN THE COLLECTION OF EVIpENCE FOR
ENFORCEMENT PROCEEDINGS. IN CONJUNCTION WITH ca OPERATIVE
ENFORCEMENT PROGRAMS, THE U.S. COAST GUARD WOULD BE PREPARED
TO ASSIST IN TRAINING AND INFORMATION EXCHANGE PROGRAMS TO
EXPAND THE ENFORCEMENT CAPAI3YLITY OF THE BAHAMAS
VI. ASSISTANCE IN TRAINING BAHAMIAN FISHERMEN
THE UNITED STATES COULD PROVIDE TRAINING PROGRAMS FOR BAHAMIAN
FISHERMEN. AS AN EXAMPLE, TRAINEES MIGHT BE SELECTED BY THE
BAHAMAS AND THE UNDp/FAO FISHERIES DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME AND
OBTAIN INITIAL INSTRUCTION IN THE BAHAMAS. FOLLOWYNG SUCH
INSTRUCTION, TRAINEES COULD PARTICIPATE IN CRUISES A60ARD U.S,
FISHERY RESEARCH VESSELS, STUDYING FISHING TECHNI4UES, YN~
CLUDING TECHNYOUES FOR EXPLORATORY FISHING, AND METHODS FOR
GEAR OPERATION AND GEAR DEVELOPMENT. END TEXT
5, GCOB REP EADDERLEY) REQUE=STED A DAY TO STUDY U,Sw PAPERS,
HOWEVER, THE FOLLOWING POINTS WERE MADE iN PRELIMINARY. DIS-
CUSSIONSt
EA) GCOB DEL ASKED FOR U.S. COMMENT ON BAHAMIAN LEGAL RE(~UIRE-
MENT THAT AN AGREEMENT APPLY ONLY TO BOATS OWNED BY U,S.
CITIZENS, EB) U,S. DEt., IN RESPONSE TO RE?UEST FOR EXP4ANATI~DN
OF FLORIDA LICENSING WITH RESPECT TO ALIENS, INDICATED THERE
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IS NQ DISCRIMINATION THERE,- AFTER LENGTHY DISCUSSION OF FLOi~IDA
LAWS, FISHING AND MARKETING PATTERNS IN U.S.,AND BAHAMAS,
AND RESOURCE CONDITIONS, AUDERLEY SUGGESTED THAT THERE ARE
MORE FISHERMEN IN FLORIDA THAN FLORIDA FISHERY CAN SUSTAIN.
HE QUESTIONED HOW HE COULD JUSTIFY TO BAHAMAS LEGISLATURE A
RECIPROCAL AGREEMENT FOR 35~ BAHAMIANS TO GET LICENSES TO F'YSM
IN FLORIDA WATERS WHEN THIS MEANS THERE ARE NO SURPLUS LOBSTER
OFF' FLORIDA FOR BAHAMIANS UNDER ANY RECIPROCAL ARRANGEMENT,
U,S. DEL AGREED THAT RECIPROCAL FISHING OPPORTUNITIES FOR
BAHAMIANS OFF FLORIDA MIGHT NOT 8E A MAJOR ATTRACTION TO THE
BAHAMIANS AT THE PRESENT TIME. HOWEVEk, IT WAS ANTICIPATED
THAT LONG TERM MECHANISM WOULD BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE THIS CONp
CERN, ANA OTHER OFFSETTING FEATURES OF AN AGREEMENT MIGHT BE OF
SUBSTANTIAL INTEREST TO THE BAHAMAS PROVIDING AN OVERALL BALANCE
IN THE AGREEMENT.
(C) GLOB DEL THEN SUGGESTED THAT LOBSTER RESOURCE ON BAHAMIAN
BANKS MIGHT BE OVERFISHED AT CURRENT LEVEL OF EXPI.OYTATIONr
NOTING THAT CLARIFICATION OF RESOURCE CONDITION BIAS ESSENTIAL
BEFORE OTWER ISSUES WERE ADDRESSED FURTHER, U,S~ DEL RESPONDED
WITH PROPOSAL (ACCEPTED BY BAHAMIANS) FOR IMMEDIATE MEETING ~F
TECHNICAL EXPERTS FROM BOTH SIDES TO REVIEW AVAYLABLE DATA.
(FYI - INFORMATION DEVELOPED 8Y U.S. SCIENTISTS INDICATES
BAHAMIAN LOBSTER RESOURCE CURRENTLY BEING UTILISED AT LEVEL
BELOW MAXIMUM SUSTAINABLE YIELD),
b, TALKS SCHEDULED RESUME AUGUST 15, WEISS
REPR?DUCTI~N E9Y ?T!l EG3 7FlAI
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TH~S~ WATEiR~ir Tb PHASE THEM OUT"
3r "13UT AN1"pHEFt PINT I MUST MAKE" WHICH 1 THINK WILL MAKE YqU
~NpEf~STANp WHY THE LAk OF THEs SEAS ROUTE IS BETTER THAN UNI-
~ATERAL ACTION" I5 THAT WE~i~E ASKING A DEVIL OF A LOT OF
THINQSt SPACIAL TREATMENT FOR CANADA. A5 IT WERE, FOR
TWIS LAW OF` TME> SEAS" WE'RE ASKING" YDU KNOW. FOR RIGHTS
E~EYtlNIS TWE ~O~MILE. ANI~ Wf='RE ABOUT THE ONLY COUNTRY THAT
15 DO t Nl~ THAT BECAUSE" OF" THE SPECIAL XTENSI ON OF OUR SHELF r
MINERAL RIGHTS AND EyEN FISHERIES RIGHTS. WERE ASKING FOR
SPECIAL RIGHTS IN THE ARCTIC SO THAT OUk ARCTIC POLLUTION
PREyf:NTION LEGISLATION WILL BEg RECOGNI~En IN INTERNATIONAL
LAW. WE'E~E ASKING FOR CPECIAL RIGHTS IN THE STRAITS" SO THAT
THE NDRTWWEST PASSAGE WILL NOT BECOMt AN INTERNATIONAL
STRAIT. WE'RE ASKINQ FOR SPECIAL RIGHTS IN THE CASE OF SALMON
BECAUSE TWEY E3 REED IN CANADA BUT THEY ARE FISHED IN THE HIGH
SEAS" AND WE~~RE ASKING FOR SPECIAL TREATMENT FOR THAT. WE'RE
ASKINt3 FOR SPECIAL TREATMENT IN THE AREA OF ENVIRDNMENT
9~CAUSE TWE ARCTIC I5 SUCH A SPECIAL AkEA IN TERMS OF THE ENS
VSRONMENT. SO MAYBE WE COUL~7 UNILATERALLY MAKE ONE pELCARATIN.
BUT IF` WE OD TRAY IN A WAY ~1HICH DE5TRUYS ALL DUR CLAIMS ,TO ~`
THES~e OTHER TWINgS THAT WE~E7E TRYING TO FIGHT FOR IN THE I,~AW '~ 4.
Oi THE SEAS" wE WILL NAVE MADE A VERY 6At7 BARGAIN INDEED.
AND I THINK IT'S TWAT KIND OF SHORTSIGHTEDNESS THAT THE PEOPLE
SMMEOtATELY INTERESTED IN ONF ASPECT DF iT ARE GUILTY OF. AND
1 STATE THIS WITHOUT HOSTILITY TO THEM" t REALISE THE IMPORTANCE.
BUT I THINK CANt~IANS AT LARGE SHOULD REAi._t~E THAT WE HAVE
VE~tY LARGF~ STAKES INDEED IN THE LAW OF THE SEA CONFERENCE,
AND THAT WE WOULD E3E FOOL; TO GIVE UP THOSE STAKES BY AN
ACTION WHICH WOULD BE: PURELY A TEMPOkAkY. PAPER SUCCESS.
E~ECAUSE THEN" AS YOU POINT OUT, WE WOULD STILL NAVE TO GO TO
WAR TO IMPOSE bUR UNILATERAL ACTION IF WE COULDN~T NEGOTIATE
IT IN AN ACCEPTABLE WAY, NUWr THESE NEGOTIATIONS ARE
GOINq ON PARALLEL TO THE LAW OF THE SEA CONFERENCE. WE'VE
MADE IykO0RFS5 IN jCNAF. *HE DISPUTE WITH TWE RUSSIANS IS OVER
DUOTAS WHICW ICNAF HAS SET, THERE ARE ALSO BILATERAL TALKS
AS WE~t~E HAVING WITH THE RUSSIANS, AS WERE HAVING WITH TWE
SPAINIAF7D5. THEYtVE GOT A Utl_E:GATION iN TOWN TODAY" I BELIEVE"
OR TbMMt~RRgWr FpR DISCUSSIONS. SO WERE NOT EXLCLUDING ALL THfi
BILATERALS. E~UT WERE NOT GIVING UP THE IDEA THAT IT WOULD 9E
E~RE~'ERA~LE IF INTERNATIONAL LAW WERE CHANGED RATHER THAN CANADA
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1, THE FOLLOWING REMARKS SY AMBASSADOR SEYMOUR WEISS~ SHOULD
BE ADDED TO REFTEL AS ONE OF THE ATTACHMENTS TO THE JOINT
PRESS RELEASEt
(QUOTE OPENING REMARKS BY AMBASSADOR SEYMOUR WEISS - U,S?
AMBASSADOR TO THE BAHAMAS 5PINY LOBSTER NEGOTIATION - AUGUST
13,
1975
MRS
MINISTERr
ON
BEHALF OF MY COLLEAGUES AND MYSELF LET ME
SAY
THAT WE
ARE
VERY PLEASED Tp HAVE T`HE OPPORTUNITY TO
MELT
WITH YOU FOR
THE
PURPOSE OF EXPLORING AN. AGREEMENT UNDER
WHICH
UNITED
STATES HASEp FISHERMEN MAY BE PERMITTED TO CONTINUE TD FISH
FOR LOBSTER ON THE BAHAMIAN CONTINENTAL SHELF.
WE ARE, pF COUR5Er FAMILIAR WITH THE GOVERNMENT OF THE BAHAMAS
FISHING ACT OF 19b9 AS AMENDED-AND THE PROVISION THAT IT MAKES
FOR ENTERING INTO AGREEMENTS WITH OTHER NATIONS TO PERMIT SUCW
FISHING. WHYLE I WOULD NQT IN ANY SENSE WISH TO UNDERESTIMATE
THE POTENTIAL PROBLEMS WH;I.CM MAY PRESENT THEMSELVES IN WORKING
OUT A DETAILED ARRANGEMENT, NEVERTHELESS, AS YOU WELL KNOW
FROM OUR MANY PREVIOUS CONVERSATIONS, I REMAIN CONVINCED THAT
AN AGREEMENT CONSISTENT WITH THE INTERESTS OF BOTH NATIONS
-CAN BEHDEVELOPEDr -
FRpM T!-IE POINT OF VIEW pF' MY GOVERNMENT, OUR INTEREST IS SELFG
APPARENT AND WE HAVE MADE NO PRETENCE ABOUT IT, WE HAVE A
LARGE ANB ACTIVE FISHING INDUSTRY LARGELY BASED IN FLORIDA
WHICH FOR MANY YEARS HAS DEPENDED UPON ACCESS TO L08STERS IN
THESE WATERS, TO PUT IT, IN HUMANITARIAN TERMS LARGE NUMBERS
OF FISHERMEN WHO HAVE AgSQI;UTELY NO OTWEG MSAN5 FOR SUPPORTING
THEIR FAMILIES ARE PRESENTLY IDLED, THIS ~S NOT ?NLY A SERIOUS
MATTER BUT FROM OUR POINT QF VIEW ONE REQUIRING URGENT ATTENTION
IN APPROACHING THIS- PR08l.EM:AIVn IN ATTEMPTING TO MEET. OUR OWN
NATIONAL INTERESTS I WANT T'O; ASSURE Y~OeU1~TWuAT WE DO NOT D0. SO
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Article 25. Delete subparagraph (a). Amend subparagraph (c)
to read: "(c) by the coastal State on vessels and
aircraft engaged in dumping within its
territorial sea and economic zone."
Article 27. Delete "voluntarily" in the second line.
Para
..Article 27. Delete.
.Para 2
Article 27. Delete "in the area extending to miles
Para 3 from the baseline from which the tern t rial sea
is measured" and insert "irrespective of where
the discharge occurs". Delete "voluntarily" in
line 2.
Article 28. Redraft as follows: "When a coastal State has
Para 1 reasonable grounds for believing that a vessel,
irrespective of its flag or State of registration,
during passage through its territorial sea, has
violated the laws and regulations or international
.:rules and standards referred to in Article 20,
it may arrest the vessel and .institute proceedings
against it".
Article 28. In the first line, delete "Article 27" and
PaY 2 insert "paragraph 3 only". Delete everything
after "measured" in line 5 and move the
-paragraph to Article 27.
Article 28. Delete and insert: "Proceedings shall not be
aras , instituted by a coastal State other than
and 8 the flag State in respect of a violation
occurring beyond the territorial sea if another
coastal State has previously commenced and not
discontinued proceedings.
Article 29. Add "or Article 2$" after."Article 27" in
the second line. Add ".upon completion of any
necessary investigation" after "vessel" in
line 2.
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Article 31. Insert "50" in the blank space in line two
of the introductory portion.
Article 34. Insert "and before instituting proceedings"
after "measures" in the first line.
Article 35. Delete.
Article 37. Redraft as follows: "State shall be liable for
.damage or loss arising from inspection or enforce-
ment measures taken in pursuance of this Chapter
when such measures were unlawful or exceeded
those reasonably required in the light of
available information, and shall provide for
xecourse in their courts for. actions in respect
of such damage or loss."
Article 40. Delete.
Article 41. In the first line, delete the phrase: "to areas
Para- under the jurisdiction of other States or".
Delete all after the word "States" in the third
line.
Article 41. Add a new paragraph 4 as follows: "4. In the
nee para- absence of other adequate remedies with respect
graph to damage to the environment of other States
caused by activities under the jurisdiction
or control of a State, that State shall provide
recourse-for foreign States or nationals to a
domestic forum empowered:
(a) to require the abatement of a
continuing source of pollution of the
marine environment, and
(b) to award compensation for damages."
Article 42. Delete "of Chapters Six and Seven" in the first
line and insert "of this Convention regarding
pollution". Add "or aircraft" after "vessel"
in line 2. Delete "with Chapters Six and
Seven" in the last line and insert "with the
present Convention."
Article 43. Delete.
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New Insert the following new article: "Nothing in this
Artic?1e Convention shall prejudice the rights of States
~` _ regarding intervention in cases of grave pollution
? threats from maritime casualties in accordance
.with international law and treaties."
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Comments on United States Proposed Amendments
to the Single Negotiating Text Articles on
Protection of the Marine Environment
Article 1. Drafting changes. ?
Article 2. No changes required. The word"all" was not
in the text agreed in Committee but-the text
? is acceptable.
Article 3. This language along with language in Articles
4(1) and 16 is intended to cover the double
'...standard question.- Although we think it is
undesirable, the language of the text is
.marginally acceptable and we should not attempt
to reopen it. However, if others reopen it,
we 'will offer the amendment. We will not accept
further broadening of the language.
Article 4. This change will bring the language into line with
Para 4 Article 45 and 47 of the text on the economic
-zone. The changes are not critical in and of
themselves but differences in the texts could
be troublesome. This should be treated as a
drafting change.
Article.. 5. No amendments.
Article s It should be noted that the language regarding
the double standard has been dropped from the
Committee text .and we should strongly resist its re-
introduction.
Article 11. The text is acceptable on the understanding that
assistance under paragraph (b) would be on a cost-
reimbursable basis and in accordance with needs.
Articles No amendments.
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Article 15.-Drafting change.
Article 16. The double standard language included `in the text
is marginally acceptable. However, if there is
an attempt to create a wider opening, we should
argue to remove all of the language.
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Article 17,. While this text does not clearly cover pollution
from crossing pipelines, it probably does so and
the text in Articles 65 and 68 of the continental
shelf.-section appear to cover such pipelines in
any case. There may be an attack on the language
in the third sub-paragraph of paragraph one.
We should preserve the text except-for the
drafting change or attempt to make the language
?', made stringent.
be construed as dumping if there were no
Article 18. The article is .not necessary but is acceptable.
Article 19. It is essential to stop coastal State jurisdiction
over ocean dumping at 200 miles and not to
.agree to its extension to the outer edge of the
continental margin.
Secondly, the definition of dumping from the 1972
Convention must be nc uded to avoid inadvertently
giving the coastal State broad jurisdiction
regarding vessel pollution activities which could
definitions,
Article ~0, The present text is very weak in establishing a
Para ~~ flag State obligation. The amended version
,would ..establish an effective obligation while
.voiding the problem of legally binding States
to observe treaties to which they are not party.
Article ~Q, The last sentence of paragraph 3 is an 'important
Paza limitation on coastal State rights and should be
`.' Sufficient to prevent abuses. In addition, there
must be an amendment to the Committee II text
to delete Article 18.(2) and a cross-reference
added to Article. 18 (i) (f) .
Artc1e.20._No amendments.
Pare a ~~
Article 2b. The addition of this paragraph. is necessary to
Parma clarify that regulations for special areas are to
be. established only through international
procedures.
Arti_~1~ 20. Further discussions among concerned States are
Para~~' required before specific language on this issue
-flan be considered.
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.Article 20. This paragraph as drafted is not consistent
`Pare^ with .paragraph 4 and is not necessary if the
amendment proposed for paragraph 4 is adopted.
Article 27,. It is not necessary to deal with atmospheric
pollution in the Law of the Sea Treaty.
Article 22. It is not necessary to specify such a right
regarding actions to be taken in a State's land
territory. If the text is to be retained, it
could be useful to specify an obligation to
'enforce one?s laws and regulations.
Article 23. This should be an obligation to enforce these
laws and regulations and it should be stated`n
the specific jurisdictional terms of Article 17
which authorizes coastal States to establish the
laws and regulations.,
Article 24. This issue should be left for the Committee I
text and Article 18 is a sufficient cross-
reference to accomplish that purpose.
Article 25,_Subparagraph (a) is unnecessary. Subparagraph
(c) should be limited to the territorial sea
arcl economic zone and should not exteric~ to the
margin beyond 200 miles. These amendments
bring the article into conformity with the 1.972
Convention except for "fixed or floating
platforms" which are included in that Convention
but axe unnecessary because of the coastal State
..:jurisdiction over installations in Article 48
of the Committee II text.
Article 2b._No..amendment._
b
.Article 27, Vessels should be subject to arrest and
ara .proceedings regardless of whether they are ,
voluntarily in port.
Article 27._Araftng change. This paragraph is unnecessary
Para_2 in light of the second and third sentence of Article
~9 which correctly states the obligation and the
authority of the coastal State.
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Article 27. This restriction would be a severe limitation
Para 3 on the enforcement right regarding discharge
violations far from shore. There must be no area
restriction on this right as a necessary part
of an effective system of enforcement against
vessel-source pollution.
Article 2$. The present draft is vague and confusing. The
Parr coastal State should simply have the right to
take enforcement actions for violation of
international regulations and its domestic
regulations applicable under the regulation-
. setting article, Article 20.
Artiole 28. Since Article 20 contains an obligation on .flag
Para 2 States requiring compliance with generally accepted
international rules and standards the relevant
point is that the vessel is in violation and
action should be taken. Whether the coastal
State is a party to a pollution convention is not
relevant to the objective of the paragraph which
is effective enforcement.
Article 28. No amendments.
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Article 28. This is inconsistent with the basic objective
PaY~ of creating an effective enforcement system.
However, a double jeopardy provision is
necessary to prevent several prosecutions for
a violation.
Article 28. There may be many cases, for example violations in
Paras. 7 & the territorial sea, in which the coastal State
8 'has a direct interest in carrying out its own
proceedings.
Article 29. Both changes are essentially technical. The
bonding procedure should apply following any arrest
but the enforcing State should be authorized to
obmplete any investigation essential to its
proceedings. We should consider conforming the
language to the 1973 Convention on vessel-source
pollution.
Article 31. Fifty miles would provide a reasonable and
adequate area for carrying out these actions.
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Article 31. It is an area of serious concern to the coastal
~Cont~~ State and is the area of discharge prohibition
under .the international regulations regarding
discharge.
Articles No amendment.
32 an~~3.
Article 34. This amendment would simply specify the normal
procedure under present law.
Article 35. This is an unnecessary restriction and not
appropriate fora convention since it deals
.only with internal domestic procedures.
Article 36. No amendments.
Article 37. This article should clearly provide for State
liability in cases of damage resulting from
State actions.
Articles No amendment.
38 and 39.
Article 40. The Law of the Sea Treaty cannot deal adequately
with atmospher~.c pollution.
Article 41. The Law of the Sea Treaty cannot deal adequately
with the complex question of State liability and
thus should not attempt to establish the principle
until the entire problem can be considered in all
of its aspects. The requirement for access to
'courts, however, should be accepted as a
.separate method of attempting to ensure a remedy
for the injured party.
Article 42. The sovereign immunity clause should apply to all
pollution provisions since there are a number
of articles in addition to those to Chapters
Six and Seven which apply to vessels and
aircraft. The addition of "aircraft" to the
text is necessary largely due to the inclusion
of aircraft in the ocean dumping articles.
Article 43. These complex relationships are adequately dealt
with under general international law principles.
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Article~44: No amendment.
Thee~interverition concept should be protected
~.n its presen
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