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ITINERARY FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL (UK/Spain)
Date Itinerary Time Hours Airline I:;qui}2mt Sto12s from & Flt. GMT Number
Sat. 10 May LV: New York (JFK) 1345 -4 BA 194 sse 0 ARR: London (LHR) 2225 +1 (Browns Hote 1)
Sun. 11 May London
Mon. 12 May LV: London 1500 BY TRAIN ARk: Cardiff (Wales) 1655 Mansion House (Lord Mayor)
Tues.l3 May LV: Carditt 0930 BY CAR ARR: Atlantic College 1030 LV: Atlantic College 1235 BY CAR ARR: Briagena 1250 LV: bridgena 1306 BY 'l'RAIN Akk: Ox fora (Swindon) 1434 LV: uxford 2130 BY CAR Akk: Lonaon 2215 (Browns Hotel) wed. 14 May London (B rowns Hotel)
Thur.l5 May LV: Lonaon (LGw) 1630 +1 BA 458 737 0 ARR: Madrid 1940 +2 Hotel Ritz
F·r i. 16 May Maarid
Sat. 17 �.lay foladria
Sun. 18 May Madrid
Mon. 19 May Madrid
Tues.20 May LV: Madrid 1615 +2 IB 788 727 0 ARR: �arcelona 1715 +2 Page 2
ITINERARY FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL (UK/Spain)
Date Itinerar:i Time Hours Airline EquiEmt StOES from & Flt. GMT Number
Wed. 21 May Barcelona
'l'hur. 22 May Barcelona
Fri. 23 May LV: Barcelona 1015 +2 TW 901 - Ll O 0 ARR: Lisbon 1055 +2 hotel Ritz sat. 24 May Lisbon
Sun. 25 May LV: Lisbon 1155 +2 TW 901 Ll O 0 ARR: New York (JFK) 1405 -4 G R A N B R E T A R A
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34.·Porchester· Terrace London H.2 Tel�fono 262-5113
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91 Church Road Londres S. �1. 19 Tel6fono 946-8796
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Flat 3, 6 Lowndes Street London s. i•/ .1 Telefono 235-3123 C 0 N T A C T N U M B E R S
'l'R IP TO UK/SPA IN Saturday, 10 May - Monday, 26 May 1986
UN ITED KINGDOM
London (late eve. 10 May to p. m. 12 May) ana (late eve. 13 May to p. m. 15 May)
Browns Hotel Tel: (01) 49 3-6020
UNIC �Erik Jensen, Director 'l'e 1 : (0 1 ) 63 0 -1981 (office) (01) 351-0257 (home)
Foreign and Commonwealth Office Protocol Department Tel: (01) 210-6365 Unitea Nations Department (01) 233-7832 Ambassadors' Entrance (01) 233-5006
Government Hospitality Te 1 : (01 ) 21 0-42 91
Prime Ministers' Residence Tel: (01) 233-3000 ask for 10 Downing Street
Lambeth Palace Tel: (01) 928-8282 (Residence of Archbishop ot canterbury)
Admiralty House Tel: (01) 218-3659
London Heathrow AirEort Spelthorne Suite Tel: (01) 745-6547
Gatwick AirEort �surre:z:� North Suite Tel: (0293) 503039
cardiff (Wales) (p. m. 12 May to a. m. 13 May)
Mansion House
Atlantic College 'l'el: (0446 5) 2345
Oxfora (p. m. 13 May)
Balliol College, Tel: (0865) 249-601 Oxford University ..
CON TA CT NUMBERS
SPAIN
Madrid (eve. 15 May to p.m. 20 May)
Ritz Hotel Tel: 221-2857
Sr Jose Rodriguez Elizonao contactable through UN HCR at Director, UNIC Tel: 456-3649 or 456-3553 Home tel: 759-1845
Barcelona (p.m. 20 May to a.m. 23 May)
Palacete Albeniz 'l'el: 325. 90.00
PORTUGAL
Lisbon (a. m. 23 May to a.m. 2o �ay)
Hotel Ritz Lisboa Tel: 69.20.20 Official visit to the United Kingdom
Contact telephone numbers
Dr. Erik Jensen, Director, UNIC (01) 630-1981 20 Buckingham Gate, S.W.l home (01) 351-0257
Government Hospitality (01) 210 42 91 8 Cleveland Row, S.W.l
Foreign and Commonwealth Office Protocol Department (01) 210 6365 United Nations Department )01) 233 7832 Ambassadors' Entrance (01) 233-5006
London Heathrow Airport Spelthorne Suite (01) 745 6547
Browns Hotel (01) 493-6020 Albemarle Street, W.l
Mansion House, Cardiff
Altantic College, South Wales 04465-2345
Balliol College, Oxford University 0865-249-601
10 Downing Street (01) 233 3000 and ask for 10 Downing St.
Lambeth Palace (01) 928 8282
Admiralty House (01) 21 8 3659 Whitehall, S.W.l
Gatwick Airport 0293 503039 North Suite 8.V.86
Rev. 4
VISIT OF THE SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS
TO THE UNITED KINGDOM, MAY 1986
Tuesday 6 May
Official announcement of FCO to announce in London at Secretary-General's visit 12.30 pm; United Nations in as gue st of UK Government New York
Saturday 10 May
22.25 Arrival Heathrow The Secretary-General will be (Spelthorne Suite) by accompanied on this flight by BA 194 (SSC) from New York Mrs Perez de Cuellar and J. Hrusovsky
Special Representative of the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Sir John Stow, will greet on arr ival. Approx. 25 pieces of luggage to be taken to Brown's Hotel: Mr Panzarino will be assisted by Mr Neil (from FCO). 21.40 Arrival Heathrow by BA 178 Marrack Goulding and N. Panzari no from New York
16.30 Arrival Heathrow by AF 816 Francois Giuliani 07.40 Arrival Gatwick by BR 222 Ms F. Letellier
Sunday 11 May
Private programme Car required for Secretary-General's use 21.40 Arrival .Heathrow by BA 178 Alvaro de Soto Reservations at Brown's Hotel required for de Soto and Letellier from Sunday only.
IBM Selectric self-correcting II or III being supplied by Brown's. 2
Monday 12 May
Private programme Car required (?)
Luncheon (private)
14.30 Departure by car for Transport arranged with Brown's Padding ton (12-15 pieces of luggage)
15.00 Departure by train for Cardiff
16.55 Arrive Cardiff and proceed Lord Mayor of Cardiff: Councillor to Mansion House Captain Norman Lloyd-Edwards Lady Mayoress (niece): Miss Sian Lloyd-Edwards The Secretary-General and Mrs Perez de Cuellar, together with Goulding, de Soto, Hrusovsky, Letellier and Panzarino are invited to stay at the Mansion House as guests of the Lord Mayor. Jensen and Giuliani at Park Hotel.
18.30 Leave for City Hall Black tie
18.35 - Introduction of principal 18.40 personalities preceding 18.45 drinks to be served before dinner.
19.30 Dinner At the conclusion of dinner the President of the Welsh Centre will propose a toast to the United Nations to which the Secretary General is asked to respond (20-25 minutes): salutation - Mr President, Lord Mayor, Lord Lieutenants, Civic Dignitaries, Distinguished Guests, my Lords, Ladies and Gentlemen. The toast to the Welsh Centre will then be proposed by Mark Robinson, MP, Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office, with a response by Ivor Richard, QC, President, Welsh National Council of the United Nations Assoc. Sir Alun Talfan Davies, QC, President, Welsh Centre for International Affairs, will close the evening.
22.15 Close of evening 3 Tuesday 13 May
09.20 Departure by car via Temple The Secretary-General is invited to of Peace to Atlantic College pay a brief visit to the Welsh Centre and see the Davies Foundation en route. Sir Ian Gourlay, Director-General of United World Colleges, to accompany in ca r.
10.30 Arrive Atlantic College The Secretary-General to be met by (Principal's House) The Hon. Kingman Brewster, Chairman Designate of International Board of United World Colleges, and Principal Tour of College followed by of Atlantic College, Andrew Stuart, meeting with staff and Mrs Stuart.
11.15 Meeting with students It is suggested that the Secretary General speak first for 2-3 minutes and then answer questions (which may also be in Spanish and French). 11.50 Buffet Lunch at College (Lady Anne Tower)
12.35 Depart by car for Bridgend Station
13.06 Depart by train for Swindon Kingman Brewster and Sir Ian Gourlay return to London by same train.
14.35 Arrive Swindon The Warden of St Antony's, Dr Raymond Carr, and Prof. Adam Roberts will meet. Transport to be provided by Vice-Chancellor's office.
(15.30 Train ETA Paddington Panzarino to return direct with baggage; to be met on arrival London by FCO representative Neil with van.) 15.45 Arrive Oxford
16.00 Tea at Balliol College
17.00 Lecture in Sheldonian Theatre The Vice-Chan cellor, Sir Patrick Neill, QC, Warden of All Souls', will preside. Chairman of Cyril Foster Committee, Dr Raymond Carr, will introduce Secretary-General. Opening salutation: Mr Vice-Chancellor, Warden, Master, Ladies and Gentlemen.
18.15 Reception in the Master's The Master of Balliol, Lodgings at Balliol Dr Anthony Kenny, and Warden of St Antony's, Dr Raymond Carr, as Chairman of the Cyril Foster 19.30 Dinner at Balliol Committee, will be joint hosts. Frank Judd of Oxfam will be among guests.
22.00 Leave Balliol by car Transport to be provided by HMG. 23.10 Arrive Brown's Hotel (approx.)
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10.00 Interview with HMG making car available for Alexander McLeod for BBC Mrs Perez de Cuellar throughout Radio 4: World Tonight morning
10.40 Leave Brown's Hotel
10.55 Arrive Foreign & Commonwealth Office; Ambassadors Entrance
11.00 Meeting with Secretary of Secretary-General to be accompanied State for Foreign & Common by Goulding, de Soto, Jensen and wealth Affairs, the Rt Hon. Giuliani Sir Geoffrey Howe
12.10 Proceed from FCO Office to 10 Downing Street
12.15 Meeting with the Prime Minister to be accompan ied by Prime Minister Sir Geoffrey Howe, Sir John Thomson at 10 Downing Street and PM's Private Secretary
13.00 for Luncheon given by Her With ladies 13.15 Majesty's Govt. Host: The Prime Minister
15.55 Depart hotel
16.15 Tea with the Most Rev. & Rt Mrs Perez de Cuellar is also Hon. the Archbishop of invited. Canterbury & Mrs Runcie at Wilfrid Grenville-Grey and Lambeth Palace Terry Waite to be present.
16.55 Depart Lambeth Palace accompanied by Archbishop
17.00 Arrive Church House, Met by Chairman of Dean's Yard United Nations Assoc., the Rt Hon. Lord (David) Ennals, Archbishop of Canterbury to Parliamentary Under Secr etary of deliver brief speech of State for Foreign and welcome Commonwealth Affairs. Tim Eggar will al so be present. Secretary-General to unveil plaque and speak for 5-6 minutes
Lord Ennals to conclude with speech of thanks
17.20 Reception offered by Church Archbishop of Canterbury and House Corporation with Chairman of United Nations Assoc. United Nations Assoc. in joi nt hosts. Bishop Partridge Room Anti-Slavery Society Chairman, (overlooking Dean's Yard) Dr Jeremy Swift, and Director, Peter Davies, will be among guests. 18.00 Depart for Brown's Hotel
19.55 Depart for Admiralty House, Whitehall
20.00 for Dinner offered by Her Lounge suit. 20.15 Majesty's Govt. Secretary-General to be accompanied Hosts: The Foreign Secretary by Mrs Perez de Cuellar and Lad y Howe and Marrack Goulding. s
Thursday 15 May
09.45 Meeting with Labour Party Brown's Hotel Leader, Neil Kinnock
10.30 Meeting with media representatives
11.40 Depart Brown's Hotel
11.55 Arrival Buckingham Palace: Grand Entrance via North Centre Gate and South Centre Arch.
12.00 Audience of Her Majesty the The Secretary-General will be Queen accompanied by Mrs Perez de Cuellar
12.30 Depart Buckingham Palace and return to Hotel
14.40 Depart Brown's Hotel for Special Representative of Secretary Gatwick Airport (North Suite) of State, Sir John Stow, will bid farewell.
16.30 Departure of flight BA 458 Due to arrive Madrid 19.40 for Madrid
Photocalls·are expected when the Secretary-General comes to meet the Foreign Secretary and on arr ival at 10 Downing Street for his meeting with the Prime Minister. There will be no photographs at the Audience. In addition, it is hoped that there will be (visual) media coverage of the unveiling ceremony.
Regional media in Cardiff would welcome opportunity to meet Secretary-General, but have been told that programme is ti ght. Local BBC representative in Oxford also requests brief interview - which could conceivably take place before tea at Balliol. AS/jt
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Dear Mr. Hindall,
• • I was very pleaaed to see you again in London, however fleetingly. I have received your article on the Aland Islands for�ula, inspired by my Turku apeeah, and I thank you for it. While you were in New YorK, one hAa oecoae accusto�ed to the high quality of your radio journalism. 1 am nappy to see that this is matched by yout written work aa well,
Best regarda,
Yours aincereJ.y
Mr. Keith Hindell London
6 Lovelace Road Dulwich, London SE21 SJX . '
6 LOVELACE ROAD DULWICH LONDON SEll 8JX June 7th '86· 01-670 7790
Dear Mr Perez de Cuellar, •
It was very nice to see you at Church
House last month • I trust the rest of your visit went well •
� enclose •n article which might be of some interest as it wa� inspired by your luncheon speech in
Turku in April 1983. At tqe time I wrote several short news pieces.but made a mental note that one day I would go to the ftland Islands to see for myself. I finally made it �n April and it was well worth it • The resulting radio programme and this article are my modest contributions to internG�ional harmony •
Best wishes , ·
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Dear Sir John,
I am afraid that I nave only now gained sufficient respite to aay bOJ very much Karcele and I enjoyed our offici� visit to the United Kingdom last month. It was indeed most gracious of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth to receive us at Buckingbam Palace, and I should oe glad if you could convey to �er Majesty our deep appreciat� f this most thoughtful gesture on her part.
1 must say how much I valued my talks with Prime Minister '!'hatcher and Foreign Secretary Howe. You might also care to mention to them how auch we enjoyed their very generous hospitality. It was a great pleasure tor us to· lunch with the Prime Minister at 10 Downing Str eet and we will long remember the warm reception we received at dinner with the Foreign Secretary at Admiralty Houae. Let me assure you that I appreciate most deeply their continued strong support for the work of the Organization.
Please accept ay very good wishes to•9etner with my sincere thanks for all that you did to make the visit such a success.
His Excellency Sir John Tnomson, G.C.M.G Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the United Nations New York •� THE SECRETARY-GENERAL
5 June 1986
Dear Mr . Davies,
In response to your letter of 19 May 1986 regarding the deferral of this year's meeting of the Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities, I am enclosing a copy of a letter I have just sent to your Chairman, Jeremy Swift, on the same subject.
With regard to your proposal that UN staff should make personal.sacrifices to help meet the financial emergency, I am pleased to provide you with the statement on this subject which was contained in my report to the General Assembly on 12 April 1986.
The relevant passages read as follows :
"As regards salaries and conditions of service, the Secretary-General would note that the actions which the G�neral Assembly and he, himself, have . already taken are substantial in terms of their contribution to redressing the short-term financial difficulties and their impact on the welfare of the staff . To his regret, certain inequities have resulted in comparison with the staff of other organizations in the United Nations common system, particularly because of the deferral of cost-of living adjustments of the salaries of staff of the General Service and related categories. It should further be noted that the salaries of staff in the Professional categories and above in New York have been frozen since August 1984, and no adjustments are envisaged during the current biennium . This has had a consequential effect on the level of salaries at other locations .
Mr . Peter Davies Director The Anti-Slavery Society for the Protection of Human Rights 180 Brixton Road London SW9 GAT The General Assembly has established institutional machinery to advise the common system on salaries, pensions and other conditions of service. The Secretary-General believes that any future actions should be taken oply in co-ordination among all the organizations of the system. It needs to be borne in mind in this regard that the International Civil Service Commission and the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Board are currently undertaking major studies in these areas at the request of the General Assembly."
I trust this information clarifies the background of the issue you have raised and wish to thank you for your consistent support of our human rights activities.
Yours sincerely,
Javier P�rez de Cu�llar THE
SOCIETY. FOR THE PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS
180 BRIXTON ROAD LONDON SW9 6AT TELEPHONE 01-582 4040
UN/29/86 19 May 1986
I am writing on behalf of my Chairman, Jeremy Swift, and myself to thank you most warmly for sparing us some of your time during the tea-party at Church House last Wednesday. We both very much appreciated your positive attitude towards our suggestion that this year's Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities might be saved by efforts from the non-governmental sector. We do, of course, appreciate the legal and procedural difficulties which such an attempt at res cue must imply, but we do hope that you will be able to give the matter your serious attention and
we look forward to receiving your considered ---reply.--
In the meantime our offer holds good with promises from countries as ·.. far afield as Argentina on the one hand and Sweden on the other. Certainly, the threat to the United Nations human rights activities has caused widespread concern and dismay.
May I ask whether staff of the United Nations have been invited to make any personal sacrifices to maintain the activities and credibility of this vitally important instrument for the creation and maintenance of peace and human dignity? If no such call has gone out, may I respectfully suggest that such an invitation be made to all your staff, everywhere in the world? ! have no idea what, for example, a 5� cut in staff salaries might produce but it could be considerable - 1 0� even more so, of course! There must be other ways, too, in which staff could exercise enlightened self-interest for the maintenance of their jobs as well as the work of the United Nations organizati�Jx....
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�· / His Excellency Javier Perez de Cuellar Secretary-General of the United Nation United Nations Plaza l New York, N.Y. 10017 ) .l �,£<.. 9� -- I have received your beautifully framed ' photogr�Eh· You may be assured it will be r.� i properlyausplayed and appreciated. Thank . .. - � you very much. �� t Carol and I enjoyed so much having you .) � both with us at Winfield House. It was a treat to be able to have a visit with you. l With all good wishes, ' ..... � �
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CONFIDENTIAL
Secretary-General's Visit to London
Steering brief
1. Mrs Thatcher had a good summit in Tokyo but has suffered a severe blow domestically-since her return. The results of two by-eiections and of local elections on 8J�ay indicate that her support at home is at a low ebb and that if a general election were held today the Conservative Party would lose its majority in Parliament. Various factors have contributed to this decline in the Government's fortunes: continuing high levels of unem ployment, unease at Mrs Thatcher's style of government, strong disapproval of her support for the US attack on Libya, the reviving credibility of the Labour Party under Mr Kinnock's leadership, and a general desire for change after seven years of Tory rule. Nevertheless, Governments often go through such bad patches between general elections and it would cer tainly be premature to write off Mrs Thatcher; she retains an overwhelming majority in Parliament and she still has over two years in which to restore her Party's fortunes before she need call an election.
2. Mrs Thatcher's (and Sir Geoffrey Howe's -we do not know how they intend to divide the subjects between them, though the UK Mission expect Mrs Thatcher to concentrate on Cyprus, Falklands/Malvinas and the Tokyo Summit) main interest in the Secretary General's visit will be to receive an up-to-date briefing.from him on the main political issues on which the United Nations is actively engaged. These, in roughly descending order of current UK interest, are:
(a) Cypitrus
(b) Afghanistan (not included in the.briefs; will the SG seek an up-date from Mr Cordovez in Geneva?).
(c) Falklands/Malvinas: Mrs Thatcher will be expecting the SG to raise this subject and will be interested in his impressions of his visit to Buenos Aires; but there is no reason to expect a change in her position.
(d) South Lebanon: The UK is a firm supporter of UNIFIL and is ready to help.
(e) Arab-Israel conflict: Mrs Thatcher visits Israel in late May (relevant to item ,.}also) •
(f) Iran/Iraq.
(g) Namibia (though .in. Southern Africa the UK is more concerned at present with apartheid and the work of the Commenwealth Eminent Persons' Group (EPG) which the British hope will save them from a confrontation with the Commonwealth over sanctions later this year).
3. Two other subjects which will be on Mrs Thatcher's mind following the Tokyo Summit are!
(a) International Terrorism: the Tokyo declaration refers specifically to international cooperation- in the United Nations. The SG may wish to describe the (fairly modest) measures proposed by Fleischhauer and Goulding to follow up the GA and sc resolutions, viz:
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( i) closer coordination between the UN and other members of the UN family concerned with the fight against terrorism;
( ii) provision of technical assistance to member states over airport security, etc;
(iii) establishment of a register of material and human resources which could be available from various sources to help member states confronted with a terrorist incident;
( iv) monitoring of actual incidents;
(v) effort to get member states to accede to the relevant con ventions.
The SG could go on to ask his interlocutors what role they think
the UN could usefully play in this field.
(b) Nuclear Safety: this is mainly an IAFA matter but the SG could stress the IAFA Secretariat's readiness to assist in working out the kind of convention called for by the Tokyo Summit ( see brief).
4. Subjects which the SG may wish to raise himself (if they are not raised by the British) are:
(a) the financial crisis.
(b) economic questions (following his exchange of correspondence with Mrs Thatcher) .
(c) the Special Session on Africa.
(d) UK voluntary contributions to UNDP, UNICEF, etc.
5. Finally, Mrs Thatcher is also, of course, likely to probe the Secretary General about his own plans for the future.
Marrack Goulding 11 May 1986
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NAMIBIA
Parliament
A bill on Namibia wa s presented in the House of Lords for its second reading on 7 May .
The bill wa s introduced by Lord Hatch of Lusby . Baroness Young , Minister of State at the Foreign Office , spoke at the end of the debate . The full text of both speeches is attached . 774 773 United Nations [ 7 MAY 1986] (/l."amibia) Bill [H.L.]
fellow Africans. The consequence was that he spent 16 United Nations (Namibia) Bill [H.L.] years on Robben Island. 7.44 p.m. The second special responsibility of Britain is as a member of the United Nations. That is indeed an Lord Hatch of Lusby: My Lords, I beg to move that this Bill be now read a second time. international responsibility. It is an international responsibility de jure because of the original mandate. This Bill concerns two issues linked inextricably It is an international responsibility through morality. -the issue of Namibia and the issue of the United because here we have a people who have been Nations. In both cases Britain has a special tortured, killed and tormented for more than 50 years. responsibility on two counts. First, so far as Namibia is concerned, it was the 1890 Anglo-German In 1970 the Security Council passed a set of agreement which handed over what was then South resolutions declaring the South African administration West Africa to the Germans. What followed canonly of Namibia illegal. The following year. in 1971. the be described as robbery with violence. The Africans International Court of 1 ustice declared that the South lost 50 million hectares. Their land holding under the African occupation of Namibia was illegal. By 1977 it Germans fell from 80 million hectares to 30 million had been decided that the five major Western hectares. When the Herero and the Nama powers-Britain, France, West Germany, Canada and communities protested and revolted against this, the the United States-should set up a contact group to try Herero were reduced from 70,000 to 16,000 and the to find the means by which the United Nations could Nama from 50,000 to 20,000. This was an exercise in put into application the resolutions that it had passed. I sheer genocide. The answer of the South Africans was swift, deadly [� After the First World War when South-West Africa and brutal. This week sees the eighth anniversary of had been captured from the Germans it was mandated the massacre of Kassinga, when .the South African by the League of Nations through the British defence forces raided a refugee camp in southern Government to South Africa but with ultimate Angola, killed 750 Namibians. and captured 270 and responsibility in the hands of the British Government. took them back to Namibia for interrogation and It was the British Government who agreed to the torture. Very soon afterwards the South Africans mandate being held under the South African adminis showed clearly that they intended to outmanoeuvre tration. During the following decade it was British the United Nations. In .-\ugust of the same based mining companies and the Afrikaaner and year-1978-they declared that internal elections German farmers who held sway in that territory and would be held in December without United Nations who largely controlled the actions of the adminis supervision. It was nine days later before the Security tration. Council passed its now famous Resolution 43 5, calling After the Second World War, under the premiership for a ceasefire and United Nations-supervised of Dr. Malan the South African Government bluntly elections. The South African administration had out told the United Nations, which had replaced the manoeuvred the members of the United Nations who were planning to find a peaceful and democratic League of Nations, that they had no intention of handing over the mandate to the trusteeship council. solution for that country. In fact, Namibia became de facto the fifth province of That was followed by the abortive conferences in South Africa, electing six white MPs, elected by an Gene,·a of 1979 and 1981, at both of which it was seen all-white electorate, to the South African Parliament. quite clearly that the South African policy was one of It quickly became part of the policy of prevarication and of appearing to be willing to talk Bantustanisation of South Africa. It became a form of seriously but holding a gun behind the back. Bantustan in which in particular there was a clear That brings me to the present position. It has been policy of Balkanisation of the ethnic groups. the case that for much of the life of the contact group In reply to this 50 years of assault upon their rights the other Western powers haH·left the initiative to the the Africans first tried to use constitutional means �nited States; over the last few years, almost entirely through negotiation. Both the main African m the hands of Dr. Chester Crocker, whose phrase organisations of that time, SWAPO and SWANO, "constructive engagement" motivated United States' were pledged to peaceful reform and non-violence. policy towards the problem. That policy is now totally They trusted that the United Nations would come to discredited. their aid becausethis issue clearly had an international Since the Reagan administration took over it has dimension and the United Nations had beenset up just become clear that that administration is interested for this purpose. But they soon found that the actions only in the strategic materials of Namibia and in of the South African police and the South African opposing what it sees as Soviet expansionism, particu defence forces made that stand of non-violence larly linked to the presence of Cuban forces in Angola. impossible, and from 1966 onwards there has been Bu� let us be quite clear about this. The policy of the war in that territory. Umted States administration is not necessarily Perhaps I may give just one example of the change supported by all the citizens of the United States or by that took place. I refer to the noted African leader, all the institutions of the United States. Many United Toivo Ja Toivo, who can be compared with Nelson States banks and many of its multinational Mandela. He was firmly against the use of violence in companies, and above all Gulf Oil, have always been opposition to the South African administration. The opposed to the policy of the Reagan administration. actions of the South Afri can police and defence fo rces One is not surprised when one recalls that South forced him against his will to accept the moral right of African defence forces were discovered attempting to armed resistance to the attacks upon him and his sabotage the Gulf Oil installation at Cabinda. 775 United Nations [LORDS] (Namibia) Bill [H.L.] 776
young to go and fightin (LoRD HATCH OF LUSBY.) men are conscripted Namibia, The vacuum that has arisen in the contact group as now for six months instead of three months. There is a result of United States policy, or lack of policy, has also the loss of life among South Africans, and the left the South Africans with a free hand. How are they future bitterness that must swell up unless the conflict using it? We have heard of the Koevoet squads deliber is stopped, and stopped quickly. ately picking off leading members ofSWAPO. That is I appeal to the British Go\'ernment to take the state-supported terrorism; terrorism supported by the opportunity of giving a lead to break the yresent South African state. The South African policy has deadlock. The Bill does not call for total sanctiOns; let been to support Jonas Savimbi and his organisation. me be quite clear about that. It gives powers to British Unita, both in Angola and in Namibia, in order to ministers. What we are asking the British Government oppose the organisation of SW APO; above all, to use to do is to take a diplomatic initiative. but to add to that tactic in order to preserve in United States' minds that pressure, because we have been so Ion� that the importance of the link between a solution to diplomatic initiatives without pressure and Without \ Namibia and the presence of Cubans in Angola. But some kind of compulsion or threat behind them have there is no link. The Cubans who are in Angola were no effecton South African policy. Resolutions are fine, invited there by a sovereign government. That admonitions are fine, but they do not change policy 1: governmenthas stated repeatedly that it will phase out and they do not save lives. a those foreign forces as soon as it is secure against the It may be said that all the powers contained in the constant invasions and bombings of the South Bill already exist, and I would not dispute that. I would Africans. say that by passing the Bill this Parliament would be t Over the past few weeks we have seen that the sending a signal to South Africa. a signal that we l United States has been supplying the Stinger intend-as we have always said but not done-to bring s weapon-the hand-held, anti-aircraft gun-to Unita. into effectSecurity Council Resolution 435. ) Again. that is state-supported terrorism. It is a case of I suggest to Her Majesty's Government that here is ( a terrorist organisation, Unita, being deliberately and an opportunity of using the United Nations as what it � openly supported by the United States Government. was originally intended to be. a negotiating body. to c One might note also that Unita has taken British a void violence and to end violence where violence is f hostages, apparently without any action being taken present. We in Britain have the chance to prove that ( by the British Government. we are sincere and practical believers in the United ( The South African tactic has been, and is, to Nations as an alternative to violence. manoeuvre a government of Namibia that will There is only one clause, Clause 3, which introduces essentially be a South African satellite. In the anything that it could be argued does not already exist. meantime Namibia has become a military base for Taking these powers is in itself a signal that we are South Africa in its attacks against its surrounding serious about our membership of the United Nations territories. The Caprivi strip is an armed camp from and our support for its resolutions. Clause 3 brings which invasions are made on Angola. Zambia and Parliament into the equation because Clause 3 takes at Botswana. The whole of the South African policy is its face value what President Botha said at the destroying any chance of the peaceful development of beginning of the year-that he would start a move the entire southern African region. towards resolution 435 by 1st August. We lay down in South Africa has openly defied the international the Bill that the Government shall report to community for 20 years. She has undermined Parliament, we have said by 31st October, because of international law and international order. What the the recess, and thereafter every three months so that Bill suggests is that the British Government should Government and Parliament are working together. now step into the breach and take an initiative because Last year an all-party-1 stress. all-party it is only the British Government who have first. a delegation from this country of which the noble Lord, special responsibility. as I have pointed out, and. Lord Kennet. was a member. \·isited Namibia. I want secondly, influence in that part of the world. We have to quote its conclusion. It says: a responsibility to the I� million Namibians who we as "If. as seems likely, the Crocker initiative fails. Her Majesty's British have left, first under the Germans and then Government. which has so far played a passive role in the Contact under the South Africans. We also have a Group. should be ready to take a higher profile in pressing South responsibility to participate in the United Nations in Africa to withdraw". such a way that the United Nations becomes what it It continues: has always been intended to be: an alternative to the "The people of Namibia are oppressed. harassed, and exploited violent resolution of conflicts. by a foreign military occupation which has been declared illegal by the International Court of Justice. by the UN Security Council. and I remind your Lordships that it is very similar to the by the British Government, and is under a foreign administration situation that was faced in Rhodesia in when the 1979 which allows its executive to over-rule 1ts judiciary". British Government took such an initiative with It concludes: successful results at the Lancaster House conference. I "We urge the British Government to condemn even more clearly remind your Lordships also that looking back to the and openly the illegal South African occupation of Namibia. and to days of Cyprus, Kenya and Malawi, we had then to work by all means to bring about South Africa's unconditional take initiatives to talk to those who had often been withdrawal, in accordance witli its Government's declared aims to condemned as terrorists because they were the abide in full by that resolution". representatives of their people, and they have since I suggest that the phrase "to work by all means" is the become their leaders. It is for the South African state theme of the Bill. My Lords, I beg to move, (Mo,·ed, as well as for the Namibians, because the South That the Bill benow read a second time,-{LordHatch Africans are paying a heavy financial cost. Their q{Lusby.) be totally unacceptable. In our ,·iew. the establishment · �tional Go,·ernmcnt of NatiOn al Omty m Wmdhock by the South African Government last year in no wav changes the fa ct that South Africa has given to the international com munit y a fo rmal commitment to implement the United �ations plan and to bring Namibia to internationally recognised independence. We shall continue to re mind the South African Government of that commitment and to put its good fa ith to the test. The noble Lord. Lord Hatch. suggested that we 10.1 p.m. might initiate a Lancaster House-styleconf erence. But in fa ct we arc not the administering authorit�:_jj)r Baroness Young: My Lords, as my noble fr iend Lord Nambia and we therefore ha \·e no standm to initiate Morris re minded your Lordships some time ago, we such a -St\" • at all. Contraf\· to had a debate on the firSt Namibia Bill introduced by . \i.·hat noble Lord. Lord Hatch. said. and . if I the noble Lord, Lord Hatch, as recently as last th� understood him correctlv. the noble Lord. Lord October. This evening, six months later, we have . Kennel. this Government do not accept that Cuban before your Lordships a second Bill. It is in fa ct withdrawif from Angola should be mads: a different. It gives me an opportunity to set out once p�cond1tion fo r the implementation of rhe l!nired again the Government's policy on Namibia . \iations plan-a point which I think the noble Lord. Before doing so, I should like to answer a question Lord Boston. accepted-as the South Africa ns are now of fa ct stated by both the noble Lord, Lord Hatch, and insisting. But we consider that a settlementn·sultilJg in the noble Lord, Lord Caradon, that Britain has a the withdrawal of all fo reign fo rces from the Namibia·not Thisis pri mary responsibility fo r in.iact region-that is. Cuban fo rces fro m Angolaand South ttlecase. Britain did not have an · ·lity · African fo rces fro m Ango la and Namibia-wou ld a ue of ns ia. In g_reatly improve the stability of Southern Af �nd 20 this was accepted by Britain, would create the be st possible condiri�lo� r "for and on behalf of the Government of the Union of South :\"amibia"s independence. We have accordingly Africa". supported. and shall continue to support. the pract �� As South Africa was, in i�e,a=� �"j�r:t a�d mediating efforts of the United Sta at 1920 ------��-c;_ ��e� soveret n state by reco n achteving a regional settlemeotwhich wm •irl jflclude 6, the ntted Ki ngdom did om even at its implementationof the United �ations planandthe i11_ceptton, have any r�onsibility fo r the mandateJt staged withdrawal of Cuban fo rces fr om . .. :\pgola is important to know and to establ ish thatfact. The noble Lord. Lord Boston. asked me about On a quite different issue. but one raised by several United States aid to Unita. The United States is aware of your Lordships, it is, I believe, valuable to have a ot our view that Westernin terests would be.be st se f\·ed debate on Namibia. I do not. however. believe that we by peaceful negotiation of a regional settlement req uire a Bill to do so. There are many other ways in leading to the withdrawal of all fo reign troops fr om the your Lordships' House in which one can do just that. region. But there can be no doubt that the.. Uni � l was asked bv the noble Viscount, Lord Simon, and States is in the best position 10 secure a ree.i0nal by the right re verend Prelate the Bishop of Manchester settlement whtch would be in the interest s of both about the Government's policy. I can confirm to the \\; estern countries and the countries of Southern right reverend Prelate that what I said six months ago .--\fnc a. ItLS essential that there is an end to the military I will indeed repeat again tonight because it is where conflict inside Angola and that negottatluns be tween the Government stand on the matter. Successive the pa rtie s are intensifiedas a matterof ur£encv. In our British Governments have been involved --in ,·ire there is no military solution to either the situation internatiOnal efforts to end South Africa'sunlawful in Angola or that in Namibia. I ha,·e set out the oc cupatiOn of Namibia. As a member of the Western Government's position, I hope as plainly as I ca n. so COntact GrouQ.,we helped to draw up and to negotiate that there will be no misunderstanding on these the United Nations plan fo r Namibian independence. matters. This plan, endorsed by the United Nations Security l now tum to the Bill before the House. We belie,·e. Councd ResolutiOn 435, remains the only basis fo r that this second Bill. like the first. would not help to inde pendence tha t ha s the sUpport of all arties achieve our objectives and could even put at risk the conc�rilett andof flleinte maflonarcommunity. We implementations of the United �ations plan. remain fully committed to it. The noble Viscount. Lord Simon, and the noble �e sh�ntinue, through the representations of _ Lord, Lord Walston, both asked whether the ouremo-assy in South Afri ca and in our public objections to the Bill werejust procedural objections. statements, to urge the South African Government to The noble Lord, Lord Shaddeton, referred quite put the UnitooNati ons plan into force wi y particularly to Clause 3, which calls for a report at QYirnd WI ou precon 1t10ns. We shall insist that it offers i erval tlleOnly internationally accepted solution, that there is nt s. no viable alternative to ge nuine independence fo r We are being asked in this Bill once again to enact Namibiaand that any unilateral transfer ofpowe r that domestic legislation which seeks to govern might take place now or in the future to bodies international affairs. It would impose on the Secretary established by the South African Government would of State an obligation to act in relation to matters 807 Cnill•d Nalions [LORDS ] r Namibia) Bill [H.L.] 808
(BARONESS YOUN
X09 L'ni1ed Na1iom ( 7 MAY 1986 ) fNamihia) Bill [11.1..) 810
numhcr of points have been raised and I shall not Ba roness in pursuing Resol ution 435 of the Security attempt to (kal with all of them beca use the hour is too Council in get ting a ceaseftre and in getting United late. Howe\'er. I should like to say to the noble Lord, Nations supervised elections in Namibia which can be Lord Morris. who spoke immediately after me. that the key to fu ture peace in that whole area. this Bill is totally difkr�nt fromthe Bill oflast October. The nohk Rarnness talks ahout Her Majesty's l.ast Octohcr"s Bill was d�signcd specifically fo r d�batc Gon�rn ment prciC.·rring a peaceful solution: but how'? h�rc during th� Co mmomvealth Con ference. In fa ct Sh� has not told us anything that suggests that the the debate took place on the last day of the Go,ernm�nt have any ideas as to how they arc going Commonwl'alth Con fe rence. This Bill-as has been to promote a peaceful sol ution. I hdicve that this Bill tHited on all sides. particularly by my honourable "· ould help them to do so and I ask the House to gi ,·e friend Lord Pitt-is based completely on United it a Second Reading. Nations resolutions that have hccn passed and that have not l�e n ,·eto�d. Security Council resolutions. as 10.21 p. m. my noble friend has pointed out. arc bi nd ing on the On Question. Whether the ll ill shall he now read a mcmhcrs of the Security Council and particularly on second time'? the permanent mem hcrs. Nothing in this Bill in any way infring�s the proposals made at the Their Lordships di,·ided: Com monwealth Conference last Octohcr. In fa ct most. if not all. the members of the Commonwealth would support everything in the Bill. CO:'\iTENTS May I also say in reply to the noble Baroness that I do not wa nt to get into a constitutional argument. but :\rdwick. L. Manchc:sta. Bp. I belie\'e my noble friend Lord Caradon and I are Bleas.:. L. Nicol. B. correct in our interpretation of British responsibility Boston of faq:rsham. L. Pitt of Hampstead. L. [Teller .) for the institution of the mandate in 1920. In 1920 Caradon. L. Rca. l. Ckdwyn of Pcnrht1S. l. Shackleton. L. South Africa was not a sovereign state. South Africa Da,·id. B. Simon. V. did not becom e a sovereign state until 193 I when the Elv.yn-Joncs. l. Stoddart of Sv.·indon. L. statute of Westminster came into effect. Therefore the Falkland. V. Taylor of Blackburn. L. mandate was passed through the United Kingdom Hatch of Lush� . l. [7i·lll'r .) Walston. L. Government to South Africa. Out that is a matter of Kilbracken. L. Winstanley. L. Li,erpool. Bp. detail which does not direct ly concern the Bill itself. I was not suggesting that we should hold. a NOT-CONTENTS Lancaster House conference on the model of the ;\!orris. l. ( Tl'llcr. ) Swinfen. l. [Teller .) Rhodesia-Zimba bwe conference. I was simply citing that as an example of what Her Majesty's Government 10.30 p.m. had done and that with the same kind of approach and the same kind of attitude Her Majesty's Government The Deputy Speaker (\"iscount Simon): My Lords. could no,,· take a lead in bringing together. although there have voted: Contents. 21: Not-Contents. 2. As it not as an administering power. the people who are appears that fewer than 30 Lords have ,·oted, in confronting each other tn Namibia and the accordance with Standing Order �o. 55, I declare that surrounding area. the Question is not decided, and the debate thereon There is nothing in the Bill which concerns extra therefore stands adjourned. territorial legislation. Indeed. already most if not all the measures proposed in the Bill have been put into effect unilaterally by each of the Nordic countries. All that the supporters of the Bill are suggesting is that Britain now takes a lead ing role. Of course. as the noble Lord. Lord Kennet. said, this will not become the law. but the gesture of giving this Bill a Second Reading would assist Her Majesty's Government in my view in their efforts--( acknowledge their efforts- to implement Resolution 435, which has been their policy and remains their policy. We all support them in that. That resolution was passed eight years ago. The people of Namibia have been suffering; the people of Angola have been suffering; and the people of Zambia and Botswana have been suffering during those eight years.
What we are suggesting is that by passing the Second Reading of this Bill, Her Majesty's Government will bestr engthened in their efforts to bring what is already a confrontation to an end. It is no good saying that it might promote confrontation. The confrontation is there; the deaths are there. People are crying out to us. The Churches are crying out to us. I am asking this House to support the policy enunciated by the noble .1 I '·tt J I l\s il result 0f t:hc dbcu� ;:;;i�.ms wh id1 lt:tvc occurred ovc1· the la::;t Gi.'{ nontl1s , \-A:' bel ieve t-. h:1 t. .:1 cr.n·t...:d n .:liTI •ll:ll. of CUIIlY.HI �Jrot m<1 uny lx.: (!11\:.:'FJi.ncJ . lt UKtt i!i tli
CO:I GC 1 it 11\J.Y tx� }.O!iSi!;lC in l. l\(� :1cur fUllll·<: lo CC liiC to Ll C."UUIlf.Jt:Lhenslvc COI ISCI1S\IS which \<.\:>u.ld conlribut:e sulJst,mU-.�lly t.o Lhc dt:vc,loprcnt of p�.:J r.:c :in Lhc region .
Key Points :
I."! All sides ngrce tlu.1t the di.scmg«g:_'!lt"Cn l tn.-occss in southern l\ngola should l:e cdnplcted as soon as possible .
II . South AfriC<.l. will agree to :inplencnt UNSCR 435 in Namibi.:�. , nnd to withdraw its forces from Namibia following the tillr..:lablc annc.xed to UNSCR 435. All partie· will do their ul:Irost Lo as:.:urc t11a.t th.� inplenrnt..'1lion prcx....�ss prcxxx."'C15 in an orderly and ��accful m�er .
III . South P.f rica c.nd S�V7\PO \\Till infon u Utu u";. ·JSYG of t11eir intention to cease al . hostile acts .
rv. South 1\frici:r·gi ves its solcnn nssur�mcc to Angola that it will respect the territo.riu.l integrity und sovereignty o£ l�.ngola and wi ll not permit its territory or territory under its control to be used for threats or acts of force directed against the b�rritorial int£gr.ity or sovcrignty of An9ola . Angola gives its solenn assurance to South Africa Umt it \lill respect the territorial integrity of N3Jllibia and wi ll not pennit its 't. crrilot:y to be used for threats or acts of force directed against the territoria l integrity of Namibia during and after the Namibiu independence process.
V. In that c�.. 1text: , Angola agrt?cs that the bu 1 k of Cuban forces ( 24 , 000 of the 30, 000 total) \dll depart Jl.ngola du'dng U1c period between the first day of . implexrentation of llNSCR 43�, and t-we lve n�n ths from that cluy . ·The \-rithdrawal of Cubr:m forcc? s will occur in a prog.ce ssive and incrcrrcntal nanncr defined by the Anaola11 QOVE!rnn-ent Mel cclinnunicutcd 'to the United States and Sou th Africa , but at lmst 12; 000 CUlxv. troops •.11ill have df.::p:trtcd 1\ngolu by the rncJ of the eighth nnnth fo llowing . llllJ..""lcn�nt.ation of UNSCR ,1 3S .
VI . The residual CUban forces (approximately 6,000 of the· 3C , 000 total) will
rernain in g An ola , north of tJ1c 13th p;trallel of southern lati tude , for up to 24 rronths afJ:.�r· the start. of the :impl0�ntation of 'L'Nf..CR 435 .
VII . After the bcg :i.nn.in security , supply, and training opcru.tions . VI II. Ve rification of this proc�ss \•lill b.J assi5ted by a llinitcd numl)Cr of United Nations ob£",.-�vcrs in 1\nyola as cJesignatc-:d by the United N Presented to the rx·:h�9·"ltion of tJ1c People '� P. cpublic of /Ul�Iola at H.i.ndt�1o , Sao Vicen tr·� , ;:ttn:h l.B , l9fl5 . Pn'fH'II tl�d to thL• lll• l\•ga t l.nn of t· he R"Jlllh lk of Snnth 1\ fr'Jc: . � ,. ,. FALKLANDS/MALVINAS STATEMENT BY UK SECRETARY OF STATE FOR DEFENCE In an interview wi th BBC radio, broadcas t on 9 May , George Younger , Secretary of State for Defence, rei terated that the construction of a new airfield on the Falklands Islands would make it easier to fly in troop reinforcements if ever requi red and thus lead to a very substant ial reduction in the number of standing forces .on the Islands. ... - -t. • FALKLANDS/MALVINAS ARGENTINIAN PARLIAMENTARY DELEGATION TO UNITED KINGDOM Four members of the Argentinian Pa rliament vi sited the United Kingdom 17 - 21 February 1986 at the invitation of the South At lantic Council (a group of MPs and academics working for better relations between the two countries) and the British section of the Inter-Parliamentary Union. This was the first such visit since the outbreak of hostilities over the Falklands/Malvinas . They had separate meetings with MPs from all parties . The delegation compri sed : Adolfo Ga ss Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Senate (Radical Party) Julio Amo eda Vice-Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Senate (Peronist Pa rty) Frederico Storani Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Chamber of Deputies (Rad ical Party) Julio Borden Vice-Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Chamber of Deputies (Peroni st Pa rty) On 21 February , there was an informal and unofficial meeting with the delegation held under the auspices of the United Nations Association. The Argentinians started by saying that their vi sit was non-official - the purpose was to exchange views wi th thei r UK parliamentary colleagues , academics and interested groups. They would not make a statement , they said, but would respond to questions from the floor . .../2 ·- . -2- The first que stione r said , rather bluntly , that the "invasion" of the Falklands by Arg entina was an act in defiance of the UN Charter . Argentina should not expect the UK Government to discuss sovereignty . The delegation said that they were unhappy with accusations that they had "invaded " the island s in 1982 , they saw it ra ther as "a recovery of something which had always been ou rs". They spoke of the legal and historical evidence in favour of Argentina 's claim to sovereignty and referred to the report of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the House of Commons wh ich said there we re doubts over sovereignty . However they stressed that the issue wa s essentially an "emotional" one , when the British took over the islands in 1833 it was "as though one of our limbs had been cut off", they said . Throughout the meeting the delegation made reference to recent UN General As sembly resolutions, particularly the resolution of December 85 wh ich called on the pa rties involved to discuss all aspects of the Islands' future. It would be ridiculous, they said , to have discussions about commerci7li and other issues without facing up to-the central problem of sovereignty . They pointed out that the G�l As sembly resolut ion of December 85 was supported not only by Latin America and Third World countries but also by traditional friend s of the UK such as Canada . Even some European Community states who had strong commercial ties with the UK voted for the resolution, they added . "What is the point of the UN if Members do not comply wi th resolutions ?" the delegation asked . "Of course many resolutions are not complied with but that is no excuse . ,th e delegati an was asked why Argentina had not dec lared an end to ,hostilites. They replied that war wa s never dec lared ._ SQ__ .J10 formal end to ho stilles was needed� If 8llch a declaration was needed, then the UK would still be at wa r wi th Egypt over_!_h� Suez ��na l. They claimed that while Arge ntina had decreased its defence budget and put the mi litary junta on trial , the UK had followed-;-- different policy . Ih£te were -trouo soldiers on the Falk.lands/Malvinas_ and there- bad been unprecedented investment in the Islands so that they - ''F' were now aortress wlrh a vastff o ensive capac�ty . Atomi c submarin� were being deployed in the area in violation of the NPT . Th'is" wa s what should be discussed rather than formal matters, they sa id. Ar gentina nds autonomous government , their �own� ����� �� ������s�ste�m�, respect. for t eir ::��� � ��� � �� ��� re gion, language and education sys tem, ali_wi.t.hi!L �Proeess of integration whe re even sover eiinty might be shared unti!Datural in�ratlo n would take pl ace. Tbis wo uld all be enshrined in internati______.....,onal treaties. .../3 .. -3- The delegation said that they had stressed to thei r UK colleagues the importance of ag reeing on two point s. Firstly, that both General Ga ltieri and Mr s Thatche r had acted in an opportunistic and intransigent manner. In this respect , attempts to examine the event s surrounding the sinking of the Belgrano were important because they showed that the UK had also sought military conflict Argentina had now removed the military government , but of course , they said , it was not for the delegation to advocate the removal of Mrs Thatcher who had been democratically elected . Secondly , the Fo rtress Falklands policy was bringing the Islands into the arena of eas t-west mi litary conf lict . They pointed out that their delegation contained parliamentarians from both sides of the political divide in Arg entina and so they could assure their listeners that the views they expressed would be mai ntained even with a change of Government . If discussions on sover there were two c� c usions , ne , the UK Government had fallen into comp ete � irrationality � -.r.o.��---;t 4hnenr�e.-�w �e �r �e�•miM-rirrrt� a�r y� �a�n�d� �s �t �r �a it�e�g�lc interests ose t e roblem. In cone us on the delegation said thing , let us talk as the UN has � FALKLANDS/MALVINAS PRESS COVERAGE OF SECRETARY-GENERAl 'S VISIT TO ARGENTINA The visit of the Se cretary-General to Ar gentina was covered by The Times, The Guardian and The Daily Telegraph along with reports on the ce remonie s held to commemorate the fourth anni versary of the 1982 conflict between Argentina and the United Kingdom . An editorial preceding the vi sit (The Times of 3 April) referred to the results of an unofficial referendum , carried out for the UK Falkland Islands Committtee . "Senor Javier Pe rez de Cuellar, Secretary-General of the United Nations is due in Buenos Ai res today for talks wi th the Argentine government - which is expected to press its case for negotiations with Britain over sovereignty of the Falkland Islands. But ne ither is likely to work out a formula which will settle that vexed issue . Four years after Argentine forces invaded the islands, 94.5 per cent of the people who live there have just said that they want to stay British." The editorial went on to say that four years wa s a sho rt time in international politics - especially after a war in which so many died - and that discussions on sovereignty we re "for tomorrow not today". The editorial then refered to "the difficulty President Alfonsin had over accepting the long-standing British invitation to normalise relations on related issues" and called for a renewal of diploma tic and commerc ial contacts between the two countries . Conc luding The Times said\ "The time for sovereignty to be written into the agenda for Ang lo-Argentine negotiations may not be yet . But if it is ever going to dawn it is mo re likely to do so in a climate of better relations ." LIBYA In a statement to the House of Commons on 14 April, the Prime Minister, Mrs Thatcher , justified the use of aircraft based in the United Kingdom during the Ame rican action in Li bya . She said : "Article 51 of the UN Charter specifically recognises the right to self-defence . In view of Li bya 's promotion of te rrorism, the failure of peaceful means to deter it , and the evidence that further attacks we re threatened , I replied to the (US) President that we would support action directed against specific Libyan targets demonstrably involved in the conduct and support of terrori st activities . Further, that if the President concluded that it was necessary , we would agree to the deployment of United States aircraf t from bases in the Uni ted Kingdom for that purpose . I reserved the position of the United Kingdom on any question of further action wh ich might be mo re general or le ss clearly directed agains t terrorism" . Replying to MPs ' questions , Mrs Thatcher said : "I believe that in the circumstances the United States was wi thin Article 51 and exercised its inherent right to self-defence to try to turn the tide against terrorism and to discourage those who engaged in it and in state terrorism to desist from further attacks . Under the arrangements for the use of bases by Ame rican forces, British agreement was required and sought . Af ter discussion it wa s obtained on the basis that the action would be within Ar ticle 51 . " Dr David Owen, the Social Democratic Party Leade r, demanded evidence be presented to the Security Council, which he said was an obligation under the 1952 agreement between Truman and Churchill which established the arrangements over Ame rican bases in Britain. The Prime Minhter "angrily retorted " (The Guardian 16 April) that the UN Security Council was excellent on wo rds but failed to carry out deeds . Speaking in the House of Commons on 16 Ap ri l, the Prime Minster referred to the Security Council discussions on the matter and said; "With some significant exceptions , first international reactions have been critical, even to this carefully limited use of force in self-defence , but I believe that we can be pretty certain that some of the routine denuciations conceal a rather different view of reality ." • CYPRUS PARLIAMENT In reply to a que stion in the House of Lords on 8 May , Baroness Young , Minister of State at the Foreign Office said : "We remain convinced that the United Na tions Se cretary-General 's i�itiative otfers the best chance of a settle men o rus . We continue to urge the two s es to co-operate wi th his efforts ••. we hope very much that negotiations under the Secretary-General will continue . We shall do all that we can to support his efforts , as we have done since his initiative began, because we believe that he is best placed to see wha t we should all like to see - a la sting, peaceful and just settlement of this problem. " PRESS COVERAGE An article in the Financial Times (9 May ) reviewing the Cyprus peace efforts states : "The ball is now back in Mr Pe rez de Cuellar 's court , but it is difficult to see where he goes from here ." The ) article goes on to say : "The UK's opinion of the latest UN document , understood to reflect that of Wa shington , is that rejection of it would deal a serious blow to peace hopes in Cyprus and increase the chances of a permanent partition of the island and the recognition of the secessionist state declared unilaterally by Mr Denktash. "Perhaps the only ray of light in the gloom confronting Mr Pe rez de Cuellar is that neither the Greek nor the Turkish Cypriots have closed the door on his initiative no matter wha t thei r feeling about its content ." The paper concludes : "The Secreta ry-General may have j not succeeded at first , but he can at least try, try and try again ." "Time to Settle Cyp rus " was the title of an edi torial in The Times of 23 April. The paper stated that President Kyp rianou has said neither yes nor no to the latest UN proposals, but "enough to make it clear that Senor Javier Pe rez de Cuellar has a great deal of courting still to do . Is he (Kyp rianou) not once more in danger of testing everyone 's patience too far?" The editorial maintained that Kyp rianou was still worried by the four sticking points and unhappy with the promi se that they be dealt with in due course . According to The Times , all other Greek Cypriot leaders , as we ll as Mr Papandreou , now agree wi th him - hence the call for a summi t or international conference (which takes up the Soviet proposal ) • .../2 - • -2- The editorial concluded : Kyprianou ' s "objections are no t altogether surprising because they had to some extent been foreshadowed in recent weeks . But they are beginning to look unreasonable , given that Perez de Cuellar has put forwa rd a mechanism for settling the four points in due course . Time is not on Kyprianou 's side . I Meanwhile Mr Denktas wi ll continue to consolidate his position in the North until one day the division of Cyprus will come to be recognised as a permanent feature of the Eastern Mediterranean . Thi s would perpetuate an instability which continues to wo rry the West . But it can hardly be in the interests of those who live there either" . An editorial in The Guardian (22 Apri l) refered to the "arbitrary deadline " established by the Secretary-General which had just expired . The editorial elaborated President Kyp rianou 's reservations regarding the timetable for the withdrawal of Turkish troops and settlers , Tu rkish determination to retain the right of intervention and the rights of Greek Cypriot ma jority to live in Turki sh federal area . At same time , the paper also spelled out the real concessions which Nicosia has made and which deserve recognition, since they cons titute "building blocks of any future settlement ". The editorial continued : "It would be difficult as we ll as just plain wrong for the Secretary-General to declare pedantically that Nicosia had fai led to meet his deadline and that therfore the whole UN plan, issued ''without prejudice now falls . The UN should recognise the problem , for the Greek Cyp riot communi ty . Its government retains an international legitimacy over the whole island which is denied to the unrecognised Turki sh Cypriot. admins tration . Kyprianou cannot afford to leave hi s four central points for give and take after a transitional government has been establi shed . If negotiations on troop wi thdrawals and the rest were then to collapse , the Greek Cyp ri ot side would have surrendered its uni que international authority to no purpose . "In context , then , there is mu ch to be said for the suggestion that the Secretary-General should now indulge in a little shuttle diplomacy between Kyp rianou and Mr Rauf Dentash, the Turkish Cypriot leader . If no agreement is forthcoming there on the four outstanding points there seems little purpose in investing further UN time and effort in the elusive search for a settlement of invasion past and bitterne ss present". FINANCIAL CRISIS A small front-page report in The Daily Telegr aph (9 Ma y) , headlined "Ready to Quit Wa rning by UN Chief", says that the Secretary-General "has given hi s strongest indication so far that he is ready to resign , as he continued to warn of the organiaations 's looming bankruptcy . The Peruvian diplomat 's five-year .�e1:'m end s this year and he said : 'I am ready to leave .' "On the eve of his vi sit to Britain , Senor Perez de Cuellar again said the organisation could be bankrupt by autumn because of objections by many Third World countries to his proposed economics. The UN could be as much as $275 million (£177 million) in the red by the end of the year , he said . The annual budget is $830 million (£535 million) ." A major article on the United Nations financial crisis in The Times (30 April) begins "The Secretary-General of the UN, Javier Perez de Cuellar , wi ll arrive in London next mo nth amid the worst financial crisis hi s organization has faced" . The Times then outlines the background to the financial crisis and says : "Britain claims to be the only permanent member of the Security Council never to have defaulted on its financial obligations". The article goes on to say that "Perez de Cuellar , although he is not coming to Britain simply to discuss hi s money wo rries, will expect to hea r the British position now being debated in Whi tehall". The conc luding paragraph of article claims that "one reason for the present urgency is that the UN has far reacted with a typical lack of it". An editorial in the Financial Times ( 29 Ap ril) began by saying : "The United Nations is drifting into fina ncial crisis because of its own spendthri ft wa ys and because of the high handed action of members who are delaying or wi tholding their cont ributions ." The article goes on to say : "Mr Javier Perez de Cuellar, the Secretary-Gene ral , has complained that the General As sembly , whe re every member has one vote , has a taste for establishing expensive programmes which he then has to implement ." The editorial concludes : "A case can be made out in fai rness to the US for a further reduction of the na tional ceiling on cont ri butions . But the UN it self should be put under pressure to put its house in order . The big contributors , at their head the US and Japan , as well as the Soviet Union, should exert pressure by insisting on a smaller and leane r budget . The proper way to achieve this is by neg otiation . Highhanded unilateral cuts, as are now being threatened in Congress , cut ac ross the principles of the charter, as does the arbitrary withholding of contri butions ." • GIBRALTAR PARLIAMENT King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia of Spain paid a three-day state visit to the United Kingdom , 22 - 24 Ap ril . In hi s speech, delivered in London on 23 Ap ril, to both Houses of Parliament , King Juan Ca rlos referred to the histo rical links between Spain and the United Kingdom and then said : "But history caused our nations to suffer trial by confrontation, one of the results of which remains with us . "The re sumed dialogue over Gibraltar is a step forward but there still remains a long way to go. I trust that our respective Governments may be capable of standing the test of Hi story, and so find the formula that will transform any shadow into an element of harmony for the greater cooperation between both our countries , and the general well-being of the interested parties as well as the future of Europe ." The remainder of the speech touched on the Spanish Constitution of 1978, Spani sh links wi th the Ame ricas and Spain 's recent accession to European Community . In the House of Commons the following day ( 24 April) , the Prime Minister, Mrs Thatcher, was asked if she could assure the House that there would be no change in the sovereignty of Gibraltar, and certainly no change without the consent of the people in that Colony . She replied : "I ag ree with my honourable Friend . The whole House and , I think, the whole country welcomes the state visit of their Majesties the King and Qt!.een of Spain . It is a great success . We know full well their Majesties' views on Gibraltar . As my honourable Friend is aware , the Government have given assurances to the people of Gi braltar that Gi braltar wi ll remain part of Her Majesty 's dominions unless and until an Act of Pa rliament otherwise provides, and furthermore that Her Ma jesty 's Government will never enter into arrangements under which the people of Gibraltar would pass under the sovereignty of another state against their freely and democratically exp ressed wi shes ." .../2 -2- PRESS COMMENT In an article appearing the day of state vi sit began , The Times (22 Ap ril) said : "The King 's basic approach is that the Gibraltar problem wi ll take many years to solve but that no difficulty exi sts which cannot eventually be re solved .•• Diplomats of both countires say that the Ang lo-Spanish Brussels agreement of November 1984 provides the framework for a new and longer-term approach ." The article also referred to the close ties now uniting Britain and Spain as partners in the EEC and NATO . An editorial in The Guardian (24 Ap ril) highlighted King Juan Carlos 's specific references to Gi braltar in his speech to Houses of Parliament and comment ed : "Since sovereignty is on the table in Gibraltar , as it emphatically is not in the Falkland s, the most difficult part of the imaginative leap has already been made . It is possible to vi sualise the 'early disappearance ' of the Rock as a problem even though it may remain for longer as an anomaly . Only issues of principle gum up the works and this does not fall into that category . Ra ther Gibraltar is now before a committeee of wa ys and means ." The Guardian claimed the King wa s probably speaking for the "Spanish Commonwealth" as we ll as for Spain itself in hi s references to Gibraltar as "beyond Gi braltar is another territorial dispute wi th an Hi spanic country about which no neg otiations have been resumed and no step forward taken". 0314S/33S/MF/MG/P ;25 132A . VI ERNES PM [150] .. ..,. ·�· . . NOTA PARA EL PRESI DENTE __ ,,, ,:;&· _ - . •. , .. . ,-�,,. .:::"� ' ..'[.: �� � . . .1 : :� · . LA ACTUAL CR ISIS FINANCIERA DE lAS NAC IO.NES NIDAS i f ORME DEL . SECRETAR IO GENERAL . (A/4 0/1102 Y CORR .1 A 3 Y UAD D . 1 lY .�ADD; . 1/CORR .l, -·�� � - -�: . .• � ·�· ;�-io� . Ao o .2 Y Aoo.2/COOR .l Y .Aoo.3) . [150J . . � .�., -�� ·: : ...... . . . DECLARO AB I ERTA LA 132A ; · sEsi6N PLENARIA DE LA As AMBLE� GENERAL: - · . . LA AS. AMBLEA CONT INtlA EL EXAMEN DEL TEMA 150 DEL PROGRAMA, . . ..L--. -- - ... . • ,. . f • • . TITULADO "LA ACTUAL CR ISIS FINANCIERA DE LAS NAC IONES UNIDAS" • . · . - . COMO RECORDAR.(N LOS SENORES . REPRESENTANTES, LA ASAMBLEA ' •·· ...... ' ...... · ; . . . · . , coNcLuv6 EL DEBATE sosRE E.srE TEMA i30A • P ENAR IA� ·: · :" ... . :.. EN··su· ·:s-�si'ciN. � ..... ·- ...... ,.., ·'· CEL EBRADA EL JUEVES 1 DE MAYO DE 1986 .POR LA TARDE: '. · . � . . . DISTING� IDOS tiEL�GADOS i '\' ...... : ..' .;. - oK � , LLEGAoos A·. ESTA ETAPA DE f.wEsTRA LABOR, ·oEsEo· HACERLES SABER MI �· . . . IMPRESI6N RESPECTO DE 06NDE NOS HA CONDUCIDO EL EXAMEN DEL TEMA 150 . - DEL PROGRAMA . DE SDE NUESTRA SESI6N ANTERIOR, SE HAN VEN IDO CELEBRANDO _ INTENSAS CONSULTAS EN LAS QUE SE HAN PUESTO DE MAN IFIESTO PUNTOS DE VISTA MUY VAR I ADOS Y QUE EN GENERAL HAN REFL EJADO LAS POSICIONES EXPUESTAS EN LA AS AMBLEA GENERAL EN EL CURSO DEL DEBATE SOBRE EL ) TEMA QU E NOS OCUPA . . 03l.4S/33S/[150l/P .28 132A ./VI ERNES/PM/MG - 4 - ESOS MOME NTOS , HE TOMADO NOTA DE QUE EL CONSEJO �CON6M ICO Y SOC IAL � � � - . . VA HA ADOPTADO MEDIDAS PARA REDUC IR LA DURAC I6N DE SU ACTUAL PERfODO .. . DE SESIONES. AGRADEZCO ESTA DECISI6N Y TENGO LA CERTEZA DE QUE TA NTO EL CONSEJO ECON6M ICO Y SOC IAL COMO EL CONSEJO DE ADMINISTRAC I6N FIDUC IARIA ADOPTARAN LAS DEC ISIONES MA S APROP IADAS AL ORGANIZAR SU LABOR PARA ESTE ANO . EN SEGUNDO LUGA�, EN LO QU E RESPECTA AL PER fODO EXTRAORDINARIO .· ' DE SESI ONES SOBRE NAMIBIA, ESTOY CONVENC IDO DE QUE NO HABRA PROBLEMAs EN ·cELEBRARLO DE MA NERA QUE sE PUEDAN EFECTUAR ecoNoMfAs SUSTANC I ALES , . TRAS CELEBRAR CONSUL TA S, SUGI ERO QU"= EL CUADRAG�S IMO . PR IMER PERfODO DE. SESIONES SE SUSPENDA UNA VEZ EFECTUADA SU APERTURA EL 16 DE SEPTI EMBRE HA STA EL LUNES SIGUIENTE, Y QUE EL PER!ODO EXTRAORD INARIO DE SESIONES SE CELEBRE EN DICHO LAPSO, INCLUIDO EL SABADO, Y EL PERfODO ORDINARIO DE SESIONES SE PODR fA REANUDAR ·- INMEDIATAMENTE DESPU�S. SIGUI ENDO ESTE PROCEDIMIENTO SE PODR {AN EVITAR COSTOS DE VIAJE S ADICIONALES PARA ESTE PERfODO EXTRAORDINARIO DE SESIONES. • 0314S/3 3S../[ 150]/P .29 132A ./VI ERNES/PM/MG 5 - EN TERCER LUGAR, Y EN LO TOCANTE A LOS OTROS TEM. AS QUE FIGURAN EN EL INFORME DEL SECRETAR IO GENERAL, �STE HA INDICADO QUE LOS EXAMI NARA A LA LUZ DE LA EVOLUC I6N DE LA �TTUAC I6N FINANCIERA E INFORMARA AL CUADRAG�SIMO PRIMER PER!ODO DE SESIONES AL RESPECTO . QUEDA ENTEND IDO QUE NO SE ELIMINARA NINGdN PROYECTO 0 PROGRAMA PARA EL QUE HAYA MA NDATO LEGISLATIVO SI SE DISPONE DE RECURSOS FINANCIEROS ADECUADOS . TRAS CELEBRAR CONSULTAS CON tL SOBRE ESTA CUESTI6N, DESEAR!A . ANAD IR QUE EC SECRETARIO GENERAL ESTA PLENAMENTE DECIDIDri A PEDIR QUE EL CUADRAG�SIMO PER!ODO DE SESIONES DE LA ASAMBLEA GENERAL SE · REANUDE DE NUEVO SI LA SITUAC I6N AS! LO EXIGE Y EN EL MOMENTO MISMO EN QUE SEA NECESARIO Y QUE MA NTENDRA INFO�MADOS REGULARMENTE A TODOS- LOS MIEMBROS SOBRE LOS ACONTEC IMIENTOS PERTINENTES. DE SEO SUBRAYAR QUE LAS PROPUESTAS FORMULADAS POR EL SECRETARIO ·GENERAL SON MEDIDAS DE CARACTER PROVISIONAL RELACI ONADAS EXPRESAMENTE CON 1986 Y QUE NO SE PROLONGARAN PASADO ESTE ANO . ) 0314S/33S/[150l/P ,31 132A ,/VI ERNES/PM/MG - 6 - ' . , . C\ 'v . ; LLEGADOS A ESTE PUNTQ, DESEO SUBRAYAR NUEVAMENTE. QUE , DE •' . . ACUERDO CON LA CARTA, TODOS LOS MIEMBROS TIENEN LA OBL IGACI6N ' I CONTRACTUAL DE PAGAR SUS CONTRIBUC IONES DEB I DAMENTE PRORRATEADAS. POR CONS IGUIENTE , INSTO A TODOS LOS MI EMBROS A QUE SE MANTENGAN AL ...... DfA EN EL PAGO DE SUS CUOTAS , TAMB I�N HAGO UN LLAMAMIENTO A QUE SE ' ' • I . .. . EFECT0EN CONTR IBUCI ONES VOLUNTARIAS GENEROSAS A LA CUENTA ESPECIAL . :� PARA AYUDAR A LA 0RGANIZAC I6N A SUPERAR ESTAS ACTUALES DIFICULTADES 1 "' • � ,·· .. . FINANCIERAS . ·, EN VISTA DE LAS CIRCUNSTANC IAS QUE CONCURREN, Y HABIDA CUENTA • f • , , ; • . ... # • '•:; � � ' . t • . DE QUE NO SE HA PRESENTADO NINGUNA . RESOLUCI6N QUE PERMITA DAR POR ...... CONCLUIDO ESTE TEMA DESPUtS DEL DEBATE SOBRE EL MISMQ, SUGIERO QUE ' . . . . EL SECRETAR IO GENERAL ACTOE DE ACUERDO CON LAS PROPUESTAS QUE HA SUGER IDO EN SU INFORME A/40/1102 (y CORR.1 A 3, ADD .1 Y ADD,l/CORR.l, Y AD D .2 Y. AD D.2/CORR.l. Y AD D .3), CON SUJECI6N A LAS OBSERVACIONES QU E ACABO DE FORMULAR Y TOMANDO EN CUENTA EL INFORME DE LA QUI NTA COMISI6N (DOCUMENTO A/40/1111). ME PARECE QUE SE RECONOCE AMPLIAMENTE EL .HECHO DE QUE EN SU CAL IDAD. DE --...... ------PRINCIPAL JEFE ADMINISTRAT IVO, INCUMBE AL SECRETAR IO GENERAL LA # • • - RESPONSABILIDAD DE ADMINISTRAR LOS TRABAJOS .QUE LA 0RGANIZACI6N TIENE EN MARCHA , LO QUE HAR� �ON LA DEBIDA PRUDENCIA Y roMANDO EN CONSIDERAC I6N LOS DESEOS DE LA ASAMBLEA GENERAL. Y LOS .RECURSOS DE � ,· . QUE DISPONE PARA REAL IZAR DICHOS TRABAJOS • .... 0314S/33S/[ 150 l/P .30 • 132A ./VIERNES/PM/MG - 7 [PARA SU INFORMACI6N: SI UN ORADOR PIDE HACER USO DE LA PALABRA EN ESTE MOMENTQ , ·sE · LE INVITARA A QUE EXPONGA 0 . EXPL IQUE LA POS ICI6N DE SU · .,. DELEGAC I6N UNA VEZ QUE LA ASAMBLEA SE HAYA PRONUNCIADO.] . . SI NO HAY OBJEC IONES, . ENTENDERt QUE LA 0�AMBLEA CONVIENE EN QUE . . EL SECRETAR IO GENERAL PROCEDA EN BASE A LO QUE ACABO DE EXPONER. -· PUESTO QUE NO HAY OBJEC IONES, ASf QUEDA ACORDADO . * * * )' . � ...... ( 0RADORES) . * * . * ) . , . [PARA su I NFORMAC I 6N : . . ,,. ·DERECHO A CONTESTAR, SI LO HUBIERE . SfRVASE VE R LA NOTA APARTE .] LE S AGRADEZCO A TODOS SU COOPERACI6N Y COMPRENSI6N. SE LEVA NTA LA SESI6N . J • =---- _ Talking points for neeti.n:J with P. M. '!hatcher Subject : relatioos with Argentina 1) As you probably koow, I was in Argentina in early April and I had the oocasioo to speak at cxmsiderable l.eB]th with both thePresident and the Foreign Minister an the issues which CXll'ltinue todivide you two CXJUntries . I have reported an these talks to Antlassador 'Dx:msal, since he had asked ne to raise a few questioos oo behalf of the UK. 2) '.Ibise: smmar Argentina seems, an the �le, prepared to proceed, albeit cautious ly , oo the questioo of fisheries . '1beretinue cxn , bJwever, to be sane cxnsiderable internal m:i.sgivfn:1s and even ocntradictory interests . Entities provi.din:J portand otherces, servi for 1nstance, �tly see no reason to curtail fisheries in the South Atlantic . en my part, I have repeatedly .i.npressed upa1 the Argentines the need to establish a rrultilateral .r6;iire. 3) en the subject of trade and visas, I have been able to i.J:m cxnf that there is a significant relaxaticm cm the part of Argentina. Foreign Minister caputo h:i.m9e1f told ne that this developnent was the result of a deliherate , � "low-keyed" (tlx>se were his wonis) policy of relaxatioo. CYPRUS Que stion : Would you comment on the Turkish Cypriot insistenc e on effective Tu rk ish guarantee s? Reply : The qu estion of guarantee s, as we ll as that of the timetab le of the withdrawa l of non-Cypriot troops and the th ree freedoms have yet to be negotiated . Any attempt to prejudge the re su lt or to put pre -c ondit ion s to tho se negotiation s is at varianc e with the draft framework of 29 March . AFGHAN ISTAN 1. The discussions are now focus sed on the que s� ion of the in terrelationship between non- in terference , in ternational guarantees and the return of th e refugees on the one hand , and the withdrawal of foreign troops from Afghanistan on the other . One should not underest ima te the signif ic ance of the understandings reached two months ago which allowed the continuation of prox imity talks . 2. At the same time , it is regretable that the talks are proceeding at an extremely slow pace . One can understand that th e interlocutors should be extremely .c autiou s but after 4 years of negotiations it could have been expected that a greater degree of conf idenc e would now prevail . I am in formed th at each issue is be ing .carefully examined from all angles before any kind of understan ding can be reached . 3. · Th e talks are also dea ling with the procedure for ascerta in ing that the arrangements for return are satisfactory to the refugees but I am informed that on th is issue , the positions remain wide apart - 2 - 4. The documen t used as a basis for discu9sion s at this time refers to all the important questions but basically focu sses on three : 4 � a) Def in ition of the interrelationship b) Calendar for withdrawa l c) Arrangements for the effective implemen tat ion of the agreement. On l y. a) has been resolved to da te . Th is is important but it is clea r that without a solution to b) and c) it is not pos sible to talk about a br eakthrough yet . 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Fran�oise 14 May Home : 229-4 770 Office : 2 35-6867 • 8.V.86 Rev. 4 VISIT OF THE SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE UNITED NAT IONS TO THE UNITED KINGDOM, MAY 1986 Tuesday 6 May Official announcement of FCO to announce in London at Secretary-General 's visit 12.30 pm; United Nations in as gue st of UK Government New York Saturday 10 May 22.25 Arrival Heathrow The Secretary-Gene ral will be (Spelthorne Suite) by accompanied on this flight by BA 194 (SSC) from New York Mrs Pe rez de Cuellar and J. Hrusovsky Special Re presentative of the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Sir John Stow, wi ll greet on arrival . Ap prox. 25 pieces of luggage to be taken to Brown 's Hotel : Mr Panzarino will be assisted by Mr Neil (from FCO) . 21.40 Arrival Heathrow by BA 178 Ma rrack Goulding and N. Panzarino from New York 16.30 Arrival Heathrow by AF 816 Francois Giuliani 07 .40 Arrival Gatwick by BR 222 Ms F. Letellier Sunday 11 May Private programme Car required for Secretary-Gene ral 's use 21.40 Arrival Heathrow by BA 178 Alvaro de Soto Re servations at Brown's Hotel required for de Soto and Letellier from Sunday only . IBM Selectric self-correcting II or III being supplied by Brown' s. 2 Monday 12 May Private programme Car required (?) Luncheon (private) 14.30 Departure by car for Trans port arranged with Brown's Paddington (12-15 pieces of luggage) 15.00 Departure by train for Cardiff 16.55 Arrive Cardiff and proceed Lord Mayor of Cardiff: Councillor to Mansion House Captain No rman Lloyd-Edwards Lady Mayoress (niece)! Miss Sian Lloyd-Edwards The Secretary-General and Mrs Perez de Cuellar, together with Goulding, de Soto , Hrusovsky , Letellier and Panzarino are invited to stay at the Mansion House as guests of the Lord Mayor. Jensen and Giuliani at Park Hotel . 18.30 Leave for City Hall Black tie 18.35 - Introduction of principal 18.40 personalities preceding 18.45 drinks to be served before dinne r. 19.30 Dinne r At the conc lusion of dinne r the President of the Welsh Centre will propose a toast to the United Na tions to which the Secretary Gene ral is asked to respond (20-25 minutes) � salutation - Mr Pre sident , Lord Mayo r, Lord Lieutenant s, Civic Dignitaries, Distingui shed Gues ts, my Lords , Ladies and Gentlemen. The toast to the We lsh Centre wi ll then be proposed by Mark Robinson , MP, Under Secretary of State , Welsh Office, with a response by Ivor Richard , QC, President , We lsh National Council of the United Nations Assoc . Sir Alun Talfan Davies , QC , ·President , Welsh Centre for International Affairs, wi ll close the evening . 22.15 Close of evening 3 Tue sday 13 May 09.20 Departure by car via Temple The _Secretary-General is invited to of Peace to At lantic College . pay a brief visit to the Welsh Centre and see the Davies Foundation en route . Sir Ian Gourlay , Director-Gene ral of United Wo rld Colleges, to accompany in car . 10.30 Arrive Atlantic College The Secretary-General to be met by (Principal 's House ) The Hon. Kingman Brewster, Chai rman Designate of International Board of United World Colleges , and Principal Tour of College followed by of At lantic College , Andrew Stuart, meeting with staff and Mrs Stuart . 11.15 Meeting with students It is suggested that the Secretary Gene ral speak first for 2-3 minutes and then answer questions (which may also be in Spanish and French) . 11.50 Buffet Lunch at College (Lady Anne Tower) 12.35 Depart by car for Bridgend Station 13.06 Depart by train for Swindon Kingman Brewster and Sir Ian Gourlay return to London by same train. 14.35 Arrive Swindon The Warden of St Antony 's, Dr Raymond Carr , and Prof . Adam Ro berts will meet . Transport to be provided by Vice-Chancellor 's office . (15.30 Train ETA Paddington Panzarino to return direct wi th baggage ; to be met on arrival London by FCO representative Neil with van. ) 15.45 Arrive Oxford 16.00 Tea at Balliol College 17.00 Lecture in Sheldonian Theatre The Vice-Chancellor , Sir Pa trick Neill , QC, Warden of All Souls ', will preside . Chai rman of Cyril Foster Commi ttee , Dr Raymond Ca rr, wi ll introduce Secretary-Gene ral . Opening salutation: Mr Vice-Chancellor , Wa rden , Ma ster, Ladies and Gent lemen . 18.15 Reception in the Master 's The Master of Balliol, Lodgings at Balliol Dr Anthony Kenny , and Warden of St Antony 's, Dr Raymond Carr, as Chai rman of the Cyril Foster 19.30 Dinner at Balliol Commi ttee , will be joint hosts. Frank Judd of Oxfam wi ll be among guests. 22.00 Leave Balliol by car Transport to be provided by HMG . 23.10 Ar rive Brown 's Ho tel (approx. ) 4 Wednesday 14 May 10�00 Interview wi th HMG making car available for Alexander McLeod for BBC Mrs Perez de Cuellar throughout Ra dio 4: World Tonight morning 10.40 Leave Brown's Hotel 10. 55 Ar rive Foreign & Commonwealth Office ; Ambas sadors Ent rance 11.00 Meeting wi th Secretary of Secretary-General to be accompanied State for Foreign & Common by Goulding , de Soto , Jensen and wealth Affairs , the Rt Hon. Giuliani Sir Ge offrey Howe 12.10 Proceed from FCO Office to 10 Downi ng Street 12.15 Meeting wi th the Prime Mini ster to be accompanied by Prime Minister Sir Geoffrey Howe , Sir John Thomson at 10 Downing Street and PM 's Private Secretary 13.00 for Luncheon given by Her With ladies 13.15 Majesty 's Govt . Ho st : The Prime Minister 15.55 Depart hotel 16.15 Tea wi th the Mo st Re v. & Rt Mrs Perez de Cuellar is also Hon. the Archbishop of invited . Canterbury & Mrs Runc ie at Wi lfrid Grenville-Grey and Lambeth Palace Terry Waite to be present . 16.55 Depart Lambeth Palace accompanied by Archbishop 17.00 Ar rive Church House , Met by Chai rman of Dean 's Yard United Na tions Assoc ., the Rt Hon. Lord (David) Ennals , Archbishop of Canterbury to Pa rliamentary Under Secretary of deliver brief speech of State for Foreign and welcome Commonwealth Affairs . Tim Eggar will also be present . Secretary-General to unveil plaque and speak for 5-6 minutes Lord Ennals to conc lude wi th speech of thanks 17.20 Reception offered by Church Archbishop of Canterbury and House Corporation with Chai rman of United Nations Assoc . United Na tions As soc . in joint hos ts . Bishop Pa rtridge Room Anti-Slavery Society Chairman , (overlooki ng Dean's Ya rd) Dr Je remy Swift , and Director , Peter Davies, wi ll be among guests. 18.00 Depart for Brown's Hotel 19.55 Depart for Admiralty House , Whi tehall 20. 00 for Dinner offered by Her Lounge suit . 20.15 Majesty 's Govt . Secret ary-Gene ral to be accompanied Ho sts: The Foreign Secretary by Mrs Perez de Cuellar and Lady Howe and Marrack Goulding . 0 • 5 Thursday 15 May 09 .45 Meeting with Labour Party Brown 's Ho tel Leader, Neil Kinnock 10.30 Me eting with media representatives 11. 40 Depart Brown's Hotel 11 .55 Arrival Buckingham Palace� Grand Ent rance via No rth Centre Ga te and South Centre Arch. 12.00 Audience of Her Ma jesty the The Secretary-Gene ral wi ll be Queen accompanied by Mrs Pe rez de Cuellar 12.30 Depart Buckingham Palace and return to Hotel 14.40 Depart Brown 's Hotel for Special Representative of Secretary Gatwick Airport (North Suite) of State , Sir John Stow, wi ll bid farewell. 16.30 Departure of flight BA 458 Due to arrive Madrid 19.40 for Madrid Photocalls are exp ected when the Secretary-General comes to meet the Foreign Secretary and on arrival at 10 Downing Street for his meeting with the Prime Minister . There will be no photographs at the Audience. In addition, it is hoped that there wi ll be (visual ) media coverage of the unve iling ceremony . Regional media in Cardiff would welcome opportunity to me et Secretary-General, but have been told that programme is tight . Local BBC representative in Oxford also requests brief interview - which could conceivably take place before tea at Balliol . :c:....__.______,_ -- - --...... -- 1----�------,. ------ Personal Me ssages received for the Secretary-General and Mrs . Perez de Cuellar 1. On Monday 12 May - a telephone call from Mr . Alexander Temple and Joy Temple (cousins ) - welcoming to London and England . They would like to speak , if at all possible, with Mrs . Perez de Cuellar , and send their love . Co�act no . 07.3081 .3477 (Midhurst , West Sussex) 2. Mr . Spelios Ioannou telephoned on 13 May - He would like to make contac t with either the Secretar y-General or asked whether Mrs . Perez de Cuellar could perhaps telephone his wi fe . Contac t nos . 262 .5917 (home ) 493 . 6406 (office , private line) 493. 6493 (office , switchboard) ADMINI STRATIVE PLAN FOR THE VISIT OF HIS EXCELLENCY THE SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE UN ITED NATIONS AND SENORA PEREZ DE CUELLAR 10-15 MAY 1986 (to be read in co nj un cti on wi th the printed programme ) SATURDAY lO TH MAY Ar rival Whe n the ai rcraft has lande d, a representati ve of the Bri tish Ai rports Authori ty wi ll accompany the gr eeti ng party from the VIP sui te to the me eti ng poi nt, where the vi si tor s will be welcomed by (in order) : Sir John Stow Speci al Represe ntati ve of the Secr etary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Af fairs Dr Eri k Je nsen Director of the United Na ti ons Office and Inf ormati on Centre and Mrs Jensen Brigadi er Alan Cowa n Government Hospi tali ty Group Captai n Robe rt Thom son Government Hospi tal i ty Escort The pa rty wi ll proceed to the VIP sui te . Transpo rt Ca rs are provi de d for the of ficial sui te by Gove rnme nt Hosp i tal i ty (see ca r plans at An nex I) . Participati on of the official suite in the Secreta ry- General' s programme Dr Eri k Je nse n, Director of the United Nati ons Office in Lon don, and Si r John Thomson, Un ited Kingdom Perma nent Represe ntati ve to the United Nations, will accompany the Secretary-General thro ugho ut the programme, except where otherwi se sta ted. It is anti ci pated that the other membe rs of the of ficial suite, as li ste d at page 1 of the printed programme, wi ll also accompany the Secr etary-General, except where state d. IVSABN ' WEDNESDAY 14 MAY Talks with the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 1100 - 12 10 The Sec retary-General wi ll be accompani ed by Mr Marrack Gouldi ng , Senor Alvaro de Soto , Dr Eri k Jensen and Monsi eur Fran9ois Gi uli ani . Talks with the Prime Mini ster at No 10 Downing Street 12 15 - 1300 The Sec retary-General will be accompanied by Mr Marrack Gouldi ng , Senor Alvaro de Soto and ei ther Dr Eri k Jensen or Monsei ur Fran�ois Gi ul iani . Lunc heon wi th the Pr ime Minister 1300 The following members of the official suite are also invi ted : Mr Marrack Gouldi ng Senor Alvaro de Soto Dr Eri k Jensen Mons ieur Francoi s Gi ul iani a Dinner at Admi ralty House 2000 : The Secretary-General and Senora Perez de Cuellar will be accompanied only by Mr Marrack Gouldi ng . THURSDAY 15 MAY Audi ence of HM The Queen 1200 The Secretary-Gene ral and Senora Perez de Cuellar will be a�compan ied by Mr John Hrusovsky (who will not parti cipa te in the · Audience ). /___..··-; d �.-J� t ,.-,j � Anne Mo ri son (Mrs ) J · Vi sits Se ction 8 May 19 86 Protocol Department Foreign an d Commonwealth Office Tel: 210 6365 IVSABN -2 - ANNEX I , CAR PLANS SATURDAY 10 MAY London Heathrow Airport to Brown 's Hotel Car 1 His Excellency Se�o r P�rez de Cu�llar Senora � Perez de Cuellar Group Captain Thomson Car 2 Dr Jensen Mrs Jensen Mr Gou lding Mr Hrusovsky NB : Mr Panzarino wi ll trave l to Brown's Ho tel wi th the luggage vehicle . Serior de Soto, Mo nsieur Giuliani and Mi ss Le tellier wi ll arrive privately in London . TUE SDAY 13 MAY Ba lliol Co llege to Brown' s Hotel ,.. " " /. Car 1 His Excellency Senor Pere z de Cue llar Sefiora JLP :re z de Cue'l lar �"' "l'-'-' �"" Group Captain Thomson Car 2 Mr Gou lding =--- - Mr Hrusovsky Car 3 Dr Jensen Senor de Soto Car 4 Mo nsieur Giuliani Mi ss Letellier WEDNESDAY 14 MAY Brown 's Hotel to Foreign and Commonwealth Off ice Car 1 His Exce llency Se�or P�rez de Cu� llar Dr Jensen Group Captain Thomson 1 WEDNESDAY 14 MAY (cont 'd) Car 3 Mr Goulding Mr Hrusovsky Sir John Thomson Car 4 Senor de Soto Monsieur Giuliani NB : Wa lk to 10 Downing Street Hotel to 10 Downing Street Car ) a Mrs Jensen 10 Downing Street to hotel (to be confirmed) Car 1 His Excellency Se�o r P6rez de Cu� llar Se�ora JL P�rez de Cu�llar Group Captain Thomson Car 2 Dr Jensen Mrs Jensen Mr Hrusovsky Car 3 Mr Goulding Sir John Thomson Car 4 ser(o r de Soto Monsieur Giuliani Hotel to Lambeth Pa lace Car 1 His Excellency Se�or P6rez de Cu�llar Senora Jt P�rez de Cu�llar Group Captain Thomson Ca r 2 Dr JensP.n Mr Hrusovsky Car 3 Mr Goulding Sen'or de Soto Monsieur Giuliani 2 Lambeth Pa lace to Church House Car 1 His Excellency Se�or P�re z de Cu�llar Dr Robe rt Runc ie Group Captain Thomson Car 2 Dr Jensen Mr Hrusovsky Car 3 Mr Goulding Senor de Soto Mons ieur Giuliani Church House to hotel Car 1 His Excellency Sen'or Perez de Cuellar Senora AL Plrez de Cu� llar Group Captain Thomson Car 2 Dr Jensen Mr Hrusovsky Car 3 Mr Goulding Sen'or de Soto Monsieur Giuliani Hotel to Admi ralty House and return to hotel (to be confirmed) Car 1 His Excellency Se�or ��r ez de Cull lar - ,_ , "( , Seno ra � Perez�Cuellar Group Captain Thomson Car 2 Mr Goulding Mr Hrusovsky Sir John Thomson 3 THURSDAY 15 MAY Hotel to Buckingham Pa lace Car 1 His Excellency Se�o r P�rez de Cu,llar Se�ora � P�re z de Cu�llar Mr Hrusovsky Group Captain Thomson Buckingham Palace/Hotel to Gatwick Airport To be announced. DISTRIBUTION Buckingham Palace Private Secretary (2) 10 Down ing Street Private S-ecretary (a) Mr C Fountai n Press Off ice (2) United Na tions Off ice and Information Centre Dr E Je nsen (5) Fo reign and Commo nwealth Of fice Private Secretary (2) PS/Mr Ra ison (2) PS/Mr Eggar (2) PS/PUS (2) Sir William Ha rding , DOSS Mr R J O'Neill , AUSS UN Depa rtme nt (6) Protocol Departme nt (10) Colonel Du rrant (6) News Department (3) (Mr Wor th ington ) Re sident Clerk Government Ho spi ta lity (30) IVSABN AS/jt - oc: F .Ietel.lier bf: VD�/ID/GP/PP/.JPI(/IM File: trip - UK • !at a..GIC. PI.aSE PASS JOt:IUlimG MESSAGE'10Jt.lfliSMJI. SB.l:iBN 1m.L812'!00 Nt liiUtiS a..-r 6.ltRI. .RS:iNitS biRi CONFIDENTIAL cc : Mr . Gould ing bt: VD/ GP File : UK XRef: NOTES ON THE SECRETARY-GENERAL 'S MEETING WI TH PRI ME MINISTER THATCHER OF THE UK 10 DOWN ING STREET , LONDON WEDNESDAY 14 MAY 1986 AT 12. 15 HOURS [Meeting was te te-a- tete) these notes are based on debr iefing by the Secretary-General ] On the subject of Cypr us , the Pr ime Mi nister said , without the Secretary-General as king her, that she could not do anyth ing further . She had already told President Kypr ianou that he was at the end of the road . She had as ked him whether he wan ted to go down in history as facilitating par tition . She had told him that he had nothing to lose , rather , the contr ary. The Secretary-General told her that an alternative approach ot an international con ference , wh ich had been suggested by Pres ident Kypr ianou , was a non-star ter, since the Turks did not wan t it. He added that an international conference would br ing out the issue of the bases . The Pr ime Mi nister remarked that these wer e mos t impor tant for the West. Turkey would not li ke them to be lost either . She had talked to Ozal and had made mor e headway than wi th Pa pandreou . Ozal , she said, wan ted to enter the European Community , wh ich Gr eece would oppose . Th e Secretary-General rema rked that Papandreou was a great obs tac le to agreement on Cyprus . He wondered who could poss ibly influence him and the Pr ime Mi nister replied that she had no leverage but understood that Papandr eou was trying to secure an i nvi ta tion to Washington and Washington th erefor e had leverage . Th e Prime Mi nister also refer red to the problem of financ ing UNFICYP , a ma tter wh ich Sir Geoffrey Howe had raised at the ea rl1 er me eting at the For eign Of fice . • Th e qu estion of the Middle East was touched upon wi th the Pr ime Mi ni ster mentioning that she was soon to travel to Israel. The Secr e tary- General briefed her on UNIFIL and the Fr ench posi tion. Regardi ng Namibia, the Pr ime Mi ni ster said that rela tions between President Botha and Foreign Mi nister Botha had deter ior ated . Mr . Ramphal had recently told her that the group of Co mmonwealth Emminent Persons , wh ich was at that moment in · southern Africa , would meet Mr . Ah tisaar i when they returned . He sa id , however , that noth ing would happen on Nami bia until there was internal movement. Th e Secretary-General referred to the 3 broad issues regardi ng southern Afr ica {apar the id , Nami bia and de stabili zation) but th e Pr ime Mi nister was sceptical about Nami bia being tne best on wh ich to ma ke progress . She felt that one should beg in wi th apar theid. Th e Secretary-General told her of the request he had received from the President of Angola and of his {the Secretary-General 1s) predicament regarding Cuban troops . If he accepted the linkage it would be equ ivalent to po stponing the date of implementation ot 1 August, which the UN had said it was prepared to meet . Th e issues of Iran/Iraq and terror ism were br iefly touched upon. The Pr ime Mi nister refer red to Mr . Goulding as a "very good man" . Th e secr etary-General ag reed . cc : SG CONFIDENTIAL cc : Mr . Gould ing bt: VD/GP File: UK XRef : NOTES ON THE SEC RETARY -GEN ERAL 'S MEETING WI TH PRIME MI NISTER THATCHER OF THE UK 10 DOWN ING STREET , LONDON WEDN ESDA� 14 MAY 1�6 AT 12 .15 HOURS [Meeting was te te- a-tetei th ese notes are ba sed on de br iefing by the Secretary-General ] On the subject of Cyprus, th e Pr ime Mi nister said , wi th out the Secretary-General ask ing her, that she could not do anyth ing fur th er . She had already told Pr esident Kypr i anou th at he was at the end of th e road . She . had asked him wh ether he wanted to go down in histor y as facilitating par tition . She had told him th at he had noth ing to loseJ rather , th e contr ary. Th e Secretary-Gener al to ld her tha t an alternative approach ot an international con ference , wh ich had been suggested by President Kypr ianou , was a non -star ter , since th e Turks did not want it. He added that an inter nati onal con ference would br ing ou t th e issue of the bases. Th e Pr ime Mi nister remarked tha t these were most important for the We st . Turkey would not like them to be lost ei th er . She had talked to Ozal and had made more headway th an wi th Pa pandr eou . Ozal , she said, wanted to enter the Europea n Community , wh ich Gr eece would oppose . Th e Secre tary-Gener al remarked that Papandreou was a great obstacle to agreement on Cyprus . He wondered who could po ssibly influence him and the Pr ime Mi nister replied tha t she had no leverage but understood that Papandr eou was trying to secur e an invitation to Wa sh ington and Wa sh ington th er efore had leverage . Th e Prime Mi nister also referred to the problem of financing UN FICYP , a ma tter wh ich Sir Geoffrey Howe had raised at th e earl1 er me eting at th e For eign Office . "f ------""""- � . --- ·- - -- ··------"-�--;------ Th e qu e stion of the Middle East was touched upon with the Pr ime Mi nister me ntion ing that she was soon to travel to Israel . The Secr e tary- General br ieted her on UNIFIL and the French po sition . Regarding Namibi a, the Pr ime t"l i nister said that relations between President Botha and Foreign Mi nister Botha had deter ior ated . Mr . Ramphal had recently told her that the group of Co mmonwealth Emminent Per sons , wh ich wa s at th at moment in southern Africa , would meet Mr . Ah tisaar i when they returned . He said, however, tha t noth ing would happe n on Nami bia until ther e was inter nal movement. Th e Secretary-Ge neral referred to the 3 broad issues �egarding .-;outhern Africa (apa rtheid, Nami bia and destabilization) but th e Pr ime Mi nist er was sceptical about Nami oia being tne best on wh ich to make pr ogress . She felt that one should beg in wi th apartheid . The Secretary-General told her of the request he haa received from the Pr esident ot Angola and of his (the Secretary-General 's) predicament regarding Cuban troops . If he accepted the linkage it would be equivalent to po stponing the date of implementation ot 1 August , which the UN had said it was prepared to meet. Th e issues of Iran/Iraq and terror ism were br iefly touched upon. The Pr ime Mi nister referred to Mr . Goulding as a "very good man" . Th e �ecr etary-Ge neral ag r eed . - Fran<;oise : FOR LONDON : .. . Sunday , 11 May : 1.00 pm Mr . Enrico Bombieri wi ll go to Hotel Brown and then will take the SG and Mr s. P�rez de Cu�llar out for lunch . Mr. Bombieri (London : 589-6048) Ange les 8-5-86 ... • • .. -J _.,. ' ·. U�d .'v-� ; '�.J...... � , 1'-.;\ lt UNITED NATIONS • NATIONS UN��.;.",t , -h..dt(\,v'L �, e v.. Te l: 01 630-1981 20 Buckingham Gate Cables: Omnipress London London SW1E 6LB � 17th Ju 85. Personal and Confidential -� j �I ./ While in London you asked me to explore confidentially the possibility of your meeting the Queen during a visit to the United Kingdom . This I have been doing and have now had a clear response . Her Maj esty would be very pleased to receive you in the course of a visit here . The only dates which, from the Queen 's point of view , are imp ossible would be during the month of January , when she tradition ally spends her time privately at Sandringham , and from the last week of February to mid-March 1986 when she already has commitments elsewhere . I had e� rli�r pointed out that it would be unrealistic to consider a meeting during the autumn when the General Assembly is in session; this was well understood . The Archbishop of Canterbury has , I realize , invited you to be present at the event on 10 January '86 planned to commemorate the 40th Anniversary of the first U.N. General Assembly at Central Hall in Westminster. Were you to come at that time it would not be possible to arrange a meeting with the Queen . On the other hand , you have also been officially invited to deliver a maj or lecture at Oxford (probably in the Sheldonian T heatre) during either of the first two terms in 1986 . The dates proposed are between 20 January and 14 March and during the period 28 April - 23 May 1986 . I have written at some length to Viru and Alvaro about this invitation giving all the relevant details . continued •..•.. - 2 - From what I have been told it would seem di fficult to combine a meeting with the Queen with a date in the spr ing term or bef ore. However , should your commitments perm it , early May would also suit the University well and might be expected to offer pleasanter prospects as far as the weather and other · practical arrangements are concerned. As soon as you feel able to indicate even tentatively when a visit to the United Kingdom could take place next year I am asked to discuss specific dates and other details with those concerned at the Foreign Office. Di-Fe-ctor The Secretary-General , United Nations , New York . NNNN ZCZC DAL0763 MIR7546 SS LUN NYK .. • NEWYORK (UNNY) 8 2248Z 172 17 IMMED IATE - FOR DRAGIC. PLEASE PASS FOLLOWI NG MESSAGE TO AHTISAARI. SECGEN WILL SEE YO U AT BR OWNS SUNDAY 6.30PM . REGARD S , DESOTO 38020 A 1 17 VE l =05090037 I spoke today to Amb . Price 's secretary in London re garding a possible luncheon with the SG and Mr s . Pere z de Cuellar wh ile they are in London in May . Unfortunate ly , Amb . and Mrs . Price are not free on Mon. 12 May for luncheon . The only remainitg possibil! ty would be a function on Sun . 11 May , if that was agreeable to the SG . (Amb . Price is returning from America on th at day so I would ha ve to check back with his office to find out wh at time he is due back) . Franc:;oise 28 Ap ril • Elinor Murphy (01) 499-9000 I spoke with Amb . Price 's office today and discussed the possibility of a function while the SG and Mr s. Perez de Cuellar are in London in May . I informed them th at th e only possible time , as th e programme stands now , would be luncheon on Mon . 12 May . They will get back to me . Fran�oise 23 April 12:20 p.m. U.S. Embassy - 499- 9000 Re sidence - 262- 5594 From Mr s . P�rez de Cu�llar After setting up a convenient date for a dinne r that wi ll be given by Amb . and Mrs . Price (Ambassador of US in London ) during the SG 's stay in LONDON , please call the Secretary of Amb . Price to inform them • • Off1c. e (London : 4 �9� -9000) 2 2. 24-jn 31 tu��Lo£ ( Re sidence � f Amb. (London ' 262-5594>)) 2 �C) Ange le s 28-3-86 NOTE : If it is not possible , Mrs . P�re z de Cu�llar will go for tea one day . T Senor Secretario General : De parte de la Sra . de P�rez de Cu�llar • El Secretario General de sea llarnar al Sr . Paparnarkou para inforrnarle que larnentablernente no podr�n cenar con el Re y Constantino de Grecia durante su estancia en Londres. Sr . Paparnarkou (223- 2020) Ange le s 8-5-86 JPK/bn cc: �· File : xref: b/f: VD/ ZHAO/I D/GP/FP 30 Apr il 1986 • I �I Dear Mr . Ambassador , In connection with his for thcoming otf1cial visit to the United Kingdom, I should like to conf irm that the Secr e tary-General, to-gether with Mr s. Perez de Cuella� and accompanied by Chief Operations Off icer Mr . John Hr usovsky will arrive in London at 22 .25 on Satu r day 10 May on board flight no . BA 194 f r om Wew York . On Sunday , 11 May , he will be j o ined in London by the rema i nder of his official pa rty, the full compos ition of wh ich is set out in the attached list. The Secretary-General 's offici•l viait to your country of cou rse will comme nce on the evening of Tuesday 13 May w i th his transfer from ox tord to London . He will depart from Ga twick a i r por t London on 'rhursday , 15 May at 14 .55 on board flight no . IB 603 bound for loia dr id . Th e Secretary-General has pa rticularly asked me to convey to you his apprec iation for the most thoughtful arrangements wh ich your authorities are elaborating in Lo ndon witn the United Nations office there. Yours sincerely , \ Alvaro de So to Spec ial Asa i s tant to the Secretar y-General His Exce l lenc y Sir John Thomson , G .C . M . G . Permanent Repr esentative of the United Kingdom to the Uni ted Nations New York COMPOSITION OF THE SECRETARY -GENERAL 'S PARTY United Kingdom The Secretary-General • Mr s. Ma rcela Temple de Perez de Cuellar Mr . Marrack Goulding � Under-Secretary-General for Spec ial Po litical Affairs Mr . Alvaro de Soto , Special Assistant to the · Secretary-General Mr . Er ik Je nsen , Dir ector , United Na tions Inforroation Centre, London Mr . Pran9ois Giuliani , Spokesman for the Secretary-General Mr . John· Hr usovsky, Ch ief Operations Off icer Ms . Fran9oiae Letellier:, Per sonal A•sistant to the Secretary-General Mr . Nicholas Pa nzarino, ope rations Officer I I JPK/bn cc : � File: SG trip UK I xref: b/f : VD/AS/ZHAO/I D/GP/FP 24/03/86 JPK/bn EOSG 3802 5031 OMNIPRESS LONDON � ENGLAND) • ______FOR JENSAM ah SECGEN 'S VISIT TO UK THANKS YOUR CABLE OF 19 MARCH . LETTERS OF tUNE ON THIS SUBJECT AT PRESENT EN ROU'.rB TO YOU BY POUCH . SHALL REVERT ASAP WITH PRECISE TIMES OF SECGEN 'S ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE UK. IN �NTIME SECGEN wiSHES YOU PROCE�D APACE TO ELABORATE , I¥ NECESSARY AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS , DETAI LS OF THE ENGAGBMENTS ENVISAGED FOR �HE PROGRAMH�. REGARDS DE SOTO JPK/bn cc : File : xref : b/f: VD/ ZHAO/ I D/GP/FP 20 March 1986 .. Dear Er ik , I am wr iting to let you know that the Secretary-General has seen the draft programme for his official visit to the United «ingdom wh ich you enclo�ed with your letter of 26 February . He ag rees that we should continue to plan on that basis and is apprec iative of the effor ts to keep the Organization 's financial outlay to a minimum . The Secretary-General wo uld of course be very pleased to meet with the Archbishop of ca nterbury at Lambe th Palace on the afternoon of Wednesday 14th May . Wh ile he would have no strong feelings on the ma tter of timing , my instinct prompts me to ag ree that it would be be st to envisage the meeting taking place pr ior to the unveiling ceremony at Church House . I am very much in agreement with your feeling that the cost of conveying the Secretary-General and his party to his engagements at Atlantic Co llege and subsequently at Ox ford University should be bo rne by his hosts in each case . Incidentally , I am sending you a separate letter in regard to the Atlantic Co llege . We shall , I trust, be in close touch as arrangements are firmed up. In the meantime , should you need clarification or guidance on any aspect of the programme , �lease do not hesi tate to contact me or Pa ul Kavanagh . With eyery good wish, You rs sincerely , Alvaro de Soto Special Assistant to the Secretary-General Mr . Er ik Jensen Director JPK/bn cc : Y' File : Trip UK xref: b/f : AS/ZHAO/I D/GP/FP 11 February 1986 ? � auJ: �n rJ�A, It was with pleeaure that I rece ived your le tt�r of 7 Febr uary conveyinq an invitation to pay a visit to the Un ited Kingdom la ter th is year as the guest of He r Majesty 's Government. In thanking you for th is invitation , may I add that I greatly look forward to visiting the United Kingdom again. Javier P&rez de Cuellar His Excellency Sir John Thomson , G.C.M.G. Permanent Representative of the Uni ted -¥1ngdom to the United Nations New York -�.,�-:: c�� .vL. ��; JJk �l UNITED KINGDOM Mlltl$.tt)� · TO THE UNITED NAnOMS ,., - 14' TBlllD AV ENUB NEW YOR, N.Y. 10022 Hi s Ex cellency Mr Javier P�r ez de Cu�llar • Secr eta\y-General Uni ted Nations NEW YORK NY 1001 7 :. On behal f of Her Maj es ty ' s Government I am happy to invite you to visit Br itain later this year as the auest of the Governmen t . Mr Jensen of the United Nat ions In format ion Centre is in touch wi th the Foreign� and Commonwealth Office in London about the details of the pr ogr amme and our own officials ar e in touch here . But I did w ant to let you have th is news myself . J A Th omson JPK/sm /ec : SG File : XRef : b/f : VD/EO/ZHAO/ID/GP/PP/IM Mr. Carl-Auquat Plaiacbhauer Udder-Secretary-General 7 Dec. 1984 The Leqal Counael Office of Legal Affaire Alvaro de Soto Special Assistant to the Secretary-Ge!Miral Executive Office of the Secretary-General f!!$•tag-Gentral '• epea)tinq eDCJ&q-.nt in EdiDburqh , Jan. 19 85 1. I should like to advi ae you that tbe Secretary-Gener al has accepted an invitation from the University of ·inburgh to occupy the Montague Bur ton Chair of InternatiDnal Relations for the Spr in9 term of 1985 and to discharge his sole reapgnsibility as incumbent by givin9 a statutory publ ic lectu re dur ing term. It baa been ag reed very recently w i th the University tha t the Secretary-General will deliver th i s lecture , in the general area of International Law , on Tuesday 22 January 1985. 2. It would be g rea tly appr eciated if you could have some thought given to the themes wh ich you feel the Secretary-General might tr e a t in th is lec ture , with a v iew to discussing the matter in the course of the next few days.