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I HAVE DISCUSSED THE DRAFT TEXT WITH HAIG. IN GENERAL HE THINKS IT IS FIRST CLASS. HE IS FULL CF ADMIRATION FOR THE DIPLOMATIC STANCE WE ARE NOW TAKING.

HE DOES NOT AT ALL WANT TO ENCOLIAGE OTHER PEOPLE WHO SHOW SIGNS OF BEING RATTLED. IN PARTICULAR HE mEN— TIONED GENSCHERWO TELEPHONED AFTER HIS STOpOVER AT NORTHOLT. GENSCHERSUGGESTEDTO HAIG THAT HMG SHOULD COME OUT WITH A UNILAT— ERAL CEASEFIRE Pr:OPOSAL, HAIG SAID HE HAD DISCOURAGED THIS, EypHA— SISING THE NEED FOR FULL SOLIDARITY WITH uS AT THE PRESENT JUNCTURE. 2, HAIG HAD A NUmBER OF SPECIFIC

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V‘fi%Y,, uST c) pAt?AC: HAIG 'OULDL THAT VE DID IH TAcT THE Llf,TftC OE EC,OW:;NIC THIS DID NAKE EV7Iir.7!T„ I AS'HUD HIm T.11:; HAD pEEN c..)INTENTION, IN INF FAmE PAi;i21 HAi 1-%SE.' THAT S.USTITUTECWOTECONI UNQUOTEr01:QuOTE A5HCJD TIO.OTE(ACIN I 1HINK HE HAS THL ARGENTINIANft7EORITY CTC1PLEX PAA 12: SAIO ','!OULD FAVO02 ANLIINTESTS UNG.U07E PISTAP ;-7(7,1,0TE ISHESMMT31E. AT THE END OF THE PAACAPH HE WE ADD QUOTE IMi'ORTANT UNQUOTErEFOREcNCTEi ROLE UNcAjOTE. r) PARA 15: INSTEADOF QUOTE UNREIATEDUNQUOTEHAIG SUGGESTSUOTE AMBIGrUSLY RELATE:1 UNQUOTE. j PARA 16: HAIG THINKSTHE INSERTIONOF (UOTEOWN VIGOROUS UNQUOTEIS UNNECESSARILY SEIF CHEST BEATING. IN THE SANE PARACAPH HAIG DiSLINESBEING LINKEDWITH THE SECRETARYGENERALBY THE CONJUNCTIONQUOTEAND UNQUOTE(HE HAS A LOw OPINIONOF PEREZBE CUELLA).HE OULD THEREFO17E LIKE QUOTE AS WELL AS THOSZOF UNQUOTESUBSTITUTED FOR QUOTEANI.; UNQUOTE. 1) PAIL;A 17: INSTEADOI-7 QUOTE SOvE IDEASUNQUOTEHAIG SUGGESTS QUOTE SIMILARIDEASUNQUOTE. 3, IN MAKINGTHESE SUGGESTIONS HAIG EvPHASISEDTHAT NONE OF THEM IS ESSENTIAL.HE REPEATEDHOW EXCELLENTHE THOUGHT00 APPROACH WAS. TOrOR0W mORNINGHE WILL CALL IN THE NEW YORKTWES, THE 'WASHINGTON POST,THE Tpr-'.EE MAJORTV NETVORKSAND THE ,:rEEKLY MAGAZINESTO GIVE THEM A RUN DOWN OF THE WAY THE NEGOTIATIONS HAVE GONE AND ON WHERETHE RESPONSIBILITY.FTHE OR MSENT IMPASSE LIES, k HAIG HENTIONEDTH,I,T HZ LIJ,D ASKED THE CANADIANPDREIGNMINISTER

TO EE REALISTICABOUTTHE APPROACHHE HAD RECEIVEDFROM LIMA AND TO FINDOUT WHETHERTHE ARGENTINIANS WERE 3ERIOUS. 5, FINALLYHAI SAID PE HAD JUST HAD TWO INDIRECTNFSSACESFO THE ARENTINIANS IUNCATINOTHAT TI-EYWERE RECONSITLRINC THEIR PLACE IN HISTORY,(I SUGGESTTHIS FE TAKEN 1.1TH A LO.:k!) OF SALT). HENDERSON