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1. How to react to further proposals by Grenada, following up their
1977 initiative on UFOs.
2. At last year's General Assembly Premier Gairy of Grenada urged the
United Nations to establish an agency or working group for research
A into unidentified flying objects. Mr Luard expressed the view that
the proposal would bring the UN into disrepute. Accordingly, the UK'
.delegation was instructed to oppose:the draft Grenadan resolution. In
the event, no vote was taken on the resolution; as a compromise, the
General Assembly "studied the text" and requested the Secretary-Gener~~
to transmit it to state members of the UN and to interested specialised
agencies so that they might communicate their views to the Secretary-
General.
B 3. The Secretary-General's subsequent report contained only thre~ replit
from Governments, (Ind~a, Luxembourg and the Seychelles) pnd unforth-
coming reactions from two specialised agencies.
C 4. The Permanent Mission of Grenada circulated a letter to Permanent
Missions in New York on 10 November, which was followed up by a statement
to the Special Political Committee on 27 November by the Prime Minister
D of Gr~nada, who complicated matters by introducing a new resolution inst£
E of the one previously circulated. Subsequent developments are reported
in UKMIS telno 2566 of 27 November.
F 5. The brief for this item is at flag F.
6~ The Grenadan initiative continues to hold no attr~ctions whatsoever
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