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TO IMMEDIATE UKMIS NEW YORK TELNO 1225 OF 1 DECEM.BER,
YOUR TF.LNOS, 2241 AND 2242 AND TELECON HANNAY/STYCHE •
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1. WE REMAIN FIRMLY OPPOSED TO A GRENADA RESOLUTION ON UFOS, WE
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DO NOT CONSIDER SUCH OPPOSITION LIKELY TO BE DAMAGING EITHER TO
THE UK OR TO THE UN. YOU SHOULD, THEREFORE, MAKE NO ATTENPT .TO
CONCEAL THE UK'S INTENTION OF VOTING AGAINST ANY RESOLUTION
CONTAINING AN OPERATIONAL OUTCOME, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER OR NOT
THIS LEAVES US IN A t-11NORITY.
2. IF THE GRErJADANS CAN BE PERSUADED TP ABANOON THEIR RESOLUTION
~E TliiNK THAT REFERRAL OF THEIR UFO IN1EREST TO THE COMMlTT~C JH
CllfER SPACE WOULD PROVIDE THE BEST FACE SAVING DEVICE. THIS
(;011~·11 T I"EE 1S M=TER AL~ THE ESTABLISHED UN OODY DEALING. ~II TH OUTER
SP~CE M~TTERS. WE UNDERSTAND THE AUSTRIAN CHAIRMAN'S ANXIETIES
DUT TH l NK THAT l N VIE\~ OF THE COi"IN I TTEE' S EXISTING WORI< LOAD,.. .
THIS ITSELF SHOULD BE A REASONABLE GUARANTEE THAT THE UFO ISSUE
\~ULD EE PLACED AT THE BOTTOM OF ITS AGENDA WITH ,A FAIR CHANCE
OF BEING IGNORED INDEFINITELY.
3. HE ARE LESS ATTRACTED TO THE SUGGEST! ON IN PARAG·RAPH 6 OF
TELNO. 2241. IT HAS THE DISADVANTAGE THAT ONCE THE UFO ISSUE
WAS INSCRIBED AS AN AGEND( ITEM· FOR THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY IT WOULD
BE THERE IN BLACK AND WHITE AND \vE COULD NOT REPEAT NOT BE CERTAI.N
THAT COi'TI NUJ NG PRESSURE FROM GRENADA, PERHAPS \~I TH THE SUPPORT
OF OTHER DELEG.ATIONS, W.QU~D.NOT LEAD TO IT$ DISCUSSION EITHER .AT
THE 33RD OR 34TH SESSION OF T~E GENERAL ASSEMBLY,
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