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DRAFT/AdeGraffenried/cg/2/25/76

MEMORANDUM
To

Ambassador

From

Adrian

Subject

DOTA/OMSN

This

have

matters,
were

for

inasmuch

negotiated

Commonwealth
Committee

Graffenried

intended

between

to bring

OMSN

the Northern

asked

that
as

I act

the

between

status

Williams

Liaison

is

arising

administration
You

de

memorandum

difficulties

F. Haydn

as your

and

negotiations.

Transition

was

has

undertaken

primary

especially

representative

some

as

and

for

liaison

regards

NMI

agreements

the _._SC during

In

formally

attention

separate

Islands.

concepts

U._.

on

DOTA,

Mariana

initial
the

and

to your

part,

the

adopted

by

the

report
the

on

transition
this

matter

course

of

the

Ad Hoc

of

U.S./MPSC

during

the

Round

IV.
DOTA
between

DOTA

coordinated
i.
stration

and
U.S.

DOTA
last
a.

although

the

OMSN

such

on

policy

undertook

this
on

responsibility
subject

this

was

matter.

to

chair

the

of

those

meetings

for

NMI

transition.

a key

requirement

However,

I note

COM/_SC

discussion

in
the

on

Liaison

assuring

following:

separate

admini-

fall;
No

memcon

a memorandum

b.

OMSN

was

COM/MPSC

only

by

was

has

yet

been

forwarded

to OMSN

promised;

able

to obtain

copy

direct

contact

with

the

of

the

final

agreement

representatives

of

the

between
MPSC

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direct

contact
c.

witR

OMSN

was

(an update

m_norandum

conclusion

of

attorneys

for

not

kept

abreast

was

sent

but

the meetings,

these
on

only

essentially

groups;

the

daily

status

directly

to you

blocking

any

of

and

OMSN

these

only

input

meetings

upon

final

into

the

NMI

was

discussions).
2.

The

initially
tations

Secretarial

drafted
with

the

on
COM

Order

for

September

5,

and

MPSC

separate
1975.

administration
DOTA

on October

redrafted

2, 1975

and

of
the

again

the
Order

after

on February

consul6,

1976.
a.

OMSN

was

no___!t
informed

b.

OMSN

was

assured

Secretarial
Report

of

3.
for

Order
September

DOTA

Friday,

4.

on

has

by

separate

DOTA

scheduled
27,

meetings

was

not

informed

b.

OMSN

has

not

been

matters.

OMSN

on

this
a.

draft

changes;

representatives

that

was

that

NMI

on

the

found

in

latest
the

draft

Coleman

had

Because
_mbject,

with

the

separate

administration

1975.

OMSN

tion

new

5, 1975.

February

has

the

administration

a.

OMSN

of

invited

to initiate
there
OMSN

has

has

officially;
to attend.

contact

with

been

advance

not

no

DOTA

on

all

separate

discussions

by

administra-

DOTA

with

had:

The

information

needed

to ask

b.

The

opportunity

to provide

c.

The

opportunity

to

any

questions

about

such

policy

discussions;

meetings.

.-,

obtain

input;and
the

results

of

policies

set

in

such

-B-

These

few

coordinated
these

effort

matters

reinstate

iasulatrative

the

with

should
DOTA

reciprocal

examples
be

and

seem

established.
some

flow

of

more

to indicate
I recommend

effective

information

and

channel
staff

that
that
be

a more
you

closely

discuss

established

support.

to