Draft speaking notes from the Sub-Directorate for the Levant in the French Foreign Ministry on the issues surrounding the situation in the Middle East (Paris, 24 February 1972)
Text On 24 February 1972, the Sub-Directorate for the Levant in the French Foreign Ministry draws up draft speaking notes for the ministerial meeting of the Council of Western European Union (WEU) due to be held on 3 March 1972 in Bonn to discuss the issues surrounding the Middle East. It provides details of the situation in each country in the region. Concerning the Arab-Israeli conflict, given the deadlock in the negotiations led by Jarring (the United Nations Special Envoy), the ministry proposes that the four powers on the Security Council (the United States, the USSR, France and the United Kingdom) should put aside their rivalries and work together to use their authority to find a political solution to the problem.
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Source: Ministère des Affaires étrangères. Direction des Affaires Politiques, Afrique du Nord et Levant. Sous-direction du Levant. Projet d'intervention sur le Proche-Orient (UEO): Paris, le 24 février 1972. 7 p.
Ministère des Affaires étrangères. Centre des Archives diplomatiques de Nantes. Archives rapatriées de l'ambassade de France à Londres. Série «Union de l'Europe occidentale (UEO)». 1953-1992 (2002). 378PO/UEO/1-389. Numéro 31. Cote UEO.1.2.Bonn. Réunion ministérielle 3 mars 1972. 1970-1974.
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