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HAITI VOTE ON COSTA RICAN RESOLUTION
Oct. 16, 1978, midnight
1. AMBASSADOR REVIEWED POINTS REFTELS WITH FOREIGN SECRETARY BRUTUS WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO POSSIBLE MAJORITY VOIT FOR COSTA RICAN RESOLUTION. 2. BRUTUS REPLIED THAT GOH HAD NOT YET REACHED DECISION ON VOTE AND THAT HE EXPECTED TO BE IN TOUCH WITH AMBASSADOR SALOMON MONDAY, 16 OCTOBER. IN PRINCIPLE, HE BELIEVED NO VOTE WOULD BE PROPER UNLESS IT REPROACHED BOTH PARTIES. HAITI DID NOT SANCTION OVERFLIGHT OF NICARAGUAN AIR FORCE, EVEN THOUGH ONE COULD ARGUE "RIGHT OF HOT PURSUIT". HOWEVER HAITI DID SYMPATHIZE WITH NICARAGUAN CONCERN OVER CONSTA RICAN HARBORING OF SANDINISTAS; HAITI WAS SUBJECTED TO SIMILAR PROBLEMS IN THE 1960'S WHEN HAITIAN OPPENTS OF PRESIDENT FRANCOIS DUVALIER USED DOMINICAN REPUBLIC AS SANCTUARY. 3. BRUTUS THEN TURNED TO QUESTION OF ACTUAL VOTING.HE EXPRESSED INTEREST IN THE MAKEUP OF PROBABLE MAJORITY FOR COSTA RICAN RESOLUTION, AND ASKED PARTICULARLY ABOUT BRAZIL'S POSITION. 4. COMMENT: MOST IMPORTANT FACTOR IN GOH DECISION ON VOTE CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 PORT A 04275 160248Z WILL BE SIZE AND COMPOSITION OF MAJORITY FOR COSTA RICAN RESOLUTION. GOH WILL WISH TO AVOID ISOLATION AND THIS WILL BE THE MOST TELLING ARGUMENT TO MAKE TO HAITIAN REPRESENTATIVE AT OAS MEETING. SINCE AMBASSADOR SALOMON WILL BE MAKING SPEECH IN ATLANTA ON 16TH, RAYMOND MATHIEU WILL REPRESENT GOH AT MEETING. WE SUGGEST USOAS MAKE EARLY CONTACT WITH MATHIEU TO REINFORCE ARGUMENTS REFTELS WITH PARTICULAR STRESS ON PROBABLE Sheryl P. Walter Declassified/Released US Department of State EO Systematic Review 20 Mar 2014 Sheryl P. Walter Declassified/Released US Department of State EO Systematic Review 20 Mar 2014 MAJORITY VOTE FOR COSTA RICAN RESOLUTION. JONES CONFIDENTIAL NNN Sheryl P. Walter Declassified/Released US Department of State EO Systematic Review 20 Mar 2014 Sheryl P. Walter Declassified/Released US Department of State EO Systematic Review 20 Mar 2014