Department of State TELEGRAM

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AMEMBASSY KAB U USUN NEW YORK 51 7 AMEMBASSY PARIS TEHRAN 95 6 SUBJECT : NARCOTICS : NELSON GROSS VISIT TO

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FROM GROS S 1 . AS DEPA R TMENT AWARE I WAS NOT ABLE TO REACH KABUL IN VIE W I REMAIN ED T N ADVERSE WEATHER AND TRANSPORTAION CON D ITIONS . JALALABAD UNTIL ADVISED BY RESPONSIBLE AFGHAN OFFICIALS THAT I COULD NOT REACH KABUL FEB 13 . I THEN RETURNED BY CAR TO PESHAWA R WITH KABUL ESCORT OFFICER HELSETH AND THENCE VIA FIRST AVAILABL E FLIGHT TO TEHRAN FOR REGIONAL MEETING . . 2 SADULLAH ALSO ST R ANDE D : IN JABALABAD WAS MFA CHIEF OF PROTOCO L GHAUSSI . REALIZING THAT I WOULD NOT HAVE OPPORTUNITY FOR PLANNE D MINISTERIAL TALKS, I EMPHASIZED TO GHAUSSI DEEP INTEREST A ND CONCERN USG AND PRESIDENT NIXON RE INCREASING DRUG ABUS E PROBLEM . I ASKED GHAUSSI PASS TO RGA THRU FONMIN SHAF IQ FOLLOWI N G MESSAGE FROM PRESIDENT NIXON AND SECRETARY ROGERS : A) USG HOPES RGA WILL BE REPRESENTED AT GENEVA PLENIPOTENTIAR Y CONFERENCE IN MARCH TO AMEND SINGLE CONVENTION .

DECLASSIFIED PA/HO, Department of State E.O. 12958, as amended June 9, 2005

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(B.) USG ASKED FOR RGA SUPPORT OF PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO SINGL E CONVENTION AS STATED IN POTENTIAL CONSENSUS WHICH EMBASS Y KABUL HAD ALREADY PROVIDED TO MFA . C) USG URGES RGA JOIN AND PARTICIPATE IN CND AD HOC COMMITTE E ON ILLICIT TRAFFI C . D) AMB NEUMANN WILL SOON BE PRESENTING TO RGA PLAN FOR COOPARATIVE NARCOTICS CONTROL WHICH USG HOPES RGA WILL RECEIVE AN D CONSIDER FAVORABLY , PLAN INCLUDES PROPOSALS AIMED AT (I) INCREAS ING AFGHAN I S ENFORCEMENT CAPABILITIES . (2) IMPROVING AFGHA N CAPABILITY FOR INTELLIGENCE DATA COLLECTION IN REGA R D TO ILLICI T TRAFFIC . AND (3) SOME SUGGESTIONS WHICH EVENTUALLY WILL INVOLV E PLANS FOR CROP SUBSTITUTION FOR AFFECTED AFGHAN FARMERS IF RG A AGREES STOP ALL NARCOTIC PRODUCTION . 3.

GHAUSSI TOOK N OTES AND SAID HE WOULD INFORM FONMIN AS SOO N HE SAID HE COULD NOT, OF COURSE . AS HE COULD TRAVEL TO KABUL .

.RESPOND TO MY MESSAG E 4.

GHAUSSI THEN SAID HE "HAD HEARD" USG OFFERING MILLION DOLLARS TO STOP OPIUM PRODUCTION BUT THAT BELIEVING IT BEST . I OUT FOR 40 MILLION DOLLARS , MILLION FIGURE WAS FIRM AND ALREADY AGREED, BUT I

TURKEY 3 9 TURKS HOLDIN G TOLD GHAUSSI 3 5 EXPLAINED THA T

BULK THAT AMOUNT WAS TO MAKE Up FOR TURK LOSS FOREIGN EXCHANGE A S I HOPE THIS MAY FORESTAL L RESULT LOSS OF LEGAL EXPORT MARKET . EQUIVALENT QUID PRO QUO . GHAUSSI DID NO T AFGHAN EXPECTATIONS OF

RESPOND . . GP- 3 MACARTHUR

DECLASSIFIED PA/HO, Department of State E.O. 12958, as amended June 9, 2005