AGREEMENT OF NASIR AND TITO TO HOLD CONFERENCE TO COUNTER EFFECTS OF MARKET

Created: 2/22/1962

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I. YUGOSLAV PRESIDENT TITO ANO UAR PRESIDENTL NASIR HAVE AGREED DURING CURRENT TITO VISIT HERE TOEETING OF CHIEFS OF STATES WHICH ARE NOT MEMBERS OF ANY FORMAL ECONOMIC OR COMMERCIAL ALIGNMENT TO PLAN CLOSER ECONOMIC COOPERATION.

S FIRST STEP, YUGOSLAV AND UAR DIPLOMATS WILL BE INSTRUCTED TO "SELL"EETING TO THEIR HOST GOVERNMENTS, WARNING THAT EUROPEAN TRADE ALIGNMENTS ESPECIALLYHREAT TO THE NON-ALIGNED.

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WORK OUT TECHNICAL DETAILSOOPERATIVE EFFORT ANO BLUE PRINT ACTUAL TRADE AND AID AGREEMENTS AMONG THE NON-ALIGNED.

14. FINAL ACTION ON THE EXPERTS PROGRAM WOULD THEN BE THE SUBJECTUMMIT MEETING OF ALL PARTICIPATING NATIONS.

5. TITO, IN PUSHING PROPOSAL, WHICH HE INITIATED,FELT JAPAN MIGHT BE INCLUOED SINCE ITEMBER OF ANYAGREEMENT. OTHER NATIONS SPECIFICALLY MENTIONEDWHICH ATTENDED NON-ALIGNED MEETING LAST YEAR INWAS TITO SAID COMMUNIST CHINA ANO SOME

Of ITS SOUTH ASIAN FRIENDS SHOULD BE EXCLUDED BECAUSE CHINA ACTUALLY DOMINATES TRADE IN THAT AREA.

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COMMENT: TITO IS GREATLY CONCERNED OVER EUROPEAN

COMMON MARKET DEVELOPMENTS WHICH HE FEELS ARE ALREADY AFFECTING YUGOSLAVIA^ FOREIGN TRADE. HE BELIEVES HE SUCCEEOED IN CONVINCING SUDANESE OFFICIALS THAT THESE GROUPINGS ALSOHREAT TO SUDAN, AND THAT HIS TRIP TO SUDAN WAS "MOST PRODUCTIVE COMMERCIALLY".

7. FIELD OISSEM. STATE ARMY NAVY AIR CINCNELM CINCSOUTH (PERSONAL).

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