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CCwlDENTlAL i= U f t S H CYPHER/CAT A FA WASHINGTON 1318202 CONFIDENTIAL TO F L A S H FCO TEL NO 2410 OF 13 JULY INFO F L A S H UKMIS NEW YORK9 UKMIS TEL NO 109^10 FCO. SECURITY COUNCIL! HIJACKING, 1 . I WOULD SUPPORT THIS RECOMMENDATION. YOU WILL RECALL THAT, WEN KISSINGER FIRST DISCUSSED THE RESPECTIVE U.K. AND U.S. REACTiONS WITH YOU ON 7 JULY, HE APPEALED FOR OUR SUPPORT IN DEFEATING ANY CONDEMHATORY RESOLUTION AGAINST THE ISRAELI ACTION - AND CONTRASTED THIS REQUEST WITH HIS ACCEPTANCE OF OUR ABSTENTION ON THE P.L.O. RESOLUTION AT THE BEGINNING-OF THE YEAR. 2. WHEN I SAW KISSINGER AT THE WEEKEND, HE ASKED WHAT OUR APPROACH WOULD BE. I SAID I THOUGHT THE EPISODE OVER MRS BLOCH WOULD MOV/ INCLINE US TO ALIGN OURSELVES WITH THE AMERICAN POSITION MORE CLOSELY THAN MIGHT OTHERWISE HAVE BEEN THE CASE. RAMSBOTHAM T O M O IQ ZJ> O W N \ IS» <\ • •$ T «. £ £ . T I E_ ft N E. r4 ft'- C0NF10ENTIAL