210. Memorandum for the Record1
Washington, March 14, 1979
The attached reflects an oral expression of opinion by Secretary
Vance in a discussion2 at the Cairo airport on March 13, 1979, with
President Carter, President
Sadat and Prime Minister
Khalil.
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Attachment
Letter From Secretary of State Vance to Egyptian Prime
Minister Khalil3
Washington, undated
Dear Mustafa:
I am writing this to follow up our discussions on March 13 at the
Cairo airport concerning the Agreed Minutes to Articles VI (2) and
VI (5) of the Treaty of Peace. Those Agreed Minutes are as follows:
Quote:
ARTICLE VI (2)
The provisions of Article VI shall not be construed in contradiction
to the provisions of the Framework for Peace in the Middle East
Agreed at Camp David. The foregoing is not to be construed as
contravening the provisions of Article VI (2) of the Treaty, which
reads as follows:
The Parties undertake to fulfill in good faith their obligations
under this Treaty, without regard to action or inaction of any other
party and independently of any instrument external to this
Treaty.
ARTICLE VI (5)
It is agreed by the Parties that there is no assertion that this
Treaty prevails over other treaties or agreements or that other
treaties or agreements prevail over this Treaty. The foregoing is
not to be construed as contravening the provisions of Article VI (5)
of the Treaty, which reads as follows:
Subject to Article 103 of the United Nations Charter, in the event of
a conflict between the obligations of the Parties under the present
Treaty and any of their other obligations, the obligations under
this Treaty will be binding and implemented. Unquote.
This will confirm that in my opinion these Agreed Minutes to Articles
VI (2) and VI (5) are interpretations of those Articles.
Sincerely yours,
