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D. COOPERATION IN HUMANITARIAN AND OTHER FIELDS.

	1. Human Contacts.

	2. Information.

	Actions taken by the US during the reporting period continued to stress our interest in implementation of the Basket III provisions on human contacts and information. During the November 1 - January 31 period we raised human contacts and information subjects, chosen with regard to the local situation, in all Eastern capitals The results were minod and modest at best, but there was some small progress. In several cases, these initiatives were reported to our Allies in NATO for their information and for possible use in taking actions parallel to ours; the Allies, in turn, conveyed their CSCE experiences to us.

	The Soviet Union evidently made basic policy decisions on CSCE implementation in late 1975 that resulted in certain limited positive developments and changed a few Soviet procedures in some Basket III areas, including family reunification and visits,








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