Phase IV of the Madrid CSCE Review Meeting

Dante B. Fascell chaired this hearing, which was held to report on the previous phase of the Madrid meeting of the CSCE, as well as to assess the prospects for the next phase of that meeting. Phase IV of the Madrid Meeting culminated in acrimony and disagreement, stemming from Poland's imposition of martial law and associated regression in the country. The U.S. and its NATO allies used the Madrid meeting to draw attention to this violation of the Helsinki Final Act and other Soviet infractions.

Also in attendance were Commissioners Robert Dole, Jonathan B. Bingham, and Millicent Fenwick, and witnesses Lawrence Eagleburger, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs; Ambassador Max M. Kampelman, Chairman of the U.S. Delegation to the CSCE Review Meeting in Madrid; and Stephen Palmer, with the State Department.