The Kissinger transcripts

A transcript from the state department and George Washington University concerning the famous Conference on the Security and Cooperation in Europe of the mid seventies in which Malta was a protagonist:

This is the transcript of a conversation between Kissinger ( US Secretary of
State) and Gromyko (Foreign Minister of the Soviet Union) in Geneva on 10 July
1975. When they met, the CSCE had nearly finished its work and U.S., Canadian,
and European foreign ministers were working out the details. The basic problems
were to reach agreement Geneva on the CSCE's "Final Act" and to set a date for
an all-European summit in Helsinki. The conference had completed work on the
fundamentals of the Final Act: Basket I on basic principles, including language
on human rights, non-intervention, and borders (inviolability and peaceful
change) and arrangements for such confidence building measures as notification
of major military exercises, Basket II on economic cooperation, and Basket III
on humanitarian cooperation (family reunification, free dissemination of
information). Yet, the delegation from Malta would not join the 34 others and
approve the text, in part because it wanted changes in the language on
cooperation between the CSCE and non-participating Mediterranean countries.
Finally, a deal was cobbled to win Malta's support, yet the island's prime
minister, Dominic Mintoff, could not be reached. On July 10, as the "Malta
crisis" was unfolding, Gromyko, Kissinger and their advisers held a late
afternoon meeting at the Soviet mission in Geneva. The talks convey the
irritation caused by the Maltese but also the humor with which the superpower
diplomats handled the problem.

Transcript of Kissinger - Gromyko conversation about Dom Mintoff and Malta