https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/f03be5ce45223c77177ee59bfca96763.pdf 9e255166ce6b434cf1539365230eeb56 PDF Text Text Document disclosed underthe AccesstoJ«formati taprformaticm Act Document djvulgue e i v$mi Qelaloisur •ifacfes IfaacesaaI'in I'ii prtnatjon • rl . y ; sr I'M. i! •M asjSARMDELGNEVA MAR4/66 CONFDiji f TO EXTERNAL 97 PRIORITY 4f'#-<•*-I '"INFO WASHDC LDN ^NATOPARIS EMBPARIS PERMISNY BONN ROME '• ••""'./• . (. ';tT CANFORCEHED<DLRP)DE OTT "h P ... B^G MCOW DE LDN "<;• "REF NATO TEL 44 U MAR2 DISARMAMENT8USA VIEWS. ON COMPREHENSIVE TEST BAN ; DURINOEMY DISCUSSION WITH PALFREf OF A£C<SE£ MYTEL 9$ MAR4)HE~ ' DISCUSSED FRANKLY CURRENT USA POSITION'REGARDING CESSATION OF 'if] 4 : •- ••• ,UNDERGROUND TESTING UNDERSCORING -MANY OF POINTS RECORDED IN REFTEL* 2.PALFREY CONFIRMED STATEMENT 0F(| OFFICIAL. USA POSITION ON CTB IN REFTEL,TE THAT ON BALANCE USA WAg SATISFIED; THAT CESSATION OF -UNDERGROUND TESTING WOULD BE TOvHTS ADVANTAGE I F CTB WERE ACCOMPANIED BY, ADEQUATE VERIFICATION.ADEQUATE VERIFICATION MEANT SOME ON-SITE '.: "INSPECTIONS,HOWEVER,AND PALFREY,, 6pULD SEE NO RPT NO REASON TO •EXPECT THAT USA POSITION ON THI^ 'ISSUE WOULD CHANGE IN FORESEEABLE •>•••>.••' EFJJTURE. • .'\x • •< •;,' - ; • . ' '. r -3VwHILE USA OFFICIALLY FAVOURED .CTB,SITUATION'WAS CONSTANTLY UNDER . i.REVIEW AND SHIFT IN BALANCE WAS ALWAYS POSSIBLE.THIS WAS PARTICULAR: .L;Y TRUE AT MOMENT IN VIEW OF ABM--ISSUE. AS LONG AS NO RPT NO PROGRESS bO&TEST BAN AGREEMENT APPEARED LIKELY BECAUSE OF SOVIET REFUSAL TO ACCEPT INSPECT I ONS, THE RE WAS NO RPT NO REQUIREMENT TO REASSESS THIS USA POSIT ION.PALFREY AGREED,HOWEVER,THAT IF RUSSIANS WERE SUDDENLY TO ACCEPT INSPECTIONS,USA WOULD HAVE TO CONDUCT RAPID, AGONIZING REAPPRAISAL,AND IT.WAS NOT RPT SOT CERTAIN THAT IN FINAL ANALYSIS CESSATION OF UNDERGROUND TESTING WOULD BE ACCEPTED.HE WENT 000020 �•-•' . yy '• ••.„,-* l - :-PA^TWQ 97 *• Document disclosed underthe Access to Information ActDocument divulgue en vertu de la Loi sur I'acces a I'information ' ' ".' .. ON TO SAY.IT HAD BEEN DECIDED J N WASHDC THAT NO RPT NO DECISION FOR OR AGAINST DEVELOPMENT OF* ABM SYSTEM WOULD BE MADE IN IMMED _: FUTURE .THIS MEANT IN EFFECT THAT OfTlON TO CONTINUE TESTING WOULD Er-HA.VE. TO'BE KEPT OpgfUX POINTED OUT THERE WAS INCREASING PRESSURE y.'KERE.FOR CONCLUSION OF CTB BOTH BECAUSE OF ITS INTRINSIC MERITS ..AND AS QUID PRO QUO FOR NON-PROLIFERATION AGREEMENT.AT SAME TIME • .THERE EWAS GROWING D I S INCL I NAT I ON PARTICULARLY AMONG NQN*ALIGNED, , TO ACCEPT USA-ARGUMENTS FOR NECESSITY OF ON-SITE INSPECTIONS IF , PRESENT TREND CONTINUED,USA COULD BE PUT IN INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT POSITION. ON THIS ISSUE* .4.PALFREY ACKNOWLEDGED PROBLEM AND ADMITTED THAT IF NON-ALIGNED ' AND SOCIALIST COUNTRIES WERE TO AMOUNT INTENSIVE CAMPAIGN FOR .. CONCLUSION OF COMPREHENSIVE TEST BAN AGREEMENT,USA WOULD BE HARD - P U T TO RESIST SOME KIND OF.* MOVEMENT. IN SUCH CIRCUMSTANCES, HE •••SUGGESTED USA MIGHT FIND, IT < NECESSARY TO RE-EVALUATE THRESHOLD PROPOSAL.USA HAD NO RPT NO ENTHUSIASM FOR THIS IDEA BUf IT. WAS CONCEIVABLE THAT AT SOME STAGE IT MIGHT BE CONSIDERED LEAST OBJECTIONABLE OF T¥0. UNPALATABLE COURSES OF ACTION* ,- ^PALFREY EXPLAINED THAT USA OBJECTED TO THRESHOLD CONCEPT BECAUSE ' 'IT'. WOULD NOT RPT NOT SERIOUSLY INHIBIT UNDERGROUND TESTING PROGRAMMES y ''CF USA AND USSR BUT MIGHT GIVE RISE TO ACRIMONIOUS EXCHANGES., '•". FIGURE ,.OF"4.75 REFERRED TO SEISMIC SIGNAL AND WOULD NOT RPT NOT •.NECESSARILY BEAR DIRECT RELATION TO. SIZE OF EXPLOSION INVOLVED.FOR AN.Y GIVEN EX PL OS I ON, SEISMIC. SIGNAL COULD VARY DEPENDEING ON GEOLOGY ',' : -OF TEST SITE AND LOCATION OF RECORDING INSTRUMENTS. ITS A AND USSR 000021 �, _ . . ._•'•' PAGE THREE - • Document disclosed underthe Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi sur I'acces a/'information 97 COM''CARRY OUT SERIES OF USEFUL TESTS UNDER THRESHOLD BUT WOULD y OCCASIONALLY WANT TO CONDUCT LARGER TEST FOR VERIFICATION PURPOSES, r,SIGNAL FROM THIS LARGER TEST WOULD PROBABLY EXCEED 4 . 7 5 BUT TEST- y*- v ING COUNTRY COULD INSIST THAT EVENT RECORDED WAS EARTHQUAKE AND " " T H I S COULD NOT RPT NOT BE DISPROVED BY SEISMIC WE ANS.RESULTING ':>-%*y-UNCERTAINTY COULD LEAD TO SUSPICIONS OF CHEAtING AND EVENTUAL E - BREAKDOWN OF AGREEMENT. '•.•*-™.'. '•X- '' / ' '.'fr ''•'•• " s l l N F O ON USA P O S I T I O N •yyy*- y . • • REGARDING - UNDERGROUND TESTS-AS OUTLINED IN •• r^EREFTEL AND BY PALFREY HAS HELPED CONFIRM GROWING FEELING I HAVE ; ; - y HAD RECENTLY THAT TIME HAS COME TO RE-EXAMINE OUR. OWN STAND ON ^yTHiS ISSUE IN VIEW OF. PRESENT AND FORESEEABLE DEVELOPMENTS.! WILL • ,7 DISCUSS MATTER WITH CORNETT DURING HIS VISIT. HERE, FOLLOWING WHICH" I MOPE T.O-SET OUT THE CONSIDERATIONS AS I SEE THEM FOR,YOUR . "REACTION y 7. BURNS*••*•••••• 000022 TT � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context CDBM00006 Title A name given to the resource DisarmDelGeneva to External 97 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 3/4/1966 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived RG25-A-3-c, file 27-11-7, "DEFENCE - CONVENTIONAL AND NUCLEAR ARMAMENTS - ANTI - BALLISTIC MISSILES (ABM) = DEFENSE - ARMEMENTS DE TYPE CLASSIQUE ET NUCLEAIRE - ENGINS ANTIMISSILES (ABM)," vol. 10357, part 1, Library and Archives Canada, (LAC). 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