https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/e3535b51fd5f540bda20f40855ae6e8b.pdf 8047375391ba3a33aef4968f91709397 PDF Text Text Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la {&' sur I'acces a I'information ORIGINAL AS IS ^ - ^ V~/ X'XXTFM DISARMDELQVA APR29V66 CONFD TO EXTERNL 191 PRIORITY INFO LDN NATOPARIS EMBPARIS BONN ROME PERMISNY TANDC OTT TT STKHM DE HAGUE REF YOURTEL 1246 APR27 DISARMAMENT--NUCLEAR TEST DETECTION ( ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ WE HAD OPPORTUNITY YESTERDAY TO ASK DEPALMA ABOUT PURPOSES OF PROPOSED VISIT TO OTT OF USA GROUP WHICH HAS INDICATED DESIRE TO DISCUSS NUCLEAR TEST DETECTION.IN DOING THIS WE HAD IN MIND THAT LAST SUMMER WHEN SIMILAR GROUP,INCLUDING TIM3ERLAKE AND BARBER, VISITED SCANDINAVIA THEY APPEARED INTERESTED IN ESTABLISHMENT OF NETWORK OF LASA TYPE INSTALLATIONS,THIS IDEA,WHICH SEEMS TO HAVE RECEDED IN RECENT MONTHS^VAS ONE WHICH APPEARED TO HAVE SUBSTANTIAL POLITICAL DRAWBACKS AND WE WONDERED WHETHER THERE MIGHT BE SOME ATTEMPT TO REVIVE IT IN ONE FORM OR ANOTHER ON EVE OF NDC MTG IN STKHM* 2*DEPALMA SAID USA VOULD STILL BE INTERESTED IN LASA TYPE NETWORK I F IT WAS FEASIBLE BUT THERE WAS NOW GREATER AWARENESS OF TECHNICAL, FINANCIAL AS WELL AS POLITICAL PROBLEMS INV0LVED*3ECAUSE OF THIS. THEIR PRIMARY INTEREST FOR MOMENT WAS TO TRY TO ENSURE THAT ANY COURSE OF ACTION DECIDED ON IN STKHM WOULD PRODUCE TECHNICAL RESULTS COMPATIBLE WITH NEW ARRAY IN MONTANA AND OTHERS LIKE IT WHICH MIGHT SUBSEQUENTLY BE CONSTRUCTED*IF PROPOSED NUCLEAR DETECTION CLUB WAS TO HAVE ANY SCIENTIFIC VALUE FOR USA DATA IT PRODUCED WOULD HAVE TO BE SUITABLE FOR ASSIMILATION WITH THAT OBTAINED FROM LASA INSTALLAI cc 2 000044 �Document disclosed under the Access to information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la Lot sur I'acces a ('information ORIGINAL AS IS PAGE TWO 191 CONFD TIONS*DEPALMA SUGGESTED THEREFORE THAT DISCUSSIONS IN OTT NEXT WEEK WOULD BE PRIMARILY OF TECHNICAL NATURE AND WE WILL BE INTERESTED TO HEAR FROM YOU WHETHER IN FACT THIS I S CASE. 3 . I N COURSE OF CONVERSATION WE ASKED DEPALMA WHETHER USA REALLY WANTED COMPREHENSIVE TEST BAN*HE REPLIED FRANKLY QUOTE NOT RPT NOT NOW PROBABLY LATER UNQUOTE*HE THEN WENT ON TO SAY HOWEVER THAT IF USSR SHOULD SUDDENLY ACCEPT ON-SITE INSPECTIONS USA VOULD PROBABLY FIND IT IMPOSSIBLE NOT RPT NOT TO CONCLUDE COMPREHENSIVE TEST BAN IMMEDLY*ASSUMING THAT CURRENT USA DIFFICULTIES WITH COMPREHENSIVE TEST BAN WERE RELATED TO DEVELOPMENT OF ABM SYSTEM WE ASKED DEPALMA WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN IN COURSE OF TWELVE MONTH PERIOD WHICH WOULD MAKE IT EASIER FOR USA TO SIGN A COMPREHENSIVE TEST BAN TREATY THAN IT WAS NOW.IT SEEMED TO US THAT EVEN IF NO RPT NO DECISION TO PROCEED WITH DEVELOPMENT OF ABM SYSTEM WAS MADE THERE WOULD BE CONTINUING DESIRE TO KEEP OPEN SUCH POSSIBILITY FOR INDEFINITE FUTURE.DEPALMA ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THIS WAS CORRECT TO SOME EXTENT BUT SAID INTEREST AND PRESSURE FOR SOMETHING LIKE ABM SYSTEM TENDED TO GO IN CYCLES. MATTER WAS UNDER INTENSIVE CONSIDERATION AT MOMENT BUT A YEAR FROM NOW PRESSURE MIGHT WELL BE CONSIDERABLY DIMINISHED. 4.DEPALMA WENT ON TO SAY THAT EVEN IF PRESSURE FOR ABM SYSTEM SHOULD BE REDUCED IN FUTURE.USA DISARMAMENT OFFICIALS WOULD STILL HAVE DIFFICULT TASK TO OVERCOME OBJECTIONS TO COMPREHENSIVE TEST BAN IN CERTAIN ELEMENTS OF USA ADMIN.ONE OF THEIR MAJOR WEAPONS IN THIS FIGHT WOULD BE ABILITY TO DEMONSTRATE GROWING USA CAPABILITYCBASED « ..3 000045 �Document disclosed under the Accem to information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la LoiMur I'acces a i'information PAGE THREE 191 CONFD ON ITS OWN FACILITIES PLUS ANY OTHERS IT COULD DRAW ONHO DETECT AND IDENTIFY UNDERGROUND NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS*IT WAS NOT RPT NOT EXPECTED THAT 100 PERCENT ASSURANCE WOULD EVER BE ACHIEVED BUT SMALLER THE MARGIN OF DOUBT GREATER POSSIBILITY THERE WOULD BE OF POLITICAL CON* SIDERATIONS IN FAVOUR OF COMPREHENSIVE TEST BAN TIPPING BALANCE*IN PREPARATION FOR MORE FAVOURABLE CLIMATE ON THIS SUBJECT,USA WAS INTERESTED IN CREATION OF FURTHER LASA TYPE INSTALLATIONS AND WAS SEEKING AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE TECHNICAL AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE IN SITUATIONS WHERE THIS WOULD SEEM APPROPRIATE AND DESIRABLESOR SAME REASON USA HAD CONTINUING INTEREST IN NUCLEAR DETECTION CLUB CONCEPT PARTICULARLY IF THERE COULD BE SOME ASSURANCE THAT SCIENTIFIC DATA PRODUCED BY CLUB WOULD BE TECHNICALLY COMPATIBLE WITH THAT WHICH USA WOULD HAVE AVAILABLE FROM LASA SOURCES BURNS 0 8 0 000046 � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. 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