https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/ade4b49df343d4e6b09979874407f2c0.pdf 858461caa345bc3864f85cb6bfe29946 PDF Text Text FM OECDP ARIS SEP 1 5 / S6 C ONFD Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi sur I'acces a I'information TO EXTERNL 1 9 4 2 PRIORITY B i # PRIORITY ' BEST ORIGINAL AVAILABLE MEILLEUR ORIGINAL INFO WASHDC PERMISNY LDN BRU HAGUE DISARMDELGVA ROME EMBPARIS PRIORITY 17-//-7 TT CANFORCEHED PRIORITY DE OTT , BAG OSLO COPEN DE PARIS MCOW BGRAD WSAW PRGUE DE LDN *"" \%'li ~WbTH REF OURTEL 1 9 3 7 SEP 1 4 PAC MTG WITH DIS ARMEMENT EXPERTS-ABM SECOND DAY OF MTGCSEP14 >WAS DB/OTED TO ABM QUESTION WITH MORNING TAKEN UP BY DISCUSSION OF TECHNICAL ASPECTS AND AFTERNOON BY POLITICAL CONSIDERATIONS-PARTICULARLY RELATIONSHIP TO ARMS CONTROL PROPOSALS. AMONG POINTS WORTH NOTING WERE FOLLOWING: CA)BY 1 9 7 1 OR ANYTIME THEREAFTER USA COULD DEPLOY EFFICIENT APM SYSTEM BUT AT PRESENT TIME HAD NO RPT MO PLANS TO CARRY MATTER BEYOND RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT STAGE. AGAINST RELATIVELY UNSOPHISTICATED THREAT THAT MIGHT BE POSED BY CHINA IN FORSEEABLE FUTURE SYSTEM COULD PROVIDE CLOSE TO ONE HUNDRED PERCENT EFFECTIVENESS BUT IT COULD NOT RPT NOT PREVENT UNACCEPTABLE LOSSES AGAINST SOPHISTICATED TYPE OF THREAT WHICH MIGHT BE EXPECTED FROM USSR. CB)ON COST EFFECTIVENESS B A S I S , OFFENCE WOULD ALWAYS HAVE DISTINCT ADVANTAGE OVER DEFENCE, IE MORE DETERRENCE PER DOLLAR COULD BE OBTAINED THROUGH INCREASING AND IMPROVING OFFENSIVE WEAPONS THAN THROUGH DEFENSIVE WEAPONS.FOR USA AT PRESENT TIME ONE OF CHIEF VALUES OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY IN ABM FIELD WAS TO INCREASE EFFECTIVENESS OF OFFENSIVE WEAPONS. 000080 . * . c. �r AG fc. TWO I 9 4 _ C u N F D Document disclosed under the Acoess to Information Act - ' Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi sur I'acces a I'informatic CC)ALTHOUGH LARGE SCALE DEPLOYMENT BY EITHER SIDE OF A&*1 SYfiTEM CW.D HAVE A DESTABILIZING EFFECT ON CURRENT BALANCF OF < 6 E T E R R- ENCE BALANCE WAS MORE LIKELY TO BE SIGNIFICANTLY ALTERFD BY FURTHER REFINEMENT OF OFFENSIVE WEAPONS PARTICULARLY IN SENSE CF THEIR „ u n , r BEST ORIGINAL AVAILABLE ABILITY TO PENETRATE DEFENSIVE NETWORK, MEiLLEUR ORIGINAL <D)CONCLUSION OF COMPREHENSIVE TEST BAN AGREEMENT WOULD R«LE OUT FURTHER DEVELOPMENT CE WARHEADS FOR ABM SYSTEM BUT WOULD NOT RPT NOT PREVENT DEPLOYMENT OF EFFECTIVE SYSTP1 BECAUSE OF CURRENT STATE OF WARHEAD ART, (E)USA PROPOSAL FOR FREEZE ON DELIVERY VEHICLES WOULD HAVE TO INCLUDE BOTH OFFENSIVE AMD DEFENSlV "EAPONS TO BE EFFECTIVE. CF) ALTHOUGH USSR WAS KNOWN TO BE FNOACED IN DEPLOYMENT OF ABM SYSTEM ITS PRES FN T SCOPE ANO EFFECTIVENESS WAS NOT RPT NOT NOW SUCH *S TO CAUSE SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IM BALANCE! CE DETERRENCE AND THUS WOULD NOT RPT NOT PREVENT ANY AGREEMENT BETWEEN USA AND USSR ON FREEZE PROPOSAL. ( S ) I T WAS NOTED THAT USSR HAD SHOWN NO RPT NO INTEREST TO "VETE IN USA FREEZE PROPOSAL DUE IN ''ART AT LEAST TO INHERENT REQUIREMENT FOR EFFECTIVE VERIFICATION. 9YCAUSE OF THIS SITUATION IT 'JAS CONSIDERED THAT FURTHER THOUGHT SHOULD Q E GIVEN TO UNILATERALLY VERIFIED MORATORIUM ON DEPLOYMENT OF ABM SYSTEMS "ETWEEN TWO SIDES FOR POSSIBLY LTD PERIOD OF TI?*E. ALTHOUGH USSR HAD NOT RPT WOT YET INDICATED ANY POSITIVE INTEREST IN SUCH 0N ARRANGEMENT THFY HAD SO FAR NOT 000081 RPT NOT DONE ANYTHING TO RULE CWT SUCH POSSIBILITY. � 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 CDBM00021 Title A name given to the resource OECDParis to External 1942 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 9/15/1966 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). Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource External Affairs Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Canadian Crown Subject The topic of the resource Anti-ballistic missiles Description An account of the resource PAC MTG WITH DISARMEMENT EXPERTS-ABM Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Canada Declassified Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource en