https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/04c25b6cdc873978af72cf85461e2bcb.pdf c3987da007addc15f2d4bcb845e3681a PDF Text Text Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi sur I'acces a I'information ^ ft .*, <•&* ( cP7-' -7 FM MCOW S E P 2 6 / 6 6 SECRET CDN EYES ONLY 3r TO TT EXTERNL 1631 PRIORITY DE LDN INFO LDN TT PERMISNY WASHDC NATOPARIS EMBPARIS DE LDN VIENA DE GNEVA SOVIET-USA RELATIONS IN RECENT TALKS THAT I HAVE HAD WITH MEMBERS OF USA EMB I HAVE HAD IMPRESSION THAT USA GOVT I S NOW CONFIDENT THAT IT HAS A VERY CONSIDERABLE LEAD OVER RUSSIANS IN MILITARY EQPT„BOTH IN QUALITY AND NUMBERS„AND THAT THIS CONFIDENCE MAY BE AN IMPORTANT FACTOR IN AMERICAN CALCULATIONS ABOUT POSSIBILITY OF SOVIET INTERVENTION POLITICALLY IN VIETNAM. 2 . I N THIS CONNECTION SOME INFO THAT AUSTRIAN AMBASSADOR HAS PASSED ON TO ME ABOUT RECENT V I S I T OF AUSTRIAN MINISTER OF DEFENCE TO MCOW I S RELEVANT.MINISTER TOLD AMBASSADOR WODAK THAT AMERICANS HAD GIVEN HIM AN ASSESSMENT OF PERFORMANCE OF SOVIET EQPT IN VIETNAM WHICH INDICATED THAT IT HAD PROVED VERY SECOND-RATE,MINISTER SEEMED VERY IMPRESSED BY THIS REPORT* 3 0 DURING A CONVERSATION BETWEEN MINISTER AND MARSHAL MALINOVSKY LATTER SAID HE WAS DISTURBED BY QUOTE AMERICAN BOASTING AND SABRE-RATTLING UNQUOTE.SOVIET GOVT HAD DEMONSTRATED A REALLY REMARKABLE PATIENCE IN FACE OF VERY GREAT PROVOCATION BUT USA WAS MAKING A BIG MISTAKE IF IT THOUGHT USSR WAS .NOT RPT NOT FULLY EQUIPPED AND READY TO REPEL AGGRESSION. 4.STATEMENT OF MALINOVSKY INDICATES THAT RUSSIANS ARE DISTURBED BY IMPLICATIONS OF RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN ARMS RACE,OR AT LEAST AT , a o2 000086 �Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi sur I'acces a /'information i PAGE TWO 1631 SECRET CDN EYES ONLY POSSIBLE CONCLUSIONS AMERICANS MAY HAVE DRAWN FROM IT, t 5.1 PASS THIS ALONG FOR WHAT IT IS WORTH.IT WOULD OF COURSE SE IMPORTANT KNOWINGCAHF AMERICAN'S ARE PROCEEDING ON ASSUMPTION THAT THEY ARE NOW FAR AHEAD OF USSR IN MILITARY TECHNOLOGY,EQPT,NUMBERS AND QUALITY OF MISSILES,ETC;ANDCB)IF AMERICANS ARE INFLUENCED BY THIS ASSUMPTION IN DETERMINING THEIR POLICY OF MORE OR LESS IGNORING SOVIET PAPER COMMITMENTS TO NORTHVIETNAM FORD 000085 � 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 CDBM00023 Title A name given to the resource Moscow to External 1631 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 9/26/1966 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 Soviet-USA Relations 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