https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/2280f63aa9197447f47ea6a1ab10a326.pdf 6b070a6d3ec60c9dd7dc8a0c68ad1a7a PDF Text Text * 0 * ' Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu d4 la LoisiaPOtcesf a rinformc I'ljtformafibn t- J-II.7. afcnasr Mfiii-Hhtk. ^ 'aowt Hotea'oH USA ABH ssiariHQ 1. Good j .well-balaneed paper that treats both pros and cons ( however , tendency to treat extreawsiy hypetheticsl factors and situations). t* - *Saln concluaion, that i t deliberately forces ones to draw is that ABH • • I s 'not. 'and v i i i not bocoes In near future effective strategic weapon ( i . e . , in: coat-isffecttreneeeE^oyssa)* la other wards, there is no Justifiable need for ASH, and^if It wore- deployed, I t would not be a : significant factor in strategic equation •'•• 'ttffensiv* weapons will probably resain the isost jsrsctic&l term of •: defence, ,' '-. „' .' For ia ABM likely materially to affect••interija'tionai political alignm»nts# either in nuclear pacts or in non-aligned world. Only likely compelling reasons for deployment ltt future likely to bo • political sad psychological* •••-.'• A r•.:...: •' • • ' • ' • , .,-. 3. USSR - Re Soviet; depioyg»nt, paper Implies that Soiriot reasoning i s as subtle and rational As USA's;, Here Jukes) views arc relevant! i t can V be argued that influential military lob% in U3S& is driven acre by" . primitive reasoning about desirability of having the raost sophisticated available weapons, regardless of cost, than by cool analysis of a l l factors. . ' . - ' • • U» China « Psychological standards and motivation of Chlms© might be different from these of Soviet, if cm is to believe their propaganda, k i . e . , USSR wants to avoid warj Chinese guggggt that1 they raight welcssse i t ".." as opportunity .to annihilate the enosgr "paper tiger '* if this io the case, principle of deterrence, does not apply ifed ABU d®fonce might become ultimately nscsssaryyto reduce devastation of Chinese nuclear attack. ^aper suggests, howovsr, that despite their public hysterics Chinese are * rationally activated and that saws basic factors of eost-offectiveness and deterrent value Of ABH apply in respect of Chinaee throat* $9 Germany and HATO - Possibility of groirifflg deesrai for ABK protection by exposed front of Alliance only hinted at but it tsay become increasingly important factor (c*f• last MfO disaitasjawit ea^erta* Besting). &• •Canada - Relevant for Canada vould be eons indication of damage Canada " ": -would suffer In event, of uss of ABM's over Canadian territory la tsras of fall-out, blast:and heat. - - Study df implications for Canadian national sovsreignty, even if ABM are not ©saplaced on Csmdian s o i l , perhaps worthwhile^ • • . *» 2 �. ','-•' ' .'.'* AX. .y Document -disclosed under the- Access to Information Act - . Document divulgue en vertu de la l o i sur I'acces a I'information '..-'7 ''*'• -A. ** 5i ** • • '""*"' -'• 3S03BST' ' '"••'"';..> •v. • • ?* Arms Control - Paper perhaps plays down greater danger, of miscalculation following ABH deployment and increased complexity*of fstrategic equation. Ackncwledgfes that problem of arms Oontrol u i l l bs co^licated by ABK . y deployment. Implies that l a t t e r would'take, precedence if deployment could be justified ( i e . would be of greater importance in,terms of national self-** ' Increase in tension that would ja^bably follow AS3S dsployaant would defence). further complicate anas control problem. Ijiteresting point »ade r«* non-proliferation that signature of treaty by non-nuclear powers would preclude aequisitionof ABM's, an option that Bany aight wish to preeSrvs (cf* CastansdVs cocsastttsr'on l a t i n American nuclear-fres sons). 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