https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/d85a3c1288a7ce746221744c6070b272.pdf bf547ec32d4e98952f71fcb463350f11 PDF Text Text •/-v. a f x T if¥m^t*&&frr 0 lnformatAct i Information WS&rtSf ' ''information I ^ M a I y l ) . M i S e M d L d £ * * W t e I u cfeM M i& I'acces a I'i, EM WASHDC JAN11/S7 SECRET M. TO^XTERNL 12 1 PRIORITY INFO LDN NATOPARIS EMBPARIS DISARMDEL3VA -s\ A^' r 7 TT CFHQ OE OTT TT MCOW DE LDN STATE OF UNION MSG: BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENCE PRESIDENT JOHNSONS STATE OF UNION MSG LAST NI3HT CONTAINED FOLLOWING QUOTE USSR HAS IN PAST YEAR INCREASED ITS L0M3-RAN-GE MISSILE CAPA3ILITIES.IT HAS BEGUN TO PLACE NEAR MCOW A LTD ANTIMISSILE DEFENSE.MY FIRST RESPONSIBILITY TO OUR PEOPLE IS TO ASSURE THAT NO RPT NO NATION CAN EVER FIND IT RATIO'IAL TO LAUNCH A NUCLEAR ATTACK OR TO USE ITS NUCLEAR POWER AS A CREDIBLE THREAT AGAINST US OR OUR ALLIES. THAT IS WHY AN IMPORTANT LINK BETWEEN USSR ANO USA IS OUR COX MON INTEREST IN ARMS CONTROL AND DISARMAMENT. WE HAVE DUTY TO SLOW DOWN ARMS RACE BETWEEN US,IN BOTH,CONVENTIONAL AND NUCLEAR WEAPONS ;'' ' AND DEFENSES.ANY ADDITIONAL RACE WOULD IMPOSE ON OUR PEOPLES,AND ON ALL MANKIND,AN ADDITIONAL WASTE OF RESOURCES WITH NO RPT NO GAIN IN SECURITY TO EITHER SIDE. I SHALL CLOSELY CONSULT AND SEEK ADVICE OF CONGRESS ABOUT POSSIBILITIES OF INTERNATL AGREEMENTS AFFECTING THIS PROBLEM UNQUOTE. 2.PRESIDENTS DECISION ON ISSUE OE DEPLOYMENT OF A BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENCE SYSTEM WOULD THUS SEEM TO HAVE SEEN POSTPONED FOR TIME BEING. 000186 �Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi sur I'acces a I'information PA3E TWO 121 SECRET N E ^ L O G I C A L OCCASION FOR ANNOUNCEMENT OF A DECISION TO BEGIN DEPLOYMENT WOULD BE IN MSG TO CONGRESS CONCERNING USA DEFENCE BUDGET FOR 1968 FISCAL YEAR.HOWEVER AS YOU KNOW ADMIN HAS AVAILABLE TO I T DOLLARS 153 MILLION FOE I N I T I A L EXPENSES CONNECTED WITH DEPLOYMENT.DECISION AND ITS ANNOUNCEMENT COULD THEREFORE TAKE PLACE AT ANY TIME AND NEED NOT RPT NOT BE RELATED TO ANY PARTICULAR FISCAL YEAR. 3.PRESIDENTS STATEMENT CONFIRMS VIEW EXPRESSED 3Y WILLIAM FOSTER AND OTHER ACDA OFFICIALS TO GEN BURNS DURING LATTERS V I S I T TO WASHDC EARLIER THIS WEEK THAT QUESTION OF FREEZE ON STRATEGIC DELIVERY SYSTEMS WOULD 3E SUBJECT WHICH USA GOVT HOPES ENDC COULD CONCENTRATE ON SECOND IN ORDER OF PRIORITIES TO WORKING. OUT OF NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY.AS WE HAVE REPORTED&IT I S ASSUMED BY RUSK THAT AMBASSADOR D03RYNIN HAS RECENTLY 3EEN EXPLORING IN MCOW POSSIBILITIES OF USA-USSR AGREEMENT ON THIS SUBJECT.AMBASSADOR THOMPSON UNDOUBTEDLY HAS INSTRUCTIONS TO DO SAME ON HIS ARRIVAL IN MCOW.HOWEVER FROM CONVERSATIONS WITH ACDA OFFICIALS WE GATHER THERE HAVE BEEN NO RPT NO RECENT CONTACTS BETWEEN USA AND USSR ON THAT NET CONCERNING QUESTION OF QUOTE FREEZE UNQUOTE. 4.YOU UILL NOTE THAT PRESIDENT JOHNSON REFERRED ONLY TO LTD ANTIMISSILE DEFENCE INSTALLATIONS NEAR MCOW.IT I S OUR IMPRESSION THAT IT I S NOT RPT NOT THOSE INSTALLATIONS WHICH HAVE BEEN CAUSING CONCERN TO USA AUTHORITIES AND HAVE BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR MUCH OF 000187 PRESSURE FROM USA J O I N T CHIEFS FOR USA DEPLOYMENT OF AN A3M SYSTEM. �Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi sur I'acces a I'information PAGE THREE QWQ SECRET RAWER IT IS ANOTHER SYSTEM WHICH HAS BEEN APPEARING IN OTHER PARTS OF USSR WHICH SOME INTELLIGENCE AUTHORITIES CONCLUDE IS A VAST AREA BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENCE SYSTEM BUT WHICH OTHERS ARE A GREAT DEAL LESS CERTAIN A30UT.WE ARE TOLD THAT IT IS THIS LATTER SYSTEM TO WHICH DEFENCE SECRETARY MCNAMARA WAS REFERRING WHEN HE SPOKE OF EVIDENCE OF AN ABM. SYSTEM DEPLOYMDNT BY USSR IN [ COURSE OF HIS PRESS CONFERENCECOURTEL 3677 DEC5/56. 000188 � 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 CDBM00048 Title A name given to the resource DC to External 121 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1/11/1967 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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