https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/46bb0da9be0e487159f46f853e37c712.pdf 88889393590234e66c91daae52ea6052 PDF Text Text ument disclQipH unrtft'thp fl cess. ttf litjrtffrnffffl ifSI £*-. hMnforqiation de la / oi sur. r fi "18593 V niUigU e ^Q^yPfn f i#ow A :. \ :*w- i.. . "ffg&'R ^ r QASHDC «^ g m T O P A R I S CANFORCEHED BiS^Atpei- <SV£ •f- -S- I REF MA WASHDC TEL 121 JAlOi: ^MxlL^ . SUB/SUJ • SOVIET ABK DEPLOYMENT FOR SOI© TIME WE HAVE BEEN RECEIVING RflPURre"TMr'¥H*i UI&& LS I t PROCESS OF DEPLOYING AN ABM. SYSTEM AROUND MCOW (POSSIBLY SUPPIEMSNTED BY AREA DEFENCE SYSTEM MENTIONED IN REFTEL). SUCH REPORTS HAVE SERVED TO DRAW PUBLIC ' ATTENTION ONCE AGAIN TO THE POSSIBILITY OF DEPLOYMNT CF A PARALLEL.SYSTEM BY. THE USA. SO FAR, SEC MCNAMftRA HAS RESISTED PRESSURES FROM JOINT CHIEFS AND ARMED SERVICES'CTTEE OF CONGRESS TO DEPLOY BUT, DESPITE THE ADMINISTRATION'S . SCEPTICISM ABOUT THE COST EFFICIENCY OFiTHIS EEAF0N5 SYSTEM, OPTION REMAINS 'OPEN. . 2. x r ; WE ARE EXAMINING CDN POSITION FROM BOTH DEFENCE AND ARMS CONTROL ••. POINTS OF VIEW AS USA DEPLOYMENT ;WOUI£ HAVE "SBafOBS IMPLICATIONS FOR CDA. AT THE PRESENT TIMS' WE ARE STUDYING AN AMERICAN PAPER PASSED TO US THROUGH THE PJBD ON ABM'S DIRECTED AGAINST,BOTH THE USSR AND CHINA. WE HAVE ALSO Ti S^c. EMPHASIZED TO BS& RUSK IMPORTANCE OF ANY USA ACTION FOR CDN INTERESTS. 3, > '' , IT WOULD BE OF ASSISTANCE IN OUR CONSIDERATION OF THE PROBLEM TO HAVE YOUR COMMENTS ON ANY OR ALL OF THE FOLLOWING .MORE SPECIFIC POINTS: 'CA 3UTION LOCALE y. STANDARD ^^AsJL ^ (10 Copies Disarmament Div.) ' JRK3 IN ATOR/REDACTEUR DIVISION 3! P. SCHIOLER Disarmament JIL (REV 5 / 6 4 ) JICATtONS DIV) C.C.s Eur. Div. D.L.(2) Div.) Done in D.L.(l) Div. ' ) Div. TELEPHONE •r1- ' APPRCVED/AUTORISE SIO fe<3D.1 H . F !. prinprr\M 2-1892 .-•..' •.••••:• E 000194 �.„ Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi sur I'acces a I'information WHAT ARE PROSPECTS POR SUCCESS OF PRES JOHNSON'S INTENTION IN STATE OP UNION MSG JANIO TO SEEK AGREEMENT WITH BUSSIANS TO IMPEDE ARMS RACE? DOES SOVIET DEPLOYMENT REFIECT ONLY A TRADITIONAL DEFENSIVE APPROACH TO STRATEGIC PROBLEMS OR IS IT AN OUTGROWTH OP PARTICULAR FACTORS IN CURRENT INTERNATIONAL, SITUATION, E.G. VIETNAM WAR? APPARENTLY SOVIET WILLINGNESS TO NEGOTIATE OUTER SPACE . AND NON-PROLIFERATION TREATIES HAS NOT RPT NOT BEEN MATERIALLY AFFECTED BY ABM DEFENCE MEASURES. WHAT ARE YOUR VIEWS ON THE IMPLICATIONS, OF DEPLOYMENT FOR EAST-WEST RELATIONS AND PARTICULARLY FOR FURTHER ARMS CONTROL AGREEMENTS? IS THERE EVIDENCE THAT USSR IS AWARE OP OR IS CONCERNED ABOUT POSSIBLE USA REACTION TO SOVIET ABM DEPLOYMENT? -r 000195 �Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act divulgiige^f^^ d(ju-~ 'l(fr/4 1 Document Anti-Ballistic Missiles (1) it is no secret that the USSR has begun linitAl dupl^uuLil ul an sUa system around Moscowj we fear that Soviet action aight lead to reciprocal American deplcsrcsnt thereby speeding ap the arms race FILE O/SSEA 0/1SSEA PARL.SEC. P&L DIV. CIRC. DIARY (2) so far the USA Administration has resisted pressures (from Congress and the Joint Chiefs) to deploy but the option remains open (3) Canada is concerned that initiation of a new stage of the arras race would: (a) impede efforts to lower tensions between East and Wsst (b) sake the achievesient of arras control agreements, and nuclear disamaraent, exceedingly difficult (li) Canada is also deeply interested in this issue because of the implications for our defence and security as a Sorth American power. The government is subjecting these matters to the most searching examination ($) even if a iaoratoriua between the super powers were not possible, it appears that in tersas of cost-effectiveness it would pay to throve the offensive capabilities of the deterrent instead of deploying ABM* s as an ^active* defensive shield against the USSB (6) initial study suggests that the strategic case for early deployaent, even against a potential Chinese nuclear threat, is dubious (?) we have had - and will continue to have * consultations with the Americans on all facets of the ASM (8) we fully support the suggestion in President Johnson*s State of the Union laessage that the USA should seek agreement with the DSSR in the field of nuclear anas control, a s&jor aspect of which would be parallel decisions not to deploy AJBI's. 000196 � 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 CDBM00050 Title A name given to the resource Moscow to DC and NATOParis 33 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 2, Library and Archives Canada, (LAC). 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