https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/b2e8b97d7c555d6ba2512ba4f28977ab.pdf 222115ab761529ac9aeb46b04a73673c PDF Text Text V£*£/ :u(frent disclosed urraer*the> Di^ura*a^ffffliWeil,Piu * * * FM LDN FEB27/67 CONFD T O W T E R L 1066 PRIORITY formation Act air Tacces a I'information A/ INFO NATOPARIS WASHDC BONN BRU HAGUE DISARMDELGVA ROME EMBPARIS PRIORITY TT CANFORCEHED PRIORITY DE OTT REF NATOPARIS TEL 444 FEB23 DISARMAMENT NETHERLANDS DESIRE FOR BRIEFING ON ABMS1WE ASKED STREET OF FO FOR HIS VIEWS ON NETHERLANDS PROPOSAL THAT NATO COUNCIL CONSIDER SUBJECT OF ABMS BEFORE PAC MTG WITH DISARMAMENT EXPERTS.FO HAVE NOT RPT NOT FORMULATED FINAL POSITION ON THIS QUESTION BUT STREETS INITIAL REACTION WAS THAT DUTCH SUGGESTION WAS ILLOGICAL AND COULD BE DANGEROUS. 2.IN STREETS VIEW COUNCIL WOULD NOT RPT NOT BE IN POSITION TO CONSIDER GENERAL POLICY MATTERS RELATING TO ABMS UNTIL DISARMAMENT EXPERTS HAD EXAMINED SUBJECT ON TECH LEVEL AS CONTINUATION OF DISCUSSIONS BY DISARMAMENT EXPERTS AT THEIR LAST MTG. 3.IF DUTCH SUGGESTION WERE FOLLOWED STREET FORESAW DANGER THAT COUNCIL MIGHT SPLIT BETWEEN PRO AND ANTI EUROPEAN ABM ADVOCATES. SUCH RESULT WOULD BE PARTICULARLY UNFORTUNATE AT THIS TIME IN VIEW OF DIFFERENCES WHICH ALREADY EXIST OVER NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY. STREET EXPECTED THAT USA WOULD BE FIRMLY AGAINST DUTCH PROPOSAL IN LIGHT OF GOOD POSSIBILITY THAT USSR-USA DISCUSSIONS ON THIS WOULD BEGIN SOON.IT SEEMED TO HIM THAT IT WOULD BE BETTER TO WAIT UNTIL RESULTS OF USSR-USA TALKS ARE KNOWN BEFORE COUNCIL CONSIDERS THIS MATTER. 4 . B R I T S RAISED QUESTION OF ABMS WITH KOSYGIN DURING HIS RECENT 000279 �Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi sur I'acces a I'information : " ' • ' • PAGE TWO 1066 CONFD VISIT TO LDN.STREET SAID KOSYGIN TOOK VERY UNSOPHISTICATED APPROACH TO SUBJ.KOSYGIN COMMENTED THAT USA WERE CONSIDERING EXPANDING THEIR . PROGRAMME IN ORDER TO DEVISE CHEAPER AND QUICKER MEANS OF KILLING PEOPLE.STREET REMARKED THAT KOSYGINS APPROACH DID NOT RPT NOT AUGER WELL FOR FORTHCOMING USA-USSR TALKS ON THIS SUBJ.FORTUNATELY MCNAMARA HAS BEEN ABLE TO HOLD BACK DEMANDS OF PENTAGON AND SENATE FOR ABM ESCALAT ION.STREET WONDERED WHETHER PERHAPS IN ONE OR TWO YEARS WHEN USSR FEELS MORE EQUAL TO USA IN THIS FIELD THERE MIGHT BE BRIGHTER POSSIBILITY OF NEGOTIATING FREEZE OF BASES SIMILAR TO JOHNSON PROPOSALS. 000280 � 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 CDBM00072 Title A name given to the resource London to External 1066 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2/27/1967 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). 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 Disarmament: Netherlands Desire for Briefing on ABMs 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