https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/512db45622170bef8d183dc944a59745.pdf eba9e4a97861eb2469b0adcde3938b9b PDF Text Text DocumenKliv Z7- //- 7 w 3 ? en vertu 4 FM MCOW MAR8AS7 SECRET CDN EYES ONLY TO TT EXTERL 448 IMMED DE LDN INFO LDN TT WASHDC EMBPARIS NATOPARIS PERMISNY DELHI DISARMDELGNEVA DE LDN BAG SAIGN DE DELHI HKONG TOKYO DE OTT PRGUE BGRAD WSAW DE LDN REF MYTEL 444 MAR7 USSR AND VIETNAM I HAVE REPORTED SOVIET PUBLIC REACTION TO USA RESUMPTION OF BOMBING IN NORTHVIETNAM AND ESCALATION OF WAR,I HAVE NOW HAD CHANCE TO COMPARE NOTES WITH UK AMBASSADOR HARRISON AND USA AMBASSADOR THOMPSON 2 0 WE ARE ALL AGREED THAT USSR MUST HAVE EXPECTED RESUMPTION OF BOMBING BUT IS ALARMED.DISTURBED AND SOMEWHAT SOUR ABOUT ESCALATION* NEVERTHELESS REACTION SO FAR AT ANY RATE HAS BEEN PREDICTABLE AND INDEED ON A SOMEWHAT LOWER KEY THAN KIGHT HAVE BEEN EXPECTED* 3oXT SEEMED TO ME POSSIBLE THAT RUSSIANS MIGHT FEEL BITTERLY ABOUT AMERICAN ACTION ON GROUNDS THAT A SIGN OF WILLINGNESS TO NEGOTIATE HAD COME FROK HANOI AND BEEN REJECTED BY WASHDC .HARRISON INSISTED THAT SO FAR AS HE KNEW THERE COULD BE NO RPT NO MISAPPREHENSION IH KOSYGINS MIND ABOUT AMERICAN TERMSoIT HAD BEEN MADE QUITE CLEAR TO KOSYGIN THAT WASHDC WOULD ONLY SUSPEND BOMBING IF THERE WERE A COMPARABLE MILITARY GESTURE FROM HANOIo 4*THIS IS NOT RPT NOT EVIDENT IN MSGS FROM CDA HOUSE REPORTING ON WILSON-KOSYGIN TALKS.LDN TEL 823 FEB13 FOR EXAMPLE REFERS TO AN AGREEMENT FOR BRITS TO SEEK A PROLONGATION OF BOMBING TRUCE OR a <j2 �Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi sur I'acces a I'information" pr^sr-i PAGE TWO 4 4 8 SECRET CDN EYES ONLY CEASEFIRE IN WASHDC AMD RUSSIANS TO SEEK IN HANOI QUOTE A SIGN PERMITTING USA TO CEASE BOMBING AND PERHAPS FOR DRVN WILLINGNESS TO NEGOTIATE UNQUOT£oHARRlSONDHOWEVERsUAS VJ ON TALKS SO HIS INFO PROBABLY EXPLAINS WHY KOSYGIN HAS NOT RPT NOT REACTED MORE VIOLEfEiLY TO USA ACTIONS,, 5elN HIS TALK WITH KOSYGIN LAST WEEK HARRISON WAS QUESTIONED CLOSELY ABOUT RECENT ARTICLE OF JOSEPH ALSOP IMPLYING THAT THERE WAS A SOVIET-USA UNDERSTANDING ABOUT CHlNAo KOSYGIN IMPLIED THAT HE THOUGHT BRITS HAD LEAKED INACCURATELY INFO TO AMERICANS ABOUT HIS VIEWS ON CHlNAoHARRISON DENIED THIS AND CLAIMED IT MUST HAVE BEEN NEWSPAPER SPECULATION,,HE ADDED THAT NEVERTHELESS KOSYGIN HAD GIVEN BRITS A PRETTY CLEAR INDICATION THAT HE CONSIDERED CHINA AN ENEMY OF RUSSIA AND THE WEST,,ON ONE OCCASION HE SAID QUOTE THE TROUBLE WITH AMERICANS I S THAT THEY DO NOT RPT NOT TAKE YELLOW PERIL SERIOUSLY ENOUGH UNQUOTEo 60ALL THIS BEING SAIDpHARRISON I S NEVERTHELESS CONVINCED THAT THERE I S NO RPT NC POSSIBILITY OF RUSSIANS AGAIN RISKING THEIR INFLUENCE AND REPUTATION BY GETTING INVOLVED IN A VIETNAM PEACE MANOEUVRE* AND HE IS ALSO AFRAID THAT AMERICAN ESCALATION KAY HAVE SOMF. EFFECT ON NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY NEGOTIATIONS IN SNEVApAND ABM DEFENCE TALKS BETWEEN AMERICANS AND RUSSIANS,ROSHCHIN HAS,AS YOU KNQW„ MENTIONED THE CONNECTION BETWEEN VIETNAM AND THE GKEVA TALKS AND I THINK THERE IS A DANGER THAT RUSSIANS MAY PROVE NOW LESS ENTHUSIAST I C ABOUT PRESSING AHEAD WITH NON-PROLIFERATION TREATYo 7,CTH0MPS0N DOES NOT RPT NOT AGREE WITH THlSoHE THINKS RUSSIANS o 6 oO 000330 �Document disclosed under the Access to information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi sur Tacces a Tinformatio „ t PAGE THREE 448 SECRET CDN EYES ONLY STILL CONSIDER DENYING GERMANY ACCESS TO NUCLEAR WEAPONS THEIR PRINCIPAL FOREIGN POLICY TARGET,AND THAT THEY WILL NOT RPT NOT LET EVENTS IN VIETNAM INTERFERE,HE IS LESS OPTIMISTIC ABOUT ABM TALKS, H3UT THINKS RUSSIANS REALIZE THEY MUST START NEGOTIATIONS FAIRLY SOON BEFORE USA GOVT IS COMMITTED TO A PROGRAMME FROM WHICH THERE COULD BE NO RPT NO DRAWING BACK* 80WE ALL INTERPRETED KOSYGINS SPEECH OF MAR6 IN WHICH HE IDENTIFIED EVENTS IN CHINA ALONG WITH QUOTE AMERICAN IMPERIALISM UNQUOTE IN VIETNAM AS-MAJOR DANGERS TO USSR AND VERY IMPQRTANTCSEE OURTEL 446 MART) .THOMPSON THINKS THIS IS LINKED WITH SOVIET DISQUIET ABOUT ESCALATION IN VIETNAM,PARTICULARLY SHELLING OF NORTH FROM THE SEA* RUSSIANS PROBABLY VIEW THIS AS A DISTINCTLY NEW PHASE IN 'FIGHTING, ADDING ONE FURTHER NOTCH TO ESCALATION„ 90BUT HE DOES NOT RPT NOT BELIEVE RUSSIANS CAN OR WILL RESPOND*IN THIS CONNECTION ZAMYATIN OF MFA LAST WEEK SAID ON TWO OCCASIONS TO VISITING AMERICANS THAT ESCALATION OF USA WAR EFFORT WAS A PITY BECAUSE IT WOULD REQUIRE COMPARABLE INCREASE IN SOVIET MISSILES TO BE SENT TO VIETNAM, IN THOMPSONS VIEW IT IS REASSURING IF RUSSIANS ARE ONLY THINKING IN TERMS OF INCREASING THEIR AID TO NORTH IN MISSILESo 10*HARRISON SAID IT WAS BRIT IMPRESSION IN LDN TALKS THAT KOSYGIN HAD GOTTEN AHEAD OF HIS BRIEF ON VIETNAM.HE THOUGHT THIS AN INTERESTING INDICATION OF SELF-ASSURANCE OF KOSYGIN BUT ALSO OF POSSIBLE DIFFERENCES OF OPINION AMONG SOVIET LEADERSHIP.THIS OF COURSE IF TRUE MIGHT MEAN A WEAKENING OF KOSYGINS POSITION SINCE HIS ATTEMPT TO SEEK A PEACEFUL SOLUTION OF VIETNAM PROBLEM FAILED0BUT THERE oo*4 000331 �Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi sur I'acces a I'information PAGE FOUR 4 4 8 SECRET CDN EYES ONLY HAS BEEN NO RPT NO INDICATION THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED. iloTHOMPSON TOLD ME HE THOUGHT KOSYGIN HAD TRIED TO GET WAR STOPPED BECAUSE HE BELIEVED IT EMBARRASSING FOR USSR IN ITS JUBILEE YEAR TO HAVE A SOCIALIST ALLY ATTACKED WITHOUT BEING ABLE TO PREVENT IT.SUT HE DOES NOT RPT NOT EELIEVE RUSSIANS WILL TRY AGAIN FOR A LONG TIME* HIS PERSONAL VIEW IS THAT THERE I S REAL DANGER NOW THAT RUSSIANS WILL TEND TO REVERT TO THEIR HANDS-OFF P0SITI0N 9 AND ESCALATION OF ATTACKS ON NORTHVIETNAM WILL TEND TO DRIVE LATTER MORE INTO CHINESE RBIT.THIS HOWEVER WAS A CALCULATED RISK AMERICANS WERE TAKING FORD 000332 � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. 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