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Disarmament t 0 t ( (2) .(SO Havana Horig Kong Jtokyo OB DGI FM WASHDC MAR22/67 CONFD TO EXTERL 1 1 1 6 Bags D I 6 A "EM y ^ *,%-• INFO LDN EMBPARIS NATOPARIS B O W DISARMDELGVA TT MCOW DE LDN BAG PRGUE WSAW BGRAD DE LDN USA USSR RELATIONS!ABM DEPLOYMENT TOON*DIRECTOR SOVIET AFFAIRS.STATE DEPT TOLD US INSTRUCTIONS WERE NOW BEING PREPARED FOR AMBASSADOR THOMPSON WHO WOULD SHORTLY HAVE FIRST TALK WITH GROMYKO.WE ASKED TOON IF HE COULD TELL US ANYTHING ABOUT CONTENTS OF KOSYGINS LET TO PRESIDENT JOHNSON RECEIPT OF WHICH PRESIDENT ANNOUNCED MAR2.T00M .SAID THERE HAD 3EEN LITTLE MORE IN LET THAN KOSYGIN HAD SAID PUBLICLY IN LDN.HE HAD INDICATED WILLINGNESS TO DISCUSS BOTH OFFENSIVE AND DEFENSIVE MISSILES, BUT HAD NOT RPT NOT BROACHED SUBSTANTIAL QUESTIONS.TOON SAID HE THOUGHT PROGRESS ON THIS SUBJECT WOULD BE SLOW.COMPLEXITIES OF PROBLEMS WERE GREAT AND NUMBER OF DEPTS AND AGENCIES INTERESTED IN BOTH GOVTS HIGH. IN TOONS OPINION RUSSIANS WERE HAVING DIFFICULTIES WITH MILITARY ALMOST AS GREAT AS THOSE OF USA. FOR DOMESTIC POLITICAL REASONS HE SAID USA ADMIN SOMETIMES FELT IT HAD TO BEATDRUM ABOUT ITS OFFENSIVE MISSILE SUPERIORITY RATHER MORE LOUDLY THAN WAS NECESSARY TO IMPRESS RUSSIANS*SUCH DRUM BEATING GAVE USEFUL LEVER TO SOVIET MILITARY WHO PROBABLY USED IT TO HELP OBTAIN SOVIET ABM DEPLOYMENT.TOON SPECULATED ALSO THAT IN DEMANDING ABM DEPLOYMENT SOVIET MILITARY MIGHT BE EXACTING QUOTE PRICE UNQUOTE FOR NEUTRALITY WHICH THEY HAD OBSERVED AT TIME 000350 �Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi sur I'acces a I'information 0 J 8' PAGE TWO 1 U 6 CONFD OF KHRUSHCHEV OVERTHROW.THUS IT SEEMS TO BE TOONS OPINION THAT THERE WERE POWERFUL FORCES IN SOVIET UNION AS WELL AS IN USA OPPOSED TO ANY AGREEMENT ON ABMS AND FOR THIS REASON AMONG OTHERS PROGRESS IN DISCUSSIONS WOULD BE EXTREMELY SLOW. 2.UNFORTUNATELY TIME MAY BE IMPORTANT ELEMENT IN THIS NEGOTIATION BECAUSE IN ADDITION TO PRESSURE FROM JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF ADMIN HAS TO RECKON WITH IMPATIENCE IN CONGRESS. REPORT OF SENATE ARMED SERVICES CTTEE RELEASED MAR20 CN ARMED SERVICES APPROPRIATIONS BILL HAS FOLLOWING TO SAY ON ABM DEPLOYMENT*QUOTE CTTEE HOPES NEGOTIATIONS WITH SOVIET UNION ON ANTIBALLISTIC MISSILE DEPLOYMENTS WILL RESULT IN AN AGREEMENT THAT FULLY PROTECTS SECURITY INTERESTS OF USA. CTTEE CONSIDERS THAT IT WOULD BE UNWISE TO PERMIT THESE NEGOTIATIONS TO BE EXTENDED INTERMINABLY HOWEVER AND IF SUCH AN AGREEMENT CANNOT RPT NOT 3£ CONCLUDED WITHIN A REASONABLE PERIOD CTTEE STRONGLY BELIEVES USA SHOULD BEGIN PROCUREMENT FOR DEPLOYMENT OF AN ANTIBALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE SYSTEM.CTTEE I S AWARE THAT AN AGREEMENT WITH SOVIET UNION NOT RPT NOT TO DEPLOY AN ABM SYSTEM COULD LEAVE US UNPROTECTED AGAINST THREAT POSED BY A CHINESE COMMUNIST ATTACK AN ACCIDENTAL FIRING OR BOTH. IN VIEW OF CTTEE OUR NEGOTIATIONS WITH SOVIET UNION SHOULD INCLUDE CONSIDERATION OF DESIRABILITY OF OUR DEPLO/ING A QUOTE THIN UN3UOTE ABM DEFENSE AGAINST SUCH THREATS OR THOSE THAT MIGHT BE POSED BY FUTURE NUCLEAR POWERS.UNQUOTE. THUS CTTEE I S ON RECORD AS FAVOURING QUOTE LIGHT UNQUOTE DEPLOYMENT EVEN IF AGREEMENT I S REACHED WITH RUSSIANS AND 3Y IMPLICATION 000351 �' - Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act • Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi sur I'acces a Tinformatio % PAGE THREE U 1 6 CONFD AS FAVOURING HEAVIER DEPLOYMENT IF AGREEMENT IS NOT RPT NOT REACHED WITHIN UNSPECIFIED BUT LTD PERIOD.IN OUR VIEW ALLEGED CHINESE THREAT WILL FIGURE INCREASINGLY IN DEBATE AS JUSTIFICATION FOR SOME DEGREE OF DEPLOYMENT. 000352 � 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 CDBM00090 Title A name given to the resource DC to External 1116 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 3/22/1967 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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