https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/8281982302b183f069bb354595c75f08.pdf 61e5e2057af93b065c8737d61c52bf19 PDF Text Text Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de ta Loi sur faeces a I'information FM LDN S E P 2 0 / 6 7 CONFD CDN EYES ONLY TO EXTER 4 8 6 5 PRIORITY INFO WASHDC NATOPARIS EMBPARIS ROME BONN BRU HAGUE DISARMDELGVA TT CANFORCEHED DE OTT BAG COPEN OSLO ANKRA ATHNS DE PARIS BRLIN DE BONN LSBON DE OTT BGRAD MCOW DE LDN REF WASHDC TEL3422 SEP19 AND YOURTEL DL2024 SEP19 ABM DEPLOYMENT MCNAMARAS SPEECH JUST PRIOR TO MCNAMARAS ANNOUNCEMENT IN SFRAN WE UNDERSTAND THAT DURING FOREIGN SEC BROWNS CONFD PRESS BRIEFING OF SEP18 QUESTIONS WERE RAISED ABOUT POSSIBLE LONG TERM EFFECTS OF ABM SYSTEMS ON EUROPEAN DEFENCE REQUIREMENTS.THE BRIEFING RESTR TO SELECTED BRIT JOURNALISTS WAS ARRANGED AT FO AS BROWN WAS PREPARING TO LEAVE FOR GENERAL ASSEMBLY. 2.ON SPECIFIC QUESTION OF EUROPEAN DEFENCE FOREIGN SEC WAS ASXED IF WITH THE INTRODUCTION OF ABM SYSTEMS BY USSR AND USA TO MEET POTENTIAL COMMUNIST CHINESE THREAT BRIT GOVT MIGHT BE THINKING OF SOME NEW APPROACH TO WESTERN DEFENCE ORGANIZATION.INQUIRING JOURNALIST ASSUMED THAT SUCH PROPOSALS COULD BE AIMED AT UNDERLINING DISTINCT UK CONTRIBUTION TO DETENTE BETWEEN NATO AND WSAW PACT COUNTRIES AND AT FINDING NEW WAYS OF IMPLEMENTING BALANCED EAST/WEST FORCE REDUCTIONS.A REVISED EUROPEAN OUTLOOK ON DEFENCE MATTERS MIGHT ALSO STRENGTHEN BRIT HAND IN NEGOTIATING ENTRY INTO EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 3.ACCORDING TO OUR INFORMANT FOREIGN SEC BROWN ACKNOWLEDGED THAT *• ,2 000114 �Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la ioi sur I'acces a I'information PAGE TWO 4 8 6 5 CONFD CDN EYES ONLY USSRS IMMED OBJECTIVE WAS TO MAINTAIN STATUS QUO IN EUROPE BOTH IN POLITICAL AND MILITARY FIELDS,MAIN DEFENCE EFFORT OF USSR MIGHT INCREASINGLY BE DIRECTED AT KEEPING AHEAD OF CHINA FOR YEARS TO COME.FOREIGN SEC, HOWEVER,DID NOT RPT NOT SUBSCRIBE TO VIEW THAT ADOPTION OF ABM SYSREMS BY USSR OR USA WOULD ACT AS A CATALYST IN BRINGING ABOUT AN ERA OF DETENTE IN EUROPE UNDER WHICH SOME NEW EUROPEAN DEFENCE STRUCTURE MIGHT RELIEVE NATO OF ITS BURDEN OF DEFENCE COMMITMENTS.FOR THE TIME BEING HE DID NOT RPT NOT THEREFORE REGARD AS VALID DEGAULLES CONCEPT OF CENTRAL EUROPE AS A SORT OF ENLARGED BUFFER ZONE BETWEEN WESTERN EUROPE AND USSR.BROWNS VIEW, AS SUMMARIZED BY OUR INFORMANT,WAS THAT MEANINGFUL DIALOGUE BETWEEN EAST AND WEST IN EUROPE WOULD BE ESTABLISHED ONLY GRADUALLY WHILE FGR SETTLE THEIR RELATIONS WITH EAST GERMANY.NO RPT NO POWER VACUUM SHOULD BE CREATED IN THE MEANTIME IN CENTRAL EUROPE WITH THE CONCERN AND INSTABILITY IT WOULD PROVOKE ON BOTH SIDES.HE THOUGHT THA? USSR WOULD RESIST ANY SERIOUS ATTEMPT BY THEIR PARTNERS TO ALTER THEIR DEFENCE OBLIGATIONS UNDER THE WSAW PACT.FOREIGN SEC CONCLUDED BY INTIMATING TO PRESS GROUP THAT HE WOULD EXPAND ON THESE VIEWS AND BRING UP ANY NEW BRIT PROPOSALS ON EUROPEAN DEFENCE AT NEXT MTG OF WEU COUNCIL OF MINISTERS IN LDN ON 0CT12 AND 1 3 . 000115 � 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 CDBM00131 Title A name given to the resource Ldn to External 4865 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 9/20/1967 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 3, 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 ABM Deployment: McNamaras Speech 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