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SSEA'S SPEECH IN :(ENERAL DEBATE - MJCffiAR^ARMS RACE AND ABM'S • AS YOU KNOW, FOLLOWING USA ANNOUNCEMENT .SEEL8 OF I T S INTENTION TO DEVELOP^ , • LIMITED; ABM DEFENCE AOAINST POTENTIAL CHINESE NIX5LEAR THREAT WE HAVE BSEN CONSIDEHING WHAT MINISTER MIGHT SAY ON THIS SUBJECT I N HIS SPEECH INUNGA ...GENERAL DEBATE. -WHILE I T I S THOUGHT THAT PENDING FURTHER STUDY AND j • CONSIDERATION I T WOULD EE PRUDENT TO; AVOID EXTENSIVE COMMENT ON IKPLICATTONS • >OF' T H I S DEVELOPMENT FOR CDN AND NORTH AMERICAN DEFENCE, I THIS NEED NOT RPT , NOT RULE OUT EXPRESSION CF OUR VIEWS ON MORE GENERAL QUESTION OF NUCIEAR . ; .ARMS RACE IN CONTEXT OF DISARMAMENT-POLICIES. . ACCORDINGLY'WE SU(K3£ST 7[- . • "THAT FOLLOWING PASSAGE, SUBTITLED ABM1 S AND NUCLEAR ARMS .RACE, MIGHT BE 06 f&K /|/S; INSERT!® IN SSEA'S SPEECH AFTER PARA 3 8 ON PAGE' 2 0 AND BEFORE PASSAGE ON . SEGGEN'S REPORT ON. NUCLEAR WEAPONS." 2.TEXT BEGINS QUOTE I SHOUID'-NCW LIKE TO TURN TO A SPECIFIC MEASURE OF . ARMS CONTROL IN WHICH THE NUCIEAR POWERS MIGHT BE EXPECTED TO MAKE PROGRESS A IN THE NEAR FUTURE. f>#Jbf6$££, SOME MONTHSAGO THE UNITED STATES Jm c v r t - e Xfitro * He5(<bi^hCi To 77r£ SOVIET UNION * r "° AKKQHNCED THAT THEY MniTT.E? VWTfffTTT^TfP DISCUSSIONS^ftBeS? LIMTHS6 OFFEIBIVE . . •• •. ' . • , • • : T -.- • .. • r, . ;* . - ? ' . •• ' " y . \ • .s 2 •••£• DISTRIBUTION STD . . . ; " . ' •' ' C O . : H.N. Div. ) Done i n Div. LOCAL/LOCALE (10 Copies Disarm.Div.-C0mceht3**e pls.do) . D.L.(1) Div.) ORIGINATOR/ REDACTEUR SIO.. DIVISION TELEPHONE ^ORIGINAL' SIGNED. BV. .........!?.E.W...,'TfliP.! -PIS ognett/iab• EXT I 8 / 8 I L (REV 8 / 6 4 * (COMMUNICATIONS OIV) APPRCVED/AUTORISE SIG. Disarmament 2-5039 • fi-.B»-Sobiasa&•.000121 �Document disclosed und Document divulgue en vertu vtr> I 'N 2 * AND DEFENSIVE STRATEGIC NUCLEAR WEAPONS SYSTEMS, AND IN PARTICULAR THE . DBPLOYt&NT OF ANTIrBALLISTIC MISSIIS SYSTEMS. TO DATE THESE TALKS HAVE /H*d WE U#e>£~fi!-<,r7fr(£> Ttfe t*S£fc */*$ Mar'djES&W£)?:2)' r~6 US/9 NOT RPT NOT STARTED. ££F4£sS MEANWHILE THE SOVIET UNION HAS CONTINUED TO DEVELOP A THE ANTI-MISSILE DEFENCES OF MOSCOW. THE UNITED STATES HAS RECENTLY ANNOUNCED ITS INTENTION OF GOING'FORWARD SOON WITH A LIMITED AND LIGHT ANTI-BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENCE ORIENTED AGAINST A POTENTIAL CHINESE . NfNETcdN . NUCLEAR THREAT FOHESEEN FOR THE EARLY SEVENTIES. IN THIS CONNECTION, I /" SHOUIS LIKE TO RECALL AND TO UNDERLINE CERTAIN KEY POINTS MADE BY SECRETARY MCNAMARA EARLIER THIS MONTH. THESE ARE F I R S T , THAT BOTH THE • . UNITED STATES AND THE SOVIET UNION EACH POSSESS A NUCIEAR DETERRENT ' FORCE IN EXCESS OF THEIR INDIVIDUAL NEEDS; SECOND, THAT BOTH NATIONS WOULD BENEFIT FROM A PROPERLY SAFEGUARDED AGREEMENT TO LIMIT AND LATER TO REDUCE BOTH- THEIR OFFENSIVE AND DEFENSIVE STRATEGIC FORCES, AND THIRD, THAT THE UNITED STATES WOULD MUCH PREFER TO REACH A REALISTIC AGREEMENT WHICH iWOULD EFFECTIVELY PREVENT THE CONTINUATION OF AN ART© RACE WHICH • HAS PRODUCED STRATEGIC NUCLEAR ARSENALS IN BOTH THE USSR AND THE USA GREATLY'IN EXCESS OF THAT REQUIRED FOR AN ASSURED DESTRUCTION CAPABILITY. • 3 . A S THE REPRESENTATIVE OF A MIDDLE POWER VITALLY CONCERNED ABOUT NUCIEAR ARKB CONmOL AND DISARMAMENT, I TOST STATE THAT I T SEEKE3 UNREASONABIE TO * / *=• tHZ AfdcLb*'*- tM£#/*dru fkscueez ft/Zg MffT /f^A.AlAE'QSr fAf/ty/S^ftj EXPECT- PROGRESS IN THIS .DIRECTION *1EftITTclT fl flVrffRTTTrTn IT EftnTTffCT ESCALATION DY-TnB-J-aM-TARi NUOLEAR FOtJERS. I THEREFORE APPEAL TO THOSE POWERS CONCERNED TO PURSUE THEIR EFFORTS TO REACH AGREEMENT ON MEASURES OF SELF-RESTRAINT WITH THE SAME DILIGENCE THAT THEY ARE PROMOTING THE NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY. AS MR. MCNAMARA SO APTLY EXPRESSED I T , WHAT THE WORD) REQUIRES I S NOT RPT NOT A NEW RACE TOWARDS ARMAMENT, BUT A. NEW RACE TOWARDS REASONABLENESS. UNQUOTE. �Document disclosecLunder the Acdessto Information Act Document divulgue ewfynrde^sl Lpi kt J Tacces a Tinformation MR. ROBINSON; I think that in general this for possible alternative wording. good. I have only two suggestions (a) The first part of paragraph 2 might read as follows: "I should now like to turn to a specific measure on arms control in which there was reason to hope that the nuclear powers would demonstrate some initiative in the near future. Earlier this year the US proposed to the Soviet Union that they enter into discussions designed to limit offensive and defensive strategic nuclear weapons systems and in particular the deployment of ABMs. The initial Soviet response to this proposal was not negative but so far the Soviet Union has repeatedly rejected 4fee US efforts to get the discussions underway." (b) The second and third lines of paragraph 3 might read as follows: "...It seems unreasonable to expect progress in this direction if the nuclear weapon powers are not at least prepared to discuss limiting their own nuclear weapons." 000123 � 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 CDBM00136 Title A name given to the resource External to PerMisNY 205 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 9/21/1967 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). 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