https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/41a861b06cb9c460c5f626cfdcd35ce9.pdf 09fcde608d67484d5743a3c56bfe4adc PDF Text Text Document disclosed under the Access to Infor. Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi sur faeces 4P A \\vrmatio. From Disarmament AJtzULz 7 FM ANKRA SEP29/67 CONFD TO TT EXTER 555 PRIORITY DE LDN INFO LDN PRIORITY TT WASHDC NATOPARIS DISARMDELGVA PRIORITY DE LDN BAG MCOW DE LDN DISARMAMENT BRIT AMBASSADOR AND I HAD A FEW MINUTES WITH MCNAMARA LAST NIGHT* I ASKED HIM IF H E HAD SEEN ACCOUNT OF ROSCHCHINS REMARKS TO GNEVA FOREIGN PRESS ASSN ON SEP27 IN COURSE OF WHICH HE WAS REPORTED AS SAYING THAT USA DECISION T O DEPLOY LIGHT ABM SYSTEM WOULD HAVE N O RPT NO BEARING ON NPT NEGOTlATIONS B MCNAMARA SAID HE HAD AND THAT IT HAD COME AS NO RPT MO SURPRISE T O HIMoRUSSlANS HAD TOLD AMERICANS BEFORE ROSHCHINS STATEMENT THAT THEIR WILLINGNESS TO GO FORWARD ON NPT WOULD NOT RPT NOT BE AFFECTED BY ABM DECISION*! ALSO UNDERSTOOD MCNAMARA T O SAY THAT THIS APPLIED TO SOVIET-AMERICAN DIALOGUE ON LIMITATION OF STRATEGIC WEAPONSo 2oALL THIS,ACCORDING T O MCNAMARA,SUPPORTED ASSUMPTION THAT RUSSIANS WERE DETERMINED TO REACH AGREEMENT ON NPToTHEIR WILLINGNESS T O COMPROMISE ON ARICTLE III POINTED IN SAME DIRECTION 0 RUSSIANS HAD NOT RPT NOT ALWAYS BEEN THAT SER2 0US ABOUT NPT 9 BUT CERTAIN THAT HAD BEEN THEIR ATTITUDE OVER PAST YEAR* 3«>I ASKED MCNAMARA WHY RUSSIANS HAD NOT RPT NOT RESPONDED EARLIER T O USA INVITATION T O DISCUSS ABM DEPLOYMENT*HE SAID THERE WERE A NUMBER OF REASONS FOR THIS 0 FOR ONE THING,RUSSIANS FOUND IT DIFFICULT TO BE DISCUSSING ISSUES OF THIS KIND WITH USA WHIGE VIETNAM CONFLICT WAS GOING 0N*THERE WAS REFERENCE IN THAT REGARD BETWEEN oo |2 000133 �Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi sur I'acces a I'information PAGE TWO 5 5 5 CONFD A8M DISCUSSIONS WHICH,IN THE NATURE OFCGRP CORRUPT)MTGS,WOULD INVOLVE ONLY USA AND USSR AND NPT NEGOTIATIONS WHICH HAD MULTILATERAL COMPLEXIONoQUITE APART FROM VIETNAM,MCNAMARA THOUGHT RUSSIANS REALLY HAD NOT RPT NOT MADE UP THEIR OWN MIND ABOUT STRATEGIC PRIORITIES, THIS WAS NOTHING NEW AS FAR AS RUSSIANS WERE CONCERNED.ACCORDING TO MCNAMARA IT WAS USA EXPERIENCE THAT RUSSIANS STRATEGIC THINKING GENERALLY LAGGED ABOUT FIVE YEAR BEHIND THEIR OWN0 4.DISCUSSI0N THEN MOVED TO MIDEAST SITUATION,MCNAMARA JOKINGLY SAID TO BRIT AMBASSADOR THEIR OWN ESTIMATE OF ISRAELI CAPABILITY HAD BEEN BETTER THAN THAT OF BRIT.EVIDENTLY AMERICANS HAD GIVEN ISRAELIS THREE DAYS TO DO WHAY THEY EVENTUALLY DID WHEREAS BRIT HAD RECKONED IT WOULD TAKE THEM CLOSER TO SOMETHING LIKE EIGHT DAYS0 AT ANY RATE,BOTH ESTIMATES HAD BEEN A GOOD DEAL CLOSER TO THE MARK THAN THAT OF RUSSIANS. 5.BRIT AMBASSADOR THEN ASKED WHETHER MCNAMARA COULD CONCEIVE OF ANY CIRCUMSTANCE IN WHICH RUSSIANS MIGHT GIVE IN TO UAR PRESSURE TO BE PROVIDED WITH M I S S I L E S , S A Y , IS ISRAELIS WERE KNOWN TO HAVE THEM.MCNAMARA SAID HE COULD CONCEIVE OF NO RPT NO SUCH CIRCUMSTANCE IF WHAT BRIT AMBASSADOR HAD IN MIND WAS A TRANSFER OF NUCLEARTIPPED MISSILES TO EGYPTIANS OR,INDEED,TO ANYONE ELSE.AS FOR CON~ TINGENCY OF ISRAELIS ACQUIRING A NUCLEAR WEAPONS CAPABILITY, MCNAMARA SAID THIS WAS ONE REASON WHY USA WAS PRESSING FORWARD SO VIGOROUSLY WITH NPT NEGOTIATIONS GOLDSCHLAG 000134 � 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 CDBM00142 Title A name given to the resource Ankara to External 555 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 9/29/1967 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 Disarmament 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