https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/33ad36d0d21381ad87483e26bbd671a5.pdf 58d8f71cf28628834240c9286951cddc PDF Text Text fi FM MCOW 0CT3/67 CONFD 0 TO TT EXTER 3583 PRIORITY DE LDN INFO LDN TT WASHDC PRMNY NATOPARIS EMBPARIS BONN ROME BRU HAGUE DISARMDELGVA DE LDN BAG ATHNS ANKRA OSLO COPEN DE PARIS ABMS:SOVIET ABMS:SUViti REACTION ncHOiiui. UK/ ' f / THERE HAS BEEN NO RPT NO S I G N E T SOVIET REACTION W l O SPEECH ANNOUNCING USA DECISION TO PROCEED WITH QUOTE v/l» flBM 0 MCNAMARAS UNQUOTE DEFENCE.THERE HAVE BEEN ONE OR TWO BRIEE REES TO NEW DEEENCE CONTRACTS FILLING THE POCKETS OF ARMS MANUFACTURERS.BUT THESE I REGARD AS STANDARD PROPAGANDA.DESIGNED TO HOLD THE LINE UNTIL A SUBSTANTIVE POSITION IS DEVELOPED. 2.THIS IS A TASK OF SOME DIFFICULTY.SOVIET LEADERS HAVE TOLD THEIR OWN PEOPLE LTTTLE ABOUT CHINESE NUCLEAR DEVELOPMENTS OR USA ATTEMPTS TO NEGOTIATE AGREEMENT WITH THEM ON ABMS.TO ATTACK USA DECISION WOULD INVOLVE SOME EXPLANATION OF WHY DECISION WAS BEING ATTACKED, THIS IN TURN WOULD DEMAND THAT MORE BE REVEALED TO SOVIET PUBLIC ON THIS SUBJ THAN HAS SO FAR BEEN PERMITTED TO APPEAR.IF MCNAMARAS PUBLIC JUSTIFICATION WERE REJECTED.FOR EXAMPLE,SOVIET LEADERS WOULD EVEN THIS MUCH COULD ALARM SOVIET PUBLIC WHO ARE WELL AWARE OF DETERIORATION OF SINO-SOVIET RELATIONS EVEN IF THET ARE IGNORANT OF PROGRESS OF CHINAS WEAPONS PROGRAMME. 3.0N OTHER HAND.SOVIET LEADERS WOULD HAVE EOUAL DIFFICULITV IN CRITICKI1G SYSTEM-AS DIRECTED AGAINST THEM.SINCE THEY WENT AHEAD WSTH 000149 �Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi sur I'acces a I'information PAGE TWO 3583 CONFD THEIR OWN SYSTEM FIRST AND SINCE USA HAS GONE OUT OF ITS WAY TO MAINTAIN PUBLIC POSITION THAT THEIR DECISION IS RELATED TO CHINESE NOT RPT NOT SOVIET THREAT.RUSSIANS MUST KNOW THAT USA DECISION HAS AT LEAST AS MUCH TO DO WITH THEM AND THIS OCCASIONALLY BECOMES APPARENT. FOR EXAMPLE,A TASS REPORT ON DEVELOPMENTS IN NATO REFERRED TO PLANS BY NUCLEAR CTTEE TO DISCUSS QUOTE ABM SYSTEM WIDELY ADVERTISED BY USA UNQUOTE.BUT SO FAR AT LEAST,THEY CONTINUE TO BE UNWILLING TO ENGAGE IN PUBLIC OR PRIVATE DISCUSSION OF ABMS AS AN ISSUE BETWEEN USSR AND USA.REPORTS OF GNEVA DISCUSSIONS SUGGEST THIS IS BECAUSE THEY DO NOT RPT NOT WISH TO RAISE AN ISSUE WHICH MIGHT HINDER PRO- ^ GRESS IN NPT NEGOTIATIONS. 4.FINALLY THERE IS THE CONSIDERATION THAT SOVIET LEADERS MAY NOT RPT NOT YET HAVE TOTALLY REJECTED POSSIBILITY OF SECRET DISCUSSIONS WITH AMERICANS AIMED AT LIMITING ARMS RACE LIKELY TO BE TRIGGERED BY DECISIONS TO CONSTRUCT UNIMPEDED ABM DEFENCES.DOOR WAS CERTAINLY LEFT OPEN BY AMERICANS AND I THINK RUSSIANS RECOGNIZE THIS.THUS SILENCE IN SOVIET PRESS MAY BE INTERPRETED AT LEAST IN PART AS A RECOGNITION OF IMPORTANCE OF SUBJ AND DESIRE NOT RPT NOT TO COMMIT SOVIET GOVT ONE WAY OR ANOTHER. 5.NEVERTHELESS IT REMAINS CURIOUS THAT SOVIET GOVT DID NOT RPT NOT GIVE ENCOURAGEMENT TO AMERICAN ADMIN TO PUT OFF DECISION WHICH,I RECALL LLEWELLYN THOMPSON TELLING ME LAST SPRING,COULD HAVE BEEN ACHIEVED BY MEREST HINT FROM SOVIET SIDE INDICATING INTEREST IN DISCUSSING PROBLEM.THOMPSON IS NOT RPT NOT HERE AT MOMENT AND I 000150 �Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi sur I'acces a I'information P A ^ THREE 3583 CONFD THEREFORCE CANNOT RPT NOT CHECK HIS LATEST EVALUATION OF SITUATION. MY PERSONAL GUESS IS THAT SOVIET FAILURE TO RESPOND TO USA INVITATION,AND SILENCE AT PRESENT TIME,IS COMPOUNDED IN PART FROM RELUCTANCE TO GET INVOLVED WITH USA IN DIRECT BILATERAL TALKS WHILE VIETNAM REMAINS UNSOLVED?IN PART FROM PRESSURE OF MILITARY TO CONSTRUCT SOVIET ABM DEFENCE SYSTEM REGARDLESS OF COST OR EFFECT ON USA?AND IN PART FROM DIVISIONS IN SOVIET GOVT COUNCILS ABOUT WHICH I HAVE FREQUENTLY WRITTEN AND WHICH CONTINUE TO BE APPARENT. FORD i. t 000151 � 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 CDBM00147 Title A name given to the resource Moscow to External 4583 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 10/3/1967 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 ABMs: Soviet Reaction 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