https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/b3fec49795851edb306f9ca06ab6d3ea.pdf 3e05509b6d441f4fcb1e4e25350e2581 PDF Text Text FlfflUsHDC 0 C T 1 6 / 6 7 SECRET TO EXTER 3 7 7 3 PRIORITY INFO DISARMDELGVA LDN PARIS BONN BRU HAGUE ROME TT CANFORCEHED DE OTT NATOBRU MCOW DE LDN USA-SOVIET TALKS ON LIMITATION OF STRATEGIC DELIVERY SYSTEMS YOU WILL RECALL DEFENSE SECRETARY MCNAMARA INDICATED IN HIS QUOTE POSTURE STATEMENT UNQUOTE JAN26 USA GOVT INTENDED TO TAKE NO RPT NO ACTION AT THAT TIME TO DEPLOY ABM SYSTEM BUT TO INITIATE NEGOTIATIONS WITH USSR DESIGNED TO LIMIT ABM DEPLOYMENT AND IF THESE NEGOTIATIONS PROVED UNSUCCESSFUL TO RECONSIDER DEPLOYMENT DECISION. A GOOD DEAL OF WATER HAS FLOWED UNDER THIS PARTICULAR BRIDGE SINCE AND ABM DEPLOYMENT DECISION WHEN TAKEN WAS OSTENSIBLY ON OTHER GROUNDS. ACTUALLY MCNAMARA DID LEAVE OPEN OPTION FOR DECISION ON GROUNDS OF POTENTIAL CHINESE QUOTE THREAT UNQUOTE BY ALLUDING TO IT BUT CONCLUDING THAT GIVEN DIFFERENCES IN LEAD TIME FOR DEVELOPMENT OF A SIGNIFICANT CHINESE OFFENSIVE CAPABILITY AND THAT NEEDED FOR EFFECTIVE DEFENCE TIME F OR A DECISION HAD NOT RPT NOT ARRIVED. 2 . YOU WILL ALSO RECALL REPORTED REACTION OF CHAIRMAN KOSYGIN WHEN PRESIDENT JOHNSON INTERPRETED PUBLICLY FORMERS REPLY TO INVITATION TO NEGOTIATIONS AS AGREEMENT TO DO SOCMCOW TEL419 MAR4). APART FROM THIS DESPITE ABSENCE OF ANY REAL EVIDENCE OF SOVIET WILLINGNESS TO ENTER INTO NEGOTIATIONS RELATING TO LIMITATION OF STRATEGIC DELIVERY SYSTEMS USA OFFICIALS HAVE BEEN VERY CAREFUL ABOUT GIVING ANY PUBLIC OR PRIVATE INTERPRETATION TO SOVIET .••2 000155 �Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi sur I'acces a I'information ?fm TWO 3 7 7 3 SECRET FAILURE TO RESPOND TO USA INVITATION. AT SAME TIME SIGNALS HAVE GONE UP INDICATING EXTENT OF USA FLEXIBILI TY. BOTH PRESIDENT AND MCNAMARA INDICATED USA WOULD BE PREPARED TO DISCUSS BOTH OFFENSIVE AND DEFENSIVE STRATEGIC DELIVERY SYSTEMS. FURTHERM ORE AND THIS HAS BEEN AT EXPENSE OF CONGRESSIONAL CRITICISM MCNAMARA HAS RPTDLY SPOKEN OF SURPLUS OVER NEED OF USA ICBM AND OTHER STRATEGIC DELIVERY FORCES. FOR EXAMPLE IN HIS SEP 18 SPEECH ANNOUNCING ABM DEPLOYMENT DECISION HE SAID QUOTE BLUNT FACT REMAINS THAT IF WE HAD HAD MORE ACCURATE INFO ABOUT PLANNED SOVIET STRATEGIC FORCES WE SIMPLY WOULD NOT RPT NOT HAVE NEEDED TO BUILD AS LARGE A NUCLEAR ARSENAL AS WE HAVE TODAY UNQUOTE. ANOTHER SIGNAL APPEARED IN SPEECH BY ASST DEFENSE SECRETARY WARNKE SPEECH 0CT6 WHEN HE SAID QUOTE IN CONSIDERING ANY POSSIBLE AGREEMENT WITH USSR TO LEVEL OFF OR REDUCE STRATEGIC OFFENSIVE AND DEFENSIVE SYSTEMS OR EVEN POSSIBILITY FOR PARALLEL ACTION ON PART OF TWO COUNTRIES WE MAY HAVE TO DEPEND ON OUR OWN UNILATERAL CAPABILITY FOR VERIFICATION. WE BELIEVE A NUMBER OF POSSIBILITIES FOR PARALLEL ACTION AND EVEN FOR FORMAL AGREEMENT WITH SOVIETS WOULD PERMIT OUR RELIANCE ON UNILATERAL MEANS OF VERIFICATION UNQUOTE.PERHAPS TO REASSURE HIS AUDIENCE BUT PRESUM ABLYCGIVEN KNOWN SOVIET ATTITUDE TOWARDS ONSITE INSPECTION IN USSR)ALSO TO INDICATE LIMITS OF AGREEMENT WITH USSR THAT WOULD BE ACCEPTABLE WARNKE WENT ON QUOTE OTHER MORE FARREACHING AGREEMENTS PARTICULARLY ANY INVOLVING SUBSTANTIAL REDUCTIONS WOULD REQUIRE AGREED INTERNATL . INSPECTION. •— — • • 000156 �Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi sur faeces a I'information PAGE THREE 3773 SECRET YiflpiAY BE SURE THAT WE WOULD NOT RPT NOT ACCEPT ANY AGREEMENT UNLESS WE HAD HIGH CONFIDENCE IN OUR ABILITY TO MONITOR SCVIET COMPLIANCE EITHER BY UNILATERAL MEANS OR BY AGREED INSPECTION PROCEDURES. BUT YOU MAY BE SURE ALSO THAT WE WILL PURSUE WITH DILIGENCE AND DETERMINATION OUR EFFORTS TO BRING NUCLEAR ARMS RACE UNDER CONTROL UNQUOTE. !..••• *** 3.PERHAPS PATIENCE AND FORBEARANCE FROM PUBLIC STATEMENTS MAY BE PAYING OFF. WHILE TOO MUCH SHOULD NOT RPT NOT BE READ INTO I T WE WERE INTERESTED TO LEARN FROM MCAULIFFE OF STATE DEPT A FEW DAYS AGO THAT QUESTION OF USA-SOVIET TALKS ON LIMITATION OF STRATEGIC WEAPONS HAD BEEN RAISED BY SECRETARY RUSK WITH FOREIGN MINISTER GROMYKO WHEN THEY MET ON EVE OF UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY IN NY. ACCORDING TO MCAULIFFE GROMYKOS RESPONSE HAD BEEN THAT I T WOULD NOT RPT NOT BE POSSIBLE UNTIL AFTER SOVIET 50 TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS. WHILE NOT RPT NOT MUCH OF A STRAW I T APPARENTLY IS BEING CLUTCHED AT HOPEFULLY IN STATE. 4. IN THIS CONNECTION WE WERE INTERESTED BY MCAULIFFES REF TO SPRINT MISSILES AS POSSIBLY USEFUL FOR NEGOTIATIONS WITH RUSSIANS. IT I S EVIDENT THAT USA ADMIN I S NOT RPT NOT ANXIOUS TO INTRODUCE THIS COMPONENT OF ABM SYSTEM WHICH WOULD CARRY WITH I T PRESSURES FOR QUOTE THICKENING UNQUOTE OF BALLISTIC M I S S I L E DEFENSE AND I S ALLEGEDLY NOT RIPT NOT NECESSARY FOR CHIN A-ORIENTED SYSTEM. AT SAME TIME WE WOULD THINK I T VERY DIFFICULT FOR USA TO TRADE OFF THIS OPTION SO LONG AS CONGRESS AND MILITARY ESTABLISHMENT ARE PREDOMINENTLY IN FAVOUR OF QUOTE FULL UNQUOTE ABM DEPLOYMENT. ^_ , . • 000157 � 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 CDBM00150 Title A name given to the resource DC to External 3773 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 10/16/1967 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 USA-Soviet Talks on Limitation of Strategic Delivery Systems 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