https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/c44b198446c7d048fe39a706e9ebc2eb.pdf e7004b799c9c42c6cc8e575347c1959b PDF Text Text Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la loi sur I'acces a i'information ; I 0- %- ?. { From Disarmament Div, TO, 3Z:...//..-b...7 FM NATO FEBS9/6B CONFD TO TT EXTER 5 0 5 PRIORITY DE LDN TT CANFORCEHED PRIORITY DE OTT INFO LDN PRIORITY TT WSHDC DISARMDELGVA PRMNY BRU HAGUE BONN ROME PARIS PRIORITY DE LDN BAG ATHNS ANKRA COPEN OSLO MOSCO DE LDN LSBON DE OTT MTG OF DISARMAMENT EXPERTS WITH PACt ITEM II-FURTHER ARMS CONTROL ARRANGEMENTS SCOVILLEC USA) INTRODUCED SU3J UNDER THREE 3R0AD HEADSC A) MEASURES TO CONTROL STRATEGIC NUCLEAR ARMS RACEC 3 ) C U T - 0 F F , AND(C>COMPREHENSIVE TEST BANggQ,^ 2 . ONC A) SCOVILLE SAID THAT SO FAR USA HAD BEEN UNSUCCESSFUL IN ENGAGING USSR IN DISCUSSIONS.HE WENT ON TO EXPLAIN THAT BECAUSE OF NEW WEAPONS SYSTEMS IN OFFING,PRESENT WAS VERY CRITICAL PERIOD IN ARMS RACE SINCE IT APPEARED WE WERE LEAVING PERIOD OF RELATIVE STABILITY FOR ONE OF GREATER UNCERTAINTY IN WHICH INCENTIVES TO jQ STRIKE FIRST WOULD BE GREATER. INTRODUCTION OF MIRVS IS MAIN CONTRIBUTION TO INCREASED UNCERTAINTY, BUT FOBS AND MOBS ALSO PLAY A PART. HE WAS AT PAINS TO EMPHASIZE THAT USA DECISION TO DEPLOY LTD ABMS HAD NOT/NOT DIMINISHED USA DESIRE FOR TALKS WITH RUSSIANS AND STATED CATEGORICALLY THAT PRESSURE FOR TALKS WOULD CONTINUE. HE EXPRESSED SOME HOPE THAT OBLIGATION IN NPT TO LIMIT ARMS RACE MIGHT SERVE AS FULCRUM FOR BRINGING GREATER PRESSURE ON USSR TO ENGAGE IN MEANINGFUL NEGOTIATIONS. )T 3.SC0VILLE DESCRI3ED QUOTE CUT-OFF UNQUOTE AS PARALLEL TO NPT • • .2 000200 �Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu deeJa Ja hLoi sur faeces a I'information ft PAGE TWO 5 0 5 CONFD IN THAT IT WOULD APPLY TO NUCLEAR WEAPON STATES AND, IF ACCEPTED, WOULD INVOLVE MANDATORY IAEA CONTROLS ON PRODUCTION OF FISSI0NA3LE MATERIAL FOR PEACEFUL PURPOSES WITHIN NUCLEAR STATES PARTIES TO I T . AGAIN HE THOUGHT THAT CONCLUSION OF NPT PROVIDED GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO RENEW PRESSURE ON USSR TO ACCEPT CUT-OFF. 4 . DISCUSSION OF CT3 WAS RATHER PERFUNCTORY WITH SCOVILLE EMPHASIZING THAT USA DOES NOT/NOT REGARD THIS MEASURE AS QUOTE INDEPENDENTLY ADEQUATE UNQUOTE.PROGRESSC OR LACK OF IT) IN CONTROLLING STRATEGIC NUCLEAR WEAPONS SYSTEMS WOULD BE IMPORTANT FACTOR IN INEVITABLE PRESSURES FOR CONTINUED TESTING WHICH WOULD ACCOMPANY FUTURE PERIOD OF DEVELOPING TECHNOLOGY WITH INTRODUCTION OF NEW WEAPONS. HE TOUCHED BRIEFLY ON NEW SEISMIC ARRAY IN NORWAY FROM WHICH DATA WOULD SHORTLY BE AVAILA3LE AND MENTIONED SIPRI DEVELOPMENTS WHICH ARE FAMILIAR FROM RECENT MSGS FROM STKHM AND GENEV. 5 . IN DISCUSSION WHICH FOLLOWED, 3RIT REP(CULLIS)POSED NUMBER OF QUESTIONS ABOUT PROGRESS IN VERIFICATION OF TECHNIQUES, REFERRING SPECIFICALLY TO STRATEGIC NUCLEAR ARMS RACE AND,(IN RELATION TO CUT-OFF)VERIFICATION OF INSOTOPE SEPARATION PLANTS FOR PRODUCTION OF U - 2 3 5 . 0 N FIRST OF THESE, USA REP INDICATED THAT IN DISCUSSION WITH RUSSIANS IT WAS USA INTENTION TO CONCENTRATE ON WEAPONS SYSTEMS WHICH COULD BE VERIFIED BY NATL CAPA3ILITIESCOBSERVATION SATELLITES OR OTHER MEANS) OR WHICH WOULD REQUIRE MINIMUM OF INTRUSION.AS FOR ISOTOPE SEPARATION PLANTS, USA POINTED OUT THESE WERE LARGE, DIFFICULT TO CONCEAL,USED HUGE 3L0CKS OF POWER AND WERE ALREADY KNOWN. • • .o 000201 �Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la l a ' sur I'acces a I'information W • « s PAGE THREE 505 COwFD WHILE NQ/NO INTERNATL VERIFICATION PROCEDURES NOW EXISTED, MATTER HAD 3EEN RAISED BY USSR AT IAEA IN VIENN WITH USA SUPPORT AND SOME ACTION COULD BE EXPECTED.USA HAS ALSO DONE SOME PRIVATE RESEARCH AND THERE WERE HOPEFUL INDICATIONS THAT SUITABLE PROCEDURES COULD BE DEVISED THOUGH PROBLEM WAS NOr/wOT YET SOLVED. 6.MAIN FACTOR MAKING FOR INSTABILITY OVER PERIOD AHEAD I S INTRODUCTION OF MIRVS 3ECAUSE< A) NUMBERS QF WARHEADS ARE SUBSTANTIALLY INCREASED AND(3)WEAP0N ATTACKS COUNTER-FORCE TARGETS. THIS INCREASES THE INCENTIVE TO RISK ALL ON A FIRST STRIKE. GREATEST DANCER, HOWEVER, LIES I N MISCALCULATING OPPONENTS CAPA3ILITY AND OVER-REACTING IN ORDER TO COMPENSATE FOR HIS ASSUMED ADVANTAGE.SCOVILLE STRESSED THAT NEW WEAPONS SYSTEMS MADE I T MORE NECESSARY THAN EVER TO REACH ARMS CONTROL AGREEMENTS, BUT CONFESSED HE WAS NOT/NOT PERSONALLY VERY OPTIMISTIC A30UT PROSPECTS FOR SUCCESS.SEVERAL SPEAKERS COMMENTED ON DEVELOPING CHINESE NUCLEAR THREAT THOUGH I T WAS RECOGNIZED THAT SENTINEL ABM SYSTEM SHOULD 3E ABLE TO HANDLE THIS FOR NEXT DECADE.USA REPS DISCOUNTED P0SSI3LE SOVIET INTEREST IN AGREEMENT ON TACTICAL NUCLEAR WEAPONS 3ECAUSE USSR HAD NOT/NOT PUT GREAT EFFORT INTO DEVELOPING SUCH WEAPONS AND ALSO BECAUSE OF SUBSTANTIAL VERIFICATION PROBLEM. THERE WAS SOME GENERAL DISCUSSION OF PEACEFUL NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS AND USA REPS SUGGESTED ANY PROPOSALS FOR INTERNATL ARRANGEMENTS FOR PEACEFUL NUCLEAR EXPLOSIVE SVCS SHOULD INCLUDE CONSIDERATION OF MODIFICATIONS NEEDED I N PARTIAL TEST BAN TO PERMIT CARRYING OUT OF SUCH EXPLOSIONS WITHOUT BREACH OF TREATY.ITALIANS SEEMED PARTICULARLY INTERESTED IN FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS IN THIS AREA. 000202 � 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 CDBM00163 Title A name given to the resource NATO to External 505 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2/29/1968 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 4, Library and Archives Canada, (LAC). 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