https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/f17bb9a60d50f0364aabb8eb5ee6e679.pdf 292a084b0b10925b6206b15ad26b4590 PDF Text Text ^Document disclosed underthe AccesstoInformation Act Wocument d»ulgUe en . e r t ^ l a IqjJ^ fafis-^injormatian -v ACTION COPY FM WSHDC JUL9/68 CONFD TO EXTER 2562 PRIORITY INFO LDN PARIS BRU PRMNY BONN ROME HAGUE DISARMDELGVA TT NATO MOSCO DE LDN CANFORCEHED DE OTT BAG ANKRA ATHNS COPEN OSLO DE LDN LSBON DE OTT REF NATOTEL 1685 JUL4 AND MOSCOTEL 1359 JUL8 LIMITATION OF STRATEGIC NUCLEAR DELIVERY SYSTEMS SINCE JUN27 WHEN GROMYKO GAVE MOST EXPLICITLY POSITIVE RESPONSEYET TO OFT RPTD USA PROPOSALS FOR ABM TALKSCWE USE THIS AS SHORTHAND FOR MORE ACCURATE BUT CUMBERSOME DESCRIPTION OF SUBJ GIVEN IN SUBJ LINE ABOVE>THERE HAS BEEN NO/NO END OF SPECULATION AS TO WHY RUSSIAN AGREED,WHY THEY AGREED NOW,WHAT THEY AGREED TO, WHEN TALKS WILL COMMENCE AND WHERE THEY WILL BE HELD.OFFICIAL' SPECULATION HAS BEEN FREELY SHARED WITH THE PRESS SO THAT SPECULATION REPORTED IN PARAS3 AND 4 OF NATOTEL 1685 HAS APPEARED IN DAILY PRESS AND BEEN WORKED OVER BY DEFENCE CORRESPONDENTS AND SOME INTERESTED COLUMNISTS.HOWEVER IT STILL REMAINS PURE SPECULATION. WE HAVE NO/NO DOUBT THAT PERHAPS FAIRLY INTENSIVE EXCHANGES ARE TAKING PLACE BETWEEN USA AND USSR GOVTS TO OBTAIN CLARIFICATION AND PRECISION REGARDING ONE ANOTHERS POSITIONS AND TO EXPLORE QUESTIONS OF TIMING AND VENUE.HOWEVER THESE ARE BEING CONDUCTED AT VERY HIGH LEVEL AND GIVEN IMPORTANCE PRESIDENT ATTACHES TO THESE TALKS AND HIS NATURAL DESIRE TO DERIVE MAXIMUM POLITICAL MILEAGE FROM ANNOUNCEMENTS CONCERNING THEM WE.EXPECT OFFICIAL SILENCECBASED FOR MOST PART ON IGNORANCE)WILL BE MAINTAINED •. .2 000216 �Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi sur Tacces a Tinformation w PAGE TWO 2562 CONFD UNTIL PRESIDENT HAS SOMETHING POSITIVE TO SAY. 2.M0SC0TEL 1359 CONTAINS INTERESTING ASSESSMENT AND ANALYSIS OF CURRENT SOVIET POSITION ON DISARMAMENT NEGOTIATIONS GENERALLY. USA POSITION ON DISARMAMENT GENERALLY IS WELL KNOWN BUT WHEN A PARTICULAR ISSUE.COMES TO THE FORE USA POSITION BECOMES OBSCURE WHILE INTERNAL BATTLE RAGES IN COURSE OF DEVELOPMENT OF USA NEGOTIATING POSITION AND POLICY.THUS WHILE CLEVELAND COULD EXPRESS AMERICAN INTEREST IN EVIDENCE OF APPARENT LINGERING MISGIVINGS IN SOVIET GOVT ABOUT ANY DISCUSSION OF LIMITATION OF NUCLEAR WEAPONRY HE MIGHT HAVE ADDED THAT THIS USA INTEREST WAS IN PART A REFLECTION OF COMPARABLE DOUBTS IN THIS COUNTRY. 3.AS REPORTED ELSEWHERE THE SENATE.VOTED ON JUN25 TO AUTHORIZE EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS TO ACQUIRE SITES FOR SENTINEL SYSTEM.THIS FIRST STEP TOWARDS DEPLOYMENT WAS AUTHORIZED AFTER A SPIRITED DEBATE. BETWEEN THOSE WHO OPPOSED ABM DEPLOYMENT ALTOGETHER AND THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN ADVOCATING QUOTE COMPLETE UNQUOTE ABM COVERAGE AGAINST ANY KIND OF MISSILE ATTACK.IT WAS INTERESTING TO NOTE THAT THREE DAYS LATER SOME OF THE MOST STRIDENT ADVOCATES OF AN ABM SYSTEM DIRECTED AGAINST SOVIET MISSILE ATTACKS WERE QUICK TO WELCOME GROMYKOS STATEMENT AND TO CLAIM CREDIT FOR SOVIET DECISION TO ENGAGE IN ABM TALKS.THIS HAS,HOWEVER,BEEN FOLLOWED BY RELEASE OF A REPORT OF A SENATE SUBCTTEE CONTAINING AN EXPRESSION OF CONCERN BY GEN WHEELER,CHAIRMAN JCS ABOUT TRENDS IN USA DEFENCE POLICY. "••3 000217 �Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi sur Tacces a Tinformation PAGE THREE 2562 CONFD THERE HAVE ALSO APPEARED REPORTS OF INTERVIEWS WITH QUOTE SENIOR PENTAGON OFFICIALS UNQUOTE WHO ASSERT THAT DEPLOYMENT OF SENTINEL SYSTEM DESIGNED TO PROTECT AGAINST IRRATIONAL CHINESE ATTACK MUST GO FORWARD.OTHER SIDE OF ARGUMENT HAS ALSO APPEARED IN PRINT IN FORM OF A REPORT BY UPI OF A STUDY FOR ACDA BY RESEARCH GROUP AT STANDFORD U WHICH ALLEGEDLY CONCLUDED THAT BY TIME SENTINEL SYSTEM COULD BECOME OPERATIONAL CHINESE NUCLEAR ARSENAL WOULD BE SUCH AND CHINESE CONFIDENCE SO ENHANCED THAT ITS IRRATIONAL USE AGAINST USA WOULD BE IMMEASURABLY REDUCED. 4.ALL OF WHICH ADDS UP,AS WE SEE IT,TQ NO/NO MORE THAN UNCERTAINTY AS TO THE USA GOVTS POSITION ON ABM TALKS LESS THAN A MONTH BEFORE CONGRESS RECESSES.WE WOULD EXPECT PRESIDENT JOHNSON TO TRY HARD TO HAVE TALKS AT LEAST FORMALLY LAUNCHED BEFORE END OF THIS MONTH. HE WOULD DOUBTLESS LIKE TO SEE REAL PROGRESS ACHIEVED BEFORE END OF HIS TERM AS PRESIDENT. HE HIMSELF HAerH^W^^^rC ON CEDED IMPLICTLY. A ) J IN HIS JULl REMARKS ABOUT COMPLEXITY OF SUBJ AND PATIENT PERSISTENCE REQUIRED TO GET TO POINT OF AGREEMENT QUOTE TO ENTER IN THE NEAREST FUTURE INTO DISCUSSIONS UNQUOTE. � 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 CDBM00170 Title A name given to the resource DC to External 2562 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 7/9/1968 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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