https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/3504aa8a257281ff74364386cbd02e73.pdf b547393075a07de1bf1c0ff56fbed735 PDF Text Text Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de laJ^wtTTfrjoces a I'information 2J li FM WSHDC F E 3 7 / 6 9 CONFD TO EXTER 4 5 7 INFO LDN PARIS BONN BRU ROME HAGUE PRMNY DISARMDELGVA TT CANFORCEHED TOKYO DE OTT NATO DELHI MOSCO DE LDN BAG OSLO COPEN PR6UE WSAW ATHNS ANKRA BGRAD STKHM DE LDN LSBON DE OTT REF OURTEL 4431 DEC20/S8 ABMS WHILE THERE HAS BEEN A CONTINUING DEBATE IN USA OVER 1967 DECISION TO DEPLOY SENTINEL ABM SYSTEM, IT I S ONLY IN PAST 3 - 4 WEEKS THAT THIS DEBATE HAS GROWN TO MAJOR PROPORTIONS.RAPIDITY WITH WHICH CONTROVERSY HAS DEVELOPED HAS CAUGHT MOST 03SERV£RS(AND,W£ WOULD SUSPECT,THE NEW ADM IN)BY SURPRISE,RESULT SO FAR S AS YOU ARE PRESUMABLY AWARE FROM PRESS REPORTS,HAS BEEN THAN PENTAGON YESTERDAY ANNOUNCED IT WAS SUSPENDING STEPS RELATED TO SENTINEL DEPLOYMENT PENDING OUTCOME OF A REVIEW OF ALL MAJOR WEAPONS SYSTEMS. 2.DEFENSE BUDGET PRESENTED TO CONGRESS LAST YEAR REQUESTED 1 , 2 BILLION DOLLARS FOR SENTINEL AND OTHER ANTI-MISSILE DEFENCES. DURING SPRING AND SUMMER OPPONENTS OF SYSTEM MADE FIVE ATTEMPTS (THREE IN SENATE AND TWO IN HOUSE)TO DELETE VARIOUS FUNDS RELATED TO DEPLOYMENT*ALL OF THESE ATTEMPTS WERE DEFEATED BUT,AS WE REPORTED IN REFTELPNUMBER OF SENATORS VOTING WITH OPPOSITION INCREASED FROM 24 TO 34 IN A LITTLE OVER THREE MONTHS.SOVIET INVASION OF CZECO IN AUG FOREDOOMED FURTHER EFFORTS TO BLOCK SENTINEL DEPLOYMENT WHEN DEFENCE APPROPRIATIONS WERE VOTED UPON AT AUTUMN SITTING,AND »* • 2 000287 �Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi sur I'acces a I'information ORIGINAL AS IS PAGE TWO 457 CCXFD NUMBER CE SENATE OPPONENTS' DROPPED 3ACX TO HARD CORE OE 25.DEEENSE BUDGET FOR NEXT FISCAL YEAH PRESENTED MID JAN 69 CALLED FOR A FURTHER 1,7 3IELICE TC CCNTIPUE DEPLOYMENT: 3, LEADER OF SF/EATE OPPOSITION TO SEETINEL HAS BEEN REPUBLICAN SENATOR COCPER GE KFNTUCEV. ••"•: -N EE DISCUSSED PASPECTS FCE 91ST CEECEESS EITK CE E E5" /.IS ASi VT.'.KVC THEEE EEEE3 AGO:EE CCNF'.DENTLY EEEDICTED TEAT TEE1. 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I . . . 1,1.1 . w l F) ORIGINAL AS IS 000288 �Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi sur Tacces a Tinformation PAGE THREE 4 5 7 CONFD FOLLOWING DAY, PENTAGON ANNOUNCED THE PROJECT WAS BEING SUSPENDED UNTIL A REVIEW COULD BE CARRIED OUT, 'UCATALYTIC FACTOR IN TRANSFORMING ABM QUESTION FROM A RATHER REMOTE DEBATE INTO A PUBLIC CONTROVERSY WAS PENTAGON SURVEY IN NOV-DEC /68 OF P O S S I & E SITES FOR SENTINEL EMPLACEMENTS AROUND 15 MAJOR C I T I E S IN USA.CTTEES PROTESTING DEPLOYMENT WERE FORMED IN A NUMBER OF URBAN CENTRES AND EFFORTS BY DEPT OF DEFENSE TO REASSURE LOCAL RESIDENTS PROVED GENERALLY UN SUCCESSFUL,* PRINCIPAL SOURCE OF CONCERN HAS BEEN THAT, SINCE SYSTEM MUST BE HELD IN READINESS FOR INSTANT USE AGAINST SURPRISE ATTACK,THERE WAS A GREATER RISK OF ACCIDENTAL DETONATION WHICH, IF IT EVER OCCURRED,COULD DEVASTATE METROPOLITAN AREAS, MORE OVER, IT I S CLAIMED THAT PRESENCE OF ABM S I T E S AROUND C I T I E S WOULD MAKE AREAS IN QUESTION PRIORITY TARGETS.HEAVY FLOW OF PROTEST MAIL HAS ALL BUT SILENCED CONGRESSIONAL ADVOCATES OF SYSTEM, INCLUDING SENATE REPUBLICAN LEADER DIRKSEN,WHO HAS DECLARED THAT HE NOW HAS QUOTE AN OPEN AND CAPACIOUS MIND UNQUOTE ON THE SUBJ, 5 , A SECOND FACT OR, ALTHOUGH IT I S DIFFICULT TO ASSESS AT T H I S STAGE, MAY BE CHANGE OF ADMINSdT SEEMS A REASONABLE SURMISE THAT SOME DEMOCRATS WHO FELT AN OBLIGATION TO SUPPORT JOHNSON/CLIFFORD REQUESTS FOR f.m FUNDS FEEL CONSIDERABLY LESS INHIBITED FROM OPPOSING MEASURES OF REPUBLICAN ORIGIN-PART ICULARLY WHEN THOSE MEASURES APPEAR LIKELY TO CAUSE POLITICAL TROUBLE AT HOME, 6vFINALLY, SENT INEL SYSTEM HAS BECOME FOCUS OF GROWING CONGRESSIONAL AND PUBLIC DOUBTS ABOUT LARGE USA EXPENDITURES ON DEFENSE, • »• 4 �Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi sur I'acces a I'information PAGE FOUR 457 CONFD LATE LAST SEP, PENTAGON ISSUED PRESS RELEASE ANNOUNCING THAT CONTRACTS TOTALLING MORE THAN 475 MILLION DOLLARS HAD BEEN LET FOR CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT AND PRODUCTION OF SENTINEL SYSTEM, PRESS RELEASE CAREFULLY LISTED MAJOR BENEFICIARIES, INCLUDING THEIR LOCATIONS,AND POINTED OUT THAT OVER 30S0 COMPANIES SPREAD OVER VIRTUALLY EVERY STATE IN USA WOULD BE INVOLVEDdN PRESENT CLIMATE OF OPINION,HOWEVER, PUBLICITY EFFORTS OF THIS KIND APPEAR NOT/NOT ONLY TO HAVE BEEN UNSUCCESSFUL BUT TO HAVE BACK-FIRED.CRIT ICS HAVE MADE CONSIDERABLE HEADWAY IN CHARACTERIZING SENTINEL AS YET ANOTHER EXPENSIVE AND UNNECESSARY SYSTEM OF DOUBTFUL RELIABILITY WHICH IS BEING FOISTED ON PUBLIC BY THE MILITARY INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX., CONCERN HAS ALSO BEEN EXPRESSED AT PROSPECT OF EMBARKING ON ANOTHER ROUND OF ARMS RACE.RPTD PUBLIC EXPRESSIONS OF WILLINGNESS BY USSR TO ENGAGE IN ARMS LIMITATION TALKS WITH USA HAVE NOT/NOT BEEN WITHOUT EFFECT IN LATTER REGARD,, 7o GIVEN GENERAL VIEWS OM DEFENSE EXPRESSED IN PAST BY NIXON AND LAIRD( OURTEL 4416 DEC18), PRESENT SITUATION UNDOUBTEDLY FACES THEM WITH SOME DIFFICULT CHOICES.IF UPON COMPLETION OF REVIEW NEXT MONTH THEY DECIDE TO PRESS AHEADtTHEY RISK HUMILIATION OF HAVING CONGRESS REFUSE TO APPROPRIATE NECESSARY FUNDS, OR OR HAVING TO USE UP CREDIT WITH CONGRESS THAT THEY MAY NEED TO SECURE APPROVAL OF APPROPRIAT I OF S FOR OTHER ITEMS. ON OTHER HAND, BOTH HAVE EXPRESSED S^RCEG GENERAL SUPPORT FOR DEPLOYMENT OF A El 5 , EVEN THOUGH THEY HAVE CUE3TI0EEC SPECIFIC SENTINEL RATIONALE OF PROVIDING DEFENCE AGAINST A CHINESE .., 5 000290 �Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi sur I'acces a I'information -» PAGE FIVE 4 5 7 CONFD ATTACK, IN LAIRDS CASE AT LEAST IT IS REASONABLY CLEAR THAT HE WOULD FAVOUR EARLY EXPANSION OF SYSTEM TO PROVIDE DEFENCE AGAINST USSR.HE HAS ALSO ADOPTED CLIFFORDS VIEW THAT DEPLOYMENT WOULD GIVE USA A BARGAINING COUNTER IN ARMS LIMITATION TALKS WITH USSR, 8 . ONE SOLUTION WOULD BE TO DISCARD QUOTE CHINESE UNQUOTE RATIONALE, WHICH HAS NEVER ENJOYED A VERY HIGH CREDIBILITY IN ANY CASE,AND TO CLAIM INSTEAD THAT SENTINEL IS NEEDED TO PROTECT MINUTEMAN SITES AGAINST PRE-EMPTIVE ATTACK, SINCE THIS WOULD LOGICALLY ENTAIL SHIFTING SENTINEL SITES FROM URBAN COMPLEXES TO CO-LOCATE THEM WITH MINUTEMEN IN RELATIVELY REMOTE AREAS, IT WOULD ASSUAGE ALARM EXPRESSED ABOUT PRESENT DEPLOYMENT PLAN 3Y RESIDENTS OF MAJOR CITIES.THERE ARE HOWEVER TWO DIFFICULTIES ABOUT THIS COURSE(A)POSTURE STATEMENT ISSUED BY CLIFFORD ONLY THREE WEEKS AGO MAKES IT CLEAR THAT ABM DEFENCE I S NOT/NOT NECESSARY TO MAINTAIN USAS QUOTE ASSURED DESTRUCTION UNQUOTE CAPABILITY AT PRESENT<B)IN PRESENT STATE OF PUBLIC OPINION,THERE WOULD STILL BE A SERIOUS RISK OF CONGRESSIONAL DEFEAT,NY TIMES TODAY REPORTED THAT FEDERATION OF AMERICAN SCIENTISTS HAS CALLED FOR SENTINEL TO BE A3AND0NED ENTIRELY,WHILE A PLAN FOR A ONE-DAY QUOTE RESEARCH STOPPAGE UNQUOTE ON MAR4 TO PROTEST GOVT QUOTE MISUSE UNQUOTE OF SCIENCE IN GENERAL AND SENTINEL SYSTEM IN PARTICULAR HAS BEGUN TO SPREAD FROM IT TO OTHER EASTERN SEA30ARD UNIVERSITIES, IT IS FAR FROM CLEAR THAT MOMENTUM OPPOSITION HAS GAINED CAN BE DISSIPATED BY SLEIGHT OF HAND MEASURES SUCH AS CHANGE IN DECLARED OBJECTIVES, 000291 �Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi sur I'acces a I'information PAGE SIX 4 5 7 CONFD 9.C0URSE WHICH WOULD SATISFY GREAT MAJORITY OF CRITICS IN CONGRESS WOULD BE AN INDEFINITE FREEZE ON DEPLOYMENT (POSSIBLY ACCOMPANIED BY A REDUCTION IN EXPENDITURES ON PROCUREMENT)WHILE CONTINUING WORK ON RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT,ADDITIONAL ADVANTAGE OF THIS COURSE IS THAT IT WOULD IMPROVE PROSPECTS OF OBTAINING FUNDS FOR OTHER PROJECTS, HOWEVER,CHARACTER OF NIXON ADMIN HAS 3ARELY BEGUN TO EMERGE AS YET AND IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO PREDICT WITH ANY CONFIDENCE WHETHER THIS COURSE WILL IN FACT BE ADOPTED, 000292 � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. 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