LAIRD AND JACKSON ON SALT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP74B00415R000400010011-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 8
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Sequence Number: 11
• Content Type: MEMORANDUM

Approved For Release 2006/07/27: CIA-RDP74B00415R000400010011-1
Approved For Release 2006/07/27: CIA-RDP74B00415R000400010011-1
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Senator Ifenrmj '1 .Ica son (D., 1; csh
r s;;77 or r?._ imb;r of the Senate Awned Sure-
~ce,, #:. !rsrnitt. c_ad of its s7ubcornai:t`mu
on str'ategic ' c(rm:i Lim duttio . sags the
exeetztiue CIgreerner-: on offensive weapons
The agreements reached in
I1Losco,v will permit us to main-
tain a strong strategic position,
and they will enhance our secu-
rity by putting th.! brakes on
Soviet strategic-force momen-
tum. These agree;: ents reflect
a realistic assessment of the
strategic situation, both as it
exists today and 's it could
exist five years from now in
the absence of the ar eements.
These agreements coupled
jvith the military programs
Congress has been and v.il: he
asked to fund are a first step.
Both sides are plecled to con-
tinue negotiations for further
steps on limiting strategic
a urns.
New successes-.,ceded
merits were made possible by
Cur successful action in such
programs as S Posei-
don and illinute,naa III, these,
lifters neot?iations can only
succeed i we are ocually suc-
cessful in irc,IJ:ea1etiiin SUCK
programs as the 'T'rident [sub-
m arinel system, the B-I bomb-
er, 1C:1 [\,t`._.. i Command
. -1thorityl c,efr:: e, ..e >J L.nse,
S'_.C1I. Launch
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