POSSIBLE ROMANIAN WITHDRAWAL FROM MBFR

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78S01932A000100130046-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 27, 2000
• Sequence Number: 46
• Publication Date: June 14, 1974
• Content Type: CABLE

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TO: IMMEDIATE WHITE HOUSE//SITUATION ROOM FOR MR FAZIO.
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ITEM NO: WH-6 DATE: JUNE 14, 1974
SUBJECT: POSSIBLE ROMANIAN WITHDRAWAL FROM MBFR
BUCHAREST HAS DECIDED TO
WITHDRAW ITS DELEGATION FROM THE MBFR TALKS. THE ROMANIANS
HAVE LONG BEEN UNHAPPY OVER THEIR LIMITED ABILITY TO INFLUENCE
THE TALKS, WHICH THEY DESCRIBE AS "SALT WITH WITNESSES." -
BUCHAREST IS ESPECIALLY DIS-
APPOINTED IN THE US FOR NEGOTIATING BLOC-TO-BLOC. CEAUSESCU
BELIEVES THAT BIIPOLARIZATION PLAYS INTO THE HANDS OF THE SOVIETS,
EFFECTIVELY NEUTRALIZING ROMANIA'S FREEDOM OF ACTION ON ISSUES
OF VITAL NATIONAL CONCERN.
WHILE BUCHARfItEST IS SINCERE IN ITS DISAPPOINTMENT WITH THE
COUIRSE OF MBFR, THE TIMING OF THE THREAT TO WITHDRAW MAY BE
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AN ATTEMPT TO DRAW ATTENTION TO ITS VIEWS BEFORE THE US-
SOVIET SUMMIT MEETING. ALWAYS SENSITIVE ABOUT PRIVATE
NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN THE GREAT POWERS, BUCHAREST SEEMS
ESPECIALLY CONCERNED NOW ABOUT POTENTIAL US-SOVIET "DEALS"
ON EUROPEAN SECURITY AND FORCE REDUCTION.
THEY WILL WITHDRAW QUIETLY,
UNDER THE GUISE OF RETURNING HOME FOR CONSULTATIONS. THIS
PRESERVES A WIDE RANGE OF OPTIONS FOR BUCHAREST. THE
ROMANIANS HAVE REPORTEDLY WARNED (MOSCOW THAT ANY PRESSURE
TACTICS RISK A PUBLIC DISPLAY OF DIFFERENCES. E-2, IMPDET11-H
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