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• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80B01495R001400120003-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 7, 2000
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: July 16, 1964
• Content Type: LETTER

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C. Foster
Arm Control and
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Dear Bit
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Thisi plan as
devlop inspection proce
without either a declaration
armaments or of the number and deployment at existing nisUe
launchers, strategic aircraft, etc. The details of the inspection
es have not been worked out. However, it is obvious that
h places heavy dependence on ualateral intelligence and
point out that the perishability of our intelligence assets
ems caution by as with respect to the extent to which
d upon intelligence resources as a permanent and
cWty for verification.
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tion of a frees. on stretegic nuclear
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The paper exp
either declarations or
armarnents or of the au:
The paper does provide for
which mi ht involve unautho
*vides that
one of ezdsting
nd deployment
inspections of sus
zed launcher construction and
improvement activities, These provisions raise the question of
the adversary inspections of Ulegal deployrnerit, developni-enta and
improvements, or other forbidden activities if carried on at existing
sites. This appears to me as a possibility U the Soviets reached
the point where they desired to improve or expand their capabilities
la violation of the treaty. To protect against this the following
sentence should be inserted after the first full sentence on page 12:
"This would not baW*Ver, preclude the inspection
a existing launchers or launch sites for possible
unauthorized launcher construction and improvement
activities as provided for la the following paragra
Such a proviidott, and parallel provisions in the proposed draft
et, would protect the parties of the treaty against the
cy meadow:4 and seems an essential safeguard to me
t would, to the extent exercised, _provide for the iaspection
launchers which is contrary to the basic approach el the
plan.
addition to what Z consider to be these very basic problems
following suggestions to make:
L The first paragraph on page seven sho1d be
with the following: "To the extent that launcher
meat is permitted, appropriate declarations
to such replacement would be required. The
a that the nature af. tint controls over launchers
yet been determined. Conceivably, substantial
r replacement rag)* be permitted for reasons
policy, e. g.. to protect the ?ALF. Therefore
say statement about launcher replacement should be in
the most general terms.
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Mk* A., McCort.
Director
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