SALT - - NAC CONSULTATION ON FBS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80T00294A000300050003-4
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• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 26, 2002
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: February 2, 1973
• Content Type: MF

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S, E G". RE
THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20301
ACSAN-43-73:sbm
2 February 1973
MEMORANDUM FOR THE VERIFICATION PANEL WORKING GROUP
Subject: SALT -- NAC Consultation on FBS
Concur in the message, as amended by the attached
line-in/line-out comments.
PAUL'R. VON INS
Colonel, USAF
Deputy ACSAN
Enclosure
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DISTRIBUTION:
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Mr.
Mr.
Mr .
Dr.
Mr,
Philip Odeen,.NSC, 395-4985
R.L. Garthoff, State, 632-3302
Spurgeon Keeny, ACDA, 632-0972
Archie L. Wood, OSD(SA), 2E274, x70448
James Wade, OSD(DDRtE), 3E120, 'x57840
It.E. Shearer, DSD(ISA),' 4D842, x54871
*JCS and DOS reviews'
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DRAFT T,LEGRAM TO USSNATQ
$unsECTt Consultations on FfS In l3ALT TWO
REFS USNATO 440 and 444
3We are prepared to participate +ate in further t4AC cons Ldera-
tion et1i discussiorn of hand,Z,i_nj of FbS problem in SAL ?O&wA*j
our posture will be one estential7_y of listenln(j to and.
eliciting "Allies Views on. var. iam ways of hand inch' this,
.aub ject and-their respective merit and demerits,
2, USREP should recall hour c i.avussion of this ' subject withi
SALT has d4velopcd rand roc, pLtuu:7.ate pasitivx-,. 5ouietflhhawO .
taken. - You should reemphasl.7e that our fund, .
un ,. mental objective
in SALT TWO rctnait1, to deal in a Satisfactory' way with central
atratogio systems (SLBNs, ICBMs a ml- heavy 'bomhers) Arid to
replace interim f . oue with aCjr(.' cMMr_M : which pr'ovie.le s fc-z.
satisfactory in theae ;ystc:rias,
30 you should stress that U has not repot no m c; up its
mind on Oithe.r subsi;ance or taattcs of handling
cladstioY~
when SAL' ,re: u~n~; . 'Allied vii ww ; 'rill b,e, an irg)ort~rai: cicrnent
~081,t,i.on we Shall tAke, Oi.nce we
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