USSR: USTINOV S INTERVIEW

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• Collection: General CIA Records
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• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 27, 2007
• Sequence Number: 14
• Publication Date: December 7, 1982
• Content Type: REPORT

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Defense Minister Ustinov's interview with TASS yesterday was
intended both as the authoritative Soviet response to President
Reagan's arms control speech last month and as an effort to spur
world criticism of US defense and arms control policies.
Ustinov threatened that if the US proceeds with the
deployment of MX, the USSR will deploy a similar ICBM.
He condemned the "dense pack" concept as a violation of
the SALT agreements and rejected US counterarguments as
"deliberate lies." He further affirmed that a US decision
to defend MX with an antiballistic missile system would
be a "direct breach" of the ABM Treaty if the US chose to
relocate its designated ABM site from Grand Forks to
another ICBM complex.
Comment: Ustinov's threat of a Soviet counter-
deployment may refer to Soviet ICBM deployment programs
that have been under way for several years. Two new
Soviet ICBMs are known to be in an advanced stage of
development, although probably neither was conceived in
response to MX. One of them may carry as many as 10
warheads--the same number as MX.
Ustinov may be seizing on the MX decision to put the
onus for the arms race on Washington by portraying Moscow's
missile program as a justified and necessary response.
His assault.on alleged US ABM plans are similarly designed
to question US arms control motives. Although the US
noted in a Common Understanding to the ABM Treaty that
its ABM system would be located at Grand Forks, the treaty
itself allows each side to defend either its capital or
an unspecified ICBM complex.
The choice of Ustinov to respond directly to President
Reagan's speech in such a lengthy and specific rejoinder
suggests that the Defense Minister may be emerging as the
new regime's principal spokesman on defense issues--a
role formerly assumed by Brezhnev. In a separate address
to a Soviet military audience yesterday, Ustinov similarly
warned that Moscow would respond to US weapons programs.
At the same time, he noted that existing Soviet military
power is "sufficient" to meet the current challenge from
the US--perhaps suggesting a leadership effort to preempt
pressure to increase defense spending in response to US
programs.
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USSR DEFENSE MINISTER DENOUNCES U.S. ARMS BUILDUP
LD061308 MOSCOW TABS INTERNATIONAL SERVICE IN RUSSIAN 1240 GMT
6 DEC C 82
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THE ti- UNITED STATES rtt?n AND j lif!tO FOLLOW IN }# iH t r'T LAKE OF }-~ THIS `HI: r? POLICY
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IS ~F F . E.%J }?I'PIV UTIi't{,i#~}i MEMBER OF
THE }} r t tr } s r. O r r., CPSU CENTRAL COMMITTEE POLL i URi t SSSR DEFENSE MINISTER AND
MARSHAL OF THE SOVIET fs STATED AT A r. MEETING PARTY }
T UIONOF THE PAR; AK~TIV
OF THE MOSCOW MILITARY DISTRICT.
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UNION f IN S THE MILITARY rt SENSE AND r. E THE SAME TIME :t- TIM 4E TO GIVE, ,r i. i.S t
IN sS } } } t.;, ~ F iii { r' i; _t
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THIS RIMS THE SPEAKER C:ONTINUED, IS SERVED BY RAISING TO AN
UNPRECEDENTED LEVEL THE T NTENSI V OF MILITARY PREPARATIONS BY
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IMPERIAL ISM
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r STATES HAS SPENT ?sT $2 r. QUINTILLION ON ON 3 MILITARY ITAR~I r:Si PURPOSES. AND NOW,
?ii s THE COMING 5-YEA CR t PERIOD FROM 19ftct tr':-9 rt? 'r ALON itE"} THEY PLAN S '~'
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ON
?rnrc Cr THESE COLOSSAL RESOURCES GOING TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF
STRRTEi IC OFFENSIVE FORCES AND NUCLEAR WEAPONS OF ALL KINDS.
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R DEC TO iDEPLOj
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TR WITH THIS r. THE NEW PE rRSHINiG-isI EURO rSTRR r. TEG r.IC MISSr.I
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THE MIGHT OF COMBAT-READY GROUPS OF FORCES AND FLEETS 16 BEING
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FACT THAT THE IMPERIALIST COUNTRIES TODAY HAVE HUGE ECONO IC AND
MILITARY POWERFtiL, WELL-TRAINED ARMED FORCES EQQUIPPED
WITH MODERN WEAPONS. THE THREAT OOF WAR, THE THREAT CtF AGGRESSION
FROM THEIR SIDE IS A HARSH REALITY OF OUR TIME. THIS REQUIRES
FROM US DOUBLED, TRIPLE VIGILANCE, TIRELESS DAILY WORK ON
STRENGTHENINGG THE COUNTRY'S DEFENSES, INCREASED COMBAT MIGHT
AND COMBBAT READINESS BY OUR ARMED FORCES.
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fr r ;NOY S I s ?r ~. r. HAVE NEVER DO MAKE .*L_' ; S ; RRESSE! HAVE NEV AND NEVER DA SECRET
OF THE FACT THAT THE SOVIET UNION'S MILITARY MIGHT 16 SUFFICIENT,
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NOVEMBER
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HOLD DERR AND TRKE PRIDE IN.
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