MORE TALKS NEEDED FOR SOVIET PACT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP88-01315R000400390121-5
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• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 3, 2004
• Sequence Number: 121
• Publication Date: March 23, 1979
• Content Type: NSPR

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WASHINGTON,Mareb 2' --.,: extensive aides, after an extensive re-
view at the White House of the ne5lotia-
tions with the Soviet Union on limiting
strategic arms, have concluded that far-
ther talks with Moscow are necessary be-
fore a I. new accord can be reached, Gov-
ernment officials said todgyy ? ~. ~. _ ---
Earliex this week. Secretary of State
Cyrus R: Vance said a new agreement
.limiting nuclear. missiles and bombers
through 1983 might be completed. in a
;matter of days. But after an-wwsual,
t two hour ' meeting of 'the- CabineGlevel-
.. Special -Coordinating Committee
yester- day, officials said two or three technical.
issues still were holding uupp the treaty and
..a meeting between President Carter and
-Leonid I. Brezhaesr, the Soviet leader. -- ;;,
-`.:;The officials said the unresolved Lssues
reflected a new Ad- lnis atian effort to
get Moscow tn.agree to more prec ue re-
strictions on modernization of Soviet mss-
sites and stricter procedures for verify- .
mgcompiiance with true accord.; ~: ~; .,
'' Aprll 11 &Nng Still Feaseible+r '-
,;.Qf'flcials~said that the Adrniniitttaticn
remained committed to completing an
agreement soon and that a summit meet.
Lag as early as next month was still jxmi-
ble.s But the White House, was said?to be
wary of accepting Soviet proposals at this
stage that could weaken its ability to gain
wSenate approval for the controve eclat ac-
cord.
"We've came this far," a: White House
aide said, "and there e's little reason for us
to risk Senate. approval by palling last.
minute concaessions." '
Officials said another factor in prolong-
ing negotiations was skepticism among
senior military. officers about. the pro-
pOsed treaty. They said that the Joint
Chiefs of Staff had repently. taken a I
tougher linos . on' the talks and. that the-j
White House was under pressure to clar-
ify some :"ambiguo !' aspects,oi.:the-~
treaty
At the same tittle, some'off3cials voiced
concern that.the longer a treaty was de-
layed, the mojx likely it would be that
new 'issues could further prolong the
talks. They noted that the outlines of the.
proposed treaty were agreed upon in Sep-
tember 19777 and that negotiators have!
been haggling over' a small number, of
technical issues ever since. ? - _
officials said it was unclear ftow long it
might take to clear up. the unresolved
issues. Although Mr. Carter is known to-
want a speedy conclusion of the talks, the.
White House, officials said, is willing to
defer completion- of negotiations until
after the signing of the Israeli-Egyptian
peace treaty hereon Monday. - -- - ----
But several officials -stressed that the
pace of the arms talks was not wholely
dictated. by the Middle East treaty cere-
monies and that Mr.-Vance would prob.
ably meet with the Soviet Ambassador,
Anatoly F. Dobrynin, is thenext few days
inan attempt to resolve the problems.. -
' Meanwhile, Administration specialists
briefed' the Senate Foreign Relations
Committee today on the ability of the
C?ntra.i Intell genca. Agency to moa'tor
m o v i e coon pace wnl a treaty. .
_-3ifici saT s said that.verizc on was one
of the most vexing unresolved problems
and that the Administration was seeking I
an undemanding. that, would give it
greater access to radio signals beamed
from Soviet missiles to ground stations
during test flights:: z',;. . , , .. -i
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