SOVIET IS SAID TO WAIT AND WATCH AS REAGAN'S POLICIES TAKE SHAPE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90-00806R000200980103-8
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• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 22, 2010
• Sequence Number: 103
• Publication Date: July 27, 1981
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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dear Reagaardoesnotaltarhis _ talb. thtRt~asiaas wd'tasay~thaYa .
r . interviews that Soviet leada3s did look
pplldes,Buestth~samet3mi;~tIii failmeot the ReegaaAdmiaistratios to ?. at the? alternatives to ?dtieMe at the
time to eupres~t>ze hopq,thstthe*.,. ~ adhere tothe tmratified SALT II tseaRy' "py,~y congress sad decided- m try ? to
arias"'of tle. ec~oaomic ;trtiutil ~d lead to a breakdown=ia~ Soviet= .gap some semblance of a relationship
-andPT~'h'omalliaeiwilltforca: _ ? ?,~~~,~-Nav-,theYaresay-;~withtheaewAdmin}stsatiaa-although
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e2eagaa to mederau his cxurse.~Y.L;~ r .. mg=~t-? if' Washiagxcan - eaczedar-: the ~ ' without making uailateraL cono~s.:
Adminimatioa otlidaLt.whos ~ terms?a~t say arms coatroi~agreemamr:: At this time. Professor. Bigler sad a'
ize in Soviet aflaizs. sad non~Govern:. Ma~~~ ~poad is kind: Tye? mesh , n~ber of Administration otttcialtbe~
'meatalexpsrtsofflredtwoeicpiaaations sage hetajsee~s to be thattheyrwili ; lieve tlsat Soviet leaders reckoned that
f or this holdiets pattartt oCtaithetr taus: match-"American . strategic: programs: ' . bad relations with Washington would be
~iog additfonrtl Droblemsfna~r.= drat tscesd araiscoanol limits on anti: those of a pmbleat than good rd:tiaoas
coactssiaas to tse Re:adan~ Admlis~s? ~~ basis rkilsetr thaw toasiteg ail the with Western Euxvps would be a prize.
In Protesaor Bialer's wm-tls, "T?tey be-
,. tiaa First, given Moscow's Diva array of treaties ont etttittlY: ..`~:.; -::- ~'' : ~ ~ ':- ~ lieved that the Reagan Admdsfsoratios
P~l~ ~~ ~'m'~Y taaza~:.; ? . "? ..' ~ was setioas aboat an arms buildap, and
7 staa,itmslipoebefaapositiavt tome .. 4Qa ` they izsedT.to state? ~~ were terribly afraid of an arms
!. n,n...,..dt:...r?t,... *t,..,. ~t....i~ privately thattbeg would aottvrithdr8w~ ` - .. .
r'secar~.~a+nscieaaearsuw canuol.o! thepolitlc~sl sttustfoq:.Nowt..?T;~ -
~ Cercal oo?pevmisee. to launch? dloente;: they are hinting that a deal caild be -" ~ ~t`~F'D .
t and tbe9 rasl' hoe bseissr to' ts9 foraiag _ ~~ .. .. _ . _.:' ~
a new c~asastas simply.l5ecattasof;Mr. ~~' Sarjet farces oat of Afghanistan -
Reagan's publie ~statemtentt .aa