U.S., SOVIETS EXCHANGE DATA ON MISSILE FORCES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90-00806R000200980138-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 18, 2011
• Sequence Number: 138
• Publication Date: September 27, 1980
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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THE WASHINGTON POST
27 September 1980
Uos, Soviet Ex_ch~ja ge
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on: 1'Missile. Foices
By Michael Getl
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Informants said there was no dis?
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, .:ussion of alleged Soviet violations. of
tlS wind-S`nvtor -i- -
G:hneve -yesterday swapped informa? .....~ . tea` C?`en` ?ecause the. ad-
ministration apparently does not con-
tiori- about?eaeh fide's * missil
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an exchange that'U S
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indicates Mosco
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;-other-'Polaris=-iit- i-4 s:?bs to male' Bef{r[i?try.the House Armed Services
room for the Navy'; n, Triaenf su Be
b rd charged
m.Irine that will go oi'f.~e. trials nett ard that the Soviets, in
year. July. "conduc?ed ri! a excise over a
he first Strategic Arms Limitation five-day. period in which they. simu-
Treaty: (S_t was signe by the- su- lated the re. din- o_'?a to 40 SS
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perpowers in 1972 and was the first missile silos.,!" step toward applyin:;_ ce`_ gs fin the The S$ k.8?-is _Noad '; ;bii silt` m;s?
atomic. arsenals of both countries.: We and.a'rapid rele)ohd on missile silos`
tinder terms of that. agreement; inp;oliib'.fed ,inder-*SALT L . ?~
....
each side is required ta'accoumt_-for that t B Beard'aistrafiha officials ~ ccrate
older -missiles replaced- with: 'more e: c armies are inaccurate-.
;'L, ... Privately, however, t e tea fuss is
modern ones.
The SALT I over a possible co:nnromise of :n a i-
pact, however, expired gene sources because the Unite
' in-1977. And, while President Carter _ Staces. apparently did detect sign-;
and Soviet chief Leonid Brezhnev that them?Soviets,were simulating such-
signed a SALT II pact in June?1979, it activity.
has not been ratifted_-by Congress. Some.officials_argue that, It is no NJ-'
The question.;of::;whether the Soviets olation because- it was truly a simula..
would continue. to -'abide- by ahe'_ie- tion: in that no missiles, were moved
'straints' of-.these.treaties .haas'.become ,:-and'itwas not rapid, in the sense that
an importairvotwe';in- arms control cir ;:'it apparently took more than five
ties.
V.S. officials said thatwhile- the ex The U.S -Soviet discussions ? in . Ge?
Change of data yesterday-is no guaran neia involve the Standing Consults
teq of. Suture. Soviet: cori-pliance,` it : Live Committee, which-was s
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could be seen, as, at least-,a reassuring ?' der :_the ?inital-agreement and which
'sign that theKremlin has-got given meets periodically to discuss SALT is-
u on the SALT
.., g-` r~rocess:i-..L,. .~.:r? ,.,sues..,
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