CONSERVATIVES THREATENING TO STALL VOTE ON DEFENSE BILL

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90-00965R000302330076-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 10, 2012
• Sequence Number: 76
• Publication Date: May 31, 1985
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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THE WASHINGTON TIMES control violations with several tem is described as a probable ABM
Senate conservatives have options that would violate some pro- treaty violation since it can be used
threatened to filibuster the Defense visions of the SALT II treaty, admin- as ananti-ballistic missile.
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ance with the unratified SALT II a meeting today.
treaty, according to congressional SALT II comlphancenreveal that the Krasnoyarskhradar.~The Krase
sources.
i President Reagan was expected to Soviets have violated two key urovi- noyarsk radar has been identifie as
inform Congress that he would be sions of the 1979 treaty. The CIA a very large "phased-array" system.
unable to meet the June 1 deadline found that the number of Soviet for tracking targets on the horizon..
for deciding whether to continue nPOic~nucleaonsdehvervr veh cles maybe preparing ABM defense
!~ complying with the terms of the t
~, strategic arms limitations pact. The (SNDV) in arms-control uarlance - of its national territory;' the report
sources said he would seek a delay exceeds the SALT II ceilms of 2,405 states. "Such a defense could have
until June 7 to further consider land- submarine- and air-launched retaliate against Soviettargetsity to
~ options. mis it
A number of conservative sen- The CIA also found that the Sovi- An unclassified administration
ators, lead by Malcolm Wallop, ets have violated the ceiling on the study of the U.S. and Soviet cap-
R-Wyo., threatened last week to stall number of multiple warhead abilities to break out of the SALT
debate on the defense bill until the launchers also called M~$YS~r limits shows that the Soviets are
president made his decision on con- multiple independently-tarsetable already ahead of the United States in
timed U.S. compliance. Other sen- re entry vehicles - permttted under new weapons deployment:
ators supporting the idea of a SALT II. CIA estimates md~cate the ? The United States is building
filibuster are Sens. Jesse- Helms, Soviets have exceeded the treaty two new bomber types to the Soviets'
R-N.C., and Steve Symms, R-Idaho. limit of 820 MIRV launchers. three.
Now that it appears the president 'With the addition of 18 new land- ? The United States has one new
will delay his decision until June 7, based missiles designated SSX-25 nuclear submarine in production,
the senators plan to hold off further with MIRVed warheads, the esti- the Trident, to the Soviet's Typhoon
~ debate by presenting government mated total of Soviet MIRV missiles and Delta 4 class nuclear subma-
documentation on Soviet arms- is 836, which is 16 more than allowed vines.
control breaches as a protest to the under SALT. ? The United States has the MX
administration delay. Under the provisions of SALT II, and Midgetman ICBMs planned,
The aim of extended discussion the Soviet Union had agreed to while the Soviets have four new
on Soviet SALT II compliance is to reduce its SNDV total from 2,504 in ICBMs -SSX-24, SSX-25, SSX-26,
forestall a proposed amendment to two stages to 2,400 first and .finally and SSX-27.
the defense bill that would commit 2,250. The reduction was regarded ? The United States has no ABM
', the administration to abiding by the as a major Soviet concession at the production line, while the Soviets
i SALT treaty through next year. SALT II talks. have one.
Sen. Symms and Sen. Ernest Hol- Re~ardin~ the Soviet failure to ? U.S. warheads can be multiplied
lings, D-S.C., plan to introduce an comply with other arms treaties, the only marginally, while Soviet war-
amendment to the defense bill that secret CIA study found that Soviet head multiplication has been found
would prevent the Pentagon from violations of the Anti-Ballistic Mis- to double with 14 warheads on one
spending any of its funds on disman- site treaty of 1972 "could have sie- SS-18.
tling U.S. weapons systems to SALT nificant effects" on the U.S. ?The MX has no basing option
II levels until the president certifies capability to retaliate against Soviet except existing fixed silos; the
that the Soviet Union is found to be tar ets.
"in full compliance with SALT II." The report says the Soviet Union Soviet SSX-24 and SSX-25 can be
Senior national security officials has "probably" violated the ABM deployed infixed silos or in a mobile
in the administration have agreed treaty by using surface-to-air mis- mode.
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