ARMS NEGOTIATORS PLAN NEW EFFORT

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• Publication Date: February 1, 1987
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1 February 1987
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ARMS NEGOTIATORS
PLAN NEV EFFORT
Will Discuss What 'Star Wars'
Research and Testing Is
Allowed by ABM Pact
By MICHAEL R. GORDON
Special to The New York Time
WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 ? American
and Soviet negotiators have agreed in
Geneva to set up a special working
group to discuss what research, devel-
opment and testing are allowed for de-
!II naive systems by the 1972 Anti-.
ballistic Missile Treaty, Administra-
tion officials say.
The move by the negotiators has
been vigorously opposed by the De-
fense Department, which has argued
that the United States should not take
part in such a group.
Richard N. Perle, an Assistant Secre-
tary of Defense, assailed the move to
set up the working group in a high-level
meeting on Thursday, officials said.
The session was attended by Max M.
Kampelman, the chief American nego-
tiator, who has returned from Geneva.
In a related development, Yevgeny
P. Velikhov, a vice president of the
Soviet Academy of Sciences, met with
Paul H. Nitze, an adviser on arms con-
trol issues to Secretary of State George
P. Shultz. Soviet and American offi-
cials said they had discussed the ques-
tion- Of setting up discussions on what
kind of space weapons and space tests
are banned by the ABM treaty.
Differences of Interpretation
The United States and the Soviet
Union have strong differences over
how to interpret the ABM treaty.
Although Soviet officials have pro-
posed a strict interpretation of the
agreement, the Reagan Administration
has said it has the right to adopt a loose
interpretation that would allow exten-
sive testing of new types of space.
based systems such as the Strategic
Defense Initiative, commonly known
as "Star Wars."
Some Administration officials say
they believe that the differences be-
tween the two sides on this question
will ultimately have to be bridged if an
arms agreement in Geneva is to be
reached.
But other Administration officials
say the United States should not com-
promise on this issue. They complain
that the establishment of a working
group could promote the negotiation of
measures that would interfere with the
extensive testing of space-based defen-
sive systems.
The dispute over procedures in the
Geneva talks takes place amid impor-
tant developments concerning the
ABM treaty and defensive systems.
FQT Instance. Government experts
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I the Soviet Union may be dismantling
part _ of its disputed early warning
radar at Krasnoyarsk in Central Me-
rig .
Air Force intelligence officers have
reportedly said there are SUMS that the
'Russians may be removing some an-
tennas from the radar and electronic
equipment from within the radar build-
ing. But other officials said the intelli-
gence on this was not vet clear. The
United States says the radar violates
the ABM treaty and has asked the
Soviet Union to dismantle it. ?
Administration officials said Friday
that the White House had scheduled a
meeting for Tuesday of its National Se-
curity Planning Group. Such meetings
are headed by President Reagan and
are attended by Cabinet members and
senior officials from throughout the
Goyernment. ,
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