CAP CITES 22 SALT BREACHES

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• Publication Date: November 18, 1985
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SALT breaches
By NILES LATHEM
GENEVA - Defense
Secretary Caspar Wein-
berger's controversial
letter to President Rea-
gan, urging him not to
commit himself to ex-
tending the SALT II
treaty, was based on a
series of startling new
intelligence reports re-
vealing flagrant viola-
tion of the accord, The
Post has learned.
What was not printed
by The New York Times,
the Washington Post and
other news organizations
which printed portions of
the leaked Weinberger
letter over the weekend,
was the report the Penta-
gon sent to Reagan along
with the letter.
myty at a Imn whon
Soviet props. an sts are
making a lot of noise
about extendinr SALT 11
beyon its Dec- 31 Pxnira-
tion date.
Among the violations
listed in the Weinberger
report to the White
House are:
The Soviet build-up of
more than 378 St ategic
Nuclear Deliver Vehi-.
Iles above the 2504 level
required by SALT.
The introduction of
two new intercontinen-
tal missiles -- the mo-
bile SS-24 and the SS-25
-- in one year.
The Soviet production
of more than 30 nuclear
capable Backfire Bomb-
ers a year, a figure 14
more than the Soviet
pledge written into the
SALT Treaty. The Sovi-
ets are also breaking
promises made in SALT
by basing Backfires
near the Arctic Circle
and equipping them
with refueling capabli-
?..
ties -- gibing them the
ability to reach targets
in the U.S.
Deliberate interfer-
ence with U.S. national
technical means of veri-
fication by continuously
concealing and camou-
flaging ' missile bases
and encrypting all teleme-
try and other data on mis-
sile tests.
The deployment of more
than 200 heavy interconti-
nental SS-16 missiles that
were banned by the SALT
accords.
The deployment of a na-
tionwide anti-ballistic mis-
sile defense system
through radars and anti-
ballistic missiles in viola-
tion of the SALT II and the
1972 ABM accords.
The Weinberger report
which was delivered to the
White House late last week
has shocked U.S. govern.
ment officials and mem-
bers of Congress who have
seen it.
It also is certain to affect
Reagan, who has repeat-
edly said that the SALT II
accord is "fatally flawed,"
and has been used by the
Soviet military to gain a
strategic advantage over
theU.S~.~i>n many areas.
' -9tk, jt' W'i1=14rnih%ft Rea-
wants to make an arms
controo deal.
If a pledge to continue
the "no undercut" policy of
the unratifed SALT II
Treaty is what it takes to
advance that goal, advi-
sors like George Shultz
and Robert McFarlane are
willing to go along with it
- and do nothing more
about the Soviet violations
of the pact other than to
pay it lip service.
THE latest Weinberger
row, coming on the heels of
the White House decision
to bump him oft the U.S.
delegation to the summit,
has prompted considerable
speculation in government
circles that he will resign
at the end of the year.
Insiders at the Geneva
summit say that U.S. arms
control negotiator and for-
mer'Texas Senator John
Twwer.ia.the 11adini[ candi-
date to replace Weinberger
if he does resign.
Sources say the Soviet
arms control delegation is
convinced that Tower will
become the next defense
secretary and throughout
this year's negotations
have been treating him
with unusual deference.
Although not officialy
part of the U.S. delegation
at the summit, Tower qui-
etly flew here last week.
He is entertaining influen-
tial conservatives inside
and outside the adminis-
tration at his elegant resi-
dence just outside Geneva
in what is believed to be
the beginning of a lobby
campaign for the job.
But Tower's campaign
may not succeed if Wein-
berger, once one of the
most influential Reagan
advisors, decides to re-
main at his job and fight it
out.
Reagan, in a brief ap-
pearance before reporters
yesterday. wasy ask~d
whether .? he- , would f ;e
?WeinbWigesb+ft+}file wakeIof
oao iwin the.h- ds of advi;
sore who want Reagan to
be the "peace president,"
and who are convinced
that Soviet Leader Mikhail
Gorbachev eventually
the leak of his SALT II let-
ter.
"Do you want a one word
answer or two?," Reagan
replied. When reporters
shouted back "two," Rea-
gan answered by saying;
"Hell no."
THE Soviet Union is not
the only nation engaged in
using hard ball propa-
ganda tactics during the
summit.
Sources in the U.S. em-
bassy said that representa-
tives of the Nicaraguan
government recently
launched a massive propa-
ganda blitz against U.S.
Ambassador Faith Ryan
Whittlesey.
Last Friday, when the
embassy staff was franti-
cally preparing. for the ar-
rival of Reagan, the Nica-
raguans, backed by so
called "peace activists,"
from Germany and
France. flooded the em-
bassy switchboard with
h nQShon c811>pZeo
t 1l ic
ragus_.
JOHN TOWER
May succsod Cap.
Not only did the phone
campaign agitate the em-
bassy staff, but it also dis-
rupted the preparations
for the summit - making
it impossible for hours to
place or receive a single
phone Ball, officials report-
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NEW YORK YOST
18 November 1985
WHITE HOUSE SLAMS SOVIET
'CHEAP SHOTS' AT REAGAN
APT" ~ "-FEARED
nmrG MEMO
We respect the man and
his title."
Controversy has
dogged the President
since his arrival here
Saturday night.
Arbatov and Other
Soviet propagadists have
ridiculed the administra-
tion for the internal bat-
tles that er'ipted over De-
fense Secretary Casper
Weinberger's leaked let-
ter urging Reagan to be
inflexible when the SALT
II treaty expires next
month.
Arbatov yesterday ac-
cused the administra-
tio'i of trying to "tor-
pedo" the summit with
the letter.
[In Washingon, ' Post
corresondent Rachel
Flick quoted a White
House source as saying
high-level Reagan aides
had "set up" Weinber-
losers going into the
summit," Regan said.
Regan was especially
angered at a statement
made by Soviet-Ameri-
can expert Georgi Arba-
tov who called Reagan a
"B-grade actor with a 10-
minute attention span."
"We are making our
case before history and
not for a Thursday
morning headline," Re-
gan said.
We are not coming in
taking cheap shots at the
General Secretary to
score propaganda points.
By NILES LATHEM, Washington Bureau Chief
GENEVA - The White House blasted the Soviet
Union yesterday for taking "cheap shots" and
"playing games" in their propaganda war on the
eve of President Reagan's summit with Krem-
lin leader Mikhail Gorbachev.
White House Chief of Staff Donald Regan bris-
tled at a stream of statements being made to the
press by fast-talking Soviet spokesmen.
"We didn't come here to play games. We came
here for a very serious purpose. We aren't inter-
ested in winners or
GEORGI ARIATOV
Ridicule Ragan.
the document himself in
an attempt to advance
his position.
(The source said only a
handful of White House
aides at the highest
levels would have access
to a personal letter from
the Secretary of Defense
to the President.
("Weinberger's been set
up to take the fall for it.
("What you're looking
at here are some heavy-
duty politics to try to
force Weinberger out."]
The verbal battles
have infuriated Reagan,
who spent the day in
what an aide called a
"terrible mood," hud-
dling with advisers and
resting at the 18th-cen-
tury mansion, Maison
de Saussure.
He was annoyed visibly
during a brief television
appearence when he and
First Lady Nancy Rea-
ger to be the ' fall guy" gan took a walk through
if the summit fails. the elegant gardens of
The source denied the estate.
that Weinb~ rger leaked Reagan dismissed a
suggestion that the Inci-
dent might cost Wein-
berger his job.
"Hell, no." he said in
response to a reporter's
question.
Although clearly dis-
tracted by the latest tem-
pest, the President ada-
mantly denied that the
furor over the SALT ac-
cords and the leaked
Weinberger letter would
have an impact on the
nine hours of talks he will
have with Gorbachev.
The future of the
SALT accords has
emerged as one of the
hot issues facing Rea-
gan and Gorbachev this
week during their first
face-to-face meeting.
The two are expected
to discuss compliance
with the accord, which
Reagan once called "fa-
tally flawed," tomorrow
afternoon in a session
devoted to arms control.
The controversy
erupted over the weekend
with publication of Wein-
berger's letter urging
Reagan not to sign a
statement at the summit
committing the U.S. to
abide by the SALT II
treaty after it expires in
December.
The letter accompa-
nied a reoo compile
by the U.S. intelligence
mmunity detailing a
s a
b the Kremlin to vio-
late e accords. -
Publication of the let-
ter - which appeared
in two newspapers be-
fore Reagan had a
chance to see it - ang-
ered top White House
aides who have urged
the President to give a
positive response to
T'
Gorbachev in the inter-
ests of public relations.
White House spokes-
man Larry Speakes said
yesterday that no deci-
sion has been made on
whether the U.S. will con-
tinue its "no undercut
policy," beyond Dec. 31.
He said that a decision
will be made after the
summit when the Presi-
dent returns- to the
White House.
A decision on whether
to continue to abide by
the principles of the un-
ratified treaty "is de-
pendent on Soviet com-
pliance on the rate of
the Soviet build-up and
on the status of arms
control negotiations in
Geneva," he said.
"At the same time, the
President will take into
consideration Soviet at.
titudes in his discussion
with General Secretary
Gorbachev in his meet-
ings here this week."
The first session be-
tween Reagan and Gor-
bachev tomorrow morn-
ing is expected to be de-
voted to human rights -
an issue where the Sovi-
ets are on the defensive.
In an attempt to take
the political heat off Gor-
bachev, the Kremlin an-
nounced over the week-
end that it is granting
visas to a numbers of
Soviets who have spouses
living in the West.
The White House wel-
comed the development
yesterday.
Sources said the Presi-
dent plans to tell Gorba-
chev that the guesture Is
not enough and will press
for the.. release of thou-
satldo of S9viet. dl4Njents
and Soviet Jews.
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