LETTER TO GEORGE TENET FROM (SANITIZED)

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• Document Release Date: January 21, 2011
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• Publication Date: June 4, 1986
• Content Type: LETTER

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
Office of Congressional Affairs
Washington, D.C. 20505
Telephone Jun LSTAT
TO: Mr . George Tenet
Select Committee on Intelligence
United States Senate
Enclosed are the papers as a result of
your briefing yesterday.
Chief, Senate Branch
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Category:FBIS Story: 023
TASS CARRIES SOVIET GOVERNMENT STATEMENT ON SALT II
TAKE 1 OF 2 -- SOVIET STATEMENT ON SALT II
LD310835 MOSCOW TASS IN ENGLISH 0818 GMT 31 MAY 86
(TEXT) MOSCOW MAY 31 TASS -- FOLLOWS THE FULL TEXT OF THE SOVIET
GOVERNMENT STATEMENT:
THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES HAS TAKEN A STEP WHICH AGAIN
IN ALL OBVIOUSNESS REVEALS THE ESSENCE OF THE CURRENT U.S. FOREIGN-
POLICY COURSE AIMED AT SPIRALLING UP THE ARMS RACE IN EVERY WAY, AT
MILITARIZING OUTER SPACE, AND AT HEIGHTENING INTERNATIONAL TENSION.
ON MAY 27, THIS YEAR, PRESIDENT REAGAN ANNOUNCED A VIRTUAL
REFUSAL OF THE UNITED STATES TO SUBSEQUENTLY OBSERVE THE SOVIET-
U.S. LEGAL TREATY DOCUMENTS ON THE LIMITATION OF STRATEGIC OFFENSIVE
ARMS -- THE 1972 INTERIM AGREEMENT AND THE 1979 SALT-2 TREATY. HE
STATED THAT THE UNITED STATES WOULD NOT BE BOUND BY STRATEGIC ARMS
LIMITATION AGREEMENTS IN FUTURE DECISIONS CONCERNING THE DEVELOPMENT
OF U.S. STRATEGIC FORCES.
THUS, WHAT THE SOVIET UNION WARNED ABOUT HAS HAPPENED. THE U.S.
ADMINISTRATION, OF ALL VERSIONS OF ITS POSSIBLE ACTIONS AS REGARDS
THE STRATEGIC ARMS LIMITATION TREATIES AND AGREEMENTS, ADOPTED
PRECISELY THE ONE WHICH UNDERMINES THE FOUNDATION OF THE PROCESS OF
LIMITING AND REDUCING SUCH ARMS. CONFRONTED WITH THE CHOICE
WHETHER IT SHOULD MODERATE ITS OWN ARMS PROGRAMMES OR OPEN THE
FLOODGATE FOR AN UNCONTROLLED RACE OF ARMS, WASHINGTON PREFERRED
THE LATTER. THE PRESIDENT'S DECISION SIGNIFIES THAT THE PRESENT
U.S. LEADERSHIP HAS RESORTED TO AN EXCEPTIONALLY DANGEROUS MEASURE
IN THE CAUSE OF DESTROYING THE TREATY SYSTEM WHICH CURBS THE NUCLEAR
ARMS RACE AND THEREBY CREATES CONDITIONS FOR THE CONCLUSION OF NEW
AGREEMENTS.
CONCRETELY, A U.S. WITHDRAWAL FROM THE SALT-2-TREATY IS DE
PROGRAMMED FOR THE END OF THE CURRENT YEAR WHEN IN THE PROCESS OF
DEPLOYING NEW ARMS, HEAVY BOMBERS WITH CRUISE MISSILES, IN tvPARTICULAR, THE USA WILL OVERSTEP THE LIMIT OF 1,320 MIRVED It.
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STRATEGIC DELIVERY VEHICLES. THE PRESIDENT DIRECTLY STATED THAT THE 'C
USA WOULD NOT DISMANTLE AN APPROPRIATE NUMBER OF EXISTING ARMS TO
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TAKE 2 OF 2 -- 023 (SOVIET STATEMENT ON SALT II)
///THE SALT-2 LIMITS.
LD310857
(TEXT) THE U.S. ADMINISTRATION HAS VIRTUALLY TAKEN A COURSE
TOWARDS FULLY IMPLEMENTING AN ALL-EMBRACING STRATEGIC NUCLEAR BUILD-
UP PROGRAMME WHICH WAS ADOPTED BY IT AND WHICH TO A CERTAIN EXTENT
IS RESTRAINED BY THE SALT AGREEMENTS. IN PARTICULAR, THE USA
INTENDS, ALONG WITH THE DEPLOYMENT OF B-52 AND B-lB BOMBERS WITH
LONG-RANGE CRUISE MISSILES, TO DEVELOP THE SECOND NEW TYPE OF ICBM
"MIDGETMAN", TO DEPLOY ANOTHER 50 MX ICBMS, AND TO SPEED UP THE
DEVELOPMENT OF AN 'ADVANCED CRUISE MISSILE'. IT HAS BEEN
ANNOUNCED THAT WORK WILL BE CONTINUED TO DEVELOP SPACE STRIKE
WEAPONS WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE "STAR WARS" PROGRAMME.
THE DISMANTLING OF TWO POSEIDON MISSILE-CARRYING SUBMARINES,
SCHEDULED FOR THE NEAREST PERIOD IN VIEW OF THE COMMISSIONING OF THE
EIGHTH TRIDENT SUBMARINE, IS OFFICIALLY EXPLAINED BY BUDGET FUNDS
SAVING CONSIDERATIONS, AND NOT BY A DESIRE TO OBSERVE THE SALT-2
TREATY PROVISIONS.
ATTEMPTS ARE BEING MADE TO JUSTIFY ALL THAT BY CERTAIN
"VIOLATIONS" OF THE AGREEMENTS ON THE PART OF THE SOVIET UNION. BUT
SUCH ASSERTIONS ARE UNFOUNDED FROM BEGINNING TO END. THERE HAVE NOT
BEEN AND ARE NO SUCH VIOLATIONS. THE U.S. GOVERNMENT KNOWS THAT
WELL. THE SOVIET SIDE HAS REPEATEDLY EXPOSED ON THE STRENGTH OF
FACTS WASHINGTON'S ATTEMPTS AT LEVELLING FAR-FETCHED ACCUSATIONS AT
THE SOVIET UNION WITH THE INTRODUCTION OF EACH NEW U.S. MILITARY
PROGRAMME WHICH DOES NOT FIT INTO THE EXISTING TREATY LIMITS.
THE PRINCIPLED APPROACH OF THE USSR TO THE EXISTING AGREEMENTS
IN THE ARMS LIMITATION FIELD IS KNOWN. THE SOVIET SIDE OBSERVED AND
OBSERVES, STRICTLY AND IN FULLY (AS RECEIVED) VOLUME, ALL THE
COMMITMENTS TAKEN BY IT. IN DOING SO, IT PROCEEDS FROM THE PREMISE
THAT THE CONTINUED OBSERVANCE, ON A MUTUAL BASIS, OF THE OBLIGATIONS
FORMULATED BY THE SALT-2 TREATY WOULD HAVE CONSIDERABLE IMPORTANCE
FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF THE STRATEGIC BALANCE AND THE ENHANCEMENT OF
SECURITY.
HOWEVER, THE U.S. ADMINISTRATION IS GUIDED BY DIFFERENT
CONSIDERATIONS, EARLIER, TOO, IT DID MUCH TO UNDERMINE THE SALT-2
TREATY THAT WAS A RESULT OF MANY YEARS OF COOPERATION BETWEEN THE
USSR AND THE USA IN THE 70S IN THE CAUSE OF TERMINATING THE RACE IN
NUCLEAR-MISSILE WEAPONS AND OF PROMOTING STRATEGIC STABILITY.
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OFIRST, THE NON-RATIFICATION OF THE TREATY, AND THEN, THE
CIRCUMVENTION OF ITS PROVISIONS THROUGH THE DEPLOYMENT OF FIRST
STRIKE MISSILES IN WESTERN EUROPE -- THE BALLISTIC PERSHING-2
MISSILES AND CRUISE MISSILES -- THE DEPARTURE FROM ITS INDIVIDUAL
PROVISIONS, AND NOW, AN OUTRIGHT RENUNCIATION OF THE TREATY.
ALL THIS IS MAKING MORE OBVIOUS STILL WHY THE AMERICAN
ADMINISTRATION HOLDS SUCH AN UNCONSTRUCTIVE STAND IN THE GENEVA
NEGOTIATIONS ON NUCLEAR AND SPACE ARMS, JUST AS IN THE QUESTION OF
WHAT A NEW SOVIET-AMERICAN SUMMIT MEETING SHOULD BE LIKE. AT THE
SAME TIME THIS CONFIRMS THE WELL-GROUNDED CHARACTER OF THE SOVIET
VIEW TO THE EFFECT THAT SUCH A MEETING REQUIRES THE READINESS OF THE
AMERICAN SIDE TO ACHIEVE CONCRETE RESULTS ON AT LEAST ONE OR TWO
QUESTIONS IN THE SPHERE OF SECURITY, AND ALSO THE EXISTENCE OF A
RELEVANT POLITICAL ATMOSPHERE. IT IS CLEAR THAT THE CHALLENGING
MOVE MADE BY THE UNITED STATES IN NO WAY ATTESTS TO EITHER ONE OR
THE OTHER.
IT SHOULD ALSO BE CLEAR THAT THE SOVIET GOVERNMENT WILL NOT
WATCH IMPARTIALLY HOW THE UNITED STATES IS BREAKING DOWN THE
AGREEMENTS REACHED IN THE SPHERE OF THE LIMITATION OF STRATEGIC
OFFENSIVE ARMS. THE AMERICAN SIDE SHOULD HAVE NO ILLUSIONS THAT-IT
WILL MANAGE TO GET MILITARY ADVANTAGES FOR ITSELF AT THE EXPENSE OF
THE SECURITY OF OTHERS.
AS SOON AS THE USA GOES BEYOND THE ESTABLISHED LEVELS OF ARMS OR
OTHERWISE VIOLATES THE OTHER MAIN PROVISIONS OF THE MENTIONED
AGREEMENTS OBSERVED BY THE SIDES UNTIL NOW, THE SOVIET UNION WILL
CONSIDER ITSELF FREE FROM THE RELEVANT COMMITMENTS UNDER THE 1972
INTERIM AGREEMENT AND THE SALT-2 TREATY AND WILL TAKE THE NECESSARY
PRACTICAL STEPS TO PREVENT THE MILITARY-STRATEGIC PARITY FROM BEING
UPSET. THESE MEASURES WILL RULE OUT THE POSSIBILITY OF THE UNITED
STATES ACQUIRING ADVANTAGES IN THE MAIN TYPES OF NEW STRATEGIC ARMS
WHICH IT IS DEVELOPING NOW AND WHICH IT INTENDS TO PHASE INTO
SERVICE.
THE SOVIET UNION WILL CONTINUE TO TAKE ALL MEASURES IN ORDER TO
ENSURE RELIABLY THE SECURITY OF THE SOCIALIST COMMUNITY AND WILL
CONTINUE TO DO EVERYTHING NECESSARY TO ENHANCE INTERNATIONAL
SECURITY.
(ENDALL)
31 MAY 0939Z JTD
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