HAIG SUGGESTS ALLY SUMMITS COULD BE HELD LESS FREQUENTLY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP91-00561R000100050077-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 27, 2012
• Sequence Number: 77
• Publication Date: February 9, 1981
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/02/28: CIA-RDP91-00561 R000100050077-2
THE WASHINGTON POST
9 February 1981
Suggests Ally. Summits
Could Be, Held less Frequently
Secretary of State Alexander M. pean partners to participate in such
#-Iaig Jr., in an interview published exchanges if they can be protected
'esterday, cast doubt on the recent -against immediate revelations on the
practice of regular semi-annual sum- front pages of American newspapers,"'
init meetings of the free world's lead-
gis.
Haig, in an * interview with the Lon-
don Sunday Times, said meetings of
the ton leaders should be "used soar-
"
he also said that summits are dedicated to this.
tngly.
administration is
a very special vehicle in diplomacy Haig said the new a
that should be reserved only for the` keeping its options open on nuclear
most exceptionally significant of is disarmament and the SALT II pact.
s?-" it has been my experience that
The secretary of state, however, ex
reseed the o e of establishing in-
reasinaly close relations ' and ex-
irhanges of intelligence with the Euro-
bean allies, if the Central Intel igence
Agency can plug its news leaks.
EE "First anoremost, we have got to
do a better job- in developing and
sharing - common perceptions," Haig
added. `T hat means sharing our intel-
ligence, agree on the hard facts and
recognizing t t everybody can con-
ibute to this process.
"But we. can only expect our Euro-
he said. "We, therefore, have to tight- i
en up our international channels of
communications "
llaig said newly appoinf d ('I4 Di--
rector William Casey. "is very much
achieving arms. control is never the
product of rhetoric or idealistic
hopes," Haig said. "It is always the"
{
product of pragmatic reality."
Haig said Soviet behavior in world
troublespots and what he called "tech-
nicel flaws" in SALT 11 would affect
how President Reagan decides to deal
with arms control.. .
"We are looking at these problems
and I don't know yet how- we will pro-
ceed from here - whether to develop
a whole new treaty, whether to put
fixes into the existing treaty or wheth-
er to do it by amendments," he said...
Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/02/28: CIA-RDP91-00561 R000100050077-2