LITTLE PROGRESS REPORTED IN U.S.-SOVIET ARMS TALKS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-248-4-10-1
• Release Decision: RIPLIM
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: March 2, 2010
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: January 9, 1973
• Content Type: CABLE

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LITTLE" PROGRESS PREPOR:T?ED IN U. -SOVIET ARMS TALKS
,.BY, .BERNARD`. GWERTZRAN-; SPECIAL TO THE NEW YORK TIMES
WASHI OT:ON,..JAN S * WELL PLACES ADMI.NI'STRATION.. OFFICIALS' SAID:
TODAY THATTHE UNITED STATES AND. THE SOVI-ET UNION HAD. FAILED
TO MANE ANY.. SIGNIFICANT :PROGRESS IN' THEIR, LATEST ROUND or,
TAL*S ON'THE LIB ' ATI:ON: OF'STRATEGIC ARMS
THE; 4FFLCIALS;~:: Iii SEPARATE: INTERVIEWSt. PROVIDED THE' FIRS'
DETAILS ABOUT TIC-RENEWED TALKS-- ON ARMS LIMITATION, WHICH..: TOOK
1 ;ACE L.N.-GCE.NE.VA FR. `NO`V Hi` TO DEC. 21.
THE TALKS :ARE SCHEDULED TO RESUME: IN GENE-VA 09, FEB. 27, WITH.`
tM:- ALEKIS ;JOHNSON# tHO HASSEEN ,UNERSECRETARY; BF STATE
FOR-. P.q CIGAL AFFAIRS,,. REPLACING GERARD. C. SMITH AS THE CHIEF
AMERICAN NEGOTIAT.OR. . MR.:: JOHNSOW S NOMENATI:ON; TO THE MEW ,J 1.B.
WAS', CONFIRMED BY THE WHITE HOUSE TODAY..
OFFENSIVE ARMS DISCUSSED:.
THE RO # 'J' OF TALKS THAT ENDED IN DECEMBER MAR EED: THE:
&EENG OF THE SECOND PHASE OF THE A RMS*LI TATrOU~.DIS ISSIIONS..
'THEY' WERE DEVOTED. PR'IMARIL Y: 7) ,THE QUEST, FOR. A . COMPR:EMENSI VE. '
TREATY. PUTTING. LIMITS-. ON' ALL . OFFENSIVE STRATEGIC: WEAPONS.
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WITH A COMPREHENSIVE:- ON DEFENSIVE STRATEGIC: WEAPONS ArND
A- FINE-YEAR' INTERIII W. ACCORD PUTTING CERTAIN LIMITS ON` LAND?
BASED AND SUBMARINEELAU BONED, OFFENSIVE- MISSILES THE- IWO
SYDES.
AGRRED.10 SEES A:. MORE- COMPREHENSIVE AGREEMENT ON OFFENSIVE
WEAPONS I N ? T HE SECOND PHASE.
WK-SIDES T 0- OK . E:XIREMr POSITIONS, AS E:XPECTED AND T HE.. TIALES';.
IN THE GENEVA R ND;, . ONE HIGH' AD ~iI TREITIflN OFFICIAL SAIDs
ENDED -WITHOUT. NARR,OWI NG:: O F KNOW H BI FFER.ENCE '..
.AN: Ot l4ER OFFI'CI:AL SAID, klE DOUBTED THAT, ANY:: BRED XT HROUGHH WOULD
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IL PRESIDENT NIXON: -MET., VIMLEONID' I?: BREZRNEN,., THE..
SE IEY' CONK.BNIST PARTY ;LEADER, LATER THIS ;YEAR.
, ACC[NtC:I'NG TO - THE OFFICIALS, T m'?> CHZEF;DI.FFERENCES FELL . IN . THE:.
F LOO1NG' AREASZ
T:H SOVIET UNION; AGREED THAT THE .TREATY ON' OFFENSIVE. WEAPoVS
AMERICANS- MADE
A EEME NT' THAT.. WOULD
.IT, CLEAR THAT' THEY WERE* I.NTERESTE IN 'A$
E 1 ,THE`: SOVIET ANION! ` NU`MERI:CAL 'ADVANTAGE
IN L AND+-BASED? AND. SUBMARI'NE LAU TED.- MISSILES' AND THAT':'WO :
INCLUDE- THE STRATEGIC BOMBERS? OF.`.BOTH' aIDES . THE BOMBERS
WERE NOT I'NCLUDED' IS THE FIVE YEAR `-INTERIN,ACCORD
ALSO
SHOULD' BE" CONPREHE NSI VE,, -BUT INSISTED "IN VERY ;STRO N(J TER SIR,`"
ACCCRDINCk TO,.Qa9E ADMTBI 'RATION OFFICIAL,.. THAT: THE. TREATY ALSO
C!ER- T 700' AMERICAN T'ACTI.CAL,- AIRCRAFT BASED IN "EUROPE -AND= ON
OARRIERS THAT - CAN. TAKE NUCLEAR WEAPONS TO THE. SOVIET UNION.:
THE. UNITED STATES, AS' IT DID ZN. THEM( SCOW DISC '- SSIONS, SAID
.THE TACTICAL-AIRCRAFT., .'KNOWB IN? ARMS-CONTROL TERMINOLOGY' AS: FORWARD--
BASED RY< T'EMS:. SHOULD NOT, BE INCLUDED IN TALKS UNITING , '"OFFENSIVE
SrRATEG I:C WEAPON- So.
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WARHEADS* IR WHI R THE UNITED :STATES. HAS A TECHNOLOGICAL: LEAD.,
'THE UNITED: STATES SAID SONS. KIND OF OUT-Slot asnarrom
SYSTEM.. Mu TBE PROVIDED T'o N'NITOR' WHAT "ARE KNOWN AS MULTIPLE
INDI+PE:.NAE,KTLY~ _ TARGETED .RE* ENTRY VEHICLESl:. OR. lLR V!' S.,
T.,HE..SOVIET UNION SAID' THAT ANYEFFE,CTIVE.ON.SJJE..INSPE.CTIiN:
SYSTEM WOULD. REQUIRE THE PRESENCE BF FOREIGN'NATIONALS, ON. THEIR
TERR'IT ORY:' AND THE RUSSIANS REPEATED, THEIR OPPOSITIOR: TO' SUCH. A
SYSTEM WHICH THEY. HAVE TRADITIONALLY REGARDED AS, A POTENTIAL
ESPIONAGE. THREAT.,
THE'_ADNI;$IsTRATION'OOFP,ICTALS SAID. THAT THE D1FFEREN.CES? IN
APPROACU:;DID .NOT SURPRISE THE1 ,: AND THEY PRESUMED THAT MOSCOW:.,,.
?WAS:` NOT >' SURPRZSED 'EITHER* ONE. OFFICIAL SAID, :," WE NEED T+t -.?. FEEL..;
WAY-WIT , THE-RUSSIANS
THE:OFFICIALSSAID'THAT THE. MAIN MIMING BLOCK TO AN EFFECTIVE
AGREEMENT ON..OFFENSIVE:.EAP.ONS : RERAIHD THE SOVIET INSISTENCE
INCLUDING IN THE PACKAGE. THE TACTICAL AIRCRAFT THAT CAN
CARRY NUCLEAR WEAPONS
THE, UNITED STATES HAS ASSERTED THAT THOSE. AIRCRAFT- SERVE PRINIARILY
T'?:; DEFEND WESTERN. EUROPE AGAINST ATTACK AND. ANY REDUCTION IN :THEIR:..
NUMBERS SHOULD' BE MATCHED BY A. CRT IN Tl :SOVI'ET' UNIOR' S
INI'ERNEWIATE,*.RA GE MISSILES AIMED' AT WESTERN' EUROPE,
THE RUSSIANS, He EV s . HAVE SAID THAT THEY. REGARDED ANY WEAPON
AS'"STRATEGIC-' IF IT COULD DELIVER A NUCLEAR -BLOW T:O THE OTHER
SIDE, THUS, IN. THEIR VIEW, THE:-AMERICAN TACTICAL, AIRCRAFT SHOULD
INCLUDED BECAUSE THEY CAN, HIT THE SOVIET.- UNION, BUT THE
SOVIET INTERMEDIATE-RANGE. MISSILES SHOULD NOT BECAUSE. THEY
CANNOT REACH THE. UNITED ST:.ATES.
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THE DETAILS, OF THEIR NEGOT:IATIONS? T:HE INFORMATION- REPORTED HERE
WAS. GATHERED Z.NDEPENDERTLY? THROUGH A SERIES OF INTERVIEWS WITH,,-
VARIOUS OFFICIALS;, ALL OF. WHOM SOUGHT ANONYMITY.
SO FAR, THE WHITE: NSE. HAS NOT GIVEN, MUCH HIGH-LEVEL ATTENTION
TO SECOfiD PHASE OF-THE, ARMS-LI.MITATIONTALKS, ONE OFFICIAL
SAID:: HE EXPLAINED: THAT PRESIDENT NIN AND HIS C?sEF. FORIEGN
P&ZCY ADVISER, HENRY, 4KISSSINBER WERE" PREOCCt PIED" WITH THE
VIETNAM TAkKS
ACRE-OVER,?, THE AR NS NES OTIATORS KNEW THAT MR. SMITH', WAS TO BE..
REPLACED .B' MR. JOHNSON. THUS, ONE. OFFICIAL :SAID, THERE. WAS
A IEWDENCY' TO PUT. . OFF' ANY:,MA.J. . RECOMMENDATIONSBNTII MR. JOHNSON
HAD TA EE N CHARGEL.
HAS Ht SEE B i :[ SCL O$ED W HEM 'THE. OTHER: MEMBERS OF THE
.AMERI.CAN DELEGATION TO THE . MS !TALKS WILL BE CHANGED9, BUT .ONE
G FI:CIAL SAID HE DOUBTED IT..
i
ASREEME iI ON CHANICS,
AT THE GENEVA R.OUND,: THE TWO SIDES DID AGREE ON. T- . MECHANICS
`6R SETTI. ."- P A. ST. A '.ING CO ITTEE TO DISCUSS., VIOLATIONS OF:THE
ACCORD'S ALR EAD Y ,- AGREED tUPO,
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