BRENT SCOWCROFT FROM WALTER J. STOESSEL, JR., NORMAN TERRELL

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-258-1-76-1
• Release Decision: RIPLIM
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: February 16, 2011
• Sequence Number: 76
• Publication Date: June 18, 1974
• Content Type: CABLE

No Objection to Declassification in Part 2011/02/16: LOC-HAK-258-1-76-1
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SIT gf0t4': PLEASE PAS'S ASAP TO JAN LORAL AHn HELMUT SOHNENr FL.DT
WE.WDliLb LIKE TIT MAKE SOME MUTUALLY SHARED OBSERVATIONS ON
WHtERE, WE NOW. STAND AND WHERE WE NEED GO IN THE NEXT WEEK ANo A
H&F.
nA''T'A E X'C$ANGE .
MOR KHOY=, I.S QBVI^0I1SLY, WAITING FOR INSTRUCTIONS TO tAK SfME
'P;nS1TIVF' REAtTIaN,TG. oUR DATA ExC+4ANGE PROPOSAL. IT I.S,CLEAR THAT .
THIS WILL' INVOLVE' All -EST A LIMITED AMOUNT OF CONCRETE DATA,:.
I T IS. MUCH MORE LIKELY, ' HOWEVER p TO OPEN THE WAY' FOR AH AGP F-E D
FRAMEWORK of DATA REQUI,REMt NTS TO SERVE AS THE BASIS FOR AN I NFOR-
MAT-1ON, XC?HANGE A,FTE-R? THE SU.MMIT.
WE THINK, IT WILL'-PROVE UNPRO(YUCTIVE, THEREFORE, TO 'CONTINUE
HAMNE$t I'N ' AWAY . AT THE SOV I I=TS FhR CONCRETE DATA AFTER MDRO94t)v
HAS HIS INSTRUCTI INS.. :' WMAYr WOULD BE MORE USEFUL WOULD BE Tn HAVE
A -U..S? PROPOSAL ON ,FUTURE: INFORMATION EXCHANGE READY TO TABLE WITH A
SUGGEST'IIIN THAT A SUB-690UP OF EXPERTS, USING OURI PAPER AS A STARTING.
POINT,. IMMEDIATELY BEGIN WrIRKI.NG OUT,,A, JOINT. REPORT. IT MAY RE
Pr1SS.IOLE, IF WE PROCEED ON THIS BASIS, TO HAVE SOME U$DERSTANnnING
RY THE S M I:T WHAT OBLIGATIONS UN .DATA EXCHANGE THE TWO S l r~F5
WOULD UNDERTAKE. (WE WILL TRY TO GET A OELFGATION CABLE OUT ON
THIS TOlmO*ROW. IN THE MEANTIME, YOU MIGHT pE THINKING OF H(?,.W TO HANDLE
IT.).
ONr- LAST POINT ON; A DATA FRAMEWORK'. WF SHOULD 'LEAVE Tr-;E DOOR
OPEN TO DECIDE THAT MOREs .LESS OR DIFFERENT DATA IS NEEDED. S THE
P t5T,rSUMMIT TL?CHNICAL `CALK PROCEED. IT SHOULD ALSO BE MA17r= CLEAR
pt,B.LiCLY THAT' ANY DEAL,WE WORK OUT AT THE SUMMIT QN NUMBERS, YIELD
VALUE AND SO: ON IS CCONTINGT ON' A MUTUALLY SATISFACTORY DATA EXCHANGE.
(THIS WOULD ALSO JUSTIFY 'T~iE JANUARY 1, 1976, EFFECTIVE DATF',)
2. oUOTA.
IT IS EVIDENT THAT THE, QUOTA COULD BE A STICKING POINT AT
THE-SUMMIT. WE ARE IMPRESSED WITH THE'INSISTENCE WITH WHICH TM
HAVE PRESSED THE QUOTA,'(SEF TODAY'S" ST?ESSEI../MOROKHOV PR-I-
VaTE CONVERSATION). WE STILL THINK THE SOVIET QUOTA IDEA
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HAS REAL.,PRO's LEMS. HOWEVE?', WE SHOULD EVALUATE WHETHER
T I MERBAEV' S FACTOR-OF-TWO IDEA (IF SAFRONOV' c LOWER.-THRESHOI vi
ACC( ENT? ALLOWANCE OFFER Af.!Y POSSIBILITIES. IN ANY CASE
w~ SHOUtO RE PREPARED FOR &?N ADAMANT SOVIET STAND ON QUOTA
AT THE SUMMIT.
PNEIS.
MO tOKHf V I S PNE PRL1POS AL OF TODAY OFFERS A GOOD BASIS
,TO PROCEED. WE THINK..A MORATORIUM ON,PNE-'S WHILE THE US-
SOVIET PILATFRALS WORK OUT AN AGREED PNE SCUEME COULD FIX
IT.-w, THIS MIGHT BE AGREED r)RIVATELY. IN ANY EVENT, WE SHOmD
MAKE ,IT CLEAR TO THE SOVIETS THAT THERE IS t$O WAY WE WILL
AORFE In PNE'S ABOVE AN UPPER THRF.SHOLD*
4. r,ELEGATION POLITICS,
THE NEW,~SENIOR REPS F'OM JCS., OSO AND AEC ARE CONCERNI:;,
THAT OUR INSTRUCTIONS SEEM TO LIMIT THEIR F1 EXIBILITY TO D1c;?-
CUSS,,IMPORTANT POLICY ISSUES. (WALSH HAS ALREADY CfMMUNICAiED
PrIVATEt.Y TO WADE IN THIS SENSE,) FIRSTS?T~4EY WANT AUTHORITY
TO on MORE DEEPLY INTO THE VALUE nF THE UPPER YIELD THRESHni0
WITH THE SOVIETS, BOTH SMKI,NG OJT SOVIET VIEWS AND ACTIVELY
PRESENTING OUR OWN IDEAS, SECOND, THEY WANT 1..1S THRESHOLD
P.1L I CY CHANGED TO EMBRACE A..QUOTA ABOVE THE THRESHOLD. THI c,
LATTER IDEA, WHICH WE UNDERSTAND ALSO HAS SOME CURRENCY IN
WASHINGTON, IS,FOR THE PURPOSE nF KEEPING OUR SILO-RUSTING
OPTIONS OPEN. WE, WILL STALL ?AND ARGUE HERE, ,RUT EVENTUALLY
WE MAY HAVE TO SEND A OELErAT LON CABLE RACK ON THESE POINTS ,
IE SO IT WILL REFLECT SPLIT VIEWS WITHIN THE DELEGATION,
WITH THE CHAIRMAN RECOMMENDING NEGATIVELY.
WARM REGARDS.
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