CABLE TO HENRY A. KISSINGER FROM GERARD SMITH

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-486-11-43-3
• Release Decision: RIPLIM
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: May 3, 2011
• Sequence Number: 43
• Publication Date: January 31, 1972
• Content Type: CABLE

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No Objection to Declassification in Part 2011/05/03: LOC-HAK-486-11-43-3
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A"NaSSADVE SNIT H., SALT DELEGATION, VIENNA 144
TO THE WHITE HOUSE p EYES ONLY FOR DR, HENRY A. KI SSI NGER
JANUARY 31, 1972
RE WH-2011.0 A.ND W* -20113:
~UZS FIRST "INTELLECTUAL" POSSIBILITY (I. P.)-w"NO
LIMITATION SON SUBNARNES"- PERHAPS DOBRYNIN MEANT HERE TO
4.IST T HE OFT IO N OF 00, LIMIT AT 10 N AT ALL AFFECTING SL' S. AFTER
OUR RECENT CHANGE IN POSITION, A LIMITATION ON SUBMARINES IS
NO LONGER. AN ISSUE. THIS CHANGE WAS MADE IN. RESPONSE TO
SOVIET FLAT OPPOSITION TO -ANY SALT CONSTRAINTS ON' SUBMARINES
PER SE REPEAT PER. SE AND TO PERMIT THEM TO SUBSTITUTE NEW SL' S ON
Y-CLASS BOATS FOR OLD SL' S ON G- AND *-CLASS' BOATS. HIS INDICATION
THAT A LIMIT ON. BOATS M IG HT BE PREFERABLE TO A LIMIT ON
MISSILES (WH-20113) is MYSTIFYING AND INCONSISTENT WITH WHAT
WE HAVE LEARNED HERE. THE ONLY PLAUSIBLE INTERPRET?ATION I CAN
THINK OF IS THAT HE WOULD WELCOME A DEAL WHERE BOATS WERE
FROZEN AT ABOUT THE PRESENT LEVEL--U. S. 41 VERSUS SOVIET 70-75.
(AGGREGATING THE Y, By AND H CLASSES) WITH BOTH SIDES FREE
TO SUBSTITUTE NEW BOATS (CONTAINING AS MANY MISSILES AS COULD
BE FITTED) FOR OLD BOATS. THAT COULD. PR OD U CE THE WHOLLY
UNACCEPTABLE ARI.T SET IC U... S. Al TIMES 24, AND USSR 70-75
TIMES 24 (ASSUMING THAT AS MAXIMUM NUMBER OF MISSILES
PER BOAT) .
D OBR YN I N' S SECOND I.P. ,. "LIMITATION ON TOTAL NUMBER OF
SUBMARINES". THIS IS ANSWERED BY THE ABOVE COMMENT.
DOBRYNIN'S THIRD I.P., "LIMITATION ON TOTAL NUMBER OF
MISSILES WITH FR 40 -TO MIX BETWEEN LAND*AND SEA-BASED".
IT IS UNCLEAR. IF HE' WAS REFERRING TO 'TWO-WAY- FREEDOM TO MIX.
YOU WILL RECAL L DIFFICULTY I SEE IN HAVING SUCH A MIXING PROVI-
SION WHICH CONTEMPLATES AN ARRANGEMENT 60156 OUT INTO THE
FUTURE FOR A SUBSTANTIAL NUMBER OF YEARS INCLUDED IN A
NEGOTIATING FREEZE WHICH, HOPEFULLY, IS A TEMPORARY DEVICE.
IN ADDITION, OME . SH ULD CONSIDER THE EFFECT, OF FULL FREEDOM TO
MIX (BOTH WAYS) ON THE PROBLEM OF MAKING-SURE-THAT NEW MLBN' S
ARE NOT ADDED DURING ? THE FREEZE. (THERE IS ALSO THE PROBLEM
OF AVOIDING A BAD PRECEDENT FOR THE SUBSEQUENT OFFENSIVE LIMITA-
TION 'TREATY.) IF FREEDOM TO MIX IS DEEMED CONSISTENT WITH AN
INTERIM FREEZE, IT WOULD BE SENSIBLE TO CONSIDER FREEDOM TO
SUBSTITUTE SL' S FOR IC" S AS SUGGESTED SALT- 11,64.
DOBRYNIN' S NO. 3 ALTERNATE I.P. IS OR IS CLOSE TO OUR
PRESENT OFFER, DEPENDING ON WHETHER IT WOULD PROVIDE SUBSTITU-
TION OF NEW SL' S' FOR OLD. SL.' S.
I ASSUME THE DOBRYNIN CONVERSATION WAS IN RECENT DAYS.
IF SO ITS COINCIDENCE WITH THE POSSIBLE SOVIET SL MOVE REPORTED
VIENNA 128 IS. WORT H NOTING..
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BEST REGARDS.
GER ARD SMITH
NBNN No Objection to Declassification in Part 2011/05/03 : LOC-HAK-486-11-43-3
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