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• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-545-17-6-2
• Release Decision: RIFLIM
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: January 4, 2013
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: November 14, 1975
• Content Type: MEMO

No Objection to Declassification in Full 2013/01/04: LOC-HAK-545-17-6-2 .
MEMORANDUM
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
TOP SECRET-SENSITIVE
CONTAINS CODEWORD November 14, 1975
MEMORANDUM FOR:
FROM:
SUBJECT:
MORI/CDF
CO2444033
THE PRESIDENT
BRENT SCOWCROFT
Information Items
A Soviet View of Soviet-U.S. Relations: The FBI reports
it has received information that the leadership of the
Communist Party of the U.S. recently received a report
concerning the current Soviet attitudes toward Soviet-
American relations. The report reflected the observa-
tions of an experienced observer of Soviet affairs and,
in addition, purported to reflect the views of highly
placed Soviet officials. The most important concern of
the Soviet leadership is foreign relations, and in par-
ticular relations between the USSR and the U.S. Soviet
officials have reiterated in the most authorative fashion
that not only do they want to further the agreements
developed with the U.S. up to now, but also additional
agreements must be achieved. Detente in general mist be
followed by military detente, whichit is believed will
make the process of detente irreversible. This goal
is coupled with a revival of the Soviet suspicion of
a military understanding between the U.S. and China aimed
against the Soviet Union. However, there is great pes-
simism concerning the status of the arms limitation
talks being held in Geneva. When the Soviet delegation
to the talks in Geneva returned recently to Moscow, they
reported that no conclusions had been reached and the
prospects for agreement are very bad. Soviet delegates
to Geneva reported a stalemate in these negotiations, and,
therefore, the Soviet Union is beginning to "draw fateful
conclusions." Soviet leaders can not fathom the reasons
behind the American position and now are wondering whether
the U.S. is going to keep its agreements or not. In view
of this situation, the proposed visit to the U.S. by CPSU
General Secretary Leonid Brezhnev is not yet decided. The
Soviet leadership believes that some concrete agreements
or understandings must first be achieved, particularly on
arms limitations and on nondiscrimatory trade, before
Brezhnev will decide whether or not to take a trip to the
U.S. and set a date.
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