SALT TALKS WITH GROMYKO

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-259-6-19-8
• Release Decision: RIPLIM
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: August 10, 2010
• Sequence Number: 19
• Publication Date: May 6, 1974
• Content Type: CABLE

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IMMEDIATELY UPON RECEIPT.
TO: THE SECRETARY
FROM: HELMUT,$ONNENFfLDT/WILLIAM HYLAND
SUBJECT: SALT TALKS WITH GROMYKO
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1. WE ARE SENDING YOU SEPARATELY THE ANALYSIS OF
AN EXTENSION OF THE INTERIM AGREEMENT AND THE VARIOUS
WAYS FOR INTRODUCING OR DEFERRING TRIDENT. AS THE TABLE IN
THAT MESSAGE INDICATES, IN ALL CASES BUT ONE WE WILL
SUFFER A SMALL NET LOSS IN SLBM,NUMBERS AND IN SUB-.
MARINES, WHILE GAINING, OF COURSE, IN WARHEADS. THE
POLITICAL IMPACT OF WIDENING THE SO-CALLED NUMERICAL GAP
WOULD BE A MAJOR PROBLEMs UNLESS THE RETURN IN T RE FORM
OF A MIRV AGREEMENT IS: SIGNIFICANT. EVEN IN THE CASE..
WHERE THERE IS NO PROJECTED LOSS IN NUMBERS THE CONDI-
TIONS ARE TRICKY: I.E.s k i3 MONTH SLIPPAGE IN THE
TRIDENTPROGRAMs TERMINATING THE AGREEMENT IN OCTOBER
1979: AND, DELAYING REPLACEMENT UNTIL DEPLOYMENT RATHER
THAN SEA TRIALS.
2. OUR VIEW IS THAT. YOU HAVE TWO BASIC OPTIONS:
EITHER CONTINUE TO PRESS FOR THE CHANGES IN THE INTERIM
AGREEMENT LINKED TO A MIRV AGREEMENT AT THE 850 TO 1100
RATIO, OR TO CONCEDE NO CHANGE WHATSOEVER IN THE INTERIM
AGREEMENT, BUT-IN RETURN: PRESS FOR A BETTER MIRY'
PACKAGE', NAMELY A BAN OR VERY LOW LIMIT IN.. HEAVY MIRVED MISSILES,
.
AND A TOTAL OF ABOUT 700 MIRVS FOR THE SOVIETS.
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