CONGRESS WANTS MISSILE DEFENSE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP70B00338R000300090110-4
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 9, 2006
• Sequence Number: 110
• Publication Date: January 12, 1967
• Content Type: NSPR

Approved`For Release 2006/O,a?%3.0x:,CLA-,RDP,T;QB00338R000300090110-4
JAN 12 1907
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Sign Of Poll 'n ie heat
~ The remarks were interpreted ICw'N,G ILSS ` +k Sgenerally today as a clear_ sign
[dot the President has decided to
I~ ~ \1L DEFENSE put off a decision on Lull scale
1 S deployment for another year.
They also reflected indirectly the,
;debate More Em ;1d51S~debate among United States do-
Many p ~ tense officials over the extent of
By Johnson Is Needed (Soviet antimissile deployment.
Administration Officials ah?eao`
ny HENRY L. TFF.WHYt?,r have pledged efforts to dissuade
(t'rn,dtirtptou aurcau Of Tnr. ;out Saviel Union frog! `carrying
lout full deployment of its own
Washington, Jan. 11 -Congress -
reacted cautiously today to Pres?' a~rti?missile system. United Stalcsl
ident Johnson's cryptic treatment analysts see it as a costly step 1'11'i
of the nation's anti-missile de- the arms race which would leave,-'
Lenses in his State-of-the-Union the two superpowers in the same
message, and most members relative strategic positions, at the,
seemed to be waiting for elabo- end.
ration. Government spokesmen today
Most outspoken wa Represen- said the effort is being carried
Live Rivers (D. S.C. ), ei au_matr out at several levels. _'?
of the House Armed Services Atom Agreement Denied
Commit[ee, who said the nation At the same time,,thc State llc-
preparat must move ions to ahead deploy at the least Nike-X with partmhet denied reports that ate the`
anti-missile system, despite the Soviet Union and United states a]-
cost, and apart from general dis- ready have agreed on terms of a
armament negotiations- treaty against contributing to the
Representative Laird (h., spread of nuclear weapons to
ti c gateman 01`fhe i~cpfi- have-not. nations.
can Conference, expressed ?'sur- Carl Bartell, acting chief press!
prise and concern" that R1r. John-1officor for, the Department, said,
there %still are "important prob-
sou failed to deal with the subject?1ems" to be resolved and discus-I
in greater detail. Ile saw it. as enc2tiions are continuing.
greslse major issues facing Con- I The question of anti-missile de-'
tenses has become inextricably;
Await Budget Proposalswoven into more general discus.;
Many other members, asked torisions of disarmament and iron
comment, would say only that;proliferation of nuclear weapons.
they were waiting with some inn-l There still is a lively debate,
patience to see the President's;' among American officials about'
budget proposals on anti-missile the extent of Soviet antimissile
deployment. deployment. The presence of anti-'
"The Soviet Union has in the' na;sile missiles at installations;
,past year increased its long-rangelaround Moscow has been e~tab
,missile capabilities," the Pres-i fished-but there is 'considerable
!dent told Congress and the nationluncertainty as to the operational!
blast night. It has begun to place state' of other: sites throughout:
near Moscow a limited anti-mis-I Russia.
silt defense.
"My first responsibility to ours
-people is to assure that no nation
can ever find it rational to launch
a nuclear attack or to use its un-
clear power as a credible threat
against us or our allies.
"That is why an important link
between Russia and the United.
States is our common interest in.
arms control, and disarmament.
We have the duty to slow down
the arms race between us, in both
conventional and nuclear weapons ;
`and defenses..
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