DEAR YURIY:

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
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• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
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• Publication Date: November 26, 1975
• Content Type: LETTER

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November 26, 1975
Dear-Yuriy:
During the June mid-year review and again during the October 28-31,
1975, joint Committed meeting, Ntr. Train eNpressed his concern over the
question of the damaging effects of fluorocarb_o~xrsbams--on stratospheric
ozone and ,me possible consequent Qftacts of =one deple*cn on the global
environment. T s you will see from page 3 ofthe 1' oveniher 10, 1975, issue
of World Environmental lceprt which I rocontly sent you, Mr. Train has in
recent months warned soveraltimes In public that ozone depletion may be
the first truly global environmontnl problem affecting each person and eco-
I recall that during our mid-year review Academician Izrael, who had
recently roturn.od from a WMO rueeting in Geneva, remarked that stratosphoric
problems such as pos^ible ozone doplation might develop Into one of the
major issues of our epoch. (I understand that a draft report entitled "Anthro_
pogenic Modification of Ozone Layer and Possible Geophysical Consequences"
is being prepared by a group of It/MO exports led by Jans Dutsch of
Switzerland Which Will soon meet again in Toronto, Canada, to discuss a
final version.)
In the light of Academician Izraol"a preeminent position in WMO, his ,
expressed interest in this problem, his responsibility as Chief of the Main
Administration of llydromet, and his positives leadership as the Soviet
chairman of our Er~virtssxtnenf~al A roemont, I am taking the liberty of sending
you for his exam1na firm. a November 12 , 1975 report entitled Plutorocarbond:
An Assossmont of VvorldYvicle Produ;etion Use and Environmental Issues,
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]Jr. Yurly Kazakov
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prepared by the USA and Canada for the Environmental Committee of
the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).
This is not yet a formal OECD document. However, I would not be
surprised if the OECD Environment Committee releases it in the near
future, for it strikes me as a well drafted and vary thoughtful assess-
ment of an issue which is both highly complex and at the same time
potentially of vital urgency.
In this latter connection.. I can inform you that Mr. Train Is
currently considering the possibility of Inviting a few key leaders
and specialists from selected countries (e.g., the USSR, the FRG,
some other European countries, as well as Japan) to meet informally
sometime In mid-1976 to discuss the inthropogonic sources (espe-
clly fluorocarbon emissions) of ozone depiction, the possible
affects of such depletion, and most importantly,- the courses of action
which Ali
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a
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these Issuo ;. Since Academician Iz,caol would be a logical invitee
from the USSR, I would therefore request that you brio this d
to his immediate attention. We would, of course, welcome anyucom k
merits or suggestions ho might have on the assessment.
Finally, I would welcome your thoughts on what could be done
to stop up our ?f-forts to deal with those issues under our Environmental
Agreement. I note that in accordnco with the October 31 Joint Commit-
tee Memorandum a meeting of specialists of Working Group I-l and
Working Group VIII-1 will be hold in the USA, during t ze soconU-quarter
o consider the problem and to define the requirements for
satellite and rocket observation of minor conrtituonts in the upper
atmosphere. In your view, is there anything both sides can do before
thane to facilitato cooperative work? For instance, is there any report
of recent Soviet efforts or planning in this field which would be useful
to Dr. L. Machta (US Project Loader of Project VIII-1.2) and other US
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Dr. Yuriy JCazakov
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oxporta in preparing for the meeting ? Your comments would be mos t
appreciated.
Sincerely yours,
William A. Brown
Executive Secretary
Dr. Yuriy Ka aakov
Counselor, Main Administration of the
I-Tydrometoorological Service of the 'USSR
12 Pavlik Morozov Street
Moscow D-376, USSR
Clearance: Fitzhugh Green (per Jack Thompson), Tex Harris
bcc: Epstein, Machta, Wiser, Loebner, Darbyshire, Veale_, Strother,
Thompson, Long
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Telephone: [phone]
November 26, 1975
Dear Egon:
Pursuant to our November 24 telephone conversation, I am enclosing
a copy of my letter to Yuriy Kazakov concerning Mr. Train's desire to hold
a meeting of experts from several countries including the USSR to discuss
the causes and effects of c ne depletior] and possible corrective action.
During our talk you min excellent point: that in addition to
Izrael, who directs a monitoring-analysis effort, we should invite a Soviet
official from the Ministry of Health who wields regulatory power. I would
therefore appreciate your giving personal attention to identifying for me
the best candidate for a future invitation and suggesting how we would best
go about extending the invitation, e.g., through the good offices of
Ambassador Stoessel, through Izrael in his capacity as Soviet Co-Chairman
of the Environmental Agreement, or directly from Train to the invitee.
Understandably, at this stage there are many imponderables, e.g.,
when to have the meeting (partially dependent on the findings and timing of
a National Academy of Science report currently underway), whom to invite,
under what auspices (perhaps under a series of bilateral agreements in
which Mr. Train plays a leading role), and what specific issues on which
to focus. Nevertheless, we think it's useful to alert Izrael now to the
likelihood of a meeting and to use the US-Canadian assessment as a vehi-
cle to focus Soviet attention on the most critical issues.
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? Dr. Egon Loebner
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I look- forward to hearing from you on this.
Sincerely,
William A. Brown
Executive Secretary
Dr. Egon Loobnor
Counselor for Scientific and Technological
Affairs
American Embassy Moscow
Department of State
Washington, D.C. 20521
Enclosure: US-Canadian Report
cc: Ambassador Stoossel
Mr. Train
bcc: F. Green
F. A. Harris
U. Strother
W. Veale
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November 24, 1975
MEMORANDUM TO AREA COORDINATORS, WORKING GROUP CHAIRMEN, AND PROJECT
LEADERS
Subject: Serialization for Cable Traffic
The volume of table traffic under the Environmental Agreement (as
well as others) has reached the level where in order to handle, file,
retrieve, and act upon its contents effectively the Office of Scientific
and Technological Affairs of our Embassy in Moscow uses a computer.
This, in turn, requires that we serialize our Agreement with arabic
numbers and that we use this serialization in our cable traffic.
ACTION REQUESTED
In your outgoing cables continue to list on the SUBJECT line: US-
USSR Environmental Agreement, the Working Group (or Project) with the
existing numbering and title of the Working Group or Project. Then add
the computer serial number for your Working Group or Project as listed
below. You will find that the last two arabic numbers of this serial
number for Working Groups correspond exactly to the two numbers (one
Roman numeral plus one arabic number) of your Working Group and the last
three (or four) numbers correspond to the last three numbers of your
Project. The first two numbers (02.) of the serial designate the Environ-
mental Agreement.
Working Group IX-1 = 02.091
Project II-1.2 = 02.0212
Project XI-2.1 = 02.1121
In addition, I have added extra categories for the Joint Committee,
the Co-Chairmen, the Secretariats, Education, Assessment, Special Events,
Trade, and Financing.
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TO: Moscow
TAGS: SENV, US, UR
SUBJECT: US-USSR Environmental Agreement, Project III-1.1
(Integrated Pest Management) 02.0311
Your cooperation in adding the appropriate serial number will
greatly assist the Embassy and therefore all of us.
William A. Brown
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02.0000 Chairpersons
Hon. Russell E. Train Acad. Yuriy A. Izrael
02.0001 Executive Secretariat
Dr. William A. Brown Dr. Yuriy Ye. Kazakov
02:01 Prevention of Air Pollution (Area I)
02.011 Air Pollution Modeling, Instrumentation, and Measurement
Methodology (Working Group I-1)
Dr. Herbert Wiser Prof. M. E. Berlyand
02.0111 Air Pollution Modeling and Standard Setting (Project I-1.1)
Dr. Herbert Wiser Prof. M. E. Berlyand
02.0112 Instrumentation and Measurement Methodology (Project 1-1.2)
Dr. Herbert Wiser Dr. A. S. Zaytsev
02.012 Stationary Source Air Pollution Technology (Working Group 1-2)
Dr. Stephen J. Gage Yu. Balashov
02.0121 Gaseous Emission Abatement (Project 1-2.1)
Dr. Norbert A. Jaworski Dr. V. I. Lazarev
02.0122 Particulate Abatement Technology (Project 1-2.2)
Dr. Norbert A. Jaworski Dr. G. K. Lebedyuk
02.0123 Process Improvement and Modification (Project 1-2.3)
Dr. Norbert A. Jaworski
02.0131 Transportation Source Air Pollution Control Technology (Project
1-3.1)
Mr. Eric 0. Stork Dr. G. P. Voytetskiy
02.02 Prevention of Water Pollution (Area II)
02.021 River Basins, Lakes, Estuaries, and Aquatic Ecosystems (Working
.Group II-1)
Dr. Tudor T. Davies Prof. V. R. Lozanskiy
02.0211 River Basin Water Quality Planning and Management (Project
II-1.1)
Mr. Mark A. Pisano Prof. V. R. Lozanskiy
02.0212 Protection and Management of the Water Quality in Lakes and
Estuaries (Project 11-1.2)
Dr. Tudor T. Davies Prof. A. A. Zenin
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02?0213 Effect of Pollutants upon Aquatic Ecosystems and Permissible
Levels of Pollution (Project 11-1.3)
Dr. Donald I. Mount Prof. I. V. Butorin
02.022 Prevention of Water Pollution from Industrial and Municipal
Sources (Working Group 11-2)
Mr. Harold P. Cahill, Jr. Prof. S. V. Yakovlev
02.0221 Prevention of Water Pollution from Municipal and Industrial
Sources (Project 11-2.1)
Mr. Harold P. Cahill,-Jr. Prof. S. V. Yakovlev
02.03 Prevention of Pollution Associated with Agricultural Production
(Area III)
Dr. Clare Harris
02.0311 Integrated Pest Management (Project III-1.1)
Dr. B. G. Tweedy Dr. V. A. Lebedev
02.0321 Interaction Between Forests, Plants, and Pollutants (Project
111-2.1)
Dr. R. G. Krebill A. A. Molchanov
02.0331 Forms and Mechanisms by Which Pesticides and Chemicals are
Transported (Project 111-3.1)
Dr. David W. Duttweiler Dr. S. G. Malakhov
02.0341 Effect of Chemicals used in Agriculture on Fauna (Project 111-4.1)
Dr. Lucille S. Stickel . Dr. L. D. Voronova
02.04 Enhancement of the Urban Environment (Area IV)
02.041 Enhancement of the Urban Environment (Working Group IV-1)
Hon. David 0. Meeker, Jr. A. 0. Kudryavtsev
02.0411 Ensuring Adequate Environment in Human Settlements in Northern
Regions (Project IV-1.1)
Mr. George 0. Hipps, Jr. V. N. Belousov
02.0412 Improvement of Environment with Regard to Locations of Historic
Monuments (Project IV-1.2)
Mr. Ernest A. Connally Yuriy S. Yaralov
02.0413 Removal and Processing of Solid Waste in Urban Areas (Project
IV-1.3)
Mr. Val Grey A. N. Prokhorov
02.0414 Enhancement of Environment in Existing Cities (Project IV-1.4)
Mr. David 0. Meeker, Jr. Yu. A. Stavnichiy
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02.0415 Recreation Zones in Urban and Near-Urban Areas (Project IV-1.5)
Mr. William Matuszeski I. I. Ionov
02.05 Protection of Nature and the Organization of Preserves (Area V)
Mr. E. U. Curtis Bohlen
02.0511 Conservation of Wild Species of Fauna and Flora (Project V-1.1)
Mr. Earl Baysinger V. V. Krinitskiy
02.0521 Protection of Northern Ecosystems (Project V-2.1)
Dr. Ronald Skoog V. D. Denisov
02.0531 Protected Natural Areas and National Parks (Project V-3.1)
Dr. Theodore W. Sudia V. V. Krinitskiy
02.0541 Biosphere Reserves (Project V-4.1)
Dr. Jerry Franklin Acad. V. Ye. Sokolov
02.0551 Protection of Arid Ecosystems (Project V-5.].)
Dr. Frederic H. Wagner Prof. A. K. Rustamov
02.0561 Marine Mammals (Project V-6.1)
Dr. Robert V. Miller Dr. V. A. Zemskiy
02.06 Protection of the Marine Environment from Pollution (Area VI)
- 02.0611 Prevention and Cleanup of Pollution of the Marine Environment
from Shipping (Project VI-1.1)
Capt. Frederick P. Schubert V. Kh. Dubchak
02.0621 Effect of Pollutants on Marine Organisms (Project VI-2.1)
Dr. Eric Schneider Prof. A. I. Simonov
02.07 Biological and Genetic Effects of Environmental Pollution
(Area VII)
02.0711 Biological and Genetic Effects of Pollutants (Project VII-1.1)
Dr. David Rall Acad. N. P. Dubinin
Dr. John Knelson
02.0721 Comprehensive Analysis of the Environment (Project VII-2.1)
Dr. Roger Cortesi Acad. Yu. A. Izrael
02.08 Influence of Environmental Changes on Climate (Area VIII)
02.081 Influence of Environmental Changes on, Climate (Working Group
VIII-1)
Dr. Edward Epstein Prof. Ye. Borisenkov
02.0811 Effects of Changes in the Heat Balance of the Atmosphere on
Climate (Project VIII-1.1)
Dr. J. Smagorinsky Acad. M. I. Budyko
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