INSTRUCTION FOR HTE MUTUAL AND BALANCED FORCE REDUCTION TALKS, VIENNA, SEPTEMBER 16, 1974

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• Publication Date: September 21, 1974
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National Security Decision Memorandum 269
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September 21, 1974
The Secretary of Defense
The Deputy Secretary of State
The Director, Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
The Chairman, U. S. MBFR Delegation
SUBJECT: Instructions for the Mutual and Balanced Force
Reduction Talks, Vienna, September 16, 1974
The President has approved the following instructions for the U. S. MBFR
Delegation. These instructions supplement those contained in NSDM 241.
1. After agreement has been reached with the NATO Allies, the
Delegation is authorized to begin a discussion with the Soviet and other
Warsaw Pact delegations on the definition of force categories and exchange
of data, subject to the following considerations:
-- A single package of redefinition measures should not be pro-
posed; rather, individual anomalies and possible solutions should be
discus sed.
-- Numerical data may be given to the Pact delegations only on
a reciprocal basis, except that Alliance agreed revisions to data
already released may be given without exchange.
-- The Delegation shall not agree to any final definition of force
categories without prior agreement on related data. The Delegation
should seek guidance from Washington before committing the U. S.
to any specific redefinition proposals.
2. The Delegation is authorized to begin discussion of the role of air
manpower in the negotiations. In this connection, after agreement has
been reached with the NATO Allies, the Delegation is authorized to inform
the Pact delegations that the U. S. and its Allies are prepared to take
the following actions:
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-- Exchange data on air manpower.
-- Discuss inclusion of air manpower in the data base for
computing U. S. and Soviet Phase I ground force reductions.
-- Consider inclusion of air manpower in the proposed "no
increase" ,agreement which would limit Alliance and Warsaw Pact
manpower between phases.
-- Discuss the possibility of withdrawing up to 15% of U. S. and
Soviet air manpower in Phase I.
--Consider inclusion of air manpower within a manpower common
ceiling, provided the Pact delegations agree. to the common ceiling
concept.
The President has approved these additional elements of the U. S. MBFR
position:
1. U. S. Phase I reductions may be in the form of units, designated
in advance.
2. No U. S. forces in Berlin will be included in the U. S. reduction
package.
3. Both U. S. and Soviet forces should participate in Phase II
reductions.
4. Phase I post-reduction manpower levels may be exceeded for
military exercises by up to 20, 000 men for up to sixty days once each year.
The President has approved in principle the introduction into the negotia-
tions of a nuclear proposal along the lines of that included in Option III
described in the paper titled "U. S. Approach to MBFR, " approved by
NSDM 211 and presented to NATO in May 1973. The proposed reduction
package should include 1000 nuclear warheads, 48 F-4 nuclear capable
aircraft, and 27 Pershing surface-to-surface missile launchers. While
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approving the use of this package in principle, the President has decided
to defer its introduction for the present time. Therefore, Option III
and the use of nuclear elements in MBFR should not be discussed with
either the Allies or the Soviet and Warsaw Pact.delegations without
further guidance.
Henry A. Kissinger
cc: The Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
The Director of Central Intelligence
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