SALT: NAC CONSULTATION OF DECEMBER 15

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• Publication Date: December 15, 1972
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1o SUMMARY: AMBASSADOR FARLEY CONSULTED WITH NAC ON SALT TWO
DECEMBER 15, COUNCIL DISCUSSION ALSO COVERED THREE PAPERS
PRIMARILY DEALING WITH FBS QUESTION CONTRIBUTED BY FRG,
NETHERLANDS AND UK0 COUNCIL WELCOMED PROPOSED STRONG US REBUTTAL
OF SOVIET FBS POSITION, CONSENSUS WAS AGAINST NEGOTIATING FBS
LIMITS IN SALT, AND IN FAVOR OF NON-CIRCUMVENTION FORMULA
APPROACH ON FBS, WITH STRONG DESIRE FOR CONSULTATIONS BEFORE US
TABLES ANY NON-CIRCUMVENTION FORMULATION WITH SOVIETS. TO AID
CONSULTATION PROCESS, SYG IS TO PREPARE SUMMARY PAPER ON FBS
FOR COUNCIL DISCUSSION IN JANUARY, END SUMMARY
2, AMBASSADOR FARLEY CONSULTED WITH THE COUNCIL DECEMBER 15 ON
SALT TWO-I TO DATE, IN ADDITION TO DELIVERING PREPARED STATEMENT
(SEPTEL), HE SAID US INTENDED IN FINAL WEEK OF CURRENT SALT
SESSION TO MAKE ANOTHER FORCEFUL REBUTTAL OF SOVIET
POSITION ON FBS. US WILL STRESS THAT KEY AND CENTRAL OFFENSIVE
WEAPONS SYSTEMS IN THE STRATEGIC NUCLEAR BALANCE ARE ICBMS,
Se?BMS, AND HEAVY BOMBERS. ALTHOUGH EACH SIDE POSSESSES A
NUMBER OF NON-CENTRAL SYSTEMS, IT IS THESE THREE CENTRAL
SYSTEMS ON WHICH NEGOTIATIONS SHOULD CENTER SINCE THEY PLAY THE
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IMMEDIATE IMPACT ON FBS9 BUT THAT THE US COULD CHALLENGE THE
SOVIETS ON A BUILDUP IN THEIR MR/IRBMS AND MEDIUM BOMBERS.
5. TO GO BEYOND A GENERALIZED NON-CIRCUMVENTION FORMULA TO A
SPECIFIED FREEZE COULD BE UNDESIRABLE, SINCE THIS WOULD
INVOLVE DEFINING NON-CENTRAL SYSTEMS AND COULD INVOLVE
RESTRAINTS ON FORCES US PROVIDED FOR THE ALLIANCE. ALSO,
SOVIETS COULD TRY TO EXTEND A FREEZE TO THE NUCLEAR FORCES OF
OTHER ALLIES. THOMSON CONCLUDED THAT CONSULTATION ON FBS
QUESTION WOULD BE MOST IMPORTANT, AND THERE SHOULD BE PRIOR
DISCUSSION IN THE COUNCIL OF ANY FORMULATION FOR DEALING WITH
FBS BEFORE SUBMITTING IT TO SOVIETS.
6. BOSS (FRG) SAID THE PRESENT US REPORT ON SALT SHOWED THAT
ITS VIEWS COINCIDED WITH MANY OF THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY THE
COUNCIL. NETHERLANDS, UK AND FRG HAD CONTRIBUTED PAPERS WHICH
COMPLEMENTED ONE ANOTHER. UK HAD LISTED DESIDERATA
WHICH A SOLUTION OF THE. FBS QUESTION SHOULD MEET, BUT THERE
WAS GENERAL AGREEMENT THAT NO "PACKAGES" OF CONCESSIONS SHOULD
BE PUT TOGETHER NOW. THE FRG AGREED THAT FBS SHOULD BE EXCLUDED
FROM SALT, AND SUPPORTED A GENERALIZED NON-CIRCUMVENTION FORMULA
TO THIS END. REFERRING TO THE DUTCH PAPER CONTAINING ARGUMENTS
AGAINST INCLUDING FBS IN SALT, BOSS SUGGESTED THAT GEOGRAPHICAL
AND NPT ARGUMENTS MIGHT BE ADDED.
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