RESULTS OF SATURDAY S RUMP IG MEETING

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• Document Creation Date: January 4, 2017
• Document Release Date: April 30, 2008
• Sequence Number: 24
• Publication Date: November 29, 1982
• Content Type: MEMO

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NSC review completed
Working Paper
29 November 1982
MEMORANDUM FOR: Director of Central Intelligence
Deputy Director of Central Intelligence
Executive Director
Deputy Director for Intelligence
Chairman, National Intelligence Council
FROM 25X1
Chief, Arms Control Intelligence Staff
SUBJECT : Results of Saturday's Rump IG Meeting (OUO)
1. This "fast-track" memorandum is informational. (U)
2. The meeting on Saturday was called by the NSC Staff (as oppossed to
the Department of State) to deal with three subjects:
-- Mobility (or transportability) of MX, in response to a request
from the START Delegation (attached).
-- The SS-16 issue in the SCC, in response to a request from the SCC
Delegation (attached).
This issue was exacerbated by a Washington Post article on
Saturday by Getler on the USSR's reaction to MX/CSB, which
contains "on-the-record" comments by Assistant Secretary
of Defense Richard Perle on the SS-16 issue under discussion
with the USSR in Geneva.
-- U.S. compliance with SALT II, sparked by a Washington Post
article on this subject on Saturday by Pincus, which also touches
upon the ABM Treaty Review now underway in Geneva.
This latter issue has important policy implications and is discussed more
below. (S)
3. In each case, Q&A's were created, and agreed, to be used by the
public affairs people at Defense and State on an "if asked" basis. In
essence, the thrust in each instance was as follows, respectively:
DOE review completed.
State Dept. review completed
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SUBJECT: Results of Saturday's Rump IG Meeting (OUO)
-- reaffirmation of earlier agreed text on the mobility of MX/CSB.
-- the confidentiality of the SCC precludes further comment but the
U.S. is evaluating the SS-16 issue closely.
The objective was to turn this issue off; I doubt that is
possible now; I emphasized in discussion and at the end of
meeting that no one is to discuss the evidence on the SS-16; I
think the participants all got the point.
-- U.S. behavior under SALT II: the article is flawed badly on many
parts of these five points -- Minuteman-III, B-52G (or H), B-l.B,
MX warhead load, and ABM Treaty Review -- and U.S. activities
which are relevant to SALT II all have been made for technical or
operational reasons, not necessarily to comply with SALT II.
It was stated by OSD that this is because no one, in fact, has
defined exactly what the President's "no undercut" policy really
means. I think that is correct. (S)
4. I concurred in the U.S. responses on your behalf because of the
urgency and the expected minimal impact on U.S. intelligence. (C)
5. In my view, the silent consensus on these two "violations" articles
appeared to be resignation to the fact that they occurred and thanks that Mr.
Perle and others did not make this whole episode worse. I believe that damage
to U.S. intelligence was minor but the damage to U.S. diplomacy was moderate-
to-severe. (S)
6. The ABM Treaty Review issue clearly was injected into the news
articles and this may have been because of the policy differences now apparent
in the Executive Branch. In overview, the SCC Commissioner and all of the
policy agencies, except for OSD, want some type of a final document at the end
of the Review, as was originally agreed and sent to Geneal Ellis as
guidance. OSD wants a unilateral press statement here in Washington, not in
Geneva. A copy is attached of a recent ACDA memorandum laying out the issue
in greater detail. This issue probably will have to go to the NSC for
resolution. General Ellis is growing increasingly unhappy with what I believe
he would call Washington's meddling and flippant changes in guidance. In any
case, in Saturday's meeting, the agreed public affairs guidance essentially
was: the ABM Treaty Review is underway in diplomatic channels and we have no
comment at present. (S)
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SUBJECT: Results of Saturday's Rump IG Meeting (OUO)
7. If there is anything else I may do for you here, or if you have any
reactions, please call and let me know. (U)
Attachments:
Copy of START Request
Copy of SCC Request
Copy of Guidance to START Delegation
Copy of Guidance to SCC Delegation
Copy of ACDA memorandum on ABM Treaty Review
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