SALT AGREEMENT ANNOUNCEMENT LIKELY NEXT WEEK

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP88-01315R000400380104-5
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• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 8, 2004
• Sequence Number: 104
• Publication Date: May 4, 1979
• Content Type: NSPR

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louiicement Likely 1%Jex
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THE WASHINGTON POST
4 May 1979
Article appeared
on page A 37
By John M. (oshko
W'asbinuton Post Staff Writer
Agreement.on the main points of a
strategic '?arms- , limitation treaty,
(SALT) probably will be announced
next week, the State Department said
yesterday, although the. accord will re-
quire further work before it is signed
leadersr
by U.S. and Soviet
That was "revealed by depaxtriment
spokesman ligdding -Carter v. ter"i
meeting. between?-Secretary State' Cyrus R;,~,Vanee;;and Soviet Ambassa?
dor Anatoliy 1'Dobrynin., Carter said
the two, whoare -in charge' of negoti
ating the..-, substantive 'issues - -in the
SALT Il talks, will' meet again early
next week to try to : complete their
work.
He added that Vance and Dobrynin
also began discussing briefly the date
and place for aa';.treaty-signing summit
between President Carter and.Soviet
President Leonid I. Brehnev. Be=
cause of Brezhnev's health problems,
the summit is expected to be in a.neu-
tral European capital such as Stock-
holm, Geneva or Vienna.
The spokesman gave no further de
tails. But U.S. officials are understood
to be working on. the assumption, that.
the drive fora SALT. II agreement..
will follow this rough timetable
? Conclusion . .by Vance, and Dobry
nin of negotiations on,=they. remaining.::
major issues by "the middle of next
week, or,. failing that, ; during the fol-
lowing week
? Referral of their agreements to
the. U.S. and Soviet'SALT'.deiegations.
in Geneva for?theironing'-qut_ f-the.
treaty text and other`teichnicaI details; ::
a process. expected.-, to take approxi-
mately two-weeks ?
+ Consultations with the=ti ` Soviets;.
"while the Geneva. technical talks area
in progress; on setting up the stir unit,
with the expectation, that it'will: take