MAY 7 MEETING WITH GROMYKO - US-USSR BILATERALS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-211-3-1-2
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• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: June 15, 2010
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: May 6, 1974
• Content Type: CABLE

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May 7 Meeting with Cromyko - US-'USSR eilgtea,al.s
The following status report on the various US-USSR bilateral proposals
is forwarded for your possible use during your May 7 meeting with
Foreign Minister Gromyko.
l; l nergy You have State's retporl ing cable on Bill Dotialdeolas April 30
meet ing with the Soviets (TOSI C 128, State 089705, 0123022 May 74).
Three differences emerged in the fir 9t round of talks:
_.? the Soviets are trying to downplay general exchange of energy
' inf ormation;
-- they want a detailed statement on exchanges in fields of oil and
they want to avoid non-conviantiofal energy items, such as
solar and goo-thermal energy, in the_ agreement.
The result is that the agreement would focus too much on oil and gas, and
from our viewpoint would be difficult to sell to the U. S. C
ngresa and public.
Donaldson has urged the Soviets to meet our concerns. A second round of
talks is scheduled for Moscow in mid-May.
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You wil1 want to stress that the concerns raised by Donaldson are real
oozes, and that the Soviets must be xn.or .fort.hcoming.
Sc ronct Space Mission. The Soviets are moving very slowly on this
(perhaps because of President Keld.ysh a serious illness). Despite our
&L-i g, they have informed NASA that !:hey will not be able to x~~crt before
the end of May, and NASA has also been told that the Soviets will in all
Probability only be able to consider a, second Apollo-Soyuz spacecraft
flight, not the larger mission propose by NASA involving tho USSR Space
Station Salyut together with US and USER spacecraft. NASA has Us doubts
about the value of a. second mission limited to Apollo and Soyuz, spacecraft
only.
NASA. is presently awaiting a formal r asponse from Keldyr h to George Low
oti next s eps in, considering the propo: al. You will want to ank Gromyko
to. shed light on the slow pace at which the USSR ie movi..ug.
3. A?rtific:ia.1. Tl ?.rt Research. HEW '..as given the USSR the draft text of a
bilateral agreement on artificial heart research. You will wish to note to
Gromyko that the proposal appears to be proceeding smoothly.
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HUD Unde:! Secretary Mitchell iti in Moscow for
May 6_7 talks with the USSR on a houi ing and construction technology agreement.
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Based on a pre-visit exchange of draft texts, the two lidos appear
fairly close together.' You may wi,;h to note to Orom ko that talky
are underway in Moscow and that",X7u are not aware of any notc worthy
5. Lo.a -Ter Economic
.Agreem The draft text is ready for
reviev
review
by the US-USSR Joint Cornxxxcrcia.l ':.oxxnisaion at its
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Washington later this month.
Secretary of Transportation has bec.n asked to explore thin proposal with,
his counterparts on the bilateral trE.nsportation committee. and to give
you his ?assessment by May 20. Yo-,:L may wish to tell Grorny1