CABLE TO HENRY A. KISSINGER FROM GERARD SMITH

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-486-10-41-6
• Release Decision: RIPLIM
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: December 20, 2012
• Sequence Number: 41
• Publication Date: August 6, 1971
• Content Type: CABLE

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TO THE WHITE HOUSE EYES ONLY DR. HENRY A. KISSINGER
(TO BE DELIVERED AT OPENING OF ? BUSINESS)
DEAR HENRY:
RE YOUR MESSAGE AUGUST 5.
I D O NOT BELIEVE TABLING ABn BAN HERE WOULD RESULT
IN ANY LOSS OF MOMENTUM. (WHICH IS NOT GREAT AT PRESENT). ON
THE CONTRARY, I BELIEVE IT WOULD SPEED THINGS UP. AS EARLIER
REPORTED, I BELIEVE SOVIET WILL NOT MOVE MUCH HERE UNTIL THEY
KNOW WHETHER THE NEGOTIATION IS FOR A BAN OR A LIMITATION. ON
AUGUST 4TH SEMENOV PRESSED AGAIN FOR OUR BAN PROPOSAL REPEATING
HIS INSTRUCTIONS TO CONSIDER SERIOUSLY US BAN PROPOSAL TO SEE IF
IT WAS A REALISTIC PROPOSITION.
UNDER THESE CIRCUMSTANCES I BELIEVE THAT DIVERSION OF
THE BAN EXCHANGE STARTED HERE ON JULY 13TH TO A DIFFERENT CHANNEL
WOULD DELAY MATTERS AND CONFUSE THE OVERALL NEGOTIATING PROCESS.
IF YOU LIKE, I COULD SOUND OUT SEMENOV TO SEE IF HE CONFIRMS
DOBRYNIN' S ESTIMATE.
WARM REGARDS.
GERR Y SMITH
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