CABLE HENRY A. KISSINGER FROM SMITH SALT HELSINKI

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-504-5-72-7
• Release Decision: RIPLIM
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: March 21, 2011
• Sequence Number: 72
• Content Type: CABLE

No Objection to Declassification in Part 2011/03/30 : LOC-HAK-504-5-72-7 ~~~~~
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No Objection to Declassification in Part 2011/03/30 : LOC-HAK-504-5-72-7
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EYE Of~.Y DR. HEtvRY A. , KISSYNaE1I .
~E ~ N~CE.Y 13TK POST PLENARY. ,PURSUANT TD WHITE ,HOUSE ~~
I~1~~R UCT I ONS ~ I SA ID T D SEMFNDV T ITT I UNDERST OOD SOME 5?VIL~T
OFFI CXAL S FELT T ~6E U~ HAD NOT BEEN SER I DUS IN PR dF'O5I N[~ AN ASM SAN ~
13UT 'I PUT M' FORWARD FOIR PROPAGANDA. I. AUI'HL~tIEED TD S
T NE ? OSAL < I WAa INSTR 30UN'? OUl'
SEMFNDV? AS TD W}{E?fiER THE SOVIET GQVERNME ?
P~~~ I I HAD MAL Y TA ;BAN BEGAiJSE I WAS FAMILIAR
Aa.~T~~ TxEE OFFICIAL SOVIET POSITION. ~ .
'.~ SEt~ENOV ASKED WI~ETHER HIS UNDERSTANDxNf~ WAS CORRECT THAT
TF6E US WOULD BE FREPA~iE(~T~ SET FORTH ITS 1iIEWS ON THIS ALTERNATxVE
~uD WITHER HIS UNDER STANDINQ WAS CORRECT THAT ELABDRATIaN OF
US ~$Et~la COULD TAKE P~.ACE IN A LESS FQRMAL MANNER THAN IN pLENARY<
I SA ID THAT' ON T NE SUBSTANCE ~ x W Ol1LD LIMIT MYSELfi AT TIIE
F~tE ~'EI+tI' TIME T D WHAT I HAD ALREADY SAID . I AS FAR AS PR DCED URE WAS
GO;NCERNED ! IF THE TWO SIDES WERE TD PURSUE THIS QUESTIONS Z WOULD BE
dJI'LLINC TD DD 50 EITHER IN PRIVATE CONVERSATION WITH SEMFNDV OR IN
A t2EI.TI~~C I~~DRE RE5'X"RIGII~:II TkIAN A PLENARY;r FOR THE MOMENT! HOWEVER' MY
INS'TRUCTIDNS WERE MERELY TO SOUt~Q OUT SEMENQV AND TO LEARNIWHETHER
TI~.> SOVIET "IDS WOULD BE INTERESTED ?
~ SEMFNDV SAID "FRANIQ.Y" HE MAD BROUGH"T INaTRVCTIDNS FDR THIS
EVENTUALITY, TO THE FOI,.LOWINe~ EFFECT-~rHEIW bTEN CAR Y Td
L?S GONS ?NS WITH TAE SPE T H S MINE-~-THEIR
SUBSTANCE AID REAL SxG IF CA,,.~E~ HE DID i~OT NAVE TO ASK FOR
p;~1A IT I ONAL~E~S M M OSCO4a' BEFORE RE SI'OND IN? T 0 NY QUEST ION <
rT t1 AS FOR THIS REASON THAT NE MAD ASKED ~ W NAT PR DCED I.~E I HAD TN
III F~ SETTINQ FORTH TIME US VIEt1S WHICH X EVIDENTLY PLANN~DLL__fid
EK,PRE SS. ~ ~ ~ .
~~"EMENOV SAID ?NAT THE TF90 SIDES WERE NO'~f CD'MIND GLOBE ?d ,
THE SUBSTANCE OF THE QUESTION aF LIMITINQ ARMS. IT WOULQ 8E
t9XSE TD CONSIDER 1~I~AT THE T410 SIDES HAD Td 5AY WITHOUT' PREJUDICE.
TL?~ SOVIET SIDE WULD 8E INTEREST,ED TO HEAR US VIEWS IN THIS ,. .
COt~NE~'$ON. SEMFNDV MOULD ~tSPORT, by APPROACH TO MIS CAPITAL ~~
A~] HE COULD TELL ~iE NOU T~iAT NE WOULD WISH TO HEAR US VIEWS IN ,
A~' MUCH DETAIL AS POSSIBLE. I SAID I WOULD ALSO REPORT THIS ~ '
CONVEISATION TD WASHINGTON AND ~tdOULD LATER 8E IN A BETTER P4gITION
Tt? DETERMINE Ham! TO P~tOCEE~. 1 .
I HAVEN ORT D TN~S xN NORMA CHANNEI.S~ 8U~', P1i0POSE ,
T O D D H JULY 15T N UNL ~ T10 -.COPTR I~R'Y~.
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QA,N~ UHICH I WILL F~dWARD EIv ORE USING<
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No Objection to Declassification in Part 2011/03/30 : LOC-HAK-504-5-72-7