CABLE TO HENRY KISSINGER FROM GERARD SMITH

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-486-11-41-5
• 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: January 19, 1972
• Content Type: CABLE

No Objection to Declassification in Part 2012/12/20: LOC-HAK-486-11-41-5
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TO.THE WHITE HOUSE, EYES ONLY DR. HENRY KISSINGER.
JANUARY 19, 1972
IN THINKING ABOUT SALT AND US-USSR STRATEGIC BALANCS,
YOU MAY FIND IT USEFUL TO RECALL FOR PRESIDENT THAT SINCE SALT
STARTED NOVEMBER 1969 SOVIETS HAVE INCREASED THEIR STRATEGIC
MISSILE L AUNCHERS UNDER CONSTR JCT IO N AND OPERATIONAL 3Y ALOUT
21 PERCENT. IN SAME TIME PERIOD, U. S. HAS INCREASED ITS OPERA-
TIONAL I dDEPENDENTL Y TARGETABLE,'WARHEADS BY 100 PERCENT.
SALT FREEZE WE ARE NEGOTIATING WILL HALT SOME IF NOT
ALL NEW STARTS OF SOVIET LAU NCH NS WHILE U. S. REMAINS FREE TO
CONTINUE ITS WARHEAD PROGRAM WHICH PRESENTLY CALLS FOR A
DOUBLING OF TODAY'S NUMBERS IN A FEW YEAS.
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No Objection to Declassification in Part 2012/12/20: LOC-HAK-486-11-41-5