SALT - JOT ARTICLE II

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-223-5-11-6
• Release Decision: RIPLIM
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: January 15, 2010
• Sequence Number: 11
• Publication Date: October 3, 1975
• Content Type: CABLE

No Objection to Declassification in Part 2010/01/15: LOC-HAK-223-5-11-6
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REIFISEO :ARTICLE,II ON- DEFINITIONSy, IN DOING 30, I PLAN'TO MAKE BRIE'
REMARKS Olf'' EACH OF' THE, PARAGRAPHS, AND. IT SEEMS TO ME THAI. IT WOULD BE
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SAY-',~SOMETHTM4'CONCERNING _THE "ONCE
A 14IRV ALWAYS A MIRY" AND TME HEAVY
M18311.1 DEFINITIONS,, WHICH, : OF COURSE, WILL Be-,INCLUDED IN OUR. DRAFT
TN>fiM IMF. PRE~li~MMT FORM, ;TMEREFDRE1 UNLESS IT Z$ FELT THAT THIS WQULD
THPOW,-:A. SPANNER. INTO WHERE. THINGS NOW STAND BACK THERE, I WOULD
PROPOSE TOE SAY THE. , FDLLOWIN0 ON . THE MIRY DEPINITIONs QUOTE ADDRES31NG
TH!"":USM*IM+MxTIJ "OF A MIS3I'LE EQUIPPED :WITH A MIRY 3Y$TEM9 WE BELIEVE
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.-714E CONCEPT UPON WHl,CH. THIS? DEFINITION 13..BASED IS .,AN ESSENTIAL
ELEMENT OP :';THE AGREEMENT-'. NOW BEING WORKED OUT* AS WE ' BOTH AGREE r THE
LIMITATIONS = OFTHE NEW AGREEMENT', MUST. BE VERIFIABLE BY NATIONAL TECH-
NICAL.:MEAN '~. THE DEFINITION OIL"'A NIS311.E EQUIPPED WITH A MIRY,
SYSTEM
SHDUL, -BE CONSISTENT WITH THIS. PRINCIPLE' -THE." THE: DEFINITION PROPOSED
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W"M4ETHE.R A ;' IVEN MXS91LEi.SHOULD 8 CONSIDERED AS" MIRVD OR NOT', LTMtI3
D1EFINXTIOP4 ;IS NECESSARY` IN ORDER;; TO 'ARRIVE AT AN' UNAMBIGUOUS AGREE.
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2r' W:.0N..TME:'`HEAVY MISSILE.DEFINITION# 1 WOULD PROPOSE THE'. FOLLOWING't
QUOTE ` WITM RESCT TO P.ARAGRAPOt 7 OF. ARTICLE II, THE 31DES HAVE AGREED
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IN PARAGRAPH 3 OF ARTICLE IV OF 'THE JUT THAT THERE WILL :8E A LIMITATION
ON HEAVY ICBMS,, TO GIVE EFFECT TO THIS LIMITATION, .IT 13 ES$EN1'IAL TO
INCLUDE IN. THE NEW AGREEMENT A MEANINGFUL DEFINITION OF A HEAVY ICRtmI
SUCH A DEFINITION MUST EMBODY CLEAR CRITERIA UPON WHICH TO BASE LIMITA.
TIONS ON THE DESTRUCTIVE POTENTIAL OF AN ICBM,. MIS31LE , THROW*WEIGHT 13
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TPE :SINGLE CHARACT RZSTIC WHICH BEST MEASURES THIS DESTRUCTIVE PCTc!4TZAL
DF, A MTS5XLE,, ACCORDINGLY0 THE. US CONSIDERS A CLEAR AND PRaCI3E 13EFTO
NfiTIOt OF A HEAY't ICBM WH>ICH,INCLUDE$. THROWwWEIGHT TO BE AN ESSENTIAL
PARTS OF THE ,Nil:-AlEEiMEMT, UNQUOTE
I: MAVVI RICO TO;rMAKE!''TME$E NON.POLEPICAL AND STRAIGHTFORWARD Im
A FORM WHICH I. FEEL 1;,WOULD- SE USEFUL TO HAVE ON THE RECORD HERE AT
,SUCH TIME I?THER Of;. THE TWO ISSUES MAY BE REMANDED SACK TO GENEVA,
GTYEJAM, LORAL AND HIS PEOPLE IN CLEARING
~ANY KE. P THA'lr YC3t1' CAN;:.'
AWAY KITH;" FfE`.;C IIEP$ THE-PROBLEMSTHEY SEEN 10,&E HAVING IN GOING
A40s;?; 10 ITl4., tRY1Nit. TO~ MOVE PORWARP ON THE DEFINITIONS ARTICLE WILL BE
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