NSDD 210 Allied Consultations on United States Response to General Secretary Gorbachev's January 14, 1986 Arms Control Proposal

UNULAUOII ILU Il 3 1. The United States continues firmly to believe that the best solution remains the global elimination of the entire class of U.S. and Soviet, land-based LRINF missiles. We are prepared promptly to negotiate an effective, verifiable agreement to that end without any additional constraints. However, since the Soviet Union continues to refuse to join us in moving immediately to such a global, zero-zero solution, the U.S. would propose the elimination of U.S. and Soviet LRINF in Europe west of Novosibirsk (and therefore, Barnaul) coupled to initial, significant reductions in SS-20s in central and eastern Asia (of at least 508), subsequently to zero. (S) 2. These reductions and limits would involve US and Soviet systems only. There would be no agreed constraints on the forces of the United Kingdom or France. (S) 3. Associated with this, the United States would also propose a global LRINF missile warhead ceiling under which the U.S. would retain the right to global equality, i.e., to match any Soviet SS-20 warheads remaining outside Europe with U.S. systems in the Continental United States or elsewhere outside of Europe. Soviet LRINF systems which are reduced would be destroyed. U.S. systems based in Europe could be withdrawn to the U.S. unless, or until, they were in excess of the equal global ceiling, in which case they would be destroyed (while protecting a right to convert the Pershing II missiles to Pershing IB missiles). (S) 4. This would also be associated with an equal Shorter-Range INF (SRINF) ceiling at current Soviet level or to freeze SRINF at both sides December 31, 1982, levels. (S) 5. Finally, the United States would introduce the basis for mutual exploration of a verification regime as an integral part of this proposal. (S) Consultation. I would like consultations based upon the positions outlined above completed on a priority basis with our European and Asian allies. (C) Rouad Reagan ASSIFIED COPY 1 CE 7 CHRON FILE