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CONSULTATIONS, THE SOVIETS HAVE BROKEN SOME NEW GROUND WITH THEIR
NEW INF POSITION. AT THE SAME TIME, HOWEVER, THEY HAVE PUT
FORWARD UNACCEPTABLE CONDITIONS -- BOTH NEW AND FAMILIAR -- FOR
AN INF AGREEMENT. THESE INCLUDE THEIR CONTINUED REFUSAL TO
ADDRESS THE NEED FOR REDUCTIONS IN SS-20'S DEPLOYED IN ASIA,
THEIR FAILURE TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEM OF CONSTRAINING SRINF
MISSILES, AND THEIR INSISTENCE ON LIMITATIONS ON THIRD COUNTRY
SYSTEMS AS A PREREQUISITE FOR THE ELIMINATION OF U.S. AND SOVIET
LRINF MISSILES IN EUROPE.
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IN DECIDING OUR NEXT STEPS, I AM ACUTELY SENSITIVE TO YOUR
SPECIAL CONCERNS. ON THE BASIS OF OUR EXTENSIVE DISCUSSIONS WITH
ALLIES AND FRIENDS IN BOTH EUROPE AND ASIA, I BELIEVE THAT IT IS
CRITICALLY IMPORTANT THAT OUR RESPONSE TO THE SOVIETS ON INF NOT
ONLY TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THEIR STATED WILLINGNESS TO ELIMINATE
THEIR LRINF MISSILES, AT LEAST IN EUROPE, BUT ALSO REAFFIRM
CERTAIN BASIC AND LONG-STANDING PRINCIPLES OF OUR OWN, PARTICULARLY:
-- OUR INSISTENCE ON EQUALITY OF GLOBAL RIGHTS AND ON
REDUCTIONS AND LIMITATIONS ON LRINF MISSILES ON A GLOBAL BASIS;
-- THE UNACCEPTABILITY OF LINKING BILATERAL U.S.-SOVIET
REDUCTIONS TO THIRD COUNTRY FORCES;
-- THE NEED FOR APPROPRIATE ACCOMPANYING CONSTRAINTS ON
SRINF MISSILES; AND
-- THE CRITICAL IMPORTANCE OF MEASURES FOR EFFECTIVE
VERIFICATION.
-
THEREFORE, WITH REGARD TO INF, I AM INFORMING MR. GORBACHEV
THAT IN RESPONSE TO THE SOVIET OFFER OF A NEAR-TERM, ZERO-ZERO
OUTCOME IN EUROPE, AN OFFER THEY FORMULATED IN THE CONTEXT OF
UNACCEPTABLE LIMITS ON BRITISH AND FRENCH NUCLEAR DETERRENTS AND
WITHOUT ANY REFERENCE TO THEIR SIZEABLE FORCES IN ASIA, WE WILL
OFFER A PROPOSAL THAT WOULD PERMIT A ZERO-ZERO OUTCOME BOTH IN
EUROPE AND IN ASIA BY THE END OF 1989. THEREFORE, I WILL PROPOSE
THE FOLLOWING CONCRETE PLAN TO ACHIEVE THIS AIM.
-- BY THE END OF 1987, THE UNITED STATES AND THE SOVIET
UNION WOULD LIMIT THEIR LAND-BASED LRINF MISSILE DEPLOYMENTS IN
EUROPE TO 140 LAUNCHERS EACH, WITH THE SOVIET UNION MAKING
CONCURRENT PROPORTIONATE REDUCTIONS IN ASIA.
-- WITHIN THE FOLLOWING YEAR, BOTH SIDES WOULD FURTHER
REDUCE THE NUMBERS OF LRINF MISSILE LAUNCHERS REMAINING IN EUROPE
AND ASIA BY AN ADDITIONAL 50 PERCENT. FINALLY, BOTH SIDES WOULD
MOVE TO THE TOTAL ELIMINATION OF THIS CATEGORY OF WEAPONS BY THE
END OF 1989.
-- ASSOCIATED WITH THIS PLAN, THERE WOULD BE A PARALLEL
SERIES OF GLOBAL LRINF MISSILE WARHEAD CEILINGS UNDER WHICH THE
U.S. RETAINS THE RIGHT TO GLOBAL EQUALITY. AS SOVIET SS-20
SECRET/SENSITIVE
SECRET
SENSITIVE
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