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(E) ALSO MAKE CLEAR US VIEW THAT ELIMINATION OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS
DOES NOT OBVIATE THE NEED FOR NON-NUCLEAR DEFENSES, PARTICULARLY
TO PROTECT AGAINST CHEATING OR BREAKOUT BY ANY COUNTRY: AND,
(F) PROBE THE SOVIET OFFER ON VERIFICATION IN A MANNER WHICH
DOES NOT PREJUDICE US OPTIONS FOR, OR SOVIET RESPONSIVENESS TO,
SPECIFIC MEASURES WHICH THE US WILL BE PRESENTING.
6. IN CARRYING OUT ABOVE, US DEL SHOULD DRAW ON FOLLOWING
POINTS:
(A) AGREE WITH THE GENERAL GOAL OF MOVING TO THE TOTAL
ELIMINATION OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS WHEN POSSIBLE, CONSISTENT WITH OUR
OVERALL REQUIREMENTS FOR SECURITY AND STABILITY.
(B) NOTE THAT THE US HAS PROPOSED AND CONTINUES TO ADVOCATE A
PROCESS BY WHICH THE US AND THE USSR WOULD TAKE THE FIRST STEPS
BY IMPLEMENTING THE PRINCIPLE OF A 50 PERCENT REDUCTION IN THE
NUCLEAR FORCES OF BOTH SIDES APPROPRIATELY APPLIED AND BY
PROMPTLY NEGOTIATING AN INTERIM INF AGREEMENT. WHEN US AND
SOVIET FORCES ARE REDUCED, AND ADDITIONAL REDUCTIONS ARE UNDER
DISCUSSION, WE CAN ENVISION SUBSEQUENT STEPS WHICH COULD INVOLVE
THE UK, FRANCE AND THE PRC so THAT ALL CAN MOVE TO ZERO NUCLEAR
WEAPONS IN A BALANCED AND STABLE MANNER. (FYI. THIS APPROACH
WAS SPECIFICALLY PROPOSED TO THE USSR BY THE US DURING THE
PREPARATIONS FOR AND DURING THE RECENT SUMMIT. END FYI.)
(C) OUR IMMEDIATE FOCUS SHOULD REMAIN ON PROMPT ACCOMPLISHMENT
OF THE FIRST STEPS OF THIS PROCESS, ESPECIALLY THE IMPLEMENTATION
OF THE PRINCIPLE OF 50 PERCENT REDUCTIONS APPROPRIATELY APPLIED
AND AN INTERIM INF AGREEMENT.
(D) TO APPROPRIATELY APPLY THE PRINCPLE OF 50 PERCENT REDUCTION
AND TO ACHIEVE A SEPARATE INF AGREEMENT, WILL REQUIRE SERIOUS
NEGOTIATION. THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES ON THE ELEMENTS
OF AN EQUITABLE OUTCOME. THE RESOLUTION OF THESE DIFFERENCES AND
THE FINDING OF COMMON GROUND IS THE AREA IN WHICH BOTH SIDES MUST
NOW FOCUS THEIR NEGOTIATING EFFORTS IF THE GOAL FOR THIS STEP IS
TO BE ACHIEVED. IT IS AN AREA IN WHICH REAL NEGOTIATIONS CAN
TAKE PLACE AT THIS TIME. WE SHOULD BOTH AGREE THAT THIS SHOULD
BE OUR FOCUS. THIS IS IN KEEPING WITH THE COMMITMENT TO
ACCELERATE EFFORTS TO FIND COMMON GROUND MADE AT THE MOST RECENT
SUMMIT. IT IS ALSO CLEARLY THE FOUNDATION UPON WHICH BOTH WE AND
THE SOVIETS AGREE ALL ELSE MUST BUILD.
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