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SYSTEM II: 91135
United States Department of State
Washington, D.C. 20520
SECRET/ SENSITIVE
October 31, 1985
MEMORANDUM FOR MR. ROBERT C. MCFARLANE
THE WHITE HOUSE
tap part a
SUBJECT: Letter to General Secretary Gorbachev
draft on
The Soviets have responded to our suggestion of a
special channel of communications between the President and
General Secretary Gorbachev by nominating Ambassador
Dobrynin. Gorbachev's letter of October 12 is attached at
Tab 2.
The Department believes that we should respond
symmetrically by nominating Ambassador Hartman as our
Moscow point of contact. The draft Presidential response
protion is a forms
at Tab 1 makes the point that Secretary Shultz and Foreign
Minister Shevardnadze should be part of the process.
Ad sincerely
for Nicholas Bmckmley Platt
Executive Secretary
Shop Lent wom Joy ja
NLS DECLASSIFIED F99.051 R/361
Rannels
BY CAS NARA, DATE 7/25/00
SECRET
DECL:OADR
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