NSDD 307 Review of United States Arms Reduction Positions in Preparation for the Moscow Summit

SECRES Building upon the Re avik formula to avy bombers carrying gravity be be or SRANs, we W if eek to resolve additional issues conc rning air-bre thin weapons in a single, integras a pac age as follows: While con Lo ng o prefer tin rule of 10 ALCMs per bomber th Soviets acce: ou approach to counting rule W can accept an out ome which meets the following cri eria: -- For the .S. a counting ru e no more than 10 ALCMs pe B- 2, -- For exi Soviet bomber punting rule of no less than 6 ALCKs per BEAR-H and no less than 8 ALCMs per Blackjack; Provisions for agreeing on counting rules for future bomber types. No sublimit on ALCMs or bomber weapons; No restrictions on conventionally-armed cruise missiles) 1000 km range cut-off for counting nuclear-armed ALCM (acceptable only the Soviets agre to the remaining elements of our pposal) Acceptance of e U.S. position of b inber and bomber weapon disti dist ability and V. ifi ation; No constrai on LLCK invents y an Acceptanç 6f the imited ri it to c nvert ALCM bombers to non-A. and non ca bom ers to conven- tional bom. sei forth in the S. draft of the Conversion or ination Protoc . On sea-launched crt se hissiles, if the Si biets appear interested in movir firm their curres P sition to a declaratory approa will base su a approach on reciprocal non-binding declarations or acquisition plans for all nuclear-armed SLCMs regardless of their range. If such a scheme were agreed to, the United States would declare it has no plans to acquire more than 1500 nuclear-armed SLCMs. -- We will continue the expanded data exchange begun in Geneva. (s) In implementing these deci ons, our prioriti should be: -- First priority. Re 61 ing issues rel Led to the joint summit statement par te START stat ient as required. -- Second priorit hg Soviet greauen to the ALCM position set n bo . - - Third priority. Si ti 7 forth additi hal details of the U.S. approach to = 11 ICBM verifica Lon UNC LASSIFIED