_ _ - -- DDIECLASSIFIED I Authority I 1 l rJfI Ctrz t 3 -- epartment of Std'H TELEGRAM oS o-tTES 0 CONFIO NTIAL PAGE 01 GENEVA 01001 282337Z 80 AC ION ACDA 17 INFO OlC 05 H 02 NEA 19 NSC 10'NA A DOD 0i sp 02 SCI 05 SS 35 AEC 0 INR 07 P 0' CIA 0' EUR 25' 11 F 21 GPM 03 SC 01 SAH 03 L ' ARA 19 EA 9 10 21 USIA 12 0ST 0 1 RSC 01 RSR 01ij2 6 W R 281819Z SEP 67 FM USMISSION GENEVA O SECSTATE WASHDC 5361 INFO AMEMBASSY PARIS 1101 US UN NEW YORK 1229 CON F I pEN T A L GENEVA 1001 DISTO NATUS SUBJECT PROPOSED MEXICAN CHANGES TO N PAR I OF 'V REFERENCE' GENEVA 870 I MEXICAN PROPOSALS REPORTED REFTEL POSE PROR LEMS sUT ' MAY ALSO CREATE OPPORTUNITIES WHILE US DEL HAS EMPHASliEO TO OTHERS 'THAT ARTS I-ANO II CANNbT BE-TAMPEREO rtH WE AVE ALSO INDicATED THAT REST OF TRE Ty ' IS NOT NEC SSARILi CAST IN CONCRETE TO EXTENT WE CAi MAi SOME CHA GES iT ' BEHEST OF IMPORTANT NON ALIGNED COUNTR E WE WILL STRENG HEN PAGE TWO R FHGV Im 1 CON F IDE N 'T I A L CASE THAT TREATY rOEs MEET REASONABLE AND RESPONSIB E REQUESTS OF NON-ALiGNED ' US AS WELL AS SOVIET RESPONSE TO MEXICAN PROPOSALS WILL PROBABLY BE REGARDED BY MANY AS TES OF WHETHER CO HAIRMEN REGARD NPT AS IMMUTABLE TO BE FORCED ON NON- CONFIOEN IAL 03 0 - - DECLASSIYJlW Authority r rvrTrz 1$'' 13 Department of State TELEGRAM CONr IDENTIAL PAGE e2 GENEVA eleel 282337Z ALIGNED 2 IT IS FORTUNATE THAT FIRST SIGNIFICANT SUGGESTIONS FOR AMENDMENTS CAME FROM MEXICO WHICH IS ANXIOUS 'CONTRIBUTE TO SUCCESSFUL NEGOTIATION OF NPT AMB CASTANEOA WILL THERE FORE PROBABLY BE WILLING WOR WITH US IN ACCEPTING REASONABLE MODIFICATIONS HIS PROPOSALS AND T EN IN PUSHING REVISED NPT AT NEW YORK 3 ON OTHER HAND ONCE WE BEGIN ACCEPTING CHANGES ALONG LINES OF MEXICAN SUGGESTIONS DOOR WILL BE OPEN TO OTHERS MUCH LESS TOLERABLE- WE THEREFORE HOPE THAT WIT SOVIET COOPERATION WE CAN 'TURN THESE ATTEMPTS ASIDE OR CO FINE OOR REACTioN TO STRENG THENING PREAMBULAR LANGUAGE WHERE WE CAN 4 IN THIS CONNECTION WE BELIEVE TIME - PAGE T REE AS -- COME To BRING ' RUFHGV leel CON FlO E N T I A L QUT INTRODUCTION HOPEFULLY ' TH OUGH A ANESEl Of OUR NAio AGREED DOUBLE-ASTERISK LANGUAGE TO STRENGT EN REVt EH OONFERENCE PRcvTs 10N3 WHETHER THESE WILL SU F I CE rei HEAD OFF MEx lCAN AND OTHER SUGGESTIONS IS NOT CLEAR BuT DOUBLE AST ERIS LANGUAGE WILL ' LOSE NEGOTUTING UTILITY-IF SURFAcED AFtER MORE FAR REACHING SUGGES IONS GAiN WID BPREAD SU PORT 50 UNTIL WE HAVE HEARO COMMENTS AND SU GESTIONS OiHER NON-ALIGNEO MAY MAKE IT WILL NOT BE POSSIBLE TO SPELL OUT PRECISE TACTICS FOR HANDLING MEXICAN SUGGESTIONS BUT IN GENERAL wE WOULD PLAN INITIATE DISCUSSIONS WITH SOVS REFORE TALKING WITH MEXICANS AND ' FRIENDL NON ALIGNEbo MOREOVER BEFORE REACTING TO MEXICAN ' SUGGESTIONS IN PLENARY WE WOULD HOPE HAVE REACTION OF O HE NON-ALIGNED 6 IN FOLLOWING PARTS OF THIS MESSAGE WE DESCRIBE ALTERNATIVES OR SUBSTITUTES TO MEXICAN SUGGESTIONS THA 7 MIGHT BE ACCEPTABLE TO US ASSUMING WE ANNO tURN HEM ASIDE 7 WE 00 NoT BELIEVE I NITIATION O DIS9 SSIONS CONF IDEN IA WITH SOVS SHOULD DECLASSIFIED Authority rJft Jn 2 s q3 J epartment Of St at' TELEGRAM CONF I DENT I AL PAGE 03 GENEVA 01001 28233 Z PAGE FOUR RUFHGV 1001 CON FlO E N T I A L E IRE pRIOR FORMAL NA O COORDINATION TO WHATEY E EXTENT MEXICAN PROPOSALS ACCEPTABLE TO US US ALLIES tIKELY BE PLEASED HOWEVE ' WHEN WE RECEIVE- SIGN IYICANT 'COMMENTS FROM SOVIETS WE WOULD CONSULT NAC AND ALL1EO REPS AT GENEVA AS 'TO OUR PLAN OF AC'I'ION I CONF I OENTi AI OECLASSIFII U Authority I tJNfh2 '6'13 Lepart ent Of Stat - TELEGRAM CON ID NTIA PAGE 01 GENEVA 0 002 2819 8Z 80 ACTION ACDA 17 IN O 0 DINR OIC 05 H 02 NEA 19 NSC 0 NASA DOD 0j SP 02 SCI 05 S 35DAE e7 P 0' CIA 0' EYR II F 21DGPM 03DSC 01 SAH ARA 19 EA 19 10 21 SIA 12 0 T 01DRSC 0IDRS 01 256 W R 281819Z SEP 67 FH USMISSlON GENEVA TO SECSTA E WASHDC 5362 INFO AMEMBASSY PARIS 1102 USUN NEW YORK 1230 CON FlO E N T I A l GENEVA 1002 DISTO NATYS SUBJECTi PROPOSED MEXICAN CHANGES TO RE ERENCE N T - PART II OF V GENEVA 870 8 ANAlYsts FIRST MEXICAN PROPOSAL REF EL DIVIDES PRESENT ART IV INTO TWO pARTS PROVIDING MORE POSITIVE FORMUL TioN OF - RIGHT ' tO PARTICIPATE IN EXCHANGES iND iDD1NG A -tiUtVH FOR THOSE-PARTIES IN A POSIT10N TO DO SO TO CONTRIBUTE TO DEVELOPMENT OF PEACEFUL APPLICATIONS of NUCLEAR ENERGY ESPECIALLY IN 'TERRITORIES NON - NUclEAR-WEAPON PARItESo IT S PAGE TWO RuFHGV 1002 CON FlO E N T I A L LANGUAGE MIGHT BE INTERPRETED BY MANY DEVElOP NG COUNTRIES AS REQUIRING CONSIDERABLE iSSISTANCE F OM MORE DEVELOPED COUNTRIES NON-NUCLEAR AS WELL AS NUCLEAR-WEAPON S-ATES SINCE MEXICAN DRAFT WOULD APPEAR OMMlt US TO AN OPEN-ENDED CONFIDENT ' 25 03 l 33 Department of State TELEGRAM CONrIOENTIAL PAGE 02 GENEVA 01002 281948Z TO CONTRIBUTE TO DEVE DpHENT Or NUC EAR ENERGY IN NDNoNUCLEARS HE DO NOT BELIEVE IT ' COUCD BE ACCEPTED BY US IN T IS FORM OWEVER PROPOSAL IS LIKELY BE WELL RECEIVED BY EIGHT AT ENDC AND AT UNGA AS PROVIDiNG rURTHER OBLiGATiON rOR NUCLEARS SOVS ARE L1KELY OPPOSE pROPOSAL At LEAit I PRESENT FORM OUR ALLIES PROBABLY WOULD LIKE TO ACCEPT SOME VERSION Or MEXI CAN PROPOSAL OB rGATION 9 ELEMENTS Or MEXICAN PROPOSAL WHICH SHOULD BE ACCEPTABLE TO us BEL IEVE HE SHOULD BE_Wl LLI G BREA PRESENT AR l D I- 1t 1J0 rHO ARAGRAPHS AND THAT WE SHOULD-BE ABLE F'ORM- J JiI E -lUGlit TD ARTIC'PATE IN EXCHANGES IN HCJREPOSjTIVE T ERtt HOWEVER IDEA Or MOST IMPORTANCE TO MEXICO AND PROBABLY OTHER NON-ALIGNED NON-NUCLEARS IS ' INCLUSION OF SOME ' FORMU LATION REGARDING ASSISTANCE TO NONoNUCLEARS BY NUCLEARS ALt OUGH WE CANNOT AND SHOULD NOT ACCE T ANY LAN UAGE EXPRE SING PAGE THREE RUFHGV 1002 CON F IDE N T I A L OUTY TO ASSIST BELIEVE WE COULri INCL0DE LANGUAGE RErLECTING REALITY THAT US OOES COOPERAtE IN ASSISTING GREA i MANY STATES ANO HII L Or COURSE CON ti NUE ' 00 SO ' LANGUAGE WE SUGGEST FOR SECONO SENTENCE PARA 2 BELOW ALTHOUGH ESSENTIALLY ' HOR TATORY WOULO PROBABLY BE WELL RECE I VEO ANO MA E TREATy ' SIGNIFICANTL MORE ATTRACTIVE FOR MANy NONNUCLEARS 10 -f OLLoH I NG IS REV I EO ABOVE CONSIOERATIONS O ArT Or MEx r AN PROPOS I ' NOTHING IN THIS TREATY SHALL BE IN ERPRE TEO THE INALIENABLE RIGHT OF ALL THE PARTIES To THE OEVELOP RESEARCH PROOUCTION A O 'USE of NUCLEAR PEACEFUL PURPOSES wiTHOUT DISCRIMINATION AND IN WI T ARTICLES I ANO Ii OF THIS TREATY BASEO ON AS AFFECTIN TREATY TO ENERGY FOR CON ORMITY 2 ' ALL THE PARTIES TO T E TREATY HAVE THE RIGHT TO 'PARTIC1PATE IN THE FULLEST ' POSSIBLE EXCHANGE OF SCIENTIFic ANO TEC NOLOGICAL INFORMATION FOR 'THE I PEACEFUL USES OF NUCLEAR CON F I OENT I A $ DECLASSlFltm AuthQrity L tJNO-Y2 r613 Uepartment of Stai t -v TELEGRAM r -------------------------------------------'---- I CONn DENT IAL PAGE FOUR RUFHGV 1002 CON FlO E N T I A L ENERGY PARTIES ' To THE TREATY IN A POSiTION TO 00 so SHALL ALSO COOpERATE I 'CONTRiBUTING ALONE O OGEt ER WiTH OTH R STATES OR INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS TO THE 'FURTHER OEVELOP MENT OF 'THE APPLiCATIONS OF NUCLEAR EN RGY FOR PEACEFUL PURPOSES 'ESPECIALLi IN THE TERRITORIE OF NON-NUCLEiR WEAPON STATES PA TY TO THE TREA Y 1'10 WE l HT OE COYRSE e I Il N rE _VER CONSlPERABLE RELUCTANCE FROM SOVS ABOUT ANY POSITIVE EXPRE5SI0N_REG ' 0 NG A$ I STANCE iN TH I S EVENT BEL i EVE liE SHOULD BE AUTHOR l ZED ACCEPf FoLLOWING FALL-BACK REVISION OF-MEXICAN SYGGESrlON - - _ I' SAME AS IN ARA 10 AeOVEI 2' AL L THE PARTIES TO THIS TREATY HAVE THE RIGHT TO PAR TICIPATE iN THE FULLEST-POSSIBLE E CHA GE OF SCI NfIFic AND TECHNOLOGICAL INFORMATION FOR ANO TO CON TRIBUTE A ONk OR IN COOPERATION WITH OTHER STATES OR INTERNATIONAL ORGAN IZATIONS'TO THE FURTHER OEVELOPMENT OF THE APPLICATtONS OF NUCLEAR ENERGY FOR PEACEFUL ' PURPO ES SPECIALLY IN T E PAGE FIVE RUFHGV 1002 CON F I 0 E N T I A L TERRitORIES OF NON-NUCLEAR WEAPON STAT S PARTY TO ' HE TREAT ' CON I OENTlA DE L alrlr u Authority L wt-p 1 01'2 1613 TELEGRAM PA E 01 GENEVA 01003 282013l 80 AC ION ACD 17 INEO OIC 05 02 NEA ' 9iNSC i0'NASA 0 DINR 07 P 04iCIA 04iEYR 000 01 SP 02 8CI 35 AEC II F 21 GPM 03 SC 05 SS 21 SIA ARA 9 EA 19 10 ' 01 SA as 03 L 03 12 OST 01 RSC 01 RSR 01li256 W R 281819l SEP 67 ' FM USHI SS I ON GENEVA ' - TO SECSTA TE WASHOC 5363 'Aff '$ - IN O AHEHBASSY PAR IS 'n03 11 USUN NEW YORK 1'23 1 ' CON FlO EN I GENEVA 1003 A DISTO NATUS SUBJEC I PROPOSED H XIC N HANGES TO N T o PART II OF V REFERENCE GENEtA 870 12 ANALYSISq PURPOSE SECOND MEXICAN pROPOSAL IS 0 OBLJGATE NUCL Ei R WEAPON 'P RTtES E PLtcrn 'V TO PROVIDE NED SERVICES INSTEAD OF SLMf'LE oEcLARATION 'OF INT ENTIoN DO St AS IN PRESENT ' PREAMBLE Il 3'1'lEN CURRENT LEVEL OUR TECHNO 'Or y HOWEVER WE THIN IT INADVtSABLE TRANS'A1E PRESE T GE ERil US COHH1TMENT INTO eRECISE 'TREA Y-OBL AfION MOREOVERD PAGE TWO RUFHGV 1003 C N F 1' 0 E N 'T I A L FORMULA PROPOSED ' BY MEXiCANS WOULD NOT APPEAR PERMIT B LATERAL AGREEMENTS FOR PNED'SERVICES BY REQuiRING PROVIS ON OF ADEQUATE MEANS AND FAcICIilE8 MEXICAN PROPOSA MtG - BE READ AS INCLUDING OBLIGATION PROV DE EXCAVATION AND RE ATED J J i t' ' ' CDNF I DENT A ___ DECLASSIFIED Authority tJNQ-nZ'i3 Department of State TELEGR M CONF I OEN Tl Al PAGE 02 GENEVA 01003 282013Z ENGINEERING SERViCES IN ADDrTION TO MAKING AVAIl ABl E AND DEtONATING EXPl OSIVE DEVICES WE BEl IEVE NON Al NED AT ENDC AND UNGA MEMBERS ARE GENERAl l Y _ l 1 El Y TO WELCOME PROPOSAl FOR THIS REASON IF SOME FORM OF MEXICAN PROPOSAL COULD BE INCl UDED IT WOUl D BE MEANS OF FURTHER ISOl ATING BRAZi IANS AND INOIANS WHO HAVE THUS FAR OPPOSED BASIC PRINCfPl E OF OUR PDSrTI N SOVS HOWEVER ARE l IKEl Y OPPOSE MEXICAN PROPOSAl ON GROUNDS IT PREMATURE AND UNNECESSAR 13 WE BEl IEVE IT WIl l NEITHER BE POSSIBLE NOR DESIRAaL FOR Us AND SOVIETS TO ATTEMPT AVOID NEGOT i ATloNS ABOU7 PRO VISjJlN OFP-NEb- SE 'n CESFOl l OW iNG ENtRY iNJ O tQfi C L oL 7eEA T1 '' rrcORDINGLy IT SHDUl O NOT BE CONTRARY TO US INTERESTS To INCl UDE IN TREATY APPROPRIATELY WORDED PROVISION BASED ON THIS FACT WE THEREFORE SUGGEST FOR CONSIDERATtON RETENTION OF PRESEN PREAHBULAR PROVISION ON PNEO ' S loII HOYT CHANGE - - - PAGE T I-fREE RUFHGV 1003 CON riD E N T I A l BUT ADDITION IN OPERATIV E PART OF FOl LOWING - - ''' ' OF TREATy 'FOR_ MULATlDN WHICH G J AT HEART Of MEXICAN IOEU 1WE PARTIES TO THIS TREATY UNDERTAKE 10 COOPERATE IN NEGOTIATiNG A SEPARATt AGREEMENT is SOBN AS PRActrcABLE TO MAKE NUCl EAR EXPLOSIVE DEVICES AVAILABl E TO NON-NUCLEARWEAPON STATES PARTY 0 THIS TREATY ON A NON-DISCRIMINATORY BAS IS o - GP-3o -rUBBY CONFIDENTI ' - - - DECLASSIFIED 'Authority rJII 07kZtJ3 1department Of 0 Sttft TELEGRAM CONF I DENT A PAGE 01 GENEVA 0100 282020Z 81 l ACT I ON ACDA t7 INFO OIC 1 l5 H 02 NEA 9 NSC 10 NA A 04 INR 07 P 0 CIA 1 l4 EYR 25 DOD 0j SP 02 SCI 1 l5 SS 35 AEC II F 21 GPM 1 l3 SC 01 SAH 03 L 03 ARA 19 EA 19 10 21 USIA 12 OST 01 RSC I lI RSR 0 256 W o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o - o o Q R 281819Z SEP 67 FM USMISSION GENEVA TO SECSTATE WASHDC 5364 INFO AMEMBASSY PARIS 1I1 l4 ' US N NEW YORK 1232 CON FlO E N T I A L GENEVA 1004 OISTO NATUS SUBJECT PROPOSED MEXiCAN CHANGES TO N T o PA T IV OF V REFERENCE' GENEVA 870 14 ANALySIS TH1Rll tiElCICAN PROPOSAL TEXT GIVEN BELOWI SH I FTS PRESENT -'NF Z PREAMBULAR PARA TO OPERAT I VE SECT ION $ NP'T MEx I CANS ' AND OTHERS WILL BE ABLE ARGUE - T'HAT 'THis FOR MULATION IS SIMILAR ' TO US SOV ART IV IN STATING W AT is NOT PROHIBITED BY 'TREATY AND IS THUS NO LESS APPROPRIATE FOR I NCLUS I ON AS OPERA T VE ART I CLE WH I LE SOVS AND SOME i - PAGE TWO RUFHGV 101 l CON FlO E N T I A L OTHER'ENOC EMBERS ARE NOT LIKELY BE ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT PROPO SAL WE OO BT ' ANY WiLL OPPOSE IT E@H stANgeOIN I T ER ESTS WE SEE NO OBJECTION 'TO- ME tCA N_E'RO P9S ANo BELI VE WE SHOULD BE PREPARED ACC PT If A f RO RIA IME ' I I I CONFIDENTIAL L----' - DECLASSIFIEU Authority rJNOntgt S Department of State TELEGRAM l CONFIDENTIA 5 TEXT OF MEXICAN PROPOSED ARTICLE FOLLOWS NOTHING IN HIS TREATy AFFECTS THE RIGHT OF ANY GROUP OF STATES TO ONCLUDE REGIONAL TREATIES - IN ORDER TO-ASSURE THE TOTAL BSENCE OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS IN THEIR ESPECTIVE TER rTORIES 1 GP 3 TUBBy CONfI DENT I A --- D ECLASSIFlEU Authority NtJrm - 13 ' W p r repartment Of S tP TELEGRAM f CONFIOENTIAL PAGE 0 GENEVA 01005 290159Z 90 ACTION ACDA 17 IN O OIC 05 H 02 NEA 9 NSC 10 NASA 04 INR 07 P 04 CIA DOD 0t SP 02 SCI 05 SS 35 AEC ARA 19 EA t9 10 21 USIA 12 0 T II F 04 E R 21 GPM 03 SC 01 SAH 03 L 03 01 RSC 0I RS 011j256 W R 28 819Z SEP 67 FM USMISSION GENEVA TO SECSTATE WASHDC 5365 INFO AMEMBASSY PARIS 1 05 USUN NEW YORK 233 CON F IDE N T I A L GENEVA 1005 DjSTOlNATUS SUBJEC I PROPOSED MEX'CAN CHANGES TO NPT o PART V OF V REFER NCEI GENEVA 870 16 ANALySIS l _ lCAN PROPOSAL WOULD COMMIT NUC1E6R VARi OUSMEASURES ALL OF WHICH EXCEPT FOR CTB ARE REF i RRED ' To 'TN PRESENT PREAMBULAR PARA BUT WITH QUALIFICATI N THAT THEY ARE TO BE OBTAINED PURSUANT TO GCO TREATY BECAUSE MEXICAN PROPOSAL SAYS NEGOTIATIONS ARE TO BE pQRSUED WitH ALL AEJ l E _IO PURSUE NEGOT I AU ONS FOR AGREEMENT ON PAGE TWO RUFHGV 1005 CON FlO E N T I A L SPEED IT MIGHT MAKE IT POSSIBLE AT REVIEW CONFERENCE TO CHARGE NUCLEAR POWERS WITH FAiLURE FULFILL THEIR OBLIGATIONS EVEN THOUGH IN OUR JUOGMENT SUBSTANTIAL PROGRESS BEING MAOE AMONG THE EIGHT THERE IS VERY STRONG SUPPORT FOR INCLUDING --- CONFIDENTIAL 25 _ - -- iDiiiE cC LLASSIFlED 1 1 Authority tJfl Jn'2 1$'13 Department of State TELEGRAM CONFIOENT IAL PAGE 02 GENEVA 01005 290159Z IN NPT AN AR T LE CO l1MPV G NU I EAR POWERS TO NEGOTl u E FURTHl fl Q I SARMA NI MEA URES p S VTO m 'W S - SO AFIp E R JO BE TOY I NG T' P A Qf' lNCLUO LfiG lPERAIIVE ART I f D US LLIES WILL FAVOR IT MEXICANS AND OTHERS ARE NoT LIKELY ' REGARO PROPOSALS OF ITALY AS SATISFACTORY EVEN THOUGH THEY MIGHT BE RECOGNIZED AS STEP IN RIGHT DIRECTION irTALIAN PROPOSALS COMBINE TWO PREAMBULARS' ON DISARMAMENT AND ADD WORDS OF THE PREAMBLE TO ARTIC E V PARA 3 TO ENSURE THAT PROGRESS OWARD DISARMAMENT IS ' CONSIOE ED AT REVIE CON FERENCE I 17 ONE pROBLEM RAISED BY MEXiCAN PROPOSAL 15 WHE THER TO I NCLUDE SPEC I F I C REFERENCE TO eTB' WE ELI EYL Sl p-'1 J llo ON nus WOULD BE FOR y TO QPPOSE L1STLNG OF AN t SPECIf IC MEASURE ON GROUNDS THA THIS WOU D RE UIR USSR W A US To '1sT SPECIFIC MEASURES ' EACH HAS PUBLICLY ADVOCATED - o o o -'0 o - o PAGE THREE RUFHGV 1005 CON FlO E N T I A L E G ELIMINATION FOREIGN BASES AND CUI-OFF I AI'W NO AGREEMENT WHATSOEVER WOULD BE REACHED WE BEL IEVE SOVIEfs WILE TX -- ESSENTIALLY SAME POSITION 18 MAIN THRUST OBJECTIVES OF MEXiCAN AM NDMEN1 AND CHANGES WIDELY DfSIREo-eV-OTHERS HOW AREI IAI SHIFT OF PREAMBULAR PROVISION TO OPERATIVE i jfl'IC t EI - AND BI LISTING OF DISARMAMENT MEASUREs IN SAME WA O T AT ALL PRO GRESS J S NQl JH L iD EAS1N G DE l NT RI' A uaNAL EJII siC l' Sl ON ONE END AND GCD AT HE OTHER IN NA ON APRIL 20 FOSTER STATED US WAS CONSIDERING PROVISION TO MEET REQUESTS FOR STRONGER LANGUAGE ON NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT AND 'THA SOME SUCH LANGUAGE SHOULD BE CONSIDERED AFTER TABLING NPT HIS WAS STATED IN CONTEXT OF FREAMBULAR LANGUAGE OUR PREFERENCE WOULD BE TO STRENGTHEN PRESENT PREAMBU AR PARA ALONG LINES FORMU ATIONS INCLUDED IN FOLLOWING SUGGESTED OPERATIVE PARA HOWEVER WE ANTICIPATE THAT THERE WILL ' BE STRONG PRESSURE FROM VIRTUALLY ALL NON _ALIGNEO AND OUR ALLIES TO STRENGTHEN AND MOVE THIS LANGUAGE TO OPERATIVE AR IC LE CONF I DENT A DECLASSIFIED I t 1 J Z l3 Authority tyJV V -- -'_ epartment Of 2 al TELEGRAM CONFIOE NTIA PAGE FOUR RUFHGV 005 CON FlO E N T I A L IS o POSSIBLE ANGUAGE FOR OPERATIVE ARTICLE WHICH INCLUDES LANGUAGE FROM FOSTER SUGGESTIDN OF APRiL 20 AS WELL AS PHRASES FROM PRESENT PREAMBLE COULD READ eACH NUcLEAROWEAPON STATE PARTY O HIS TREATY UNDERTAKES TO PURSUE NEGOTIATIONS IN GOOD FAITH 'TO ACHIEVE iDOITjONAL TANGIB E SlEPS TO HALT THE NUCLEAR ARMS RACE INC UOING THE LIMITATION AND REOUCT ON OF STOCKS OF UCLEARNWEApONS AND THEIR MEANS OF DELIVERY AND TO REACH AGREEMENT ON THE CESSATION OF THE MANUFACTURE OF NUC EA WEAPONS THE LIQUIOATION OF A L THEIR EXISTING STOCKPILES AND THE ELIMiNATioN FROM N TIONALyARSENALS OF NUCLEAR WEAP NS AND THE MEANS OF HEIR DELIVERY PURSUANT TO A TREATy ON GENERAL AND COMPLETE DISARMAMENT UNDER STRicT AND EFFEfTIVE INTERNATIONAL CONTROL CONFIDENTIA This document is from the holdings of The National Security Archive Suite 701 Gelman Library The George Washington University 2130 H Street NW Washington D C 20037 Phone 202 994-7000 Fax 202 994-7005 nsarchiv@gwu edu