DP tbj sft tl 5 3 4r men 0 a C9 CONFIDENTIAE 6222352 PAGE 91 GENEVA @1056 85 ACTION ACDA 17 19INSC O4 INFO EUR 35110 052H GEINEA CIA 04 000 DIASP 05 55 asl EC ZIJGPM 0318C GI 7 0 SAH O3 ARA ISIEA 19 USIA IEAOST OI NSAE of x256 0218532 OCT 67 FM USMISSION GENEVA TO SECSTATE HASHDC 5415 INFO AMEMBASSY BRUSSELS 697 AMEMBASSY AHEMBASSY AHEMBASSY AMEMBASSY AMEHBASSY LONDON 898 OTTAWA 389 PARIS 1127 ROME 588 VIENNA 219 USNISSION USUN 1258 BT I I A L GENEVA 1056 DISTO NATUS IAEA SUBJECT WESTERN FOUR MEETING OCTOBER 4 1 FISHER US REPORTING 0N SEPT 29 MTG SAID ROSHCHIN NEGATIVE TOWARD NON-ALIGNED SUGGESTION FOR ocT 13 RECESS AND SAID sovs PREFER wo8K IN GENEVA UNTIL CONCLUDED AND NON-ALIGNED AMENDMENTS CONSIDERED FISHER ADDED HE EXPRESSED HILLINGNESS DO SAME AND HAVE so RECOMMENDED To VASHINGTON BURNS THOUGHT SHOULD Go ON UNTIL DRAFT FINISHED CARACCIOLO ITALY READY TO STAY DEC LASSIF CONFIDENTIAL Department of State CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 GENEVA 0 956 0222352 IF BEELET THOUGHT PROBABLY COULD H019 OFF DISCUSSION NPT UNTIL MIDPNOVEMBER BY DEALING FIRST WITH OTHER SUCH AS OUTER a FISHER ROSHZHIN ANXIOUS HAVE MTG AFTERNOON 2 FOR DYSCUSSION OF MEX AND UAR PROPOSED AMENDMENTS To AND HE THEREPORE WANTED NON HAVE PRELIMINARY BISCUSSIONS w-4 THOUGH HE HAD NO AS VET AND HOULD NOT Now a AB-E DISCUSS SDECIFXC FORMULATIONS EITHER NITH 0R RE FIRST HEX AMENDMENT CONCERNING PEACEFUL USES FISHER COMMENTED IT MIGHT BE POSSIBLE BREAK ARTICLE INTO THO PARAGRAPHS STRENGTHEN SECOND HOWEVER EXPRESSION OF TO ASSIST NOT POSSIBLE FOR US AND PROBABLY NOT FOR SOVS BURNS AND BEELEY AGREEDU CARACCIOLD HE HAS HITHOUT INSTRUCTIONS AND onLD COMMENTS BUT ADDED THAT MEXICAN LANGUAGE REFLECTS SOME OF PREVIOUSLY EXPRESSED ITALIAN VIEWSS 3 RE SECOND AMENDMENT CONCERNING ELOHSHARE SERVICES IVSAIQ FISHER SAID HE DO NOT BELIEVE wE SHOULD DESCRIBE IN TREATY ARTICLE PROVISIONS TO BE INCLUDED IN SEPARATE MIGHT HOWEVER BE POSSIBLE CONSIDER RETAINING PRESENT PREAMBULAR ON THIS SUBJECT NITH ADDITION OF TREATY ARTICLE IN HHICH PARTIES UNDERTAKE To COOPERATE IN NEGOTIATING AGREEMENT As SOON As PRACTICABLEJ BURNS CARACCIOLO AND BEELEY THOUGHT THIS BE GOMPROMISES BEELEY SAID MEX LANGUAGF UN ACEPTABLE BECAUSE AS PROBABLY WOULD NEVER BE IN FROVIDE REQUIRED NUCLEAR DEVICES Ag RE HEX PROPOSAL CONCERNING NUCLEAR FREE ZONES MEX ARTU FISHER SAID OUR INITIAL IMPRESSIDN IS THERE NOJLD BE NO HARM IN MOVING PRESENT PREAHBULAB TO OPERATIVE BEELEY AND BURNS INDICATED CARACCIOLO SAID IDEA 0F SHIFT SEEMS BUT MAY RAISE OQESTION OF INCLUSION OF SOME PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED AND THIS NOT SE RE FOURTH MEX PROPOSAL ON NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT MEX ppr'EY SAID SOME SUCH OBLIGATION ZN OPERATIVE DECLASSIFIED Authority M34590 d Department of State CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 03 GENEVA @1056 6222352 PAGE FOUR RUFHGV Izsa I I I A ARTICLE HILL BE MAJOR POINT AT ISSUE IN DISCUSSIONS HITH ALIGNED HERE AND IN NEH HE PERSONALLY TOLD CASTANEDA IT HOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER BASE FOR OPERATIVE ARTICLE ON PREAMBULAR PARAGRAPH HHICH DECLARES INTENTION CEASE NUCLEAR ARMS RACE FISHER SAID HE HOULD PREFER STRENGTHEN PREAMBULAR PARAGRAPHS AS SUGGESTED BY ITALY AND ALSO ADD NORDS THE 1N REVIEH PROVISION BUT THERE MAY 9E DRESSURE GO FURTHER BURNS SAID HE PERSONALLY TOLD CASTANEDA AND HAS ALSO CONSIDERING STATING IN PLENARY THAT ARIICLE OF TYPE MFXICZNS Is REALLY NO MORE THAN STATEMENT OF INTENTION ANYWAY AND THAT IT UNIMPORTANT HHETHER THIS IN PREAMBLE OR IN THOUGHT CASTANEDA HAD GOOD POINTD HOWEVER IN SEPARATING COLLATERAL MEASURES FROM GCD SINCE IN Us-sov DRAFT IT WOULD SEEM THERE NO OBLIGATION REACH AGREEMENT ON SUCH MEASURES BEFORE GCD ATTAINED BURNS THOUGHT IT WOULD BE BETTER IDEA TO STRENGTHEN AND PROVIDED FOR INFORMATION OF HESTERN FOLLOWING INFORMAL SUGGESTION CESSATION OF NUCLEAR ARMS AND TO THIS END T0 PURSUE NEGOTIATION IN GOOD FAITH HITH ALL SPEED AND FOR PURPOSE OF ARRIVING AT FURTHER AGREEMENTS REGARDING PROHIBITION oF ALL NUCLEAR HEAPON TESTS CESSATION OF MANUFACTURE OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS OF ALL THEIR EXISTING STOCKPILESJ ELIMINATION FROM NATIONAL ARSENALS OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS AND MEANS DE THEIR DELIVERY ANO EVENTUAL AGREEMENT ON TREATY ON GCD UNDER STRICT AND EFFECTIVE INTERNATIONAL GTE URGING IO-OPERATION OF ALL STATES IN ATTAINMENT THIS OBJECTIVEO END GTE FISHER SAID US WOULD HAVE MAJOR AGREEING TO ELIMINATION NUCLEAR HEAPONS PRIOR GCD AND ALSO IT WOULD NOT BE DESIRABLE ATTEMPT INCLUDE LIST OF SPECIFIC MEASURES CONFIDENTIAL DECLASSHUED Authority I I Department of State CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 64 GENEVA 0 $56 0222352 POSSIBLE REACH AGREEMENT HITH SOVS ON ANY SPECIFIC BURNS REPLIED HIS FORMULATION COULD BE FISHER SAID THAT HE EXPRESS DESIRE FOR STRENGTHENED PREAMBLE AND ALSO MAINTAIN FLEXIBLE POSITION ON TERMS FOR ANY ADDITIONAL FORMULATIONS NHETHER IN PREAMBLE OR 6 TURNING T0 UAR AMENDMENTS TO I AND II BEELEY SAID UK HAD ALHAYS ASSUMED THESE ARTICLES HERE SACROSANCT AND HONDERED HHETHER KHALLAF98 SPEECH BASED ON CONSULTATIONS WITH ROSHCHINO FISHER SAID NE NOULO KNON BETTER AFTER 2 MEETING FELT IT WOULD BE MISTAKE OPEN I AND II FOR CARACCIOLO SAID ITALIANS HAD MADE NO SPECIFIC COMMENTS YET ON ARTS I AND II BUT THAI IF DISCUSSION OF THESE OPENED THEY HOULD ALSO MAKE FISHER OBSERVED I AMENDMENT MIGHT BE DIRECTED AT QUR PRESENT NATO BURNS AGREED THAT RECONSIDERATION OF I AND II ALONG LINES SUGGESTED BY KHALLAF HOULD BE RETROGRAQE 70 RE UAR SUGGESTION ON SECURITY GUARANTEES BEELEY NONDERED NHETHER THIS MIGHT ALSO HAVE BEEN COORDINATED HITH SOVS AND NITH THEIR PROPOSED BAN-THE BOMB CONVENTION AT sovs MIGHT HOPE PRESSURE IN NEW YORK WOULD EERSUADE US ACCEPT SOME FORMULATION IN NPT FISHER SAID HE WOULD REITERATE TO sovs THAT KOSYGIN PROPOSAL BURNS SAID NON-USE PROPOSAL KEEPS COMING UP AND RESOLUTION 2153 SAYS IT SHOULD BE HHILE UAR FORMULATION UNACCEPTABLED BUBNS THOUGHT BEST HAY T0 HEAD OFF sz PROBLEMS AND THOSE OF CONVENTION IS TO ACCEPT FORMULATION PROVIDING FOR AGAINST NATIONS NOT ALLIED WITH A NUCLEAR PONEB 3 AT END OF MEETING CARACCIOLO INFORMALLY RAISED QUESTION AS TO IN SOV SAFEGUARDS FIRST SENTENCE 0F DARA I HAS CONNECTED WITH FIRT SENTENCE 0F PARA a FISHER AFFIRMED THAT THO HERE CONNECTED AND THAT FIRST SENTENCE PARA 4 DID PRovzog OPTION FOR ALL PARTIES NPT TO NEGOTIATE REOUIBED AGREEMENTS EITHER INDIVIDUALLY OR TOGETHER WITH OTHER epauo Tuggv DECLASSIFIED Authority M0 CONFIDENTIAL 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