59 DEF 15-6 Department of State SECRET PAGE GENEVA DIIRS 1309482 2 83 7a' N 67 INFO rm 2 n-Qowoapuo buoq Iazs sz ocT 67 FM USNISSIDN GENEVA TO SEESTATE NASHDE 5540 PRIORITY c INFO AMEMBASSY MOSCOW 465 AMEMBASSY RARIS 1157 USUN YORK 1296 CA o s GENEVA i183 4 LIMDIS 0F SOVIET DELEGATION BY DEPALMA AND NEIOLE AND IAND SHUSTOV USSR EOLLONING ROINTS NERE DISCUSSED 1 NPT ARTICLE OF DISARNAMENT NEGOTIATIONS sov DELOFFS HERE GIVEN POSSIBLE ALTERNATIVE FOR OPERATIVE %0 A I 2 RUFHGV 1183 RTICLE DN DISARMAMENT NEGOTIATIONS As PER STATE QEGIN 0T5 EACH OF THE PARTIES To THIS IREATY UNDERTAKES NEGOTIATIONS IN GOOD FAITH ON 0 HEASURES REGARDING CESSATION OF THE NUCLEAR ARMS EFFE AND DISARMAMENT AND ON AN AGREEMENT ON GENERAL AND RACC TE DISARMAMENT UNDER STRICT INTERNATIONAL CONTROL BOTH sov DELOFFS ON FIRST READING TDOUGHT THIS 3ND SECRET SECRET B2 GENEVA 01133 1309482 LANGUAGE SHOULD BE ACCEPTABLE AND THEY NOULD STUDY 1T- 2- OPERATIVE ARTICLE ON PROVIDING BENEEITS OF PEACEFUL NECLEAR EXPLOSIVE DEVICES us DELOFFS EXPLAINED THAT us OFFICIALS CONTINUED BELIEVE IT WAS NOT REPEAT NOT A GOOD IDEA T0 ATTEMPT SPECIFY NON IN OPERATIVE ARTICLE THAT POTENTIAL BENEFITS WOULD BE PROVIDED THROUGH AN INTERNATIONAL BODY 0R PURSUANT TO AN INTERNATIONAL SHUSTOV SAID THAT US PROPOSED LANGUAGE HAS PARTICULARLY NEAK IN THAT IT MERELY REFERRED TO APPROPRIAIE INTERNATIONAL HE NONDERED WHETHER BETTER FORMULATION MIGHT NOT BE APPROPRIIATE INTERNATIONAL SINCE THIS PAGE 3 RUFHGV 1183 COULD SOUND MORE SUBSTANTIAL T0 NON-ALIGNED THAN MERE US DELOFFS SAID THEY WOULD CONSIDER 3 AT US NEED FOR GREATEST POSSIBLE SPEED IN RESPONDING TO MEXICAN AMENDMENTS AS GROUP OR SSEPARATELY SOY DELOFFS SAID THEY WOULD SEEK APPROVAL POR COMPLETE RESPONSE ON ALL MEXICAN AMENDMENTS BUT THAT NOULD ALSO KEEP IN IT PROVED NECESSARY OF MOVING AHEAD NITH PERHAPS THREE AMENDMENTS EXCEPT AMENDMENT 0N PLOWSHARE SERVICES SOVS STRONGLY DOUBTED THEY WOULD 35 PREPARED TABLE AMENDMENTS AT OCT 17 US DELOFF THAT SOME POSITIVE RESPONSE OF CO-CHAIRMEN SHOULD BE MADE NOT LATER THAN THURSDAY OCT 19 A SIGNING OF NPT US DELOFF SAID IT MIGHT NOT BE REALISTIC go ENVISION SIGNING 0 NPT PRIOR TO CONSIDERATION BY UNGAI HOWEVER A POSSIBILITY NORTH CONSIDERING DEPENDING 0N EXTENT OF SUPPORT AT ENDC MIGHT BE or TEXT PAGE 4 RUFHGV 1183 DECLASSHHED SECRET IL Authoriww I Department of State SECRET PAGE O3 GENEVA 01183 1309482 BY REPRESENTATIVES 0F AS MANY AS ARE PREPARED APPROVECDRAFTOHE NOTED HOWEVER THAT INDIA UAR AND BRAZIL HAVE ALREADY NARNED US NOT TO EXPECT THAT NPT DRAFT CAN BE ENDORESED BY SUCH IN REPORT TO GA 5 TACTICS AT UNGA- ANTYASDV ASKED WHETHER IT BE GOOD IDEA FOR C0-CHAIRMEN-HOLD SOME NPT AMENDMENTS FOR SUBMISSION DURING UNGA DISCUSSION OF NPT US DELOFFS AS WELL THAT IN-ANY EVENT C0-CHAIRMEN SHOULD GIVE MAXIMUM POSITIVE RESPONSE TO MEXICAN AMENDMENTS DURING ENDC SESSION SINCE ENDDC WOULD BE STRONGLY RESENTFUL AND MIGHT EVEN TURN INTO NPT OPPONENTS IF CO-CHAIRMEN DID NOT TAKE POSITIVE ACTION IN RESPONSE TO SUGGESTIONS FROM CONSTRUCTIVE ENDC MEMBERS US DELOFF POINTED OUT THAT BURMA HAD PROPOSED ADDITIONAL NPT REQUIREMENT OF PERIODIC THERE LITTLE ELSE IN BURMESE SPEECH TO WHICH CO-CHAIRMEN MIGHT BE ABLE RESPOND FACDRABLY THEY MIGHT CONSIDER INTRODUCING AMENDMENT ON THIS SUBJECT WHICH WOULD ALSO PAGE 5 RUFHGV ll83 BE OF SORT DESIRED RY JAPAN US DELOFF THOUGHT THIS AMENDMENT MIGHT BE POSSIBLE ONE FOR INCLUSION EITHER NOW 0R PERHAPS DURING UHGA CONSIDERATION BECAUSE IT COULD SERVE T0 SATISFY GREAT VARIETY OF CONCERNS ABOUT FUTURE OF TREATY 6 ARTICLE KND US DELOFF POINTED OUT THAT ALMOST ANY CONCEIVABLE VERSION OF ARRTICLE WHICH COULD NOW BE ENVISIONED WOULD PROBABLY NOT BE PLEASING To SOME EURATOM COUNTRIES- THIS INCLUDED NOT ONLY BUT OTHERS WHO NISHED TO SUPPORT DEFICIENCIES FROM THEIR STANDPOINT MIGHT BE MORE EASILY ACCEPTED IF TREATY WERE OF LIMITED DURATION THIS Is A MATTER OF CONCERN ALSO T0 SEVERAL OTHER KEY POTENTIAL SIGNATORIES JAPAN US DEFINITELY PREFERRED UNLIMITED DURATION BUT NEVERTHELESS IT SEEMED CLEAR TO US DELOFF THAT IT WOULD BE PREFERABLE TO HAVE TREATY OF QUITE SUBSTANTIAL DURATION 5 6 25 YEARS Authority 1 0 SECRET Department of State SECRET PAGE 04 GENEVA 01183 THAN TO HAVE NO TREATY AT ALL OR KEY SOV DELOFFS SAID THEY HAD NOT GIVEN SERIOUS THOUGHT TO DURATION QUESTION HOWEVER DURING COURSE OF CONVERSATION SHUSTOV REFERRED TO POSSIBILITY PAGE 6 RUFHGV 1183 0F TREATY CONTINUING UNLESS MAJORITY DISCONTINUE 80TH SOV DELOFFS SAID THAT IF KEY Isngs SUCH AS SAFEGUARDS COULD BE SATISFACTORILY RESOLVED ATMOSPHERE MIGHT RE 80 IMPROVED AS TO MAKE POSSIBLE CONSIDERAIION OF PROVISION FOR LIMITED THOUGH SUBSTANTIAL DURATION SOV DELOFFS saID THEY BEGIN TO GIVE SERIOUS IHOUGHT TO THIS OUESTIDN AND WOULD APPRECIATE CONTINUATION OF INFORMAL EXCHANGES WITH US DEL- GP-3 TUBBY DECLASSIFIED i Athrk' SECRET 1- 000 - 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