-- tau 44 thin I J 3515Dec- wz x 539 qumomc TELEGRAM Department of State m 051 523 Dam '0 CONFIDENTIAL ngW aw Classification ACTION USMission GENEVA fun '2 52 INFO Amembassy MOSCOW Amembassy LONDON USMission NATO USUN NEW YORK x STATE Lu a 9 SUBJECT Swedish 5 c REF Geneva 2506 'v We are gratified over moderation and reasonableness of amend- from them of ments proposed by Myrdal on Feb 8 and by the absence a x medkdx pr0posals which would create obstacles to completion of NPT at this session ENDC Inasmuch as Sweden has taken the lead among 5 ga non-aligned Eight in presenting concrete amendments designed to 9 ea be acceptable to all potential parties to NPT we believe there would be definite advantage if we were to accept them with as little change as possible At next Co-Chairmen's meeting you should convey foregoing to Roshchin We anticipate that Soviets may object to Myrdal proposals for amending Article VI particularly as disarmament I Dull II hl Ell Talesupllic and I 2762 The Secretary Clo-rams I U0 ACDA-Mr Fisher - Mr Meeker AEC-Mr Labowitz 533 Bunn cg Halperin 03 Shaw EUR-Mr Springste5' - MI Classification FORM Amho 'ly I 1 to GENEVA IF CONFIDENTIAL Classification F- negotiations other than GCD would be treaty obligation only of nucleaf1 I FORM 0-53 weapon states and begin nuclear disarmament seems to point more to cut-off than at any other measure If Roshchin takes this line you should say that while we agree that partial disarmament measures on part of non-nuclear weapon states remain important objective of US and we assume USSR we accept logic of argument that NPT deals with nuclear weapons and that purpose of Article VI is to meet objections of non-nuclear weapon states that August 24 draft did not reflect sufficient balance of obligations Preambular a CTB would be acceptable to US because it simply refers to a previous treaty Given strong Swedish agitation in past for further progress toward CTB and Swedish argument that it is inter-related to NPT we do not see how Swedes could have devised formulation more easy for nuclear weapon states to accept under the circumstances You should however prOpose to Roshchin that preambular reference be recorded WEE to achieve the discontinuance to make it track more faithfully with LTBT language FYI Del should exercise due caution in discussion prOSpects for CTB with other dels END FYI CONFIDENTIAL DS-322A Classification CONTINUATION SHEET Classification lI unhh dalrlh au- Authority mm Iran tn GENEVA CONFIDENTIAL FORM 9-63 CONT US could accept Swedish formulation for periodic review However language set forth in State 111605 is equally acceptable to us FYI We assume other suggestions made by Myrdal paras through H were not presented in form of amendments because Swedes realize they would not be acceptable to one or more parties whose adherence to NPT would be essential to its success However we have no objection to them as expression of view of Swedish delegation We recognize Myrdal would want these suggestions on the record because they flow fin from ideas she has pushedfpersistently in past This instruction applies only to Feb 8 amendments We doubt there is anything in Feb 13 amendments we and Soviets can agree on END FYI You should tell Roshchin that we believe it would be in our joint interest to accept three Myrdal amendments of Feb 8 as modified We would like to have Soviet views sooaest as we also wish to consult our allies regarding these changes to Jan 18 text We assume that amendments there would be very few if any additional un nnmn33 tabled which we would find acceptable Therefore we would like to be in a position to be able to incorporate these three Swedish amendments in present joint drafts before the end of this month in order to be CONFIDENTIAL DS-322A Cl assifi ca Hon INUATION SHEET DELLASSIFIED Authority Mr in position to devote mto report to UNGA GP-3 22A SHEET um'mvn CONFIDENTIAL Classification final week or two of conference to preparing END CONFIDENTIAL Classification 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