Authority Mm I I H7311 oumome Department of State INDICATE Cl comer 10 is PT _Geneva next week DEF Mg mg Classificatia 2 ACTION - USMission GENEVA 5353 2 If INFO Amembassy LONDON USMission NATO LIMDIS 0 5 SUBJECT UK Views on Swedz Amendments 3 Ref London's 6477 Smart Brit Emb raised points reported in reftel with Gleysteen ACDA on Feb also adding that Fonoff thought we ought to inform NAC about our position on Swedish Amendments and tripartite talks on security assurances next week Gleysteen said we also recognized need for early NAG discussion of Feb 8 Swedish amendments Depending on outcome of tripartite talks on security assurances tentatively set for Feb 19 next regular NAG meeting might be appropriate There also time to bring allies up to date on that subject would be Western Four and other allied KERR consultations in Why ACDA IR CGleysteen hcs 2 1 lol he lulquch sandman ml 5 7 68 ACDA IR CGleysteen Coulom- Bu Beaudlrg RIM 335 05322 SECRET Classification I Worm amp Amembassy London I LIMDIS USMission GENEVA INFO USMissionr iqm SECRET Classification F Point was made that we want to be in position to incorporate Feb 8 Swedish amendments with minor change in NPT text before March 1 Hopefully this would represent final NPT text Gleysteen said we certainly did not plan do this before allied consultations are held We anticipate allies will be pleased with changes Considerable non aligned support for Jan 18 text plus Feb 8 Swedish amendments already expressed Sweden Mexico and inferentially Ethiopia Given our knowledge of general positions of other non-aligned dels one might already claim general support is developing at ENDC However it is likely there will be further expressions of support from UAR Nigeria and Burma Gleysteen said our preliminary view of UK improvement of Swedish language for ART V1 is that while it might be better stylistically than Swedish language there appeared to be no substantive difference Since our main objective in accepting Feb 8 Swedish amendments was to line up non-aligned support for NPT we would prefer making as few changes in them as possible As to Feb 13 Swedish amendments our delegation has been instructed to accept non-substantive amendment to para 6 of preamble FORM 0 5 05322 Classification CO Authority 1- - Amembassy London km 3 oftelegmmto LIMDIS USMission GENEVA INFO USMission NATO SECRET Classification if the Soviets agree but unlikely Soviets will agree to amendments to ARI V Moreover here again our objective is to gain support of non-nuclear countries We doubt even Mrs Myrdal would agree Only partial acceptance of her amendment which suited UK and so far no other non-aligned to our knowledge what British have in mind Smart said he thought these points were well taken and he would so report to London GP-3 END RUSK L _l SECRET a-aa Classification CONTINUATION SHEET 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