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NSON (US) THANKED PETROSYANTS FOR HIS UOTE MOST CONSTRUC- TIVE UNQUOTE (SIC) STATEMENT. HE ASKED WHITHER THE 30 STATIONS WOULD BE INSTALLED DURING THE FIRST 3 YEARS OF THE TREATY, WHETHER THEIR CHARACTERISTICS WOULD BE SPECIFIED IN THE OVA, AND WHETHER THE SOVIET DELEGATION WAS PREPARED TO MAKE PROPOSALS ON STATION CHARACTERISTICS.
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EDMONDO (UK) THANKED PETROSYANTS FOR HIS QUOTE VERY INTERESTING UNGUSTE STATEMENT. THE UK DELEGATION WOULD STUDY IT AND COMMENT ON IT MORE FORMALLY LATER. ITS MOST SURPRISING FEATURE WAS THAT THE SOVIET DELEGATION FOUND IT NECESSARY TO PROPOSE
THE SAME NUMBER OF STATIONS. IN THE USSN, THE US AND THE UK AND ITS DEPENDENT TERRITORIES. HE THOUGHT THAT ALL 3 DELEGATIONS HAD ALSAYS RECARDED NSS AS A MEANS OF MONITORING LARGE LAND
MASSES. THE REAL A14 OF THE STA WAS TO ACHIEVE EQUALITY OF CONFIDENCE IN TREATY COMPLIANCE, WHICH DID NOT NECESSARILY MEAN EQUAL NUMBERS
OF N3S.
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PETROSYANTS CONCLUDED SY REPEATING THAT NO NOS WERE NECESSARY' FOR VERIFICATION OF A 3-YEAR TREATY. BUT IF THE US AND UK CONTINUED TC INSIST ON NSS, THE SOVIET UNION COULD GO ALONG WITH THEN
THE BASIS OF THE PROPOSALS HE HAD MADE. TURNING TO JOHNSON'S
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QUESTIONS, HE SAID IT HAD BEEN AGREED THAT KSS SHOULD BE INSTALLED IN 2 STAGES. ARRANCEMENTS FOR THE SECOND STAGE WOULD BE AVATTER FOR LATER DISCUSSION. THE LOCATIONS OF STATIONS SHOULD BE
DECIDED FIRST,
9. AT THE SUBSEQUENT RESTRICED MEETING PETROSYANTS RE-EMPHASISED THAT THE SOVIET UNION DID NOT THIN SUCH A COMPLICATED SYSTEM OF NSS WAS NEEDED. NEVERTHELESS THEY HAD DECIDED TO MEET THE US AND UK REQUIRMENT FOR 10 STATIONS. DESPITE REPEATED QUESTIONING, HE REFUSED TO BE DRAWN ON THE CHARACTERISTICS OF 433 OR THE TIME-SCALE FOR THEIR INSTALLATION. CHARACTERISTICS DEPENDED ON HOW LONG THE TREATY WOULD LAST, WHICH WAS THE QUOTE ACHILLES HEEL UN.UOTE OF THE US/UK POSITION. HE CLAIMED SUME FLEXIBILITY IN THE SOVIET POSITION BUT, WITHOUT A US/UK RESPONSE OH EXTENSION OF THE TREATY, WE MUST TAKE ONE STEP AT A TIME. THE FIRST STEP WAS TO AGREE THE LOCATIONS OF NSS. HE WOULD RESPOND TO OUR PROPOSALS FOR NSS IN THE SOVIET UNION WHEN THE US AND UK WERE PEADY TO RESPOND TO THE PROPOSALS HE HAD JUST MADE.
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