TNAG-0743-FCO40-947-Relations-between-China-and-Hong-Kong-1978 — Page 47

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FK UKMIS GENEVA 28L053Z NOV 1978

T: PRIORITY FCO

TELNO 953 OF 28 NOVEMBER

INTO PRIORITY MODUK (DS 11), VASHINGTON, ROUTINE MOSCOW, UKDEL NATO,

UKIS GENEVA IN NEW YORK.

COMPREHENSIVE TEST BAN NEGOTIATIONS"

FROM CTE DELEGATION

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1. THE 65TH PLENARY MEETING WAS HELD ON 27 NOVEMBER. THE RUSSTAKS

PRESENTED PROPOSALS FOR 10 NATIONAL SEISMIC STATIONS (NSS) IN THE US

AND 13 IN THE UK AND ITS DEPENDENT TERRITORIES. THEY COULD ACCEPT

10 NGS IN THE SOVIET UNION ON THE BASIS OF QUOTE EQUAL OBLICATIONS

UNGUOTE.

2.

PETROSYANTS (USSR) CONFIRMED SOVIET AGREEMENT TO NEGOTIATING A TREATY OF 3 YEARS DURATION, HOWEVER, THE TREATY MUST PROVIDE FOR ITS POSSIBLE EXTENSION, WHICH WOULD DEPCHD.ON NUCLEAR JESTING

BY NON-PARTIES.

3. THE SOVIET UNION DELIEVED THAT A 3 YEAR TREATY COULD SE ADE-VATE-

LY VERIFIED BY NATIONAL TECHNICAL MEANS, SUPPLEMENTED BY AN INTER- NATIONAL EXCHANGE OF SEISMIC DATA, BUT, IN THE INTERESTS OF FINDING A SPEEDY AND MUTUALLY ACCEPTABLE SOLUTION TO OUTSTANDING VERIFICATION ISSUES, IT WAS WILLING TO AGREE THAT THE USSR, US AND

UK SHOULD DESIGNATE 13 USS EACH QUOTE FOR THE PURPOSE OF EXCHANGING

ADDITIONAL SEISMIC INFORMATION UNQUOTE, THE LOCATIONS OF THE

STATIONS WOULD BE LAID DOWN IN THE SEPARATE VERIFICATION AGREEMENT (SVA).

RETROSYANTS TABLED A PAPER CONTAINING THE SOVIET PROPOSALS

FOR LOCATIONS IN THE US AND IN THE UK AND ITS DEPENDENT TERRITORIES (SEE MIFT). THE PROPOSALS WERE BASED ON THE PRINCIPLE OF QUOTE

EQUAL OBLIGATIONS UNQUOTE. IN SELECTING SITES THE SOVIET UNION HAD USED MUCH THE SAME CRITERIA AS THE US IN ITS PROPOSALS OF 27 JUNE AND 11 OCTOBER BROAD TERRITORIAL COVERAGE WITH INCREASED CAPABILITY IN AREAS OF SPECIAL INTEREST, ETC.

5. THE SOVIET DELEGATION WOULD PRESENT COUNTER-PROPOSALS FOR NSS IN THE SOVIET UNION IN QUE COURSE. HE MADICATED THAT THESE WOULD

DE BASED ON EXISTING SEISMIC STATIONS.

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