166. Minutes of a Verification Panel Meeting1
Washington, June 18, 1971, 3:00 a.m.–4:40 p.m.
SUBJECT
- SALT
PARTICIPATION
- Chairman—Henry A. Kissinger
- State
- John N. Irwin, II
- Ronald Spiers
- Seymour Weiss
- Raymond Garthoff
- Amb. Graham Parsons
- Defense
- David Packard
- Paul Nitze
- Archie L. Wood
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JCS
- LTG Royal B. Allison
- Justice
- Attorney General John Mitchell
-
CIA
- LTG Robert E. Cushman
- Carl Duckett
-
ACDA
- Amb. Gerard Smith
- Harold Brown
- Philip J. Farley
- Spurgeon Keeny
-
OST
- Dr. Edward David
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OMB
- James Schlesinger
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NSC
- K. Wayne Smith
- Helmut Sonnenfeldt
- William Hyland
- Jack Merritt
- Barry Carter
- Jeanne W. Davis
SUMMARY OF DECISIONS
It was agreed that:
- 1)
- the Working Group would prepare, prior to the NSC meeting on SALT, a statement on collateral restraints in a defensive agreement, including what restraints are agreed, those that are disagreed and by whom, and draft language for an expression of the restraints;
- 2)
- the three choices for a freeze on offensive weapons (ICBMs only, ICBMs and SLBMs, and SLBMs and heavy bombers) will be put to the President in an NSC meeting for decision; the consensus of the Verification Panel is to try for a freeze on both ICBMs and SLBMs;
- 3)
- based on Mr. G. Smith’s proposal for a simple formulation of a freeze on offensive weapons, with a cut-off date, the Working Group will examine alternatives as to dates, elements of a freeze, and language.
[Omitted here are the minutes of the meeting.]
- Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, NSC Institutional Files (H–Files), Box H–107, Verification Panel Minutes Originals 1969–3/8/72. Top Secret. The meeting took place in the White House Situation Room.↩