31. Memorandum From Philip Odeen of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger)

Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 889, SALT, SALT TWO–I–Geneva, April 1973. Top Secret. Sent for information. Kissinger initialed the memorandum.

32. Memorandum From William Hyland of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger)

Source: Library of Congress, Manuscript Division, Kissinger Papers, Geopolitical File, Box 214, Soviet Union, Dobrynin, Background Papers, September 1972–December 1973. Secret; Sensitive; Eyes Only. Sent for action. Tab A, a paper for Dobrynin on MBFR, is attached but not printed.

33. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Kissinger Office Files, Box 68, Dobrynin/Kissinger, Vol. 19, July 13–October 11, 1973. Top Secret; Sensitive; Exclusively Eyes Only. All brackets, except for those inserted by the editor to indicate omitted passages, are in the original. The meeting took place at the Soviet Embassy.

34. Minutes of a Meeting of the Verification Panel

Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Institutional Files (H–Files), Box H–108, Verification Panel Minutes, Originals, 3/15/72–6/4/74 [3 of 5]. Top Secret; Codeword. The meeting took place in the White House Situation Room.

35. Memorandum From William Hyland of the National Security Council Staff to Helmut Sonnenfeldt of the National Security Council Staff

Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 889, SALT, SALT TWO–I–Geneva, April 1973. Secret; Sensitive. The memorandum was not initialed by Hyland. An attached note indicates it was sent to Kissinger as message Tohak 321, August 29.

36. Memorandum for the Record

Source: National Archives, RG 218, Records of Chairman, Moorer Diary, August 1973–November 1873. Sensitive; Hold Close.

37. Memorandum From Philip Odeen of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger)

Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 890, SALT, SALT TWO–I–Geneva (Sept. 1973). Top Secret; Sensitive; Outside the System. Sent for information. Kissinger initialed the memorandum.

38. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Kissinger Office Files, Box 68, Dobrynin/Kissinger, Vol. 19, July 13–October 11, 1973. Secret; Sensitive; Exclusively Eyes Only. The meeting was held in the Oval Office.

39. National Security Decision Memorandum 233

Source: Library of Congress, Manuscript Division, Kissinger Papers, Box TS 87, National Security Council, 1969–1976, NSDM, August 1971–January 1974. Top Secret; Sensitive. Copies were sent to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Director of Central Intelligence.

40. Memorandum From Helmut Sonnenfeldt and David Aaron of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger)

Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 890, SALT, SALT TWO–I–Geneva, Sept. 1973. Secret; Outside the System. Sent for urgent action. A note on the memorandum by Scowcroft indicates Kissinger saw it.

41. Editorial Note

42. Memorandum From Helmut Sonnenfeldt of the National Security Council Staff to Secretary of State Kissinger

Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 890, SALT, SALT TWO–I–Geneva, Sept. 1973. Secret; Personal; Exclusively Eyes Only; Outside the System. Sent for urgent action. A note by Scowcroft on the memorandum indicates it was seen by Kissinger and that the message to Johnson was on Kissinger’s desk for signature on October 26.

43. Minutes of a Verification Panel Meeting

Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Institutional Files (H–Files), Box H–108, Verification Panel Minutes, Originals, 3/15/72 to 6/4/74 [3 of 5]. Top Secret; Nodis; Codeword. The meeting took place in the White House Situation Room. In the Summary of Conclusions, not printed, the Panel agreed that the “Working Group will examine the entire verification question with regard to MIRVs” and “develop a range of choices for a new U.S. position, to include ways of handling MLBM MIRV testing in the short term and in a permanent agreement, and other elements [that] might be required.”

44. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Kissinger Office Files, Box 71, Country Files–Europe–USSR, Gromyko, 1973. Top Secret; Exclusively Eyes Only. The meeting took place at the Soviet Embassy in Geneva. Gromyko and Kissinger were attending the Middle East Peace Conference in Geneva. All brackets, except those inserted by the editor to indicate omitted passages, are in the original. Printed in full as Document 155 in Foreign Relations, 1969–1976, Volume XV, Soviet Union, June 1972–August 1974.

45. Minutes of a Meeting of the Verification Panel

Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Institutional Files (H–Files), Box H–108, Verification Panel Minutes, Originals, 3/15/72–6/4/74 [3 of 5]. Top Secret; Nodis; Codeword. The meeting took place in the White House Situation Room.

46. Minutes of a Meeting of the Verification Panel

Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Institutional Files (H–Files), Box H–108, Verification Panel Minutes, Originals, 3–15–72 to 6–4–74 [4 of 5]. Top Secret; Sensitive; Codeword. The meeting took place in the White House Situation Room.

47. Minutes of a Meeting of the National Security Council

Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Institutional Files (H–Files), Box H–110, NSC Minutes, Originals, 1971 thru 6–20–74. Top Secret; Sensitive. The meeting took place in the Cabinet Room at the White House.

48. Memorandum From Jan Lodal of the National Security Council Staff and the Counselor of the Department of State (Sonnenfeldt) to Secretary of State Kissinger

Source: National Archives, RG 59, Records of the Office of the Counselor, Lot File 81D286, SALT, December 1973–February 1974. Secret; Sensitive; Exclusively Eyes Only. Sent for urgent action. Hyland concurred with this memorandum. Kissinger wrote at the bottom of the page: “OK, Put in a letter for channel.”

49. Memorandum From Jan Lodal of the National Security Council Staff and the Counselor of the Department of State (Sonnenfeldt) to Secretary of State Kissinger

Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 891, SALT, SALT TWO–Geneva–January, 1974. Secret; Sensitive; Completely Outside the System. Sent for urgent information.

50. Letter From Senator Henry Jackson to President Nixon

Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 891, SALT, SALT TWO–I–Geneva, Jan. 1974. No classification marking. In a February 1 memorandum to Nixon, Kissinger stated: “Senator Jackson’s letter raises some important decisions and his pledge of continued Congressional support for our strategic programs is heartening. However, simple quantitative equality, in a world where qualitative developments are unconstrained, may have little prospect of stabilizing the strategic balance or curbing the arms competition between the U.S. and the Soviet Union. Nevertheless, we are at present time analyzing the subject of reductions in regard to our security requirements and possible reductions to other elements of a U.S. negotiating position.” (Ibid.)

51. Minutes of a Meeting of the Verification Panel

Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Institutional Files (H–Files), Box H–108, Verification Panel Minutes, Originals, 3–15–72 to 6–4–74 [4 of 5]. Top Secret; Nodis; Codeword. The meeting took place in the White House Situation Room.

52. Editorial Note

53. Memorandum From Jan Lodal of the National Security Council Staff and the Counselor of the Department of State (Sonnenfeldt) to Secretary of State Kissinger

Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 891, SALT, SALT TWO–I–Geneva, January 1974. Secret; Sensitive; Exclusively Eyes Only. Sent for urgent information.

54. Minutes of a Meeting of the Verification Panel

Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Institutional Files (H–Files), Box H–108, Verification Panel Minutes, Originals, 3–15–72 to 6–4–74 [4 of 5]. Top Secret; Sensitive; Nodis; Codeword. The meeting took place in the White House Situation Room.

55. National Security Decision Memorandum 245

Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Institutional Files (H–Files), Box H–208, National Security Decision Memoranda, NSDM 201–250 [Originals]. Top Secret; Sensitive. Also sent to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Director of Central Intelligence.

56. Letter From President Nixon to Senator Henry Jackson

Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 891, SALT, SALT TWO–I–Geneva, January 1974. No classification marking. In a covering March 5 memorandum recommending that the President sign the letter to Jackson, which the President saw, Kissinger summarized Jackson’s letter and made the following observations: 1) Jackson’s proposed reductions to 1,760 strategic launchers would be one-sided and unacceptable to the Soviets, requiring them to reduce more than twice as many of their existing launchers as the United States; 2) a reductions-only program “places no real restraint” on new Soviet programs, especially their MIRV capacity; 3) Jackson’s threat of a new series of U.S. strategic programs if the Soviets did not respond to his proposed reductions would probably cause SALT to collapse. (Ibid.)

57. Note From the United States to the Soviet Union

Source: Library of Congress, Manuscript Division, Kissinger Papers, Geopolitical File, 1964–1978, Box CL 232, Soviet Union, Chronological File, March–April 1974. No classification marking. A handwritten note reads: “Handed to Dobrynin by Secretary 1:00 p.m. March 20 1974.” According to February 22 memorandum from Lodal, Hyland, and Sonnenfeldt to Kissinger, they prepared a draft of this note for use by the Secretary in his confidential channel with Dobrynin. The initial draft contained “some more detail: i.e., a suggestion that 2350 be the starting point for numerical limits, a suggestion that the ICBM MIRV throw weight level should be the current planned US level (about 500) and some indication of the verification problems including stopping testing and restricting silo modifications.” (Ibid., Soviet Union, Chronological File, September 1973–February 1974)

58. Minutes of a Meeting of the National Security Council

Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, NSC Institutional Files (H–Files), Box H–110, NSC Meeting Minutes, Originals, 1971 thru 6–20–74 [3 of 5]. Top Secret; Sensitive; Nodis.

59. United States Note

Source: Library of Congress, Manuscript Division, Kissinger Papers, Geopolitical File, 1964–1978, Box CL 232, Soviet Union, Chronological File, March–April 1974. No classification marking. A handwritten message on the note reads, “Handed to A [Dobrynin] by HAK 7:00 pm 3/21/74.”

60. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Kissinger Office Files, Box 76, Country Files–Europe–USSR, Secretary Kissinger’s Pre-Summit Trip to Moscow, Memcons & Reports, March 24–28, 1974. Secret; Nodis. All brackets, except for those inserted by the editor to indicate omitted passages, are in the original. The meeting took place in Brezhnev’s office in the Council of Ministers Building at the Kremlin. Kissinger visited Moscow March 24–28 to meet with Brezhnev, Gromyko, and other Soviet officials. Kissinger and Brezhnev had an additional, inconclusive discussion about SALT from 5:45 to 10:32 p.m. The full text of both memoranda of conversation are printed as Documents 165 and 166 in Foreign Relations, 1969–1976, Vol. XV, Soviet Union, June 1972–August 1974.