156. Minutes of a Verification Panel Meeting1
Washington, May 15, 1971, 10:10–11:50 a.m.
SUBJECT
- SALT
PARTICIPANTS
- Chairman—Henry A. Kissinger
- State
- U. Alexis Johnson
- Ronald I. Spiers
- Seymour Weiss
- Raymond Garthoff
-
DOD
- Dr. Gardiner Tucker
- Paul Nitze
-
CIA
- Richard Helms
- Carl Duckett
-
JCS
- Lt. Gen. Royal B. Allison
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ACDA
- Gerard C. Smith
- Philip J. Farley
- Spurgeon Keeny
-
OST
- Dr. Edward David
-
OMB
- James Schlesinger
- Attorney General
- John N. Mitchell
-
NSC Staff
- William Hyland
- Col. Jack Merritt
- Barry Carter
- Dr. K. Wayne Smith
- Col. Richard T. Kennedy
- Mrs. Jeanne W. Davis
SUMMARY OF CONCLUSIONS
It was agreed that:
- (1)
- Amb. Parsons would be instructed to try to persuade the Soviets not to make a formal proposal for an accession clause to an accidental launch agreement and, in any event, to take no formal position on it.
- (2)
- The State Department will prepare a paper on all aspects of an accession formula.
- (3)
- The Working Group will consider the State and Defense drafts for a new high-ground position; will work on various equitable Safeguard options; and will start work on various defensive-offensive packages.
- (4)
- Mr. Smith will meet with the President on Tuesday, May 18, followed by another Verification Panel meeting later in the week.
[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; Sensitive. The meeting took place in the White House Situation Room.↩