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Department of State Bulletin /J. THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE BULLETIN Volume LXXI • No. 1852 • December 23, 1974 PRESIDENT FORD'S VISIT TO JAPAN, THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA, AND THE SOVIET UNION Remarks by President Ford, Joint Communiques, and U.S.-U.S.S.R. Statement on Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms 866 President Ford's Neivs Conference at Washington December 2 861 Secretary Kissinger's Neivs Conferences at Tokyo and Vladivostok 883 THE OFFICIAL WEEKLY RECORD OF UNITED STATES FOREIGN POLICY For index see inside back cover THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE BULLETIN Vol, LXXI, No. 1852 December 23, 1974 The Department of State BULLETIN, a weekly publication issued by the Office of Media Services, Bureau of Public Affairs, provides the public and interested agencies of the government with information on developments in the field of U.S. foreign relations and on the work of the Department and tlie Foreign Service. The BULLETIN includes selected press releases on foreign policy, issued by the White House and the Depart- ment, and statements, addresses, and news conferences of the President and the Secretary of State and other For sale by the Superintendent of Documents officers of tlie Department, as well as U.S. Government Printing Office WashinKton, D.C. 20402 special articles on various phases of PRICE: international affairs and the functions 52 issues plus semiannual indexes, of the Department. Information is domestic $29.80. foreign $37.25 included concerning treaties and inter- copy 60 cents Single national agreements to which the funds for printing this publication Use of United States is or may become a approved by the Director of the Office of party and on treaties of general inter- Management and Budget (January 29, 1971). national interest. Note: Contents of this publication are not copyrighted and items contained herein may be Publications of the Department of reprinted. Citation of the DEPARTMENT OF State, United Nations documents, and the source will be STATE BULLETIN as legislative material in the field of appreciated. The BULLETIN is indexed in international relations are also listed. the Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature. : President Ford's News Conference of December 2 Following are excerpts relating to foreign through 1985. We agreed it is realistic to policy from the transcript of a news confer- aim at completing this agreement next year. ence held by President Ford in the audito- This is possible because we made major rium of the Executive Office Building on De- breakthroughs on two critical issues cember 2.^ —Number one, we agreed to put a ceiling President Ford: Good evening. Perhaps I of 2,400 each on the total number of inter- can anticipate some of your questions by continental ballistic missiles, submarine- summarizing my recent visits to Japan, the launched missiles, and heavy bombers. Republic of Korea, and the Soviet Union. —Two, we agreed to limit the number of In Japan, we succeeded in establi.shing a missiles that can be armed with multiple war- new era of relations between our two coun- heads, MIRV's. Of each side's total of 2,400, tries. We demonstrated our continuing com- 1,320 can be so armed. mitment to the independence and to the se- These ceilings are well below the force curity of South Korea. At Vladivostok we levels which would otherwise have been ex- put a firm ceiling on the strategic arms race, pected over the next 10 years and very sub- which heretofore has eluded us since the nu- stantially below the forces which would re- clear age began. I believe this is something sult from an all-out arms race over that for which future generations will thank us. same period. Finally, Secretary Kissinger's mission What we have done is to set firm and equal maintained the momentum in China with the limits on the strategic forces of each side, People's Republic of China. thus preventing an arms race with all its My meetings at Vladivostok with General terror, instability, war-breeding tension, and Secretary Brezhnev were a valuable oppor- economic waste. tunity to review Soviet-American relations We have, in addition, created the solid ba- and chart their future course. Although this sis from which future arms reductions can was our original purpose. Secretary Brezhnev be made and, hopefully, will be negotiated. and I found it possible to go beyond this get- It will take more detailed negotiations to acquainted stage. convert this agreed framework into a com- Building on the achievements of the past prehensive accord, but we have made a long three years, we agreed that the prospects step toward peace on a basis of equality, the were favorable for more substantial and, only basis on which an agreement was possi- may I say, very intensive negotiations on the ble. primary issue of a limitation of strategic Beyond this, our improved relations with arms. the other nations of Asia developed on this In the end, we agreed on the general frame- journey will continue to serve the interests work for a new agreement that will last of the United States and the cause of peace for months to come. Economy, energy, secu- rity, and trade ' For the complete transcript, see Weekly Compila- relations were discussed, tion of Presidential Documents dated Dec. 9, 1974. which will be of mutual benefit to us all. December 23, 1974 861 . I would like to repeat publicly my thanks President Foid: Mr. Cormier, Mr. Brezh- and gratitude for the hospitality extended to nev and I did discuss at some length our dif- me by all of my hosts and, through me, to the ferent views on the settlement of the Middle American people. East. There are some differences, but they Miss Thomas [Helen Thomas, United Press are not as major as it would appear. International], I am glad to respond to your We indicated that, in our judgment, it was question. important for continuous progress to be made, perhaps with negotiations between Is- Q. Mr. Presidoit, this pact permits the rael and one or more of the other Arab na- miclear buildup to go ahead. Since you ivant tions. to cut government spending, hoiv many bil- We also agreed that at a certain point a lions of dollars will this cost the American Geneva Conference might be the final an- people over the years, and also, do you think swer. So, as we discussed our what appeared that the Russians stalled last Jidy because to be different views at the outset, I think they kneiv that Mr. Nixon was doomed in the we came to an agreement that it was in the Presidency and preferred to deal with his interest of the nations in the Middle East, successor? the interest of the world at large, that both President Ford: I would like to correct, if parties make a maximum eft'ort to keep ne- I might, one impression. This does not per- gotiations going. mit an agreed buildup. It puts a cap on fu- We think our step-by-step approach is the ture buildups, and it actually reduces a part right one for the time being, but we don't of the buildup at the present time. preclude the possibility of a Geneva Confer- It is important, I should say, however, in ence. order for us to maintain equality, which is a Yes, sir. keystone of this program, to have an ade- Q. You say that this is going to reduce a quate amount of military expenditures. But I part of the buildup. Does that mean, then, can say this without hesitation or qualifica- that we are going to spoid less on defense tion: If we had not had this agreement, it )u'xt year tJia)i we are spending this year? would have required the United States to sub- stantially increase its military expenditures President Ford: It does not mean that, be- in the strategic areas. cause only a part of our total defense pro- So, we put a cap on the arms race. We ac- gram is related to strategic arms research, tually made some reductions below present development, deployment, and operations and programs. It is a good agreement, and I maintenance. We do have an obligation with- think that the American people will buy it, in the limits of 2,400 on delivery systems and because it provides for equality and it pro- 1,320 on MIRV's to keep our forces up to vides for a negotiated reduction in several that level. years ahead. And I think we can, with about the same Mr. Cormier [Frank Cormier, Associated expenditure level for the next fiscal year as Press] at the present. But in the other programs, in our tactical Q. Mr. President, there are reports that forces and other military programs, there is you and Mr. Brezhnev made some progress an inflationary cost. The military has that in- in maybe fashioning a complementary ap- flation just like you and I do, so we will prob- proach to negotiations in the Middle East. ably have to increase our military budget More specifically, perhaps the Soviets uwuld next year just to take care of the costs of in- agree to try to persuade the PLO [Palestine flation. Liberation Organization] to acknoivledge Yes. that Israel has a right to exist, and we then might try to persuade Israel to talk to the Q. Just to follow up, ive are not quite to PLO. Is there any truth to this? that ceiling yet, are we? Do you intend to 862 Department of State Bulletin stay below that ceiling, or are yon going to of view some years ago.
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