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UNITED STATES ARMS CONTROL AND DISARMAMENT AGENCY
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20451

 

August 18, 1971

Dear Joshua:

I am considerably behind in our correspondence, and
I am anxious to get off at least a partial reply to some
of your notes before you leave California.

The New York Times text of the BW Convention is
accurate. I suspect the final result will look very much
the same, although we are now negotiating primarily with
the non-aligned concerning some changes they would like to
make. These changes do not involve the central prohibitions,
but relate to the tying-in of further work on chemical
weapons and to verification. The British are still interested
in getting in some prohibition on use, but I think there is
relatively little chance that any form of use prohibition
can be part of the operative section of the treaty. We are
quite optimistic that the negotiation can be wound up this
summer in Geneva and that a draft treaty can be passed
through the General Assembly this fall.

I appreciate your tip about the Library of Congress
print on Global Armed Issues. We will get hold of a copy,
since the general question will no doubt be relevant to our
work in the future.

One of the reasons I have held off replying is that I
have had difficulty locating the right people for you to be
in touch with about command and control. I will produce a
name in due course, but it will not be much help to you until
after your return.

I have asked our library to get for me the book you
referred to by Vagts and will read the chapter on preventive

war.

The idea of an analogous publication in the arms control
field to the Science Citation Index is an intriguing one

Professor Joshua Lederberg

Department of Genetics - School of Medicine
Stanford University

Stanford, California 94305
which I have passed along to our research branch in ACDA --
Dr. Robert W. Lambert. I am not certain, however, that
the utility would be broad enough to provide the financial
wherewithal for what must be quite a complex operation.

I hope you have a pleasant trip. I would think
Jerusalem would be particularly interesting at this point
in time, in addition to the factors which make it of
timeless interest.

Sincerel

   

R. Day
Acting Assistant Director
International Relations Bureau