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.y.. was departing on 10 October, and therefore could not reasonably expect 

to "receive. any response before he departed. 

but had been delayed by the pressure of work. He regretted that he 

Stashevski said he had intended to have this conversation earlier, 

space, who has also been helping- out in the US-Soviet bilaterals. 

Soviet Delegation to the UN Committee on the peaceful uses of outer 

Stashevski, a Foreign Ministry officer temporarily here with the. 

On 8 October the reporting officer was 'approached by Mr. G.S.: 

Stashevski cited conversations%Lia7L4 two years ago between the 

two on the subject of nuclear weacons in space. . The reporting officer rp 

said he had forgotten it. Stashevski said. that although they had both 

been talking in ir.:_ore -private' than official, capacities, the 'Whole coneL. versation had proven useful; he had conveyed the content to serzior 

policy levels when he returned to Moscow, and he believed that their 

.conversation was one of the factors which led to a greater awareness 

of the problem in Moscow and therefore, he asserted, contributed to 

the :eventual una,--Lainious adoption in October, 1963 of the no weapons 

in orbit" General Assenibl-v- resolution. 

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Stashevski said that he/wonted to convey the serious apprehension of the E..'oviet scientific community with revard.,to the US MOL project. 

He said. that he was not wearing his Foreign Ministry hat, but. rather was speaking on behalf of scientists who feel a realxneed for assurances 

about US MOL intentions. He said the Soviet scientific commurraty .• 

is worried about both the substance of the program, as well as the form 

in which it was presentedf he. explained that they could not understand 

why •it was necessary for the President himself to present this plan. 

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Stashevski said that he realized this was somewhat out of the 

ordinary but he thought perhaps the conversation of two years ago 

had justified his using this channel: He repeated he was not speaking . • 

as a Foreign Ministry official, nor did 'he wish to receive the uassurances" 

himself, rather he was speaking for ''the scientists". 

The reporting officer said it didn2t sound as though any useful 

purpose would be served by his responding or pointing out assurances 

already given by, among others; President Johnson. He would, however, - put an appropriate report into channels and perhaps something might come 

of it. He wondered how the sought-for assurances could be conveyed. 

Stashevski said that ideally they should be conveyed directly by American 

scientists to Soviet scientists when the opportunity arises, as in the 

case of the current bilaterals. The reporting officer commented that he 

doubted that much would happen, if at all, within the remaining day while 

the two scientific teams are here. 

Subsequent, the Soviets,raised_the,subject of MOL in the context 

of the bilateral talks; this is being reported by the - American participants. 

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