Letter from Senator James Buckley of New York to President Gerald R. Ford Regarding the Helsinki Accords Drafted by the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe

7-21 UNITED STATES SENATE WASHINGTON, D.C. JAMES L. Buckley NEW YORK July 16, 1975 The Honorable Gerald R. Ford The White House me Washington, D.C. 20500 Dear Mr. President: I am deeply concerned over our apparent I intention to agree to the treaty drafted by the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe, which would have the effect of consoli- dating and sanctifying the Soviet sphere of in- fluence in Eastern Europe, with symmetrically benefiting the West. I hope and urge that at the very least, any agreement on CSCE be made contingent on satisfactory agreements on the mutual and balanced reduction of forces and on the SALT II negotiations. We have leverage that we ought not lightly give away. Yours sincerely, Jim & BRARY RALD GERA Gm OF OR.FORG LIBRA PORD