https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/d7ee9a8d62fae1696e0fcecbaabf2e84.pdf c951bc28955213defbf0bd3c003ea71f PDF Text Text BEST AVAILABLE COPY ' FM IWOPARIS DEC 18/57 SECRET TO EXTERNAL 2513 PRIORITY Document disclosed under the Access to Informatiop Act/ Document divulgue en vqgtTd&i&Loi&$a&&a1'iiqorrmamn (/J^S <. < h 6'/~t VhT<7A - tfT* $VJyv **~ NATO MINISTERIAL .MEETING-DISCUSSION BY FOREIGN AND DEFENCE MINISTERS ON NATO STOCKS OF NUCLEAR WARHEADS AND THE PROVISION OF IRBMS THE DISCUSSION THIS MORNING TOOK PLACE ON THE BASIS OF A DRAFT COMMUNIQUE REGARDINGttNATQ DEFENCEWWHICH HAD BEEN PREPARED BY THE INTERNATIONAL STAFF1,THIS INCLUDING BOTH THE QUESTION OF NUCLEAR WARHEADS AND OF IRBMS.WE ARE NOT GIVING YOU THIS TEXT AT THE PRESENT TIME,SINCE A NUMBER OT IMPORTANT AMENDMENTS ARE TO BE MADE TO IT.IN PARTICULAR,THE NORWEGIAN DELEGATION SUGGESTED SEVERAL CHANGES.THERE WOULD IMPLY THAT,ALTHOUGH,IN THE LIGHT OF THE SOVIET THREAT,THE COUNCIL RECOGNIZES THAT IRBMS WITH A NUCLEAR CAPABILITY WILL HAVE TO BE INTEGRATED INTO THE NATO DEFENCE PATTERN,THE NATO MILITARY AUTHORITIES WILL FIRST BE ASKED TO CONSIDER THE PROBLEMS AND TO SUBMIT RECOMMENDATIONS.IN FACT,SOME DELAY IN THE PROVISION OF THESE MISSILES WOULD BE INEVITABLE AND THE INTERVAL UNDER THE PROCEDURE PROPOSED SHOULD BE USED FOR FURTHER EARNEST EFFORTS BY THE WEST TO NEGOTIATE A DISARMAMENT AGREEMENT WITH THE USSR.FURTHERMORE,THE COUNCIL IN PERMANENT SESSION WOULD EXAMINE THE VARIOUS QUESTIONS OF AN ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL NATURE WHICH ACCEPTANCE OF IRBMS AND NUCLEAR WARHEADS WOULD INVOLVE.MOST DELEGATIONS,INCLUDING THE USA, APPEARED READY TO ACCEPT THE NORWEGIAN SUGGESTIONS,PROVIDED THERE WERE NO INFERENCE IN THE COMMUNIQUE THAT NATO MILITARY NECESSITIES WERE BEING SUBORDINATED TO SOVIET POLITICAL MANOEUVRES.THE UK SUGGESTED THAT IT WOULD BE PREFERABLE TO REFER TO STOCKS OF NUCLEAR WARHEADS RATHER THAN TO DEPOTS, 2.THE FRENCH WERE MOST INSISTENT THAT THE COMMUNIQUE SHOULD CONTAIN A REF TO THE CONCLUSION OF BILATERAL AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE SUPPLIER AND RECIPIENT COUNTRIES ON THE STATIONING AND USE OF IRBMS.ALTHOUGH IT WAS RECOGNIZED THAT BILATERAL DISCUSSIONS WOULD CERTAINLY HAVE TO TAKE FULLY INTO ACCOUNT THE POINTS RAISED BY FRANCE,MOST DELEGATIONS WERE OF THE OPINION THAT THESE PARTICULAR PROBLEMS SHOULD NOT BE UNDULY EMPHASIZED IN THE COMMUNIQUE.IT WOULD SUFFICE TO STATE THAT THE SITING OF THE NUCLEAR STOCKS AND MISSILES WOULD BE DECIDED e • • «£ 000614 �Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi sur I'acces a I'information BEST AVAILABLE COPY PAGE TWO 2 6> *3 ;N ACCORDANCE WITH NMTO DEFENCE PLANS AND IN AGREEMENT WITH THE STATES DIRECTLY CONCERNED,AND THAT THEIR USE WOULD ONLY BE ON NATO AUTHORITY.IT WAS IMPORTANT NOT TO DIMINISH THE PUBLIC IMPACT OF THE COMMUNIQUE BY CONTROVERSIAL QUESTIONS AND,IN ANY EVENT,IT MIGHT IN DUE COURSE BE A MATTER FOR MULTILATERAL NEGOTIATIONS RATHER THAN STRICTLY BILATERAL ONES. 3>THE TEXT OF THAT PART OF THE NATO DEFENCE SECTION OF THE COMMUNIQUE DEAtlNG WITH THE FOREGOING MATTERS WILL BE AMENDED TO TAKE ACCOUNT Or AGREEMENT REACHED AND WILL BE SUBMITTED TO THE PLENARY S^sSlONortT THAT TIME WE WILL COMMUNICATE IT TO YOU. 4 ..ALTHOUGH THE DISCUSSION THIS MORNIilG WAS DIRECTED PRIMARILY TO WARDS GENERAL PRINCIPLES AND TO THE COMMUNIQUE;SEVERAL COUNTRIES INTIMATED THAT THEY '..'OULDjIN DUE COURSE ; BE PREPARED TO ACCEPT XRBMS ON THEIR OWN TERRITORY.BOTH GREECE AND THENETHERLANDS GAVE SUCH ASSURANCEb AND ITALY INTIMATED A PROBABLE ACCEPTANCE PROVIDED J WERE MADE VERY CLEAR THAT THEIR USE WOULD ONLY BE EFFECTED ON NATO AUTHORITY BRIDLE 000615 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context CDNW02319 Title A name given to the resource NATOParis to External 2513 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 18-Dec-57 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived �NATO - Stockpiling of atomic weapons in NATO countries,� RG25-A-3-b, vol. 5958, 50219-AL-1-40, pt. 1.2, Library and Archives Canada (LAC). Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Department of External Affairs Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Canadian Crown Subject The topic of the resource atomic cooperation, NATO, nuclear weapons, Europe Description An account of the resource NATO Ministerial Meeting - Discussion by Foreign and Defence Ministers on NATO Stocks of Nuclear Warheads and the Provision of IRBMs Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Canada Declassified Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource en