https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/545ac089b13796bd04be1e4abb6e7213.pdf b56da37ad434ec373386e3de32e36a20 PDF Text Text Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi sur I'acces a I'information 50Z/9-/PI CLC 5 > D 30 ~/2&"& ~¥0 FM NATOPARIS JUL6/60 CONFD TO EXTERNAL 1806 PRIORITY INFO CCOS WASHDC LDN EMBPARIS BONN PRIORITY C J S ( L ) DND PRIORITY FM CCOS \ MRBM-BRUCKER-STRAUSS CONVERSATIONS ON POLARIS AT THIS AMS MEETING OF COUNCIL IN PRIVATE SESSION GERMAN REP MADE REF TO REPORTS IN PRESS CONCERNING TALKS BETWEEN USA ARMY SEC BRUCKER AND GERMAN DEFENCE MINISTER STRAUSS CONCERNING POLARIS. GERMAN REP SAID THAT PRESS HAD QUOTE MISINTERPRETED UNQUOTE THE CONVERSATIONS AND HE WISHED THEREFORE TO CIRCULATE TEXT OF A COMMUNIQUE WHICH HAD BEEN ISSUED ON THE SUBJECT BY FEDERAL MINISTER OF DEFENCE. INCIDENTALLY, LOCAL NEWSPAPERSC INCLUDING THOSE WHICH WE SEE FROM UK)HAD GIVEN PROMINENT ATTENTION TO ALLEGED STATEMENT BY MR BRUCKER ON JUL4 IN BONN THAT DEFENCE MINISTER STRAUSS WAS INTERESTED IN POLARIS AND THAT HE BRUCKER HAD NO RPT NO OBJECTION TO EQUIPPING WEST GERMAN FORCES WITH STRATEGIC AND OFFENSIVE MISSILES. FOR CONVENIENCE OF REF THE TEXT OF GERMAN COMMUNIQUE I S SET OUT BELOW* 2.SPAAK SAID THAT WHILE HE HAD NO RPT NO COMPLAINT AS TO TEXT OF COMMUNIQUE,HE DEEPLY REGRETTED THAT THERE HAD SEEN NEED FOR ISSUANCE OF SUCH A COMMUNIQUE,WHICH COULD ONLY COMPLICATE THE ALREADY DIFFICULT ISSUE OF POSSIBLE ACCEPTANCE 8Y NATO OF POLARIS. HE URGED STRONGLY THAT THERE BE NO RPT NO FURTHER BILATERAL D I S CUSSIONS ON POLARIS AND PARTICULARLY THAT THERE BE NO RPT NO FURTHER PUBLIC STATEMENTS MADE ON NATOS CONSIDERATION OF THE WEAPONS SYSTEM FOR TIME BEING. USA PROPOSALS CONCERNING POLARIS HAD BEEN MADE TO COUNCIL AND DISCUSSION OF THE ISSUE SHOULD TAKE PLACE IN COUNCIL AND NOWHERE ELSE.IT SEEMED CLEAR THAT THE TIME WAS NOT RPT NOT YET RIPE FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION IN NATO; IF THAT WAS THE CASE, THE TIME WAS NOT RPT NOT RIPE FOR ITS DISCUSSION ON A BILATERAL BASIS EITHER. COUNCIL WAS STILL AWAITING FURTHER VIEWS FROM NATO MILITARY AUTHORITIES ON SUCH ISSUES AS THE MOST DESIRABLE DE0 • e m Ct 000984 �Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi sur I'acces a I'information PAGE TWO 1806 PLOYMENT OF THE WEAPON.UNTIL THE FULL MILITARY RECOMMENDATIONS HAD BEEN MADE,COUNCIL WAS IN NO RPT NO POSITION TO TAKE DECISIONS ON A SUBJECT WHICH WAS OF THE HIGHEST IMPORTANCE IN BOTH POLITICAL AND MILITARY TERMS. 3.NETHERLANDS AND BELGIAN REPS GAVE THEIR FULL SUPPORT TO THE LINE TAKEN BY SPAAK.NETHERLANDS REP IN PARTICULAR STRESSED URGENCY OF GETTING FURTHER MILITARY OPINION NECESSARY ON THE PROPOSALS. IN HIS WORDS THERE WAS QUOTE NOW NO RPT NO DISARMAMENT IN VIEW NOR WAS THERE ANY ARMAMENT TAKING PLACE UNQUOTE. THIS STATE OF AFFAIRS WAS NOT RPT NOT GOOD FOR THE ALLIANCE. &4.USA REP SAID HE FULLY UNDERSTOOD THE CONCERN WHICH HAD BEEN EXPRESSED BY SECGEN AND WOULD TRANSMIT TO HIS GOVT THE VIEW WHICH HE WAS SURE WAS SHARED BY COUNCIL THAT THE LESS PUBLUC D I S CUSSION THERE WAS ON POLARIS PROPOSALS,THE BETTER,AT THE PRESENT TIME 7 . WE HAVE IN A NUMBER OF MSGS GIVEN YOU OUR VIEWS ON IMPORTANCE, ESPECIALLY IN EUROPEAN TERMS,OF USA PROPOSALS WITH RESPECT TO POLARIS.LE BELIEVE THAT TODAYS DISCUSSION IN COUNCIL SERVED TO UNDERLINE ONCE AGAIN THE SENSITIVENESS OF THE SUBJECT.ALL MATTERS CONNECTED WITH ATOMIC ARMAMENT FOR NATO ARE OF INTEREST TO THE PRESS HERE AND THIS INTEREST IS INCREASED WHEN POSSIBILITY OF GERMAN POSSESSION OF ATOMIC WEAPONS I S HIGHLIGHTED.SPAAK AS YOU ARE AWARE IS GREATLY CONCERNED AT THE FAILURE OF THE ALLIANCE TO AGREE ON AN ATOMIC POLICY WHICH WILL SATISFY ALL THE MEMBERS. HE LOSES NO RPT NO OPPORTUNITY THEREFORE TO REMIND THE COUNCIL THAT B I LATERAL NEGOTIATIONS ON THE ACQUISITION AND USE OF ATOMIC WEAPONS ARE DAMAGING TO THE ALLIANCE IN POLITICAL AND MILITARY TERMS ALIKE. 8.TEXT OF GERMAN COMMUNIQUE FOLLOWS: QUOTE ON JUL5 FEDERAL MINISTER OF DEFENCE,HERR FRANZ-JOSEPH STRAUSS, RECEIVED MR BRUCKER, USA SEC OF THE ARMY, WHO I S AT PRESENT VISITING EUROPE, FOR A CONVERSATION WHICH LASTED ONE HOUR. THE EXCELLENT * 000985 �Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi sur I'acces a I'information PAGE THREE 1806 COOPERATION BETWEEN USA ARMY UNITS IN FEDERAL REPUBLIC AND GERMAN FORCES WAS EMPHASISED IN THIS CONVERSATION. SPECIAL REF WAS MADE TO SMOOTH TEAMWORK IN COMBINED USA-GERMAN EXERCISE QUOTE WINTER SHIELD UNQUOTE. THERE ARE NO RPT NO DIFFERENCES OF OPINION BETWEEN USA SEC OF THE ARMY AND GERMAN MINISTER OF DEFENCE ON THE QUESTION OF EQUIPPING NATO WITH MEDIUM RANGE BALLISTIC MISSILES. BOTH SIDES AGREED THAT GERMAN MINISTER OF DEFENCE AND HIS STAFF WAS INFORMED IN DETAIL IN YEARS 1958 1959 AND 1960 OF THE WHOLE US AS MISSILE PROGRAMME. THIS INFO ALSO INCLUDED DEVELOPMENT AND PRODUCTION OF POLARIS. AT THE LAST MINISTERIAL MEETING OF NATO MR GATES,USA SEC OF DEFENCE,HAD OFFERED POLARIS OR A WEAPON OF SIMILAR RANGE TO EUROPEAN NATO COUNTRIES TO STRENGTHEN THE DETERRENT. SEC OF THE ARMY BRUCKER CONFIRMED THE STATEMENT MADE BY MINISTER STRAUSS THAT THIS HAD NOT RPT NOT BEEN REQUESTED BY INDIVIDUAL MEMBER COUNTRIES,EG THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY,BUT CONSTITUTED A USA OFFER WHICH HAD TO BE EXAMINED BY SUPREME ALLIED COMMANDER IN EUROPE AND BY NATO COUNCIL IN PARIS. THE STATEMENT MADE BY FEDERAL MINISTER OF DEFENCE AFTER HIS RETURN FROM USA IS IN CONFORMITY WITH THE ATTITUDE OF THE FEDERAL GOVT AND WITH INSTRUCTIGNS GIVEN TO GERMAN PERMREP TO NATO COUNCIL. IF SHAPE SHOULD MAKE A CONCRETE PROPOSAL TO THE VARIOUS MEMBER COUNTRIES,FEDERAL GOVT WILL EXAMINE IT CAREFULLY.FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY IS NOT RPT NOT CONTEMPLATING ESTABLISHMENT OF SUCH A WEAPONS SYSTEM IN ITS NATIONAL PLANNING AND WILL NOT RPT NOT ITSELF APPROACH NATO WITH SUCH A PROPOSAL. MINISTER STRAUSS THANKED USA SEC OF THE ARMY FOR THE EXCELLENT ASSISTANCE RENDERED BY USA ARMY IN BUILD-UP OF GERMAN FORCES. UNQUOTE 000986 � 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 CDNW02471 Title A name given to the resource Memorandum to Ross Campbell from Defence Liaison (1) Division Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 03-Aug-60 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. 2.2, Library and Archives Canada (LAC). 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