https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/42b9840c5b48ef2e4aea8affa0b2a6a1.pdf da6da6faa833cfa573ef00f08ed6f586 PDF Text Text BEST AVAILABLE COPY Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en.A/eilu de la Loi surTacceTa I'infcarnation ' f ^i/?^ ^/-ro \j FM NATOPARIS MAR1/61 CONFD TO EXTERNAL 5 14 OPIMMED INFO HAGUE REF DOCU A C / 1 1 9 - W P C 6 D 3 NETHERLANDS REPLY TO SOVIET NOTE NETHERLANDS REP HAS CIRCULATED TEXT OF A PROPOSED REPLY TO SOVIET MOTE CONCERNING STOCKPILING OF ATOMIC WARHEADS AND ROCKETS IN NETHERLANDS CONTAINED IN DOCU A C / U 9 - V P C 6 ! ) 3 AND HAS SUGGESTED THAT IF THERE ARE ANY COMMENTS HE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THEM NOT RPT NOT LATER THAN FR.I MAR3 PARIS TIME, UNLESS WE RECEIVE COMMENTS FROM YOU BY THAT DATE WE SHALL ASSUME THAT THERE ARE NONE, ?.TEXT OF PROPOSED REPLY I S AS FOLLOWS: SOVIET ALLEGATIONS THAT NETHERLANDS GOVT HAD AGREED TO STOCK CERTAIN ARMS ON THEIR TERRITORY UNDER FOREIGN PRESSURE ARE BOTH MISLEADING AND INCORRECT, ATTENTION OF SOVIET GOVT WILL BE DRAWN TO COMMUNIQUE ISSUED BY NATO HEADS OF GOVT IN DEC 1 9 57 AND WHICH STATED THAT THEY WERE RESOLVED TO ACHIEVE THE MOST EFFECTIVE PATTERN OF NATO MILITARY DEFENSIVE STRENGTH,TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE MOST RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN WEAPONS AND TECHNIQUES. TO THIS END IT WAS DECIDED TO ESTABLISH STOCKS OF NUCLEAR WARHEADS WHICH WOULD BE READILY AVAILABLE FOR THE DEFENCE OF THE ALLIANCE IN CASE OF NEED. THIS DECISION WAS TAKEN IN CONNECTION WITH THE FACT,STATED IN THE COMMUNIQUE,THAT SOVIET GOVT HAD INTRODUCED THE MOST MODERN AND DESTRUCTIVE WEAPONS IN THEIR ARMED FORCES.THIS FACT HAS SINCE BEEN REPEATEDLY CONFIRMED BY HIGH SOVIET OFFICIALS.MEASURES TAKEN SINCE 1957 BY NORTHATLANTIC COUNTRIES ARE A LOGICAL RESULT OF THEIR AGREED POLICY WHICH,IN CONFORMITY WITH THE EXCLUSIVELY DEFENSIVE CHARACTER OF THE NORTHATLANTIC TREATY,AIMS AT INCREASING THE SECURITY OF THE ALLIES. NETHERLANDS HAVE THE SOVEREIGN' RIGHT AND RESPONSIBILITY TO TAKE THE MEASURES WHICH THEY DEEM NECESSARY IN THE INTEREST OF THEIR SECURITY 000958 �Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi sur I'acces a I'information BEST AVAILABLE COPY XX PAGE TWO 5 1 4 AND DEFENCE0 AS REGARDS THE REMARKS MADE IN THE SOVIET NOTE CONCERNING SOVIET DESIRE FOR DISAPMAMENT,NETHERLANDS GOVT,WHICH HAS ALWAYS BEEN IN FAVOUR OF MEASURES FOR INTERNATIONALLY CONTROLLED DISARMAMENT EXPRESSES HOPE THAT SOVIET GOVT WILL BE PREPARED TO RESUME NEGOTIATIONS WITH A VIEW OF REACHING SUCH AN AGREEMENT,TEXT ENDS, s -ceo 000959 � 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 CDNW02480 Title A name given to the resource NATOParis to External 514 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 01-Mar-61 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). 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 Description An account of the resource Netherlands Reply to Soviet Note 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