https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/c561ab9ce15892b0f2bbd85bf14a840d.pdf cf916c99ee188d91a61f1acf4d8b947b PDF Text Text BEST AVAILABLE CbPY € FM BRU MAR6/62 SECRET Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi sur I'acces a I'informatio ¥?Q if31* 7F i I' f:^ V 1 ji&aila "U'Wi' I l-^A^Z. TO EXTERNAL 138 INFO NATOPARIS EMBPARIS LDN WASHDC BTOrHAliUlt ROME DISARMDELGVI TT CCOS FM OTT BAG COPEN OSLO LISBON FM LDN 9 J K) |_ iiAR. 7J1962 BAG ATHENS ANKARA FM PARIS REF OURTEL 128 MAR! NUCLEAR WEAPONS FOR BELGIUM THERE IS CURRENTLY BEFORE BELGIAN SENATE A BILL TO AUTHORIZE THE PASSAGE THROUGH AND STATIONING IN BELGIUM OF TROOPS OF OTHER NATO ^AA7 f COUNTRIESoTHE BILL HAS PASSED HOUSE OF REPS.HITHERTO, UNDER BELGIAN CONSTITUTION, IT HAS BEEN NECESSARY FOR GOVT TO GO ON EACH OCCASION TO PARLIAMENT FOR AUTHORITY.THE PURPOSE OF THE PRESENT BILL I S TO ELIMINATE THAT NECESSITY. 2«THE BILL,WHICH HAS BEEN ATTACKED 3Y BELGIAN COMMUNISTS, HAS GIVEN RISE TO DEBATE IN THE SENATE CONCERNING THE POSSIBILITY THAT THE AUTHORITY REQUESTED COULD LEAD 0 ESTABLISHMENT IN BELGIUM OF NUCLEAR LAUNCHING 3ITESCRAMPES DE LAMCEMENTS)AND NUCLEAR WEAPONS DEPOTSCDEPOTS NUCLEAIRES),THUS MAKING BELGIUM A PRIME TARGET OF ATTACK.THIS UNEASINESS ARISES LARGELY BECAUSE OF THE SPOTLIGHT WHICH BILL THROWS ON THE QUESTION OF GERMAN TROOPS AND BASES IN BELGIUM.IT IS FEARED, PARTICULARLY BY SOCIALISTS,THAT THE LAW WOULD OPEN WAY FOR STATIONING IN BELGIUM OF TROOPS, ESPECIALLY'GERMAN TROOPS,FOR THE MANNING OF NUCLEAR INSTALLATIONS.ACCORDINGLY,SENATOR ROLIN.A LEADING SOCIALIST,HAS PRESENTED AN AMENDMENT WHICH WOUUj SPECIFICALLY EXCLUDE NUCLEAR EQUIPPED TROOPS FROM THE AUTHORITY SOUGHT IN THE BILL. 3 , I N REPLYING TO ROLIN,SPAAK SAID THAT IN THE FIRST PLACE HE FOUND THE 3ILL SOMEWHAT SUPERFLUOUS AND ITS INTENT UNNECESSARILY LEGALISTIC-QUOTE UNE PURE TOILETTE JURIDIQUE UN2U0TE-BUT HE HAD INHERITED IT FROM THE PREVIOUS GOVT (THE BILL WAS FIRST PUT ON THE ORDER 9° 9 % 9 Ct 000950 �Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi sur I'acces a I'information BEST AVAILABLE COPY PfiGi TlvG J 38 PPP-:R I A OCT/SO).HE -'ENT C.NJ TO EMPHASIZE THAT THE PROPOSED LAW HAD NCTMINC '.WATSOEVER TO JO fe-IT.I HOCLZAR MEAT: AS. A QUESTION VMICH SrGULO ^ DISCUSSED NOT ^PT NOT I.\ THE CO.". EX" CF THIS B I L L BUT DIRIMC Jt3ATE OA EXTERNA!. AFFAIRS BUDGET..*" '.'.u> RIDICULOUS TO SUPPOSE 'HAT G'-VT WOULD ATTEMPT WIMCUT PArfLIA* -*';:3 KNOWLEDGE TC ALLOW FOREIGN TROOPS TO INSTALL LAUNCHING SITES TN S I L O I U i . 4. I f I S PERHAPS OF SOME JIGN I ' ICA\- CE T.IAT SPAAK SPOKE ONLY OF LAUN- CHING SITES AND NOT RPT >»OT 3E I'/EAPCMS DE.rTS.HE UE 4T ON TO SAY H A T SUlt. U.-.r PA 0. LAMENT WCULJ {AVE TC DISCUSS ^ Hi GENERAL PROBLEM OF ATOMIC '.'LHPOilS AND ASKED l-MET4E/> >\ DA Si" IN 7; iO N SHOULD NOT RPT NOT BE ALJc SiT^cA LONG RANGE M JSSKE 3 AMDNTACT KAL DEFEN3IVE ATOMIC WEAPONS AIM DEfiNCE COUL) NC RPT 10 LO.-'CE'< 3E CARRIED OUT ln'ITrt 194C VINTAGE ARriA.'iti>il . 5. WITHOUT DISCLCSING THE ^FA REPORTED IN OUR REFTEL'TO OTT ONLY)WE QL'ERIE i ZAi^SCHALCK OF FDNEIC 1 MINISTRY NA'O DIV ABOUT THE B I L L AND THE ABOVE Z A C H A N G E . H E RZTTEnY. EC THAT THE H I L L WAS INTENDED PURELY AS A LEGISLATIVE CONVENIENCE -AD WAS -SUITE UNRELATED TO NUCLEAR WEAPONS POLICY = H£ THOUGHT TH/V7 IN VIEW OF 3FAAKS ASSURANCES, ROLIN UOLLJ WITHDRAW HIS AMENDNENT,IF NOT RJT NO", HU'EVEh, AND THE AMEND- MENT WERE CARRIED, IT E O I L : Al VM OrtL Y THAT NUCLEAR INSTALLATIONS CDILD A. A HPT NOT BE AUTHORIZED INDLR " H I S PARTICULAR L A U r l N FACT, NuRTH ATLANTIC TWEATY I : ScLF «IG iV PROVIDE AN ADEQUATE CONSTITUTI- ONAL FK V1EIVCRK FOR ACCt STANCE 0-J dELGlAN 5 1 I L OF VARIOUS CATEGORIES 0' NUCLEAR ''iEAPONS.ASKED '/HAT HE THOUGHT .-/AS v£aNT BY SENATORS y -IC USED f <,Z TAU QUOTh NUCLEAR .^AP.MS DEPuTS UNGUOTE ,H AE3SCH ALCK SUP- POSED I HEY MEANT STORAGE SIZES FCR ANY ,y < < O'A NUCLEAR WEAPON -BOMBS, IVARrfiAJj AMD SO ON, 000951 � 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 CDNW02486 Title A name given to the resource Brussels to External 138 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 06-Mar-62 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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