https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/283e9100fc015d6f7a41abc31fc468aa.pdf e21d69b49667a8846e50deec3332a885 PDF Text Text <^iu^/J g&Sk/ /it* FM LDN JUN29/59 SECRET TO EXTERNAL 2118 OPIMMED INFO NATOPARIS WASHDC UK CONTROL OVER USE OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS ——I WE TOOK THE OCCASION OF A TALK WITH SIR PATRICK DEAN AT THE FO ON^O JUN 1959 OTHER MATTERS TO SEEK CLARIFICATION OF MR MACMILLANS ANSWERS IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS ON JUN23 REPORTED IN OUR 2067 JUN25.SIR PATRICK DEAN ASSURED US THAT ANSWERS WERE OCCASIONED SOLELY BY PARLIAMENTARY CIRCUMSTANCES AND DID NOT RPT NOT REPRESENT A NEW INITIATIVE ON THE PART OF THE UK GOVT NOR ANY NEW STATEMENT OF POLICY, 2.HE EXPLAINED THAT THE QUESTION HAD BEEN PUT ON BY A LABOUR BACK BENCHER MR HALE,MP FOR OLDHAM LANCASHIRE,DEAN SURMISED THAT HALES QUESTION HAD BEEN STIMULATED BY THE INTEREST OF THE LABOUR PARTY IN VARIOUS ASPECTS OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS AT THIS TIME INCLUDING THE DETAILS OF ANY ARRANGEMENTS WHICH MIGHT RESULT IN THE EVENT THAT USA AIRCRAFT WERE REDEPLOYED TO THE UK FROM FRANCE. 3,THERE HAD BEEN CONSULTATION WITH GENERAL NORSTAD ON THE TERMS OF MR MACMILLANS REPLIES IN VIEW OF THE POSSIBLE REPERCUSSIONS ON OTHER MEMBERS OF THE ALLIANCE,SPEAKING'WITH FRANKNESS DEAN SAID THAT IN THE INITIAL DRAF.X, SUBMITTED TO MINISTERS IT HAD BEEN SUGGESTED THAT MINISTERS SHOULD" LIMIT THEIR REPLIES TO SAYING THAT THERE WAS NOTHING TO ADD TO THE STATEMENT OF GOVT POLICY MADE BY SIR ANTHONY EDEN IN 1954.IN VIEW OF THE PARLIAMENTARY SITUATION AND THE CURRENT INTEREST OF THE OPPOSITION IN NUCLEAR WEAPON PROBLEMS MINISTERS THOUGHT IT NECESSARY TO 3E MORE SPECIFIC.HOWEVER DEAN EMPHASIZED THAT THERE HAD BEEN NO RPT NO INTENTION TO EXPAND OR COMPLICATE THE UNDERSTANDINGS WHICH EXIST BETWEEN THE UK,CDN AND USA GOVTS ON THESE MATTERS INSOFAR AS THEY ARE DEFINED IN ALERTS PROCEDURES OR IN ACCEPTED NATO POLICIES, 4.WHEN ASKED PARTICULARLY ABOUT THE PRIME MINISTERS REPLY TO MR GAITSKELL AS QUOTED IN PARA5 OF OUR MSG AS IT RELATES TO THE USE » e e c. 000175 �PAGE TWO 2118 OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS OF ANY KIND BY FORCES OPERATING UNDER INDEPENDENT BRITISH OR ALLIED COMMAND DEAN EXPLAINED THAT IT WAS THE UK UNDERSTANDING THAT IN THE EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY THERE WOULD BE PROVISION FOR SOME CONSULTATION UNDER ALERTS PROCEDURES NO RPT NO MATTER HOW URGENT THE SITUATION.IN THE EVENT THAT THERE WERE ENOUGH WARNING FOR FULL NATO CONSULTATION THE UK QUOTE POSITIVE DECISION UNQUOTE WOULD RELATE TO MATO APPROVAL OF AN ALLIED PLAN OF ACTION, 5.THE ABOVE WAS CONFIRMED IN A TALK WHICH GENERAL KITCHING HAD WITH THE CHIEF OF STAFF OF THE DEFENCE CHIEF AT THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE WHO ADDED,HOWEVER,THAT IN ADDITION TO THE CONSULTATION WITH NORSTAD THERE,HAD BEEN CONSULTATIONS WITH WASHDC OVER WORDING OF MR MACMILLANS REPLIES DREW � 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 CDNW02503 Title A name given to the resource CDNW02503 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived " NATO - Nuclear weapons - Policy," RG25-A-3-b, vol 5958, file 50219-AL-2-40, part 1-1, Library and Archives Canada (LAC). Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Canadian Crown Subject The topic of the resource Nuclear Weapons 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