https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/d82100ccb76d26ed73e8afa0d3dffe60.pdf a3ab881242d51d19a64363c5bc0d4fbb PDF Text Text p £Z>±t*t-#L_ FM NATOPARIS J U L 2 9 / 6 0 CONFD CX^^^C^fiCf^^ TO EXTERNAL 2 0 4 8 OPIMMED <^ j7>530-i/-f~W INFO LDN WASHDC EMBPARIS BRU HAGUE BONN BAG COPEN ATHENS OSLO ANKARA LISBON FM LDN REF O U R T E L : 2 0 2 6 * J U L 2 7 » U ' « v- , J: ^ POLARIS MISSILES AND GERMANY IN PARA 4 OF OUR REFTEL WE STATED INCORRECTLY THAT USA DEL WAS CIRCULATING USA REPLY TO SOVIET NOTE OF JUL19.WE ARE SETTING OUT BLOW TEXT : OF A DRAFT USA REPLY WHICH HAS BEEN CIRCULATED IN NATO/ IN EVENT THAT OTHER MEMBERS WISH TO COMMENT BEFORE THE END OF THIS WEEK WHEN IT I S DUE TO BE DELIVERED.IN THE POLITICAL ADVISERS COMMITTEE YESTERDAY GERMAN REP SAID HIS. AUTHORITIES WILL ALSO BE CIRCULATING A DRAFT REPLY TO NOTE SUMMARIZED IN OUR REFTEL AND' WOULD APPRECIATE OUR COMMENTS ON I T , A S FAR AS HE KNEW ONLY USA AND GERMANY HAD RECEIVED THESE NOTES.UK REP SAID THAT ON JUL20 SOVIET AMBASSADOR IN LDN HAD GIVEN A COPY OF NOTE TO THEN THEN SECRETARY/OF STATED IN COMMENTING ON NOTE RUSSIAN AMBSSADOR REFERRED TO A QUOTE PLOT TO EQUIP THE BUNDESWEHR UNQUOTE WITH POLARIS MISSILES WHICH WAS A QUOTE PROVOCATION.UNQUOTE MR SELWYN LLOYD REPLIED IMMEDIATELY ? T H A f % REJECTED COMPLETELY BOTH "TERMS AND REMINDED AMBASSADOR OF HIS STATEMENT IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS ON JUL18 THAT HE-KNEW OF. NO RPT NO PROPOSAL TO EQUIP BUNDESWEHR WITH POLARIS MISSILES AND THAT I F ONE WERE MADE IT WOULD BE CONSIDERED IN LIGHT OF I T S POLITICAL AND MILITARY IMPLICATIONS. 2.TEXT OF'USA DRAFT BEGINS*USA GOVT CONSIDERS THAT NOTE/OF THE SOVIET GOVT CONSTITUTES A DELIBERATE ATTEMPT TO MISLEAD WORLD P U B L I C OPINION BY DISTORTING FACTS AND TO DIVERT ATTENTION FROM ACTIONS ^ OF SOVIET GOVT WHICH ARE SERVING TO INCREASE TENSIONS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. / THE NOTE OF SOVIET GOVT MAKES RPEATED MISLEADING ASSERTIONS ,2°"--" ' . e ai 000439 �* ,'•,•:._,. yvy ; 7-XilZ.i PAGE TWO 2 0 4 8 y .l-^TOTr ' uoVS ..A'lHHTKa - ' •*, .-> ' CU REGARDING PROVISIONS :0F MID-RANGE BALLISTIC MISSILES •FOR",DEFENSE OF NATO AREA.ATTITUDE OF THE USA GOVT HAS BEEN SET FORTH'IN ITS STATEMENT JUL20/60.THAT STATEMENT STRESSES THAT. USA . A N B T - I T S ALLIES WILL NOT.RPT, NOT BE DEFLECTED FROM TAKING JOINTLY MEASURES THEY DEEM NECESSARY FOR THEIR DEFENSE AND POINTS OUT.THAT SUCH STEPS AS MAY BE TAKEN BY .NATO TO PROVIDE MID-RANGE BALLISTIC;, MI S S I LES FOR THE DEFENSE OF THE TREATY AREA WILL BE TAKEN IN ACCORDANCE WITH AGREED NATO DEFENSE PLANS. i .. : I "- - • •••' NOTE OF SOVET GOVT MAKES WHOLLY UNFOUNDED CHARGES AGAINST ACTIONS "1 ' \ X AND POLICIES OF FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY AS SOVIET GOVT IS AWARE,FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY HAS MADE IT CLEAR THAT-IT LOOKS TO ITS LEGITIMATE DEFENSE REQUIREMENTS ENTIRELY WITHIN,THE 15 NATION NATO.THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY DOES NOT RPT NOT THREATEN TO RESOLVE GERMAN QUESTION BY UNILATERAL ACTION,EVEN THOUGH PEOPLE OF EAST GERMANY HAVE FOR MORE THAN FIFTEEN YEARS BEEN DENIED BY FORCE THE RIGH FREELY TO DETERMINE THEIR OWN-FUTURE. THE REPEATED THREATS OF SOVIET GOVT TO TAKE UNILATERAL^ACTION WITH RESPECTTO GERMANY AND TO DEPRIVE THE PEOPLE OF BERLIN OF; THEIR FREEDOM STAND IN .CONTRAST TO THE CONSTRUCTIVE P0LICIES7PURSUED BY THE FREELY ELECTED GOVT OF THE FRDERAL REPUBLIC.IT IS-THREATS SUCH AS THESE,FOR WHICH SOVIET GOVT BEARS FULL RESPONSIBILITY, WHICH CREATE TENSION IN.EUROPE AND GIVE CAUSE FOR'APPREHENSION AND CONCERN. s 77 '7 THE NOTE OF SOVIET GOVT EXPRESSES CONCERN OVER THE INTENSIFICATION OF THE,ARMS RACE. GOVT OF ..THE. USA FINDS IT DIFFICULT TO RECONCILE THIS EXPRESSION OF CONCERN WITH RECENT ACTION OF SOVIET>GOVT IN BREAKING OFF THE NEGOTIATIONS OF THE 10-POWER DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE IN GENEVA.THE DISRUPTION OF THESE NEGOTIATIONS AT THE VERY TIME WHEN SOVIET GOVT KNEW THAT THE WESTERN POWERS WERE PREPARED TO TABLE NEW PROPOSALS RAISES SERIOUS DOUBTS CONCERNING THE DESIRE OF SOVIET GOVT FOR MEAANINGFUL DISARMAMENT MEASURES. «e • 3 u 000440 �PAGE THREE 2048 NOTE OF SOVIET GOVT PROFESSES CONCERN FOR THE CAUSE OF PEACE AND SECURITY OF THE EUROPEAN PEOPLES.BUT IT IS SOVIET GOVT WHICH HJAS ON REPEATED OCCASIONS IN THE RECENT PAST THREATENED THE USE Of| ROCKETS IN PURSUANCE OF ITS POLICIES,PARTICULARLY WITH RESPECT TO THE SMALLER COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD.SOVIET GOVT IS WELL AWARiS THAT THESE THREATS INCREASE TENSIONS IN THE WORLD.THEY ARE ALSO THE CAUSE OF DEEP MISGIVINGS AS REGARDS THE INTENTIONS OF THE SOVIET GOVT NOT RPT NOT ONLY WITH RESPECT TO THE EUROPEAN PEOPLES,BUT|ALSO WITH RESPECT TO THOSE IN OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD,INCLUDING LAT^N AMERICA. USA GOVT REGRETS THAT SOVIET GOVT HAS CHOSEN TO PURSUE A POLICY OF TREATS OF UNILATERAL ACTION AND DELIBERATE DISTORTION OF TRUTH WHICH IS NOT RPT NOT CONDUCIVE TO AN IMPROVEMENT IN THE INTERNATIONAL ATMOSPHERE.USA GOVT REMAINS READY TO TAKE PART AT ANY SUITABLE TIME IN SERIOUS NEGOTIATIONS TO SOLVE OUTSTANDING INTERNATIONAL ISSUES INCLUDING PROBLEMS OF GERMANY AND EUROPEAN 1 SECURITY AND THE PROBLEM OF SAFEGUARDED DISARMAMENT.THE USA GOV1 AND ITS ALLIES WILL NOT RPT NOT IN THE MEANTIME BE DEFLECTED FROM TAKING THE MEASURES THEY JOINTLY DEEM NECESSARY TO INSURE THEIR SECURITY AND TO MAINTAIN THE PEACE.0 � 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/. 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