https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/e378f73dbfed3fe8eb9842e4be6b41f7.pdf cb3eae4929ccee17e9978956e8a9d66e PDF Text Text „.v~ -XT- FILE CO! £oA.I^/?i^.4V FM NATOPARIS JANI4/S3 SECRET .TO EXTERNAL 100 OPIMMED . _ MFQ CCOS OPIMMED LDN WASHDC EMBPARIS BONN ROME PRIORITY D(VDND OPIMMED FM CCOS REF PARA 17 MYTEL 90 JANli IP-1 cX^: MATO DEFENCE PLANNING? COUNCIL DISCUSSION OF NASSAU AGREEMkfr JANIS FQLLGWING IS TEXT OF SECGENS PROCEDURAL NOTE PO/63/25* CONjTwjlWWW 8 HIS PROPOSALS FOR FURTHER DISCUSSIONS OF RELATED ASPECTS RATO 10 DEFENCE PLANNING, QUOTE* PROCEDURE FOR FUTURE CONSIDERATION OF NASSAU PROPOSALS I SET OUT BELOW CERTAIN SUGGESTIONS WHICH I PUT TO THE v 5 C O U N CnI\ S T HUHTI S JV* MORNING, WITH REGARD TO THE PROCEDURE WHICH WE SHOULD ADOPT FOR FURTHER CONSIDERATION OF THE STATEMENTS MADE BY MR BALL AND SIR EVELYN L^, / SHUCKBURGH, IN RELATION TO THE NASSAU PROPOSALS. IT WAS AGREED THAT. j £ THESE SUGGESTIONS SHOULD RECEIVE PRELIMINARY CONSIDERATION BY 1WFZ7 ^ y ^ COUNCIL AT A MTG TO BE HELD AT 0930 ON FRI JAN18s(l)THE COUNCIL MIGHT ESTABLISH A SPECIAL CTTEE CONSISTING OF ALL THOSE PERM REPS WHO WISH TO TAKE PART, TKE PERM REPS BEING SUPPORTED AND, IF NECESSARY, REPRESENTED BY APPROPRIATE EXPERTS'AT CERTAIN STAGES OF THE DISCUSSI 0 N , ( 2 ) T H I S SPECIAL CTTEE OF PERM, REPS COULD, OF COURSE, IF IT CONSIDERED IT NECESSARY, LATER DECIDE TO ESTABLISH SUB-CTTEES OR WORKING GROUPS TO STUDY SPECIFIC AND TECHNICAL ASPECTS OF THE PROBLEM. C3>DELIBERATIONS OF THIS SPECIAL CTTEE WOULD BE REGARDED AS FORMAL OR INFORMAL AS MIGHT BE JUDGED APPROPRIATE IN EACH CASE.C4)THE TASKS OF THE SPECIAL CTTEE REFERRED TO ABOVE MIGHT BE TKE FOLLOWING^ A> TO CONSIDER HOW THE NASSAU PROPOSAL COULD BE TRANSLATED INTO FIRM .ARRANGEMENTS FOR A NATO NUCLEAR FORCEC D I N THE SHORT TEEM AS ENVIS= AGED IN PARA 6 OF THE NASSAU COMMUNIQUE, ANDC I D IN THE LONGER TERN AS ENVISAGED IN PARAS.<B)IN THE CONTEXT OF THE CONCLUSIONS REACHED IWDERC A> ABOVE, TO SEEK A SOLUTION OF THE MRBM OR QUOTE MISSILE X UNQUOTE PR03LEMC INCLUDING AS APPROPRIATE FURTHER EXAM OF THE ,2 0 O O O ' 0 A0012920 235-000699 �C3 y £f'tijj& I- fX r. PAGE TWO 100 CONCEPT^OF A NATO MULTILATERAL SEABORNE FORCE INCORPORATING SUCH WEAPONS) AND THUS TO ENABLE THE COUNCIL TO FURNISH THE NATO MILITARY AUTHORITIES WITH THE POLITICAL GUIDANCE THEY HAVE REQUESTED IN CONNECTION WITH THE ESTABLISHMENT-OF FORCE REQUXREMENTS.C C) TO EXAMINE, AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME, THE REQUIREMENTS AND ROLE OF TACTICAL NUCLEAR WEAPONS IN THE LIGHT OF THE,SUGGESTIONS MADE BY MR MACNAMARA AT THE DEC MINISTERIAL MTG, 2. THE" CTTEE•SHOULD ENDEAVOUR TO FORMULATE VIEWS ON THE MATTERS REFERRED TO ABOVE BY THE MIDDLE OF 1963. UNQUOTE, 2» FINLETTER HAS ACCOMPANIED BALL TO BONN, WHERE THEY ARE TO SEE ADENAUER IN ORDER TO EXPLAIN USA POSITION FURTHER AND TO ENCOURAGE A POSITIVE RESPONSE BY GERMAN GOVT TO NASSAU PROPOSALS. IN FINLETTERS ABSENCE, USA DEPUTY PERMREP CALLED ON ME„ JAN14 TO DISCUSS SECGENS PROCEDURAL PROPOSALS., HE SAID PROPOSALS AS STATED IN WRITING MADE SECGENS INTENTIONS CLEARER THAN THEY HAD BEEN FROM SECGENS STATEMENT AT JANli COUNCIL MTa IN PARTICULAR HE SAID THAT SECGEN SEEMED CLEARLY TO INTEND THAT PRIORITY SHOULD BE GIVEN IN FURTHER DISCUSSIONS TO WORKING OUT IMPLICATIONS OF NASSAU COMMUNIQUE, IN SHORT TERM UUNDER PARA € AND IN LONGER TERM UNDER PARA 8, SECGENS PROPOSALS ABOUT MRBM FROBLEM WERE TO BE CONSIDERED QUOTE IN CONTEXT OF CONCLUSIONS REACHED UNQUOTE ABOUT THE NASSAU COMMUNIQUE. QUESTION OF ROLE OF TACTICAL NUCLEAR WEAPONS WAS TO BE CONSIDERED QUOTE AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME UNQUOTE. IN OTHER WORDS IT SEEMED THAT SECGEN PROPOSED TO CONCENTRATE (M NASSAU COMMUNIQUE AS A BASIS FOR. FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION, SUBORDINATING AND POSTPONING DISCUSSIONS OF MRBM AND TACTICAL NUCLEAR WEAPONS ASPECTS FOR CONSIDERATION IN LIGHT OF WHATEVER CONCCLUSIONS COUNCIL MIGHT ARRIVE AT ABOUT NASSAU PROPOSALS. 3. SHUCKBURGH WITH WHOM I DISCUSSED SECGENS PAPER ON OTHER HAND THOUGHT THAT A CLEARER DISTINCTION SHOULD BE DRAWN BETWEEN PARA.4C A) DEALING WITH TASKS OF SPECIAL CTTEE IN CONSIDERING NASSAU PROPOSAL AND SUB- PARA.C B) WHICH REFERRED TO SECGENS PROPOSAL-ABOUT 3 0 0 0 tf fi A0012920 236-000700 �( PA GEE THREE 100 MRBM PROBLEM AND SUB-PARAC C) WHICH DEALS WITH MCNAMARA STATEMENT AT DEC MINISTERIAL MTa SHUCKBURGH THOUGHT THAT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO DRAW DISTINCTION SO THAT THERE SHOULD BE NO RPT NO DOUBT THAT SPECIAL CTTEE WAS CHARGED WITH WORKING OUT IMPLICATIONS OF NASSAU AGREEMENT AND NOT RPT NOT CONCURRENTLY OR EVEN SUBSEQUENTLTY WITH OTHER PROBLEMS UNTIL COUNCIL AND GOVTS HAD REVIEWED RESULTS OF DISCUSSION IN SPECIAL CTTEE ON NASSAU AGREEMENT. MOREOVER SHUCKBURGH THOUGHT THAT UNDER PARA.2 CTTEE SHOULD NOT RPT NOT BE EXPECTED TO FORMULATE VIEWS ON SUB-PARAS,C B> ANDC C> AS WELL ASC A) BY MID 1 9 6 3 . SHUCKBURGH THOUGHT THAT OBJECTIVE OF SEPARATING SUB-PARA( A) FROM SUB-PARASCB) ANDC C> MIGHT BE ACHIEVED BY A MINOR VERBAL CHANGE IN BEGINNING OF SUB- PARAC B5 ALONG FOLLOWING LINES QUOTE IN CONTEXT OF CONCLUSION REACHED BY CTTEE UNDER:90) ABOVE, COUNCIL WOULD THEN CONSIDER A SOLUTION OF MRBM, ETC UNQUOTE. IN PARA.2 WORDS QUOTE SUB=PARA C A) UNQUOTE WOULD BE ADDED AFTER WORDS QUOTE REFERRED TO UNQUOTE. 4 . BELGIAN PERMREP DE STAERCKE WAS INCLINED TO ACCEPT USA VIEW THAT IT WOULD BE SUFFICIENT TO INTERPRET SECGENS PROPOSAL TO MEAN THAT SPEECIAL CTTEE WOULD DEAL WITH NASSAU PROPOSAL FIRST AND TRY TO TRANSLATE IT INTO FIRM ARRANGEEMENTS FOR NATO AND ONLY AFTER THIS DONE WOULD I T CONSIDER SECGENS PROPOSALS UNDERC B) ANDC C ) . I F IS THIS INTERPRETATION WERE NOT RPT NOT ACCEPTED HE WOULD PROBABLY SUPPORT AN AMENDMENT ALONG LINES MENTIONED BY SHUCKBURGH. 5 . YOUR INSTRUCTIONS FOR FRI S MTG WOULD BE APPRECIATED BY THUR JAN17. 6 . I SHOULD ALSO APPRECIATE HAVING YOUR COMMENTS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE ON QUESTION OF NATURE OF DISCUSSIONS AT SPRING MMINISTERIAL MTG IN OTT, RAISED IN PARA.15 OF MY REFTEEL IGNATIEFF ° 00 A0012920 237-000701 � 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 CDNW03254 Title A name given to the resource CDNW03254 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived "NATO - Nuclear weapons - Policy - NATO long term planning," RG25-A-3-b, vol 5959, file 50219-AL-2-40, part 6-2, Library and Archives Canada (LAC). 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