https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/a23ac389a7c6164fc7a8b06a380f0422.pdf 11a7809c18b4f004b2007ff3d8761f54 PDF Text Text FM NATOPARIS JAN30/53 SECRET s*%H~4U TO EXTERNAL 245 PRIORITY INFO CCOS PRIORITY LDN WASHDC EMBPARIS ROME BONN BAG ANKARA FM LDN u ^ ' H K ^ x-y CkX^L] - REF OURTEL 200 JAN25 J3 f o'c$a2>£L~~tQ/f Z ^ ~\ ftV^^ ^ ^ ^fC^«£ NATO DEFENCE PLANNING REPLACEMENT OF JUPITOR MISSILES l / H i TURKEY AT COUHCXL MTG JAN30 FINLETTER S „ D USfl HftQ ^ ^ ^ ^ M & ZX~\- ^ CONSIDERATION TO MEANS OF STRENGTHENING NUCLEAR DETERRENT IN 10 MEDITERRANEAN AREA. JUPITER MISSILES SITED IN ITALY AND TURKEY WE«t RAPIDLY BECONINS OBSOLETE AND PRESENTED FIXED VULNERABLE TARGETS THEREFORE USA HAD .UNDERTAKEN BILATERAL TALKS WITH ITALY AND TURKEY TO CONS!DER POSSIBILITY OF REPLACINS JUPITERS WITH POLARIS MISSILES MOUNTED IN SUBMARINES. A CONTRIBUTION TO DETERRENT !N THIS FORM WOULD BE LESS VULNERABLE AND THEREFORE MORE EFFECTIVE. AT SANE TIME SACEURS RETIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN MISSILE STRENGTH IN MEDITERRANEAN AREA WOULD BE MEL 2. BY JAN23, EVEN ALTH0U3H BILATERAL TALKS HAD NOT RPT NOT PROGRESSED TO POINT WHERE COUNTRIES DIRECTLY CONCERNED WERE READY TO PLACE FIRM PROPOSALS BEFORE ALLIANCE, IT HAD BECOME NECESSARY TO MAKE PUBLIC.ANNOUNCEMENT BECAUSE OF PRESS SPECULATION FOR TIME BEING USA STILL HAD NO RPT NO FORMAL PROPOSALS TO PRESENT BUT HOPED TO DO SO SHORTLY. FINLETTER SAID THESE ARRANGEMENTS SHOULD BE LOOKED UPON AS ANOTHER INDICATION OF DESIRE OF USA TO STRENGTHEN NUOLEAR RORCE AT NATOS DISPOSAL. ANY RUMOUR TO CONTRARY, OR ANY INFERENCE THAT USA WAS WITHDRAWING NUCLEAR FORCES FROM NATO, WAS PATENTLY FALSE « FACT BY PROVIDING MORE MODERN WEAPONS USA WOULD BE STRENGTHENING NUCLEAR FORCES AT NATOS DISPOSAL. 3. ITALIAN PERMREP BRIEFLY INFORMED COUNCIL OF ITALIANS GOVTS APPROVAL OF PROPOSAL TO REPLACE JUPITERS BY POLARIS MISSILES tl • 9 Ct A0012920J110-000574 X �^ £*ft *-*t* ,*?:i\ ) '^ . -—' . 0 ;PAGE TWO 246 Vof gzzp t% -. g. .*, (? P &$ SI ~j RPT N'OT BASED IN' ITALY, A DECISION WHICH HAD ALSO BEEN APPROVED BY CHAMBER OF DEPUTIESC HOMES TEL 4 9 J A N 2 8 ) . H E CONNECTED THIS DECISION TO ITALIAN GOVTS SUPPORT IN PRINCIPLE OF CONCEPT OF A NATO MULTILATERAL; NUCLEAR FORCE WHICH HS SAID ITALY WOULD PARTICIPATE IN I F IT WERE ESTABLISHED. ITALIAN PARTICIPATION IN FORCE AND I T S CONTROL BODY WOULD BE CONSISTENT WITH ITALIAN DESIREC A) TO REJECT ANY DIRECTOIRE WITHIN NATO ANDC B) TO LIMIT SPREAD OF NATIONAL NUCLEAR DETERRENTS. 4.'-TURKISH PERMREP SUPPORTED FINLETTERS STATEMENT. HE SAID H I S AUTHOR- '-J I T I E S CONSIDERED IT HIGHLY DESIRABLE TO SUBSTITUTE POLARIS MISSILES FOR JUPITERS IN INTERESTS OF MODERNIZING NATO DEFENCES. ARRANGEMENTS IN THIS SENSE HAD NOTHING TO DO,.HE SAID, WITH BARTER DEAL WITH USSR WHICH HAD BEEN SUGGESTED AT TIME OF CUBAN C R I S I S . HE TOO RELATED ARRANGEMENTS TO REPLACE JUPITER MISSILES TO BROADER CONTEXT OF NASSAU AGREEMENT, STRESSING IMPORTANCE OF FOLLOWING UP AGREEMENT CONSTRUCTIVELY. HE REFERRED TO STATEMNTS BY PRESIDENT KENNEDY AND RUSK TO EFFECT THAT USA HAD NO RPT NO ALTERNATIVE BUT TO DEFEND EUROP AND SAID COUNTERPART OF THIS WAS THAT EUROPE HAD NO RPT NO ALTERNATIVE EXCEPT TO CONSIDER I T S DEFENCE ARRANGEMENTS IN CLOSEST POSSIBLE INTERDEPENDENCE WITH USA. 5 . GREEK PERMREP SAID HE WAS HAPPY TO TAKE NOTE OF THESE STATEMENTS. THE ALLIANCE AS A WHOLE WAS AFFECTED BY THEM, AND GREECE WAS PARTICULARLY. HE WAS SURE GREEK GOVT WOULD WISH TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPRESS I T S VIEWS. SECGEN ALSO POINTED OUT THAT WHOLE ALLIANCE WOULD BE AFFECTED BY ANY ARRANGEMENTS WHICH MIGHT BE MADE, BECAUSE MISSILES IN QUESTION HAD BEEN INSTALLED TO MEET NATO FORCE GOALS, HE SAID THERE WERE CERTAIN POLITICAL AS WELL AS MILITARY CONSIDERATIONS WHICH HE WISHED TO RAISE IN A PRIVATE MTG, CONFINED TO PERMREPS ONLY, NEXT WEEK. TURKISH AND ITALIAN. PERMREPS AGREED THAT OTHER REPS WHO WISHED TO COULD TOUCH ON PROBLEMS OF NUCLEAR FORCES IN fi »fflo A0012920 111-000575 �r PAGE THREE 24S MEDITERRANEAN AREA IN GENERAL DISCUSSIONS OF NASSAU AGREEMENT. HOWEVER UNTIL SPECIFIC PROPOSALS FOR REPLACING JUPITER MISSILES HAD BEEN PREPARED, THEY DID NOT RPT NOT BELIEVE THEY COULD GO MUCH FURTHER IN A DISCUSSION, EVEN ONE RESTRICTED TO PERMREPS ONLY. SECGEN AGREED THAT THIS WOULD PLACE A LIMIT ON EXTENT TO WHICH USA, TURKEY AND ITALY COULD PARTICIPATE IN PRIVATE TALKS. NEVERTHELESS HE SAID HE WISHED TO GO AHEAD WITH MTG HE HAD SUGGESTED. i A0012920 112-000576 i � 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 CDNW03292 Title A name given to the resource CDNW03292 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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