https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/7b5c39cf201b2d64d3e7cdda53422610.pdf 52c715d2e89a0064409fd658259e94a9 PDF Text Text % <o*l9~0L- z-yz? FM ROME FEB!5/63 CONFD et^^^° TO EXTERNAL 92 OPIMMED A INFO WASHDC NATOPARIS LDN EMBPARIS BONN HAGUE BRU TT CCOS OTT FM OTT 0* II vpr> BAG OSLO COPEN ANKARA ATHENS FM LDN NASSAU AGREEMENTSGILPATRICKS VISIT TO ITALY GILPATRICK, DEPUTY SECRETARY DEFENSE, VISITED ROME FROM FEB! TO ARRANGE DETAILS OF ITALIANS ARMS PURCHASES BUT HIS PRES PROVIDED FURTHER OPPORTUNITY FOR EXPLORING PRESENT STATE OF VIEWS ON NATO MULTILATERAL FORCE. 2.CAGIATI OF NATO OFFICE INFORMS US THAT GILPATRICK DURING DISCUSSIONS WITH PM FANFANI AND DEFENCE MINISTER ANDREOTTI RAISED AGAIN THE POSSIBILITY OF ITALIANS SUPPLYING BASE FACILITIES FOR POLARIS SUBMARINES IN THE MEDITERRANEAN,MENTIONING DIFFICULTIES BEING EXPERIENCED WITH SPAIN.ITALIAN AUTHORITIES ADVANCED POLITICAL REASONS FOR THEIR INABILITY TO PROVIDE BASES WHICH GILPATRICK SEEMED TO ACCEPT,SAYING THAT IN ANY CASE MEDITERRANEAN BASE WAS NOT RPT NOT ESSENTIAL;SUBMARINES WOULD BE ON SIX MONTHS PATROL AND COULD IN FEW DAYS REACH HOLY LOCH. 3.GILPATRICK CONFIRMED F-104 AIRCRAFT WOULD BE ACCEPTED AS PART OF THE TACTICAL NUCLEAR FORCE.APPARENTLY GEN LEMNITZER WHO VISITED ROME FEB8 HAD BEEN OPPOSED TO THIS AND ITALIANS WERE CONCERNED ABOUT CONTRIBUTION THEY COULD MAKE TO GAIN ADMITTANCE TO EXECUTIVE CTTEE.CAGIATI SAID HE UNDERSTOOD USA WAS DROPPING SAC ELEMENT FROM NATO FORCE WHICH IN ITS INITIAL STAGES WOULD CONSIST OF POLARIS SUBS,BRIT BOMBER COMMAND AND TACTICAL NUCLEAR DELIVERY SYSTEMS.F-104 AND V BOMBER ELEMENTS WOULD GRADUALLY BE PHASED OUT AND REPLACED BY NATIONAL AND MULTINATIONAL-MANNED POLARIS SUBMARINES TO CONSTITUTE ALL-SUBMARINE FORCE BY 1 9 7 0 . 4.GILPATRICK PROPOSED THAT EXECUTIVE CTTEE SHOULD CONSIST OF FIVE NATO MEMBERS WITH ROTATIONAL PARTICIPATION BY ONE OTHER MEMBER.HE »• » 2 000142 �< 3* I m I i PAGE TWO 92 REJECTED ITALIAN PROCEDURAL PROPOSAL ABOUT MAJORITY VOTING BUT SUGGESTED THAT AGREEMENT CONTAIN PROVISION FOR A GRADUAL PROGRESS TOWARDS MAJORITY VOTING TC TAKE EFFECT WHEN NATIONAL ELEMENTS HAD ACHIEVED FULL INTEGRATION IN FORCE.CAGIATI REMARKED THIS WOULD EVENTUALLY GIVE EUROPEAN MEMBERS OF NATO MEASURE OF INDEPENDENT CONTROL SINCE THEY HELD MAJORITY IN ALLIANCE.IN THIS CONNEXION CAGIATI AGAIN EXPRESSED CONCERN ABOUT OBTAINING CLARIFICATION OF CIRCUMSTANCES IN WHICH BRIT MIGHT APPLY THEIR RESERVATION REGARDING INDEPENDENT EMPLOYMENT OF THEIR UNITS. 5 . A S FAR AS FINANCIAL ARRANGEMENTS WERE CONCERNED ITALIANS INFORMED GILPATRICK THEY EXPECTED USA WOULD CONTINUE TO ASSUME MAIN FINANCIAL BURDEN FOR FORCE,THEY POINTED OUT THAT HIGH COST OF SUBMARINES AND MISSILES WOULD IMPOSE DIFFICULTIES IN MAINTAINING AND STRENGTHENING ITALIAN CONVENTIONAL FORCES.TEAM LED BY LIVINGSTONE MERCHANT IS EXPECTED TO VISIT ITALY EARLY MAR TO BEGIN NEGOTIATING DETAILS* 6.THE BILATERAL MILITARY ARRANGEMENTS WHICH FORMED THE MAIN PURPOSE OF GILPATRICKS VISIT WERE SATISFACTORY. ITALIANS HAVE AGREED TO PURCHASE MILITARY HARDWARE TO THE VALUE OF 125 MILLION DOLLARS INCLUDING ARMOURED TROOP CARRIERS AND MORE NIKE ANTI-AIRCRAFT MISSILES.CAGIATI MENTIONED THESE ARRANGEMENTS HAD BEEN UNDER DISCUSSION FOR ABOUT YEAR AND AMERICANS HAD PRESSED FOR PURCHASE OF USA EQUIPMENT SO AS TO EASE THEIR BALANCE OF PAYMENTS DIFFICULTIES. � 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 CDNW03338 Title A name given to the resource CDNW03338 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived "NATO - Nuclear weapons - Policy - NATO long term planning," RG25-A-3-b, vol 5960, file 50219-AL-2-40, part 7-1, 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