https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/3d52b1215157bd17ad64437ec7426c02.pdf 0e516e5199cb5a8184edf5c598eb44c6 PDF Text Text i-l # * i #¥; P%s K /T 83* fi 9» FM BRU MAR12/63 CONFD CDN EYES ONLY n ^ 3 £& -^Pyp*^, TO EXTERNAL 209 PRIORITY iUE INFO LDN WASHDC EMBPARIS ROME BONN NATOPARIS HAGUE BAG' OSLO COPEN LISBON ATHENS ANKARA FM LDN NATO DEFENCE PLANNING-NASSAU AGREEMENT T7^y u7 <^uX7j\^\y _ -' Q p ' "i 7 LIVINGSTONE MERCHANTISTOPPED HERE FOR BRIEF TALK WITH BELGIAN MINISTERS ONIHIS WAY FROM ROME TO BONN.VISIT DOES NOT RPT NOT APPEAR TO HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY ADVANCED THE DIALOGUE.FOREIGN MINISTRY TOLD US THAT PRESS REPORTS,WHICH WERE LIMITED TO STATING THAT VISIT WAS EXPLORATORY AND HENCE NOT RPT NOT CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A SYSTEMATIC EXAM OF QUESTION AT THIS STAGE,SUMMED THINGS UP. 2. IT APPEARS THAT MERCHANT DID NOT RPT NOT HAVE ANY NEW OR SPECIFIC IDEAS TO PUT FORWARD AND THAT IN THESE CIRCUMSTANCES THERE WAS NO RPT NO DEFINITE BELGIAN REACTION.BELGIANS,HOWEVER REMAINPINTERESTED. 2.PAPEIANS DE MORCHOVEN,HEAD OF FOREIGN MINISTRY WESTERN ORGANIZATIONS SECTION,SAID THAT MERCHANT SEEMED TO BE PREOCCUPIED WITH PRESENTING CASE FOR SURFACE VESSELS,RATHER THAN SUBMARINES. OR MULTILATERAL FORCE.PAPEIANS FOUND IT DIFFICULT TO ACCEPT STRATEGIC VALIDlfY OF AMERICAN ARGUMENT.HE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE POSSIBLE FOR SGVIETS TO KEEP VESSELS PINPOINTED. 4.THERE MIGHT BE TWO REASONS APART FROM COST FACTOR, WHY USA NOWSEEMED TO BE PUSHING SURFACE VESSELS.FIRST WAS THAT THEY WISHED TO QUOTE STRIKE WHILE IRON WAS HOT UNQUOTE AND A SURFACE VESSEL FORCE COULD BE OPERATIONAL WELL BEFORE A SUBMARINE FORCE.SECOND,ADMITTEDLY MORE CYNICAL REASON,MIGHT BE THAT USA,IN VIEW OF TECHNICAL AND LEGISLATIVE OBSTACLES,WAS NOT RPT NOT ANXIOUS IN ANY EVENT TO PROVIDE SUBMARINES. 5.PAPEIANS REMARKED THAT ANOTHER APPARENT CONTRADICTION DEVELOPING IN FOLLOW UP TO NASSAU AGREEMENT WAS THAT BRIT SEEMED TO BE PUTTINGEMPHASIS ON MULTINATIONAL,OR INTERALLIED,FORCE,WHILE USA APPEARED e 0 » C. 000358 �PAGE TWO 209 PRINCIPALLY CONCERNED WPH MULTILATERAL FORCE.IN LIGHT OF PREVAILING UNCERTAINTIES IT WAS DIFFICULT TO ENVISAGE HOW QUESTION WOULD BE APPROACHED AT OTT. 6,PAPEIANS WAS NOT RPT NOT IN A POSITION TO INDICATE WHETHER BELGIANS HAD YET DEVELOPED ANY FIRM VIEWS ON COMMAND AND CONTROL ARRANGEMENTS, 7.REGARDING SPECIAL COUNCIL MTG MAR20,PAPEIANS COULD ONLY SAY PRIVATELY THAT SPAAK WOULD BE AWAY FROM BRU THAT DAY AND IT SEEMED LIKELY THAT REASON* WOULD BE HIS ATTENDANCE AT MTG. 000359 � 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 CDNW03402 Title A name given to the resource CDNW03402 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 7-2, 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