https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/7a5ff4c7f9855a59d2ccd873ea613f93.pdf f05db599eb24b93cbf52d3703cf9167b PDF Text Text w £*Xrt-e4b-i~yD FM NATOPARIS MAR20/53 SECRET *'"-Xj~p TO EXTERNAL 618 OPIMMED ^ i i INFO CCOS LDN WASHDC EMBPARIS BONN ROME REF YOURTEL DL3S0 MARIS MATO DEFENCE PLANNING-LORD HOMES VISIT TO NAC MAR20 I SHALL BE SENDING LORD HOMES STATEMENT IN NAC VERBATIM tffiQ HTUr FSPORT SEPARATELY REACTIONS TO IT GN< A) DEFENCE? ANDC B>( ASPECTS.IN VIEW OF YOUR INSTRUCTIONS I FELT BY BEST CCNTilK WAS TO AVOID ENTERING UPON DISPUTE BETWEEN FRANCE AND UK REFRAINING FROM COMMENT. IN EVENT FRANCE ICELAND AND CDA DID NOT RPT NOT PARTICIPATE IN DISCUSSION. 2 . 1 TOLD LORD HOME BEFORE MTG THAT I DID NOT RPT NOT EXPECT TO INTERVENE AND HE SAID THAT HE QUITE UNDERSTOOD.HE TOLD ME THAT MAINPURPOSE OF HIS SPEECH WAS TO MAKE A PLEA FOR UNITY IN EUROPE AND ALLIANCE AND HE REFERRED TO SERIOUS OBSTACLES NOW PLACED BY FRENCH NON-COOPERATION NOT RPT NOT ONLY IN NATO BUT IN OTHER FORUMS INCLUDING EIGHTEENTH ATXON CTTEE IN GENEVA. 3.MY FRENCH COLLEAGUE SEYDOUX TOLD ME THAT HE WAS UNDER INSTRUCTIONS TO TAKE NO RPT NO PART IN DEBATE,NO RPT NO ARRANGEMENT WAS MADE FOR LORD HOME TO SEE COUVE DE MURVILLE AND THEREFORE USEFULNESS OF THIS COUNCIL MTG FRCM POINT OF VIEW OF MOVING TOWARDS RECONCILIATION OF FRANCE WITH REST OF ALLIANCE SEEMS TO HAVE FAILED. 4.0N POSITIVE SIDE MTG PROVIDED AN OPPORTUNITY FOR UK GOVT TO DEMONSTRATE LEADERSHIP IN ALLIANCE AND TO RECEIVE IN TURN A SYMPATHETIC AND FAVOURABLE RESPONSE FROM MOST OF ITS EUROPEAN PARTNERS PARTICULARLY BELGIANS DUTCH ITALIANS AND GERMANS. 5 . USA DID NOT RPT NOT MAKE A SUBSTANTIAL CONTRIBUTION TO DISCUSSION AND FINLETTERS RENEWED EMPHASIS ON PARAS 7 AND 8 CREATED IMPRESSION THAT AGREEMENT BETWEEN LDN AND WASHDC ON INTERPRETATION OF NASSAU COMMUNIQUE IS STILL NOT RPT NOT COMPLETE. 6 . ANOTHER POINT OF SIGNIFICANCE WAS THAT LORD HOME PLAYED DOWN,, ,2 �PAGE- TWO '618 """ "* APPARENTLY AT STIKKERS REQUEST SREFS TO POSSIBLE CHANGES IN STRUCTURE.OF ALLIANCE AND INSTEAD PUT MORE EMPHASIS ON POSSIBILITIES OF IMPROVING POLITICAL CONSULTATION ESPECIALLY THROUGH MINISTERIAL PARTICIPATION IN NAC IGNATIEFF 000296 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 CDNW03436 Title A name given to the resource CDNW03436 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