https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/9dce695217b8ac4a6ee224fd42ec7bf4.pdf 875e5d0239d53174d96728cf21ff47e2 PDF Text Text FI! i \y z562/9z-#La-s-ys> • X AMENDED COPY H3 ¥3 FM NATOPARIS MAR8/S3 SECRET - 7 - /*«• V O TO EXTERNAL 532 PRIORITY INFO CCOS PRIORITY tf MTJV .O y DM/DND' PRIORITY FM CCOS REF OURTEL 481 FEB28 ^v]X\ NASSAU AGREEMENT PARA6 IN OUR REFTEL,WE REPORTED FIRST MTG OF WKING GP WHICH IS J-ABfcKiH- ING AN INVENTORY OF TACTICAL NUCLEAR WEAPONS DELIVERY SY AVAILABLE TO -ACE AND LIKELY TO BECOME AVAILABLE IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS.WE SENT YOU SAMPLES OF QUESTIONNAIRES WHICH WILL BE USED . 7 • FOR THE INVENTORY UNDER TS BY BAG MAR1.THIS TEL REPORTS FURTHER MTG OF THE WKING GP MAR6 AND OUR DISCUSSIONS WITH SHAPE ABOUT INFO CN CDN FORCES FOR THE INVENTORY. '" 2. AT FIRST MTG. WKING GP DECIDED THAT SHAPE SHOULD DRAW UP INVENTORY CF SUCH FORCES AS AT JAN1, WHILE DELS SHOULD SUBMIT CORRESPONDING INFO FOR: END-66. WE SUGGESTED THAT SINCE COUNTRIES WOULD FIND IT DIFFICULT TO SUBMIT ACCURATE INFO ABOUT FUTURE FORCES FOR A DATE OVER THREE YEARS AWAY SOME EARLIER DATE SUCH AS JANl/64 MIGHT BE BETTER.THIS SUGGESTION RECEIVED NO RPT NO SUPPORT.REF FOR DATES CHOSEN WAS HOWEVER JUSTIFIED ON GROUNDS OF SIMPLICITY AND CONVENIENCE. COUNCIL' WANTS TO KNOW WHAT FORCES ARE ACTUALLY OPERATIONAL IN ACE NOW WHICH MIGHT QUALIFY FOR INCLUSION IN A PARA6 FORCE. SIMPLEST ANSWER IS TO LIST THESE FORCES AS OF JANi.BUT IT WILL TAKE MONTHS OR YEARS FOR A NATO NUCLEAR FORCE TO DEVELOP IF GOVTS DECIDE TO PROCEED WITH IT.THEREFORE COUNCIL ALSO NEEDS TO KNOW WHAT FORCES WHICH MIGHT BE'AFFECTED ARE"TlKELY TO BECOMING INTO SERVICE IN NEXT FEW YEARS.MOST CONVENIENT FUTURE DATE'FOR PURPOSES CF DISCUSSION IS U 'END-66.THIS MARKS'END OF"CURRENT NATO PLANNING PERIOD.DELS,SECRETARIAT AND:MILITARY AUTHORITIES ARE ALREADY USED TO DEALING WITHV'PLANNING FIGURES FOR END-66 AS A RESULT OF TRIENNIAL JSVIEW PROCESS AND OTHER NATO PLANNING EXERCISES. " c . <L �; („•_•, ; • • ' I • i . I ! < • » * PAGE TWCT532"~~" "^' 3.SECOND MTG OF WKING GP REVEALED THAT SHAPE INTENDS TO INCLUDE IN ITS PART OF INVENTORY ONLY FORCES ACTUALLY OPERATIONAL AT JANlfN.OT •{ RPT NOT.THOSE COMING INTO SERVICE AT THAT DATE.SINCE ONLY ONE SQN OF AIRDIV WAS IN EUROPE ON JAN1,AND IT WAS NOT RPT NOT FULLY OPERATIONAL,NO RPT NO ENTRY COVERING AIRDIV WILL APPEAR IN THIS FIRST PART OF SHAPES INVENTORY.THUS OUR OPPORTUNITY TO ENSURE "•: THAT AIRDIV IS INCLUDED IN THE FORM WE THINK BEST WILL COME THROUGH FILLING OUT OF END-66 PORTION OF INVENTORY.AFTER DISCUSSING DRAFT WITH SHAPE,WE ARE FORWARDING BY TODAYS BAG COPIES CF OUR SUGGESTION FOR COMPLETED QUESTIONNAIRE APPROPRIATELY CLASSIFIED,FOR COMMENTS AND APPROVAL. 4,THERE IS OBVIOUS IMPORTANCE IN THE COMMENT WE MAKE UNDER THE HEADING. QUOTE F-OBSERVATIONS UNQUOTE.WITH NO RPT NO CDN FORCES INCLUDED IN THE JAN1 SECTION OF INVENTORY,AN UNQUALIFIED ENTRY FOR END-66 MIGHT CREATE MISLEADING IMPRESSION THAT CF104S WERE NOT RPT NOT COMING INTO SERVICE UNTIL END OF PERIOD UMDER CONSIDERATION. THEREFORE WE WOULD SUGGEST SOME SUITABLE COMMENT,PERHAPS IN THE FORM CF A: TIMETABLE FOR OPERATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS OF SQNS,TO INDICATE THAT POSSIBLE APPLICATION OF PARAS OF NASSAU AGREEMENT TO CF104S IS A QUESTION FOR 1963 AND 1964,NOT RPT NOT 1965 AND 1966.IF YOU AGREE, PLEASE INDICATE COMMENTS YOU WISH TO SEE INCLUDED UNDER THIS HEADING. 5. WE ARE ALSO SENDING A DRAFT COMPLETED QUESTIONNAIRE FOR THE HONEST JOHN UNIT.WE EXPECT,OF COURSE,THAT WEAPONS OF THIS TYPE WILL AT 1 SOME FAIRLY EARLY STAGE BE EXCLUDED FROM FURTHER CONSIDERATION BY COUNCIL ON THE WIDELY ACCEPTED ARGUMENT THAT PARA6 CANNOT RPT NOT REASONABLY BE EXTENDED TO INCLUDE SHORT RANGE BATTLEFIELD WEAPONS. AS MATTERS STAND HOWEVER, WE HAVE TO SUBMIT A RETURN FOR HONEST JOHNS. 6.INCIDENTALLY THE HONEST JOHN UNIT I S NOT RPT NOT INCLUDED BY SHAPE IN THE L I S T . O F THOSE FORCES AVAILABLE AT END-62 BECAUSE, SINCE THEY DO NOT RPT NOT HAVE WARHEADS AND ARE NOT RPT NOT CON6 • C W 000379 �PAGE THREE 532 SIDERED BY SHAPE OPERATIONALLY EFFECTIVE* 7.WE SHOULD EMPHASIZE THAT THERE HAS STILL BEEN NO RPT NO DECISION CN THE FORM OF WKING GPS REPORT TO COUNCIL.WHATEVER ITS FORM,THE REPORT WILL REPRESENT NO RPT NO MORE THAN A STOCKTAKING EXERCISE. FOR PURPOSES OF FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION.SINCE IT WILL INCLUDE REFS TO FUTURE FORVES, IT WILL INEVITABLY CONTAIN ELEMENTS OF UNCERTAINTY ABOUT FUTURE DEFENCE PLANS IN A NUMBER OF NATO COUNTRIES. FURTHERMORE,IT CONSTITUTES NEITHER A COMMITMENT TO A NATO NUCLEAR FORCE NOR A PREJUDGEMENT OF THE FORM OF THE FORCEjTHESE ARE ALL MATTERS FOR GOVTS AND FOR FUTURE COUNCIL DISCUSSION IN WHICH WE WILL BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE TO FULL EXTENT OF YOUR INSTRUCTIONS. v. � 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 CDNW03454 Title A name given to the resource CDNW03454 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). 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