https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/0fe35effbf70c3001d681e4bbb7771a8.pdf 202b2067eb1008b26eff090ab2ba3e4e PDF Text Text KS 55 i <$&•. '••% ywvl^^ FM NATOPARIS APR4/63 SECRET CDN EYES ONLY TO EXTERNAL 7 6 4 PRIORITY INFO CCOS LDN WASHDC EMBPARIS ROME BONN t REF MYTEL 745 APR3 NATO DEFENCE PLANNING-SECGENS LET TO SACEUR ABOUT IANF FOLLOWING FRENCH INTERVENTION ABOUT SECGENS LET TO SACEUR ON IANF REPORTED IN MY REFTEL,SECGEN HAS BEEN CONDUCTING A S E R I E S - | f BILATERAL TALKS WITH PERMREPS TO INDICATE COURSE OF ACTION HE PROPOSES TO FOLLOW ON IANF IN 'PREPARATION'FOR OTT MT6PWITH A,. VIEW TO OBTAINING'GOVTL REACTIONS TO HIS. PROPOSALS AS SOON AS POSSIBLEi ' \. ... 7 .: .,.-.• 2.IN THIS PROCESS OF CONSULTATIONS HE; SETa.OUT,VIEWS REPORTED "IN THIS TEL TO ME ON A PERSONAL BASIS WITH REQUEST THAT I GIVE HIM SOME REACTION AS .SOON AS POSSIBLE,' •;.- - 3,HE FIRST OF ALL TOLD ME THAT,HE HAD BEEN WARNED BY SEYDOUX,THAT HE WAS UNDER INSTRUCTION TO MAKE THIS STATEMENT AS A RESULT OF AN INTERVIEW WHICH SEYDOUX HAD HAD. WITH,COUVE DE- MURVILLE .SECGEN SAID SEYDOUXS UNDERSTANDING WAS THAT INSTRUCTIONS HAD NOT RPT NOT; COME FROM PRESIDENT DE GAULLE BUT THAT COUVE DE-MURVILLE HAD BECOME AWARE OF RATHER AMBIGUOUS LINE THAT SEYDOUX WAS FOLLOWING IN COUNCIL AND HAD SUMMONED HIM TO WHAT WAS DESCRIBED AS A RATHER DIFFICULT INTERVIEW .FULL. IMPLICATIONS OF FRENCH ATTITUDE WERE OF COURSE FAR FROM CLEAR TO SECGEN,BUT STATEMENT,DICTATED ASjIT WAS BY COUVE <_ DE MURVILLE,WAS A CLEAR WARNING THAT FRENCH COOPERATION IN COUNCIL DISCUSSIONS ON IANF AND. ULTIMATE CONCURRENCE^IN ESTABLISHMENT OF AN IANF COULD NOT RPT NOT BE TAKEN FOR GRANTED. 4,SECGEN ALSO FELT IT WAS UNDESIRABLE TO ALLOW ISSUE OF IANF TO BE HANDLED IN. SUCH WAY. THAT IT PRODUCED A SUDDEN DISPLAY OF DISSENT ON: PART OF FRENCH AT OTT.HE WAS THEREFORE THINKING OF PREPARING A REPORT TO MINISTERS WHICHWOULD CONSTITUTE AN APPRAISAL OF DEFENCE PROBLEMS OF ALLIANCE RATHER ALONG LINE OF REPORT WHICH HE HAD SUBMITTED IN ATHENS IN DEALING WITH GUIDELINES ON USE . • .2 000646 �1) PAGE TWO 7 6 4 OF NUCLEAR WEAPGNS.THIS REPORT WOULD BE SUBMITTED TO PERMREPS ' BEFORE OTT MTG AND WOULD THEREBY REVEAL WHAT BASIS OF AGREEMENT COULD BE ESTABLISHED, 5.SUBSTANCE OF REPORT WOULD INCLUDE AN APPRECIATION THAT SO FAR AS MULTILATERAL FORCE WAS CONCERNED,DISCUSSIONS HAD NOT-RPT NOT . PROGRESSED TO POINT WHERE ANY DECISIONS COULD BE MADE. • ' 6.AS REGARDS IANF,REPORT WOULD SAY THAT SOME GOVTS HAD THOUGHT THAT A USEFUL FIRST STEP TOWARDS A MULTILATERAL SOLUTION OF CONTROL OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS MIGHT BE TAKEN ALONG FOLLOWING LINES: BY A)ASSIGNING SUCH NUCLEAR CAPABLE SYSTEMS AS WERE OPERATIONAL ' TO AN IANFSB)ACCEPTING THAT RESPONSIBILITY FOR COMMAND OF SUCH FORCES WOULD BE UNDER A DEPUTY SACEUR—COMMAND BEING ROTATED AMONG PARTICIPATING COUNTRIES—NOT RPT NOT HELD EITHER BY USA. OR UK AS PREVIOUSLY SUGGESTED iOMAKING SPECIAL ARRANGEMENTS WHEREBY PARTICIPATING GOVTS WOULD BE GIVEN FULLEST POSSIBLE INFO ON PLANNING, TARGETTING AND INTELLIGENCE COVERING MISSIONS OF NUCLEAR-CAPABLE SYSTEMS ASSIGNED TO FORCE. •' - - 7.SECGEN NOTED THAT IN PRESENT CIRCUMSTANCES,WITH UNCERTAINTY GOVERNING FRENCH POSITION ON ONE HAND AND PROSPECTS OF USA PROPOSALS FOR A MULTILATERAL FORCE ON OTHER,IT WAS NOT RPT NOT POSSIBLE IN HIS VIEW TO MAKE PROGRESS ON A CONTROL BODY.IN HIS JUDGMENT,CONTROL OF NUCLEAR FORCES FOR TIME BEING SHOULD REMAIN SUBJECT TO BILATERAL ARRANGEMENTS AGREED UPON BETWEEN RESPECTIVE MEMBER.GOVTS AND USA AND OPERATIONAL USE OF WEAPONS SHOULD BE GOVERNED BY ATHENS GUIDELINES ON UNDERSTANDING THAT IN SITUATIONS PERMITTING:PRIOR CONSULTATION ' IN SO-CALLED QUOTE GREY AREAS UNQUOTE,CONSULTATION. WOULD INVOLVE ALL MEMBERS OF NATO IN COUNCIL .THUS ACCORDING TO HIS PROPOSAL, COUNTRIES CONTRIBUTING FORCES TO IANF WOULD OBTAIN MORE DETAILED INFO ON PLANNING AND USE OF THEIR FORCES BUT FOR PRESENT, . . « «3 a �PAGE THREE 764 DECISION-MAKING MACHINERY WOULD REMAIN UNCHANGED. 8.HE WOULD INDICATE IN HIS REPORT THAT PROGRESS TOWARDS MULTILATERALISM IN NUCLEAR MATTERS WOULD HAVE TO 3E GRADUAL AS AGREEMENT WITHIN ALLIANCE WAS BUILT UP ON THIS VITAL ASPECT OF DEFENCE PLANNING,AND THAT ABOVE ARRANGEMENTS FOR IANF WOULD BE CONSIDERED ONLY AS A FIRST STEP. 9 , 1 GATHER FROM SECGEN THAT WHILE HE ALONE WOULD TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR SUCH A REPORT,HE HAS ALREADY CONSULTED USA AND UK AND LIMNITZER TO SOME EXTENT AND WILL BE CONSULTING OTHER MEMBERS OF ALLIANCE ON A BILATERAL BASIS.HE WOULD THEREFORE LIKE TO GET RESPONSES BILATERALLY. 10.AS TO ACTION AT OTT MTG,SECGEN WOULD PROPOSE THAT MINISTERS S I M a Y NOTE REPORT WHICH OF COURSE THEY WILL HAVE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY BEFORE MTG TO COMMENT ON .THUS REPORT WOULD PROVIDE BASIS FOR FURTHER MINISTERIAL COMMENT AT MTG AND PERM COUNCIL WOULD CONTINUE DEFENCE PLANNING IN LIGHT OF COMMENTS MADE. 11.SECGEN WAS NOT RPT NOT SPEAKING FROM ANY PAPER AND I GOT IMPRESSION THAT HE HAS NOT RPT NOT YET DRAFTED ABOVE THOUGHTS,,I SHOULD APPRECIATE YOUR REACTIONS AND COMMENTS ON ANY ASPECTS OF SECGENS VIEWS IGNATIEFF � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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