https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/a2d8cf04157125a8c424603e09c24738.pdf d1d966f949408fa775410f2f7aa179a4 PDF Text Text -S-vf> fbxtf-w. fjfeifts. 5 " FM EMBPARIS APR30/63 SECRET TO EXTERNAL 436 OPIMMED j *T' v^ci 5 ' XX\ 1 v-A » .i ! - _! S INFO NATOPARIS LDN WASHDC BONN ROME CCOS/ 1 10 1 NATO DEFENCE PLANNING WE HAD A TALK WITH DE LA GRANDVILLECQUAI DORSAY)TODAY WITH'PARTICULAR REF TO SECGENS REPORT ON NATO DEFENCE PLANNING AND IANF PROPOSAL. HE TOLD US THAT FRENCH POSITION I S TO BE DECIDED AT A MTG OF CABINET DEFENCE CTTEE PRESIDED BY GEN DE GAULLE ON MAY2,0N BASIS OF A RECOMMENDATION BY COUVE DE MURVILLE. 2oACC0RDING TO DE LA GRANDVILLE GENERAL FRENCH LINE CAS ALREADY INTIMATED IN PRESS HERE) IS THAT PLANS NOW APPROVED BY SACEUR AND AMERICANS DO NOT RPT NOT REALLY CHANGE ANYTHING ;THEY ARE SENSIBLE FROM A MILITARY POINT OF VIEW BUT SHOULD NOT RPT NOT BE EXPLOITED FOR POLITICAL PURPOSES.IT IS THEREFORE RECOMMENDED THAT,PROVIDED NO RPT NO ATTEMPT IS MADE TO MISREPRESENT IANF TO PUBLIC AS CREATING SOMETHING NEW AND SEPARATE OR AS CHANGING SACEURS ROLE,FRANCE HAS NO RPT NO REASON NOT RPT NOT TO GO ALONG WITH IDEA, 3.DE LA GRANDVILLE POINTED OUT THAT FRENCH MISGIVINGS HAD BEEN AROUSED BY BRIT EFFORTS TO ADVERTISE PARA6 OF NASSAU AGREEMENT AS OFFERING NEW MACHINERY FOR POLICY MAKING AND SHARING OF COMMAND. SINCE THEN HE THOUGHT ORIGINAL BRIT CONCEPTION HAD BEEN BROUGHT DOWN TO EARTH BY AMERICANS,SACEUR IN PARTICULAR BEING CONCERNED TO RESTRICT HIS MISSION TO FIGHTING THE QUOTE BATTLE OF EUROPE UNQUOTE CAS OPPOSED TO ATTACKING STRATEGIC TARGETS IN USSR) .SACEURS TARGETTING SCHEDULES, WHICH ALREADY CALL FOR EMPLOYMENT OF ALL AVAILABLE NUCLEAR FORCESC INCLUDING PRESUMABLY V B0M3ER FORCE) IN FIRST 24 HOURS AGAINST SOVIET ADVANCE IN CENTRALEUROPECIE AGAINST TARGETS IN THE SOVIET SATELLITES)WOULD NOT RPT NOT BE CHANGED.NOR RPT NOR WOULD THERE BE ANY NEED FOR REORGANIZATION OF SACEURS CHAIN OF COMMAND AS A RESULT OF ASSIGNMENT TO HIM OF V BOMBER FORCE ... 2 000869 �PAGE TWO 436 AND CREATION OF NUCLEAR STRIKE RECONNAISSANCE SQUADRONS. 4«AS AT PRESENT ENVISAGED DE LA GRANDVILLE SAW TWO ADMITTED ADVANTAGES IN IANF ARRANGEMENTS:CA)NET INCREMENT OF QUOTE REACH UNQUOTE SECURED BY ASSIGNMENT OF WHOLE V BOMBER AND SUBSTITUTION OF POLARIS ARMED SUBMARINES FOR JUPITERSjANDCB) INCREASE IN KNOWLEDGE FOR EUROPEAN MEMBERS OF NUCLEAR STRIKE PLANS,BUT ONLY AS REGARDS ACE. ON OTHER HAND HE SAW TWO POTENTIAL DISADVANTAGES AGAINST WHICH FRENCH WOULD WISH TO GUARDsCA)ANY TENDENCY TO CREATE A DIV BETWEEN USE OF NUCLEAR AND CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS IN ACE COMMAND OR POLICY; ANDCB)BY SAME TOKEN,THE DANGER THAT RUSSIANS MIGHT BE ENCOURAGED TO ADVANCE THEIR IDEAS OF NUCLEAR DISENGAGEMENT IN CENTRALEUROPE. 5.WE TAKE IT FROM WHAT DE LA GRANDVILLE TOLD US THAT PRECISE FRENCH POLICY TOWARD SECGENS REPORT AND OTT MTG WILL NOT RPT NOT BE DECIDED UNTIL THUR.WE WOULD GUESS HOWEVER THAT, IF COUVES RECOMMENDATION I S ACCEPTED, FRENCH EFFORTS WILL BE DIRECTED PRIMARILY AT 03TAINING AGREEMENT OF OTHER NATO MEMBERS ON WHAT SHOULD AND WHAT SHOULD NOT RPT NOT BE SAID ON THIS SUBJECT IN OTT COMMUNIQUE. 000870 � 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 CDNW03584 Title A name given to the resource CDNW03584 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 8-2, 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