https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/3a793f2aeff3f7a9fb774d54957a8a9e.pdf c0ed873bf202337feb99fe717ef7779d PDF Text Text :Z i FM WASHDC A P R 2 5 / 6 3 SECRET hX-M I Sovy-fiia-i- Vol TO EXTERNAL 1 1 9 8 OPIMMED INFO PERMISNY NATOPARIS EMBPARIS LDN BONN BRU ROME PRIORITY 1 HAGUE DISARMDELGVE TT CCOS OTT FM OTT V BAG COPEN ATHENS OSLO LISBON ANKARA MOSCOW FM LDNR BAG BERLIN FM BONN 1 NATO MULTILATERAL FORCE f^Mf WHEN WE WERE SEEING HIM ON OTHER MATTERS APR24 WILLIS ARMSTRONG WHO HAS NOT RPT NOT PREVIOUSLY SPOKEN OFFICIALLY TO US ABOUT THE MLF EXPRESSED THE HOPE THAT CDN GOVT WOULD BE ABLE TO GIVE CONSIDERATION TO INVITING MERCHANT AND H I S TEAM TO V I S I T OTT. HE SAID THAT FROM ENQUIRIES HE HAD MADE IN THE STATE DEPT EARLIER ON APR24 HE HAD FOUND THAT THE FEELING WAS THAT TKE MLF WOULD IN FACT GET OFF THE GROUND.SOUNDINGS DURING THE PAST TWO OR THREE WEEKS HE SAID HAD INDICATED THAT THE GERMANS WOULD PROBABLY AGREE TO PARTICIPATE?THE BRIT DESPITE THEIR RELUCTANCE WOULD NOT RPT NOT IN THESE CIRCUMSTANCES WISH TO MISS THE BOAT ENTIRELYfTHE ITALIANS WERE LIKELY PARTICIPANTS AFTER THE ELECTIONS AND VARYING DEGREES OF INTEREST HAD BEEN EXPRESSED BY OTHER NATO MEMBERS WHOM MERCHANT HAD CONSULTED.IT WAS IMPORTANT IN USA VIEW THAT THE MLF SHOULD NOT RPT NOT BE PURELY A USA-GERMAN FORCE OR A USA-GERMAN UK FORCE.EVERY EFFORT WOULD BE PUT FORTH TO MAKE THE MLF AS GENUINELY MULTILATERAL AS POSSIBLE .THE MOTIVE AS WE KNEW WAS TO QUOTE MULTIL ATERAL I2E INDIVIDUAL NATIONAL IMPULSES UNQUOTE IN THE NUCLEAR FIELD AND PARTICULARLY IN GERMANY.SOME MEANS HAD TO BE FOUND TO KEEP GERMANY FROM LINKING UP EVENTUALLY WITH FRANCE IN NUCLEAR MATTERS.USA WAS NOT RPT NOT FOR OBVIOUS REASONS GIVING TOO MUCH EMPHASIS AT T H I S TIME TO FRUSTRATING UK DESIRE TO PRESERVE I T S NUCLEAR DETERRENT BUT T H I S OBJECTIVE WAS PART OF THE PICTURE. •».2 000934 �PAGE TWO 1198 USA ADMIN IN THESE CIRCUMSTANCES ATTACHED IMPORTANCE TO THE P O S S I B I LITY OF CDN PARTICIPATION.IN THEIR VIEW CDAS INCLUSION WOULD STRENGTHEN THE TRANS-ATLANTIC FOUNDATION OF THE FORCE AND MOREOVER CDA WAS WELL QUALIFIED TO PARTICIPATE IN A MULTILATERAL NAVAL ENTERPRISE.IT WAS HOPED TO BEGIN NEGOTIATIONS ON THE MLF AGREEMENT IN JUL AND WHILE THERE WAS A FULL UNDERSTANDING IN WASHDC OF THE NUMEROUS DEFENCE PROBLEMS CONFRONTING THE CDN GOVT ANY INDICATION OF INTEREST OR SUPPORT SUCH AS AN INVITATION TO MERCHANT WOULD BE WARMLY RECEIVED HERE.THE TIMING OF A VISIT BY MERCHANTS TEAM COULD OF COURSE* BE ADJUSTED TO MEET THE CDN GOVTS CONVENIENCE EITHER BEFORE OR AFTER THE NATO MTG.ARMSTRONG THOUGHT IT QUOTE QUITE CONCEIVABLE UNQUOTE THAT THIS WOULD BE AMONG THE SUBJECTS THE PRES M"lGHT RAISE WITH THE PM AT HYANNIS PORT. � 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 CDNW03618 Title A name given to the resource WashDC to External 1198 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 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 25-Apr-63