https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/d1b7262622666173778903a00890725b.pdf 2cb10f34b9a9280413e33e96a46c69cb PDF Text Text DEPARTMENT OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS, CANADA. NUMBERED.LETTER · ................• Security: •. TO: 'THE UNDER- SECRETARY OF STATE FOR . EXTERNAL AFFAIRS, OTTAWA, CANADA. t/!:A No: ••••••••••••••••.•••••••••••••••••••••.• THE CANADIAN AMBASSADOR, . FROM: ................................................. ·...... . BONN, GERMANY .· I I I I, I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I' I I I I I I I I I I I I t I I I 1- I I I I 1 I I I .. Date: .. Enclosures: ...... .. ................ . ... , . . . . . . . ... . . . . . I Air or Surface Mail: ... Reference; ...............••..... ·•.......•....................... . · Von Hassel's Views on NATO MultiSubJect: ................•..................................... t t t 1 t t I I I I lateral Nuclear I,·, Force I 1•1 I It I I I I I • • 1,1 I I I I I II t I It I I I I I I I I I I 1 I It. I I I I I I 11 ............. . . No: ....................•........ Jd-- 1-1 . . Post F1le Ottawa File No. I References During a conversation which I had on June 5 with · Krapf, Head of Political Division II in the Foreign Office, he made a of comments about the German attitude towards the MLF which perhaps warrant a brief report. . 2. Krapf said that from the outset von Hassel had · supported the United States pr?p?sal for a · nuclear·force 1 largely for pol1t1cal reasons. Krapf had been present 1n Washington 1n March this year when Admiral Ricketts had "briefed" von Hassel on the multilateral nuclear force and on the concept that this force might be contained in surface carriers. Von Hassel had been completely convinced by Admiral Ricketts' arguments in favour of surface carriers but shrewdly decided not to attempt to plead the case with his own service advisers and in particut / lar with his naval advisers who were strongly opposed to the concept. Instead he invited Admiral Ricketts to visit onn for this purpose with the result that the ·rsenior German . ilitary advisers had been completely won over, which, Krapf believed• might not have been the case if von Hassel had been the aavocate.. .· Internal Circulation Distribution to Posts NATO Paris E.ondon Hashington .. /' ;. . ."'-. j..Af' 000200 Ext.l82A (Rev.2/52) � 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 CDNW03755 Title A name given to the resource CDNW03755 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 9-2, 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