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OF 12 DS31/457 FM WASHDC D E C ! 8 / 5 7 TOPSEC CDN EYES ONLY TO EXTERNAL 2 6 7 0 PRIORITY ATOMIC ENERGY CONSULTATIONS JOHN ROPER OF THE BRITISH EMBASSY HAS NOW GIVEN US COPY OF THE STATEMENT MADE BY SIR RICHARD POWELL TO WHICH REF WAS MADE IN OUR TEL 2 5 5 4 DEC3.ROPER SAID THAT THE STATEMENT HAD BEEN EDITED IN ORDER TO ELIMINATE CERTAIN REFS BEARING ONLY ON THE NUCLEAR FIELD SINCE THIS MIGHT CAUSE SOME DIFFICULTIES WITH THE AMERICANS BECAUSE OF THEIR INTERPRETATION OF WHAT CAN OR CANNOT BE SAID TO THIRD PARTIES.ESSENTIALLY,HOWEVER,THE STATEMENT,AS GIVEN TO US,REPRESENTS WHAT WAS SAID BY SIR RICHARD POWELL ON N0V25 IN HIS MEETINGS WITH QUARLES.THE TEXT OF THE STATEMENT AS GIVEN TO US BY ROPER I S CONTAINED IN OUR TEL 2 6 7 1 . 2.BEF0RE MAKING ONE OR TWO COMMENTS ON DETAILS OF THE PAPER,ROPER AT OUR REQUEST OUTLINED SOMETHING OF THE BACKGROUND OF THE RECENT TRIPARTITE DISCUSSIONS TO WHICH WE WERE INVITED BY THE STATE DEPT MEMO OF N0V27.ROPER SAID THAT THE QUESTION OF THE INCLUSION OF CANADA IN THE TALKS WHICH HAVE RECENTLY TAKEN PLACE WAS NOT DISCUSSED BETWEEN THE PRIME MINISTER AND THE PRESIDENT,BUT WAS FOLLOWED UP IMMEDIATELY AFTER THIS MEETING AS A LOGICAL CONSEUQENCE OF IMPLEMENTING THE IDEA OF INTERDEPENDENCE BY RECOGNIZING THE PARTICULARLY CLOSE WORKING ARRANGEMENTS WHICH HAD EXISTED AND WHICH SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE DEVELOPED BETWEEN THESE THREE COUNTRIESoAPPROVAL FOR THE INVITATION TO CANADA WAS OBTAINED FROM THE UK AUTHORITIES BY THE BRITISH EMBASSY HERE,AND THE UK GOVT'S FAVOURABLE ATTITUDE WAS RECORDED IN THE STATE DEPT SUBMISSION WHICH PROPOSED THAT WE SHOULD BE APPROACHED<SEE MY TEL 2 5 2 7 N0V27).ROPER EMPHASIZED THAT THERE WAS A COMMON RECOGNITION ON THE PART OF BOTH THE UK AND USA AUTHORITIES THAT ACTION SHOULD BE TAKEN TO BRING CANADA IN TO THE EXTENT POSSIBLE IN THESE TECHNICAL DEFENCE DISCUSSIONS. 3 . I T WILL BE RECALLED THAT IN THE COURSE OF THE MEETING BETWEEN THE PRIME MINISTER AND THE PRESIDENT TWO GROUPS WERE SET UP UNDER POWELL AND QUARLES AND UNDER PLOWDEN AND STRAUSS TO SEEK TO MAP OUT POSSIBLE AREAS OF COOPERATION IN THE FIELDS OF NUCLEAR ENERGY AND DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT AS A BASIS FOR THE MORE DETAILED 000592 • e .2 f �PAGE TWO 2 S 7 0 / WORK OF THE TECHNICAL GROUPS AND SUBCOMMITTEES WHICH LATER MET "^~ J HERE ON DEC3.ROPER EMPHASIZED THAT THE WORK OF THESE TWO GROUPS^* WAS MAINLY CONCERNED,AS THE STATEMENT BY SIR RICHARD POWELL INDICATES, WITH LISTING THE HIGH PRIORITY CATEGORIES OF COOPERATION AND INDICATING THE PRINCIPAL FIELDS REQUIRING A DETAILED EXAMINATION,HE EXPECTED THAT FOLLOWING THE CONCLUSION OF THE FIRST ROUND OF SUBCOMMITTEE TALKS THERE MIGHT BE SOME FURTHER DISCUSSION IN PARIS OUTSIDE THE FRAMEWORK OF THE NATO MEETING ON FUTURE S T E P S . 4 .YOU WILL FIND THE POWELL STATEMENT A USEFUL OUTLINE AND BACKGROUND OF THE WORK OF THE TECHNICAL COMMITTEE AND THE CONSTITUENT SUB COMMITTEES WHICH HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED.WITH REGARD TO PARA 1 0 , ROPER SAID THAT THE FIGURE OF 7 , 0 0 0 MENTIONED RELATES ONLY TO SCIENTISTS IN THE UK WORKING ON THE NUCLEAR WEAPONS SIDE.HE ATTACHED PARTICULAR IMPORTANCE TO PARA 11,AND TO ITS EMPHASIS ON THE UK VIEW THAT THERE MUST BE A BALANCING OF ANY ADDITIONAL EXPENDITURES INCURRED BY THE UK IN THE USA FOR THE ACQUISITION OF CERTAIN NUCLEAR WEAPONS BY RECIPROCAL ARRANGEMENTS ON THE PART OF THE USA FOR THE ACQUIRING OF EQUIPMENT FROM THE UK.IN REPLY TO OUR QUESTION CONCERNING THE SECOND PART OF THIS PARA AS TO HOW SUCH BIPARTITE OR TRIPARTITE ARRANGEMENTS MIGHT BE FITTED INTO ANY WIDER NATO ARRANGEMENTS,WE WERE GIVEN THE IMPRESSION THAT THIS ASPECT HAS NOT YET BEEN GIVEN DETAILED THOUGHT.THE USA AUTHORITIES,ACCORDING TO ROPER,ARE ANXIOUS TO EXPLORE THESE MATTERS,FIRST WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE TRIPARTITE TECHNICAL COMMITTEES ENVISAGED,BEFORE EMBARKING ON THE MORE DIFFICULT TASK OF DEVELOPING COOPERATIVE ARRANGEMENTS ON A WIDER B A S I S . 4.FINALLY,ROPER DREW ATTENTION TO PARA 14 OF THE STATEMENT WHICH REFERS TO RECOGNITION OF THE NEED FOR CONTINUING MACHINERY TO STEER THE EXECUTION OF THE"POLICY OF INTERDEPENDENCE"^ THESE FIELDS.YOU WILL NOTE THAT THE UK SUGGESTION I S THAT THERE SHOULD BE A MINISTERIAL GROUP CONSISTING ON THE USA SIDE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE,THE SECRETARY OF DEFENCE,AND THE CHAIRMAN OF THE ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION,AND ON THE BRITISH SIDE OF THE FOREIGN SECRETARY, THE MINISTER OF DEFENCE,AND THE CHAIRMAN OF THE ATOMIC ENERGY AUTHORITY.IT WAS ADDED THAT SUITABLE ARRANGEMENTS FOR ALTERNATES WOULD NO DOUBT BE NEEDED. . e oJ �M & . T H R E E 2670 PROPER EMPHASIZED THAT IN FACT THE UK POSITION IN THIS MATTER WAS FLEXIBLE,ALTHOUGH THEY ATTACHED IMPORTANCE IN ANY MINISTERIAL GROUP WHICH MIGHT BE FORMED TO HAVING THE USA SECRETARY OF STATE PARTICIPATE.USA VIEWS WERE NOT YET FIRMjAND THERE HAS BEEN SOME DISPOSITION HERE,WE GATHER,TO FAVOUR THE RECONSTITUTION OF THE FORMER COMBINED POLICY COMMITTEE,OR A SIMILAR BODY,POSSIBLY UNDER SOME NEW NAME. NO FINAL DECISIONS,HOWEVER,HAVE BEEN TAKEN,AND DISCUSSIONS ARE CONTINUING ON THE FORM OF SUCH A MINISTERIAL STEERING GROUP.ROPER ASKED THAT WE SHOULD NOT,REPEAT NOT,FOR THE PRESENT RAISE WITH THE AMERICANS THIS POINT IN POWELL'S STATEMENT OF THE NATURE OF CONTINUING MACHINERY FOR THE PRESENT TIME. 6.ON THE NUCLEAR TALKS IN WHICH ONLY THE USA AND UK REPS PARTICIPATED,ROPER INDICATED THAT CONSIDERABLE PROGRESS HAD BEEN MADE,AND THAT IT HAD FINALLY PROVED POSSIBLE TO SEND FORWARD AN AGREED REPORT.THE REAL DIFFICULTY WHICH CANNOT BE OVERCOME UNTIL THE PRESENT AMERICAN LEGISLATION IS REVISED IS THAT THE EXCHANGE OF INFO AND VIEWS THUS FAR HAS TENDED TO COVER COMMON DEVELOPMENTAL AREAS IN WHICH BOTH GOVTS ARE NOW WORKING RATHER THAN THE MORE IMPORTANT PROBLEM,FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF RATIONALIZATION OF EFFORT,OF MAPPING OUT AND ASSIGNING RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE AREAS IN WHICH ONE GOVT OR THE OTHER MAY HOLD A SUBSTANTIAL LEAD.FIRST AND IMPORTANT STEPS HAVE BEEN TAKEN,HOWEVER,AND THE UK AUTHORITIES ARE HOPEFUL THAT IN VIEW OF THE VAST EXPENDITURES WHICH THEY BELIEVE WILL BE REQUIRED IN THE NUCLEAR WEAPONS FIELD A VALID DIVISION OF LABOUR WILL IN FACT BE DEVELOPED ROBERTSON � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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