https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/e9eda48629a752bec8e09b46b068d7b8.pdf 702d704c7414c52207b7d6b5f8fce8e2 PDF Text Text COPY«,U<»0OF 12 DST7'45S MjfASHDC DEC 18/57 TOPSEC CDN EYES ONLY lO EXTERNAL 2671 PRIORITY REF OUR TEL 2670 DEC 18 ATOMIC ENERGY CONSULTATIONS FOLLOWING IS THE TEXT OF THE STATEMENT BY SIR RICHARD POWELL, DATED N0V25,REFERRED TO IN OUR REF TEL.BEGINSS STATEMENT BY SIR RICHARD POWELL THE UK REGARD THE PRESENT DISCUSSIONS AS PAVING THE WAY FOR THE MEETING OF THE TECHNICAL COMMITTEE WHICH IS DUE ON DEC3. 2oTHE PRINCIPLES WHICH THE UK CONSIDERS SHOULD BE APPLIED TO FUTURE COOPERATION WITH THE USA IN THE FIELDS OF NUCLEAR ENERGY AND DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ARE 3CI)DIVISION OF LABOUR CIINATIONALIZATION OF EFFORT CIIDAVOIDANCE OF DUPLICATION 3.AS WAS AGREED DURING THE MEETING OF THE PRESIDENT AND THE PRIME MINISTER5EXCHANGE OF INFO IS NOT SUFFICIENTjWHAT IS NEEDED IS AN. ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES AND EFFORTS^EXTENDING TO SPECIFIC PROJECTS, 4.BASIC RESEARCH SHOULD,HOWEVER,CONTINUE INDEPENDENTLY IN BOTH COUNTRIES,WITH THE FULLEST POSSIBLE EXCHANGE OF INFO BETWEEN THEM* 50IN THE WORLD OF TODAY COOPERATION ON NUCLEAR WEAPONS AND DEFENCE AGAINST THEM IS THE HEART OF THE PROBLEM.THE UK RECOGNISES THAT ANY PLANNING ON THESE SUBJECTS MUST BE CONTINGENT UPON THE APPRO" PRIATE AMENDMENT OF THE USA ATOMIC ENERGY ACT. 6.THE PURPOSE OF THE MEETING OF THE TECHNICAL COMMITTEE WILL BE THE*BLU£PRINTING*OF AREAS AND TYPES OF COOPERATIONeWHAT THE UK HOPES FOR IS COOPERATION RIGHT ACROSS THE BOARD FOR THE WHOLE FIELD OF DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT*THE FIELD IS,HOWEVER, SO VAST THAT IT MUST BE BROKEN DOWN INTO SEPARATE AREAS8THE UK HAS THEREFORE PRODUCED SUGGESTIONS FOR DIVIDING THE WORK OF THE TECHNICAL COMMITTEE INTO SEPARATE CATEGORIES, 79THE CATEGORIES WHICH THE UK WOULD REGARD AS OF THE HIGHEST PRIORITY ARESCI)ATOMIC WARHEADS AND THE USE OF FISSILE MATERIAL FOR THEM. CIDBALLISTIC MISSILES* CIIDDEFENCE AGAINST BALLISTIC MISSILES. CIV)NUCLEAR PROPULSION FOR MILITARY PURPOSES,, CV)USE OF TESTING FACILITIESCIF THE USA ARE INTERESTED IN THIS). a • »2 �PAGE TWO 2671 yT 86AS A SUBSIDIARY LIST WHICH THE UK WOULD HOPE THAT THE TECHNICAL COMMITTEE COULD COVER IN GENERAL TERMS DURING ITS FORTHCOMING MEETING THE UK WOULD SUGGEST THE FOLLOWING:CI)ANTISUBMARINE DETECTION. (II)ANTISUBMARINE WEAPONS. £ III)AIRCRAFT AND AERO ENGINES. (IV)GROUND TO AIR GUIDED MISSILES. CV)A7.R TO GROUND GUIDED MISSILES. CVDAIR TO AIR GUIDED MISSILES. CVII'iBIOLOGICAL WARFARE* CVIIDCHECMICAL WARFARE. iIX)INFRA RED RESEARCH. <X)THERMIONIC TUBE RESEARCH. 9.IN APPLYING THE PRINCIPLE OF DIVISION OF LABOUR,THE UK WOULD STRESS THAT FOR POLITICAL AND PRACTICAL REASONS,IT WOULD BE ESSENTIAL THAT A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF IMPORTANT WORK SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE DONE IN GREAT BRITAIN. lOcIN THE NUCLEAR FIELD,THE UK WOULD NOT CLAIM TO BE TECHNICALLY IN ADVANCE OF THE USA.WHAT THE UK HAS TO OFFER IS A STAFF OF ABOUT 7,OOO,INCLUDING SOME HUNDREDS OF THE HIGHEST QUALITY SCIENTIFIC GRADUATES,AND UP TO DATE FACILITIES.THE UK WOULD SUGGEST THAT THIS STAFF AND THESE FACILITIES SHOULD BE USED TO THE COMMON ADVANTAGE BY EMPLOYMENT ON PROJECTS TO BE AGREED BETWEEN THE UK AND THE USA. li.THE APPLICATION OF THE POLICY OF INTERDEPENDENCE WILL RAISE CERTAIN FINANCIAL ISSUES.THE ADOPTION OF THE POLICY WILL MAKE IT NECESSARY FOR THE UK TO RELY MORE THAN IT HAS DONE IN THE PAST ON THE ACQUISITION OF COMPLETE WEAPONS AND COMPONENTS FROM THE USA.TO BALANCE THIS ADDITIONAL EXPENDITURE,THE UK BELIEVES THAT IT WILL BE NECESSARY FOR THE USA TO ACQUIRE EQUIPMENT FROM GREAT BRITIAN.SUCH ARRANGEMENTS BETWEEN THE UK AND THE USA MIGHT NEED FITTING IN TO WIDER ARRANGEMENTS WITH THE CONTINENT OF EUROPE. THE UK HOPES THAT ANGLO/AMERICAN COOPERATION WILL FORM THE CORE OF THESE WIDER ARRANGEMENTS,SO THAT IT MAY BE CLEAR THAT 000596 �PAGE THREE 2671 ANGLO/AMERICAN COOPERATION IS NOT EXCLUSIVE BUT DESIGNED FOR THE BETTER SERVICE OF THE FREE WORLD AS A WHOLE. 12.FULL COOPERATION BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES WILL REQUIRE THE DEVELOPMENT AND FURTHER STUDY OF LICENSING ARRANGEMENTS AND THE HANDLING OF PROPRIETARY INFO.SOME DEVELOPMENT OF FIRM TO FIRM LINKS WILL NO DOUBT BE REQUIRED TO MEET THIS, 1380N THE QUESTION OF MACHINERY,THE UK BELIEVES THAT THE TECHNICAL COMMITTEE SHOULD BLUEPRINT THE AREAS AND TYPES OF COOPERATION IN GENERAL TERMS,SO THAT THEIR WORK MAY BE FOLLOWED UP BY THE ESTABLISHMENT OF SPECIALIST WORKING GROUPS IN PARTICULAR FIELDS OF COOPERATION.THE UK WOULD ASSUME THAT IN THESE GROUPS REPS OF THE USA AND BRITISH SERVICES WOULD BE INCLUDED,IN VIEW OF THEIR INTEREST IN THE FORMULATION OF OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS, AND IN THE PROGRESSING OF DEFENCE RESEARCH AND* DEVELOPMENT, 14.S0ME CONTINUING INFORMAL MACHINERY WILL BE NEEDED TO STEER THE EXECUTION OF THE POLICY OF INTERDEPENDENCE AND COOPERATION IN THE FIELDS OF NUCLEAR ENERGY AND DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENTS THE MINISTERIAL LEVEL IT MIGHT BE APPROPRIATE TO HAVE A 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.SUITABLE ARRANGEMENTS FOR ALTERNATES WOULD NO DOUBT BE NEEDED.THERE MIGHT ALSO HAVE TO BE A SENIOR GROUP OF OFFICIALS TO SUPERVISE GROUPS OF EXPERTS IN PARTICULAR FIELDS OF ACTIVITY WHO WOULD MAINTAIN THE DAY TO DAY COOPERATION. 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