https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/50b45d6a606f43012d710de888766a04.pdf ded0336fcf15bdfcd5408f09dbf31091 PDF Text Text COPY NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL ORIGINAL; ENGLISH 10th March. 1955 NATO SECRET DOCUMENT ________ DRAFT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE PARTIES TO THE NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY FOR CO-OPERATION REGARDING ATOMIC INFORMATION Note by the Secretary General and Vice-Chalrman of.the Cpunc^l At its meeting on 2nd March, 1955, the Councils (1) adopted the attached Resolution (Annex A ) | (2) agreed to de-classify^ at a date to be decided later by the Council, the text of the draft Agreement between the Parties to the North Atlantic Treaty for Co-operation regarding Atomic Information (Annex B), and the text of the Resolution! (3) agreed that the Annex to the draft Agreement (Annex C) on the types of atomic information which might be transferred by the Government of the United States under the Agreement9 should remain SEGRETj (4) with regard to the timetable and procedure for the signature of the Agreement, agreeds (a) that each country would inform the Secretariat as soon as it was ready to sign under the terms of its constitutional requirements! (b) that it was a matter for each government to determine whether full powers would be required by its Permanent Representative for the act of signature,, (Signed) ISMAY Palais de C h a i l l o t , P a r i s , XVIe. C-R(55)8, Item IV 000037 �- 2 - NATO SECRET ANNEX A to __i____r RESOLUTION THE NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL NOTING that the Working Group, which was convened to consider the draft Agreement for Co-operation regarding Atomic Information, proposed by the United States to the other Parties to the North Atlantic Treaty, has now submitted an agreed text which is attached hereto, and WELCOMING the initiative of the United States in proposing the Agreement, APPROVES the draft text of the Agreement, and RECOMMENDS to member governments that they take action in accordance with their own national requirements with a view to the conclusion of the Agreement. 000038 �c 3 - .^ NATO SECRET ANNEX B t o C^MT55)ir DRAFT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE PARTIES TO THE NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY FOR CO-OPERATION REGARDING ATOMIC INFORMATION PREAMBLE The Parties to the North Atlantic Treaty, signed at Washington on 4th April, 1949, Recognising that their mutual security and defence requires that they be prepared to meet the contingencies of atomic warfare, and Recognising that" their common interests will be advanced by making available to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization information pertinent thereto, and Taking into consideration the United States Atomic Energy Act of 1954* which was prepared with these purposes in mind, Acting on their own behalf and on behalf of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, . Agree as follows* ARTICLE I 1. While the North Atlantic Treaty Organization continues to make substantial and material contributions to the. common defence efforts, the United States will from time to time make available to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, including its civil and military agencies and commands, atomic information which the Govern*ment of the United States of America deems necessary tot (a) the development of defence plansj (b) the training of personnel in the employment of and defence against atomic weapons} and (o); the evaluation of the capabilities of potential enemies in the employment of atomic weapons. 2. As used in this Agreement so far as concerns information provided by the United States, "atomic informationn means Restricted Data, as defined in Section 11 r of the United States Atomic Energy Act of 1954, which is permitted to be communicated pursuant to the provisions of Section 144 b of that Act, and information relating primarily to the military utilisation of atomic weapons which has been removed from the Restricted Data category in accordance with the provisions of Section 142 d of the United States Atomic Energy Act of 1954. . 3. All transfers by the Government of the United States of America of atomic information will be made in compliance with the provisions of the United States Atomic Energy Act of 1954, and subsequent applicable United'States legislation. Under this Agreement there will be no transfers of atomic weapons or special nuclear material, as these terms are defined in Section 11 d and Section 11 t of the United States Atomic Energy Act of 1954. (The sections of the United States Atomic Energy Act of 1954 referred to in paragraphs 2 and 3 of this Article are attached). 000039 �- 4 - NATO SECRET ANNEX B to C*-M(55)31 ARTICLE II 1. Atomic information which is transferred to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization will be made available through the channels now existing for providing classified military information to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. 2. Only those persons within the North Atlantic Treaty Organization whose duties require access to atomic information may be the original recipients of such information. Atomic information will be authorised for dissemination within the North Atlantic Treaty Organization only to persons whose North Atlantic Treaty Organization responsibilities require them to have access to such information. Information will not be transferred by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization to unauthorised persons or beyond the jurisdiction of that Organization. The Government of the United States of America may stipulate the degree to which any of the categories of information made available by it may be disseminated, may specify the categories of persons who may have access to such information, and may impose such other restrictions on the dissemination of information as it deems necessary. ARTICLE III 1. Atomic information will be accorded full security protection under applicable North Atlantic Treaty Organizations-, regulations and procedures, and where applicable, national legislation and regulations. In no case will recipients maintain security standards for the safeguarding of atomic information lower than those set forth in the pertinent North Atlantic Treaty Organization security regulations in effect on the date this Agreement comes into force. ARTICLE IV 1. Atomic information which is transferred by the Government of the United States of America pursuant to Articule I of this Agreement shall be used exclusively for the preparation of and in implementation of North Atlantic Treaty Organization defence plans. 2. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization will from time to time render reports to the Government of the United States of America of the use which has been made of the information. These reports will contain pertinent information requested by the Government of the United States of America and will in particular contain a list of the persons possessing certain categories of information, in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 2 of Articule II, and a list of the documents which have been transferred. ARTICLE V 1. The Parties to the North Atlantic Treaty,.other than the United States, will to the extent that they deem necessary, make available to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization informa*tion in the same categories as may be made available by the United States under Articule I of this Agreement. Any such information will be supplied on the same or similar conditions as those which apply under this Agreement with respect to the United States. �- 5 - NATO SECRET ANNEX B to (>M(55)31 ARTICLE VI 1. The Agreement shall enter into force upon notification to the United States by all Parties to the North Atlantic Treaty that they are bound by the terms of the Agreement. 2. If any other State becomes a Party to the North Atlantic Treaty no information made available to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization under this Agreement will be provided to any person who is a national of, or who is employed by, the new Party to the North Atlantic Treaty until the new Party has notified the Government of the United States of America that it is bound by the terms of this Agreement, and upon such notification, this Agreement will enter into force for the new Party. 3. The Government of the United States of America will inform.all Parties to the North Atlantic Treaty of the entry into force of this Agreement under paragraph 1 of this Article and"of" each notification received under paragraph 2 of this Article. 4. This Agreement shall be valid as long as the North Atlantic Treaty is in force. In witness whereof the undersigned Representatives have signed the present Agreement on behalf of their respective States, members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, and on behalf of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Done at Paris this day of 1955, in the i. English and French languages, both texts being equally authoritative, in a single original which shall be deposited in the archives of the Government of the United States of America. The Government of the United States of America shall transmit certified copies thereof to all the signatory and acceding States. For the Kingdom of Belgium: For Canada: For the Kingdom of Denmark* For Frances For the Kingdom of Greece:. For Iceland: For Italy:: For the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg: For the Kingdom of the Ifetherlands* For the Kingdom of Norway:, For Portugal:: For Turkey: For the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: For the United States of America: 000041 �- 6 - NATO SECRET ANNEX' C t o ~ ANNEX TO THE AGREEMENT It is agreed that the types of atomic information which may be transferred by the Government, of the United States of America pursuant to the provisions of Section 144 b of the United States Atomic Energy Act of 1954, under the Agreement for Co-operation regarding Atomic 'Information, of which this Annex is a part, will be limited to the following: 1. For planning purposes, general magnitude of the '• number of atomic weapons, by types, yields, and fuzing options, to be made available to North Atlantic Treaty Organization commands. 2. The extent to which there is interchangeability of nuclear components among the various types of weapons. 3. Effects to be expected from the detonation of nuclear weapons under the various conditions of bursts. 4. General description of basic safety features. 5. Weapons which can be carried by the different types of delivery vehicles. 6. To the extent that it will influence North Atlantic Treaty Organization planning, the estimated military results, in general terms, to be expected from the strategic air offensive. 7. Intelligence estimates of Soviet capabilities for .nuclear warfare. Nothing herein is designed to preclude the transfer through existing channels, of military information which does not come under the provisions of the United States Atomic Energy Act of 1954. For the Kingdom of Belgium: For Canada: For the Kingdom of Denmark: For France: For the Kingdom of Greece: For Iceland: For Italy: For the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg:. For the Kingdom of the Netherlands: For the Kingdom of Norway: For Portugal: For Turkey: For the United Kingdom of Great, Britain, and Northern. Ireland: For the Ubited States; of Americas 000042 L �\ - 7 - UNCLASSIFIED ANNEX D t o c-M(55)?i SECTIONS OF THE UNITED STATES ATOMIC ENERGY ACT OF 1954 REFERRED TO IN THE AGREEMENT FOR CO-OPERATION REGARDING ATOMIC INFORMATION Section 1 1 . DEFINITIONS S e c t i o n 11 d : "d. The terms 'atomic weapon* means any device utilising atomic energy exclusive of the means for transporting or propelling the device (where such means is a separable and divisible part of the device), the principal purpose of which is for use as or for development., of, a weapon, a weapon proto-type, a weapon test device." "Atomic weapons" Section 11 rt "r. The term 'Resticted Data1 means all data concerning: .(l) design, manufacture, or utilisation of atomic weapons; (2) the production of special nuclear material; <?r (3) the use of special nuclear material in the production of energy, but shall not include data de-classified or removed from the Restricted Data category pursuant to section 142." "Resticted Data" Section 11 t: "t. The term 'special nuclear material' means (l) plutonium, uranium enriched in the isotope 233 or in the isotope 235, and any other material which the Commission, pursuant to the provisions of section 51, determines to be special nuclear material, but does not include source material; or (2) any material artifically enriched by any of the foregoing, but does not include source material." Section 1A2. "Special nuclear material" CLASSIFICATION AND DECLASSIFICATION OF RESTRICTED DATA Section 142 ds "d. The Commission shall remove from the Restricted Data category such data as the Commission and the Department of Defense jointly determine relates primarily to the military utilisation of atomic weapons and which the Commission and Department of Defense jointly determine can be adequately safeguarded as defence information: provided, however, that no such data so removed from the Restricted Data category shall be transmitted or otherwise made available to any nation or regional defence organization, while such data remains defence information, except pursuant to,an agreement for co-operation entered into in accordance with sub-section 144 b.H Section 144. INTERNATIONAL CO-OPERATION Section 144 b. "b. The President j[c£ the United States of America/ may authorise the Department of Defense, with the assistance of the _Atomic Energ_7 �- 8 - UNCLASSIFIED ANNEX D to C-M(55)31 Commission to co-operate with another nation or \ri.th a regional defence organization to which the United States is a party, and to communicate to that nation or organization such Restricted Data as is necessary to: "(l) the development of defence plans j; "(2) the training of personnel in the employment of and defence against atomic weaponsj and "(3) the evaluation of the capabilities of potential enemies in the employment of atomic weapons* while such other nation or organization is participating with the United States pursuant to an international arrangement by substantial and material contributions to the mutual defence and security: Provided, however, That no such co-operation shall involve communication of Restricted Data relating to the design or fabrication of atomic weapons except with regard to external characteristics, including size, weight, and shape, yields and effects, and systems employed in the delivery or use thereof but not including, any data in these categories unless in the joint judgment of the _Atomic Energ_7 Commission and the Department of Defense such data will not reveal important information concerning the design or fabrication of the nuclear components of an atomic weapon:. And provided further, That the co-operation is undertaken pursuant to an agreement entered into in accordance with section 123." � 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 CDNW03987 Title A name given to the resource CDNW03987 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived "NATO Cooperation Regarding Nuclear Weapons And Missile Bases (IRBM)," RG24-B-1, vol 21468, file CSC 2108:1, part 1, Library and Archives Canada (LAC). 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