https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/124753495560f7b04efdc0ee93fbcd65.pdf 44c556e22aa373aa3df1bf4af01794fc PDF Text Text <*• Q r / i c FM WASHDC JUN3/59 RESTD JUN TO EXTERNAL 1345 OPIMMEDIATE INFO NATOPARIS 5 3 U7 P/"j9 •__ ' -£„*.?-/ '1- REF OURTEL 1344 JUN3 STORAGE OF ATOMIC WEAPONS ON THE FRENCH TERRITORY THE FOLLOWING I S THE TEXT OF AN ARTICLE BY JOHN NORRIS WHICH APPEARED IN YESTERDAY'SCJUN2)WASHDC POST ON THIS SUBJECTS TEXT BEGINS NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ALLIANCE NEGOTIATIONS OVER ESTABLISHMENT OF NUCLEAR-WARHEAD STOCKPILES IN FRANCE REPORTEDLY HAVE REACHED A STALEMATE. THE IMPASSE PRESENTS NATO CHIEFS WITH THE PROBLEM OF WHAT TO DO ABOUT AMERICAN WARPLANES NOW BASED IN FRANCE. PRESIDENT CHARLES DE GAULLE,IT I S UNDERSTOOD,HAS BEEN INSISTING ON AMERICAN ASSISTANCE IN GIVING FRANCE AN ATOMIC WEAPONS CAPABILITY. HE ALSO WANTS CUSTODY OF ANY NUCLEAR WARHEADS PROVIDED BY THE USA FOR USE BY FRENCH WARPLANES IN REPELLING AN ATTACK ON THE WESTERN ALLIANCE,THE AMERICAN GOVT HAS BEEN. UNWILLING TO ACCEPT EITHER DEMAND. THE STALEMATE CREATES THE QUESTIONS SHOULD THE USA LEAVE ITS FlOO FIGHTER-BOMBERS AT NATO BASES IN FRANCE WITHOUT ATOMIC WEAPONS OR MOVE THEM TO OTHER BASES IN EUROPE WITH OBVIOUS REPERCUSSIONS? NATO AND AMERICAN MILITARY LEADERS DO NOT RPT NOT REGARD THE SITUATION AS A CRISIS, OR WITH ANY ALARM.TECHNICALLY THE NEGOTIATIONS HAVE NOT RPT NOT BEEN ABANDONED.IT I S UNDERSTOOD THAT GEN LAURIS NORSTAD9 USAF,NATO COMMANDER IN EUROPE,IN HIS TALKS WITH GEN PAUL ELY9CHIEF OF STAFF OF THE FRENCH ARMED FORCES,HAS KADE NO RPT NO THREAT TO TAKE USA WARPLANES OUT OF FRANCE. BUT NATO STAFF OFFICERS ARE CONSIDERING WHAT WOULD BE THE BEST THING TO DO,FROM BOTH A MILITARY AND POLITICAL POINT OF VIEW,IN THE LIGHT OF THE FRENCH POSITION.OTHER NATO COUNTRIES DO PERMIT THE STOCKPILING OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS, UNDER AMERICAN CONTROL,FOR USE BOTH BY USA AND THEIR OWN FORCES IN AN EMERGENCY.IT WOULD BE POSSIBLE AND ADVANTAGEOUS FROM THE STRICTLY MILITARY POSITION TO MOVE THE AMERICAN WARPLANES TO A BASE WHERE THEY COULD BE LOADED WITH ATOMIC BOMBS QUICKLY IN CASE OF A SUDDEfi ATTACK.FOR IN CASE OF NUCLEAR WAR,THEY COULD DO LITLE WITH CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS. 000320 �PAGE TWO 1345 BUT SUCH A MOVE MIGHT CREATE A NATO C R I S I S ' , WHICH COULD GRAVELY WEAKEN THE WESTERN ALLIANCE. IN CASE OF GENERAL WAR,N0RSTAD e 3 "MAIN NUCLEAR PUNCH WOULD COME FROM THE USA STRATEGIC AIR COMMAND,BASED AT HOME,IN BRITA1K,SPAIN AND NORTH AFRICA. AMERICAN TACTICAL AIR FO°,CE UNITS ASSIGNED TO ^ ATO COULD CONTRIBUTE, BUT THE BULK OF THE.M ALREADY ARE BELIEVED BASED IN THE QUOTE RAMSTEIN COMPLEX UNQUOTE IN WEST GERMANY. BECAUSE THE SUBJECT I S A TOUCHY ONE,NEITHER THE USA NOR OTHER NATO GOVTS WILL CONFIRM THE EXISTENCE OF NUCLEAR STOCKPILES IN THE AREA. BRITAIN HAS AN ATOMIC CAPABILITY OF HER OWN AND UNDOUBTEDLY PERMITS ENTRANCE OF AMERICAN WEAPONS. WESTERN GERMANY, ITALY, GREECE AND TURKEY, AS WELL AS SPAIN,A NON-NATO POWER,ALSO ARE BELIEVED TO HAVE ACCEPTED SUCH STOCKS. THE STOCKPILING OF SUCH A WEAPONS WAS AGREED TO AT THE NATO SUMMIT MEETING IN PARIS IN DEC,1957,AND NEGOTIATIONS WITH'THE FRENCH FOR ESTABLISHMENT OF SUCH ARSENALS WERE WELL ALONG WHEN DE GAULLE CAME TO POWER. AS A RESULT OF THE AGREEMENT, CONGRESS AMENDED THE ATOMC ENERGY ACT A YEAR AGO TO ASSIST AMERICAN ALLIES WITH LIMITED NUCLEAR INFO AND SUPPLIES*EXCEPT FOR NATION 8 S WHICH HAVE MADE QUOTE SUBSTANTIAL PROGRESS UNQUOTE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF ATOMIC WEAPONS, THE AMENDMENT PERMITS AMERICAN OFFICIALS TO FURNISH NATO COUNTRIES INFO ABOUT THE USE OF SUCH WEAPONS SO THEIR ARMED FORCES CAN BE TRAINED TO USE THEM IN AN EMERGENCY.IT I S CONTEMPLATED THAT THE USA WILL RETAIN CUSTODY OF THE WARHEADS. BRITAIN HAS BEEN GIVEN MUCH GREATER HELP IN BUILDING NUCLEAR ARMS, INASMUCH AS I T DEVELOPED SUCH WEAPONS ON I T S OWN.AGREEMENTS ALSO HAVE BEEN NEGOTIATED WITH WEST GERMANY, TURKEY,NETHERLANDS AND CDA TO PROVIDE SUCH AMERICAN HELP J.N TRAINING FOR USE OF ATONIC WEAPONS. THESE AGREEMENTS, WERE LAID BEFORE CONGRESS A WEEK AGO..BARRING UNEXPECTED CONGRESSIONAL ACTION,THEY WILL GO INTO EFFECT WITHIN 6 0 DAYS. 000321 �PAGE THREE 1345 A SIMILAR ARRANGEMENT WITH GREECE HAS BEEN CACHED.BUT THE ONLY AGREEMENT ATTAINED WITH FRANCE TO DATE I S f >R HELP IN BUILDING A SUBMARINE REACTOR. TEXT ENDS 000322 � 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 CDNW04033 Title A name given to the resource CDNW04033 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 2, Library and Archives Canada (LAC). 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