https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/05606cab4eefba77d195fac4a5303110.pdf cd53a2ad95c3fc11fa463109a621f696 PDF Text Text COPY./£.OF -fc<P DS 22/444 I J>SLO DEC7/57 TOPSEC TO EXTERNAL 1 2 9 OPIMMEDIATE OEC 18 NATO PROPOSAL FOR STOCKPILING ATOMIC WEAPONS REFERRF: CSC/JS _» *«r (2 05 ?H '57 n. FIL:- /v/£fd ""t/Of-/ i.THE FOREIGN EDITOR OF CONSERVATIVE ORGAN MORJ^N^LABRE""HEREHAS JUST GIVEN ME IN STRICT CONFIDENCE GIST OF A CONVERSATION WHICH HE HAD BEHIND CLOSED DOORS YESTERDAY WITH A VERY HIGH RANKING OFFICIAL AT FOREIGN MINISTRY REGARDING NORWAY'S ATTITUDE TO ABOVE MENTIONED SUBJECT OF WHICH I THINK YOU SHOULD BE INFORMED.FOR OBVIOUS REASONS I WOULD ASK YOU TO PROTECT MY SOURCE OF I N F O . 2 . A SPECIAL SESSION OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE OF STORTING COMPOSED OF ALL PARTIES EXCEPT COMMUNIST ON BASIS OF THEIR REPRESENTATION I N HOUSE,HAS BEEN CALLED FOR 1 2 0 0 NOON TODAY TO CONSIDER FOLLOWING ITEMsTHE SITUATION ARISING OUT OF LATEST TECHNICAL DEVELOPMENTS IN MODERN WEAPONS,IT WILL COVER IN FACT THE QUESTION OF ATTITUDE TO BE TAKEN BY GOVT REGARDING STOCKPILING OF ATOMIC WEAPONS IN THIS COUNTRY. 3.WHEN DANES CAME TO OSLO LAST SAT N0V30 TO DISCUSS NATO'S AGENDA WITH PARTICULAR REF TO THIS SUBJECT THEY MADE I T ABSOLUTELY CLEAR THAT THEY WOULD OBJECT TO ANY SUCH PROPOSAL SO FAR AS I T WOULD AFFECT THEM.TO FORCE HAND OF NORWEGIANS WHO APPARENTLY FAVOURED COMPROMISE DANISH AUTHORITIES INSTIGATED LEAK TO PRESS REGARDING OUTCOME OF OSLO TALKS(MY LET 4 6 0 DEC6 REFERS),AFNORTH (GROUP CORRUPT) CONSIDERS DECISION OF NORWAY AND DENMARK REGARDING STOCKPILING OF ATOMIC WAR HEADS WILL BE DECISIVE IN EVENT OF EAST WEST CONFLICT.SO AS NOT REPEAT NOT TO QUEER THE PITCH HOWEVER AFNORTH HAS INSISTED THAT NO REPEAT NO MENTION BE MADE AT FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE MEETING OF INTERMEDIATE WEAPONS BASE. t t . a . . 2 DEPUTY COORDINATOR dOINJ-#*AFF DEC 181957 000761 �PAGE TWO 129 ITS ARGUMENT IS THAT ATOMIC WAR HEADS ARE NOT REPEAT NOT ANY MORE AGGRESSIVE THAN SAY,LONG RANGE BOMBERS.IN ADDITION STOCKPILING HERE WOULD PERMIT SMALL FORCES OF NORWAY TO CONCENTRATE ON COUNTRY'S NORTHERN FRONTIER AND THUS ELIMINATE ANY BRIDGEHEAD WHICH MIGHT BE ESTABLISHED BY AN ATTACKING FORCE.SUCH AN ATTITUDE IS OF COURSE CONTINGENT UPON DANES WORKING WITH GERMANS IN ESTABLISHING SIMILAR ROCKET BASES WITH ATOMIC WARHEADS IN SKAGGERAK AND KATTEGAT SEELAND AND SCHLESWEG HOLSTEIN AREAS.OTHERWISE IT WOULD RESULT IN DISPERSION AND NEUTRALIZING OF NORWEGIAN FORCES,(WHILE IT IS NORMALLY NOT REPEAT NOT FOR ME TO REPORT ON DANISH POSITION I UNDERSTAND THAT WHEREAS DANISH AND GERMAN OFFICERS WOULD BE MADE TO WORK TOGETHER ON PRACTICAL PROBLEMS AT LOWER ECHELON DENMARK'S EXPERIENCE OF LAST WAR BLOCKS ANY PRESENT THOUGHT OF ACQUIESCING IN STOCKPILING PROPOSAL.) 4,NORWEGIAN GOVT WILL THEREFORE PROPOSE FOR ENDORSEMENT BY FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE AT TODAYS SESSION COMPROMISE SOLUTIONjTHAT ATOMIC WARHEADS FOR("HONEST JOHN")ROCKET BE STOCKPILED FOR NORWAY IN NETHERLANDS OR IN UK OR BOTH.IN SO DOING THEY ARE NOT REPEAT NOT UNAWARE OF DIFFICULTIES WHICH THIS WOULD CREATE ESPECIALLY INSOFAR AS TIME FACTOR IS CONCERNED,AT THE MOMENT INDICATION HERE IS THAT DENMARK WILL HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH SUCH A PROPOSAL.IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE HOW NORWEGIAN PROPOSAL OF THIS KIND WOULD FARE AT MINISTERIAL MEETING IF AS WE UNDERSTAND IT BELGIUM AND NETHERLANDS WILL THEMSELVES ONLY AGREE TO STOCKPILING OF ATOMIC WEAPONS IF ALL MEMBERS DO ON UNDERSTANDABLE GROUNDS THAT ANY OTHER SOLUTION WOULD MAKE THOSE AGREEING OBVIOUS TARGET FOR RETALIATION. 5.THE ITEM FACING FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE IS THEREFORE A TERRIBLEY DIFFICULT ONE FOR POLITICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL REASONS NOT LEAST BECAUSE PRIOR QUESTION OF FOREIGN BASES IN THIS 0 00 00 00 �.-PAGE THREE 129 '^SUNTRY WHICH ENCOMPASSES IT THE MINISTER OF DEFENCE HIMSELF WILL HEAR NOTHING OF I T . A S I POINTED OUT ELSEWHERE HOWEVER PRIME MINISTER REFUSED TO COMMIT HIMSELF AT HIS PRESS CONFERENCE WHEN A DIRECT QUESTION ON STOCKPILING WAS PUT TO HIM BY EDITOR OF COMMUNIST NEWSPAPER FRIHETEN.FURTHER AT ITS ANNUAL CONGRESS EARLIER THIS YEAR THE LABOUR PARTY ADOPTED A RESOLUTION REQUESTING USE OF ATOMIC WEAPONS BE OUTLAWED.AS TO CONSERVATIVES IT I S TRUE THAT THEIR LEADERS ARE MISUNDERSTOOD.KJOS ASKED IN STORTING JUN LAST (WHEN ANNOUNCEMENT WAS MADE OF USA OFFER TO NORWAY OF HONEST JOHN ROCKET)A QUESTIONAAS TO WHETHER THIS IMPLIED ANY CHANGE IN GOVT POLICY REGARDING ATOMIC WEAPONS0AT PARTY CONGRESS IN MAR CENTRAL COMMITTEE WANTED TO HAVE ADOPTED RESOLUTION WHICH WOULD ASK GREAT POWERS TO PUT A STOP TO FURTHER EXPERIMENTS WITH ATOMIC WEAPONS .THIS MOVE WAS DEFEATED BY 2 5 2 VOTES TO 23,THE LIBERAL PARTY HAS DEFINITELY GONE ON RECORD AS BEING AGAINST ATOMIC WEAPONS AS STATEMENTS MADE IN HOUSE BY ITS LEADER,THE EDITORIALS OF DAGBLADET AND EASTERTIME SCHWEITZER PEACE APPEAL WHICH IT ENDORSED TESTIFY.MY INFORMANT BELIEVES HOVJEVER THAT MATTER SHOULD NOT REPEAT NOT PRESENT TOO SERIOUS DIFFICULTY FOR CHRISTIAN PEOPLE AND AGRARIAN PARTIES. 6.F0REIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE I S THEREFORE IN FOR A STORMY MEETING, EVEN I F IT ENDORSES GOVT'S COMPROMISE SOLUTION THERE WILL BE STILL STORTING TO CONTEND WITH WHEN IT CONVENES JAN, 7.FOREIGN MINISTER MR LANGE HAS NOW CONVENED FOR MON CONFERENCE BEHIND CLOSED DOORS WITH LEADING NEWSPAPER EDITORS WHEN ATTITUDE OF NORWEGIAN GOVT AT NATO ON STOCKPILING OF ATOMIC WEAPONS IN THIS COUNTRY WIDL BE ANNOUNCED THIBAULT 000763 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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