https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/3f29b983b3fdb36321e054bca949b310.pdf 1566eb9711a0ee20e78092951f2f79ea PDF Text Text . feL. ^CURIS MEAgg Signal Centre Chairman, Chiefs of Staff Room 4802A Bldg SECRET csc/JS Phone 9-2-4835 FM NATOPARIS JUN5/59 SECRET CDN EYES O N L ^ a ^ o . . . - - - - ^ TO EXTERNAL i i 4 S OPIMED ^ H°~I>"{2 r^^^^Ahp^ OPERATIONAL "1MMEDIA— INFO TT CCOS DN/DND OPIMED FM OTT LDN EMBPAMS PPTOPTTV REF WASHDC TEL 1371 JUN4 CANADIAN EYES ONLY STORAGE OF ATOMIC WEAPONS ON FRENCH TERRITORY .""".""""""" """""^f^ _ p 0 d THIS AFTERNOON^T THIS R E Q U E S T ^ SAW V£STfDEPUTY POLITICAL ADVISER ^ U € TO GEN NORSTAD,WHO THOUGHT IT DESIRABLE TO SPEAK TO US IN THE ABSENCE OF GEN NORSTAD AND MR LEGER IN LDN, r ^T 2.VEST SAID THAT HE MIGHT ALREADY BE PRETTY FULLY IN THE PICTURE REGARDING THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS .BUT THAT,PARTICULARLY IN VIEW OF OUR POTENTIAL DIRECT INTEREST IN THE PROBLEN,GEN NORSTAD WISHED US TO BE AS FULLY INFORMED AS POSSIBLES TOLD VEST THAT OUR EMBASSY IN WASHDC ' HAD SEEN BROWN OF THE STATE DEPT AND WE REPEATED THE SUBSTANCE OF WHAT BROWN HAD SAID AS REPORTED IN PARA 1 OF THE REF TEL. 3.VEST SAID THAT HE COULD ADD SOME PRECISION TO THIS INFO.UNDER STANDARD SHAPE ALERT PROCEDURES?GEN NORSTAD HAS ALREADY COMMENCED THE ROTATION OF A FEW OF THE USA STRIKE AIRCRAFT BASED IN FRANCE TO USAF BASES IN GEHMANY.THIS IS A RELATIVELY SIMPLE OPERATION WHICH IS BEING DONE QUIETLY AS A MATTER OF ROUTINE.IZ ICS GEN NORSTADS INTENTION TO AUGMENT THIS PROGRAMME IN THE NEAR FUTURE BY ROTATING MORECBUT NOT RPT NOT ALL)OF THE FRANCE-BASED AIRCRAFT TO AIRFIELDS IN GERMANY. 4„VEST MENTIONED THAT THE ALERT PROCEDURE BEING USED IS ONE WHICH CAN BE CARRIED OUT EITHER QUIETLY OR?IF DESIRED,OVERTLY,WE ASKED IF THE ROTATION OF ADDITIONAL AIRCRAFT WOULD BE CARRIED OUT QUIETLY* HIS REPLY WAS IN THE AFFIRMATIVE* I 5.VEST CONFIRMED THAT GEN NORSTAD ALSO INTENDS,AS A MORE PERMANENT SOLUTIONjTO REDEPLOY ALL THE USAF STRIKE SQUADRONS NOW IN FRANCE.HE SECRET nnn„, lb* ' �^^^ IBTT ^URE MEANSl SFHRFT V **-VIXI-1 Signal Centre Chairman, IChiefa of Staff '-loom 4802A Bldg J hone 9-2-4835 PAGE TOO 1148 SECRET THOUGHT THAT REDEPLOYMENT WOULD BE TO THE UK AND PERHAPS ALSO TO GERMANY.IT WOULD BE A VERY EXPENSIVE OPERATION FOR THE USA GOVT* ONCE INITIATED THE REDEPLOYMENT MIGHT TAKE SIX MONTHS MORE OR LESS TO COMPLETE0THIS OPERATION WOULD NECESSARILY BECOME A MATTER OF PUBLIC •NNSN KNOWLEDGE, 6.UE ASKED VEST IF A FIRM DECISION TO REDEPLOY THESE SQUADRONS HAS BEEN TAKEN.VESTS REPLY WAS THAT THE DECISION MIGHT BE SAID TO BE 9S PERCENT FIRM.GEN NORSTAD HAS NEGOTIATED WITH THE FRENCH OVER A LONG PERIOD AND NOW FEELS THATgIN VIEW OF HIS RESPONSIBILITY AS SACEUR, HE IS OBLIGED TO TAKE ACTION TO CORRECT THE UNSATISFACTORY SITUATION WHICH WILL RESULT FROM THE FRENCH DECISION,VEST CONFIRMED THAT IT IS GEN NORSTADS INTENTION TO INFORM THE NATO COUNCIL ABOUT HIS WHOLE PLAN FOR DEALING WITH THE SITUATION AT AN EARLY DATE«VEST SAID IT WAS PROBABLE,THOUGHT NOT RPT NOT YET CERTAIN,THAT HE WOULD DO THIS NEXT WEEK FOLLOWING HIS'RETURN TO PARIS WED MORNING, 7.UE HAVE REPEATED THIS TEL AND WASHDC TELS 1344,1345 AND 1371 TO PARIS EMBASSY AND TO LDN FOR INFO OF MR LEGERa 20274/20275/MC/060155Z JUN 59 SECRET � 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 CDNW04044 Title A name given to the resource CDNW04044 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). Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Canadian Crown Subject The topic of the resource Nuclear Weapons Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Canada Declassified Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource en