https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/9adca27b7ef61c4462f5bdf9147e4fc6.pdf 950bfc6bda2b6e5c917653110b4b8149 PDF Text Text <r «k Qi E X T E R N A L AFFAIRS CANADA SECRET November 29, i95"7, Political Implications of Stockpiling Nuclear 'Weapons in Europe Among the important problems which v»ill be discussed at the forthcoming NATO meeting of heads of government vill < be one having far-reaching political implications, that of the proposal to stockpile nuclear weapons in Europe* Previous NATO military decisions have paved the way for the use of nuclear weapons by the shield forces to enable them to deal with any type of aggression. The implementation of the strategy by the creation of a NATO stockpile in Europe of.atomic Warheads for tactical weapons was raised by France at the last NATO ministerial meeting in Bonn and it is understood that the United States will bring the matter up for consideration at the December meeting. Parallel with any decision to go ahead with stockpiling nuclear warheads are a number of related politico-military problems. First, there is the vital problem of control. Existing United States legislation would necessitate continued ' American control of:.the atomic components which might be stored at points in Europe. While United States officials have indicated that amendments to the Atomic Energy Act might be made to ease the present restrictions on the exchange of technical information with foreign countries, they seem fairly certain that Congress would be unwilling to authorize any alteration in the control feature of nuclear weapons. It is the Canadian understanding that what the United States has in mind is to retain both ownership and control in United States hands through an American logistic chain, but to give SACEUR operational control under the NATO Council* While this may be satisfactory to the United Kingdom, as a nuclear power in being, and to France, as a nuclear power in embryo, provided in the latter case that it did not imply any abandonment of France's own right to manufacture nuclear weapons, it is unlikely to calm the fears of the smaller West European nations, particularly the Low Countries and the two Scandinavian members. These countries are concerned over the possibility of precipltate'^r-iunauthorizednuse^ofinuclear weapons in the absence of any joint NATO political control, which might convert otherwise local hostilities into an all-out nuclear war. They recognize that in an emergency It may be impossible, to arrange for political consultation before the decision is taken to employ nuclear weapons* They have doubts as to how effective the United States guard over the nuclear cupboard might be. They are worried as to whether SACEUR's authority would be adequate to restrain countries such as Turkey, that have already moved national forces under NATO command on their own initiative, and might not, therefore, hesitate to seize such weapons from a nuclear stockpile in certain circumstances. Finally, they see in the stockpiling plan the risk of opening up a Pandora's box, out of which may develop moves to equip all national forces under NATO command with nuclear weapons. 000775 �< c+ P £. co w S P (D 3 (J S (» O 0 0 d - ( D t n 3 4 n 01 ( t W O 0) (6 O P 3 O (D (D O B O ct-ptj < 3 £5 H- CO c t O (D P O H - H ) 4 d" cfPHTJ" ct 3 * CO ^ P O CD * i j 4 (D O M P . 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CD • CO 1 ro I �« - 3In sum, it would appear that NATO will have to recognize that in securing military advantages through the build-up of a . nuclear stockpile in Europe it is also assuming considerable political, liabilities. In order to mitigate the unsettling political consequences which are likely to follow upon the announcement of such a decision, Canada has seen the need to balance it with a broad and forward-looking declaration reaffirming the objectives of the alliance, which would be closely related to the prevailing international conditions. For this purpose, it is considered desirable to emphasize the Western determination to press for genuine disarmament and to seek a peaceful solution of outstanding problems. Political Co-ordination Section: Department of External Affairs 000777 � 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/. 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