https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/999501db37af4fa6e946a152c7173d20.pdf b4250e53c12d303d10cc2bf3390b7378 PDF Text Text DS 5 0 / 4 0 3 FM BRUSSELS NOV 12/57 SECRET T" EXTERNAL 4 1 2 PRIORITY W O LDN NATOPARIS EMBASSYPARIS BONN HAGUE ROME TT CANDELNY WASHDC FM OTT ROY 13 REF YOUR TELS DL9 59 N0V5 AND V«97 N0V7/57 REFERRFL-IO,....^!/.?.^ CSC/JS FIL;STOCKPILING OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS IN NATO COUNTRIES . 3 20 PM '57 Z/o..?.-/... a D?J<^9/^ OHP.«OTO WHEN I SAW MR SPIN0Y,MINISTER OF NATIONAL DEFENCE,LAST FRI IN CONNECTION WITH ARRANGEMENTS FOR FERRYING CF~100*S TO BELGIUM,I ASKED HIM WHAT WERE HIS VIEWS CONCERNING THE RECENTLY-ANNOUNCED USA DECISION TO STOCKPILE NUCLEAR WEAPONS IN WESTERN EUROPEAN NATO COUNTRIES. SPINOY TOLD ME THAT QUITE FRANKLY HE DID NOT LIKE THE IDEA AND THAT IT DEEPLY DISTURBED HIM FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS. 2oHE TOLD ME THAT HE SHARED THE CONCERN EXPRESSED IN YOUR TEL V<S97 ABOUT THE RECEPTION THAT THIS MOVE MIGHT HAVE IN UN-COMMITTEE COUNTRIES.THE FACT THAT WEST GERMANY WAS LIKELY TO BE ONE OF THE RECIPIENT COUNTRIES MIGHT LEAD A NUMBER OF UN-COMMITTED NATIONS TO RECOGNIZE EAST GERMANY AND GENERALLY TO TAKE A MORE SYMPATHETIC VIEW OF THE LATTER REGIME BECAUSE THE PRESENCE OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS IN THE HANDS OF THE WEST GERMANS MIGHT SUGGEST THAT THE FUTURE OF EAST GERMANY WAS IN JEOPARDY.MOREOVER IF THE NEWLY-FORMED GERMAN FORCES ARE TO HAVE ACCESS TO NUCLEAR WEAPONS SPINOY BELIEVES IT WILL MAKE IT VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE FOR THE WEST TO CONTINUE ITS ATTEMPTS TO WOO GOMULKA AWAY FROM THE SOVIET ORBIT. 3.FINALLY,SPIN0Y TOLD ME THAT THIS DECISION MAY NOT BE TOO FAVOURABLY RECEIVED BY PUBLIC OPINION IN WESTERN EUROPEAN NATO COUNTRIES.SPEAKING ONLY IN THE INTERESTS OF HIS OWN COUNTRY,HE DID NOT AT ALL LIKE THE IDEA OF A RESURGENT GERMANY ARMED WITH NUCLEAR WEAPONS.DESPITE THE FACT THAT A GREAT DEAL LESS HAS BEEN HEARD IN RECENT MONTHS IN BELGIUM ANl OTHER WESTERN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES ABOUT THE BOGEY OF GERMAN REARMAMENT,SPINOY MADE IT CLEAR THAT FOR BELGIANS AT LEAST THIS SPECTRE HAS NOT BEEN DEFINITELY LAID. A.SPINOY'S. CONCERNjWHICH I SENSED WAS DEEP AND GENUINE,HAD BEEN COMMUNICATED TO SENATOR SALTONSTALL WHEN THE LATTER VISITED BRUSSELS RECENTLY.SPINOY TOLD THE SENATOR THAT HE WAS WORRIED ABOUT THE OUTCOME OF THE TALKS AT NATO NOT ONLY BECAUSE OF THE STOCKPILING OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS BUT ALSO BECAUSE THEY COULD FALL VERY FLAT UNLESS o e « C ^- C-OJ> n DEPUTY COORDINATOR •H0V13t357 „ _ 2 �PAGE TWO 4 1 2 PRESIDENT EISENHOWER HAD PROPOSALS TO PUT BEFORE THE OTHER HEADS- OF STATE WHICH-HAD SOME REAL MEAT ON THEM.HE ALSO SUGGESTED TO THE SENATOR THAT THE USA WAS OFTEN A LITTLE PRECIPITOUS IN MAKING PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENTS WHICH DEEPLY AFFECTED THE OTHER NATO PARTNERS BEFORE THERE WAS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR MORE PRIVATE CONSULTATION.ONE SUCH ANNOUNCEMENT IN SPINOY'S VIEW WAS THE RECENT ONE FROM WASHDC REJECTING OUT OF HAND THE SOVIET PROPOSAL FOR SUMMIT TALKS. 5.ON THE BASIS OF S P I N O U S COMMENTS,I SUSPECT THAT BELGIUM,PERHAPS LIKE MANY OTHER NATO PARTNERS,IS APPROACHING THE DEC MEETING WITH SOME TREPIDATION.WE ARE HOPEFUL THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO DISCUSS THE POINTS RAISED IN BOTH YOUR REF TELS WITH MR LAROCK AND MEMBERS OF THE FOREIGN OFFICE IN THE NEAR FUTURE HEBERT � 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 CDNW04048 Title A name given to the resource CDNW04048 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