https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/8fc5a9b30e19d667d701cf80707eb615.pdf 3ca57a06e69d19bbc52d169f44b5227d PDF Text Text csc/.is DS19/406 iuxsjv.su FM HAGUE NOV 1 3 / 5 7 SECRET ^ I ^ ^ J J A U It in », AM *C7 TO EXTERNAL 4 3 7 PRIORITY MOV i 5 OT1-3 lU 21 AH 1 / INFO LDN NATOPARIS EMBASSYPARIS BONN BRUSSELS ROM^EFERRFl T0 M/€jJ A/o ? - / / 7i Y-/-"f . T/a/:'/' FILc REF YOUR V697 N0V7 AND BONNS 4 9 9 N0V12 -*<.?-*.J.. CHP'OTO STOCKPILING OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS IN NATO COUNTRIES PUBLIC OPINION IN THE NETHERLANDS IS PROBABLY AS SOLIDLY IN FAVOUR OF THE NATO ALLIANCE AS IS OPINION IN ANY OTHER COUNTRY OF WESTERN EUROPE.FOR THIS REASON THERE IS GREAT INTEREST IN THE FORTHCOMING MEETING OF HEADS OF GOVT IN DEC.FOR THE SAME REASON A PRONOUNCEMENT AT THAT MEETING CONCERNING ARRANGEMENTS FOR STOCKPILING NUCLEAR WEAPONS IN NATO COUNTRIES WOULD PROBABLY BE RECEIVED MORE CALMLY HERE THAN IN MOST WESTEUROPEAN COUNTRIES.NEVERTHELESS,IT IS OUR ESTIMATE THAT PUBLIC OPINION EVEN HERE WOULD BE ACUTELY DISTURBED IF SUCH AN ANNOUNCEMENT REGARDING NUCLEAR STOCKPILING WERE UNDERLINE NOT END UNDERLINE ACCOMPANIED*AS YOU SUGGESDBY A DECLARATION OF SOME KIND REAFFIRMING,IN CONVINCING TERMS,THE. ESSENTIALLY DEFENSIVE NATURE OF NATO AND STRESSING THE DETERMINATION OF THE PARTNERS TO DO EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO SEEK A PEACEFUL SOLUTION OF OUTSTANDING ISSUES INCLUDING,OF COURSE,DISARMAMENT. 2»HERE,AS ELSEWHERE,IT IS DIFFICULT TO GENERALIZE ON POSSIBLE PUBLIC REACTION TO SUCH A DECLARATION ON NUCLEAR STOCKPILING.IT CAN BE PRETTY SAFELY ASSUMED,HOWEVER,THAT SOCIALIST REACTION IN THIS COUNTRY WILL BE GENERALLY UNENTHUSIASTIC WHILE THE RIGHT-WING PROTESTANT PARTIES WILL PRESUMABLY BE MORE FAVOURABLE.NO DOUBT THESE DIVERGEN" CIES OF OPINION WILL BE REFLECTED WITHIN THE COALITION GOVT ITSELF. HOWEVER,DESPITE PARTY AFFILIATIONS,MY ESTIMATE WOULD BE THAT NEARLY EVERYONE IN THIS COUNTRY WILL FELL A SENSE OF DISMAY IF SUCH A DECLARATION ON STOCKPILING IS THE ONLY MATTER OF SUBSTANCE TO BE AGREED TO AT THE DEC MEETING.WE ALSO AGREE WITH Y0UCPARA1 OF YOUR V697)THAT MANY PEOPLE WILL BELIEVE THAT A DECLARATION ON STOCKPILING AT THE PRESENT JUNCTURE,EVEN IF NECESSARY FROM THE MILITARY STANDPOINT,WILL BE OF CONSIDERABLE PROPAGANDA VALUE TO THE SOVIET UNION IN ITS EFFORTS TO PORTRAY NATO AS AN AGGRESSIVE ALLIANCE. 3«JT IS POSSIBLE THAT HERE,AS ELSEWHERE,PUBLIC REACTION WOULD BE MORE RECEPTIVE IF THE DECLARATION ON NUCLEAR STOCKPILING ARRANGEMENTS o 4r^ 9 «<&. 000791 �<-' " I PAGE TWO 437 WERE TO EMPHASIZE IN FRANK AND CAREFUL TERMS THE PRESENT NEED FOR SUCH STOCKPILING IN VIEW OF THE CURRENT FAILURE OF THE DISARMAMENT TALKSoIN OTHER WORDS THE ESSENTIALLY TEMPORARY NATURE OF THESE ARA RANGEMENTS COULD BE STRESSED.THIS MIGHT TIE IN WELL WITH THE COMMON STATEMENT ON DISARMAMENT SUGGESTED IN PARA4 OF YOUR TEL DL959.AT THE SAME TIME IT SEEMS OBVIOUS THAT PUBLIC OPINION WILL BE MORE WILLING TO ACCEPT THE INHERENT RISKS OF NUCLEAR STOCKPILING IF IT CAN BE DEMONSTRATED THAT THESE DEFENSIVE ARRANGEMENTS HAVE BECOME EVEN MORE NECESSARY BECAUSE OF THE RECENT DRAMATIC SOVIET ACHIEVEMENTS IN THE BALLISTIC FIELD.THIS WOULD APPEAR TO BE IN HARMONY WITH THE UK-USA VIEWS ON THE NEED FOR A WIDER UNDERSTANDING OF THE NATURE AND POTENTIALITIES OF NEW WEAP0NSCPARA2 OF YOUR TEL DL959), 4.THE ABOVE COMMENTS ARE,OF COURSE,ONLY OUR ASSESSMENT AT THIS EMBASSYoI WOULD WELCOME -AN INSTRUCTION TO DISCUSS THIS SUBJECT WITH MY COLLEAGUES IN THE FOREIGN MINISTRY WITH PARTICULAR REF TO THE IDEAS GIVEN IN YOUR V697 AND YOUR DL959 STONE 000792 � 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 CDNW04049 Title A name given to the resource CDNW04049 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