https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/135cb9d575769601cab07fcfa42231c3.pdf 10db116cb86d7a8d81f9f0f1a9e0adb2 PDF Text Text DS47 3 9 8 FM WASHDC N0-/7/57 SECRET TO EXTERNAL 2 3 6 0 PRIORITY INE%LDN NATOPARIS TT BONN FM OTT QC.Q / j $ ^ PRESS REPORTS RE POSSIBLE GERMAN ROLE IN NUCLEAR ,2 9 50 (H'57 ATO^STE^PDUCTION...^/^/^ WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TODAY OF CHECKING WITH JACQUE§ IL frEINSTEJ$7>-4"?''' CHP'OiO ^/jLll/Lr ^DIRECTOR,OFFICE OF GERMAN AFFAIRS)ABOUT CERTAIN PRESS REPORTS / WHICH APPEARED LOCALLY OVER THE WEEKEND CONCERNING THE POSSIBILITY OF A REVISION AT THE NEXT NATO COUNCIL MEETING OF THE PROHIBITIONS NOW AFFECTING GERMANY IN CONNECTION WITH THE MANUFACTURE OF ATOMIC WEAPONS., 2.THE WASHINGTON POST,FOR EXAMPLE,OF N0V3 CARRIED AN AP REPORT BY WATSON SIMS UNDER A LONDON DATELINE AS FOLLOWS? "THE NATO SUMMIT MEETING IN PARIS NEXT MONTH WILL CONSIDER RELEASING GERMANY FROM A PLEDGE AGAINST MAKING ATOMIC WEAPONS, ACCORDING TO REPORTS CIRCULATING IN BRITAIN TODAY. "THE REPORTS SAID THE 15 GOVT HEADS,INCLUDING PRESIDENT EISENHOWER, ALSO WILL DEBATE WHETHER GERMANY—MAKER OF THE DREADED V-ROCKETS OF WORLD WAR II--SH0ULE BE PERMITTED TO GO BACK TO MAKING MISSILES. "BOTH ATOMIC WEAPONS AND GUIDED MISSILES WERE FORBIDDEN UNDER THE 1954 PARIS TREATY WHICH BROUGHT GERMANY BACK INTO THE WESTERN DEFENSE PLAN AS A MEMBER OF THE WESTERN EUROPEAN UNION. "TO REEXAMINE PLEDGE. "DIPLOMATIC INFORMANTS SAID BOTH PLEDGES WILL BE REEXAMINED IN THE LIGHT OF THE WESTERN THEME OF INTERDEPENDENCE AGAINST RUSSIA'S GROWING WAR POTENTIAL AS DEMONSTRATED BY SPUTNIK AND THE INTERCONTINENTAL BALLISTIC MISSILE. "THE FIRST INDICATION OF GERMANY'S POSSIBLE ROLE IN THE WESTERN DRIVE TO CATCH UP WITH RUSSIA TURNED UP IN THE BRITISH PRESS TODAY IN WHAT SEEMED A DELIBERATE GOVT LEAK APPARENTLY AIMED AT TESTING PUBLIC REACTION. .,,..«„. «....««.. "DIPLOMATIC INFORMANTS SAID THE NATO MEETING WILL HAVE TWO PRIMARY PURPOSES? "TO ENSURE THE MAXIMUM COOPERATION OF ALL MEMBERS IN THE DRIVE TO CATCH UP WITH AND SURPASS RUSSIA'S MILITARY ACHIEVEMENT. *T0 AGREE ON A FORMULA OF SHARED RESPONSIBILITY WHICH WOULD DEPUTY /" f COORDINATOR **— JojjjjLai^F ^ MKXI «*• - NOV 1 2 * -••- W Q v —* COP-Cb • • • 2 , _ (J._ si 000795 �"INFORMANTS SAID 1 i MATTER OF FITTING GERMANY INTO AND BRITISH PRIME MINISTER HAROLD MACM1LLAN." 3.REINSTEIN SAID SPECIFICALLY IN ANSWER TO OUR QUERY THAT SO FAR AS HE WAS AWARE THE QUESTION OF A POSSIBLE GERMAN ROLE IN A NATO NUCLEAR ARMS PROGRAMME WAS NOT,REPEAT NOT,DISCUSSED AT THE RECENT EISENHOWER-MACMILLAN MEETINGS.HE REFERRED,HOWEVER,TO THE SPECIFIC PROTOCOL ON THE CONTROL OF ARMAMENTS ATTACHED TO THE BRUSSELS TREATY,PROVIDING FOR TWO SETS OF OBLIGATIONS SO FAR AS GERMANY IS CONCERNED.THE FIRST OBLIGATION PROVIDES FOR AN UNDERTAKING BY THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC NOT TO MANUFACTURE IN ITS TERRITORY ATOMIC,BIOLOGICAL,OR CHEMICAL WEAPONS>THE SECOND OBLIGATION FOR AN UNDERTAKING THAT CERTAIN OTHER TYPES OF ARMAMENTS(INCLUDING LONG RANGE AND GUIDED MISSILES)WILL NOT BE MANUFACTURED IN GERMAN TERRITORY UNLESS THIS PROVISION SHOULD BE MODIFIED BY A TWO-THIRDS MAJORITY OF THE COUNCIL OF WEU FOLLOWING SUBMISSION OF A RECOMMENDATION BY SACEUR FOR MODIFICATION OF THE SPECIFIED LIST OF ARMAMENTS IN THIS CATEGORY.THE FIRST PROHIBITION,REINSTEIN POINTED OUT,IS AN ABSOLUTE ONE,AS THE PROTOCOL STANDS AT THE PRESENT TIME,WHILE THE SECOND IS SUSCEPTIBLE OF MODIFICATION. 4.REINSTEIN SAID HE UNDERSTOOD THAT PRESS REPORTS SUCH AS THE AP REPORT FROM LONDON HAD ORIGINATED IN A BACKGROUND PRESS BRIEFING HELD BY SELWYN LLOYD,PRESUMABLY TO TEST OUT PUBLIC REACTIONS TO THE P O S S I BILITY OF ACCORDING GERMANY A GREATER ROLE IN THE MISSILE FIELD. 5 . S 0 FAR AS REINSTEIN WAS AW ARE,APART FROM OCCASIONAL STATEMENTS BY DEFENCE MINISTER STRAUSS,THERE WAS NO REPEAT NO INDICATION THAT THE GERMAN GOVT WISHED TO BRING ABOUT ANY CHANGE IN THE OBLIGATIONS ALREADY ASSUMED PROHIBITING THE MANUFACTURE OF ATOMIC WEAPONS.WE GATHERED,HOWEVER,THAT THE POSSIBILITY OF SOME PARTICIPATION IN MISSILE DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF WEU AND OF A GENERAL NATO PROGRAMME,SHOULD NOT BE EXCLUDED. ^.PRESUMABLY ONE OF THE MAJOR CONSIDERATIONS WHICH WOULD AFFECT GERMAN OFFICIAL ATTITUDES IN THIS WHOLE FIELD WOULD BE THE POSITION OF FRANCE;IF THE FRENCH CAN BE DETERRED FROM EMBARKING ON A NUCLEAR ARMS PROGRAMME OF THEIR OWN,THIS WOULD DOUBTLESS BE AN IMPORTANT FACTOR IN ANY GERMAN CALCULATIONS ROBERTSON 000796 � 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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