https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/948f8a3f7155614ec2822df5fbb26991.pdf ce2f122f330e2ccf196d13d5cf77b871 PDF Text Text Sac rt 4i, r lu:^.JU__, ff"?o, final -r egppfls The United s offer of e at the 1957 December minist e r i a l J e e t i n . In the follow In :s: "The United S t a t e s i s prepared t o uakw a v a i l a b l e t o oth*i* ^ c o u n t r i e s IRBM's for deployment In accordance with t h e plans of SivCEU Nuclear uarhs-ds for t h e s e Intermediate alssil.js would become part of tha .tomic stockpile syst Such intermediate m i s s i l e s deployment would be subject t o agreement between SAC&JB and t countries concern i t o agreement be each si7ch country United S t a t e s with respect to m a t e r i a l , t r a i n ! i other necessary arrangement... " s o r d i n e t o the lnf Ion a v a i l a b l e , the IRfitf delivery systems and : s i l e s , minus warheads, are supplied by the United S t a t e s to K*TQ in the f i r s t stance. In- They are then assigned on the b a s i s of a b i l a t e r a l sgre«t|snt Negotiated hy ZHCUJZ with tho ho t country, t those forces of the host country »hich come under oper. tioi -mand with J' s i retaining t �I. f u l l and d i r e c t operational command over the weapons In both poaoetlme and wartime. '£08 loalntalns t h a t he just exorcise such c o n t r o l in pe ar because i t i s the e of ioapon which rmi3t r e a c t quickly in the event of an a l l - o u t nuc assault on the K..TO area - and p a r t l y because the weapons themselves would be p r l i e t a r g e t s . Tlie United S t a t e s offer to provide s t o c k p i l e s of nucl - r warheads for IRE'i1 s I s conditioned by t h e i r r e s e r v a t i o n of c u s t o d i a l r i g h t s . further condition I s t h a t t In the event of an emergency, the warheads would, on the a u t h o r i z a t i o n of the President of the United 3fetes, be released t o the custody of the appropriate H„IO Supreme a l l l a d Co th* K ar for employment by i t s under h i s com-umd (and not t o European Governments or n a t i o n a l ces d i r e c t l y , ) . Although no Nar- tern has been c l e a r l y e s t a b l i s h e d , the agreements concluded In the case of I t a l y are r e l e v a n t , according t o the Information a v a i l a b l e , an agreement was concluded between > nd the I t a l i a n minister of Defence and a second agreement between the Unltv t o s and I t a l i a n {governments. The former would ap- pear t o be what i has described as "a �special command arrangement". The s i g n i - f i c a n t pass 1. rovided "the decisioi t ch tho missiles w i l l be t- agree- ment with i .verniaents of I t a l y ii the United 2. the nuc l" and .arheads would remain In the custody of t h e Unit- 3. The second agreement contained the same important p r o v i s i o n s , but included rmich gr •ding the provision of t; silos The two iqu-urons of in I t a l y are mannod exaluslvel. JIS ind of ui\ I t a l i a n J4ajorGenor* Be, ough the m i l i t a r y hiar >d by It .Hans ret the launching of the m i s s i l e s , t reply i n - dicated t h a t a veto was Inner t t h a t the I t a l i a n s were a c t u a l l y in possession of the U s s i l c , The reference in the eement t o "upon agreement with the Gov,rnmenta of Italy „he United S t a t e s " might also be regarded as a r i g h t of v e t o . report from our WAIO A Delegation has confirmed t h a t the consent of the I t a l i a n and United tents w i l l be given at the time a decision to launch the m i s s i l e s i s r e a u l r 000339 �- 4 - France h~s refused t o allow the deployment of IHiil's (and the l a r g SSMfs)on French t e r r i t o r y und« operational c i, and h^s thus f_r refused t o agree t o tho common financing of the i n fra '.ure required for these weapons In oth^r count: tho French p o s i t i o n i s t h a t these are s t r a t e g i c weapor that a decision to use the ; should only be taken on p o l i t i c a l grounds at the high level. The French maintain t h a t they are no more prepared t o abrogate t h e i r sovereignty in t h i s respect than are the United S t a t e s and t h e United Kingdom, of which n e i t h e r has committed i t s s t r a t e g i c bombing and m i s s i l e forces t o a IfAi'0 command. I t would appear t h a t t French would not be prepared t o accept anything l e s s favourable than the r i / h t s accorded the UnitBd Kin .rider i t s agreement of United s. As we underst^nl i t , the i>usia d i s t i n c t i o n aeraeut and the I t a l i a n agrc that LI s silvery u n i t s remain under exclusive United Kingdom control in peace and war, whereas in the case of the I t a l i a n agree me that control. UR r e t a i n s The French argue t h a t , in �- 5- tho case of the KATO arrangements "the decision to use the weapons on opend countries o n the Unitod 3tates or tho-ie countries on whose territory they ^re sited would coni tly have no say in any such decision." The French argue tj Oder SACLUR'S operatic control does not even prov ch •1th effective political control over their use, since Is not necessarily obliged to consult Council before engaging the foroes under his c As far as ranch are correct in this assumption, in the sense that the K itary ritles consider themselves to be guided by th^ 1956 political directive which provides for consultation by F| with t mcil regarding I s und h ploy- command only if there . • lycuc^lffttql*?^'fo*ppn_ a. Deliver/ systems (e.g. .,o Johns, Lacrosse, etc.) There is no evidence that there are specific conditions Jhed to tho �- Unite 6 - fer to s govern- ments with ground-to-ground, ground-to-air and a i r - t o - a i r missile delivery syste It i s clear t: JS i s w i l l i n g t o t u r n ovor th ;je delivery systems t o governments for >nt with i i r forces under e i t h e r n a t i o n a l or MAS command. id t h a t these syst nor tally are offered by the United s under m i l i t a r y a s s i s t a n c e programmes, and becoie the p r o p e r t y of the r e c i p i e n t n a t i o n , he dc t con: pessary t o c o n t r o l d i r e c t l y In peace time these delivery systo which have a more d ran e -nd which would be used in a supporting r o l e . b. Nuclear stockpiles of tactical pqauofig ':-. • The stockpiles of nuclear warheads remain i United C iy in peacetime wherever In the event of h o s t i l i t i e s they ..re r e l e a s e d , on the authorization of th the appropr , to r for ment by the forces under yd. They •i not provided t o tho isuropean governments or th Lonai for Irectly. *s '•» j < *..-.* •.. x» o o _, i_-_. L .' ments are negotiated b . n_j*9^ he United S t a t e s and the HATO nations concerned regarding the storing of sue 1 territories. 000342 �Tho storage f a c i l i ( a s op. to the financed as part o. ion infi s t r u c t u r e programme. French Position 3o far as we - r e aware, the French have no objections t o the arrangen t s for provldin, forces. s t o HATO In a d d i t i o n , they h greed t o the common financing of stockpile suites and f a c i l i t i e s for » t I for most types of t a c t i c a l weapons, Including the s i t e s for storing nuclear ammunition for the United r States air s ons stationed in Franco. They have, hovfever, proved t o be obdurate ii with the greem< es regarding the a c t u a l storage of warheads on t h e i r t e r r i t r . would appear that they are ob. hich, in Uni It 2 to • view, allows the r o l over t h e i r u s e . In e f f e c t , they would appear to be s t r i v i n g for the r i g h t to have a veto over the use of nucloar weapons stored on t h e i r t e r r i t o r y which, in t h i s i n s t a n c e , are t o bo used by United S t a t e s squadrons s t a t i o n e d in France. 000343 �- o - •?o,n*wirt. tion would appear nece. ils connection. Unit us th officials have infer conditions laid down by t; French are so unsatisfactory as to ?«axe it nacecsary to move the air s oth as ir. as to � 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 CDNW04061 Title A name given to the resource CDNW04061 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). 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