https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/da3333d47569a128fb969814bdf9229c.pdf c84889a1276a33411d66eea3fc002e7c PDF Text Text AMEUDKD COPY / r. " . ' J1 SACHET E C EX \ EHK AL 891 CP IMMEDIATE r'NFO LDN WASHDC BONN EMBPARIS OPIMMEDIATE PROPOSED NATO PRESS RELEASE ON NUCLEAR WEAPONS C S C / .! S MAY 6 II 06 AH'59 ^'^'TO. ^Js/c-7^ NATO COUNCIL WAS CALLED INTO PRIVATE SESSION YESTERDAY AFTERNOON TO CONSIDER A PROPOSAL FROM SECGEN THAT NATO ISSUE A FRE53 RELEASE ON ARRANGEMENTS BEING MADE FOR PROVISION OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS TO NATO FORCES. 2.SECGEN ADVANCED TWO REASONS FOR THIS PROPOSALcFIRST WAS RECENT SOVIET MOVE, IN NOTES TO USA GERMANY AND ITALY,TO REPRESENT PROVISION OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS TO NATO FORCES AS AN ATTEMPT TO PLACE BEFORE GENEVA CONFERENCE A FAIT ACCOMPLI .SECOND WAS COMPLICATION THAT AGREEMENTS BETWEEN USA AND FOUR OR FIVE NATO COUNTRIES REGARDING ESTABLISHMENT IN THESE COUNTRIES OF STOCKPILES OF NUCLEAR WARHEADS ARE ABOUT TO BE CONCLUDED.FINAL ACCEPTANCE OF THESE AGREEMENTS BY US/) INVOLVES USUAL PROCEDURE OF HAVING THEM PLACED BEFORE CONGRESS FOR A PERIOD OF SIXTY DAYS,TO ENSURE THAT THIS CAN BE DONE DURING CURRENT SESSION OF CONGRESS USA GOVT WISHES TO PLACE AGREEMENTS BEFORE CONGRESS ON MAY15.IT IS ALSO ANTICIPATED THAT AGREEMENTS WOULD BE DISCUSSED IN PARLIAMENTS OF AT LEAST SOME OF THE OTHER COUNTRIES INVOLVED DURING THE SAME PERIOD. 3.OBJECT OF PROPOSED PRESS RELEASE WOULD BE TO PLACE NATO POSITION CLEARLY ON RECORD AND IN PROPER RERSPECTIVE IN LIGHT OF RECENT SOVIET NOTES AND ANY FURTHER PUBLIC CRITICISMS TO WHICH NATO OR ITS MEMBERS MIGHT BE SUBJECTED BY SOVIETS WHEN NEGOTIATION OF AGREEMENTS BECOMES PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE. 4.FOLLOWING DISCUSSION,ON WHICH WE ARE REPORTING IN SEPARATE TELS, SECGEN UNDERTOOK TO CIRCULATE A REVISED DRAFT PRESS RELEASE FOR CONSIDERATION BY GOVTS.IT IS DESIRED THAT AGREEMENT BE REACHED BY WED MAY6 ALTHOUGH THERE MAY BE SOME FURTHER DISCUSSION TOMORROW MAY2 IWEt-J COUNCIL MEETS TO HEAR A REPORT ON RECENT MEETING OF THE EO'JR WESTERN FOREIGN MINISTERS ON GERMANY.IT SEEMS LIKELY THAT A ;>E C"_N;n..E5 riAV B E IN A POSITION TO STATE THEIR VIEWS FAIRLY DEFINITELY TOM ORHOW, a <( • 2 000454 �PAGE TWO 89].. 5.FOLLOWING IS TEXT OF REVISED DRAFT PRESS RELEASE.PARTS IN SQUARE BRACKETS AT END OF PARA2 ARE ALTERNATIVES.TEXT BEGINS: m COUNCIL TODAY CONSIDERED RECENT SOVIET NOTES ADDRESSED TO SEVERAL NATO GOVTS,IN WHICH IT WAS REPRESENTED THAT CURRENT PROGRAMMES OF NATO POWERS FOR INTRODUCTION OF MODERN WEAPONS WERE AN ATTEMPT TO TORPEDO IN ADVANCE THE NEGOTIATIONS WHICH WILL BEGIN IN GENEVA MAYlloSAME ALLEGATIONS ARE TO BE FOUND IN COMMUNIQUE ISSUED AFTER WARSAW PACT iiEETING OF APR28. COUNCIL HAVE REVIEWED,IN CONSULTATION WITH NATO MILITARY AUTHORITIES, PROGRESS MADE iN EQUIPPING AND TRAINING OF FORCES OF THE ALLIANCE WITH MODERN ARMS INCLUDING ARRANGEMENTS CONCLUDED AND UNDER NEGOTIATION WITH CERTAIN NATO COUNTRIESCBEGIN SQUARE BRACKETS5FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF STOCKS OF NUCLEAR WARHEADS AMD FOR THE NECESSARY TRAINING {END SQUARE 8RACKETSHBE3IN SQUARE BRACKETS) IN THIS FIELD* (END "SQUARE BRACKETS! ,..$ ^-„ COUNCIL NOTED THAT THESE PROGRAMMES FOR IMPROVING NATO DEFENCES ARE THE CONSEQUENCE OF LONG-ESTABLISHED NATO POLICIES WHICH WERE ARRIVED AT THROUGH JOINT DECISIONS OF NATO COUNTRIES.THEY HAVE BEEN IN PROCESS OF IMPLEMENTATION FOR OVER TWO YEARS,AS IS SHOWN BY STATEMENT ISSUED AFTER HEADS OF GOVT MEETING DEC/57,REAFFIRMING DECISION PREVIOUSLY TAKEN TO EQUIP NATO FORCES WITH MODERN WEAPONSoTHIS DISPOSES OF ANY SUGGESTION THAT THESE MEASURES HAVE AN AGGRESSIVE PURPOSE OR THAT THEY ARE DESIGNED,AS ALLEGED XN SOVIET NOTES,TO PREJUDICE THE SUCCESS OF FORTHCOMING MEETING IN GENEVAo COUNCIL AGREED THAT CONSIDERATIONS EXPRESSED IN ITS COMMUNIQUES OF MAY AND DEC 1957 ARE STILL VALID TODAY.IN DEC/57 MATO HEADS OF GOVT STATED THATmTHE SOVIET LEADERS,WHILE PREVENTING A GENERAL DISARMAMENT AGREEMENT,HAVE MADE IT CLEAR THAT THE MOST MODERN AND DESTRUCTIVE WEAPONS,INCLUDING MISSILES OF ALL KTNDS,ARE BEING INTRODUCED XN SOVIET ARMED FORCES.IN SOVIET VIEW,ALL EUROPEAN NATIONS EXCEPT USSR SHOULD,WITHOUT WAITING ^OR GENERAL DISARMAMENT, RENOUNCE NUCLEAR WEAPON? AND MISSILES AND RELY ON ARMS OF T •. PREo o o w 000455 �V PAGE 'tHREE 890 ATOMIC AGE0AS LONG AS USSR PERSISTS IN THIS ATTITUOE;WC HAVE NO RPT NC ALTERNATIVE BUT TO REMAIN VIGILANT AND TO LOOK TO OUR DEFENCES.WE ARE THEREFORE RESOLVED TO ACHIEVE THE MOST EFFECTIVE PATTERN OF NATO MILITARY DEFENSIVE STRENGTH,TAKING 'f-EJ ACCOUNT THE MCST RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN ••EAPONS AND TECHHE'EE COUNCIL REGAL.S AND EMPHASISES PARTICULARLY t v E MENT «. HICH WAS INCLUDED IN THE COMMUNIQUE OF i*MY . r-<ING STATE E.CH CON - STxTU* E5 ESSENTIAL BASIS OF NATO POLICY IN TH;S EM '-LA*. PENDING AN ACCEPTABLE AGREEMENT ON DISARMAMENT;!*!: ..,' i MO POWER CAM CLAIM THE RIGHT TO DENY TO THE ALLIANCE THE POSSESSION OF THE MODERN ARMS NEEDED FOR ITS DEFENCE,IF HOWEVER THE FEARS PROFESSED BY USSR ARE SINCERE,THEY COULD Bi READILY DISSIPATED.ALL THAT IS NEEDED IS FOR USSR TO ACCEPT A GENERAL DISARMAMENT AGREEMENT EMBOD*, iNG EFFECTIVE MEASURES OP CONTROL AND INSPECTION WITHIN FRAMEWORK OF THE PROPOSALS MADE ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS BY THE WESTERN POWERS^ "HICH REMAIN AN ESSENTIAL BASIS OF THEIR P0LICY«oTEXT ENDS 000456 � 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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