https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/7aca855d2b64909636dc57784f5b42fa.pdf 4b88bb46402cf3cf19537fdc7b1a5495 PDF Text Text Signal Centre Chairman, Chiefs of Staff Room 4S02A Bldg Phone- 9-2-4835 SECRET CSC/JS hB * 9 kiM '59 BT SECURE MEANS FM AXTERNAL OTT FEB?/'59 SECRET "^ TO NATOPARIS DL81 - ' ' - " ^ ' 0 7'0 __ Zj.<?£~- / ' INFO EMBASSY WASHDC LDM ^y^c/ £ /& 7- / CCOS \s~ts . REF Y0URTEL1J9 JAN 19 ACQUISITION AND CONTROL OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS. DISCUSSION IS STILL CONTINUING ON CERTAIN AMENDMENTS SUGGESTED BY THE USA AUTHORITIES WITH RESPECTJTO T#E DRAFT STATEMENT REGARDING THE ACQUISITION AND CONTROL OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS WHICH WAS TABLED BY THE CDN DEL AT THE DEC 15 MEETING OF THE Cj^USA MINISTERIAL COMMITTEE ON JOINT DEFENCE.AS SOON AS IT XS AVAILABLE,WE WILL PROVIDE YOU WITH THE FINAL TEXT OF THE S T A T E M E N T S WOULD HOPE THAT ARRANGEMENTS COULD BE MADE TO HAVE THE CDN STATEMENT CIRCULATED IN THE COUNCIL VERY SHORTLY AFTER IT IS GIVEN XN THE HOUSE. 2*XT IS NOT RPT NOT POSSIBLE AT THIS STAGE FOR US TO GIVE A FIRM ANSWER TO THE QUESTION RAISED IN PARA2 OF YOUR TEL UNDER REF.PARA U OF THE DRAFT STATEMENT WAS DESIGNED TO INDICATE THAT THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH TACTICAL NUCLEAR WEAPONS WOULD BE PROVIDED TO THE CDN FORCES OPERATING UNDER SACEUR IN EUROPE WOULD BE CONSIS-; " TENT WITH WHATEVER NATO PATTERN DEVELOPS AS A RESULT -OF SACEUR'S NEGOTIATIONS WITH OTHER INTERESTED NATO* GOVTS ..WE DO .NOT RPT NOT AT THE MOMENT HAVE ENOUGH INFO ON WHAT THAT PATTERN IS TO BE TO KNOW EXACTLY HOW WE SHOULD PROCEED;* NOR ARE WE CERTAIN AS TO EXACTLY WHEN1 THE EQUIPPING OF OUR BRIGADE WITH THE LACROSSE IS TO TAKE PLACE. WE WILL THEREFORE'CONTINUE TO BE INTERESTED IN ANY FURTHER INFO UH:C;I MAY BECOME AVAILABLE ON SACEURFS NEGOTIATIONS WITH OTHER NATO SECRET 000552 /'3 �SECRET DBS I PAGE TWO- Signal Centre Chairman, 3hiefs of Staff Room 4802A Bldg Phone- 9-2-4835 iiiiimiinm BT SECURE MEAN; GOVTS WITH RESPECT TO TACTICAL NUCLEAR WEAPONS* 3,IT OCCURS TO US THAT T$E UK EXPEREHCE'N THIS CONTEXT'U2XL BE •: • PARTICULARLY RELEVANT TO THE CDN CASE.THE GOVTS OF THE EUROPEAN ;• MEMBERS OF NATO HAVE TO CONSIDER NOT RPT NOT ONLY THE CONDITIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THE ACQUISITION OF WEAPONS WITH NUCLEAR CAPABILITIES THEMSELVES BUT ALSO PROBLEMS WHICH MAY ARISE AS A RESULT OF THE SITING OF THESE WEAPONS ON THEIR TERRITORY*TKE UK AND OURSELVES ARE FACED WITH ON„Y''0NE*»HALF THE PROBLEM.IE*THE ACQUISITION OF WEAPONS THEMSELVES,IN YOURTE1 2883 OF NOV28 YOU REPORTED ON A PRELIMINARY DISCUSSION WITH THE .UK. DEL ON THIS MATTER.ADDITIONAL INFO ON THE UK EXPERIENCE WOULD^E' HELPFUL AND IT MAY SOON SEEM DESIRABLE TO TAKE THIS QUESTION UP DIRECTLY WITH THE UK AUTHORITIES IN LDN, 4. IT MAY BE USEFUL IF WE WERE TO RECAPITULATE BRIEFLY OUR UMDERSTANDING' OF THE RELEVANT DEVELOPMENTS WITHIN NATO UP TO THIS TIME* WE HAVE HAD NO RPT NO INDICATION THAT THE USA HAS ATTACHED .SPECIFIC CONDITIONS IN THEIR OFFER OF DEC 1957 TO SUPPLY NATO GOVTS WITH •TACTICAL GROUND-TO-GROUND AND GROUND-TO-AIR MISSILE DELIVERY SYSTEMS, (THERE MERE CERTAIN SPECIFIC CONDITIONS ATTACHED TO THEIR "-'.*/. OFFER TO SUPPLY IRBMS,>IT WOULD SEEM FROM OUR STUDY OF'THE USA OFFER THAT INSOFAR AS TACTICAL WEAPONS WITH NUCLEAR CAPABILITIES ARE CONCERNED,THE USA IS PREPARED TO TURN OVER THESE DELIVERY SYSTEMS. TO NATIONAL GOVTS FOR DEPLOYMENT WITH THEIR FORCES1 SERVICE UNDER EITHER NATIONAL OR NATO COMMAND.CONTROL OVER THE NUCLEAR CAPABILITY CF mi§£ WEAPONS*HOWEVER,UOULD BE EXERCISED THROUGH USA CUSTODY OF 'IPPEP§UOiJ;/>R WARHEADS* IN THE EVENT OF HOSTILITIES, WE ASSUME TPEP IP WOULD DE THE PRESIDENT OF THE USA WHO WOULD RELEASE THE Uf-KEPAPP TO \;l£ CUSTODY OF THE APPROPRIAKp-WJJptPREME ALLIED COMMAwDER FOR 000553 �Signal Centre Chairman, Chiefs of Staff Room 4802A Bldg Phone- 9-2-4835 SECRET Ctisaiu iniimimm DLSi BT SECURE MEANS PAGE THREE USE BY THE NUCLEAR-CAPABLE FORCES OF NATO UNDER HIS COMMAND* 5»I THINK WE MUST ASSUME THAT THERE WOULD HAVE TO BE SOME INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN CDA AND THE .USA COVERING THE. ACQUIS- • ITION OF THE LACROSSE DELIVERY SYSTEM FOR USE- BY THE BRIGADE,SUCH AN AGREEMENT WOULD DEAL WITH SUCH, MATTEHSPSS COST,OWNERSHIP,TRAINING ' ETC.,AND WOULD REFLECT WHATEVER AGREEMENT IS REACHED IN MILITARY -- CHANNELS ON THE ACTUAL OPERATIONAL DETAILS CONNECTED WITH THE USE OF THE WEAPONS. IT WOULD PRESUMABLY REFLECT~AS WELL- WHATEVER PATTERN DEVELOPS IN NATO WITH RESPECT TO GUSTODYE AND CONTROL OF USE OF THE NUCLEAR WARHEADS FOR THESE WEAPONS*WE WOULD ASSUME THAT THE GOVT WOULD WISH TO BE ABLE TO SAY«AS A MININUNSTHATVTHE CONTROL OF USE OF THESE WEAPONS WAS A JOINT RESPONSIBILITY OF ALL THE NATO GOVTS AND WOULD BE EXERCISED THROUGH NORMAJLrNATQ CHANNELS*. 6,THE OUTLINE OF OUR THINKING GIVEN ABOVE IS NECESSARILY TENTATIVE* OUR INABILITY TO REACH FIRM CONCLUSIGNSPON. THIS MATTER STEM; Tft! PART FROM A LACK OF KNOWLEDGE OF THE EXACT STATUS OF SACEUR-S" NEGOTIATIONS WITH OTHER MEMBER GOVTS AND IN PART FROM OUR UN- -C CERTAINTY AS TO JUST WHEN IT IS INTENDED TO EQUIP THE BRIGADE WITH LACROSSE MISSIBL£S*WHEN OUR KNOWLEDGE ON THESE TWO ASPECTS OF THE QUESTION IS MORE CERTAIN UE SHALL BE IN A BETTER POSITION TO DECIDE THE NATURE AND METHOD OF NEGOTIATION OF NECESSARY AGREEMENTS TO COVER THE ACQUISITION OF THE WEAPONS*IT SEEMS TO US AS WELL THAT ONLY AFTER THE GOVT HAS MADE A STATEMENT OF POLICY ALONG THE LINES PRESENTLY UNDER CONSIDERATION WILL WE BE IN A POSITION TO PURSUE MORE VIGOROUSLY OUR ENQUIRIES WITH THE NATO AUTHORITIES,THE USA AND SECRET 000554 �SECRET Signal Centre Chairman, Chiefs of Staff Room 4802A Bldg Phone- 9-2-4835 _____________ BT SECURE MEANS DlS,t PAGE FOUR PERHAPS THE UK* 7.WE HAVE NOT RPT NOT HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS THIS QUESTION WITH DND BUT WE SHALL BE SEEKING THEIR COMMENTS ON THIS MESSAGE AND YOUR MESSAGE UNDER REF AND SHALL KEEP YOU INFORMED OF THEIR REACTIONS* 20297-20299-2Q3G0/FH/09I350Z FEB 59 000555 SECRET � 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 CDNW04130 Title A name given to the resource External Ott to NATOParis DL81 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 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 7-Feb-59