https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/af3ef2e43e64ece7fd668c4b16748a95.pdf 0f1a8cd7f5e6343206c321db2e5a95ff PDF Text Text u r^C/ !S FM NATOPARIS JUN26/59 SECRET .u- ^./.-*--' TO EXTERNAL 1 3 2 4 OPIMMED INFO WASHDC LDN PRIORITY REF LDN TEL 2067 JUN25 AND OUR 1 3 1 3 JUN25 UK' CONTROL OVER USE OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS I CALLED ON SIR FRANK ROBERTS TO OBTAIN SOME CLARIFICATION OF THE BASIS ON WHICH PRIME"MINISTER MACMILLAN MADE HIS REPLIES IN THE UK HOUSE OF COMMONS ON JUN24 ABOUT UK GOVT'S AUTHORITY CN THE USE OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS. 2 . S I R FRANK SAID THAT THE REPLIES GIVEN BY MR MACMILLAN WERE NEITHER BASED DIRECTLY ON NATO ALERT MEASURES NOR ON US-UK BILATERAL AGREEMENTS,THEY HAD BEEN WORKED OUT WITH GEN NORSTAD AND COULD ONLY BE UNDERSTOOD IN THE LIGHT OF THE DISCUSSIONS ON THE REPLIES WHICH WERE HELD EARLIER IN THE WEEK BETWEEN HIMSELF,SACEUR AND THE UK GOVT AS RELATED TO THE TYPE OF WEAPONS AND VARHEADS NOW AVAILABLE OR TO BECOME AVAILABLE SOON TO UK TROOPS STATIONED ON THE CONTINENT OF EUROPE.(ROBERTS INDICATED THAT THE WEAPONS BEING COVERED BY SUCH STATEMENT ARE THE CORPORAL AND THE HONEST J O H N ) . 3.R0BERTS SAID THAT IN GEN NORSTAD'S VIEW SUCH WEAPONS WILL LIKELY BE USED AFTER THE UK HAS BEEN AT WAR OR IN THE EVENT THAT A DECISION HAS BEEN TAKEN TO USE TACTICAL ATOMIC WEAPONS TO COUNTERACT A MASSIVE SOVIET OFFENSIVE OF THE CONVENTIONAL TYPE.IN THE FIRPT CASE THERE WOULD BE NO RPT NO PROBLEM SINCE ALL UK FORCES WHEREVER THEY ARE STATIONED WILL USE ALL WEAPONS AT THEIR DISPOSAL,WHILE IN THE SECOND IT I S GENERALLY BELIEVED THAT ENOUGH WARNING PILL HAVE BEEN GIVAN TO THE ALLIANCE THROUGH THE MOVEMENT OF CONVEN"IONAL TROOPS IN SOVIET OR SOVIET-DOMINATED TERRITORY FOR PRIOR CONSULTATION TO BE HELD BETWEEN NATO COUNTRIES.(YOU MAY RECALL THAT " H I S VERY POINT WAS MADE T O * f C S Y MR SPAAK PARAS OF TEL 1106 JUN2).L-> EITHER CASE THE UK GOVT WOULD HAVE TIME TO TAKE V:HAT MR M A O P I L L A P TERMED AS A "POSITIVE DECISION"BEFORE P'JCLEA.R WEAPCVS EPR£ USED, 4 „ S I R FRANK TOLD ME THAT SEN NO^STA^ HAP 3H0U> SOME PESITATION IN u u o —• 001235 �V -- 3 if PAGE TWO 1 3 2 4 AGREEING TO THE TERMS OF MR MACMILEAN'S REPLIES IN VIEW OF THEIR REPERCUSSIONS AMONG OTHER MEMBERS OF THZ ALLIANCE BL T SAVE HIS CONSENT IN THE END LEGER 001236 � 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 CDNW04181 Title A name given to the resource CDNW04181 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 3, 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