https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/4084d77ca37ce5c03787e552a884870b.pdf c13b78bbc2f34530743813437128ee80 PDF Text Text BY 33CURF- *KANS Signal Centre Chairman, Chiefs of Sta.ff Phone 9-2-4835 Room 48Q2A Bldp; SECRET c$c / IS HAY 13 9 i s rtti •SO FtRRFDTO 2 A y ,|L: .&/.£.£."J ROUTINE FM NATOPARIS MAY12/60 SECRET TO EXTERNAL 1322 INFO LDN UASHDC EMBPARIS BONN BRU HAGUE ROME TT ccos DND FM OTT J BAG ATHErB^SsifARA OSLO COPEN FM LDN &fi 401,1 REF OURTEL 1029 APR6 ATOMIC POLICY OF THE ALLIANCE-MRBMS FOR EUROPE -TO/ MAY iVt-60 NY NORWEGIAN COLLEAGUE CAME TO SEE ME YESTERDAY TO DISCUSS WHAT HE HAS HEARD THROUGH NORWEGIAN CHANNELS OF DISCUSSIONS UHICH MR SPAAK HAD HAD UITH THE STANDING GROUP IN UASHDC WHEN HE UAS THERE IN MID APR.ENGEN UNDERSTOOD THAT SPAAK HAD REQUESTED THE STANDING GROUP TO PROVIDE THE COUNCIL,PREFERABLY BY THE END OF MAY,UITH A REPORT ON THE EVENTUAL SITING OF THE 300 POLARIS MISSILES RECOMMENDED BY SACEUR TO MEET MILITARY REQUIRMEMTS IN EUROPE.ACCORDING TO EMGENS INFO THE STANDING GROUP IN TURN HAD REQUESTED"'THE VIEt-JS OF THE INTER* NATIONAL PLANNING TEAM* 2.ENGEN UAS PU2ZLED BY THE INFO HE HAD RECEIVED IN THAT IT SUGGESTED THAT THE STANDING GROUP HAD AGREED TO PRO VIDE IMMEDIATELY THE INFO REQUESTED BY THE SECGEN.ACCORDING TO EARLIER INFO AVAILABLE TO THE NORUEGIAN GOVT THE THREE STANDING GROUP COUNTRIES WERE OPPOSED TO HAVING THE COUNCIL SEIZED OF THE MATTER IN ANY DETAIL AND UERE OPPOSED IN PARTICULAR TO HAVING THE ACTUAL SITING OF THE MRBMS ON EUROPEAN TERRITORY DISCUSSED AT THIS STAGE. 3.YOU UILL RECALL FROM OUR REFTEL THAT THESECGEN HAD BEEN AUTHORIZED TO EXPLORE UITH THE STANDING GROUP UHXLE HE UAS IN UASHDC THE KIND SECRET 000898 �Signal Centre P* ft*--- ' • a S E C R E T bhiaffoTstaff Phone 9-2-4835 Room 48Q2A Bld_J 1322 SECRET PAGE TUO OF BACKGROUND INFO UHICH THEY COULD PROVIDE FOR A COUNCIL DISCUSSION ilOUT UNDUE EMBARRASSMEOT.IT UAS OUR UNDERSTANDING THAT MR SPAAK UAS THEN TO REPORT THE RESULTS OF HIS CONVERSATION TO THE COUNCIL IN ORDER THAT A DECISION COULD BE TAKEN AS TO WHAT QUESTIONS IF ANY PUT TO T "/ AUTHORITIES CONCERNING THE PROVISION OF PIS TO EUROPEAN MEMBERS OF THE ALLIANCE.UE HAD NO RPT NO INFO OF OUR OWN AS TO WHAT WENT ON IN UASHDC BUT tJOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR ANY FO W I JR REP ON THE MILITARY COMMITTEE COULD PROVIDE IN THIS COOTEXT.IT IS TRUE 9AS UE REPORTED IN OURTEL 10S4 APR!2,THAT GEN DRST MOT RPT NOT ANXIOUS THAT THE DISCUSSION IN COUNCIL SHOULD COVER THE EXACT SITING OF THESE MRBMS. ' 4.IT BECAME APPARENT THAT ENGENS REAL PURPOSE IN COMING TO SEE ME UAS TO UNDE 2 NORWEGIAN CONCERN UITH THE LINK UHICH THE SECGEN HAD ESTABLISHED BETWEEN THE MRBM PROPOSALS PUT FORUARD BY THE USA IN THE ONE HAND AND THE NORWEGIAN AND DANISH REAFFIRMATION ON THE OTHER HAND OF THE INABILITY OF THEIR GOVTS TO ACCEPT THE STOCKPILING OF NUCLEAR UARHEADS ON THEIR TERRITORIES.HE TOLD ME THAT AT ISTANBUL MR LANGE HAD BEEN UNCERTAIN AS TO WHETHER HE SHOULD INTERVENE IN THE DISCUSSION ON THE SECGENS REPORT<C-M(60)40) WHERE ONCE AGAIN THE LINK SECRET 000899 �[BY 35CUIL*1 -.JflAKSl SECRET Signal Centre Chairman, Chiefs of Staff Phone 9-2-4835 Room 4802A Bldf-j 1322 SECRET PAGE THREE HAD BEEN ESTABLISHED (PARA42). IN THE END MR LANGE HAD DECIDED AGAINST RASING THE ISSUE ALTHOUGH HE'IS STILL UNEASY ABOUT THE RELATIONSHIP WHICH HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED BY THE 5ECGEN.FROM WHAT ENGEN SAID,IT WOJLD SEEM THAT HIS GOVT (AND PRESUMABLY THE DANISH GOVT WOULD" BE ITE WILLING TO PARTICIPATE IN A DISCUSSION OF THE PROBLEMS PROPOSED BY SACEURS RECOMMENDATIONS AND THE USA OFFER WITH RESPECT TO MRBMS )PE..THE NORWEGIAN GOVT IS NOT RPT NOT,HOWEVER,ANXIOUS THAT ITS PLICYBE THE SUBJECT OF DETAILED DISCUSSION IN THE COUNCIL. rERSATION THE FOLLOUING POINTS EMERGED AS THE MOST IMPORTANT OF THOSE UHICH THE COUNCIL WOULD EVENr HAVE TO CONSIDER! (A)ALL C ,L PROBABLY WISH TO STUDY CAREFULLY THE QUESTION OF THE TYPE OF CONTROLS TO BE APPLIED TO SUCH WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION AND THE POSSIBLE REQUIREMENTS FOR NEW PROCEDURES WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION. (BDEPENDING ON THE SITING OF THE WEAPONS,CONSIDERATION WOULD HAVE TO GIVEN TO THE POSSIBLE IMBALANCE UHICH UOULD DEVELOP WITHIN THE ALLIANCE IF THE FRENCH CONTINUED THEIR PRESENT POLICY OF NON-COOPERATION AND IF,AS A RESULT,A MAJORITY OF THE MRBMS UERE TO*BE* LOCATED ON GERMAN TERRITORY. (C CONSIDER ATI ON UOULD HAVE TO BE GIVEN AS UELL TO THE POLITICAL EFFECT IN TERMS OF EAST-WEST RELATIONSHIPS OF THE NOTABLE INCREASE IN NATO MILITARY STRENGTH WHICH WILL DE INHERENT IN THE PROVISION OF A LARGE NUMBER OF MRBMS TO EUROPE. PTAS OF SUCH A SECRET 000900 �[BY SECURE P-AL'Sl SECRET Signal Centre Chairman, Ohiefs of Staff Phone 9-2-4835 Room 4802A Bldfll 1322 SECRET PAGE FOUR MAGNITUDE THAT POSSIBLY IT SHOULD BE CONSIDERED WITHING THE FRAMEWORK OF THE LONG TERM PLANNING FOR THE ALLIANCE PROPOSED DY MR HERTER AT LAST DECS MINISTERIAL MEETING AND UHICH IS TO BE PURSUED IN THE FUTURE BY THE SECGEN,POSSIBLY WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF THE COUNCIL AND EXPERTS FROM NATIONAL CAPITALS. <E)I INDICATED THAT I THOUGHT THE CDN GOVf'UOULD HAVE AN IMMEDIATE TEREST IN THE QUESTION IF IT TURNED OUT THAT SACEURS DETAILED RECOMMEND ILD INCLUDE THE SITING OF SOME OF THE MRBMS IN THE COMPLEX OF THE CDN BRIGADE OR THE AIR DIV. 6.WE SHALL BE HEARING MORE AND MORE OF THIS SUBJECT IN FUTURE WEEKS AND WHILE MY COWERS ATI ON WITH ENGEN WAS IN GENERAL TERMS , I THOUGHT I SHOULD KEEP YOU INFORMED OF OPINION ON THIS SUBJECT " AS IT DEVELOPS HERE. 733/734/735/CK/13 MAY 60 SECRET 000901 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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