https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/70fc710b6b9540843d4923df872cf5d0.pdf 58b38a674ca6afc9ec9f64488b7f3bd7 PDF Text Text BY 3E CWIi^MEANSl SECRET Signal Centre Chairman, Chiefs of Staff Phone 9-2-4835 Room 4802A Bldfd CSC.MS 2/oZ.J„ FM NATOPARIS APR 1/60 SECRET iA°' TO EXTERNAL 96L_0PIMMED INFO CCOS TJASTWr BONN LDN CJS<L> EMBPARIS OPIMMED TT DND OPIMMED FM CCOS (s *;.M t'l -ooR^Iff DDP OPIMMED FM OTT DEFENCE MINISTERS MEETING-USA PROPOSALS REGARDING MRBMS FOR EURoPl^ AT THIS MORNINGS MEETING OF MINISTERS MR GATES MADE THE USA OFFER DEALT WITH IN UASHDCS TELS13 MAR26.THE TERMINOLOGY NOW TO BE USED IS MEDIUM RANGE BALLISTIC MISSILES(MRBMS).FOR CONVENIENCE OF REF WE MIGHT REPEAT THE TERMS OF THE ALTERNATIVE PROPOSALS, 2.THE FIRST ALTERNATIVE WHICH GATES INDICATED WAS MUCH PREFERABLE TO THE USA WAS THE SALE OF POLARIS MISSILES TO EUROPEAN COUNTRIES WITH EUROPEAN PRODUCTION OF THE LAUNCHING EQUIPMENT.THE NUCLEAR WARHEADS WOULD BE PROVIDED BY THE USA AND THE USA WOULD BE WILLING TO PROVIDE SOME MDAP FUNDS FOR THE PROGRAMME,THE CONDITIONS IMPOSED UPON TIE PROVISION OF THESE MISSILES WOULD BE<A)THAT THE PROGRAMME BE APPROVED BY NATO COUNCIL|(B)THAT THE MISSILES BE UNDER SACEURS CONTROLS3(C)THAT THERE BE ADVANCE COMMITMENT TO ACCEPT STORAGE OF THE NUCLEAR COMPONENTS ANDCD)THAT THERE BE ADVANCE COMMITMENT TO DEPLOY THE MISSILES TO MEET SACEURS REQUIREMENTS.THE ALTERNATIVE PROPOSAL UAS THAT THE USA UOULD PROVIDE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A MULTILATERAL PRODUCTION CAPABILITY IN EUROPE FOR TIE MISSILE.A SMALL QUANTITY OF MISSILES MANUFACTURED IN THE USA WOULD BE PROVIDED TO FILL TIE T H E GAP WHICH UOULD \ SECRET 000960 �BY SECUIMvMEANSj SFHRFT S i g n a l Centre Chairman, Chiefs of Staff ouurvui phone 9_2_4835 Room 4802A Bldgj Do* SECRET PAGE TWO RESULT FROM THE NECESSITY OF SETTING UP SEPARATE PRODUCTION FACILITIES IN EUROPE.THE SECOND PROPOSAL WAS SUBJECT TO. THE SAME CONDITIONS AS THE FIRST. 3,THE FRENCH MINISTER SAID THAT TIE USA PROPOSALS WOULD REQUIRE A GOOD DEAL OF STUDY.WHEN THE FRENCH GOVT HAD GIVEN ITS APPROVAL IN PRINCIPLE TO TIE EQUIPMENT OF NATO FORCES WITH MRBMS THEY HAD NOT RPT MOT TuOUuiT THAT'THEY SHOULD BE PROVIDED EXCLUSIVELY FOR 3ACEUR.IT WOULD BE NECESSARY BECASUE OF TIE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE FRENCH GOVT THAT ITS FORCES SHOULD BE EQUIPPED WITH SUCH MISSILES, IT WOULD BE NECESSARY THEREFORE TO FIND A BASIS OF CO-OPERATION UNDER DIFFERING CONDITIONS THAN THOSE PUT FORWARD BY MR GATES, HE REFERRED TO THE STUDY CONCERNING THE MANUFACTURE IN EUROPE OF A SECOND GENERATION MRBM WHICH HAD BEEN MADE BY A COMMITTEE HEADED BY THE ASST SECGEN FOR PRODUCTION AND LOGISTICS AS BEING A MORE CONSTRUCTIVE APPROACH TO TIE PROBLEM IN TIE FRENCH VIEW THAN THAT WHICH HAD JUST BEEN SUGGESTED BY THE USA.HE EMPHASIZED THAT HIS STATEMENT SHOULD NOT RPT NOT BE TAKEN AS AN INDICATION THAT THE FRENCH GOVT WOULD REFUSE TO CO-OPERATE IN THIS PROGRAMME BUT IT WOULD CERTAINLY WISH TO GIVE TIE PROPOSALS A GOOD DEAL MORE THOUGHT BEFORE ANY DECISION WAS POSSIBLE. 4.MR STRAUSS OF GERMANY SAID HE THOUGHT TIE PROPOSALS SHOULD BE STUDIED CAREFULLY BY TIE PERM COUNCILS NUMBER OF QUESTIONS OCCURRED SECRET 000961 �BY SaCUJft^MEANSJ SECRET Signal Centre Chairman, Chiefs of Staff Phone 9-2-4835 Room 4802A Bldgj SSI SECRET PAGE THREE TO HIM AS TYPICAL OF THE DETAILED QUESTIONS WHICH WOULD HAVE TO BE EXAMINED BEFORE ANY DECISIONS COULD BE TAKEN,WOULD THE MISSILES BE PURCHASED BY INDIVIDUAL STATE37WAS THE POLARIS TRULY A MOBILE WEAPONS SYSTEM?WAS PURCHASE OF THE WEAPONS FROM THE USA REALLY TIE BEST SOLUTION? 5.MR PEARKES SAID THAT THE USA PROPOSALS WOULD INVOLVE SOME FAR REACHING PROBLEMS AFFECTING A NUMBER OF MEMBERS OF TIE ALLIANCE, HE SAID i!E UOULD HAVE PREFERRED IF TIE PROPOSAL COULD HAVE BEEN ' SUBMITTED IN WRITING PRIOR TO THE MEETING SO THAT .AN OPPORTUNITY MIGHT HAVE BEEN AFFORDED FOR ITS DISCUSSION WITH OTHER MINISTERS OP TIE GOVT WHO UOULD BE CONCERNED,IE SUPPORTED THE SUGGESTION THAT THE PROPOSALS BE EXAMINED THOROUGHLY BY THE COUNCIL,IE THOUGHT, HOWEVER-THAT THE MILITARY IMPLICATIONS SHOULD BE CONSIDERED FIRS';' BY THE MILITARY COMMITTEEMAN THE INTERIM AS LITTLE PUBLICITY AS POSSIBLE SHOULD BE GIVEN TO THE PROPOSALS,,PUBLIC SPECULATION ABOUT THE SITING OF LARGE NUMBERS OF MRBMS IN EUROPE WAS BOUND TO HAVE AN EFFECT 01] THE NEGOTIATIONS PRESENTLY GOING FORWARD IN GENEVA ON DISARMAMENT.IT WAS ESSENTIAL TO AVOID DISRUPTING THOSE NEGOTIATIONS AT THIS TIME. 6.MR WATKINSON OF THE UK AGREED THAT TIE PROPOSALS SHOULD BE EXAMINED XN TIE PERM COUNCIL AND THAT EVERY EFFORT SHOULD BE MADE TO AVOID SPECULATION IN THE PRESS ON TIE SUBJECT.HIS PRELIMINARY SECRET 000962 �BY SEOUIL^MEANSi SECRET Signal Centre Chairman, Chiefs of Staff Phone 9-2-4835 Room 4802A Bldg 961 SECRET PACE FOUR VIEW WAS THAT THE PURCHASE OF THE MISSILES WOULD BE THE MOST EXPEDITIOUS AND ECONOMICAL SOLUTION TO MEETING TIE REQUIREMENT FOR MISSILES WHICH IE UNDERSTOOD HAD ALREADY BEEN ESTABLISHED BY THE fciUTARY COMMITTEE.HE SAID HIS GOVT WOULD GIVE THE USA PROPOSALS THE URGENT STUDY WHICH THEY DESERVED.A NUMBER OF OTHER EUROPEAN REPS URGED THAT THE POSSIBILITY OF COMMON EUROPEAN PRODUCTION SHOULD NOT RPT NOT BE EXCLUDED.THERE WAS GENERAL SUPPORT FOR TIE IDEA THAT THE PROPOSALS SHOULD BE STUDIED BY THE MILITARY AUTHORITIES AMD TIE COUNCIL. 7,SPAAK TERMED THE USA PROPOSALS AS TIE MOST IMPORTANT COMMUNICATION ON THE QUESTION OF NATO NUCLEAR WEAPONS SINCE THE HEADS OF GOVT MEETING IN 1957,IE URGED THEREFORE THAT EVERY EFFORT BE MADE TO PREVENT MISLEADING PUBLICITY CONCERNING TIE OFFER,LATER ON IN THE HORNING5UHEN TIE COMMUNIQUE WAS BEING CONSIDERED,THE MATTER OF PUBLICITY WAS AGAIN DISCUSSED,WITH A NUMBER OF REPS SEEING MO RPT MO REASON WHY REF TO TIE USA PROPOSAL SHOULD NOT RPT MOT BE MADE IN THE COMMUNIQUE.MR PEARKES SUPPORTED TIE SECGENS ARGUMENT THAT NO RPT MO DIRECT REF SHOULD BE MADE IN TIE COMMUNIQUE TO THE SUBJECT,THERE WAS GENERAL PESSIMISM,HOWEVER,THAT THE FACT THAT TIE PROPOSAL HAD BEEN MADE COULD BE KEPT FROM TIE NEWSPAPERS*FINALLY?IT WAS AGREED THAT TIE LAST SENTENCE OF TIE COMMUNIQUE SHOULD READ QUOTE TIE PRESENT STATUS OF EQUIPMENT IN MODERN WEAPONS WAS ALSO EXAMINED UNQUOTE, 0096/0097/009S/CK/02 APR 60 SECRET 000963 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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