https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/e30d63c562e2ed14611767e42f10d7c4.pdf a7a933a43bc069b9890dd4605af841b1 PDF Text Text .HUG P /i 55 ri. .tU FM NATOPARIS AUG10/60 CONFD ^ iP(£>JJ 2JOS-I TO EXTERNAL 2 1 0 8 INFO LDN EMBPARXS WASHDC BRU HAGUE BONN BAG COPEN ATHENS OSLO ANKARA LISBON MOSCOW FM LDN REF OURTEL 2 0 2 6 JUL27 POLARIS MISSILES AND GERMANY WE ARE SETTING FORTH BELOW THE TEXT OF THE DRAFT GERMAN REPLY TO THE SOVIET NOTE OF JUL19CSUMMARISED IN OUR RET TEL) ON THIS SUBJECT. A COPY OF THE NOTE AND THE EIGHT-PAGE ANNEX IS GOING FORWARD BY BAG.UNLESS THE GERMAN DEL RECEIVES EARLY COMMENTS THIS REPLY WILL BE HANDED TO THE SOVIET GOVT IN MOSCOW ON AUG12.TEXT BEGINS; IT IS WITH SURPRISE THAT THE GOVT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY HAS TAKEN NOTE OF THE CONTENTS OF THE NOTE BY THE USSR DATED JUL19. THE ALLEGATIONS AND REPROACHES CONTAINED THEREIN MUST BE REJECTED IN THE FIRMEST MANNER. THE FEDERAL GOVT DEEMS IT OF LITTLE USE TO COMMENT IN DETAIL ON THE STATEMENTS MADE IN THE SOVIET NOTE AS IT HAS DONE SO REPEATEDLY IN PREVIOUS NOTES AND STATEMENTS;IT HAS THEREFORE ATTACHED AN APPENDIX TO THIS NOTE IN WHICH THE VARIOUS REPROACHES ARE REFUTED IN DETAIL. THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC MISSES IN THE SOVIET NOTE OF JUL1 9 THE PEACEABLE S P I R I T AND DESIRE OF RECONCILIATION WHICH, ACCORDING TO THE ASSERTIONS OF THE SOVIET GOVT, ARE GOVERNING THE SOVIET UNIONS POLICY. THE CONTENTS OF THE NOTE AND ITS MENACING TENOR AS WELL AS CERTAIN INCIDENTS OF THE RECENT PAST,SUCH AS THE PREVENTION OF THE SUMMIT CONFERENCE IN MAY OF LAST YEAR,AND ARBITARARY BREAKING OFF OF THE GENEVA DISARMAMENT NEGOTIATIONS AND THE ACCUSATIONS CONTAINED IN THE SOVIET STATEMENT OF JUL13 WITH REGARD TO THE CONGO RATHER IMPLY THE CONCLUSION THAT THE SOVIET GOVT I S MAINLY INTERESTED IN CREATING UNREST AND IN INCREASING THE ALREADY EXISTING TENSION.THE FEDERAL GOVT CONSIDERS THAT SUCH ACTION,STATEMENTS AND NOTES ARE INCOMPATIBLE WITH THE ALLEGED WISH SO OFTEN EXPRESSED BY THE SOVIET GOVT FOR QUOTE PEACEFUL CO-EXISTENCE UNQUOTE AND DETENTE OF THE INTERNATIONAL . «. 2 ' 001633' �PAGE TWO 2 1 0 8 SITUATION. THE FEDERAL GOVT IS PREPARED-AS IT HAS REPEATEDLY STATED AND PROVED -TO COOPERATE WITH ALL MEANS AT ITS DISPOSAL IN SHAPING IN PEACE AND FREEDOM-AND WITHOUT ANY SELFISH MOTIVE-THE CO-EXISTENCE OF THE PEOPLES.IT CONTINUES TO BELIEVE THAT COMPREHENSIVE AND CONTROLLED DISARMAMENT I S THE BEST METHOD FOR SOLVING PENDING INTERNATIONAL PROBLEMS. HOWEVER, AS LONG AS NO RPT NO AGREEMENT ON COMPREHENSIVE AND CONTROLLED DISARMAMENT HAS BEEN REACHED THE FEDERAL REPU3LIC-AS ANY OTHER SOVEREIGN STATE-DEEMS ITSELF JUSTIFIED IN TAKING AND DEFENCE MEASURE WHICH IT CONSIDERS NECESSARY IN THE LIGHT OF THE PRESENT POLITICAL SITUATION. IN THIS CONNECTION,THE FEDERAL GOVT WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT IT HAS SOLEMNLY UNDERTAKEN TO MEET ITS LEGITIMATE DEFENCE REQUIREMENTS ONLY WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF NATO, CONCEIVED EXCLUSIVELY FOR DEFENCE PURPOSES AND THUS TO RENOUNCE NATIONAL FORCES. CONTRARY TO SOVIET ALLEGATIONS ITS MEMBERSHIP IN NATO PRESENTS NEITHER A THREAT NOR A DANGER TO ANY OTHER STATE. THE FEDERAL GOVT I S ALL THE LESS ABLE TO RECOGNIZE THE JUSTIFICATION OF THE SOVIET REPROACHES WHICH IT FINDS INCOMPREHENSIBLE,AS THE SOVIET GOVT HAS ITSELF REPEATEDLY STRESSED THE NEED FOR LARGE-SCALE EQUIPMENT OF ITS ARMED FORCES WITH THE LATEST MISSILE WEAPONS.THESE REPROACHES MUST APPEAR WITHOUT ANY FOUNDATION WHEN ONE RECALLS THAT PART OF THE SOVIET ARMED FORCES ARE STATIONED ON GERMAN TERRITORY AND IN ADDITION TO THEIR MILITARY FUNCTIONS HAVE BEEN ASSIGNED THE TASK TO SUPPORT THE PUPPET REGIME IMPOSED UPON THIS REGION AND TO ENFORCE THE COMMUNIST SYSTEM HATED BY THE GERMAN POPULATION. IF THE SOVIET UNION IS REALLY INTERESTED IN PEACE IN EUROPE AND IN THE WORLD IN GENERAL, AND IF THE AFFIRMATIONS OF ITS PEACEFUL INTENTIONS ARE NOT RPT NOT ONLY OPPORTUNIST LIP-SERVICE,THEN THE SOVIET GOVT SHOULD AT LEAST DECLARE ITSELF WILLING TO ALLOW THE GERMAN PEOPLE TO EXERCISE THEIR RIGHT OF SELF-DETERMINATION,WHICH WILL LEAD TO THE REUNIFICATION OF GERMANY AND THUS TO THE REMOVAL . . a 3 �PAGE THREE 2 1 0 8 OF THIS EUROPEAN DANGER SPOT OF TROUBLE. THE FEDERAL GOVT I S STATING ONCE MORE AND WITH DEEP REGRET THAT THE GOVT OF THE SOVIET-UNION HAS NOT RPT NOT YET DECLARED ITSELF WILLING TO TAKE THIS SELF-EVIDENT MEASURE. THE SENSE OF RESPONSIBILITY AND THE DEEP CONCERN FOR THE PEACEFUL CO-EXISTENCE OF NATIONS OBLIGE THE FEDERAL GOVT TO POINT OUT THAT A POLICY OF VIOLEANCE AND OF UNILATERAL ACTION,OF THREATS, OF SLANDER AND HATRED, OF OPPRESSION AND OF REFUSING THE RIGHT OF SELF-DETERMINATION CANNOT RPT NOT LEAD TO A GOOD END. THE FEDERAL GOVT APPEALS THEREFORE ONCE MORE TO THE CONSCIENCE AND SENSE OF RESPONSIBILITY OF THE SOVIET GOVT TO PUT AN END TO THESE DANGEROUS POLITICAL METHODS AND TO PROVE BY DEEDS THE PEACEFUL CHARACTER OF SOVIET INTENTIONS.TO GRANT THE GERMAN PEOPLE THE RIGHT OF SELF-DETERMINATION WOULD BE ONE OF THESE DEEDS.TEXT ENDS. � 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 CDNW04282 Title A name given to the resource CDNW04282 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 4, Library and Archives Canada (LAC). 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