https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/33a626c5080164933d91ae0d59796206.pdf 6d5f8c87d78c6cf8f46c4590ffeb4b0b PDF Text Text QCppFT OLOIVL I " ^ A P Paraphrase — --H-V- n ot-required-.— -v-,-^,™, No u n c l a s s i f i e d 0?Emil0 4&pl#imv*&T&Tence, FM NATOPARIS APR25/63 SECRET TO EXTERNAL 9 0 9 OPIMMED •, . , INFO CCOS OPIMMED LDN WASHDC BONN ROME EMBPARIS BRU HAGUE m ~nf TT DM/DND OPIMMED FM CCOS ^/CM REF MYTEL S30 APR23 &/b%{L / SPECIAL REPORT BY SECGEN ON NATO DEFENCE POLICY THIS MSG REPORTS LATEST DEVELOPMENTS IN REACTIONS TO SECGENS ^^>,./z%^ 'Tl^rvtMlp REPORT o *-&&. 7/' v. 2 i I N A TALK WITH SHUCKBURGH I UNDERSTOOD THAT UK DEL WILL SUPPORT 26/^3 SPECIAL REPORT AS IT STANDS.SHUCKBURGH BELIEVES THAT USA DEL WILL IN THE END ALSO SUPPORT THE REPORT THOUGH THE RESERVATIONS PUT FORWARD BY FINLETTER ON THE PASSAGES RELATING TO SHARING NUCLEAR INFO WITH THE ALLIES ARE STILL BEING MAINTAINED WHILE SECGEN HAS TALKS WITH SACEUR AND STANDING GROUP ABOUT THEM THIS WEEKEND.SHUCKBURGH SAID THAT UK ATTACH IMPORTANCE TO ESTABLISHING BEGINNINGS OF THE FORMULATION OF POLITICAL CONTROL OVER NUCLEAR POLICY THROUGH COUNCIL AND EVEN THOUGH THESE BEGINNINGS MIGHT BE MODEST UNDER TERMS OF SECGENS PAPER I F DEVELOPED THEY COULD PROVIDE AT LEAST A BASIS FOR INFLUENCING POLITICAL DECISIONS ON NUCLEAR MATTERS BY USA^GOVT WITH WHOM ULTIMATE DECISION STILL RESTS. 3.SHUCKBURGH SAID THAT HE WAS URGING STIKKER NOT RPT NOT TO ACCEPT DRASTIC AMENDMENTS OF HIS REPORT FROM FRENCH AND TO TAKE POSITION THAT THE REPORT WAS BEING SUBMITTED TO MINISTERS ON HIS RESPONSIBILITY AND THAT I F THERE WERE BASIC OBJECTIONS FROM FRENCH IT WAS BETTER THAT THESE DIFFERENCES WOULD COME OUT AND THAT REPORT SHOULD BE NOTED IN OTT,WITH POSITIONS OF CONTRIBUTING GOVTS BEING CLARIFIED BY APPROPRIATE DECLARATIONS. k.ON OTHER HAND FRENCH OFFICIALS,PENDING CONSULTATION WITH DEGAULLE, ARE THINKING IN TERMS OF SEEKING TO PLAY THE IANF PROPOSALS AT OTT IN A LOW KEY,EMPHASIS BEING ON FACT THAT WITH THE ALLOCATION OF ADDITIONAL ELEMENTS OF BRIT BOMBER COMMAND AND POLARIS TO SACEUR SEo?8?ET ,/ v c �SLv/KL I AU not r e q u i r e d . 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PAGE TWO 909 THE INFLUENCE OF EUROPEAN COMPONENTS MIGHT BE SLIGHTLY ENLARGED AND THEY MIGHT HAVE GREATER PARTICIPATION IN TARGET PLANNING AND INFO.THEY WOULD RESIST OF COURSE HAVING ANYTHING IN THE WAY OF A RESLN OR A STATEMENT IN COMMUNIQUE WHICH WOULD REPRESENT THE IANF AS SOMETHING STARTINGLY NEW OR AS A VICTORY FOR BRIT VIEWS FORMULATED AT NASSAU.AS I HAVE REPORTED ALREADY,FRENCH WILL WATCH ANXIOUSLY FOR PRESENTATIONAL ASPECT OF IANF AND ITS POSSIBLE PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFECT ON THEIR POSITION AND I GATHER BRIT ARE NOT RPT NOT UNSYMPATHETIC TO THIS FRENCH PREOCCUPATION. 4.AS TO OTHER DELS I HAVE CONSULTED SO FAR,GERMAN BELGIAN AND DUTCH, I HAVE IMPRESSION THAT THEY EXPECT TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT SECGENS REPORT.MY GERMAN COLLEAGUE HAS A MINOR RESERVATION ABOUT SECGENS REFS TO CONVENTIONAL FORCES QUESTION,AND APPROPRIATENESS OF INCLUDING SUCH REFS AS OCCUR IN PARA 5 OF REPORT IN A DOCU MAINLY DEALING WITH NUCLEAR FORCE PROBLEMS,BUT ON THE WHOLE THINKS THAT DOCU IS LIKELY TO BE ACCEPTABLE, 5oMY BELGIAN AND DUTCH COLLEAGUES ARE PARTICULARLY CONCERNED ABOUT WEAKNESS OF REPORT IN DEALING WITH QUESTION OF POLITICAL CONTROL AND PERSISTENT EFFORTS OF SACEUR TO WEAKEN IT FURTHER BY REMOVING ANY REFS TO GIVING COUNCIL OR ITS NUCLEAR CTTEE ANY ROLE IN THE EXERCISE OF POLITICAL CONTROL.APPARENTLY SACEUR HAS NOW WRITTEN STIKKER FORMALLY OBJECTING TO REFS TO ARRANGEMENTS FOR POLITICAL CONTROL IN PARAS 1 3 , 1 9 AND 20 AND HAS SENT A COPY OF HIS OBSERVATIONS TO STANDING GROUCIN ADDITION HE HAS APPARENTLY OBJECTED TO IDEA THAT POSITION OF DEPUTY SACEUR SHOULD BE ROTATED AMONG CONTRIBUTING COUNTRIES AND THAT SACEURS LIAISON GROUP AT OMAHA SHOULD INCLUDE OFFICERS FROM COUNTRIES CONTRIBUTING FORCES TO IANF, SEo48?ET �* p Paraphrase "V/ not required. 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SECRET PAGE THREE 909 6.SACEURS OBJECTION ACCORDING TO MY BELGIAN AND DUTCH COLLEAGUES WOULD NOT RPT NOT ONLY STRIKE AT THE ROOTS OF POLITICAL CONTROL OVER NUCLEAR WEAPONS BUT WOULD DIMINISH SUBSTANTIALLY ANY ATTRACTIVE ELEMENT IN PROPOSED INTERALLIED FORCE.IN EFFECT SACEUR WOULD NOT RPT NOT BE COMMITTED TO GIVING CONTRIBUTING GOVTS ANY INFO HE DID NOT RPT NOT CHOOSE TO GIVE ON TARGETS AND EMPLOYMENT OF CONTRIBUTING FORCES AND FRENCH WOULD BE IN A POSITION TO SAY THAT THERE WAS VIRTUALLY NO RPT NO CHANGE AS REGARDS SHARING OF INFO ON NUCLEAR MILITARY MATTERS BY USA WITH ITS ALLIES.DISTINCTION WHICH MY DUTCH AND BELGIAN COLLEAGUES SEE IS IMPORTANT IS BETWEEN BRIEFING GIVEN COLLECTIVELY TO COUNCIL OR TO NUCLEAR CTTEE AND INFO BEING PASSED BY SACEUR TO NATIONAL MILITARY AUTHORITIES RESTD TO THEIR OWN FORCES.IF THIS LATTER COURSE WERE ACCEPTED THERE WOULD BE NO RPT NO SIGNIFICANT MOVE FORWARD TOWARDS A GREATER PARTICIPATION BY ALLIES IN NATO NUCLEAR PLANNING AND ROLE OF COUNCIL AS AGENT OF GOVTS IN EXERCISING POLITICAL CONTROL OVER NUCLEAR FORCES WOULD BE PREJUDICED. 7oI HAVE JUST BEEN INFORMED THAT IN VIEW OF FOREGOING DEVELOPMENTS COUNCIL IS TO BE ASKED TO HOLD A PRELIMINARY DISCUSSION ON SECGENS REPORT NEXT TUES APR3 0 AND I SHOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR GUIDANCE PARTICULARLY ON ISSUE OF POLITICAL CONTROL IGNATIEFF 2530 SEo«?ET � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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