https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/70d1e5aa71a68b408850b240ef588da6.pdf 0ad4c4f495731476e841f842d9d6baa2 PDF Text Text • J- s scM c s' FM WASHDC A U 6 1 3 / 5 8 SECRET _ u ,co TO EXTERNAL'l^B^OPIMMEDIATE . 10 3 M B T O ^ ^' . INFO PERM I SNY< FOR MINISTER AND ,MR .ROBERTSON XHroftKEDX ATE K //» U,t> l :AkP '3 A AS- ywjvtcrw^ REF OURTEL 1 4 ? JAN2KATOMIC ENERGY CONSULTATICTlsS* %~Llt-£J nut ^»-***" COMBINED POLICY COMMITTEE • . CHO'O™ * WHILE IN THE COURSE OF EXAMINING.THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE STANDING COMMITTEE ON EXTERNAL AFFAIRS FOR AUG4,AND IN PARTICULAR THE REFS TO THE USA ATOMIC ENERGY LEGISLATION AND TO THE OLD COMBINED POLICY COMMITTEE,BY COINCIDENCE WE WERE CALLED DOWN TO THE STATE DEPT THIS AFTERNOON TO BE TOLD OF USA PROPOSALS FOR REVIVING AND REACTIVATING THE COMBINED POLICY COMMITTEE, 2.Y0U WILL RECALL THAT IN CONNECTION WITH THE USA-UK-CANADA TECHNICAL COMMITTEE DISCUSSIONS OF LAST FALL THERE HAD BEEN SOME DISCUSSION, PARTICULARLY BETWEEN THE UK AND THE USA AUTHORITIES,ON THE NEED FOR USING MORE FULLY THE COMBINED"'POLICY COMMITTEE AS A GENERAL SUPERVISORY BODY TO GOVERN COOPERATION BETWEEN THE THREE GOVTS IN MILITARY, SCIENTIFIC,AND TECHNICAL FIELDS(SEE FOR EXAMPLE OURTELS 2 6 7 0 DEC13/57 AND 1 4 2 JAN21o) 3.MY IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING TEL CONTAINS THE TEXT OF TWO DRAFT PAPERS WHICH WERE GIVEN TO US TODAY BY SPIEGEL OF PHIL FARLEY0S STAFF.THE FIRST PAPER PRESENTS IN THE FORM OF A DRAFT AIDE MEMOIRE A GENERAL OUTLINE OF THE HISTORY OF THE CPC,AND PROPOSES ITS REACTIVATION WITH NEW SUPERVISORY TASKS FOR TECHNICAL COOPERATION FOR MILITARY PURPOSES IN BOTH THE ATOMIC AND NON-ATOMIC F I E L D S S H E DRAFT AIDE MEMOIRE REQUESTS THE COMMENTS OF THE CANADIAN AUTHORITIES ON THE PURPOSES SET FORTH IN THE DOCUMENT ITSELF,AND ALSO ON T H H ? E L A T E D PAPER,(WHICH. IS ALSO SUBMITTED TO US IN DRAFT FORM),DEALING WITH THE OBJECTIVES, RESPONSI BI LIT l ES , M EMBERSK I P , AND ORGAN I z f e & f AND PROCEDURES' OF THE COMBINED POLICY COMMITTEE. 4.C0MMENTING ON THE PAPERS THEMSELVES,SPIEGEL DREW PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO THE FACT THAT IT IS PROPOSED THAT THE SECRETARY OF STATE AND HIS OPPOSITE NUMBERS IN CANADA AND THE UK SHOULD BE FULL MEMBERS OF THE CPC.HE ALSO DREW ATTENTION IN PARTICULAR TO THE FACT THAT WITH THE REVISED TERMS OF REF PROPOSED,NON-NUCLEAR AS WELL AS NUCLEAR ASPECTS OF TECHNICAL COOPERATION WOULD BE INVOLVED. • • e <2 T"T.. ..." " ; " ' " " " - ^ " e " : ' • ' - " • * y - 3 ~ . . . y ' v T ' e g . , g ' ; . ; , . . v . .. ;. ,000151 �I % ; PAGE TWO 1868 5.SPIEGEL MADE IT CLEAR THAT THERE HAS ALREADY BEEN A GOOD DEAL OF INFORMAL CONSULTATION THROUGH THE BRITISH EMBASSY HERE WITH THE UK AUTHORITIES ON THE IDEAS CONTAINED IN THESE DRAFT OUTLINES,BUT THAT THEY ARE AWAITING UK COMMENTS AS WELL AS OUR OWN COMMENTS ON THE PROPOSALS OUTLINED. 6.HE EMPHASIZED THAT THE STATE DEPT HOPE THAT IT WILL BE POSSIBLE TO_ KEEP OUR CONSULTATIONS ON THESE PROPOSED ARRANGEMENTS WHOLLY PRIVATE. AND INDEED WHEN AGREEMENT HAS BEEN REACHED ON THE PROPOSAL AND THE TERMS OF REF,TO TRY TO ENSURE THAT THE REACTIVATION OF THE COMBINED POLICY COMMITTEE(WHICH AS YOU ARE AWARE HAS NEVER BEEN TERMINATED ALTHOUGH IT HAS NOT RPT NOT BEEN ACTIVE SINCE 1951)IS PLAYED DOWN AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.IN PART WE GATHER THE REASON FOR THIS IS THE FRENCH POSITION,AND ALSO THE VIEW HERE THAT WORK OF THIS KIND CAN MOST FRUITFULLY BE DONE WITHOUT UNDUE PUBLICITY. 7.FINALLY SPIEGEL MADE IT CLEAR THAT IT WAS NOT RPT NOT EXPECTED THAT THE CPC AT MINISTERIAL LEVEL WOULD BE REQUIRED TQ MEET OFTENt AND AS YOU WILL SEE,PROVISION IS MADE FOR ALTERNATE REPRESENTATION WHICH IN THE CONCEPTION OF THE STATE DEPT WOULD BE SUPPLIED MAINLY BY THE MISSIONS IN WASHDC,WITH WHATEVER ASSISTANCE MAY BE NECESSARY FROM THE CAPITALS CONCERNED. 8.WE SHOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR COMMENTS ON THE PROPOSAL AND ON THE TERMS OF REF AS SET FORTH IN MY IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING TEL.ON THE BASIS OF THESE COMMENTS FROM OURSELVES AND THE UK,THE STATE DEPT WOULD PLAN TO PREPARE FINAL TEXTS FOR SUBMISSION TO GOVTS CONCERNED, 000152 � 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 CDNW05364 Title A name given to the resource CDNW05364 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived "Combined Policy Committee," RG24-B-1, vol 21439, file CSC 1888:5, part 1, 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