https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/cb4e4be4f89d2c66554b00addd1960ea.pdf 09445492776eff6dc9b66363c7c90784 PDF Text Text .. /Jf 0 . FM BONN JUL5/63 C()JFD '1-/J/- J :vI. ACT\ON COPY TO EXTERNAL 458 INFO WASHDC LON EMBPARIS NATOPARIS HAGUE BRU R(JilE BAG COPEN OSLO LISBON ANKARA FM LOO . BAG ATHENS FM PARIS ..l ' ' EUROPEAN NUCLEAR FORCE) Vt EWS rF WALTER SCHEEL IN THE COURSE OF AN INTERESTING .SPEECH AT THE CONGRESS OF THE FDP __ b I · • ,l .• ,. IN !!UNIC!I(ON IIIliCH liE WILL SUBSEQUENTLY BE REPORTING)• WALTER SCHEEL• .ONE OF THE FDP SENIOR PERSON ALI TIES WHO HOLDS THE POST OF MINISTER FOR ECONOIIIC COOPERATION( DEVELOPMENT AID>IN TilE -8 - - 'j) REFERRED TO c_Lo$l/ THE POSSIBI Ll TY OF DEVELOPING A EUROPEAN NUCLEAR 'FORCE IN THE LctJG RUN. QUOTE IN THE LONG ROO UNQUOtE, HE SAID, QUOTE IT IS .IMPOSSIBLE FOR . LARGE COUNTRIES .AND CONTINENTS TO DEPmD CN THEIR PAR'INERS WHEN 4-JI THEIR SURVIVAL IS AT STAKE.UNQUOTE••• QUOT'E ONE MUST GIVE FAVOURABLE t} C(JISJDERATJ!!I TO MULTILATERAL SOLUTIONS FOR TilE NUCLEAR DEFENCE OF THE WEST OOTIL SUCH TIME AS EUROPE HAS BECOME SUFFICIENTLY STRONG if / TO DEVELOP HER OWN ATOMIC FORCE <N A POLITICALLY AND MILITARILY INTEGRATED BASIS. HOWEVER, THIS EUROPEAN FORCE SHOOLD BE INDISSOLUBLY LINKED WITH THAT OF THE USA AND 'nUS ON A BASIS CF EQUALITY UNQUOTE. 2. SCHEELS REMARKS ARE INTERESTING ()J SEVERAL COUNTS; BUT SHOULD PROBABLY NOT RPT NOT BE GIVEN TOO MUCH SIGNIFICANCE, OR ON 'mE FACE tF IT BE REGARDED AS INDICATIVE OF A SHIFT IN THE FDP ATTITUDE ON NU::LEAR DEFENCE ARRANGEMENTS. LOOKING TO THE PERHAPS DISTANT DAY WHEN EUROPE MAY BE POLITICALLY UNITED, THEY EXPRESS PUBLICLY AND EXPLICITLY A VIEW WHICH VE HAVE ENCOUNTERED IN SPEAKING TO MANY GERMAN OFFICIALS;NAMELY THAT SUCH A EUROPE WOULD AND SHOULD ENTAIL A. POOLING OF DEFENCE EFFORTS AND WOULD MAKE POSSIBLE THE FULL ACHIEVEMENT IN THE NUCLEAR FIELD OF K!NNEDYS CONCEPT a:' A PAR1NERSHIP OF EQUALS. • • • / I 000510 I 1 � 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 CDNW03786 Title A name given to the resource Bonn to External 458 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 05-Jul-63 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived "NATO - Nuclear weapons - Policy - NATO long term planning," RG25-A-3-b, vol. 5960, 50219-AL-2-40, part 10, Library and Archives Canada (LAC). Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Department of External Affairs Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Canadian Crown Subject The topic of the resource NATO, nuclear weapons Description An account of the resource European Nuclear Force Views of Walter Scheel 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