https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/17e408eeb249997d28953bcd3bb12fe4.pdf d77ca7ff105d1a442499166b3f33ebc4 PDF Text Text . , '"' t- --· 'I . .. " # • > (.£ ' \ . ! -/ "---- __ \ )' / MM FM BONN JUL24/63 SECRET NO RPT NO DISTRIBUTION TO EXTERNAL 500 PRIOR I TY 1--11-11 FOR UNDERSECRETARY FRcr-1 STARNES< NO RPT NO DISTRIBUTION> G'-1 DEPLOYMENT OF CDN FORCES IN EUROPE THE FOLLO\HNG DPA DES? SCXt1EWHAT MORE SPECIFIC THAN REPORT IN CBC NE SUMMARY JUL23, APP EARED IN THE JUL24 ISSUE OF QUOTE DIE WELT UNQUOTE: TUES, NATO SUPREME Co;.tMANDER LEMNITZER S.TARTED TALKS IN OTT,CDA.HE MET PRIME MINISTER PEARSON,FOREIGJ MINISTER MARTIN AND MINISTER OF DEFENCE HELLYER. OOE OF THE SUBJECTS TO BE DISCUSSED CONCERNS THE FOUR C-DN STARFlGHTER SQUADRONS, WHICH ARE TO BE STATICNED IN FRANCE FROM THE END OF THIS YEAR. IN VIEW oF FRANCES REFUSAL TO TOLERATE FOREIGN NUCLEAR 1,J.7E.APONS CN HER TERRITORY, HELLYER CCNSIDERS THAT THESE JET MACHINES ARE THUS USELESS TO NATO. ON THE OTHER HAND, THE STATIONING OF THE< SIC> CONS IN THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC IS THOUGHT TO PRESENT CONSIDERABLE 2. IN THE LIGHT OF THIS REPORT I HAVE THOUGHT IT APPROPRIATE TO SET OUT THE TEXT OF A LET WHICH I SENT YOU IN YESTE.RDAYS BAG, AS THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THAT LET WOULD NOW SEEM OF SOMEWHAT GREATER .URGENCY. TEXT BEGINS: PI THOUGHT I SHOULD LET YOU DAVID PROMPTLY OF A CCNVERSATION WHICH HAD ON JUL19 WITH SULZBERGER OF THE NY TIMES. THE OCCASION WAS A SMALL MENS DINNER GIVEN FOR SULZBERGER BY OLSEN, THE NY TIMES BUREAU CHIEF IN BONN, ATTENDED IN ADDITION BY THE LOCAL LON TIMES CORRESPONDENT, THE NBC POL! TICAL CORRESPONDENT ABEL, A POLITICAL OFFICER F THE USA EMB AND KRAPF OF THE FOREIGN MINISTRY. ALSO PRESENT WERE A MEMBER OF OLSENS STAFF AND OLSENS BROTHER. THE LDN TIMES MAN ALMOST CERTAINLY OVERHEARD THE CONVERSATION, AND ANY OF THE OTHERS MIGHT HAVE DONE SO. 2. SULZBERGER SAIDLHE HAD HE.ARD THAT, IN CONNECTION WITH THE DIFFICUL- •• •2 ••• 000442 t �wv p. PAGE TWO 500 TIES WITH FRANCE ABOUT FOR CDA FOUR FRENCH-BASED F 104 SQUADRONS, THERE WAS CONS!DERAT BEING GIVEN IN OTT TO THE RETURN OF THESE FOUR SQUADRONS TO CDA. THE IDEA WOULD THAT THEY MIGHT TAKE ON OPERATIONAL ROLES IN CDA NOW BEING CARRIED aY USA UNITS-,EG THE VOODOOS BASED IN NEWFOUNDLAND, WHICH COULl) BE ·TRANSFERRED TO EUROPE TO TAKE UP THE SLACK HERFjKIRKWOOD REPLIED THAT · ·. HE HAD NO RPT NO KNOWLEDGE OF ANY SUCH LINE .OF THOUGHT AND REFERRED . TO THE POLITICAL CHAIN THAT MIGHT WELL FOLLOW ANY WITHDRAIJIAL OF GDN FORCES FROM EUROPE·.HE ADDED THAT THERE MIGHT BE ALTERNATIVE WAYS OF OVERCOMING THE DIFFICULTIES \liTH FRANCE • . AGREEDeAID. HE HAD NO RPT NO TO A DECISION HAD BEEN TAKEN,AND EXPLAINED THAT IN HIS UNDERSTANDING THE DIFFICULTIES WITH FRANCE HAD MERELY BEEN THE POINT FOR . STARTING ., CONSIDERING THE POSSIBILITY OF RETURNING THE SQUADRONS TO CDA. THE PLAN AS NOW BEING CONSIDERED WAS AS ATTRACTIVE IN ITS 0\IJt'-J RIGHT ,NOT RPT NOT JUST AS A MEANS OF DEALING WITH THE FRENCH PROBLEM.AS FOR THE POLITICAL CONSEQUENCES; THIS FACTOR HAD BEEN TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT; IF THE PLAN WERE ADOPTED, SULZBERGER SAID, THE WITHDRAWAL OF AIR UNITS .WOULD BE OFFSET BY THE. ASSIGNME:NT TO EUROPE OF ADDir'I,ONAL CDN f:\RMY fiSHlNG FOR HEACTION.S,TH11t SUCH AN ARR#!NGEMENT Mielff WELL HAVE BOIH F lNANCIAL AND POLITICAL ATTRACTIONS FOR THE CDN GOVT .AG-1=-H.l.S-DREW t<JO RPI RES?e;4SE,SULZBEfWER ABQ.E:O :rHAT l:li-HAD NOT RPT tJOT BEE14 t..NllRr.LY THE PROS AND CONS OF THE PLAN MIG.HT BE, HE SAID, jj If HE<UNDERLINE)KNEW<ENDUNDERLINE)THAT IT WAS .BEING WHETHER OR NOT RPT NOT THERE IS ANYTHING IN THE STORY, IT IS POSSIBLE THAT SOMETHING ALONG THIS LINE MIGHT APPEAR IN THE PRESS AT ANY TIME AND I THOUGHT THOSE CONCERNED IN OTT MIGHT WISH TO BE WARNED. TEXT 3.THE DPA REPORT FROM OTT MIGHT LEAD SULZBERGER,bR .OtHER JOURNtiLISTS 000443 ......................................s.....-1 �,. \ .'" t -· . .. . . J .. PAGE THREE 500 WHO HAVE HEARD THE STORY HE HAS, TO· DEC IDE NOYJ TO PUBLISH. THE DPA REPORT MAY ALSO LEAD THE GERMAN AUTHORITIES TO QUESTION US ON THIS MATTER.! SHOULQ ACCORDINGLY BE GRATEFUL FOR GUIDANCE AS TO HOW TO DEAL WITH QUESTIONS THAT MIGHT BE PUT. TO US BY THE GERMAN GOVT. AS F.UR AS PRESS INQUIRIES ARE CONCERNED WE PROPOSE TO MAKE NO RPT NO COMMENTS. v . 000444 � 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 CDNW03806 Title A name given to the resource Bonn to External 500 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 24-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). 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