https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/3b6705d2b2b9dbd6ab33449658444ed6.pdf cd7ee480a77131be054fab5304cfbbf3 PDF Text Text Copy for: SSEA USSEA PM' s Office Liaison Services r • tl; D.L. (1)/EPBlack/ec SiCRBT 1,19- JUly 29, IJilTP !/ L ...'b ,,!iJ l963 fr.tr;;e .!rJ,F l Last uoo'..t a uetiber of the Canaditm Qnlmssy in called to tho State and :lnfonaod t.hat the u.s.A. nae the 11itb t:hon Livinaston ::.erchant bad spoL.--en to tleten1ine t:!lether any of thao had an interest 1n a.ssooia:ting itself' a.t tbis stage mtb tho r.orkine level talks on the- tlLF n.ou ta!.d.ng placo bet.t13en the u.s. A. , t!est and Italy in Uash:tngton. - 2. Attached to this o&mranduo is a copy of the talldn,t; points fra:l uhicll .the State De.partoant of'ficial spoite. ( 1) (2) Tho main points o:f int·orest to Canada Britain feels that it mll be unable to join :formally at thi,s stage in the t:-.oriring level talks althouzb it uishca to participate at a lnter date. In. tbe interio the U.s .a. tr.i.ll develop liai.son arrnngeoents to keep British tully informed. l1r. Dreu baa also reported frtX:l London that Lord Booe told him tbnt the British oade clear at Bireh Grove that tllGY uere not pr-epared to consider joint of nuclear t:aapons in any form until the HATO revie1'1 had taken place and that President Kcnnooy had accepted tbia position,. Yhe purpose of this approach is to detem.ino ttbGther any of the five covernments bnve an interest in associating thcoselves TJitb the tnllts at this otago or perhaps ttbetber they prefer to \1tlit until .f'allt at uhich t.ioe US hopooit .,trill be possible to tlOVO into oore foroal multilateral negotiations, perhaps in Paris, on the basis of t:irm decisions particularly by Italian and U.R. Governoents that they \1111 participate 1n an llLF i f negotiations are brou.ght to a sueeesst'ul eonelnsion. 000399 �SEC;RE'l' '""2- {3) The u.s.A. is prepared to trork out a.eeeptable liaison arrangGrJ:ents t!herOby tull and euneat inforoation on tho course of the ta.llts is transmitted periodically. I.f; on the other band, the governments elect. to participate, the u.s.A. <t:culd tteleome snell participation. Participation t:ould, of eoursa, be t'Jithout eom.oitnent t'11th regard to eventual participation in iJLF, although us believes it. should bo undertaken only i.f there is stl"'na prcnumptive Literest in sm:h participation subject to uorking out of a outually agreeable treaty. 3. You t:tll recall tbat at your oeeting TJith: President Kennedy at Hyannis Porot and also in subsequent meotings n1tb LivingstOll t:ierchant and General Lemitzer you so.id that otba tll3. una of loss concern to Canada to the European oe:abers of r!Ai'O, and besring itt. r.Und our other de£cneo eouoitnents particularly north Atlerica., it uas unlikely tllnt tto t:tOuld participate no11 in this forco •. 0 In the Bouse o£ Comons on June 7 you stated ntmi1e tm will give the proposal consideration • •• I do not thinlr trhat it t11ll be likely \1& wuld want to add to our ensting responsibilities and eoorn.itraents by participating in this kind o£ mUltllateral nuclear force. Bllt this is a ootter tlhieh ttill be given the consideration it deserves. n In a oessage- to Prioe ilinister I-1aeoillan on July 7 you agreed that it t1ould be- preferable to atmi't the outconc o:r the I1oseott talks before looking again at the problem. or ho11 to deal tdth the non-nuclear poffers of the Alliance. 4. I tmuld suggcest, therefore, i f you ag_ree. that instructions be sent to our Ettbns-s-y in tlashington to inform the State Departl::lont that: (ll _ for the reasons given at Hyannis Port and to Livingston llerchant in Canada would not msh at t-his s-tage to associate it-sel£ 'tlith 'the t:,orking level talks not1 tald.ng place the West Germany and Italy in U'ashington. ' 000400 �..,I - 3{2) we are., however, interested in the progress of the !•1LF and would wish to take advant[:\ge of liaison .;:rrangements as suggested by the U.S ..!.. to be kept infonned on the course o£ the talks.; ()} in accordance \1-Iith your remarks to President Kennedy at Hyannis Port Canada will do .and say nothing to make progress on the I1LF more dif'fieu.lt. . OR!G!NAL s:c;:·r··. " PAU!. fi,Ji\R1: .;._ 000401 � 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 CDNW03820 Title A name given to the resource Memorandum for the Prime Minister from Paul Martin Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 29-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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