https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/ad4002491da7bcf6489314c14d430ed8.pdf 9c330eaecb7400468a304e23c4a1e111 PDF Text Text COPY HQTS 9 3 3 6 - 3 4 / 1 2 0 FM •*' IN MAY 1 7 / 5 7 SECRET TOv^flONAL DEFENCE M6 PRIORITY FOR DMI-FIS FROM MA BONN l.THE QUESTION OF ATOMIC WEAPONS NOT ONLY FOR THE BUNDESWEHR BUT EVEN THE LOCATING OF THEM ON WEST GERMAN SOIL BECAME SUCH A HOT POLITICAL ISSUE LAST WEEK THAT GENERAL HEUSINGER CALLED IN THE MILITARY ATTACHES FROM THE UK, USA AND FRANCE FOR A DISCUSSION WITH BRIG GEN DE MAIZIERE AND HE HIMSELF SAW GENERAL HODES WHEN HE WAS HERE IN BONN LAST MONDAY. 2 . THE GIST OF THESE TALKS WAS A REQUEST BY THE DEFENCE MINISTRY FOR THE THREE MAJOR STATIONING POWERS TO PLAY DOSN ALL REF UNTIL AFTER THE ELECTIONS TO ANY ATOMIC WEAPONS THAT THEY MIGHT PLAN TO STATION IN GERMANY IN THE FUTURE OR THAT MAY BE STATIONED IN GERMANY NOW. I GATHER GENERAL HODES HAS AGREED NOT TO DO ANY EXERCISES DURING THE NEXT FOUR MONTHS WITH UNITS HAVING THE ATOMIC CAPABILITY WHICH WOULD REQUIRE THESE UNITS TO CARRY OUT MOVES AND DEPLOYMENTS THAT MIGHT ATTRACT UNDUE ATTENTION FROM THE CIVILIAN POPULATION. 3 . SO FAR AS I CAN JUDGE TWO RECENT HAPPENINGS DECIDED THE MINISTRY TO MAKE THE ABOVE REQUEST TO THE THREE MAJOR STATIONING POWERS. THE FIRST WAS A PRESS REPORT AT THE END OF THE FIRST WEEK IN MAY WHICH STATED TV. .""THAT THE BRITISH HQ IN GERMANY HAD ANNOUNCED THE IMMINENT TRANSFER TO THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF A BRITISH ROCKET REGIMENT EQUIPPED WITH TACTICAL ATOMIC WEAPONS". ALTHOUGH THIS REPORT WAS DENIED BY BOTH THE BRITISH AND THE DEFENCE MINISTRY THE DAMAGE HAD BEEN DONE AND THE SPD TOOK FULL ADVANTAGE OF I T . THE SECOND INCIDENT I N - VOLVED AN' AMERICAN FIELD COMMANDER IN SOUTH-WEST GERMANY WHO WAS PLANNING TO LET OFF A SIMULATED ATOMIC BOMB ON KARLSRUHE TO BE FOLLOWED BY A DEMONSTRATION OF WHAT DAMAGE V/OULD HAVE BEEN DONE TO THE CITY. THIS WAS ALL PLANNED FOR MAY 9 THE DAY BEFORE THE ATOMIC DEBATE WAS TO TAKE PLACE IN THE BUNDESTAG. NEEDLESS TO SAY THE DEOMONSTRATION DID NOT TAKE PLACE. 4 . SINCE WE ARE THINKING IN TERMS OF POSSIBLE ROCKET-TYPE ARTILLERY FOR OUR BRIGADE IN GERMANY I THOUGHT IT WISE TO LET YOU KNOW HOW VERY SENSITIVE THE SUBJECT I S HERE IN WEST GERMANY AT THE PRESENT TIME. A0027623 56-000056 � 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 CDNW00889 Title A name given to the resource Telegram to National Defence Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 17-May-57 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived ÒAtomic weapons - Canadian policy,Ó RG25-A-3-b, vol. 5960, file 50219-AM-40, pt. 1.1, 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 Description An account of the resource Concerning the Question of Atomic 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