https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/b9ebde8f2c4c9525eb1ed7b7fc55bc77.pdf d38143d1208476d91b5325087504bd7a PDF Text Text CORRECTED COPY 1 { fOyX'ha DS 25/21A %--'^~>ir^%i> \ FM LDN JUN5/57 CONFD <tf\ '-^7- --X, v s TO EXTERNAL 129 S PRIORITY '. ,<^i a"' NATOPARIS EMBASSYPARIS PERMISNY WASHDC W" INFO BONN BRUSSELS GENEVA HAGUE ROME BAG BELGRADE CNBRA COPENHAGEN MOSCOW OSLO STOCKHOLM WLGTN FM LDN BAG DELHI TOKYO FM OTT REF PARA HO OF MY TEL t2Sl JUN4o DISARMAMENT* FOLLOWING FROM JOHNSONo I HAD A TALK WITH MOCH TODAY ABOUT THE FRENCH POSITION ON THE MANUFACTURE OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS,I REMINDED HIM THAT I HAD UNDERSTOOD HIS INTERVENTIONS IN THE SUB-COMMITTEE TO MEAN THAT IF THE PRESENT NUCLEAR POWERS AGREED TO A CESSATIOM OF TESTS COUPLED WITH AN UNDERTAKING TO STOP THE MANUFACTURE OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS FROM A CUT-OFF DATE,FRANCE WOULD NOT ENTER THE NUCLEAR WEAPONS FIELD»<SEE PAGES 34 AND 35 OF VERBATIM RECORD OF 105TH MEETING),IF THIS WAS THE FRENCH POSITION WHY THEN,I ASKED,DID HE OBJECT SO STRONGLY YESTERDAY TO PARA 23 OF THE USA MEMO? 2.M0CH SAID THAT THE FRENCH POSITION WOULD IN PRACTICE BE AS I HAD UNDERSTOOD IToTHE FRENCH PARLIAMENT WOULD NOT HOWEVER RATIFY ANY TREATY WHICH APPEARED TO DISCRIMINATE AGAINST FRANCE IN FAVOUR OF THE PRESENT NUCLEAR POWERS3ON FURTHER PROBING I FOUND OUT THAT WHAT HE MEANT WAS AS FOLLOWSsFRANCE WOULD SIGN A TREATY WHICH PROVIDED THAT ALL STATES(WHETHER OR NOT THEY ARE NOW NUCLEAR POWERS WOULD SUSQEND TESTS IMNEDIATELY AND CEASE THE MANUFACTURE OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS FROM A CUT-OFF DATE0FRANCE,HOWEVER,WOULD NOT SltSN A TREATY WHICH WOULD PROVIDE ONESET OF RULES FOR NUCLEAR POWERS AND ANOTHER SET FOR NON-NUCLEAR POWERS,THUS FRANCE COULD NOT SIGN A TREATY INCLUDING PROVISIONS SUCH AS THOSE OUTLINED IN PARA23 OF THE NEW USA MEMO FCR THE FOLT.OVIMG REASON,UNDER THIS PARA NUCLEAR POWERS WOULD UNDERTAKE NOT TO MANUFACTURE NUCLEAR WEAt ONS FROM THE CUT-OFF DATE NON-NUCLEAR POWERS WOULD,HOWEVER,BE REQUIRED FROM THE COMING INTO FORCE OF THE TREATY TO RENOUNCE THE MANUFACTURE,POSSESSION OR ACQUISITION OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS. • B•2 A0027625 145-000302 �PAGE TWO 1291 3,TO SUM UP MOCH SAID THAT FRANCE WOULD INSIST UPON PRESERVING ITS LEGAL RIGHT TO MANUFACTURE OR TEST NUCLEAR WEAPONS AS LONG AS THE PRESENT NUCLEAR POWERS ARE PERMITTED TO DO SO •MOREOVER,AFTER THE CUT OFF DATE FRANCE WOULD ALSO INSIST ON PRESERVING ITS LEGAL RIGHT TO ACQUIRE AND HOLD NUCLEAR WEAPONS AS LON3 AS THE PRESENT NUCLEAR POWERS WERE PERMITTED TO RETAIN NUCLEAR WEAPONS* 4«MOCH POINTED OUT,HOWEVER,THAT BECAUSE FRANCE WOULD SIGN A TREATY UNDER WHICH ALL STATES WOULD AGREE TO SUSPEND TESTS OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS FROM THE TIME IT CAME INTO FORCE,FRANCE IN PARCTICE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO ENTER THE NUCELAR WEAPONS FIILD* A0027625 146-000303 � 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 CDNW00944 Title A name given to the resource Telegram from London to External 1291 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 05-Jun-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 Disarmament 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