https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/9e0f8cf81d99890e38e8949dfe4ccc69.pdf 3357cab50bdd35e5fd1b994b8a3609ae PDF Text Text Ac ^mm&^ii^ •t'fptM-yo y&.x.s~a.. FM BONN APR8/5S CONFD T1ZAZ TO EXTERNAL 172 INFO NATOPARIS EMBASSYPARIS LDN WASHDC PERMISNY ye./oy-f<y. «/ DISENGAGEMENT IN EUROPE ' 5- y>*-' s-pa.7y-7>- c MR ROBERTSON IN THE FINAL PARA OF HIS TEL46S MARI REFERRED TO THE FACT THAT EAST GERMANY IS BELIEVED AT THE PRESENT TIME TO SUPPLY ABOUT 40 PERCENT OF THE SOVIET BLOC URANIUM ORE AND SAID,"THIS IS AN ASSET WHICH WILL BE GUARDED WITH GREAT DETERMINATION".YOU WILL HAVE NOTED FROM.THE PRESS THAT CHANCELLOR ADENAUER,DURING THE RECENT PARLIAMENTARY DEBATE REFERRED TO THE SOVIET INTEREST IN APR 9 URANIUM ORE IN EAST GERMANY. 2.THE FOLLOWING IS A TRANSLATION OF THE EXACT WORDS HE USED:"... THERE IS ANOTHER POINT WHICH,I THINK,SHOULD BE MENTIONED AGAIN ... BECAUSE ACCORDING TO MY CONVICTION,IT PLAYS A LARGE ROLE FOR THE RUSSIANS.THAT IS THE PRESENCE OF URANIUM ORE IN THE EAST ZONE.THAT IS A POINT OF EXTRAORDINARILY GREAT SIGNIFICANCE FOR RUSSIA,TOO; THAT I GRANT AT ONCE.BUT MY ATTITUDE IS:IN THIS CONNECTION SOME MEASURES OF ASSURANCE(KAUTELEN)CAN BE PROVIDED.THE POSSIBILITY EXISTS OF SEEING TO IT THAT THE PRESENCE OF URANIUM ORE DOES NOT STAND IN THE WAY OF FREEDOM FOR OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS BEHIND THE IRON CURTAIN." ,y,,y ^ , •' 3.MR WILGRESS,IN HIS TEL575 MAR3,SUGGESTED THAT A DISTINCTION CAN BE MADE BETWEEN A FIRST CLASS AND A SECOND CLASS NUCLEAR POWER,THE FORMER BEING A COUNTRY ABLE TO PRODUCE NOT ONLY NUCLEAR BOMBS BUT ALSO WARHEADS THAT CAN BE FIRED WITH TACTICAL WEAPONS AND GUIDED MISSILES. 4.SINCE THE QUESTION WHETHER SUCH A DISTINCTION CAN BE PRESERVED FOR LONG MAY BE CENTRAL TO CONSIDERATION OF PROBLEMS OF DISENGAGEMENTS,I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN YOUR COMMENTS ON THE POSITION TAKEN BY ADMIRAL STRAUSS AS REPORTED BY RESTON IN THE NEWYORK TIMES FOR SUN,MAR30,WHICH IS THAT A NATION PROVIDED WITH WEAPONS CAPABLE OF USING.ATOMIC WARHEADS"COULD DESIGN AND CONSTRUCT WITHOUT TOO GREAT SCIENTIFIC DIFFICULTY A USABLE NUCLEAR COMPONENT"PROVIDED THEY HAD SECURED"A LIMITED AMOUNT OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL" REID A0027627 136-000662 � 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 CDNW01050 Title A name given to the resource Bonn to External 172 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 08-Apr-58 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived ÒAtomic weapons - Canadian policy re - (Fourth power problem),Ó RG25-A-3-b, vol. 5961, file 50219-AM-40, pt. 2.2, 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, atomic cooperation, atomic information, Canadian Weapons Policy Description An account of the resource Disengagement in Europe 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