https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/20bdba3e109cebc4c8ce1c97514cc3fa.pdf ba7253a4de287ffdf72613902860aff7 PDF Text Text FM WASHDC F E 8 4 / 6 0 UNCLAS TO EXTERNAL 2 4 8 OPIMMED INFO TT LDN NATOPARIS EMBPARIS ROME "BONN PRIORITY FM OTT AIRMAIL ANKARA ATHENS COPEN OSLO BRU.; HAGUE: LISSOM FM LDN NUCLEAR WEAPONS THE FOLLOWING IS THE TEXT OF THE TRANSCRIPT CF THE PRESIDENTS REMARKS ON THE SUBJECT OF NUCLEAR WEAPfONSpAT HIS PRESS CONFERENCE YESTERDAY AS REPORTED IN TODAYS WASHDC POST.TEXT BEGINS Q (MAY CRAIG,PRESS HERALD^PORTLAND MAINE) MR PRESIDENT,THERE I S CONCERN IN THE CAPITAL FOR FEAR YOU MAY FEEL IT NECESSARY TO GIVE ATOMIC ..INFO,.OR EVEN ACTUAL CUSTODY OF ATOMIC WEAPONS,TO THOSE COUNTRIES WHERE WE^E NUCLEAR WEAPONSo HAVE BASES FOR GOING'TO I DO YOU WANT TO DO THAT AND9 IF SOp INASMUCH A3 WE TOOK OUR BASES OUT OF FRANCE ON THAT QUARREL WITH DE GAULLE,WOULD THAT MEAN YOU WANT TO PUT NUCLEAR BASES BACK INTO FRANCE, THE PRESIDENT-WELL* YOUVE GOT ABOUT vA TKREI^BARRELED QUESTION THERE. BUT,MRS CRAIG,THE LAW ITSELF SAYS WHAT INFO THE EXECUTIVE CAN GIVE TO PARTICULAR NATIONS, AND IT CCWPL/ET&..Y-MJD IT DEFINES RATHER ACCURATELY THE NATIONS TO WHOM YOU CAN GIVE. THIS INFO, AS FAR AS GIVING AWAY THE BOMBS, THIS,; CANNOT BE DONE UMDER EXISTING LAWa ;. a ' .'"." NOW, I DO BELIEVE THIS e THAT WHERE WE ARE ALLIED WITH OTHER NATIONS AND WE ARE TRYING TO ARM OURSELVES IN SUCH A WAY AS TO MAKE CERTAIN OF OUR DEFENSE WE SHOULD TRY TO ARM, THEM .IN SUCH METHODS AND WAYS AS WILL MAKE THAT DEFENSE MORE STRONG AND MORE SECURE* I WOULD NOT EVER GIVE ANY INVITATION EVEN IF THE LAW PERMITTEDGIVE AWAY INFO THAT WAS STILL IN OUR OPINION WITHHELD FROM THE SOVIETS THEMSELVES.BUT WHEN THE, SOVIETS 'HAVE THE INFO AND KNOWHGW TO DO THINGS ITS PRETTY HARD FOR ME TO UNDERSTAND WHY WE DONT DO SOMETHING WITH OUR ALLIES, AS LONG AS THEY THEMSELVES STAND WITH ,- A0027627_61-000587 O O O Ca I .. . — — : �. &£yfg-o*iO'F*Gk W f?HGE TWO 2 4 8 US FIRMLY IN DEFENDING AGAINST THE PROBABLE AGGRESSIVE INTENT OF COMMUNISM. Q (CHALMERS M ROBERTS,THE WASHDCPOST)-MR .PRESIDENT, IN VIEW OF YOUR ANSWER TO MRS CRAIGS QUESTION AND THE FACT'THAT THE NUCLEAR TEST NEGOTIATIONS AT GENEVA SEEM TO BE SfALLED,MR PRESIDENT DO YOU FEEL THAT THE-THAT ITS BECOMING REALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO STOP THE SPREAD OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS TO THE SO-CALLED 'QUOTE FOURTH UNQUOTE COUNTRIES, OR DO YOU STILL LOOK UPON THE TEST BAN NEGOTIATIONS AS A WAY TO DO THIS.ARE YOU PREPARED TO KEEP ONAwITH THE MORATORIUM. THE PRESIDENT-WELL,OF COURSE, IF YOU HAD-HEAL TEST BANS THAT APPLIED TO ALL NATIONS, THEN THE ONLY WAY OTHER NATIONS COULD GET WEAPONS WOULD BE THROUGH SALE,TRANSFER OR GIFT. p . A NOW,FRANKLY,THE-OF COURSE,IT CONCERNS ANY THOUGHTFUL INDIVIDUAL AS TO THE PROBLEM OF THE SPREAD OF THESE WEAFONS TO SMALLER #JD OTHER1 NATIONS,AS THE PROCESS OF THEIR MANUFACTURE MAY BECOME MORE SIMPLE ^ AND AS JUST THROUGH AS A, YOU MIGHT SAY JTHE METHOD OF ABSORPTION, AND THE NECESSARY KNOW-HOW BECOMES MORE WIDESPREAD. I AM OF THE BELIEF THAT, IF YOU COULD HAVE NOW A BAN ON ALL TESTING THAT EVERYBODY COULD HAVE CONFIDENCE IN, IT WOULD BE A VERY, VERY FINE THING TO STOP THIS,FOR THIS VERY REASON, IF NO OTHERlIT I S A VERY EXPENSIVE BUSINESS,TO BEGIN WITH. THE VERY FIRST BOMB WE PRODUCED I THINK COST AMERICA DOLLARS 2 BILLION OR MORE BEFORE WE EVER, EVER HAD THE VERY FIRST ONE. AND SINCE THAT TIME I DONT BELIEVE THAT OU J*-ALTHOUGH YOUD HAVE TO LOOK THIS UP-BUT I THINK OUR APPROPRIATIONS HAVE NEVER BEEN BELOW DOLLARS 2 BILLION A YEAR.SO IT I S AN EXPENSIVE BUSINESSQ (ROBERTS)-COULD I ASK,SIR, ARE YOU PREPARED, IN FACE OF THE D I F FICULTIES AT GENEVA,TO KEEP OUR NEGOTIATOR THERE MORE OR LESS INDEFINITELY.YOU PUT THE MORATORIUM ON SORT OF A DAYTODAY BASIS A MONTH AGO. �PAGE THREE 2 4 8 THE PRESIDENT-I WANT TO KEEP HIM UP AS LONG AS-TO KEEP HIM THERE AS LONG AS THERE I S THE SLIGHTEST CHANCE OF SUCCESS. WE SHOULD GET THIS KIND OF AGREEMENT AS SOON AS WE CAN. Q (GARNETT D HORNER,WASHDC STAR)-MR PRESIDENT,A WHILE AGO S I R , WHILE YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THE ATOMIC WEAPONS AND INFO TO ALLIES, I GOT THE IMPRESSION THAT YOU MIGHT LEAN TOWARD FAVORING CHANGING THE LAW SO THAT YOU COULD PROVIDE ALLIES WITH CUSTODY OF WEAPONS THAT RUSSIA HAS OR KNOWS HOW TO MAKE. WAS THAI CORRECT OR WRONG IMPRESSION, THE PRESIDENT-WELL, FROM THE VERY BEGINNING FROM WHAT I KNEW ABOUT ALLIED COOPERATION, AND SO ON, I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN OF THE BELIEF THAT WE SHOULD NOT DENY TO OUR ALLIES WHAT THE ENEMIES,WHAT YOUR POTENTIAL ENEMY ALREADY HAS. WE DO WANT ALLIES TO BE TREATED AS PARTNERS AND ALLIES,AND NOT AS JUNIOR MEMBERS OF A FIRM WHO ARE TO BE SEEN BUT NOT HEARD. SO I WOULD THINK THAT IT WOULD BE BETTER,FOR THE INTERESTS OF USA, TO MAKE OUR LAW MORE LIBERAL, AS LONG AS WE CLASSIFY OUR COUNTRIES AS THOSE THAT ARE-WE ARE CONFIDENT, BY OUR TREATIES AND EVERYTHING ELSE, ARE CONFIDENT THEYD STAND BY US AND STAND BY US IN TIME OF TROUBLE. 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