https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/31e5253d171555728073bd15a3bce981.pdf d749ed730fdb3536c43567166b64719a PDF Text Text CONFIDENTIAL y/<jfy/~rf£Ajy FM NATOPARIS MAYg/<$ii CONFD PRIORITY TO EXTERNAL 899 PRIORITY INFO CCOS WASHDC PRIORITY REF OURTEL 885 MAYS DRAFT AGREEMENT ON ATOMIC INFO FOLLOWING DISCUSSION REPORTED IN REFTEL INFORMAL MTG WAS HELD TO CONSIDER PUBLICITY PROBLEMS WHICH MIGHT ARISE FROM DECLASSIFICATION AND RELEASE TO PRESS OF ATOMIC INFO AGREEMENT WITHOUT ITS ANNEXEScUSA DEL WAS UNABLE TO SAY HOW ADMIN PROPOSED TO PRESENT AGREEMENT PUPLICLY WHEN PRESIDENT FORWARDED IT TO JOINT CONGRESSIONAL CTTEEoHOWEVER DELS GENERALLY AGREED IT WOULD BE UNWISE TO ASSUME AGREEMENT COULD BE TREATED ROUTINELY SINCE NUCLEAR POLICY IS SENSITIVE ISSUE IN MANY NATO COUNTRIES AND IN SUCH INTERNATIONAL CONTEXTS AS DISARMAMENT TALKS IN GENEVAOWHILE THERE WAS NO RPT NO NEED TO PRODUCE SOME AGREED DOCU ON HOW PUBLICITY MIGHT EE HANDLED IN VARIOUS NATO COUNTRIESgIT WOULD EE USEFUL TO POOL INFO ON QUESTIONS WHICH MIGHT CONCEIVABLY ARISE AND LINE WHICH DIFFERENT NATO COUNTRIES PROPOSED TO TAKE IN DEALING WITH THEMo 2oMTG CONSIDERED FOLLOWING QUESTIONS MIGHT ARISE:WHY IS NEW AGREEMENT NEEDED?HOW DOES PRESENT AGREEMENT COMPARE WITH 1955 AGREEMENT? WHAT IS ITS RELATIONSHIP TO EXISTING BILATERAL AGREEMENTS?DOES IT HAVE ANY BEARING ON NON-DISSEMINATION OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS?DOES IT HAVE ANY BEARING ON MLF7WHAT COUNTRIES OTHER THAN USA MAY FURNISH INFO UNDER IT?WHAT SORT OF DIFFICULTIES MAY ARISE IN PRESENTING AGREEMENT CONFIDENTIAL y G 000186 �CONFIDENTIAL PAGE TWO 899 TO LEGISLATURES?DOES AGREEMENT SIGNIFY CHANGE IN NATO NUCLEAR POLICY? DO GOVTS INTEND ISSUING EXPLANATORY STATEMENTS WITH AGREEMENT*PA EITHER FOR PRESS OR PARLIAMENTARY PURPOSESfAND IF S09WHAT NATURE WOULD THESE HAVE7WHAT LINE WOULD GOVTS PROPOSE TO ADOPT IN EVENT OF UNAUPHORIZED DISCLOSURE BEFORE DECLASSIFICATION? 3.0UR OWN REACTION TO THIS LIST IS AS FOLLOWS?SOME QUESTIONS WOULD PROBABLY'NOT RPT NOT ARISE FOR CDA AT ALL,FOR EXAMPLE QUESTIONPON RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN AGREEMENT AND MLFANSWERS TO SEVERAL WOULD PROBABLY DEPEND TO SOME EXTENT ON WHAT LINE USA ADMIN TAKES WHEN IT SENDS AGREEMENT TO CONGRESSoFOR EXAMPLE IF ADMIN PLAYS DOWN AGREE** MENT AND SAYS NEW AGREEMENT HAS ONLY BECOME NECESSARY EECAUSE OF AMENDMENTS TO MCMAHON ACT SINCE 1955 AGREEMENT WAS SIGNED9OTHER NATO COUNTRIES WOULD WISH TO TAKE THIS LINE OF EXPLANATION INTO % ACCOUNToON OTHER HAND,IF USA CHOOSES TO EMPHASIZE POLITICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF AGREEMENT AS PART OF A PATTERN OF WIDER SHARING OF USA NUCLEAR INFO WITH ITS ALLIES9RELATING IT TO BROAD TRENDS IN NUCLEAR POLICY WITHIN NATO OVER LAST TWO OR THREE YEARS9THEN • DIFFERENT-SORTS OF QUESTIONS MIGHT ARISE 'FROM NEWSPAPER STORIES ORIGINATING IN USAoAT LEAST ONE QUESTION ON LIST RELATES TO SPECIFIC CDN INTEREST9IN THAT IT WAS CDN INITIATIVE WHICH RESULTED IN INCLUSION OF ARTICLE VIII ON RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PRESENT AGREEMENT AND EXISTING BlLATERALSo iUoSOME NATO COUNTRIES ARE OBVIOUSLY EXPECTING NO RPT NO DIFFICULTY CONFIDENTIAL 000187 �CONFIDENTIAL FAGE THREE 899 - WITH PUELIC PRESENTATION OF AGREEMENT NOR ANY INTERESToNOT RPT NOT ALL WILL APPARENTLY BE OBLIGED TO SUBMIT AGREEMENT IN SOME FORM TO LEGISLATUREoCOUNTRIES LIKE GREECE AND ITALY FOR EXAMPLE HAVE MADE NO RPT NO COMMENT ON TEXT ALTHOUGH REPRESENTED THROUGHOUT DRAFTING OF ITsEVIDENTLY THEIR GOVTS CAN SIGN AND RATIFY AGREEMENT AS MATTER OF ROUTINE EXECUTIVE AGTIONoHOWEVER OTHERS EITHER EXPECT CONSIDERABLE PARLIAMENTARY INTEREST OR DO NOT RPT NOT BELIEVE IT PRUDENT TO ASSUME AGREEMENT CAN BE RELEASED TO PRESS AND SUBMITTED TO PARLIAMENTS WITHOUT TAKING ACCOUNT IN ADVANCE OF POSSIBLE QUESTIONSoWE HAVE INDICATED TO OTHER DELS CDA BELONGS IN THIS GROUPoDELS WILL EE SUBMITTING COMMENTS FROM THEIR CAPITALS ON LIST OF QUESTIONS ABOVE IN COURSE OF NEXT WEEKoWE WOULD APPRECIATE RECEIVING YOURS*FURTHER MTG WILL BE HELD TO COMPARE NOTES AGAIN PROBABLY MAY!9o 0835 MAY 6k CONFIDENTIAL 000188 � 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 CDNW04975 Title A name given to the resource NATOParis to External 899 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 08-May-64 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived NATO Agreement for Cooperation Regarding Atomic Information, RG24-B-1, vol. 21471, CSC 2108-1-AC-228, Library and Archives Canada (LAC). 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