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LISTED IN SEPARATE FOLLOWING T£L0 „ . ... 20USA UNEXPECTEDLY PROPOSED ALTERING PROCEDURE FOR SIGNATURE SO AS TO PROVIDE FOR SUCCESSIVE RATHER THAN SIMULTANEOUS SIGNATURE,,THEIR REQUEST WAS BASED ON CONGRESSIONAL CONSIDERATIONS,, IT MAY NOT RPT NOT BE POSSIBLE FOR AGREEMENT TO LIE BEFORE JOINT CONGRESSIONAL CTTEE FOR SIXTY DAYS AS REQUIRED BY USA LAWoTHEREFORE ADMIN MUST CONSIDER ALTERNATIVES AVAILABLE IN CASE CONGRESS RECESSES BEFORE SIXTY DAYS HAS RUNcWAIVER OF SIXTY-DAY RULE CAN BE OBTAINED THROUGH JOINT CONGRESSIONAL RESLNoJUSTIFICATlON FOR WAIVER WOULD BE STRONGER IF ADMIN COULD SHOW CONSIDERABLE NUMBER OF NATO COUNTRIES HAD ALREADY SIGNEDoTHIS WOULD ALSO REDUCE TEMPTATION ON CONGRESS TO TAMPER WITH TEXToTHUS FROM USA POINT OF VIEW IT WOULD BE PREFERABLE TO HAVE PROCEDURE PERMITTING SUCCESSIVE AND THEREFORE EARLY SIGNATURE ON THE PART OF AT LEAST SOME NATO COUNTRIES RATHER THAN WAIT UNTIL ALL WERE AUTHORIZED TO SIGN SIMULTANEOUSLY* SIMULTANEOUS SIGNATURE MIGHT COME TOO LATE TO HELP IN PERSUADING SECRET Uf 000177 �CCPDCT oLUilL I A P Paraphrase HI/ n o t required. No u n c l a s s i f i e d r e p l y or r e f e r e n c e . PAGE TWO 870 CONGRESS^TO WAIVE SIXTY-DAY RULE SHOULD THIS BE NECESSARY*HENCE USA DEL PROPOSED ADDITION OF NEW ARTi2 PROVIDING FOR SUCCESSIVE; SiGNATURE^AND CONSEQUENT AMENDMENTS .TO PREAMBLE OF TECHNICAL AND SECURITYP'ANNEXESo 3oM0ST E^OPEAN DELS WERE ABLEITO CONSULT THEIR CAPITALS BY PHONE TO OBTAlNpiNFORMAL CLEARANCE FOR;THIS CHANGEoTHERE WAS NO RPT NO OBJECTlQNpTO IT FROM ANY OTHER/DELoWE THEREFORE JOINED OTHERS IN UNANIMOUS RECOMMENDATION TO COUNCIL THAT AGREEMENT BE ADOPTED INCLUDING NEW ARTiSoIN VIEW OF. THIS LAST MINUTE CHANGE,MANY DELS WILL ONLY BE ABLE TO ACCEPT TEXT IN COUNCIL MAY6 SUBJECT TO CONFlRMATIONoWE SHALL ALSO ACCEPT SUBJECT TO CONFIRMATION WHICH WE HOPE YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO GIVE US BY MAY? 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PAGE THREE 870 DECLASSIFICATION AND POSSIBILITY OF PRESS COMMENT0CONFLICT EXISTS BETWEEN USA DESIRE TO CLEAR LINES AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE TO PERMIT SUBMISSION TO CONGRESS AND DESIRE OF OTHER DELS TO GIVE THEIR AUTHORITIES REASONABLE OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW FINAL TEXTjOR AT LEAST TO HAVE RECEIVED IT BEFORE IT.BEGINS TO BE TALKED ABOUT IN USA NEWSPAPERSoWORKING GROUP AGREED THIS WAS MATTER FOR COUNClLo SECGEN MAY THEREFORE PROPOSE THAT COUNCIL AGREE TO ALLOW H8 HOURS TO ELAPSE BETWEEN LAST CONFIRMATION OF, ACCEPTANCE OF RESLN AND RELEASE OF TEXT OF AGREEMENT TO PRESSoDELS WISHING TO DELAY RELEASE TO PRESS SO AS TO ALLOW THEIR AUTHORITIES MORE.TIME TO RECEIVE AGREED TEXT MAY DELAY CONFIRMING ACCEPTANCE OF RESLN FOLLOWING MAY6 COUNCIL / . •' ' •- • MfGoOUR IMPRESSION IS USA ADMIN WOULD LIKE TO BE IN POSITION TO SUBMIT DRAFT TO CONGRESS NEXT WEEKo 5o IN ACCORDANCE WITH YOUR INSTRUCTIONS^ HAVE CONFIRMED TO USA DEL THAT WE WILL IN DUE COURSE BE TAKING. UP WITH THEM. THEIR OFFER OF AN INTERPRETATIVE LET TO COVER POINTS STILL NOT RPT NOT CLEAR TO US. 05§2 MAY 64 SECRET 000179 � 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 CDNW04979 Title A name given to the resource NATOParis to External 870 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 05-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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