https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/7f37bbe05fb2c3534219c2a2a1cbbb41.pdf ef25526658f3185e4659c0058df18407 PDF Text Text SECRET y Y i • / j's 9i9,&r. V m :NATOPAR-X:S rMAY,2Q/^ SECRET TO 'EXTERNAL 94*5 IRRTORITy ^^^Zy-Z/^yA^ . ^ r>.r.:o-m „ y INFO CCOS (OTT -WASHDC * ' Z ' REF YOURTEL t).Ll$3;3 MAYI:5 DRAFT .AGREEMENT ON ATOMIC INFO PROGRESS TOWARD OBTAINING APPROVAL OF AGREEMENT WAS REVIEWED MAY 19c CDA AND UK ARE ONLY COUNTRIES 'WHICH HAVE iNOT RPT WOT YET .CONFIRMED APPROVAL .OF RESIN ADOPTED BY COUNCIL 'M'Af-S SUBJECT TO CONFIRMATION BY EIGHT COUNTRIES,. 2 . US A DEL GAVE USEFUL INDICATION -OF ;HOW ADMIN INTENDS TO RANDLE PUBLIC PRESENTATION OF AGREEMENT«THIS INCLUDED SUMMARY INDICATION OF LIKELY CONTENTS OF PRESIDENTIAL MSL TO CONGRESS AND LINE :QF REPLIES USA SPOKESMEN WOULD MAKE IF ASKED ANY OF QUESTIONS LISTED IN PARA2 OURTEL899 MAY8.TEXT OF INFORMAL USA .NOTE .COVERING THESE POINTS READS AS FOLLOMSsQUOTETHE USA PROPOSES THAT THE AGREEMENT BE DECLASSIFIED AT THE TIME mm THE PRESIDENT 'SUBMITS IT TO CONGRESS,USING THIS FIXED POINT IN TIME WILL FACILITATE .COORDINATION,SINCE TWO OR THREE DAYS ADVANCE NOTICE CAN BE GIVEN TO OTHER NATO MEMBERS. WE PREFER TO K££P PUBLICITY IN A LOW KEY AND SILL NOT RPT NOT MAKE A SPECIAL PRESS RELEASE,PRESIDENTIAL MSGS TO CONGRESS ARE ISSUED TO THE PRESS BY THE WHITE HOUSE AT THE TIME TKEY ARE FORWARDED.THE TEXT OF THE PRESIDENTIAL W$G WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE s TO OTHER DELS IN MSG ADVANCE OF RELEASE*. / ' jfr THE PRESIDENTS TO CONGRESS AND BACKGROUND MATERIAL FOR/REPLIES SECRET yy yy s WMfrP-y™ �SECRET PAGE TWO 9 4 5 TO PRESS INQUIRIES ARE EXPECTED TO STRESS THE FOLLOWING POINTS". (A)SUBSTANCE OF PARA3 OF USA MEMO OF JUL.13/63(ANNEX A TO CM<63)63)«a(B)THE FOUR CATEGORIES OF INFO SPECIFIED IN ARTICLE II#A OF THE AGREEMENT WHICH INDXCATEPTHE PURPOSES FOR WHICH INFO WILC BE TRANSMITTED. CCJFACT THAT THE AGREEMENT IS BASICALLY AN UPDATING OF THE 1955 AGREEMENT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE 1958 AMENDMENTS TO USA ATOMIC ENERGY ACT WHICH BROADENED THE SCOPE OF INFO WHICH MIGHT BE TRANSMITTED IN CONNECTION WITH PARA D OF ARTICLE IIIo IF THE PRESS SHOULD ASK THE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS FORMULATED AT THE MTG OF MAY6,WE SHOULD EXPECT TO ANSWER ON THE FOLLOWING LINESs KNEED FOR AGREEMENToUSA HAS COMMITTED ITSELF TO THE PRINCIPLE OF CONTINUING EXCHANGE WITH ITS ALLIES OF NUCLEAR INFO FOR PLANNING PURPOSESoTHE NEW AGREEMENT WILL SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PRINCIPLE IN THAT IT WILL PROVIDE INDIVIDUAL NATO NATIONS WITH THE MEANS TO PARTICIPATE TO A GREATER DEGREE IN STRATEGIC CONSIDERATIONS VITAL TO NATO DEFENSIVE PLANS• 2oC0MPARIS0N WITH 1955 AGREEM£NT*THE NEW AGREEMENT PERMITS TRANSMISSION OF INFO CITED IN PARA D OF ARTICLE III AND PROVIDES FOR BROADER DISSEMXNATION,IE TO ADDITIONAL INDIVIDUALS IN MEMBER STATES CONCERNED WITH NATO MISSIONS0 3.COMPARIS0N WITH BILATERALS.THE NEW NATO AGREEMENT IS MULTILATERAL ON THE ONE HAND AND AT THE SAME TIME A BILATERAL BETWEEN USA AND EACH OTHER MEMBER NATION.WITH RESPECT TO INFO ON THE SECRET 000158 �SECRET g£V- PAGE THREE 9 4 5 EMPLOYMENT AND USE OF ATOMIC WEAPONS,APPLICATION OF NATO AGREEMENT IS EXPECTED TO BE MORE COMPREHENSIVE THAT THE BILATERALS. 4cRELATI0N TO NON-DISSEMINATION OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS.PARA2 OF ARTICLE IV CLEARLY SPECIFIES THAT NO RPT NO WEAPONS OR WEAPONS COMPONENTS WILL BE TRANSFERRED UNDER THE AGREEMENT.WE BELIEVE NO RPT NO FURTHER ELABORATION NECESSARY'. '5.BEARINGON MLF.THERE IS NO RPT NO CONNECTION BETWEEN THIS AGREEMENT AND THE MLF. 6.COUNTRIES FURNISHING ATOMIC.INFO OTHER .THAT USA.ARTICLE I I - SETS FORTR UNDERTAKINGS OF SIGNATORIES OTHER THAN USAcSPECULATION ON THIS POINT SHOULD BE AVOIDED A 7.DIFFICULTIES OF GOVTL APPROVAL..USA ANTICIPATES NO RPT NO SERIOUS DIFFICULTY WITH CONGRESS,SINCE THE AGREEMENT IS BASED ON 1 9 5 8 LEGISLATIVE AMENDMENTS. 8.THE AGREEMENT DOES NOT RPT NOT SIGNIFY CHANGE IN NUCLEAR POLICY OF THE ALLIANG£,BUT RATHER IS A STRENGTHENING OF EXISTING POLICY BY MAKING POSSIBLE*CLOSER CONSULTATION AMONG NATO ALLIES« UNQUOTE. 3.WHILE RECOGNIZING USA WAS ONLY INDICATING MAIN POINTS WHICH REPLIES TO PUBLIC ENQUIRIES WOULD MAKE,SOME DELS THOUGHT EXPANSION OF REPLIES ON NONDISSEMINATION AND MLF WAS REQUIRED.UK BELIEVED ANY REP|Y ABOUT NONDISSEMINATION SHOULD ALSO MAKE CLEAR NO RPT NO INFO ABOUT MANUFACTURE OF WEAPONS OR WEAPONS TECHNOLOGY WAS SECRET �SECRET PAGE FOUR 9 4 5 INTENDED TO BE TRANSFERRED UNDER .AGREEMENT.SEVERAL DELS CONSIDERED QUESTIONS ABOUT RELATIONSHIP TO MLF SHOULD BE MET BY POINTING OUT THAT MLF CONCEPT IS STILL UNDER DISCUSSION,THAT THERE IS NO RPT NO INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT YET TO CREATE MLFoTHAT ANY ATOMIC INFO NECESSARY TO OPERATE MLF WOULD PRESUMABLY BE PASSED UNDER TERMS OF MLF AGREEMENT IF SUCH AN AGREEMENT IS EVENTUALLY ARRIVED AT,AND THAT INFO TO BE PASSED UNDER PRESENT AGREEMENT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH MLF. 4.GROUP CONSIDERED WHAT PRESS TREATMENT SHOULD BE GIVEN TO AGREEMENT AT NOTO HQ AND AGREED TO ADOPT SIMPLIFIED, VERSION OF 1955 PRECEDENT IN i955.^TEXT OF AGREEMENT AND OF COUNCIL RESLN WERE RELEASED WITHOUT COMMENT IN.PARIS SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH RELEASE IN WASHDC•ONE ARGUMENT THEN ADVANCED FOR RELEASE IN PARIS WAS THAT; AGREEMENT WAS OF GENERAL NATO INTEREST AND SHOULD NOT RPT NOT MERELY BE RELEASES IN ONE NATO CAPITAL.IT WAS AGREED TEXT SHOULD BE MADE AVAILABLE" TO PRESS AT NATO HQ: UNDER COVER OF PRESS RELEASE WHICH WOULD PICK UP WORDING OF COUNCILS RESLN IN SIMPLIFIED FOR AND SAYsTHE NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL HAS APPROVED THE ATTACHED DRAFT TEXT OF A NEW AGREEMENT ON COOPERATION REGARDING ATOMIC INFO.THE COUNCIL WELCOMED IHE INITIATIVE OF USA GOVT IN PROPOSING THE AGREEMENT AND HAS RECOMMENDED TO MEMBER GOVTS THAT THEY TAKE ACTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THEIR OWN NATIONAL REQUIREMENTS WITH A VIEW TO THE CONCLUSION OF THE AGREEMENT.APART FROM THIS,SECGEN WOULD PROPOSE TO MAKE NO RPT NO COMMENT AND LEAVE IT TO NATIONAL AUTHORITIES TO MAKE SUCH FURTHER PUBLIC EXPLANATION ABOUT AGREEMENT AS THEY MIGHT WISH. SECRET 000160 �SECRET PAGE FIVE 9 4 5 USA DEL CONFIRMED OTHER DELS WOULD RECEIVE AT LEAST 4 8 HOURS NOTICE OF TIME OF DECLASSIFICATION IN WASHDC IT WAS SUGGESTED AGREEMENT OUGHT TO BE DECLASSIFIED IN MORNING WASHDC TIME SO AS TO AVOID SITUATION IN WHICH FIRST NEWS PARLIAMENTARIANS AND OTHERS XN EOh5?E MXw.-> R t c t l v t OF AGREEMENT WOULD BE THROUGH WIRE SERVICE REPORTS FROM WASHDC RATHER TMAN FROM THEIR OWN NATIONAL AUTHORITIES. 5.TIME OF RELEASE CANNOT BE FIXED UNTIL ALL DELS HAVE CONFIRMED rtCCEP-ifiNCE OF COUNCIL Kv.SLN.WHEN THIS I S DONE DECLASSIFICATION IS LIKELY TO FOLLOW WITHIN DA:c 0 XN ADDITION TG APPROVAL 0* DRAFT TEXT, USA WANTS TWO OR THREE OTHER COUNTRIES BESIDES ITSELF TO SIGN AGREEMENT WHEN IT IS OPENED FOR SIGNATURE 4 ? HOURC AFTER ALL DELS HAVE CONFIRMED APPROVAL OF COIWCIL RESLN.IT SEEMS THIS NUMBER OF DELS WILL BE AUTHORIZED TO SIGN MOMENT AGREEMENT IS OPEN FOR SIGNATURE.IN THESE CIRCUMSTANCES,ADMIN WILL WISH TO SUBMIT AGREEMENT WITH MINIMUM DELAY TO CONGRESS.ON PRESENT EVIDENCE,IT SEEMS 4 8 HOURS WILL ELAPSE BETWEEN CONFIRMATION OF FINAL APPROVAL BY ALL DELS;AGREEMENT WILL THEN BE OPEN FOR SIGNATURE5THREE OR FOUR COUNTRIES WILL IMMEDIATELY SIGNjUSA WILL THEN GIVE 4 8 HOURS NOTICE OF INTENTION TO DECLASSIFY TEXT AND SUBMIT IT TO CONGRESS. 2041 MAY 64 SECRET � 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 CDNW04984 Title A name given to the resource NATOParis to External 945 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 20-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). Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Department of National Defence Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Canadian Crown Subject The topic of the resource NATO, nuclear weapons Description An account of the resource Draft Agreement on Atomic Info 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