https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/15030f2b8bf153cb629abd7cb38f246a.pdf 029017bca915e2a418a0b61aa573350c PDF Text Text — — 5 3 - 5. (5) DocumnenyoyosedungertheAc cesstonmonatnAcn— ntdiyulg tie en.Vrtodela 4oi sur Kacces a I’information Docums AGU. Noe / / P.9./ EM JATOPARIS OCT29/57 CONFD TO.GTERNAL 1818 OPIMMEDIATE : 8 INFUMLDN WASHDC EMBASSYPARIS _&JBAG_ANKARA ATHENS OSLO FM LDN h / 10 I /&.T ■ %17 L>; 1 $2 I €A% y-13) . _ /rmooduaistg 4OUR TEL 1817 OCT29 ’ ’ OCT 29 1957 NATO EXERCISE IN EASTERN MEDITERREAN FOLLOWING IS TEXT OF RDC/57/383 ON NATO EXERCISE RED EPOCH,BEGINS: 'THE SUPREME ALLIED COMMANDER EUROPE HAS JUST FURNISHED STANDING • .GROUP REP WITH FOLLOWING DETAILS OF.EXERCISE,RED EPOCH, FOR INFO' OF COUNCIL: % . f ' ■ ' d * J ' ■ .* ■ . "1.COMMANDER STRIKING AND SUPPORT FORCES SOUTHERN EUROPE WILL BE CON- DUCTING A MINOR TRAINING EXERCISE CALLED RED EPOCH IN IONIAN AND ' AEGEAN SEAS AND .ADJACENT WATERS DURING PERIOD OCT31-NOV2,AS PART OF NORMAL NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY,ORGANISATION MILITARY TRAINING PROGRAMME. 2.FORCES PARTICIPATING IN EXERCISE ARE CANBERRA,VALIANT AND SHACKLETON AIRCRAFT OF ROYAL AIR FORCE,SUBMARINES OF ALLIED FORCES MEDITER- RANEAN SUBMARINE COMMAND, AND ELEMENTS OF NAVAL STRIKING AND SUPPORT- FORCES,SOUTHERN EUROPE. 3.DURING THE EXERCISE,ANTI-SUBMARINE WARFARE TRAINING WILL BE CON- ' 1 • - DUCTED IN IONIAN SEA-SICILIAN STRAITS AREA, AND ROYAL AIR FORCE ; BOMBERS BASED IN MALTA,TRIPOLI AND CYPRUS WILL LAUNCH STRIKES AGAINST STRIKING FORCE IN IONIAN SEA,WHILE STRIKE. FORCE AIRCRAFT WILL LAUNCH “ STRIKES AGAINST ROYAL.AIR FORCE BASES INVOLVED. ’ - *. ’ - 4.THE EXERCISES ORIGINALLY CALLED FOR STRIKES AGAINST SIMULATED TAR- GETS IN MAINLAND OF TURKEY.HOWEVER,IN VIEW OF UNSETTLED CONDITIONS . IN MIDEAST,SUPREME ALLIED COMMANDER EUROPE HAS DIRECTED THAT THE . EXERCISE BE. CHANGED TO ELIMINATE ALL FLIGHTS OVER TURKISH MAINLAND AND COMMANDER IN CHIEF ALLIED FORCES SOUTHERN EUROPE HAS‘DIRECTED THAT ALL FLIGHTS BE WEST OF LONGITUDE 33 DEGREES 20 ». n$* • ' ' - , . - , - ■ 5.FINALLY,SUPREME- ALLIED'COMMANDER EUROPE HAS DIRECTED THAT NO ' . . ** ■ FORMAL PRESS ANNOUNCEMENTS ABOUT EXERCISE WILL BE ISSUED AND THAT REPLIES TO PRESS QUERIES WILL STRESS ROUTINE TRAINING NATURE OF THE EXERCISE."ENDS ■.BRIDLE . . . - . • . :000298 * �P 23 77*«Dosumentdiscloseqbkd Document divulgueen etu . U o- =4 -AM NATOPARIS OCT29/57 CONFD • EXTERNAL 1817 OPIMMEDIATE: " -WO LDN WASHDC EMBASSYPARIS. -BAG ANKARA ATHENS OSLO FM LDN ' __ 7_ ' I t 3 . NATO EXERCISE IN EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN ___ i- ■ . > the Acess to Information Act I sia iSHi-sdr. I’acces a I’informatk 1 83153 r &p.w. _ ■ Cw 1 ■. = :awe- 40/100 6 0-02s41:1 Qs U 0 1132 -—IN COUNCIL YESTERDAY,NORWEGIAN PERM REP,UNDER INSTRUCTIONS, RAISED OCT29198ESTION OF POLITICAL IMPLICATIONS OF NATO MILITARY EXERCISEWRED : EPOCH"WHICH IS TO TAKE PLACE IN'EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN BETWEEN OCT31 AND NOV2(DOCUMENTRDC( 57)383) .HE QUESTIONED TIMING OF THE EXERCISE . ... , AND ASKED WHETHER IN PRESENT CIRCUMSTANCES IT HAD BEEN RECONSIDERED. HE ALSO DREW ATTENTION TOSYRIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY STATEMENT THAT EXERCISEWMIGHT HIDE PLANS FOR MILITARY ACTION AGAINST SYRIA". 2.STANDING GROUP REP REPLIED THAT GEN NORSTAD HAD. REVISED THE PLAN . OF EXERCISE RECENTLY BECAUSE OF INTERNATIONAL SITUATION IN THE AREA AND DECIDED THAT NO AIRCRAFT SHOULD OVERFLY THE TURKISH MAINLAND OR FLY CLOSER TO SYRIA'THAN CYPRUS.APPARENTLY IT WILL BE MAINLY A NAVAL AND AIR EXERCISE IN MEDITERRANEAN WEST OYF CYPRUS,USING MOSTLY UK FORCES. 3.UK REP EMPHASIZED LATTER POINT AND USA REP SAID THAT HIS AUTHORIT- . IES WERE SATISFIED THAT EXERCISE SHOULD PROCEED ON AMENDED BASIS. .NORWEGIAN REP EXPRESSED APPRECIATION OF NORSTAD’S FORESIGHT IN REVIS- ING SCOPE OF EXERCISE AND,IN VIEW OF UK AND USA ATTITUDES AND THE ABSENCE OF OUTRIGHT OPPOSITION FROM ANY OTHER DELEGATION,DID NOT PRESS.FOR ITS CANCELLATION. 4. STANDING GROUP REP INFORMED COUNCIL THAT SACEUR WISHED TO KNOW IF • COUNCIL HAD ANY OBJECTION TO EXERCISE PROCEEDING IN ITS MORE RESTRI- CTIVE FORM.IN ABSENCE OF OBJECTIONS IT WAS ACCEPTED'THAT EXERCISE AS. . OUTLINED IN RDC/ 57/383 WOULD,.PROCEED. . 4 . , ■ ■ i | *" 5.COUNCIL MEETING HAD BEEN. CALLED ON SHORT NOTICE AND WE HAD NOT RECEIVED RDC/57/383 BEFORE IT BEGAN.EXAMINING A COPY AT MEETING WE , NOTICED THAT FINAL PARA STATED THAT SACEUR HAD DIRECTED THAT NO FOR- MAL PRESS ANNOUNCEMENTS ABOUT EXERCISE WILL BE ISSUED AND* THAT • . REPLIES,TO PRESS QUERIES WILL STRESS ROUTINE TRAINING NATURE OF THE EXERCISE.WE SUGGESTED FOR CONSIDERATION THAT,SINCE EXERCISE HAD? ALREADY RECEIVED ATTENTION IN PRESS,IT MIGHT BE DESIRABLE TO . *...2 .. 000299 �Document disclosed under the Access to information Act V Document divulgu en vertu de la Loi surl’acces a /’information RAGE : TWO 1817 Co n s id e r f ir s t pa r t o f t h is d ir e c t iv e .t h e r e mig h t b e s o me t h in g t o BE SAID FOR A PRESS.ANNOUNCEMENT IN ADVANCE WHICH.WOULD MAKE CLEAR - THE ROUTINE TRAINING NATURE OF EXERCISE AND ITS GEOGRAPHICAL SCOPE. UK REP SEEMED DOUBTFUL OF NEED FOR THIS AND USA REP THOUGHT HIS AUTHORITIES WOULD BE OPPOSED TO A PRESS STATEMENT WHICH WOULD,IN EFFECT,TAKE COGNIZANCE OF PROPAGANDA EMANATING FROM SYRIAN GOVT. AFTER SOME DISCUSSION IT WAS AGREED THAT SACEUR SHOULD BE ASKED TO EXAMINE PUBLICITY WHICH HAS ALREADY BEEN GIVEN THE EXERCISE AND TO DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT IT WOULD. BE DESIRABLE- TO ISSUE A PRESS STATEMENT. IT SEEMS TO US THAT BY THIS ACTION COUNCIL HAS SHIFTED TO SACEUR A MINOR RESPONSIBILITY WHICH IT PERHAPS SHOULD DISCHARGE ITSELF. 6.NORWEGIAN REP.MADE A STRONG CASE,ON BASIS OF THIS PARTICULAR • INSTANCE,FOR A MORE EFFECTIVE PROCEDURE TO ENABLE COUNCIL TO MODIFY , OR,IF NECESSARY,CANCEL EXERCISES IN LIGHT OF POLITICAL CONDITIONS DEVELOPING SOME TIME AFTER THEY ARE ORIGINALLY APPROVED.HE. SUGGESTED THAT IT SHOULD BE SECRETARY GENERAL’S RESPONSIBILITY TO KEEP AN EYE ON SUCH SITUATIONS AND TO CONSULT COUNCIL IF IT SHOULD APPEAR THAT ‘ THE EXERCISE IN QUESTION MIGHT REQUIRE RECONSIDERATION.DEPUTY SEC- 1 RETARY GENERAL TOOK NOTE OF NORWEGIAN POINT. 7.SINCE ABOVE WAS WRITTEN WE HAVE- SEEN PRESS R EPORTS INDICATING THAT SECRETARY GENERAL OF SYRIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY HAS IN FACT . ' ' *** ADDRESSED.NOTES ABOUT EXERCISE TO REPS OF NATO COUNTRIES IN DAMASCUS. NO REF TO THESE NOTES WAS MADE AT YESTERDAY’S MEETING. .. . 8.YOU WILL NOTE THAT EXERCISE IS SCHEDULED TO COMMENCE ON OCT31.IF YOU SHOULD WISH US TO TAKE ANY FURTHER ACTION AT TOMORROW’S COUNCIL MEETING PLEASE ADVISE US AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. 9. TEXT OF RDC/ 57/383 IS CONTAINED IN A FOLLOWING TEL BRIDLE 000300 t � 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/. Title A name given to the resource CDEX (NATO Exercises) 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/. 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