https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/6d2f93595c92bdcb31aea7752e67f900.pdf 9376ddf26ac663295f9940440d4edf39 PDF Text Text Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act lue en vertu de la Loi sur l’acces a I’infGf^tion FM MAR25/59 CONFD TO EXTERNAL 651 PRIORITY INFO TT CCOS OTT 1 PRIORITY FM OTT 1 REF YOUR TEL DL243 MAR20 a NATO EXERCISES 3 ON RECEIPT OF YOURTEL UNDER REF WE SPOKE TO LORD COLERIDGE IN 5_________ 6 ______ . 7__ ACCORDANCE WITH PARAS OF YOURTEL MAKING THE POINT IN THE LAST 8_______ 9 ;_______ SENTENCE WHICH HE UNDERTOOK TO CONVEY TO THE MILITARY AUTHORITIES 110 | 1 ( 2oIT IS OUR UNDERSTANDING THAT THE PROCEDURE OUTLINED IN PO 59-458 IS BEING CARRIED OUTo ks 26 MAR 1959 3.THERE WAS NO RPT NO REF TO THIS SUBJECT AT THE NATO COUNCIL MEETING THIS MORNING AND,SINCE THE MEETING WAS PREOCCUPIED WITH A LONG AGENDA AND WITH PREPARATIONS FOR THE WASHDC DISCUSSIONS GERMANY AND BERLIN,WE DID NOT RPT NOT RAISE IT.HOWEVER WE SPOKE AFTER THE MEETING TO GEN PARKER,THE SG REP,AND MADE THE POINT IN PARA4 OF YOURTEL UNDER REF.HE SAID THAT,FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF NOT RPT NOT GIVING THE SOVIETS ANY FALSE IMPRESSION, IT IS PROBABLY MORE IMPORTANT TO RESTRICT THE NUMBER OF SORTIES THAN TO RESTRICT THE NUMBER OF AiRCRAFToWE SAID THIS WOULD ALSO COVER THE POINT WE HAVE IN MINDsHE UNDERTOOK TO CONVEY OUR POINT TO THE MILITARY AUTHORITIES WITH A REQUEST THAT THEY GIVE IT FULL CONSIDERATIONoWHILE HE TOOK THE POINT VERY SERIOUSLY, HE THOUGHT YOU MIGHT BE SOMEWHAT REASSURED BY THE FACT THAT, ALTHOUGH EXERCISE TOP WEIGHT AS PROGRAMMED WOULD INVOLVE SOME 5,000 SORTIES,THERE WOULD IN ANY CASE BE ABOUT 2,500 SORTIES OVER THE PERIOD OF THE EXERCISE IF IT WERE NOT RPT NOT CARRIED OUTo MOREOVER HE SAID THE SOVIETS SHOULD UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS AN ANNUAL EXERCISE AND SHOULD THEREFORE NOT RPT NOT ATTACH SPECIAL SIGNIFICANCE TO ITo 4.IT IS OUR INTENTION TO RAISE THE SUBJECT IN COUNCIL AT THE FIRST SUITABLE OPPORTUNITY FOLLOWING THE WASHDC MEETINGeWE HAVE TOLD LORD COLERIDGE AND GEN PARKER THAT WE EXPECT TO DO THIS. 5.WE ARE SATISFIED THAT,FOLLOWING THE SEPT 10 MEETING TO WHICH YOU REFER IN YOURLET DL157,GEN PARKER DID ENDEAVOUR TO IMPROVE oo •2 000859 �’ Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act V Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi surl’acces a I’informationl PAGE TWO 651 THE LIAISON BETWEEN SECGEN AND THE MILITARY AUTHORITIES ON POLITICAL IMPLICATIONS OF EXERCISES.WE THINK THE REASON THAT THIS HAS HAD LITTLE EFFECT IS LESS THE POINT DISCUSSED IN PARA2 OF YOUR DL157 THAN A BASIC RELUCTANCE ON THE PART OF MILITARY AUTHORITIES TO INVITE COUNCIL CONSIDERATION OF EXERCISES BEFORE THIS IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY.WE WILL KEEP THIS POINT IN MIND WHEN WE RAISE THE SUBJECT IN COUNCIL. S.A SUBSIDIARY POINT WHICH WE THINK IT WOULD BE DESIRABLE TO COVER RELATES TO THE QUESTION OF TIMING.WE HAVE NOTICED THAT THE NOTAMS FOR EXERCISES WHICH REQUIRE THEM ARE NORMALLY SENT OUT BEFORE THE PRESS RELEASES ARE ISSUED.WE HAVE ALSO NOTICED THAT THE NOTAMS THEMSELVES WHICH ARE PREPARED AND APPROVED IN THE CENTRAL EUROPEAN SPACE COMMITTEE A FEW WEEKS BEFORE THEY ARE ISSUED, ARE UNCLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS.THIS WOULD SEEM TO MEAN,IN EFFECT, THAT AS SOON AS THE NOTAMS HAVE BEEN CONSIDERED IN THE COMMITTEE IT SHOULD BE ASSUMED THAT GOVTS OF NON-NATO COUNTRIES, INCLUDING COUNTRIES OF THE SOVIET BLOC,MAY BE AWARE THAT THE EXERCISE IN QUESTION HAS BEEN PROGRAMMED.IT WOULD THEREFORE APPEAR THAT,IN THE CASE OF EXERCISES IN WHICH NOTAMS ARE INVOLVED,CONSIDERATI ON OF ANY POLITICAL IMPLICATIONS SHOULD TAKE PLACE BEFORE THE NOTAMS ARE INTRODUCED IN THE CENTRAL EUROPEAN AIR SPACE COMMITTEE. AGAINST THIS IT MUST BE RECOGNIZED THAT THE POLITICAL IMPLICATIONS WE ARE CONSIDERING ARE MAINLY THOSE WHICH MIGHT ARISE AS A RESULT OF CHANGING CONDITIONS.CONSEQUENTLY IT MAY NOT RPT NOT ALWAYS BE EASY TO APPRAISE THE SITUATION A LONG TIME IN ADV ANCE. NEVERTHELESS WE WOULD THINK THAT IT SHOULD BE FEASIBLE TO WORK OUT A ROUTINE WHICH WOULD STRIKE AN APPROPRIATE BALANCE. 7.WE HAVE HAD A LOOK AT AG 1808 OT,"ALLIED COMMAND EUROPE REVISED EXERCISES AND MANOEUVRE SCHEDULE 1959"AND"ALLI ED COMMAND ATLANTIC EXERCISES SCHEDULES FOR 1959-60 AND 61"AND WE ARE INCLINED TO THINK THAT THERE ARE NO RPT NO EXERCISES SCHEDULED FOR THE PERIOD JUNl“JUL3i WHICH WOULD REQUIRE CONSIDERATION BEFORE ANY REVIEW WHICH MAY TAKE PLACE AS A RESULT OF OUR PLANNED INITIATIVE IN 0 0.3 000860 �Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi surl'acces a /'information d PAGE THREE 651 COUNCIL, 8UNLESS YOU ADVISE TO THE CONTRARY WE WILL ASSUME THAT YOU ARE SATISFIED TO PROCEED ON THIS BASIS. 000861 � 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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