https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/b8bb1e73e3a2c45d0c0d4119847fc01b.pdf 800dfcd7e491d7bc6cc099028614b415 PDF Text Text Document disclosed under the Access to Informatu Document divulgue en vertu de lato/sut I'acces a I'inM W FM NATOPARIS OCT 1 3 / 6 5 SECRET CDN EYES ONLY \S\J-— TO EXTERNAL 3048 PRIORITY I —-zr^ , „_ ., Mio / INFO WASHDC EMBPARIS LDN DISARMDELGVA BONN BRU ROME HAGUE PERMISNY TT CANFORCEHED DE OTT REF MYTEL 3 0 4 0 OCT 12 / f r - . ' NATO SELECT CTTEE AT USUAL LUNCHEON MTG OF PERMREPS AT HARLAN CLEVELANDS TODAY THERE WAS FURTHER INFORMAL DISCUSSION.ON WHAT THE QUOTE SELF-SELECTED UNQUOTE CTTEE OF DEFENCE MINISTERS MIGHT DO INITIATED BY CLEVELAND, I WAS INTERESTED TO FIND THAT CLEVELANDS MIND WAS FGCUSSED ON THE ROLE OF NAC IN CONSULTATIONS CONCERNING AUTHORIZATION FOR USE OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS (A POINT RAISED IN MEMO GIVEN TO THE STATE DEPT LAST APR) . A S WELL AS AS WITH THE PROBLEM OF IMPROVING COMMUNICATIONS, 2.CLEVELAND EXPLAINED THAT HIS APPROACH WAS MUCH INFLUENCED BY HIS RESPONSIBILITIES IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS IN PARTICIPATING IN WHITE HOUSE CONFERENCES IN REGARD TO VARIOUS INTERNATL CRISES. IN EACH OF THESE CRISES THE PRESIDENT WAS MUCH CONCERNED TO KNOW WHAT THE REACTIONS OF HIS ALLIES WERE TO THE SITUATION AND ACTION PROPOSED* 3.CLEVELAND THEREFORE SAID THAT IN DISCUSSIONS ABOUT ROLE OF NAC HE WOULD HOPE TO GE ANSWERS.. IN THE FIRST INSTANCE TO TWO QUESTIONS:CA>HOW TO ESTABLISH AN ADEQUATE BASIS TO BE ABLE TO REPORT TO THE PRESIDENT WHAT THE ALLIES THOUGHT ABOUT ANY GIVEN C R I S I S k AND(B) HOW TO ENSURE THAT THAT INFO REACHED THE PRESIDENT ACCURATELY AND AS'PROMPTLY ..AS POSSIBLE.IN DISUCSSION THERE WAS •» . 2 000010 �4 PAGE TWO 3 0 4 8 G ^ R A L AGREEMENT THAT WHILE NAC-CONSTITUTED THE'ONLY MULTILATERAL MECHANISM FOR COLLECTIVE DISCUSSION AMONG MEMBERS OF ALLIANCE PRACTICAL ARRANGEMENTS WERE. NOT RPT NOT ADEQUATE TO ENSURE THAT THIS TOOK PLACE EFFECTIVELY AND. THAT RESULTS COULD BE TRANSMITTED TO GOVTS PRGMPTLY.THERE WAS^ GENERAL AGREEMENT ALSO THAT NAC DID NOT RPT NOT HAVE AN EXECUTIVE ROLE IN REGARD TO AUTHORIZATION FOR USE OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS BUT ONLY CONSULTATIVE ONE. 4,CL£VELAND SAID THAT HE HADASKEty GEN LEMNITZER FROM WHOM HE WOULD SEEK GOVTL AUTHORIZATION "FOR"USE OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS AND FOUND THAT SACEUR AND HIS STAFF HAD NO RPT NO PRECISE ANSWER. SOME AT SHAPE APPARENTLY THOUGHT THAT IT WOULD BE CONVEYED . THROUGH NATO COUNCIL BUT THIS WAS APPARENTLY NOT RPT NOT GENERALLY REGARDED AS REALISTIC; ALT HO UGH NONE DENIED A CERTAIN CONSULTATIVE ROLE, 5.CLEVELAND ALSO STRESSED THAT THE PROCESS OF CONSULTATION AND PROCEDURES FOR IMPROVED COMMUNICATCON WERE IN HIS VIEW ESSENTIALLY INTERRELATED*HE INDICATED ALSO THAT THERE WAS ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT IN HIS METHODS OF COMMUNICATION WITH WASHDC SINCE APPARENTLY HE CAN SEND ONLY TOP PRIORITY MSGS DIRECT AND I S DEPENDENT ON USA EMB COMCERTRE FOR REST OF TRAFFIC .WiilCH HE ADMITTED COULD BE STOPPED IN ' EVENT OF-CIVIL DISTURBANCE IN FRANCE, 6 . H I S COMMUNICATIONS ARE SUPaEMENTED BY PHONE COMMUNICATIONS AS . ARE THOSE1 OF A NUMBER OF OTHER MISSIONS NOTABLY GERMAN ITALIAN AND �VJ Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi sur I'acces a l'inform\ PAGE THREE 3 0 4 8 NETORLANDS WHICH APPARENTLY HAVE RADIO COMMUNICATIONS AS WELL, 7 . 1 REPORT THIS DISCUSSION TO-SUPPLEMENT REFTEL AS ENCOURAGING CONFIRMATION THAT SPECIAL CTTEE> ON NUCLEAR MATTERS WHEN IT MEETS JUDGING FROM THIS PRELIMINARY TALK MAY COME TO GRIPS WITH SOME OF THE PRACTICAL QUESTIONS WHICH HAVE BEEN INTERESTING US AND HAVE JUSTIFIED OUR INSISTENCE ON PARTICIPATION. 8.CLEVELAND ALSO MENTIONED THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW FOR MR MCNAMARAS GUIDANCE AS SOON'AS* POSSIBLE WHAT DATES MIGHT BE ACCEPTABLE TO OTHERS IN THE RANGE OF £ 3 TO '26 NOV AS MR MCNAMARAS SCHEDULE I S FILLING UP IGNATIEFF 000012 � 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 CDNW18139 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived "Defence - Conventional and Nuclear Armaments - Nuclear Weapons Policy,” RG25-A-3-c, File number: 27-11-1, File part: 2, Library and Archives Canada (LAC) Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource LAC ATIP A-2017-00249 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Crown Copyright 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 ENG