https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/3c1a0bf4f0e72779172aafa80d99427b.pdf 6ca5c012aee8dfc4eb90b980395eec55 PDF Text Text Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en.mii Lu dm la LursafTqCces a I'information * *• • t • FMJ6T0PARIS 0CT12/65 CONFD , T»EXT£RNAL 3040 PRIORITY a a £ 'y, *** '• ' ^ /1 ' \* \ ->-x- INFO,WASHDC EMBPARIS LDN'DISARMBELGVA BONN,BRU ROME HAGUE PERMISNY *pa • a i .'' • TT CANFORCEHED DE OTT ' ' > , - ' ' • " . ' ;• • *' . REF OURTEL 3028 0CT11 NATO SELECT.CTTEE - ' AT PRIVATE MTG OF COUNCIL TODAY SECGEN REPORTED ON DISCUSSIONS ON * ABOVE SUBJECT WHICH HE HAD IN WASHDC. HE RECALLED THAT- IDEA' OF SELECT CTTEE HAD BEEN AGREED TO IN PRINCIPLE BY ALMOST ALL MEMBERS AND THERE HAD BEEN GENERAL-UNDERSTANDING OF AGNEDA. ONLY OBSTACLE HAD ."' BEEN COMPOSITION. THIS HAD PROVED TO BE DIFFICULT TO OVERCOME.' MACNAMARA HAD CONSIDERED MATTER FURTHER AND WAS NOW PREPARED TO GO AHEAD WITH A'CTTEE ON WHICH ANY COUNTRY COULD PARTICIPATE IF INTERESTED AND IN POSITION TO CONTRIBUTE JO DISCUSSION. • .• •* 2.HE REFERRED TO PAPER AS CIRCULATED BY USA DEL<SENT WITH .REFTEL), ONLY CHANGE BEING-IN. FIRST LINE OF PARA3. DELETE WORDS QUOTE A r GOOD DEAL OF UNQUOTE. 3.CLEVELAND INTERVENED BRIEFLY TO REMARK THAT WHAT RUSK AND MAC NAMARA HAD DECIDED UPON WAS NOT RPT NOT SELECT CTTEE BUT A SELFSELECTED CTTEE AND REMARKED ON MACNAMARAS DESIRE FOR AS SMALL MTG AS POSSIBLE. HE ADDED THAT USA PARTICIPATION WOULD.PROBABLY BE LTD TO FOUR CONSISTING OF MACNAMARA,CHIEF OF STAFF WHEELER MCNAUGHTON OF SECS STAFF AND CLEVELAND.PRESENT THINKING WAS THAT FOLLOW ON AND CONTINUITY BETWEEN MTGS WOULD'BE THROUGH.PERMREPS HERE. ; 000088 �' PAGE TWO 3040 " •• Document disclosed under the Access to Information ActDoc u m e nt d iv u Ig u e e n v ert u d e la Loi sur I'acces a {'informatio - -• •• /. . . 4.gKSTIONS-OF DATE AND COMPOSITION WERE THEN DISCUSSED. ON COMh^ITION NINE COUNTRIES SAID THEY WOULD PARTICIPATE:USA UK GERMANY CDA NETHERLANDS ITALY GREECE TURKEY-BELGIUM; THREE COUNTRIES WERE WITHOUT INSTRUCTIONS DENMARK NORWAY AND FRANCE;AND THREE COUNTRIES LUXEMBOURG PORTUGAL AND ICELAND SAID THEY WOULD NOT RPT NOT PARTICIPATE.BELGIAN PERMREP SAID THAT NEW CONCEPT'OF PARTICIPATION ON BASIS OF INTEREST MADE IT* EXTREMELY DIFFICULT FOR ANY COUNTRY NOT RPT NOT TO PARTICIPATE. SCANDINAVIANS EXPRESSED SIMILAR VIEWS REMARKING THAT THEY WERE QUITE PREPARED NOT RPT NOT TO PARTICIPATE IN CTTEE OF FOUR \0R FIVE BUTCTTEE OF EIGHT OR.NINE WAS ANOTHER MATTER.CLEVELAND AND OTHERS EMPHASIZED THAT-DECISION NOT RPT NOT.TO PARTICIPATE SHOULD IN NO NO WAY BE CONSIDERED AS EXPRESSION OF LACK OF INTEREST AND HE REFERRED TO PROPOSED ARRANGEMENTS FOR KEEPING COUNCIL INFORMED WHICH STILL APPLIED.SECGEN THEN REVERTED TO IDEA OF OPEN ENDED CTTEE BUT THIS WAS RECEIVED WITH LITTLE ENTHUSIASM. CLEVELAND REMARKED THAT IN HIS VIEW COMPOSITION WOULD CONSIST OF THOSE WHO ATTENDED FIRST MTG BUT HE COULD NOT RPT NOT CONCEIVE THAT THOSE DEFENCE MINISTERS WOULD REFUSE ADMISSION TO ONE OF-THEIR. COLLEAGUES IF AT •' • •'-,<> -. • LATER DATE HE EXPRESSED DESIRE TO:ATTEND. "> • .* > i 5. ON QUESTION OF DATE IT WAS AGREED THAT. MISTERS SHOULD BE"., CONSULTED WITH VIEW TO HAVING MTG BETWEEN 23RD AND 26TH OF NOV. IT WAS THOUGHT THAT TWO DAYS WOULD BE MAXIMUM TIME REQUIRED.IT r •" - - B *•' r ... 3 - ' '" • • - . ' " .i 000089 • �Document disclosed under the Access to information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi sur I'acces a {'information . fly. * I PAGE THREE 3040 '.... v . -' p. ' / WAS HOPED THAT COUNTRIES WOULD BE IN POSITION TO INFORM SECGEN a . •. < •- BEFORE 0CT26 OF PREFERRED DATES AND ALSO THAT THOSE COUNTRIES • -'•. .1 WHICH HAD NOT RPT NOT EXPRESSED DECISION ON PARTICIPATION WOULD DO SO BY THEN. THERE WAS HOWEVER NO RPT NO SENSE OF DEADLINE ON. LATTER POINT.APPRECIATE COMMENT ON DATES IGNATIEFF 000090 � 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 CDNW18175 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