https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/1182573893c92b44dc0596ca46633fc6.pdf eff5b7f5bc15813368dbfeaa7385ccd6 PDF Text Text Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi sur I'acces a I'information 4?T?** JUNE 20, 1955 sffi^ jBV'iy^ NO.' 369 FOR RELEASE AT 12:00 NOON, EJD.T^, MONDAY, JUNE 20, 1955. NOT TO BE PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED', '&}&£]&~tt(M OR USED IN ANY WAY. ' "" On June 15, 19,55 representatives of the Government of the United States anck'the Government of Canada, and representatives of the Government of the United States and the Government of the United Kingdom signed agreements for the exchange of atomic information for mutual defense purposes. These proposed agreements have been approved by President Eisenhower. According to the terms of the United States Atomic Energy Act of 1954., the proposed agreements must lie before the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy for a period of thirty days before they may enter into force. Attached is a copy of the agreement with the United Kingdom together with a letter from the Secretary of Defense recommending to the President that he approve the agreement, and a letter of transmittal from the President to the Chairman of the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy. The text of this agreement is being released today in London. Following is the text of the ietter to the President from the Secretary of Defense: THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE WASHINGTON Dear Mr. President: June 14, 1955 Section 144 b. of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954. empowers you to authorize the Department of Defense, with the assistance of the Atomic Energy Commission, to cooperate with another nation or regional defense organization to which the United States is a party and to communicate to that nation or organization such atomic information as is necessary to the development of defense plans, the training of personnel in the employment of and defense against atomic weapons, and the evaluation of the capabilities of potential enemies in the emp3oyment of atomic weapons.' This cooperation and communication, bwever, may be undertaken'only in accordance with the limitations Imposed by the Act and under an agreement entered into pursuant to Section 123 thereof. The • 000027 �Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi sur I'acces a I'information -2- PR 369 The first of these agreements was with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. It was approved by you on April 13, 1955, and has been before the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy for the required thirty-day period. With the cooperation of the Department of State, a separate agreement has now oeem negotiated with the United Kingdom and recommended for signature. This proposed agreement is submitted herewith for your approval. It is the view of this Department that this agreement Is entirely in accord with the provision of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954. I am convinced that it will fully serve the best interests of the United States by making possible a further significant extension of the close cooperation in the field of mutual defense which has characterized our relationships with the United Kingdom for so many years. I therefore strongly recommend that you approve this proposed agreement as required by Section 123 of the Atomic Energy Act and transmit the agreement to the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy together with your determinations and authorizations as to execution. With great respect, I am Faithfully yours, The President The White House . / S / C. E. WILSON Following is the text of the letter of transmittal from the President to the Chairman of the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy * Dear Senator Anderson: June 15, 1955 Pursuant to Section 123 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, I hereby submit to the Joint Committee cn Atomic Energy a proposed agreement between the Governments of the United States and the United Kingdom for cooperation regarding communication of atomic . information for mutual defense purposes under Section 144 b. of the Act. Under the terras of the proposed agreement, the United States may exchange with the United Kingdom, so long as the United Kingdom pursuant to an international arrangement continues to make substantial and material contributions to the mutual defense effort, atomic information which the' United States considers necessary to (1) the development of defense plans; (2) the training of personnel in the employment of and defense against atomic weapons; and (3) the evaluation of the capabilities of potential enemies in the employment of atomic weapons. 000028 The �Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertH de la Loi sur I'acces a I'information PR 369 -6- The United Kingdom will make atomic information available to the United States on the same basis. Atomic information made available pursuant to the proposed agreement will not be transferred to unauthorized persons, or beyond the jurisdiction of the recipient government except where that information is to be communicated to another nation or regional organization which has already been given the same information under an agreement similar to this and then only to the extent such transfer is specifically authorized by the originating government. Transfers of atomic information by the United States under the proposed agreement will be made only In accordance with the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 and such information will be safeguarded by the stringent security arrangements in effect between the United States and the:United Kingdom when this agreement comes into force. The agreement will remain in effect until terminated by agreement between the two governments, but the actual exchange of atomic information is entirely discretionary. The Department of Defense has strongly recommended approval of this agreement. It is my firm conviction that through the cooperative measures foreseen in this agreement we will have aided materially not only in strengthening our own defenses but also those of our British ally and will thereby contribute greatly to the mutual defense -efforts which are of such vital Importance to the maintenance ,0 our common freedom. Accordingly, I hereby determine that the performance of this proposed agreement will promote, and will not constitute an unreasonable risk to, the common defense and security, and approve this agreement. In addition, I hereby authorize, subject to the provisions of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, the Secretary of State to execute the proposed agreement and the Department of Defense, with the assistance of the Atomic Energy Commission, to cooperate with the United Kingdom and to communicate Restricted Data to the United Kingdom under the agreement. Sincerely, /%/ DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER The Honorable Clinton P» Anderson Chairman, Joint Committee on Atomic Energy Washington, D.C. AGREEMENT 000029 �Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi sur I'acces a I'information -4- . . PR 369 AGREEMENT BETWEEN TIE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE'GOVBRNMENT OF THS'UNITSp KINGDOM OF C^ATJBRJTAIN" AND NORTHERN ' IRfLANP" FOR" COOPER AT I ON REGARDING ATOMIC"" INFORMATION FOPE MUTUAL'DEFENSE "PURPOSE'S The Government of the United States of America and the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern' Ireland, Recognizing that their.mutual security and defense requires that they be prepared to meet the contingencies of atomic warfare, Recognizing that their common interests will be advanced by the exchange of information pertinent thereto, • Believing that the exchange of such Information can be undertaken without threat to the security of either county, " and Taking into consideration the United States Atomic Energy Act of 1954, which was prepared 'with these purposes in mind, Agree as follows: ARTICLE I �Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi sur I'acces a I'information . '-S-: PR 369 ARTICLE I 1. While the United States and the United Kingdom- are participating in international arrangements for their mutual defense and security and making substantial and material contribution thereto, each Government will from time to time make available to the other Government atomic information which the Government making such information available deems necessary to: (a) the develop$wmt of defense plans; (b) the training of personnel in the employment of and defense against atomic weapons; and (c) the evaluation of the capabilities of potential enemies in the employment of atomic weapons. 2. Atomic information which is transferred by either Government pursuant to this Agreement shall be used by the other Government exclusively for the preparation and implementation of defense plans in the mutual interests of the two countries. ^ ARTICLE II 1, All transfers of atomic information to the United Kingdom by the United States pursuant to this Agreement will be made in compliance with the provisions of the United States Atomic Energy Act of 1954 and any subsequent applicable United States legislation. All transfers of atomic information to the United States by the United Kingdom pursuant to this Agreement will be made in compliance with the United Kingdom Official Secrets Acts, 1911-1939, and the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Act of 1946. 2. Under this Agreement there will be no transfers by the United States or the United Kingdom of atomic weapons or special nuclear material, as these terms are defined In Section 11 d. and Section lit. of the United States Atomic Energy Act of 1954. ARTICLE III 1. Atomic information made available pursuant to this Agreement shall be accorded full security protection under applicable security arrangements between the United States and the United Kingdom and applicable national legislation and regulations of the two countries. In no case shall either Government maintain security standards for safeguarding atomic information made available pursuant to this Agreement lower than those set forth in the applicable security arrangements in effect on the date this Agreement comes into force. 2. Atomic 000031 �Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi sur I'acces a [.'information -62. Atomic information this Agreement will be made ing or hereafter agreed for information between the two PR 369 which is exchanged pursuant to available through channels existthe exchange of classified defense Governments. 3. Atomic Information received pursuant to this Agreement shall not be transferred, by the recipient Government to any unauthorized person or., except as provided In Article V of -this Agreement, 'beyondAthe jurisdiction of that Government. Each Government may stipulate the degree to which any of the categories of information made available to the other Government pursuant to this Agreement may be disseminated, may specify the categories of persons who may have access to such information, and may impose such other restrictions on the dissemination of such information as it deems necessary. ARTICLE IV As used in this Agreement, "atomic information" means: (a) '(b) so far as concerns the information provided by the United States, Restricted Data, as defined in Section 11 r. of the United States Atomic Energy Act of 1954, which is permitted to be communicated pursuant to the provisions of Section 144 b. of that Act, and information relating primarily to the military utilization of atomic weapons which has been removed from the Restricted Data category in accordance with the provisions of Section 142 d. of the United States Atomic Energy Act of 1954; so far as concerns the information provided by the United Kingdom, Information exchanged under this Agreement which Is either classified atomic energy information or other United Kingdom defense information which it is decided to transfer to the United States in pursuance of Article I of this Agreement, ARTICLE V. Nothing herein shall be interpreted or operate as a bar or restriction to consultation and cooperation by the United States or the United Kingdom with other nations or regional organizations in any fields of defense. Neither Government, however, shall communicate atomic Information made available by the other Government pursuant to-this Agreement to any nation or regional organization unless the same information has been made available to that nation or regional organization by the other Government in accordance with its own legislative requirements and except to the extent that such communication is expressly authorized by such other Government. ARTICLE VI 000032 �Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi sur I'acces a I'information -7- ' PR 369 ARTICLE VI This Agreement shall enter into force on the date on which each Government shall receive from the other Government written notification that it has complied with all statutory and constitutional requirements for the entry into force of such an Agreement, and shall remain in effect until terminated by mutual agreement of both Governments. DONE at Washington this Fifteenth day of June 1955 in two original texts. FOR THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: /S/ C. BURKE ELBRICK FOR THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND: /S/ R. H. SCOTT * * * State—PD, Wash., D.C. 000033 � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. 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