https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/9ab770219eb43b5ba061bab541b46a67.pdf 3877083c809270b536a6a4ee2e193ff6 PDF Text Text Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la loi sur I'acces a I'information FM WASHDC MARM/67 SECRET TO EXIERL 1244 IMMED i&7~il~7 INFO NATOPARIS LDN BONN ROME HAGUE 3K TT CANFORCEHED DE OTT BAG ANKRA DE PARIS y. REF OURTEL 1108 HAR21 !J3t , NUCLEAR PLANNING GROUP MTG APR6-7 IT WE WENT OVER AGENDA FOR NPG MTG WITH COLLINS OF STATE DEP AM. 2 . O N STRATEGIC QUESTIONS ITEM COLLINS EXPECTS MR MACNAMARA „AJ WILL GIVE AN ORAL REVIEW OF PICTURE AS SEEN AI PREVIOUS WASHDC MTG WITH AN ACCOUNT OF DEVELOPMENTS WHICH HAVE OCCURRED SINCE THEN EG INCREASES IN SOVIET ICBM STRENGTH AND PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE OF SOVIET x\v^^m^j^j^A^ TCJTTP. MTfiqny_nirFgMp.y sYfiTrM.Twrc; WILL PROVIDE BACKGROUND AND INTRODUCTION TO MCNAMARAS PRESENTATION ON ABMS WHICH WILL BE BASED ON PAPER WHICH YOU HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED.AS REGARDS FOLLOW ON ACTION STEMMING FROM THIS ITEM COLLINS THOUGHT THIS WOULD DEPEND ON WHETHER AND TO WHAT EXTENT INTEREST WAS EXPRESSED IN A STUDY OF ABM DEPLOYMENT IN EUROPE.IHIS POSSIBILITY WOULD HAVE BEEN TOUCHED ON IN MCNAMARAS BRIEFING BUT MORE TECHNICAL INFO I S AVAILABLE IF A DESIRE I S EXPRESSED TO PURSUE THIS MATTER. IT I S NOI RPT NOT USA INTENTION TO PROPOSE A FURTHER STUDY BUT THEY WILL BE AS FORTHCOMING AS POSSIBLE IF A STUDY I S PROPOSED BY OTHERS. . 3 , UNDER TACTICAL NUCLEAR QUESTIONS ITEM COLLINS SAID HE SIMPLY . . .2 » 't --• • X .. 000356 �Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act s Document divulgue en uertu de la Loi sur I'acces a I'information • 9 PAGE TWO 1244 SECRET DID NOT RPT NOT KNOW WHAT MR HEALEY WAS PLANNING TO SAY. HE PRESUMED THERE WOULD BE A REVIEW OF POINTS AGREED AT LDN MTG WHICH MIGHT LEAD TO A DISCUSSION OF CONCEPT OF TACTICAL NUCLEAR WEAPONS AS A TRIP WIRE.NO RPT NO BRIT PAPER IS BEING PRODUCED ON THIS SUBJECT BUT WE GATHER ITALIANS HAVE PRODUCED A PAPER COMM^-1 TING ON LDN MTG AGREEMENTS AND SUGGESTING OR IMPLYING THAT IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES DEPLOYMENT OF TACTICAL NUCLEAR WEAPONS IN DEPTH LOOKING TO THEIR EMPLOYMENT IN A SITUATION SHORT OF GENERAL WAR MIGHT BE CONTEMPLATED. COLL INS THOUGHT IT POSSIBLE THAT THIS MIGHT LEAD TO A FURTHER STUDY OF CIRCUMSTANCES IN WHICH TACTICAL NUCLEAR WEAPONS MIGHT BE USED EITHER AS A SEPARATE STUDY OR AS PART OF ONE OR MORE STUDIES THAT WOULD BE GENERATED BY DISCUSSION OF TURKISH PROPOSAL ON ADMSCSEE REFTEL). 4 . I N REPLY TO OUR QUESTIONS COLLINS SAID IT WAS CONCEIVABLE THAT GERMANS MIGHT PROPOSE A STUDY OF USE OF ADMS EITHER IN CONJUNCTION WITH A STUDY OF THEIR USE ON SOUTHEAST FLANK OR IN CONJUNCTION WITH A STUDY OF HOST COUNTRY PROBLEMS. THE RE HAD HE SAID BEEN A HINT REPORTED 3Y USA NATO DEL THAT GERMANS MIGHT BE CONTEMPLATING LATTER. HOWEVER THERE WAS AT THIS POINT NO RPT SOT HARD INFO ON WHAT GERMANS WOULD BE SUGGESTING AT NPG MTG.HE MENTIONED INCIDENTALLY THAT THERE HAD BEEN BILATERAL USAGERMAN STUDIES OF USE OF ADMS IN GERMANY AS A CONSEQUENCE OF WHICH BECAUSE OF TOPOGRAPHY AND POPULATION DENSITY OF NORTH GERMAN PLAIN HE UNDERSTOOD GERMAN GOVT WAS A GOOD DEAL LESS THAN ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT THEIR EMPLOYMENT FOR PURPOSES OF CREATING A DEFENSIVE BARRIER. ...3 000357 �[^ • Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi sur. Tacces a Tinformati % PAGE THREE 1244 SECRET 5.COLLINS DESCRIBED GERMAN PAPER ON HOST COUNTRIES BRIEFLY BUT CLAIMED TO HAVE NO RPT NO KNOWLEDGE TO WHETHER MR SCHROEDER WOULD CONFINE HIMSELF TO MATTERS IT TREATS OR BRANCH OFF INTO OTHER AREAS OF CONCERN.ONLY COMMENT HE HAD ON PAPER WAS THAT WHEREAS IT APPARENTLY CONTEMPLATES A STUDY OF HOST COUNTRY PROBLEM BY NATO PERMREPS USA WAS INCLINED TO SUGGEST THAT STUDY oE CONDUCTED BY MINISTRIES OF DEFENCE IN COLLABORATION WITH FOREIGN M I N I S TRIES.EXPLANATION THAT WAS GIVEN TO US WAS THAT PERMREPS WERE ALREADY HEAVILY BURDENED WITH STUDIES, 000358 � 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. 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 CDBM00092 Title A name given to the resource DC to External 1244 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 3/31/1967 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived RG25-A-3-c, file 27-11-7, "DEFENCE - CONVENTIONAL AND NUCLEAR ARMAMENTS - ANTI - BALLISTIC MISSILES (ABM) = DEFENSE - ARMEMENTS DE TYPE CLASSIQUE ET NUCLEAIRE - ENGINS ANTIMISSILES (ABM)," vol. 10357, part 2, Library and Archives Canada, (LAC). Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource External Affairs Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Canadian Crown Subject The topic of the resource Anti-ballistic missiles Description An account of the resource Nuclear Planning Group MTG April 6-7 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 en