https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/407df3544122b59218b09f17a73d57e3.pdf 3225e11be34132d2ff935d35f139ef75 PDF Text Text Document^dcclosad under the Accjksfp information Act -^- Document divtMujAgn Ve#u de la LoilsdQ'attisja Tiftformation y&j2D UNITED STATES I N F O R M A T I O N United States Embassy, Ottawa - Telephone: ^^.236-2(341 / 232-802JD i r ^ ' . - — • • • I I • SERVICE *7exC A/AH) COMMUNIQUE OF NATO NUCLEAR PLANNING GROUP ' o- Klo-JLw v /* f j l x ^ ^ ^ , l&^t-iiV1 WASHINGTON, APRIL 10, 1967—FOLLOWING IS THE TEXT OF THE COMMUNJQUEISSUED APRIL 7 BY THE NATO NUCLEAR PLANNING GROUP,WHICH HAS BEEN ^ £ 3 * . MEETING HERE SINCE APRIL 6: ArfP~*^t THE NATO NUCLEAR PLANNING GROUP, COMPOSED OF MINISTERS OF " ^^ DEFENSE OF SEVEN NATO COUNTRIES, ADJOURNED TODAY AFTER A TWO-DAY CONFERENCE IN WASHINGTON. ATTENDING THE FIRST MEETING OF THE NUCLEAR PLANNING GROUP WERE PAUL HELLYER, CANADA; GERHARD •SCHROEDER, GERMANY; ROBERTO TREMELLONI, ITALY; WILLEM DEN TOOM, NETHERLANDS; AHMET TOPALOGLU, TURKEY; DENIS HEALEY, UNITED KINGDOM; AND ROBERT S. MCNAMARA, UNITED STATES. NATO SECRETARYGENERAL MANLIO BROS 10 WAS CHAIRMAN. THE UNITED STATES SECRETARY OF DEFENSE, MR. ROBERT S. MCNAMARA, LED A DISCUSSION OF THE STRATEGIC NUCLEAR FORCES OF THE ALLIANCE AND ANT I-BALL I STIC MISSILE DEFENSE. THE MINISTERS REVIEWED THE CHANGES WHICH HAVE OCCURRED IN THE STRATEGIC NUCLEAR THREAT FACING THE ALLIANCE SINCE THE MEETING OF THE NUCLEAR PLANNING WORKING GROUP IN FEBRUARY \$66, AND THE MEANS AND PLANS AVAILABLE TO COUNTER THAT THREAT. THEY CONCLUDED THAT THE SIZE OF EXISTING STRATEGIC NUCLEAR FORCES AND THE PLANS FOR EMPLOYING THEM ARE ADEQUATE TO THE NEED. THEY DISCUSSED THE TECHNICAL, STRATEGIC AND FINANCIAL ASPECTS OF BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE INCLUDING BOTH THE SOVIET DEPLOYMENTS AND THE US R&D PROGRAM, AND AGREED TO KEEP THIS SUBJECT UNDER REVIEW. THE MINISTERS ALSO RECEIVED A REPORT FROM SECRETARY MCNAMARA ON THE CURRENT STATUS OF DISCUSSIONS INITIATED BY THE U.S. WITH THE SOVIET GOVERNMENT TO EXPLORE WAYS OF PREVENTING A FURTHER SPIRALING OF THE ARMS RACE. THE MINISTERS NOTED THAT THE U.S. GOVERNMENT INTENDS TO KEEP ITS ALLIES FULLY ADVISED AS THESE DISCUSSIONS PROGRESS. THE UNITED KINGDOM SECRETARY OF STATE FOR DEFENSE, MR. DENfS HEALEY, LED A DISCUSSION OF TACTICAL NUCLEAR FORCES, THE MINISTERS AGREED THAT THE NUMBER OF TACTICAL NUCLEAR WEAPONS AVAILABLE TO THE ALLIED COMMANDERS IN EUROPE AND THE ATLANTIC ARE ADEQUATE BUT THAT THE APPROPRIATE DISTRIBUTION OF TYPES OF WEAPONS SHOULD BE KEPT UNDER CONTINUOUS REVIEW. THEY ALSO AGREED TO INITIATE A NUMBER OF SPECIFIC STUDIES TO HELP IN CLARIFYING IMPORTANT QUESTIONS RELATED TO THE USE OF TACTICAL NUCLEAR WEAPONS. MR. AHMET TOPAGLOGLU, THE MINISTER OF DEFENSE OF TURKEY, (MQRE) 000361 FOR PUBLICATION, BROADCAST OR BACKGROUND, AS DESIRED, WITH OR WITHOUT CREDIT TO USIS / �' "•""* Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act i. Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi sur Tacces a Tinformation § -2LED A DISCUSSION OF ATOMIC DEMOLITION MUNITIONS AND CONSIDERATIONS RELATED TO THE POSSIBLE USE OF THESE WEAPONS IN THE DEFENSE OF THE TREATY AREA. THE MINISTERS AGREED TO CONDUCT FURTHER STUDIES ON THIS SUBJECT. DR. GERHARD SCHROEDER, MINISTER OF DEFENSE OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY, LED A DISCUSSION ON THE ROLE OF HOST COUNTRIES IN ALLIED ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE PLANNING AND USE OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS. THE MINISTERS NOTED THAT THE NUCLEAR PLANNING GROUP ITSELF AS WELL AS THE MILITARY COMMITTEE OF THE ALLIANCE OFFER THE OPPORTUNITY FOR NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS TO EXERT A DIRECT INFLUENCE ON NUCLEAR PLANNING IN THE ALLIANCE THROUGH THEIR SENIOR POLITICAL AND MILITARY AUTHORITIES. THEY WILL CONDUCT FURTHER DETAILED STUDIES ON SPECIFIC ASPECTS OF THIS QUESTION AND WILL CONTINUE THEIR DISCUSSION AT THE NEXT MINISTERIAL MEETING OF THE NUCLEAR V PLANNING GROUP. THE MINISTERS SET A WORK PROGRAM FOR THE FUTURE AND AGREED TO MEET AGAIN IN ANKARA IN SEPTEMBER I967. THE NUCLEAR PLANNING GROUP IS PART OF THE PERMANENT STRUCTURE ESTABLISHED BY THE NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL AT ITS MINISTERIAL MEETING IN PARIS IN DECEMBER 1966. AT THAT TIME, THE COUNCIL ESTABLISHED THE NUCLEAR DEFENSE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, OPEN TO ALL NATO COUNTRIES, TO ADVISE THE COUNCIL ON NUCLEAR POLICY. AT THE SAME TIME THE SEVEN-NATION NUCLEAR PLANNING GROUP WAS CREATED TO HANDLE THE DETAILED WORK OF THE NUCLEAR DEFENSE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE. (2B - DF) 000362 � 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 CDBM00093 Title A name given to the resource Transcript from US Embassy, Ottawa Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 4/10/1967 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). 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