https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/0248d7f30df839d2db04f096eec3c087.pdf ece96f59974e90c407d57122b105404c PDF Text Text Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi sur Tacces a Tinformation^ # MESSAGE ^#- m FM/DE PLACE DEPARTMENT O R I S . NO. LIEU MINISTERE " N ° O'ORIG. OTT EXT AFF DL-1074 DATE 27-11-7 APR.26.67 ,- • SECRET PRECEDENCE IMMED NATOPARIS TO/A SECURITY SECURITE FILE/DOSSIER . . - INFO DISTR. CANFORCEHED - r NO STD. CC: DISARMAMENT DIV. p56" YOURTELS.931 APR21. 947 & 954 APR25. 955 APR26 AND OURTEL DL-1055 APR25. . 3UB/3UJ NATO NUCLEAR PLANNING GROUP MEETING — *£pRIL 27. E WE ARE FAVOURABLY IMPRESSED BY SECGEN SUGGESTIONS SET OUT IN. PO/67/276. IT SEEMS TO US THAT, WITH THE AMOUNT OF STAFF WORK WHICH WILL BE REQUIRED BY THESE STUDIES AND THEIR BURDEN ON PERM REPS, THE ESTABLISHMENT OF. A WORKING GROUP AS SUGGESTED BY THE SECGEN, WILL BE ESSENTIAL TO THE ORDERLY DEVELOPMENT OF THESE STUDIES. WE CAN THEREFORE SUPPORT SECGEN' S SUGGESTION. STUDY NO. .1 — ABMs . 2 . OUR REFTEL CONTAINS OUR VIEWS ON ISSUE WHICH IS OF IMMEDIATE INTEREST TO CANADA. IT FOLLOWS FROM THESE VIEWS THAT WE WOULD AGREE THAT IT IS UP TO EUROPEANS .TO TAKE INITIATIVE IN THIS STUDY AND WE WOULD HAVE NO OBJECTION TO A PAPER ON EUROPEAN ASPECTS BEING DRAFTED JOINTLY BY U.K., GERMANY AND NETHERLANDS AS A FIRST STEP, WE SHOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT IN THIS CONNECTION THAT WE FULLY. SUPPORT SECGENVS REMARK THAT NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN USA AND USSR MIGHT HAVE A BEARING UPON THE TIMING OF DEVELOPMENT OF STUDY. WE ARE PLEASED TO LEARN THAT U.K. HAS UNDERTAKEN GOOD DEAL OF 'STUDY OF BALLISTIC^MISSILE DEFENCE IN RELATION TO ARMS CONTROL AND THAT THEY MIGHT BE PREPARED TO MAKE AN INPUT. WE WOULD LIKE TO-ENCOURAGE THEM ...12 DRAFTER/REDACTEUR SIG. P.A.BISSONNETTE/sg DI VI S I O N / DI R E C T I O N D.L.(l) APPROVED/APPROUVE TELEPHONE 2-7921 siG H. B . . ROBINSP.N.. E X T tS/BIL. IREV 8/70) 000375 �SECRET -.2 - TO DO SOE* PARTICULARLY SINCE WE THINK THESE STUDIES SHOULD NOT LOSE SIGHT . * OF ARMS CONTROL ASPECTS. 3. ' / ' '. '• A" • '" IN OUR VIEW, U.K. WOULD BE GOOD DISCUSSION LEADER FOR THIS SUB- JECT.. • • - . , • . STUDY NO. 2 — 4. • .' • • • • • ' . TACTICAL NUCLEAR WEAPONS- WE' SUPPORT SECGEN'S SUGGESTION THAT WORK UNDER THE STUDY SHOULD BE PURSUED IN PARALLEL WITH WORK UNDER STUDY NO. 4 RELATED.TO PREPARATION OF PLANS- FOR ATOMIC DEMOLITION MUNITIONS. ADMs ARE ONLY A PART OF MUCH ' LARGER PROBLEM OF USE OF TACTICAL NUCLEAR WEAPONS AND THEY SHOULD NOT BE. CONSIDERED IN ISOLATION. WE SEE,STUDY NO. 2 AS ONE, OF MOST IMPORTANT AND' SUBSTANTIAL STUDY TO BE CARRIED OUT BY NPG SO FAR. STUDY WILL NO DOUBT REQUIRE CONSIDERABLE STAFF WORK DONE AND FOR THAT REASON IT MIGHT BE ADVISABLE TO HAVE EITHER DISCUSSION LEADERS OR WORKING,GROUP FIRST TACKLE THE PROBLEM. WE WOULD EXPECT THAT NATO MILITARY AUTHORITIES'WILL HAVE TO.COME IN AT SOME STAGE AT LEAST FOR PARTS OF STUDY. WE WOULD ALSO HOPE THAT U.K. AND U.S.A., ALTHOUGH THEY>HAVEALREADY MADE THEIR VIEWS KNOWN IN THEIR PAPERS TO WORKING GROUP III, WILL PARTICIPATE ACTIVELY IN THE NPG STUDY. , STUDY NO. 3 — 5. PLANS FOR^USE OF TACTICAL. NUCLEAR WEAPONS: .. WE. AGREE THAT DEVELOPMENT OF A GENERAL CONCEPT FOR USE OF TACTI- CAL NUCLEAR WEAPONS CANNOT BEGIN UNTIL STUDIES REQUIRED UNDER PAR;8 (A) AND 8 (C) OF AGREED MINUTE, HAVE. BEEN COMPLETED*. . ,..-.' , STUDY NO. 4 — ADMs 6. OUR POSITION ON ADMs HAS BEEN SET OUT ABOVE UNDER STUDY NO. 2. WE SEE NO <OBUECTIpB TO INVITING NATO MILITARY AUTHORITIES TO UNDERTAKE REQUIRED WORK AND WE CAN AGREE WITH SUGGESTED TEXT OF SECGEN'S INVITATION AS 4 SET OUT IN YOURTEL 954. OF ADMs -i THE SUGGESTED INVITATION MAKES CLEAR THAT PROBLEM IS ONLY A PART OF GENERAL PROBLEM OF USE OF TACTICAL NUCLEAR WEA- PONS; AND THAT PURPOSE OF STUDY TO BE UNDERTAKEN BY THE MILITARY COMMITTEE • IS TO ENABLE MINISTERS TO ADDRESS THEMSELVES TO POLICY AND.POLITICAL GUI-' . ' . . - . -'X 0- DANCE CONSIDERATIONS IN LIGHT OF THEIR STUDY. • PROPOSED TERMS,OFf REFERENCE * . • • • • ' • . JP?*:\ MAKE CLEAR THAT EMPHASIS SHOULD BE, ON COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESSSOF ALTER•• E. " 7-7 . , W ^ " ' "•• jtiSg**^ NATIVE MEANS OF EXECUTION OF TARGETS AND POLITICAL 'GUIDELINES SUGGESTED FOR XJ .-£•' • s. - *• - PURPOSES OF THE STUDY. PROCEEDS FROM ASSUMPTION THAT THERE WILL BE NO PREDELEGATION OF AUTHORITY TO USE ADMs IN PEACETIME. IT IS ALSO CLEAR FROM • THIS PROPOSED INVITATION THAT QUESTION OF POSSIBLE SOVIET RESPONSES.IS LEFT TO MINISTERS' CONSIDERATION. 'STUDY NO.. 5 — 7. - NUCLEAR PLANNING • r . . . , . ' • ' • '• ;: WE AGREE THAT THIS STUDY IS CLEARLY FOR MILITARY COMMITTEE TO 000376 �t \'"7 UNDERTAKE SINCE IT IS ESSENTIALLY.RELATED-TO ITS FUTURE TERMS OF REFERENCE THE QUESTION WAS RAISED ATINPG'MEETING IN WASHINGTON BY GERMANY AS TQ WHETHER CONCEPT OF NUCLEAR PLANNING TO BE STUDIED WAS THAT CONTAINED IN PARA X r ' *1 SEVEN OF DPC(66)39 OR THAT PROPOSED IN GERMAN PAPER. ' IT' SEEMS' TO-US TOAT THIS IS REALLY NOT A PROBLEM SINCE ALL THE ELEMENTS CONTAINED IN THE CONCEPT OF NUCLEAR PLANNING IN THE GERMAN PAPER WILL IN FACT BE STUDIED IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER UNDER THE AGREED PROGRAMME OF WORK OF NPG. .CONCEPT IN DPC (66)39 IS BETTER DEFINED AND ALREADY APPROVED BY MINISTERS LAST DECEMBER. WE WOULD HAVE NO.OBJECTION TO' TERMS OF REFERENCE FOR STUDY NO. 5 BEING MADE MORE PRECISE ON BASIS OF PARA SEVEN OF DPC(66)39. .. STUDY NO. 6 -- STOCKPILING 8. ' ',* ;• WE AGREE WITH SECGEN'S SUGGESTION THAT FIRST STEP IN THIS STUDY WOULD BE FOR DETAILS OF THE TYPES OF INFORMATION REQUIRED TO'BE .SUBMITTED " TO NPG. DURING MINISTERIAL MEETING' IN WASHINGTON, GERMANS MAINTAINED THAT THIS"INFORMATION SHOULD BE OBTAINED E I S M USA ON BILATERAL BASIS; IT, SEEMS. TO US THAT SINCE STOCKPILES IN GERMANY-ARE FOR USE OF.SEVERAL FORCES OF MEMBER COUNTRIES IT WOULD BE NORMAL THAT THESE MEMBER COUNTRIES AS WELL AS HOST COUNTRY HAVE*INFORMATION ON STOCKPILES FROM WHICH THEY ARE ALLOWED TO DRAW. ' '= •'••'< ''..'• • STUDY NO. 7 --• RELEASE 9. " •• ' . " r-" WE SEE INITIAL RESPONSIBILITY IN THIS AREA LARGELY RESTING WITH USA SINCE USA l|JONIft) COUNTRY WHICH IS AWARE OF NETWORK OF BILATERAL AGREEMENTS AND WILL BE MAIN COUNTRY TO BE EFFECTED BY ANY CHANGE IN PRESENT ARRANGEMENTS. WE UNDERSTAND/ HOWEVER,.THAT USA IS RELUCTANT FOR POLITICAL1 REASONS, TO.TAKE LEADERSHIP/IN THIS STUDY. . IF THIS IS THE CASE, WE WOULD AGREE THAT STUDY BE KEPT FIRMLY IN HANDS OF PERM REPS. 10. ' r FOR OUR OWN INFO, BILATERAL ARRANGEMENTS WHICH CANADA HAS WITH USA HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED IN CONTEXT OF NORTH AMERICAN DEFENCE (NORAD). WE DOUBT THEREFORE THAT THEY WOULD BE GOOD MODELS FOR ARRANGEMENTS IN EUROPEAN CONTEXT. FOR ONE THING/: OUR ARRANGEMENTS ARE NOT CONCERNED WITH TACTICAL NUCLEAR WEAPONS WHICH IN EUROPEAN CONTEXT IS A PROBLEM OF FIRST MAGNITUDE. SINCE SIMILAR ARRANGMENTS FOR OUR FORCES UNDER NATO COMMAND ARE STILL VERY INCOMPLETE; THEY WOULD BE USELESS AS A MODEL. \7 ''-'.'• (Retyped : * ^ ) "(Che eked :'?3)X) EXT ISA (0/64) (COMU'S orvl •> " • •' - � 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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