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TEXT BEGINSsTHE NATO NUCLEAR PLANNING GROUP,COMPOSED OF THE MINISTERS OF DEFENCE OF SEVEN NATO COUNTRIES,ADJOURNED TODAY AFTER A TWO-DAY CONFERENCE IN ANKRA*ATTENDING THE MTG WERE LEO CADIEUX,CDA, STATS SECRETARY KARL CARSTENS,REPRESENTING GERHARD SCHROEDER OF GERMANY,ROBERTO TREMELLONI,ITALY,WILLEM DEN TOOM,NETHERLANDS,AHMET TOPALOGLU,TURKEY,DEN IS HEALEY,UK, AND ROBERT S MCNAMARA,USA.NATO SECGEN MANLIO BROSIO WAS CHAIRMAN, THE MINISTERS CONTINUED THE DISCUSSION WHICH THEY HAD STARTED AT THEIR MTG IN WASHDC IN APR OF THIS YEAR ON THE POSSIBLE USE OF ATOMIC DEMOLITION MUNITIONS IN THE DEFENCE OF THE TREATY AREA,WHILE AGREEING THAT CONDITIONS MAY VARY IN DIFFERENT AREAS,THEY RECOGNISED THAT IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES THE USE OF ATOMIC DEMOLITION MUNITIONS MAIGHT HAVE SIGNIFICANT MILITARY ADVANTAGES BY CREATING OBSTACLES AS PART OF A COMPREHENSIVE DEFENCE SYSTEM,THE MINISTERS REVIEWED VARIOUS TECHNICAL AND MILITARY STUDIES CONDUCTED SINCE THEIR PREVIOUS MTG AND GAVE DIRECTIONS FOR THEIR CONTINUANCE AND FURTHER DEVELOPMENT FOR CONSIDERATION AT THE NEXT MTG OF THE NUCLEAR PLANNING GROIP. THE MINISTERS DISCUSSED THE POSSIBLE TACTICAL USE OF NUCLEAR »**2 000141 <•!>« •*• -VJI • ***M#»»miir»iS( -.*w#jfr^to3li|B&ft»A*i.:<-' • •>:*-: v. ,.\!^,toy*#«#^,*;&&' �Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act - Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi sur I'acces a finformatio e. i PAGE TWO 5 5 8 WEAPONS IN THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN REGIONS OF ALLIED COMMAND EUROPE.THEY REVIEWED INTERIM REPORTS ON THE STUDIES AND GAVE NEW GUIDANCE FOR THEIR CONTINUATION, FOLLOWING UP HIS DISCUSSION OF STRATEGIC FORCES AT THE APRl967 MTG OF THE NUCLEAR PLANNING GROUP,MR,ROBERT MCNAMARA GAVE A DETAILED BRIEFING CONCERNING THE RECENT USA DECISION TO DEPLOY AN ANTIBALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENCE AGAINST A POTENTIAL CHINESE MISSILE THREAT.MR.MCNAMARA SAID THAT THE. USA CONTINUED TO BELIEVE,AS HE HAD STATED IN APR,THAT NO ANTI-BALLISTIC MISSILE DEPLOYMENT COULD DEFEND THE USA POPULATION AGAINST A HEAVY AND SOPHISTICATED FORCE OF OFFENSIVE MISSILES SUCH AS THAT POSSED BY THE USSR OR THE USA.MR MCNAMARA ALSO GAVE A STATUS REPORT ON THE EFFORTS THE USA WAS MAKING TOWARD DISCUSSIONS WITH THE USSR ON POSSIBLE LIMITATIONS ON OFFENSIVE AND DEFENSIVE STRATEGIC NUCLEAR WEAPONS,THE MINISTERS REAFFIRMED THE HOPE THAT PROGRESS COULD BE MADE IN DISCUSSION WITH THE USSR TOWARDS A LIMITATION OF THE NUCLEAR ARMS RACE AND WELCOMED THE INTENTION OF THE USA GOVT TO CONSULT FULLY WITH ITS ALLIES ON NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN THESE FIELDS, MR.DENIS HEALEY LED A DISCUSSION ON ANTI-BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENCE WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO THE ISSUES INVOLVED IN A POSSIBLE DEPLOYMENT OF AN ANTI-BALISTIC MISSILE SYSTEM IN NATO EUROPE.THE MINISTERS REVEIWED THE PROGRESS OF A CURRENT STUDY E ON THIS SUBJECT AND WILL CONTINUE THEIR DISCUSSI0« AT A LATER MTG. THEY RECOGNISED THE INTER-RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THESE PROBLEMS AND THE QUESTIONS OF DISARMAMENT, INCLUDING NON-PROLIFERATION,WHICH ARE UNDER CONSTANT REVIEW BY THE NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL. »*, 3 000142 �Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi sur I'acces a I'information] t PAGE THREE. 55S MR.ROBERTO TREMELLONI LED A DISCUSSION ON NATIONAL PARTICIPATION IB MILITARY NUCLEAR PLANNING,THE MINISTERS NOTED A REPORT ON SUGGESTED IMPROVEMENTS,IN PARTICULAR WITH REGARD TO THE ROLE OF THE NATO MILITARY CTTEE,THEY DECIDED THAT A MORE COMPREHENSIVE STUDY SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR DISCUSSION AT THEIR NEXT MTG, THE MINISTERS SET A WORK PROGRAMME FOR THE FUTURE AND AGREED TO MEET AGAIN W THE SPRING OF 1966 AT THE HAGUE.TEXT ENDS, 000143 � 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 CDBM00145 Title A name given to the resource Ankara to External 558 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 9/29/1967 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 3, Library and Archives Canada, (LAC). 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