https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/ee688ade9eddd728b836999e08d65551.pdf 1fb48ebd2a1d16f66146b2246ef8c5bb PDF Text Text 1 7 / Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act en vertu de la loi sur I'acces a I'information Document divulgue d e From-. D.L (1) D i v i s i o n *rh . It'"*™ To: &{&.* -h^ty (XJ FM NATO D E C 1 4 / 67 SECRET NO RPT NO STANDARD TO TT EXTER 2 8 5 6 DE LDN INFO TT CANFORCEHED DE OTT REF OURTEL 2 8 1 3 DEC8 NDAC MTG DEC12 AS ANTICIPATED,THE NDAC MTG DID NOT RPT NOT BREAK NEW GROUND BL RATHER PROVIDED OPPORTUNITY FOR NPG MINISTERS TO INFORM THEIR COLLEAGUES IN NDAC OF DEVELOPMENTS IN NPG DURING FIRST YEAR OF ITS EXISTENCE. 2,NITZE(REPLACING MCNAMARA)LED OFF ON STRATEGIC NUCLEAR WEAPONS AND,IN RECALLING WASHDC AGREED MINUTE.CLEARLY INTENDED TO REASSURE NDAC MEMBERS OF THE ABILITY OF THE USA TO DETER ANY LARGE SCALE ATTACK BY THE USSR,HE CONFIRMED THAT CONCLUSION IN WASHDC MINUTE ON THIS SUBJ VAS STILL VALID.HE COMPARED IN DETAILED BUT FAMILIAR TERMS TKE SIZE OF USA AND USSR ICBM FORCES.COMPARISON •5H8WED THAT DESPITE A DEFINITE ACCELERATION OF CONSTRUCTION OF ICBM SITES IN USSR THAT USA WOULD MAINTAIN ITS SUPERIORITY AND I T S ASSURED DESTRUCTION CAPABILITY. 3.NITZE NOTED THAT CONSTRUCTION OF ABM SYSTEM AROUND MCOW WAS CONTINUING AND MIGHT BE PARTLY OPERATIONAL NEXT YEAR.LATE ST INFO USA HAD ON TALIN SYSTEM WAS THAT IT WAS DESIGNED TO DEFEND AGAINST HIGH PERFORMANCE AIRCRAFT AND STAND OFF BQMBS.NITZE REVIEWED THE FOBS QUESTION BUT DID NOT RPT NOT ADD NEW INFO.HE ALSO REVIEWED THS ATTEMPTS MADE BY USA TO ENGAGE IN DISCUSSIONS WITH USSR ON STRATiC fvRMS LIMITATION,AND NOTED THAT SINCE DISCUSSIONS BETWEEN *» * 2 000173 �Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document d ivulgue en vertu de la loi sur I'acces a I'information PAGE TWO 2 8 5 6 SECRET NO RPT NO STAffcARD RUSK AND GROMYKOIN NY ON SEP25.USA HAD HEARD NOTHING FROM USSR. 4.KEALEY CONCLUDED FROM NITZES REMARKS THAT IT WAS CLEAR THAT ALLIES OF USA COULD HAVE MO RPT NO DOUBT OF THE ABILITY OF USA TO GIVE EUROPE ALL TKE NUCLEAR PROTECTION IT REQUIRED.HEALEY THEN REVIEWED AS DISCUSSION LEADER THE ABM QUESTION ON BASIS OF STAFF PAPER ON ABMS AND DISCUSSIONS AT ANKRA*HE REMARKED THAT SINCE USA ABM SYSTEM HAD A MARGINAL CAPABILITY TO PROTECT USA MISSILE SITES THIS MIGHT HELP TO CONFIRM THAT USA WOULD COME TO EUROPES AID.ON THE OTHER HAND,SINCE USA POPULATION WOULD OBTAIN SOME PROTECTION FROM ABM SYSTEM,THERE COULD BE A WORRY THAT QUOTE MAG INOT UNQUOTE MENTALITY MIGHT DEVELOP IN USA.ONE NEW POINT WHICH HEALEY ADDED WAS THAT FROM THE USSR POINT OF VIEW IT WOULD BE JiARD TO DISTINGUISH BETWEEN DEPLOYMENT IN EUROPE OF AN ABM SYSTEM AND AN IRBM SYSTEM.THE APPEARANCE OF THE MISSILES WOULD BE VERY SIMILAR AND ONCE BUILT AND DEPLOYED,IT WOULD BE VERY DIFFICULT TO CONVINCE USSR THAT THEY WERE NOT OFFENSIVE WEAPONS.HE CONCLUDED HOPING THAT THE ABM DEPLOYMENT WOULD NOT RPT NOT PREVENT USA FROM CONTINUING TO TRY TO DISCUSS STRATEGIC ARMS LIMITATION XA USSR.THE ONLY OTHER SPEAKER UNDER ABM ITEM WAS THE ITALIAN USTEft WHO REITERATED WHAT HE HAD SAID IN ANKRA* 5 . O S ADMSiTHE TURKISH MINISTER SPOKE BRIEFLY IN SAME VEIN AS HE HAD AT ANKRAfAND WAS SUPPORTED BY THE GREEK MINISTER. DN TACTICAL NUCLEAR WEAPONS GERMAN MINISTER TOUCHED ON TWO « , ! EUDIES ALREADY UNDERTAKEN"PftDERBORN AND SCHLESWIGKOLSTEIN.W NOTED THAT THESE TVO STUDIES DID NOT RPT NOT PROVIDE • » 4 - 000174 �Document disclosed under the Access to information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi sur faeces a I'information PAGE THREE 2 8 5 6 SECRET NO RPT NO STANDARD A BASIS FOR DEVELOPING A CONCEPT FOR TACTICAL EMPLOYMENT OF NUVLEAR WEAPONS BUT GERMAN AUTHORITIES HAD COME TO SOME TENTATIVE CONCLUSIONS AND HE TOUCHED OM THOSE CONTAINED IN SUMMARY PAPER 2 1 - 0 5 - 3 / 2 2 / 6 7 OF SEP! 1/67.ITALIAN MINISTER THEN REVIEWED THE OCEDURAL ARRANGEMENTS HIS AUTHORITIES HAD MADE FOR TACTICAL NUCLEAR VEAPON STUDIES ON THE SOUTHERN FLANK IN COOPERATION VITH TURKEY * AND GREECE.MR CADIEUX INTERVENED AT THIS POINT AND VE HAVE SENT TEXT OF HIS REMARKS IN OURTEL 2 8 5 2 DEC12.NITZE OF USA SAID THAT HE AGREED TO WHAT THE CDN MINISTER HAD SAID AND THAT HE FELT THAT STUDIES UNDERVAY VERE NECESSARY FOR A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF |B0TH POLITICAL AND MILITARY FACTORS RELATING TO POSSIBLE USE OF TACTICAL NUCLEAR VEAPQNS. EJESTION OF NATL PARTICIPATION IN MILITARY NUCLEAR PLANNING ITIONED BY ITALIAN MINISTER VHO NOTED THAT THIS SUBJ WAS M CONSIDERED BY THE MILITARY CTTEE.HE SAID ITALIAN REP ED MAKE SUGGESTIONS IN THAT FORUM.BROSIO CONCLUDED DISCUSSION I REPORT BY NDAC BY NOTING STATUS OF VORK ON OTHER STUDIES. E.ON THE QUESTION OF CONSULTATION ON POSSIBLE USE OF NUCLEAR , _POHS,THE ITALIAN MINISTER,VHOSE DEL HAD INSISTED THAT THE SUBJ * INCLUDED ON THE AGENDA,REVIEVED T*€ EFFORTS OF THE SPECIAL CTTEE OF DEFENCE MINISTERS AND URGED THAT ATTN BE GIVEN TO DEVELOPMENT OF PROCEDURES FOR CONSULTATION ON NUCLEAR WEAPONS INCLUDING POSSIBILITY OF ANNOUNCING POLITICAL STATES OF VIGILANCE. ^ • • AND SOME OTHER MINISTERS FELT THAT MORE PROGRESS SHOULD HAVE E MADE OVER PAST YEAR •THE NETHERLANDS MINISTER FELT THAT THIS 000175 �Document disclosed under the Access to information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la Lot sur faeces a I'information E FOUR 2 8 5 6 SECRET NO RPT NO STANDARD )J SHOULD BE CONSIDERED BY NDAC DIRECTLY AND NOT RPT NOT BEFOKEHAND BY NPG.NITZE FOR USA FELT THAT NPG SHOULD ALSO HAVE A)<ROLE AND AFTER FURTHER DISCUSSION,IT VAS AGREED THAT TKE NPG VOULD LOOK AT TJ£ QUESTION FROM BOTH I T S PROCEDURAL AND SUBSTANTIVE ASPECTS AND WOULD REPORT TO THE NDACjAND IN ANY EVENT THE ITEM iLD REMAIN ON FUTURE AGENDAS FOR THE NDAC. S.THE NDAC CONCLUDED BY AGREEING TO THE COMMUNIQUE SENT REFTEL* IO„XT MAY BE OF SOME INTEREST THAT APART FROM THE TURKISH EISTER,WHOSE COUNTRY HAS BEEN AN NPG MEMBER AND A BRIEF INTERTION BY BELGIAN MINISTER ON THE CONSULTATION ITEM.THE NONWPG MEMBERS OF THE NDAC DID NOT RPT NOT PARTICIPATE IN THE DISCUSSION(NORWAY DENMARK PROTUGAL BELGIUM AND TURKEY). 000176 � 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 CDBM00156 Title A name given to the resource NATO to External 2856 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 12/14/1967 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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