https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/0fac3f896b943c6b4c192758c9534d91.pdf 8a7ded3aacb48f6c1d958ec5753a3401 PDF Text Text Document diseased under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi sur I'acces a I'information D A 3 1 '^Wp.«mf?s«-"* UJ ^ FM SHDC DEC2/57 SECRET < M~" TO ^TERNAL 2544 OPIMMEDIATE f ^ \ FOR UNDERSECRETARY ^ & REF OUR TEL 2 5 3 8 N0V29 ^^O^ JTX~~^ s,) . /» y gV \ S^^K-ULoS iS / Z?O.J-fc ~ |\ . #/£/ . tPQjU \(\i^(\^&^ Qfg \ ^^.Jj^^, W DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING TRIPARTITE COOPERATION IN ATOMIC E f f i k f t f t > M A » M : AND TECHNICAL FIELDS FARLEY,SPECIAL ASSISTANT FOR ATOMIC ENERGY MATTERS CALLED US IN THIS MORNING TO PROVIDE SOME INFO ON THE PROGRAMME OF CONSULTATION ENVISAGED.WHILE HE SAID THAT THE ARRANGEMENTS WERE NOT YET FINAL,THE STATE DEPT THOUGHT THAT THE OPENING SESSION WOULD BEGIN TOMORROW MORNING,AT 9 , 0 0 AM,WITH BRUNDRETT,PENNEY,AND COCKBURN INCLUDED ON THE UK SIDE AND ON THE USA SIDE GENERAL LOPER,ADMIRAL FOSTER,AND POSSIBLY DR LIBBY,WHO AS YOU KNOW I S A MEMBER OF THE ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION,THUS,AS ENVISAGED THE OPENING MEETING WOULD BE AT THE TECHNICAL LEVEL,AND AS SOON AS THERE HAD BEEN AN OUTLINE OF THE BACKGROUND FOLLOWING ON FROM THE MACMILLAN-EISENHOWER TALKS AND A CLARIFICATION OF THE MAIN AREAS TO BE EXPLORED BY THE WORKING PARTIES,IT WAS HOPED THAT THE TECHNICAL WORKING PARTIES WOULD BEGIN THEIR WORK AT ONCE.THEIR TASK WOULD BE TO IDENTIFY THE POSSIBLE AREAS OF COOPERATION IN EACH OF THE PRINCIPAL SECTORS AND TO PRODUCE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE POOLING OF EFFORT IN THESE VARIOUS FIELDS FOR CONSIDERATION BY THE TECHNICAL COMMITTEE AND AS A BASIS FOR SEEKING FURTHER GUIDANCE AND INSTRUCTIONS FROM GOVTS, THE INTENTION WAS THAT THE WORKING PARTIES SHOULD PRODUCE THEIR FIRST REPORT,WHICH WOULD BE ESSENTIALLY OF A PRELIMINARY CHARACTER, BY THURS,DEC5,AND THAT THIS REPORT ANY ANY SUGGESTIONS FOR FOLLOW-UP ACTION SHOULD THEN BE LOOKED AT BY THE TECHNICAL COMMITTEE ON F R I , DECS.FARLEY APPEARED TO BE THINKING IN TERMS OF A POSSIBLE SUSPENSION OF THE WORK OF THE PROCESS OF CONSULTATION AFTER THIS DATE UNTIL SOME POINT BEYOND THE NATO MEETING.HE EXPLAINED THAT THE DATE UNTIL SOME POINT BEYOND THE NATO MEETING,HE EXPLAINED THAT THE DATE OF DEC20 FOR A REPORT OF THESE VARIOUS STUDIES WAS ONLY IN THE NATURE OF A GENERAL TARGET AND HAD NO OTHER SIGNIFICANCE* 2,WE ASKED FARLEY WHETHER THE PROPOSED MEETINGS REPRESENTED THE PRODUCT OF CLOSE UK-USA CONSULTATION,AND,IF SO,WHETHER THEY WERE BASED UPON SUBSTANTIVE PROGRESS AS A RESULT OF DISCUSSIONS BETWEEN O 9 9(6 000385 �Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi sur I'acces a I'information PAGE TWO 2 5 4 4 IHE TWO GOVTS.HE DREW ATTENTION TO THE DISCUSSIONS WHICH HAV' BEEN HELD BETWEEN PLOWDEN AND STRAUSS,POWELL AND QUARLES,AND SAID THAT WHILE THERE HAD BEEN PRELIMINARY BILATERAL TALKS COVERING IN PARTICULAR THE NUCLEAR FIELD,SPECIFIC PROPOSALS HAD NOT YET BEEN DEVELOPED,NOR HAVE THESE DISCUSSIONS EXTENDED TO THE OTHER SPECIAL FIELDS OUTLINED IN THE AIDEMEMOIRE. 3 0 ONE POINT OF SUBSTANCE WHICH FARLEY RAISED WAS THE LIMITATIONS ARISING OUT OF PRESENT LEGISLATION IN THE ATOMIC ENERGY FIELD WHICH WOULD MAKE IT DIFFICULT AT THIS STAGE TO INCLUDE CANADA AS AN ACTIVE PARTICIPANT IN THE DISCUSSIONS UNDER ITEMS(A)ANDCB) DEALING UITH NUCLEAR WARHEADS AND NUCLEAR MATERIALS.WHILE THESE SUBJECTS COULD BE DISCUSSED WITH THE UK AS AN ACTIVE PARTICIPANT IN THESE FIELDS,THEIR INTERPRETATION OF THE ATOMIC ENERGY ACT WOULD MAKE IT DIFFICULT TO INCLUDE CANADA IN THE WORKING PARTIES DEALING WITH THESE TWO SPECIAL ASPECTS,IN REPLY TO OUR QUESTION, FARLEY INDICATED THAT THE DISCUSSION UNDER NUCLEAR MATERIALS WOULD RELATE ESSENTIALLY TO THE PROVISION OF SPECIAL NUCLEAR MATERIALS ( I E ENRICHED URANIUM)FOR WEAPONS PURPOSESoTHUS IT I S CLEAR THAT WE ARE NOT EXPECTED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE SUBGROUPS ON ITEMS (A) AND ( B ) , H E MENTIONED THAT THERE MIGHT ALSO BE SOME DIFFICULTY ABOUT THE SUBGROUP ON ITEM CD)5WHICH I S TO DEAL WITH DELIVERY SYSTEMS, BUT SAID THAT NO DIFFICULTY WOULD ARISE ABOUT OUR INCLUSION IF THE DISCUSSION WERE CONFINED TO THE CARRIERS,AND HE EXPECTED THAT THIS POINT WOULD BE CLARIFIED SHORTLY* 4oWE ARE IN CLOSE TOUCH WITH CJS HERE ABOUT ARRANGEMENTS FOR STAFFING THE WORKING PARTIES,AND GENERAL SPARLING IS IN TOUCH WITH THE CHAIRMAN OF THE CHIEFS OF STAFF ON ANY ADDITIONAL EXPERT REPRESENTATION WHICH MAY BE REQUIRED FROM CANADAoIT SHOULD BE POSSIBLE AFTER OUR FIRST MEETING TOMORROW TO SEE MORE CLEARLY THE IMPLICATIONS OF THESE SESSIONS;WHICH AS WE UNDERSTAND IT AT THIS STAGE WILL RELATE BOTH TO COOPERATION IN THE PARTICULAR DEFENCE RESEARCH FIELDS LISTED AND MAY LEAD TO THE POSSIBLE RATIONALISATION OF DEFENCE PRODUCTION IN CERTAIN FRUITFUL AREAS. 5 . 0 N THIS LAST POINT,WE ASKED FARLEY WHAT CONNECTION THERE MIGHT BE BETWEEN THE PROPOSED MEETINGS AND THE FORTHCOMING NATO SESSION, o e ,3 000386 �Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi sur I'acces a I'information ** PAGE THREE 2 5 4 4 FROM HIS REPLY IT WOULD SEEM THAT THE OBJECTIVE I S TO CLEAR AS MUCH OF THE GROUND AS POSSIBLE BETWEEN THE THREE GOVTS WHO HAVE HAD A LONG HISTORY OF CLOSE COOPERATION IN THESE MATTERS ON AN INFORMAL BASIS,AND IN THE LIGHT OF ANY CONCLUSIONS WHICH MAY BE REACHED TO SEE THAT ANY PROPOSALS RAISED AT THE NATO COUNCIL UITH RESPECT, FOR EXAMPLE,TO THE POOLING OF DEFENCE PRODUCTION,ARE CONSISTENT WITH ARRANGEMENTS AND PLANS WHICH MAY BE DEVELOPED ON A TRIPARTITE BASIS, 000387 � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. 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