https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/bf850a04475e4cf0f9bda48c1b655653.pdf 6dd31f64b17b9247cac5a88f38f3db71 PDF Text Text Document uibLiubeu disclosed unuei under the uuiumeiu ine Access f.u.css to tuInformation injyiniuLiunAct «tt- Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi sur I'acces a I'information f~"Mw wX y> DS28/432 ^5* FM "WASHDC DEC3/57 SECRET TO F ZRNAL 2554 OPIMMEDIATE FOR UNDERSECRETARY REF OUR TEL 2548 DEC2 ^(f*«a4 £«-©S _ 6 w. Tat** ** IMK/),.^,/^ y v *w ATOMIC ENERGY CONSULTATIONS ? . n e jBj^ / "h £ ^ ^ / H * Wt < .._ THE OPENING MEETING WAS HELD AT THE PENTAGON THIS MORNIN^TO©^ LARGE REPRESENTATION FROM BOTH THE USA AND UK SIDES.GENERAL LOPER, WHO AS YOU KNOW IS CHAIRMAN OF THE MILITARY LIAISON COMMITTEE OF THE AEC,PRESIDED,FLANKED BY SIR FREDERICK BRUNDRETT,PERMANENT SCIENTIFIC ADVISER TO THE UK MINISTRY OF DEFENCE,AND MYSELF.TO OPEN THE MEETING, GENERAL LOPER REFERRED TO THE BACKGROUND OF THE EISENHOWER-MACMILLAN TALKS,WHICH HAD BEEN FOLLOWED UP BY MEETINGS BETWEEN STRAUSS AND PLOWDEN AND QUARLES AND POWELL.HE REFERRED PARTICULARLY TO A USA-UK MEETING OF NOV23 AT WHICH TIME,IN EXPLORING WAYS AND MEANS OF COOPERATION IN THE DEFENCE FIELD MORE CLOSELY,IT HAD BEEN AGREED THAT TECHNICAL DISCUSSIONS SHOULD BE HELD TO SEE WHAT COULD BE DONE IN VARIOUS SPECIFIED FIELDS.GENERAL LOPER REFERRED TO THE DECISION WHICH HAD BEEN TAKEN JOINTLY TO INVITE THE CANADIAN GOVT TO PARTICIPATE IN THESE FURTHER EXPLORATIONS AND TO THE ACCEPTANCE OF THIS INVITATION.IT WAS HOPED TO BRING THE CANADIAN REPS IN"TO THE EXTENT POSSIBLE AND WITH DUE REGARD TO THE SUBJECT MATTER UNDER DISCUSSIONS. 0 BECAUSE OF THE LIMITATIONS UNDER EXISTING LEGISLATION,CANADIAN REPRESENTATION WOULD BE WELCOMED IN ALL THE WORKING PARTIES WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THOSE DEALING WITH NUCLEAR MATERIALS AND NUCLEAR WARHEADS.THE CANADIANS,HOWEVER,WOULD BE WELCOMED AT ALL THE OTHER WORKING PARTIES?INCLUDING SUBCOMMITTEE(D),WHICH IS TO DEAL WITH DELIVERY SYSTEMS). 2.AT THE SUGGESTION OF SIR FREDERICK BRUNDRETT,A NUMBER OF CHANGES IN THE TIMETABLE WERE PROPOSED,WHICH MODIFY THE SCHEDULE TRANSMITTED IN OUR TEL 2548,AND WE SHALL SEND YOU THE REVISED TIMETABLE FOR YOUR INFO,BRUNDRETT ALSO PROPOSED GROUPING TOGETHER THE SUBJECTS TO BE DISCUSSED UNDER ITEMS(I)AND<J),AND THIS WAS AGREED.GENERAL LOPER,IN REPLY TO A QUESTION FROM SIR WILLIAM PENNEY,CLARIFIED THAT SUBCOMMITTEE(E)WOULD IN FACT BE DEALING WITH BIOLOGICAL,RADIOLOGICAL AND CHEMICAL WARFARE, 000376 �Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi sur Ifrcces a I'information PAGE TWO 2 5 5 4 3,THERE WAS LITTLE OPPORTUNITY FOR GENERAL DISCUSSION.BRUNDRE'.T, HOWEVERjDID RAISE THE QUESTION OF WHETHER THE USA AUTHORITIES ' UD AGREE TO THE GENERAL STATEMENT OF OBJECTIVES WHICH HE SAID HAD*BEEN SET OUT AT THE EARLIER MEETING OF N0V23 BY SIR RICHARD POWELL.HE IDENTIFIED THIS STATEMENT BY REMINDING THE MEETING THAT THE UK STATEMENT HAD PROPOSED COOPERATION BETWEEN THE TWO GOVTS IN THE VARIOUS FIELDS LISTED FOR THE PRESENT CONSULTATIONS,AND THE MOST EFFECTIVE USE OF THE FACILITIES OF EACH IN THE COMMON INTEREST.THE UK BUDGET PROVIED CERTAIN SUMS FOR RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT,AND THEY WISHED TO SEE THE CLOSEST COOPERATION IN AVOIDING DUPLICATION AND IN MAKING THE MOST EFFICIENT USE OF RESOURCES AND MANPOWER.IN REPLY,ADMIRAL FOSTER,ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER FOR INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES OF THE AEC,REFERRED BRIEFLY TO THE METHODS OF WORK OF THE SUBCOMMITTEES, AS SUMARIZED IN THE SCHEDULE TRANSMITTED IN OUR REF TEL.WHILE HE WAS HOPEFUL THAT THE AMENDMENTS TO THE ATOMIC ENERGY LEGISLATION ON WHICH THEY WERE NOW WORKING WOULD INCREASE THE POSSIBILITIES OF COOPERATION, I T HAD TO BE RECOGNIZED THAT UNTIL THE LAW WAS CHANGED,THE USA SIDE WOULD NOT BE IN A POSITION TO ANSWER ALL THE QUESTIONS WHICH THE UK SIDE MIGHT PUT TO THEM IN THE COURSE OF THE CURRENT EXCHANGES. IN THIS CASE,HE SUGGESTED THAT THE SUBCOMMITTEES CONCERNED SHOULD SIMPLY LIST THE QUESTIONS TO BE NOTED FOR FURTHER STUDY AND CONSIDERATION IN THE LIGHT OF ANY LEGISLATIVE ACTION WHICH MAY BE TAKEN IN THE FUTURE.HE EXPLAINED THAT ANY RELUCTANCE ON THE USA SIDE IN .THIS CONTEXT WOULD DERIVE ONLY FROM THE LIMITATIONS IMPOSED BY THE MANDATORY PROVISIONS OF PRESENT LEGISLATION. 4,GENERAL LOPER ADDED THAT SINCE THE USA POSITION IN THE FIELD OF COOPERATION OM ATOMIC ENERGY MATTERS WAS UNDER CURRENT REVIEW,IT WOULD BE NECESSARY IN THESE JOINT MEETINGS TO EXPLORE POSSIBLE AREAS OF COOPERATION UNDER THREE POSSIBLE SETS OF CIRCUMSTANCES? CDTHAT A MAJOR REVISION MAY BE MADE TO EXISTING LEGISLATION; (2)THAT A MINOR REVISION MAY BE MADE|<3)THAT NO REVISION AT ALL MAY BE MADE.THIS WOULD BE THE MOST REALISTIC BASIS OF PLANNING,AND EVEN UNDER THE THIRD ASSUMPTION,IT SHOULD STILL BE POSSIBLE TO EXPLORE CERTAIN LIMITED MEANS OF COOPERATION MORE FULLY. 000377 �Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi sur faeces a I'information „ m. PAGE THREE 2 5 5 4 5.F0J X WING THE REPORTS OF THE WORKING PARTIES,GENERAL LOPER INDICATED THAT AT THE FRI MEETINGCAT WHICH STRAUSS AND QUARLES WERE EXPECTED TO BE PRESENT)IT WOULD BE POSSIBLE TO SEE WHAT PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE AND WHAT THE NEXT STEPS SHOULD B E . 6.THROUGHOUT THE DISCUSSION AT THIS FIRST MEETING,THE EMPHASIS WAS ON THE FACT THAT THESE WERE VERY MUCH FIRST STEPS,AT THE SAME TIME,IT MUST BE RECOGNIZED THAT THERE I S IN FACT A CONSIDERABLE BACKGROUND OF EXCHANGES BETWEEN THE USA AND THE UK,AND I HAVE ASKED PRIVATELY FOR A COPY OF THE POLICY STATEMENT OF POWELL'S,TO WHICH BRUNDRETT REFERRED,SINCE IT MAY THROW MORE LIGHT THAN HAS BEEN AVAILABLE SO FAR ON THE CENTRAL OBJECTIVES OF THE PRESENT ROUND OF D I S CUSSIONS.IN CONSULTATION WITH GENERAL SPARLING AND MEMBERS OF THE JOINT STAFF,WE ARE ARRANGING TO MAN THE VARIOUS WORKING PARTIES TO WHICH WE HAVE BEEN INVITED,AND I THINK THE POSITION CAN BE HELD ON THIS BASIS UNTIL THE END OF THE WEEK.AS MATTERS SEEM TO BE SHAPING UP,HOWEVER,MY VIEW I S THAT IT WOULD BE MOST USEFUL IF ZIMMERMAN COULD BE AVAILABLE ON THURS TO MEET WITH OUR REPS ON THE WORKING PARTIES AND TO BE PRESENT WHEN THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS ARE CONSIDERED AT THE GENERAL MEETING NOW PROPOSED FOR FRI ROBERTSON 000378 � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. 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