https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/559b35c2ebafd4b900a0e4a6d623ef30.pdf 305ad164b762c05a1991c748078fe464 PDF Text Text Documentd^closedirader the Access to InformationX&i Document^m^^^^^^/^^atc^cTi^fir^tion BEST AVAILABLE COPY dShl ' 3 . 8 FM T HDC N0V7/57 SECRET TO HERNAL 2360 PRIORITY INFO LDN NATOPARIS ^ /7 TT BONN FM OTT '' J _ 3 ?$'&'0 ^ PRESS REPORTS RE POSSIBLE GERMAN ROLE IM NUCLEAR ATOMS PRODUCTION WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TODAY OF CHECKING WITH JACQUES REINSTEIN (DIRECTOR,OFFICE OF GERMAN AFFAIRS)ABOUT CERTAIN PRESS REPORTS WHICH APPEARED LOCALLY OVER THE WEEKEND CONCERNING THE POSSIBILITY OF A REVISION AT THE NEXT NATO COUNCIL MEETING OF THE PROHIBITIONS NOW AFFECTING GERMANY IN CONNECTION WITH THE MANUFACTURE OF ATOMIC WEAPONS. 2.THE WASHINGTON POST,FOR EXAMPLE,OF NOV3 CARRIED AN AP REPORT BY WATSON SIMS UNDER A LONDON DATELINE AS FOLLOWS: "THE NATO SUMMIT MEETING IN PARIS NEXT MONTH WILL CONSIDER RELEASING GERMANY FROM A PLEDGE AGAINST MAKING ATOMIC WEAPONS, ACCORDING TO REPORTS CIRCULATING IN BRITAIN TODAY. "THE REPORTS SAID THE 15 GOVT HEADS,INCLUDING PRESIDENT EISENHOWER, ALSO WILL DEBATE WHETHER GERMANY—MAKER OF THE DREADED V-ROCKETS OF WORLD WAR II—-SHOULD BE PERMITTED TO GO BACK TO MAKING MISSILES. "BOTH ATOMIC WEAPONS AND GUIDED MISSILES WERE FORBIDDEN UNDER THE 195-1 PARIS TREATY WHICH BROUGHT GERMANY BACK INTO THE WESTERN DEFENSE PLAN AS A MEMBER OF THE WESTERN EUROPEAN UNION. "TO REEXAMINE PLEDGE. "DIPLOMATIC INFORMANTS SAIT BOTH PLEDGES WILL BE REEXAMINED IN THE LIGHT OF THE WESTERN THEME OF INTERDEPENDENCE AGAINST RUSSIA'S GROWING WAR POTENTIAL AS DEMONSTRATED BY SPUTNIK AND THE INTERCONTINENTAL BALLISTIC MISSILE. "THE FIRST INDICATION OF GERMANY'S POSSIBLE ROLE IN THE WESTERN DRIVE TO CATCH UP WITH RUSSIA TURNED UP IN THE BRITISH PRESS TODAY IN WHAT SEEMED A DELIBERATE GOVT LEAK APPARENTLY AIMED AT TESTING PUBLIC REACTION. ........ "DIPLOMATIC INFORMANTS SAID THE NATO MEETING WILL HAVE TWO PRIMARY PURPOSES: "TO ENSURE THE MAXIMUM COOPERATION OF ALL MEMBERS IN THE DRIVE TO CATCH UP W.TH AND SURPASS RUSSIA'S MILITARY ACHIEVEMENT. *T0 AGREE ON A FORMULA OF SHARED RESPONSIBILITY WHICH WOULD • •• 2 000205 �Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi sur I'acces a I'information DLo I A V A I L A D L L UUrY ?:, ._ r_o ?7SfO rr INFORMANTS s A I u THE Y_CX_ _H _ATTER 0 . FlTTiNL GERMANY I. TO .HIS PROGRAMME WAS DISCUSSED IN WASHDC BV PRESIDENT EISENHOWER AND BRITISH PRIME MINISTER HAROLD MACMILLAN."* 3.REXNSTEIN SAID SPECIFICALLY IN ANSWER TO OUR QUERY THAT SO FAR AS HE WAS AWARE THE QUESTION OF A POSSIBLE GERMAN ROLE IN A NATO NUCLEAR ARMS PROGRAMME WAS NOT,REPEAT NOT,DISCUSSED AT THE RECENT EISENHOWER-MACMILLAN MEETINGS „.E REFERRED-HOWEVER, TO .HE SPECIFIC PROTOCOL OM THE CONTROL OF ARMAMENTS ATTACHED TO THE BRUSSELS TREATY,PROVIDING FOR TWO SETS OF OBLIGATIONS SO FAR AS GER .ANY IS CONCERNED .THE FIRST OBLIGATION PROVIDES FOR AN UNDERTAKING BY THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC NOT TO MANUFACTURE IN ITS TERRITORY ATOMIC,BIO_OGICALrOR CHEMICAL WEAPONS?,THE SECOND OBLIGATION FOR AN UNDERTAKING THAT CERTAIN OTHER TYPES OF ARMAMENTS . I NCLUDING LON_ RANGE AND GUIDED M I S S I L E S ) " /LY NOT BE MANUFACTURED IN GERMAN TERRITORY UNLESS THIS PROVISION SHOULD BE MODIFIED BY A TWO- THIRDS MAYORYfV OF THE COU.'C.IL OF WEU .OL-OEING SUBMISSION CF A RECOMMENDATION BY SACEUR FOR MODIFICATION 0 / THE SPECIFIED LIST OF ARMAMENTS IN THIS CATEG0RYoTHE FIRST PROHIBITION -REINSTEIN POINTED OUT-IS AN ABSOLUTE ONE .AS THE PROTOCOL STANDS AT THE PRESENT TJME,WHI_.E THE SE.OND IS SUSCEPTIBLE OF MODIFICATION. ..REINSTEIN SAID HE UNDERSTOOD THAT PRESS REPORTS SUCH AS THE AP REPORT FROM _,ONDON HAD ORIGINATED _N A BACKGROUND PRESS BRiEFIMG HELD BY SEYWYN LLOYD,PRESUMABLY TO TEST OUT PUBLIC REACTIONS TO THE POSSI 8 I M T Y OF ACCORDING *£RMANY A GREATER ROUE IN THE MISSILE YIELD. S.SQ FAR AS R E I N S T E J N WAS A.ARE;APftRT FROM OCCASIONAL STATEMENTS BY DEFENCE MINISTER STRAUSS,THERE WHS NO REPEAT NO INDICATION THAT THE GERMAN GOVT WISHED TO BRING ABOUT ANY CHANGE IN THE OBLIGATIONS ALREADY ASSUMED PROHIBITING THE MANUFACTURE OF ATOMIC WEAPONS.WE GATHERED;HOWEVER.THAT THE POSSIBILITY OF SOME PARTICIPATION JN MISSIVE DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF WEU AND OF A GENERAL NATO PRO_RAMME;SHOU_D \'0T BE EXCLUDED. ..PRESUMABLY ONE OF THE MAJOR CONSIDERATIONS UHICH WOULD AFFECT _ER;.AN OFFICIAL ATTITUDES IN THIS WHOLE FIELD .OU_D BE THE POSITION OF FRANCE?IF THE FRENCH CAN 3E DETERRED FROM EMBARKING ON A NUCLEAR ARKS PROGRAMME OF THEIR OWN THIS WOULD DOUBT-YES BE AN IMPORTAH"• FACTOR IN ANY GERMAN CALCULATIONS RUBERfSON 000206 � 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 CDNW02150 Title A name given to the resource WashDC to External 2360 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 11/7/1957 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived "NATO agreement for cooperation regarding atomic information," RG25-A-3-b, vol. 5958, 50219-AL-40, Part 1.2, Library and Archives Canada (LAC). Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Department of External Affairs Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Canadian Crown Description An account of the resource Press Reports re Possible German Role in Nuclear Atoms Production Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Canada Declassified Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource en