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PRIORITY INFO LDN CANDELNYCFOR MINISTER) PRIORITY VISIT OF PRIME MINISTER MACMILLAN ^yO/^A/'V'W [ ^y^'^jji^-^—^f V^^yV 1 y \ i *?fi ' ._-*——"J- AS BACKGROUND TO THE MACMILLAN VISIT,AND PARTICULARLY IN CONNECTION WITH ANY POSSIBLE MEASURES TO EXTEND ANGLO-AMERICAN COOPERATION IN THE ATOMIC FIELD,IT IS USEFUL TO RECALL MR DULLES' PRESS CONFERENCE OF JUL!6 LAST CONCERNING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF STOCKPILES OF ATOMIC WEAPONS THROUGHOUT VARIOUS NATO COUNTRIES,AND TO BEAR IN MIND THE INDICATIONS WHICH HAVE BEEN GIVEN TO US IN CONFIDENCE BY THE STATE DEPT THAT AMERICAN PLANS WERE PROCEEDING FAIRLY RAPIDLY IN THIS PARTICULAR FIELD, 2oTO THESE INDICATIONS MUST BE ADDED MR DULLES* FURTHER STATEMENT AT HIS NEWS CONFERENCE OF OCT 16 AS SET FORTH IN THE FOLLOWING QUESTION AND ANSWER: O 0 MR SECRETARY,MR LLOYD AND MR SANDYS OF BRITAIN HAVE CALLED FOR A GREAT DEAL CLOSER SCIENTIFIC COOPERATION BETWEEN THE USA AND BRITAIN AND A LOWERING OF THE BARRIERS TO THE EXCHANGE OF SCIENTIFIC INFO,ESPECIALLY IN VIEW OF SPUTNIK.DO YOU NOW FAVOUR ELIMINATING ALL OF THESE PRESENT BARRIERS TO A COMPLETE EXCHANGE OF COOPERATION BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES ON THIS PROBLEM?* A„ "1 HAVE ALWAYS FAVOURED A VERY LARGE DEGREE OF COOPERATION,A LARGER DEGREE PERHAPS THAN HAS ACTUALLY TAKEN PLACE.WE ARE UNDER CERTAIN LEGAL RESTRICTIONS,AS YOU KNOW,WHICH WERE PUT ON BY CONGRESS, SOME YEARS AGO,I THINK BACK IN *48 OR *49, (1546) AT A TIME WHEN h '*!< IT WAS BELIEVED THAT WE HAD A MONOPOLY OF KNOWLEDGE WITH RESPECT TO ATOMIC WEAPONS—ANDfINDEED,W£ DID HAVE,I THINK,AT THE TIME THAT ORIGINAL/POSITION WAS TAKEN.If WAS HOPED TO PRESERVE THAT MONOPOLY t .IN THE INTERESTS OF WORLD PEACE,AND SO THAT WE COULD CARRY OUT ¥ '• Otfit OFFER AT THAT TIME TO INTERNATIONALIZE ALL USE OF ATOMIC I ENERGY.THAT WAS THE SO-CALLED BARUCH PLAN.I THINK THAT THAT LE~ GiSLATIVE POINT OF VIEW HAS BECOME SOMEWHAT OBSOLETE WITH THE PASSAGE OF TIME,AND THWT THERE IS A BASIS FOR A CLOSER COOPERATION THAN HAS EXISTEDoSOME OF IT CAN BE DONE,PERHAPS,UNDER THE PRESENT LAW,BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE USEFUL TO GIVE A FRESH LOOK AT THAT o.»2 •*? 000462 �Document disclosed under the Access to Information Att Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi sur I'acces a finforma PAGE TWO 2?:y LAW AT THIS TIME BECAUSE I THINK Al MAY HAVE BECOME OBSOLETE e ' : 3„0N GREETING HER MAJESTY AT THE A'RPORT ON 0CT17,THE PRES-DENT ' EMPHASIZED THAT THE ROYAiu VISTTTS'.TO US SOMETHING OF THE MOST TREMENDOUS IMPORTANCE BECAUSE WE THOROUGHLY BELIEVE THAT XN THE WARMER5CLOSER,STRONGER COOPERATION BETWEEN YOUR COUNTRY AND OURS LIES THE BEST HOPE FOR THE SECURITY AND PEACE OF THE WORLD.« 4 o 0 N OCTl7jON THE OCCASION OF THE PRESIDENT'S DINNER FOR THE QUEEN,THE PRESIDENT APPEARED TO GO BEYOND THE FORMAL SPEECHES COMMON TO SUCH OCCASIONS,AND TO HAVE CHOSEN THIS OPPORTUNITY TO REFLECT THE WIDESPREAD CONCERN FELT AN THIS COUNTRY AS A RESULT OF RECENT SOVIET TECHNICAL SUCCESSES.ON THAT OCCASION THE PRESIDENT SPOKE AS FOLLOWS?"THE FREE WORLD IS ENGAGED IN A GREAT STRUGGLE AND THE TOTAL OF THE FREE WORLD'S ASSETS ARE SO MUCH GREATER THAN THOSE OF OUR POTENTIAL ENEMY,SHOULD WE SAY,THAT IT IS RID7CULOUS TO COMPARE THEIR BRAINS,THEIR A B a H I E S IN SCIENCE,IN PHILOSOPHICAL " THOUGHT.OR IN ANY PHASE OF CULTURE OR OF THE ARTS WITH THE COM.BINED'TOTAL OF THE FREE WORLDaBUT J SAY COMBINED TOTAL ADVISEDLY»WE ARE TOO MUCH SEPARATED BY THINGS THAT CONCERN US LOCALLY,THIS I S A STRUGGLE. OF IDEOLOGIES,OF A RELIGIOUS WAY OF LIFE AGAINST ATHEISM,OF FREEDOM Aff,\U'ST DICTATORSHIPoBUT WE HAVE THE POWER.THE ONLY THING TO DO AS TO PUT >T TOGETHER,OUR SCIENTISTS MUST WORK TOGETHERoNATO SHOULD "NOT BE THOUGHT OF MERELY AS A MILITARY ALLIANCE.NATO I S A WAY OF GROUPING A B I L I T Y - OF OUR MANHOOD,OUR RESOURCES,OF OUR INDUSTRIES AND 4JUR FACTORIES.'* 5,AS, A FOOTNOTE TO THE FOREGOJ.NG,IT MAY BE WORTH RECORDING THE AP REPORT OF OCT 19 FOLLOWING THE GARDEN PARTY AT THE BRITISH EMBASSY WHEN PRINCE PHILIP WAS ASKED BY NEWSMEN WHETHER HE THOUGHT THE VISIT.OF ^QUEENcELXZABEJH WOULD SHfiULASE MORE COOPERATION-,, y . BEVW£i:K"32nA.Jrf /illU ttiiCWltW lyCCAEM "S'UXEKTIflTSJACcaSDTHG'TO " A AP,PRINCE P H I L I P ' S REPLY &AS<-THAT,BROTHER,IS UP TO YOU.° ROBERTSON , i . fl : \ 000463 � 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 CDNW02244 Title A name given to the resource From WashDC to External 2257 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 24-Oct-57 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived �NATO - Stockpiling of atomic weapons in NATO countries,� RG25-A-3-b, vol. 5958, 50219-AL-1-40, pt. 1.1, Library and Archives Canada (LAC). 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