https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/dad7763fae0a951ec8ed22a28900696e.pdf 61cb255fc42144c9c959f06499580922 PDF Text Text Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act /Documeflt djvulgi Ten vertu de la Loi surf accej/a information I 5S27/3£?6 FMijftSHDC 0CT28/57 SECRET TO^TERNAL 2282 PRIORITY ^n INiWLDN- NATOPARIS & u • ' • * ' i A-40 *>fr'" S 6 * ' ? - M - / c ' F ' Jf EXSENHOWER-MACMXLLAN DECLARATION THE REPS OF NATO COUNTRIES IN WASHDC WERE ASKED TO ATTEND A MEETING IN THE STATE DEPT THIS AFTERNOON AT WHICH MR BURKE ELBRICK,ASSISTANT UNDERSECRETARY OF STATE,PRESIDED8HE DID NOT TAKE THE MEETING THROUGH THE WHOLE OF THEMDECLARATION OF COMMON PURPOSE"BUT WENT STRAIGHT TO THE LAST TWO SENTENCES OF PARAS OF PART II. 2»HE EMPHASIZED THREE POINTS IN THIS PASSAGES (A)THE NEED FOR A WIDER UNDERSTANDING OF THE NATURE AND POTENTIALITIES OF*NEW WEAPONS*j (B)THE RATHER CRYPTIC REF TO THEIR AVAILABILITY IN CASE OF NEED MEANT THAT THE USA WOULD BE READY TO DEVELOP THE CONCEPT OF ATOMIC STOCK PILES IN NATO COUNTRIES^ (OTHE UNDERTAKING BY THE USA,AND AS RELEVANT BY THE UK,THAT THE *NEW WEAPONSwWOULD NOT BE USED"FOR PURPOSES OTHER THAN INDIVIDUAL AND COLLECTIVE SELF DEFENCE,AS AUTHORIZED BY THE CHARTER OF THE UN„* THESE SENTENCES CONTAINED PROPOSITIONS OF POLICY ON WHICH THE PRESIDENT AND THE UK PRIME MINISTER HAD AGREED AND WHICH'THEY HOPED WOULD .COMMEND THEMSELVES TO THE OTHER COUNTRIES OF THE FREE WORLD, 3oTHAT WAS WHY THE PRESIDENT AND MR MACMILLAN,AFTER DISCUSSION WITH M SPAAK,HAD FELT THAT THE DEC MEETING OF THE COUNCIL OF NATO WOULD BE THE MOST APPROPRIATE PLACE AND OCCASION FOR EXAMINING AND DEVELOPING THE IMPLICATIONS OF THESE POLICY POSITIONS ON WHICH THE UK AND THE USA WERE ALREADY AGREED. kel UNDERSTOOD FROM MR ELBRICK THAT THE USA REP IN THE PERMANENT COUNCIL OF NATO WAS TODAY FORMALLY RAISING WITH HIS COLLEAGUES THE DESIRABILITY OF MAKING THE DEC MINISTERIAL MEETING ONE AT WHICH HEADS OF GOVTS WOULD BE EXPECTED TO ATTENDUT WAS ASSUMED THAT MEMBERS OF NATO COUNCIL WOULD WISH TO CONSULT THEIR GOVTS ON THIS POINT AND IT WAS HOPED THAT REPLIES WILL BE RECEIVED TO PERMIT OF THE COUNCIL TAKING A DEFINITE DECISION IN THIS SENSE ON WED, 5„THE NETHERLANDS REPCVAN ROIJEN)SAID THAT HIS GOVT CORDIALLY �Document disclosed under the Access to Infi rmi tion Att - PAG.: TWO ?>&2 • ry WELCOMED THE ANGLOAM£RlCANt;DECLARATiON OF COMMON PURPOSE':AND t.'0>HER£D i F THE SENTENCES IN PARA5,PART CI,OF THE DECLARATION TO WHICH ELERICK HAD ESPECIALLY DRAWN OUR ATTENTION WOULD,IN FACT,CONSTITUTE THE AGENDA FOR THE SPECIAL MEETING OF NATO THAT WAS 5N CONTEMPLATION• HE THOUGHT HIS GOVT WOULD ALSO WELCOME A DXSCUSSION AT A HIGH LEVEL OF THE POSSIBILITIES OF PROGRESS IN WEAPONS STANDARDIZATIONoHE THOUGHT TOO THE DEC MEETING SHOULD CONSIDER WHETHER ANYTHING MORE COULD BE DONE TO IMPROVE DIPLOMATIC CONSULTATION BETWEEN MEMBERS OF NATOo HE THOUGHT HIS COLLEAGUES AROUND THE TABLE APPEARED TO AGREE THAT THIS SUMMER'S NATO DISCUSSION OF DISARMAMENT POLICY HAD BEEN THE MOST EFFECTIVE EXERCISE IN CONSULTATION YET UNDERTAKEN 60THE ITALIAN REPiM BROSIO)WONDERED WHETHER IN VIEW OF THE IMPORTANCE OF THE QUESTIONS TO BE DISCUSSED AT THE DEC MEETING AND OF THE FACT THAT HEADS OF GOVTS WERE LIKELY TO ATTEND,IT MIGHT NOT BE DESIRABLE TO SET UP SOME SPECIAL PREPARATORY BODY QUICKLY,TO MAKE SURE THAT THE POLICY IMPLICATIONS OF THE QUESTIONS ON THE AGENDA WERE FULLY STUDIED IN ADVANCE OF THE MEETING SO THAT THE HEADS OF GOVTS WOULD TAKE THE REQUISITE DECISTONS WHEN THEY MET IN PARISo TOELBRJ:CK SAID THAT THE USA WAS "ULLY AWARE OF THE AMOUNT OF HOMEWORK WHICH WOULD HAVE TO BE DONE BETWEEN NOW AND ANY USEFUL MEETING IN PARXS IN DECoHE SAID THE USA HAD ASSUMED THAT THE PERMANENT COUNCIL OF NATO WOULD BE USED TO COORDINATE iMATIONAL PREPARATIONS REQUIRED FOR THE SPECIAL MEETING BUT WOULD SEE THAT 3 R 0 S I 0 ' S SUGGESTION OF AN ADHOC PREPARATORY BODY RECEIVED CONSIDERATION, SoBROSJO WONDERED WHETHER THE SITUAT/ON IN THE MIDEAST SHOULD BE CONSIDERED AT THE DEC MEETING.IN PRINCIPLE HE THOUGHT IT SHOULD, BUT HE RECOGNIZED THAT FROM A TACTICAL POINT OF VIEW IT MIGHT BE UNDESIRABLE TO DEVELOP A PUBLIC NATO POSITION ON MIDEASTERN PROBLEMS* 9,THE GERMAN AMBASSADOR TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THE MEETING TO CONVEY TO THE USA GOVT HIS GOVT'S GRATEFUL APPRECIATION OF THE REAFFIRMATION IN THE ANGLOAMERJCAN DECLARATION OF THE NATO POSITION ON THE REUNIFICATION OF GERMANY ROBERTSON 000458 � 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 CDNW02246 Title A name given to the resource WashDC to External 2282 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 28-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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