https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/f9fa626fb5de2141c62ae8ef313c4b82.pdf ce987ddca95c4525a50874ef74a70e41 PDF Text Text Document disclosed " n H ° ^ h t ? Afffi. Document divulgue en vertH de I P-S50A03 TWT SSELS NOV 12/57 SECRET TO L^ERNAL 4 1 2 PRIORITY INFO LDN NATOPARIS EMBASSYPARIS BONN HAGUE ROME TT CANDELNY WASHDC FM OTT REF YOUR TELS DL9 59 NOV5 AND V<=97 N0V7/57 STOCKPILING OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS IN NATO COUNTRIES f" ^ / ' ;**'— " " * i t^^-Wv^ffi'" yy '>mi oVJS Tv D P4° WHEN I SAW MR SPINOY,MINISTER OF NATIONAL DEFENCE,LAST FRI IN NECTION WITH ARRANGEMENTS FOR FERRYING CF~IOO*S TO BELGIUM,! ASLTJ HIM WHAT WERE HIS VIEWS CONCERNING THE RECENTLY-ANNOUNCED USA DHC& C&S-^ ION TO STOCKPILE NUCLEAR WEAPONS IN WESTERN EUROPEAN NATO COUNTJ^^S^ ig57 SPINOY TOLD ME THAT QUITE FRANKLY HE DID NOT LIKE THE IDEA AND THAT IT DEEPLY DISTURBED HIM FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS. 2.HE TOLD ME THAT HE SHARED THE CONCERN EXPRESSED IN YOUR TEL V697 ABOUT THE RECEPTION THAT THIS MOVE MIGHT HAVE IN UN°COMMITTED> COUNTRIES,THE FACT THAT WEST GERMANY WAS LIKELY TO BE ONE OF THE RECIPIENT COUNTRIES MIGHT LEAD A NUMBER OF UN-COMMITTED NATIONS TO RECOGNIZE EAST GERMANY AND GENERALLY TO TAKE A MORE SYMPATHETIC VIEW OF THE LATTER REGIME BECAUSE THE PRESENCE OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS IN THE HANDS OF THE WEST GERMANS MIGHT SUGGEST THAT THE FUTURE OF EAST GERMANY WAS IN JEOPARDY.MOREOVER IF THE NEWLY-FORMED GERMAN FORCES ARE TO HAVE ACCESS TO NUCLEAR WEAPONS SPINOY BELIEVES IT WILL MAKE IT VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE FOR THE TOST TO CONTINUE ITS ATTEMPTS TO WOO GOMULKA AWAY FROM THE SOVIET ORBIT. 3.FINALLY,SPIN0Y TOLD ME THAT THIS DECISION MAY NOT BE TOO FAVOURABLY RECEIVED BY PUBLIC OPINION IN WESTERN EUROPEAN NATO COUNTRIES.SPEAKING ONLY IN THE INTERESTS OF HIS OWN COUNTRY,HE DID NOT AT ALL LIKE THE IDEA OF A RESURGENT GERMANY ARMED WITH NUCLEAR WEAPONS.DESPITE THE FACT THAT A GREAT DEAL LESS HAS BEEN HEARD IN RECENT MONTHS IN BELGIUM ANI OTHER WESTERN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES ABOUT THE BOGEY OF GERMAN REARMAMENT,SPINOY MADE IT CLEAR THAT FOR BELGIANS AT LEAST THIS SPECTRE HAS NOT BEEN DEFINITELY LAID. A.SPINOY'S CONCERN,WHICH I SENSED WAS DEEP AND GENUINE,HAD BEEN COMMUNICATED TO SENATOR SALTONSTALL WHEN THE LATTER VISITED BRUSSELS RECENTLY.SPINOY TOLD THE SENATOR THAT HE WAS WORRIED ABOUT THE OUTCOME OF THE TALKS AT NATO NOT ONLY BECAUSE OF THE STOCKPILING OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS BUT ALSO BECAUSE THEY COULD FALL VERY FLAT UNLESS 000431 �Document disclosed under the Access to Information Att Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi sur I'acces a I'information •« PAGE TWO k12 PRESIDENT EISENHOWER HAD PROPOSALS TO PUT BEFORE THE OTHER HEADS OF STATE WHICH HAD SOME REAL MEAT ON THEM.HE ALSO SUGGESTED TO THE SENATOR THAT THE USA WAS OFTEN A LITTLE PRECIPITOUS IN MAKING PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENTS WHICH DEEPLY AFFECTED THE OTHER NATO PARTNERS BEFORE THERE WAS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR MORE PRIVATE CONSULTATION.ONE SUCH ANNOUNCEMENT IN SPINOY'S VIEW WAS THE RECENT ONE FROM WASHDC REJECTIN** OUT OF HAND THE SOVIET PROPOSAL FOR SUMMIT TALKS. 5 . ON THE BASIS OF S P I N O U S COMMENTS,! SUSPECT THAT BELGIUM,PERHAPS LIKE MANY OTHER NATO PARTNERS,IS APPROACHING THE DEC MEETING WITH SOME TREPIDATION.WE ARE HOPEFUL THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO DISCUSS THE POINTS RAISED IN BOTH YOUR REF TELS WITH MR LAROCK AND MEMBERS OF THE FOREIGN OFFICE IN THE NEAR FUTURE HEBERT 000432 � 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 CDNW02256 Title A name given to the resource Brussels to External 412 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 12-Nov-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). 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 Subject The topic of the resource atomic cooperation, NATO, nuclear weapons, Europe Description An account of the resource Stockpiling of Atomic Weapons in NATO Countries 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