https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/3df07d859dd07b2d372d57906a9df6cd.pdf dd8e1d57dee06a7f7260f67414e87e24 PDF Text Text Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue ument diving Lie en en vertu venu de ae Itaj loi LOI sur sur faeces i aa a I'information DS4V412 FM EMBASSYPARIS NOV 1 9 / 5 7 SECRET TO EXTERNAL 10?9 PRIORITY . INFO LDN WASHDC CANDELNY NATOPARIS BONN BRUSSELS HAGUE BAG ANKARA ATHENS COPEN LISBON OSLO FM LDN REF YOUR V6S>7 NOV 7 TO NATO <s3pu ^^7/^i-rc STOCKPILING OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS IN NATO COUNTRIES WE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO GET SOME LINE ON FRENCH THINKING ON THIS POINT BUT IN THE ABSENCE OF A HEAD OF THE NATO DIVISION <DE R02 HAS JUST BEEN NAMED AS BEAUMARCHAIS* SUCCESSOR BUT HAS GONE TO THE USA)AND BECAUSE OF OTHER MORE PRESSING PREOCCUPATIONS AT HIGHER LEVELS IN THE QUAI WE HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO GET MUCH IDEA ABOUT WHAT IF ANYTHING THE FRENCH HAVE THOUGHT OUT ON THIS QUESTION. 2.WE HAD RAISED IT WITH ROUX ON FRI AND HE SAID THAT AS THE COUNCIL MEETING WAS A MONTH AWAY THERE WAS STILL TIME TO THINK THE MATTER OUT, THEY HAD ALREADY HAD PRELIMINARY CONVERSATIONS WITH ONE OR TWO NATO COUNTRIES AND FRANCE SHARED THE GENERAL XELIEF THAT ANY ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT THE STOCKPILING OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS IN NATO COUNTRIES SHOULD BE BALANCED BY A MEANINGFUL DECLARATION ONIDISARMAMENT AND THE PEACEFUL SOLUTION OF INTERNATIONAL PROBLEMS.HE THOUGHT THAT IT MIGHT BE POSSIBLE TO TURN THE USSR'S ATTITUDE IN NY ON DISARMAMENT TO OUR PROPAGANDA ADVANTAGE. 3*WE LET HIM SEE THE MSGS FROM BONN BRUSSELS AND HAGUE IN WHICH HE EXPRESSED INTEREST AND AGREEMENT.WE QUERIED HOWEVER WHETHER THE FRENCH POSITION WAS NOT DIFFERENT IN SOME DETAIL SINCE THEIR DELEGATION HAD RAISED THE POSSIBILITY OF STOCKPILING NUCLEAR WARHEADS DURING THE BONN MEETING LAST SPRING AND SINCE THE FRENCH PARLIAMENT HAD ALWAYS SHOWN ITSELF KEENLY INTERESTED IN PRESERVING FRENCH FREEDOM TO TAKE AN INDEPENDENT DECISION ON THE MANUFACTURE OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS.HE ADMITTED THAT THESE TWO FACTORS WOULD INFLUENCE FRENCH POSITION BUT WENT ON TO INSIST THAT IN ANY EVENT THEY WOULD BE AWARE OF NEEDS OF INTERNATIONAL PROPAGANDA. 4.INTERNAL REACTION HERE WOULD BE DIFFERENT FROM THAT WHICH A DECISION TO STOCKPILE ATOMIC WEAPONS MIGHT PROVOKE ELSEWHERE,COMMUNISTS AND OTHER LEFTWING GROUPS WOULD MAKE FULL USE OF ANY PROPAGANDA OPPORTUNITIES OFFERED,BUT IT SEEMS REASONABLE TO ASSUME THAT GENERAL �Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document diuulgue en vertu de ta Loi sur faeces a {'information PAGE TWO 1079 REACTION WOULD NOT BE UNFAVOURABLE PROVIDED DECISION DID NOT IMPLY AN ABANDONMENT OF FRENCH RIGHT TO MANUFACTURE.TEMPER OF PUBLIC OPINION TODAY IN FRANCE WOULD PROBABLY REACT MORE FAVOURABLY TO A GESTURE OF STRENGTH THAN TO ONE OF CONCILIATION.ALGERIAN WAR TOUCHES ALMOST EVERY FRENCH FAMILY AND INSISTENCE ON DISARMAMENT CAN SEEM RATHER HOLLOW,THEREFORE,WHILE THOSE CONCERNED ABOUT STRUGGLE WITH EAST WOULD BE LOATH TO SEE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR EAST TO SCORE A PROPAGANDA POINT,IT I S UNLIKELY IN PRESENT MOOD THAT THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF A DECISION TO STOCKPILE ATOMIC WEAPONS IN FRANCE WOULD IN ITSELF GIVE RISE TO MUCH PUBLIC PROTEST DAVIS 1 000411 � 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 CDNW02267 Title A name given to the resource EmbParis to External 1079 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 19-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 Nuclear 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