https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/c90184b198b4447b78be47503cfd0d05.pdf 96961a04ebaa19478b82c54458854c9d PDF Text Text Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de ta Loi sur faeces a I'information FM'"B0HN N0V22'57 SECRET To s r v TERNA .DN NATOPARIS EMBASSYPARIS HAGUE BRUSSELS R REF OUR TEL507 NOVflg . J <&) $0' NATO MINISTERIAL SESSION DTJP ' 1/ y ^ry_r c .</<) y T, WE FOLLOWED UP WITH BAUDISSIN TODAY THE DISCUSSIOfTWITH GREWE MENTIONED IN OUR TEL UNDER REF.BAUDISSIN SAID THAT FOREIGN OFFICE THINKING WAS IN A STATE OF SUSPENSION PENDING BRENTANO'S AND BLANKENHORN'S RETURN FROM WASHDC. 2.THE FOREIGN OFFICE HAD FOUND CONFUSING THE STATE OF COMMENT FROM WASHDC AND FROM SPAAK AS TO THE PURPOSE OF THE DEC MEETING AND BRENTANO DECIDED TO SEEK INFO ABOUT USA INTENTIONS DIRECTLY FROM THE SOURCE.IT ALSO SEEMS LIKELY THAT BRENTANO AND ADENAUER DID NOT WANT TO GO TO THE DEC MEETING LESS WELL INFORMED THAN THEIR FRENCH AND UK COUNTERPARTS. 3.BRENTANO WILL URGE ON DULLES THE DESIRABILITY OF PRODUCING A DECLARATION IN DEC WHICH WILL BALANCE PROBABLE MILITARY DECISIONS WITH SOME GESTURE TO THE UNCOMMITTED WORLD WHICH WILL UNDERLINE THE TRUE IDENTITY OF INTEREST AND IDEALS OF NATO COUNTRIES AND THE REST OF THE FREE WORLD.FROM ALL EVIDENCE THE GERMAN GOVT SHARES CANADIAN VIEWS IN THIS REGARD. k*BAUDISSIN SAID THAT HIS GOVT HOPES THAT SOME CONCRETE ARRANGEMENTS FOR JOINT SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT WILL ARISE FROM THE MEETING OF HEADS OF GOVT.THE GERMAN MILITARY PEOPLE WILL ALSO, APPARENTLY HAVE SOME NEW IDEAS REGARDING STANDARDISATION AND ELIMINATION OF DUPLICATION IN NATO SERVICES OF SUPPLY.WITH REGARD TO THE COLLABORATION OF GERMAN SCIENTISTS IN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, BAUDISSIN STATED CATEGORICALLY THAT THE FEDERAL GOVT WOULD NOT OBJECT TO THEIR NATIONALS DOING RESEARCH IN ANY FIELD,INCLUDING NUCLEAR PHYSICS.HE SAID THAT STRAUSS' STATEMENT ON NOVU CUR TEL50* NOVS5)THAT GERMAN SCIENTISTS WOULD NOT ENGAGE IN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT OF "NON-CONVENTIONAL" C IE NUCLEAR)WEAPONS DID NOT REPRESENT THE POLICY OF THT FEDERAL GOVT* HOWEVER,HE SAID THAT GERMAN SCIENTISTS ARE IO THE REST OF THE WORLD IN THE FIELD NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND PROBAm JLD WAVE LES*? TO CONTRIBUTE otoc 000384 �Document disclosed under the Access to information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la Lai sur faeces a {'information PAGE TWO 5 U IN THIS FIELD THAN THEY WOULD IN OTHER FIELDS.WITH REGARD TO POSSIBLE JOINT PRODUCTION OF WEAPONS,BAUDISSIN SAID THE FEDERAL GOVT WOULD LOYALLY MAINTAIN THE UNDERTAKING IN THE BRUSSELS AND PARIS TREATIES BUT HE GAVE A POINTED REMINDER THAT THE UNDERTAKING ONLY FORBADE PRODUCTION OF THE PROSCRIBAD WEAPONS IN GERMANY AND THAT NOTHING JURIDICALLY PREVENTED THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC FROM JOINING IN PRODUCTION OF SUCH ITEMS IN OTHER COUNTRIES, 5.SUBJECT TO WHATEVER MODIFICATION OR ALTERATION OF VIEW BRENTANO MAY UNDERGO AS A RESULT OF THE TALKS WITH DULLES,BAUDISSIN SAID HIS GOVT WOULD PREFER THAT THE DEC MEETING SHOULD NOT (NOT)TAKE DECISIONS ON STOCKPILING OF ATOMIC WARHEADS IN NATO COUNTRIES, THEY WOULD NOT EXCLUDE EXCHANGES OF VIEWS OR ANY CLARIFICATION THAT MIGHT BE GIVEN BUT THOUGHT THAT EXPERT MILITARY OPINION SHOULD BE SOUGHT ON THE COMPLICATED QUESTIONS OF DISTRIBUTION AND CONTROL OF THE WARHEADS AND A DECISION COULD THEN BE TAKEN BY DEFENCE MINISTERS AT THE SPRING MEETING. 6.THE GERMAN DELEGATION AT THE DEC MEETING WILL AGAIN RAISE THE NEED FOR IMPROVED METHODS OF POLITICAL CONSULTATION LN NATO.THEIR IDEAS ARE NOT VERY PRECISE.ONE THING THEY SUGGEST IS THAT MEMBER COUNTRIES SHOULD ENDOW THE PERMANENT REPS WITH INCREASED INDEPENDENCE AND AUTHORITY TO TAKE DECISIONS,ANOTHER IDEA WOULD BE TO PEP UP THE POLITICAL SIDE OF THE SECRETARIAT BY ADDING SOME RENOWNED POLITICAL SCIENTIST WHO COULD FOCUS THE POLITICAL ACTIVITIES OF THE NATO STAFF,BAUDISSIN AGREED THAT THIS MOVE MIGHT NOT IMMEDIATELY RECOMMEND ITSELF TO SPAAK BUT THOUGHT IT WORTH CONSIDERING.(PERSONALLY,I THINK I A SILLY NOTION) 7.BLANKENHORN WILP HAVE RETURNED TO BONN FROM WASHDC ON MONDAY AND BAUDISSIN OFFERED TO GIVE US FURTHER INFO THEN RITCHIE � 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 CDNW02277 Title A name given to the resource Bonn to External 514 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 22-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). 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