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FM W S H D C N0V27/57 SECRET TO EXTERNAL 2524 PRIORITY INFO LDN NATOPARIS PRIORITY NATO HEADS OF GOVT MEETING 0"*%' ^ ST2/02-s-ua s-c/es-^-cya a Sl=) 2 ? ~ && TIMMONS,DIRECTOR OF EUROPEAN REGIONAL AFFAIRS,TOLD US AT LUNCH TIME TODAY THAT THE STATE DEPT HAS AS YET ONLY RECEIVED PRELIMINARY REPORTS OF THE REACTIONS OF CERTAIN NATO MEMBERSjAND DID NOT EXPECT THAT A FINAL DECISION WITH RESPECT TO THE CHARACTER OF THE MEETING WOULD BE TAKEN UNTIL TOMORROW.MEANWHILE,HOWEVER,DEPARTMENTAL PLANS ARE PROCEEDING ON THE ASSUMPTION THAT A MEETING SIMILAR IN CHARACTER TO THAT ENVISAGED WILL BE HELD. 2.WE REMINDED TIMMONS THAT IT WOULD BE IMPORTANT TO HAVE A CLEAR ADVANCE INDICATION OF THE KINDS OF PROPOSALS WHICH THE USA INTENDED TO MAKE AT THE PARIS MEETING,AND HE REPLIED THAT THE STATE DEPT HAD HOPED BY THIS WEEK TO HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SETTLE THE MAIN LINES OF THEIR THINKING AND TO CONSULT IN ADVANCE WITH THE OTHER MEMBERS OF NATO.IT HAD NOT,HOWEVER,PROVED POSSIBLE TO KEEP TO THIS TIMETABLE,BUT TIMMONS NOW HOPED THAT BY THE END OF THIS WEEK POSITIONS WOULD BE SUFFICIENTLY FIRMLY SETTLED TO PERMIT CONSULTATIONS IN ADVANCE OF THE MEETING.HE THOUGHT IT LIKELY THAT SUCH CONSULTATIONS WOULD FOR THE MOST PART TAKE PLACE IN PARIS,WHERE MR BURGESS WILL BE RETURNING OVER THE WEEKEND,AND THAT BY MON NEXT A START COULD BE MADE ON THIS IMPORTANT CONSULTATIVE PHASE.HE MADE IT CLEAR, HOWEVER,THAT ON THE ASSUMPTION THAT THE NATO COUNCIL SHOULD BE THE CHANNEL FOR THESE CONSULTATIONS,THE USA PERMANENT REP WOULD NOT BE PUTTING FORWARD CUT AND DRIED USA PROPOSALS UNDER THE MAIN HEADINGS OF THE AGENDA,BUT WOULD OUTLINE THE POSITIONS WHICH THE USA HAS REACHED IN THE EXPECTATION THAT OTHER MEMBERS WOULD HAVE VIEWS TO EXPRESS AND PROPOSALS OF THEIR OWN TO PUT FORWARD*WHAT SEEMS TO BE ENVISAGED,THEREFORE,IS A CONTINUING PROCESS OF CONSULTATION BEGINNING NEXT WEEK AND LEADING UP TO THE MEETING OF MINISTERS AND HEADS OF GOVT. 3.BECAUSE OF THE TIMETABLE OUTLINED ABOVE AND THE METHOD OF CONSULTATION ENVISAGED,TIMMONS SAID HE COULD NOT BE TOO SPECIFIC TODAY ON PARTICULAR ITEMS.ON A NATO NUCLEAR STOCKPILE,HE SAID THAT 000370 �Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi sur I'acces a I'information PAGE TWO 2 5 2 4 THE USA POSITIONS HAD ALREADY BEEN FAIRLY FULLY OUTLINED IN PuQu STATEMENTS BY MR DULLES AND MR MCELROY,AND WE HAVE ALREADY REPORTEDCSEE OUR TELS 23 52 N0V6 AND 2 4 4 5 N0V19)STATE DEPT VIEWS ON THE OUTLINES OF WHAT IS ENVISAGED.WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE PROPOSAL FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF NUCLEAR STOCKPILES IN THE NATO AREA AND UNDER THE CONTROL OF SACEUR WOULD BE PUT FORWARD BY THE USA.TIMMONS DID NOT THINK THAT IT WOULD BE POSSIBLE AT THE FORTHCOMING MEETING TO GO BEYOND REACHING AGREEMENT IN PRINCIPLE ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF SUCH STOCKPILES,LEAVING THE MANY DETAILED CONSEQUENTIAL ARRANGEMENTS, WHICH HE EMPHASIZED WOULD BE MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH NATO MILITARY REQUIREMENTS,TO BE WORKED OUT AT A LATER STAGE. 4 . 0 N THE MISSILE PROGRAMME,HE WAS NOT ABLE TO GO BEYOND THE OUTLINE GIVEN TO US YESTERDAY BY THE SECRETARY*. SEE OUR TEL 2 5 U N0V26), HERE AGAIN,THE USA WOULD PRESUMABLY OUTLINE THE AVAILABILITY AND PRODUCTION FACTORS INVOLVED,PARTICULARLY IN CONNECTION UITH THE IRBM, AND WOULD WISH TO HEAR THE VIEWS OF THE EUROPEAN NATO MEMBERS ON THEIR REQUIREMENTS.AGAIN,BECAUSE THESE WEAPONS WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE FOR SOME TIME,AND BECAUSE OF THE COMPLEX ARRANGEMENTS REQUIRED FOR THEIR ULTIMATE TRANSFER AND DEPLOYMENT,ONLY DECISIONS IN PRINCIPLE COULD BE TAKEN AT THE DEC MEETING. 5,ON POOLED PRODUCTION,TIMMONS THOUGHT THAT THIS WAS A SUBJECT ON WHICH THE EUROPEAN MEMBERSCHE MENTIONED IN PARTICULAR FRANCE, GERMANY AND ITALY)MIGHT WISH TO TAKE THE INITIATIVE.INDEED,ONE OF THE PROBLEMS WHICH WOULD BE DEALT WITH IN THE PERIOD OF PRIOR CONSULTATION ENVISAGED WILL BE TO EXAMINE THE VARIOUS MAIN TOPICS AND PROPOSALS PUT FORWARD CONCERNING THEM,AND TO DECIDE WHICH NATO COUNTRY OR POSSIBLY GROUP OF COUNTRIES WOULD BE IN THE BEST POSITION TO PUT PARTICULAR PROPOSALS FORWARD AT THE DEC SESSION, 6oON THE PROSPECTS OF INCREASES SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL COOPERATION,TIMMONS HAS PUT US IN TOUCH VITH ONE OF THE OFFICERS IN HIS SECTION5WHO HAS BEEN SPECIALLY CONCERNED WITH THIS SUBJECT, AND WE PLAN TO SEND SOME INDICATION OF USA THINKING ON THIS ASPECT IN A SEPARATE MSG* �Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi sur I'acces a I'information PAGE THREE 2524 7.WE REMINDED TIMMONS OF OUR EARLIER CONVERSATION WITH DEPARTMENTAL OFFICIALS FOLLOWING THE VISIT OF M PINEAU,WHEN WE HAD LEARNED OF THE FRENCH SUGGESTION THAT SOMETHING MIGHT BE SAID IN THE COMMUNIQUE CONCERNING NATO'S INTEREST IN THE MIDEAST,AND IN DOING SO MADE THE GENERAL POINT SET OUT IN PARA2 OF YOUR TEL ME225 N0V26.TIMMONS SAID THAT THE STATE DEPT WAS WELL AWARE OF THE DIFFICULTIES WHICH MIGHT BE CAUSED BY A NATO DECLARATION ON THIS SUBJECT,AND INDICATED THAT ANY STATEMENT MADE RESPECTING THE MIDEAST IN A NATO COMMUNIQUE OR DECLARATION WOULD HAVE TO BE GONE OVER EXTREMELY CAREFULLY.HE MENTIONED THAT THE EISENHOWER DOCTRINE HAD,OF COURSE,SOME PRETTY SPECIFIC LANGUAGE IN IT CONCERNING THE INTEREST OF THE USA IN THE MIDEAST, BUT AGREED WITH OUR OBSERVATIONS THAT A CLEAR DISTINCTION HAD TO BE MADE BETWEEN THE LIMITED REGIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF NATO AND MORE FAR REACHING RESPONSIBILITIES OF SOME OF ITS MEMBERS.OUR IMPRESSION IS THAT ON THIS POINT THE USA AUTHORITIES WILL WISH TO AVOID ANY STATEMENT CONCERNING THE MIDEAST TOO SPECIFIC IN CHARACTER,BUT THAT THEY ARE PREPARED TO LOOK AT SUGGESTIONS WHICH MAY BE MADE IN THE COUNCIL ON THIS POINT. 8.WITH RESPECT TO THE QUESTION OF WHETHER BOTH A DECLARATION AND A COMMUNIQUE SHOULD BE ISSUED,TIMMONS SAID THAT HE HAD RECEIVED A BRIEF SUMMARY FROM PARIS OF THE CANADIAN SUGGESTIONS FOR THE CONTENT OF A DECLARATION.WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE USEFUL TO LEAVE WITH HIM INFORMALLY AN OUTLINE OF THE POINTS WHICH WERE SET FORTH IN YOUR TEL DL1038 N0V22 AND WHICH HAVE BEEN PUT FORWARD BY MR WILGRESS IN PARIS ROBERTSON 000372 � 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 CDNW02283 Title A name given to the resource WashDC to External 2524 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 27-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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