Date

Dec 4, 1975

Description

With Deputy Secretary Ingersoll about to meet with the Canadian and the French ambassadors for discussions of Korea, senior State Department officials prepared talking points for the discussions. Ingersoll was to share with both ambassadors intelligence perspectives on South Korean nuclear ambitions as part of his broader attempt to persuade them to support the U.S. case for cancellation. For example, Ingersoll could ask Canadian Ambassador Jack Warren to consider the "leverage Canada might effectively bring to bear in the nuclear area, for example, with regard to nuclear reactor sales or credits and an explicit denial of ROK national reprocessing of Canadian fuel." Moreover, if Canada was willing to support the U.S. demand for cancellation of the reprocessing plant, the Canadian ambassador in Seoul could coordinate the demarche with Ambassador Sneider.

Source

Department of State Records, Record Group 59, National Archives and Records Administration (RG 59), Records of the Policy Planning Staff, Director's Files (Winston Lord), 1969-1977, box 359, Dec 1-15, 1975

Document published in following posting(s):

Stopping Korea from Going Nuclear, Part II

Apr 12, 2017

Policy Planning Staff director Winston Lord and Acting Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Robert H. Miller to Deputy Secretary of State, "Your Meetings with the French and Canadian Ambassadors on Korean Reprocessing," 4 December 1975, Secret