unaau I lull-I G7D58G - 6 I -0 Roma TELEGRAM Department of State In 3y - SECRET 22 Minn A5 94W HPA455 DD RUEHC 55 DE RUFNCR 15755 3972255 MO zw 55555 0 9 7 5 7 0 722132 APR 57 46 FM AMEMBASSY PARIS 1967 APR 7 PM 5 TD IMMEDIATE INFO BRUSSELS IMMEDIATE STATE GRNC BT PARIS 15755 EXDIS VIPTO IDS BRUSSELS FOR VICE PRESIDENT SUBJECT VICE VISIT MEETING WITH GENERAL DE GAULLE ON APRIL T- NON PROLIFERATION TREATY THE VICE PRESIDENT SAID THAT WHILE NE KNEW FRENCH POSITION OF THE NPT HE NOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT DE GAULLE THOUGHT SHOULD BE THE GERMAN ATTITUDE PAGE 2 RUFNCR 15755 DEGAULLE REPLIED FIRST OF ALL THAT FRANCE WAS NOT TAKING ANY STAND VIS-A-VIS OTHER COUNTRIES ON NPT THEY CONSIDER THIS STRICTLY A MATTER FOR EACH NATION TO DECIDE ITSELF THERE HERE HOWEVER TWO ASPECTS TO PROBLEM OF GERMAN ADHERENCE FROM FRENCH POINT OF VIEW 1 THAT THE TREATY WOULD FURTHER LIMIT POSSIBILITY OF GERMANY AC- OUIRING NUCLEAR ARMS WITH WHICH THE FRENCH HERE IN COMPLETE SUP- PORT HE ADDED PARENTHETICALLY THAT IF GERMANY EVER ACQUIRED NU- CLEAR ARMS THAT WOULD RADICALLY CHANGE FRENCH POLICY TOWARDS IT 2 THE SECOND WAS IN NATURE FOR THE GERMANS THE NPT WOULD CREATE A SPECIAL AND DISCRIMINATING POSITION THE U S USSR UK AND FRANCE HAD NUCLEAR WEAPONS AND WOULD CONTINUE TO IN- CREASE THEM WHILE TREATY APPEARED TO CONDEMN GERMANY NEVER TO HAVE ANY THIS WAS A PURELY QUESTION AND HE MERELY NOTED AS ONE OF THE ELEMENTS IN THE EQUATION BOHLEN ADVANCE COPY PASSED T0 S s-o 4 7 67 6 55 P M NOTE PASSED WHITE HOUSE 4 7 67 6 55 P M 5733 SECRET                     National Security Archive    Suite 701  Gelman Library  The George Washington University    2130 H Street  NW  Washington  D C  20037    Phone  202 994‐7000  Fax  202 994‐7005  nsarchiv@gwu edu