- Authority 0195 LIMITED OFFICIAL USE Classification INDICATECHARGE TO DISTRIBUTION ACHON Amembassy BONN II BERN USUN -INFO NEW YORK USMission NATO USMission GENEVA Amembassy LONDON I MOSCOW HELSINKI USMission EC STATE mm as 3 70 Si 7 74 SUBJ FRG and Swiss NPT Signatures REF State 198187 1 FRG Ambassador Pauls Signed NPT in Washington Nov 28 Swiss - SW dismbassador also signed NPT in Washington Nov 27 Nwmber NPT signatories now 93 22 countries have deposited instruments of ratification 2 FOR BONN Ambassador Pauls delivered Note and Government Statement on NPT to Secretary at time of signing and made written reference to Note above his signature inx meb Texts contained Bonn 15293 and 15265 NOTAL After Signing Pauls made several brief remarks to DRAFTED av I DRAFTING DATE TEL EXT APPROVED EIY I in 11 28 69 29289 Culve Gleysteen Lm - Mr Barkleyw - Mr Trinka subsyg PM - Mr Martin subs 7w LIMITED OFFICIAL USE Classification FORM 4 68 F5-4l3 DECLASSIFIED Authority DISTRIBUTION LIMITED OFFICIAL USE Classificati on - Pe artment of State TELEGRAM - a a I ACTION which Secretary reaponded with following statement BEGIN TEXT Mr Ambassador your signature today of the NPT here in Washington and that of your colleagues in London and Moscow is an event of historic importance The United States Government has pursued the goal of a Non-Proliferation Treaty because we are convinced this will he an effective measure to reduce the chances of nuclear war We recognize that other measures are necessary to achieve this objective not the least of which are restraints on the part of those countries which have gone down the path of nuclear armament Apart from our interest in doing so we shall be committed-by treaty obligation to seek such restraints when the NPT comes into force We are not waiting for the entry into force of the NPT to pursue this responsibility The strategic arms limitation in Helsinki talks have already begun DRAFTED av - DRAFTING DATE TEL EXT APPROVED BY ICLEARANCES FORM - 4'68 F5 413 OFFICIAL USE Classification I JJ Authority - i - LIMITED OFFICIAL USE Classification Department of State TELEGRAM 4 6 DISTRIBUTION - ACTION 1 We are deeply conscious that your nation remains divided We reSpect the decision of the Government of the Federal Republic to sign the NPT under circumstances of a divided IGermany a divided Europe and a divided world which almost 325 years after World War II leaves the great city of Berlin I under the reSponsibility of Four Powers Your signature today is yet further evidence of the strong ed desire of your Government to play a positive and central role in the important work facing the nations of the world in shaping the future of a Europe without divisions and in ensuring the_preservation of peace We are convinced Ithat this signature far from jeopardizing your country's position will improve it Peacemaking as we are all aware is an international undertaking which can succeed only when nations pledge themselves to respect the rights of their neighbors In this regard it is clear that Articles 53 and 107 of the United DRAFTEDBY TEL EXT APPROVEDBY LIMITED OFFICIAL USE Classification FORM 4 63 - I LIMITED OFFICIAL USE Classification Department of State 43 TELEGRAM DISTRIBUTION ACTION During hearings on the NPT before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee last February I reaffirmed the understandings of the previous U S Administration among-other points about the effect of the NPT on our existing defense alliances I can reaffirm that this position remains that of the U S Government - MI Ambassador I qnote the pronouncement of President Nixon on the 20th Anniversary of NATO The American commitment to NATO will remain in force and remains strong We in America continue to consider Europe's security as our own END TEXT END I BHAFTED BY DRAFTING DATE TEL EXT APPROVED BY CLEARANCES LIMITED OFFICIAL USE CIaSsification FORM 4 -6B F5413 Rush in DECLASSIFIED Authority - may i - LIMITED OFFICIAL USE Classificag j on Department of State TELEGRAM Nations Charter confer no right to intervene by force unilaterally in the Federal Republic of Germany For their part the Three Powers the United States the United Kingdom and France have formally declared that in their relations with the Federal Republic they will follow the principles set out in Article'Z of the United Nations Charter All the Eother parties to the North Atlantic Treaty have associated themselves with that declaration Moreover as a full and equal partner in the North Atlantic Treaty the Federal Republic is of course protected by that treaty under which i an armed attack upon any party would be met by an immediate Allied reSponSe in the form of self-defense measures pursuant to the North Atlantic Treaty When the NPT was opened for signature our Government formally acknowledged that confidence in our solemnly concluded treaties of mutual security constituted a vital factor in consideration of the NPT by our Allies DRAFTED BW TEL EXT APPROVED BY CLEARANCEE FOPM 4 68 FS-413 LIMITED OFFICIAL USE Cfassi cation                     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