OUTGOING TELE RA TO THE UNITED NATIONS CONFIDENTIAL October 27 1961 Dis tr CLASSIFICATION DATE A-B-C-E ACTION SECSTATE WASHINGTON 1 1 Oct 27 9 50 P M PARIS mm 186 DUBLIN #23 LONDON 113 SUBJECT IRISH RESOLUTION DEPCIRTEL 780 USUN 1992 I Popper US today saw Ronan Ireland in concert with Shattuck UK on Irish RES in accordance with telephoned instructions from Dept US and UK together made following points to Ronan USUN #962 TOPOL 63 Dublin 87 London 2233 definitely Lambeliewpd this not repeat not acceptable to us Ronan reasongblemenqunld Kempeqbted MinEn aAft _ Aiken K$unannahmakamgg ad referendum Ronan 1 A ossible preambular para along lines foreseen Deptel presented us working draft during conference identical to draft he gave ugpN Oct 6 USUN A-3 Paris USRO A-l repeated Dublin Dept'g A Irish U10 omuia timm Len 2 Asked to consider addition of words control of after word accept in 0p para 3 Ronan noted Dutch mentioned to him previously preference for not to acquire control of in lieu of UK formulation Ronan stated he believed they 019 would accept khxg change 5 DraIed b i i Tpick mb 2 10-27-61 Mk Cicerone-s COUNS COM I EXEC OFF CONFIDENTIIL DECLASSIFIEI aAssmomoN Authorio'L AQ 5 - -q 3 OPUSUN 1381 CONFIDENTIAL CLASSIFICATION I reaffirms 3 Replacement 0p para 1 with recalls Ronanlnoted this made para more preambular in nature and perhaps para should be entirely removed Shattuck supported us on this point and we emphasized although we flexible believed best not 1 0151581 can repeat not to reaffirmgias'fOr whi we did not repeat not previously vote 4 Removal of clause beginning and to facilitate from 0 para 3 and its addition to OP para 4 Ronan stated Irish now toying with return to original formulation combination present 0P paras 2 and 3 Text would then read Calls on all States and in particular on the four States at present possessing nuclear weapons to use their best endeavours to secure the conclusion of an inter- national agreement containing provisions under which the said States would refrain from relinquishing control of nuclear weapons to States not possessing such weapons and on States not possessing nuclear weapons to undertake not to accept control of or to make Clause to facilitate etc would then be added to such weapons believed final Op para present 4 We told him this presented no repeat no problems but we would have to refer to Washington and London We emphasized present text RES acceptable to US and UK with our proposed changes Ronan indicated Irish considering additional para which would refer RES to any GCD forum which might emerge prior to GA consideration Irish item Might also ask forum to report progress to GR Ronan CONFIDENTIAL imamunow DECLASSIFIEI Authorityggo 3 3 CONFIDENTIAL CLASSIFICATION 3 OFUSUN 1381 Run also iggigated Irish not repeat not happy with language second Dreambularfre rule of law We suggested after words arms race possible replacement formulation and to make more difficult the establishment of world peace and security under the rule of law Indicated of course any change must be approved by Dept Ronan noncommittal and obvious all final decisions made by Aiken to whom he intends forward soonest our comments In view change in text to provide for reference to agreed forum Ronan does not repeat not believe final text will be submitted to GA until conclusion debate GCD in COMTE I STEVENSON CONFIDENTIAL Lu mumow DECLASSHHED AuthorityL Aroj l l 5- var r- v Fv This document is from the holdings of The 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