1· E - - ° - - DECLASSIFIED 9rg ·_____ _ _ _ _ _ _ --_ _ -_ _-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_ - _ - - - - - thority - - •• V·IA AlR POUCH · '· • f P ORITY DO NOT TYPE IN THIS SPACE ililQiWJ ii- 1 SecurityClass -'fic-at-io-n _ - 7 fL 1 e-C co r r -e 7 tC 6 __ FOREIGN SERVICE DESPATCH FROM TO • i ACTION Fo 5Jr - - J•e Only 1·· DEPT S 5 11t c rN 4 '- -RE-C- D---- F OTHER - $ I · £ G •'1 Q NATO Atomic Stockpile Agreement SUBJECT LIMIT DISTRIBUTION I On December 6 the Foreign Office submitted to the Embassy under cover of an aide-memoire a revised draft of the proposed NATO Atomic Stockpile • Agreement together With a memorandum expla 1n1ng wherein this draft differs from that submitted by the US and the reasons tor the changes Copies of these documents are enclosed tor consideration by the Department The Embassy would appreciate 1n due course rurther instructions regarding the negotiation of this agreement ieclassified uthority -· 7' 47 By Laurie Madsen DatP IJ-4-IJ4-201 MENT OF 8 ' i Q« L T For the Charge d' Attaires acV1nter1m cd Q - WU J1 am C Trueheart AUG 11 1961 t Secretary of Embassy r r Enclosures ---- __ '1 Aide-memoire dated December 6 196o 2 Revised Draft General Provisicms concerning Supp and Storage ot 2 All Nuclear Weapons SUpplled by the Um ted States for United Kingdom Forces Assigned or Ear-marked tor NATO _ 3 Note Expla ln1ng Where the British Draft on Storage of United States Nu cl ear Weapons Supplied for Um ted Kingdom NATO Forces Differs from the American Dratt With Reascms - - 0 fTl C Pies sent to Paris Embassy USRO Tbllrston Finn and CINCEUR for 1 a P g Bonn The Hague USLO SACLANT NOFORN 1 · • J ·- g ' - -n C E f 3 -l rri L AE WCTruebeart pm - '-J for Col ins ' -0 fTl l ·- · _ c 1 - 0 n REPORTER ACTION COPY - DEPARTMENT OF STATE ' -The action office must return this permanent record copy to RM R file- w-ith an endorsement of action taken 2 447 NW tr -· · o··OC L d·--6 r' 75·n1--·· • L I - - SANITIZEDCOPY · SENSITIVE INFORMATION DELETeo· - -- ' ___ DECLASSIFIED e c e J JUD 9'-123 ------------•· Authority BHS __ ----- - L _ _ __ _ Clar ification ____ Pag -1 -_ _ of Encl Na _ _ 1 __ Desp No _lQ92 From l Amenibas LONDON 7 On May 4 1960 Mr Truebea rt of the Ull1ted States Embassy left With the Foreign Ot f'ice the draft of a possible Anglo-American Agreement designed - to cover the establishment of stock-piles for atomic weapons to be provided by the United States for the support of NATO units in the United Kingdom and ot WOO fore es of the United Kingdom 1n other areas Mr Trueheart informally- 1nvited the Foreign Office to express a pre11rn1nary view on whether an agreement on the general lines of this draft WOUl d be acceptable to Her After discussion in Whitebal l and With Mr Trueheart it was agreed to begin the negotiation of such an agreement on the basis of Majesty•s Govermnent the A Ierican d ra t t 2 The draf't has now therefore been considered in detail by the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence in consultation With other Service Depa rta ucnts concerned and certs in amendments have been suggested A main objective bas been to modify the draft along more general end less specific lines so that it will be unl ike cy' to require alteration in the light of future developments These amendments bave been incorporated in the revised draft attached Also attached is a note drafted by th United Kingdom Ministry of Defence explain Jng where and why the amenmneuts have been made ' 3 The United States draft has al so been considered from the legal point of view in the Foreign Office Ditticul ty bas arisen for Her Majesty's Government in that the United Ste tee draft has been cast as an Agreement Every Treaty and International Agreement entered into by a member of tbe United Nations 1s required under the Charter to be registered With the Secretariat and publisheq o As f'ar as the Foreign Office is aware Her Majesty's Government has 'Without ' exception complied with this requirement It is the understanc'l1ng of the Foreign Ot f'ice hmlever that on security grounds the United States Government do not w tsh to make public this agreement concerning nuclear -weapons Her Majesty's Government al so consider that it should remain tmpublished The alternative therefore has been to recast the agreement as a memorandum of understanding wbich is not registrable With the United Nations '1'he revised draft attached has been so recast It takes the form of an Exchange of Letters reoordiJlg the Underst and1ng ot the Governments of' the United states of America and of the United Kingdom The e ircbange might take place either between the United States Secretary of Defense and the United Kingdom Minister of Defence or between the American Ambassador in London and the Secretary- of state for Foreign Af'f'airs to suit the preference of the United States authorities FOmrrGN OFFICE i _______ December 6 1 960 _J I NW# 27447 Docid 617591 DECLASSIFIED J---- JI lb 9LJ CJ59'8 - 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