ACTION COPY ' INCOMING TELEGRAM Department of Staf RMANENT RECORD copy 57 M SECRET Control 7308 Action r Info Rec'd FROM Ankara TO Secretary of State NO 765 January 12 2 PM January 12 1963 4 37 PM 001 4 PRIORITY ACTION DEPARTMENT 765 INFORMATION PARIS 94 ROME 75 11 LIMIT DISTRIBUTION PARIS FOR FINLETTER AND CINCEUR Department telegram 566 Substance reference telegram given Foreign Minister Erk i this morning together with impressions gleaned in my Washington discussions regarding importance which we attach to maximizing Nassau break through In so presenting I emphasized importance in Turkey's getting in on ground floor of this significant move toward a stronger NATO in addition to specific advantage of substitution of Polaris deterrent for Jupiters Erkin asked number of questions for purposes clarification and then said greatly appreciated spirit of co-operation in which matter being raised He said would take up with Prime Minister and Cabinet in consultation with Turkish military and would give GOT reaction as soon as possible Implying that he personally was impressed by the reasonableness of our proposal Erkin said that problem which he especially foresaw would be that of convincing Turkish public that Polaris U' would be as effective es Jupiters in assuring security of Turkey Fact that Jupiters are actually on Turkish soil gives ordinary Turkish feeling of confidence which would be difficult maintain SECRET -2- 765 January 12 2 PM from Ankara by Polaris o I observed it was for this reason that we had proposed visits to Turkish ports but perhaps most effective public relations gambit would be to emphasize that removal Jupiters was part of larger move for strengthening NATO deterrent and that prospective Italian agreement could also be helpful Erkin agreed that problem would be essentially one of public elations but nevertheless of no mean proportions When I questioned this by noting effort which GOT had made to restrict publictty on existence Jupiters in Turkey Erkin smiled and said Everyone knew about them but didn't say much Now they will begin talking HARE COT 16 NOTE Handled as LD SS per SS-O 1 12 63 CWO-M DECLASSIFIED Authority SECRET N NO 9L i50 I I