·r EUR7BNA Jlrn Btandon cjs Draftin g Office and Officer I SECRET · I This document con ists of No DEPARTMENT OF STATE Memorandum ol Conversation I f - O J - L_ P ges Copies Series _A__ O DATE SUBJECT i ·--t-- M l y 7 196 5 Withdrawal of US Equipment and Personnel from Greenland PARTICIPANTS Robert Cameron Counselor Canadian Embassy Howard Brandon Officer in Charge Canadian Affairs EUR BNA COPIES TO PJBD - General Clizbe OSD ISA - Captain Andrews GP11 Embassy OTTAWA - Mr Johnson J ' I in formed Mr Cameron this morning that the Department of Defense had arrived at the_ conclusi on that with advancing technology and the declining nature of the manned bomber threat the Nike Hercules units and the 931st aircraft control and warning squadron at Thule were now of only marginal usefulness for continental defense and would therefore be withdrawn before September 15 1965 I explained that this would not affect the operational status of the Thule air base which would be kept open mainly to support the Ballistic Missile Early Warning System located there I told him an announcement would be made simultaneously in Washington Copenhagen and Thule at a time still to be determined L 7 _J SECRET I DECLASSIFIED I AuthorityNN Yl s9D6D GPO 88 597 1