MFG 7 · 66 P 1ge __2_ of telegram to_ _ _ Arn err h izs y -COPEJ -1I-IAG EN---IHHEDIATE ________ ____ __ however that there should be no publicit y now or l ater since any kind of leak mm could be highly dc 1uJaging to our two countri es Inasmuch as the Prinis Ministe r did not registe r objectic n to t ie po3sibi lity of storage and did not request that ha be informed prior to actual introduc tion of nuclear weapons '----- --__ _ 3 3 t_l ' 2 C-1 1r records also indicate t h t the question o f nuclear weapons o-pera ti' ons from Thule as discusse d early in 1964 by Under Secreta ry for Greenlan d Brun and Ambassador Blair in rel Z tion to a n acciden t in the state ef Ymryl nd involvin g a U S bomber c rrying nuclear weapons This discussi on frankly addresse d the possi- 11 rn Xi bility hat a similar acciden t cou ld a rise as a xesult of operatio ns r n involvin g nuclear weapons at or near Thule laich would raise difficu l t question s in the Folketin • Ambassador Bl air suggeste d that if such an unfortu nate inciden t eve • occurred the Danish Gova nment could state that u s act i vities in G eenlan d had as their sole object tha dafonse inte -ests of the Frae ·world and that e1ey h ad baan worked out in full coopera tion with Danish defense forces and t h e Danish Gvver nt ncler t er ns and conditio ns oi the 1951 D iense Agreeme nt accordan ce with ove -al l Dauish policie s and•in Under Secretar y Brun made no objectio n to this proposa l and pursued the matta no further 3 In connect ion with overflig hts of G -eenland · the effectiv e operatio n of the strategi c· deterren t has also requir d that such flights involvin g nuclear weapons be cerried en from time to timP in accordan ce with Article V 3 of the 1951 Defense Agraemant ·· --nor are there no - any overllig hts of g Green an d by u s a strateg ic ' _ _ _ _ _ _ _' COPY LBJ LIBRARY