Department of State 73 TELEGRAM 60 70'3 PAGE 01 §TATE E chnt 83 ORIGIN T ZED ec M n 0 0 -J fo I -- - - Date J- iz-' ' ss 30 INFO MM 01 031 R DRAFTED BX• EURsSCAN• M KILLOP APPROVED BYs EUR1 STOESSEL G PM1 TRl PE SUB Ua EAGLEB RGER S S1 BROWN E RI LEDDY P 0303092 FEB 68 FM SECSTATE WASHDC TO AMEMBASSY COPENHAGEN PRIORITY 0303 - 0 P 5 EC RE T STATE 109698 EXDIS PE SONAL FOR AMBjSSAOOR REF I S 9J1 STATE i06092 GR ENLAND NUCLEAR PROBLEM AND FAR EAST SITUATION OL MEMCON IS UNCLEARED FYI AND SUBJECT TO REVISION UPON REVIEWo f• AT DAN ISH AMB RONNE'S REQUEST UNDER SEC KATZENBACH RECEIVED HI AFTERNOON OF FEB 2 - RONNE EXPLAINED HIS NEW FOR lGN MINISTER POUL HART ING HAD ASKED HIM TO RETURN TJ COPENHAGEN FOR CONSULTA PAGE 2 RUEHC 109698 i' C S E C --E I_ COPY LBJ LIBRARY Department of State - OP SECRET PAGE 02 TATE i09698 - TION ON THULE NUCLEAR PROBLEM• AT THIS ST - ne SAID HE WI HED TO BE IN OSITION TO GIVE NEW GOD TH A t ASSURANCE WE GAVE OUTGO I NG KRAG GOVERNMENT TO WIT 1 TH'E' DA-NI'SH GOVERNMENT CONFIRMS THAT THERE ARE NO REPEAT NO NUCLEAR lElPONS STORED IN GREENLAND AND NO REPEAT NO OVERFLIGHTS OF G EENLAND CARRYING NUGLEAR WEAPONS 11 o HE SAID HE WOULD ALSJ LJ E BE ABLE s ATE T f i wE wo u o No T c HANG E r H I_ _§J r u Ar i J N wI Hau r F I Rs r - _ CO SUlTINQ GOD THIS CONFIRMATIOr r -u g _oE FOR GOD 0 S CONfIDENTIAL ' INFORMAT ONQ H E R ALIZED OF COURSE i J T iJSG COULD NOT SSOCIATE • ITSELF WITH ANY PUBLIC STATEMENT SUCH A '$· THAT ISSUED BY KRAG GOVERNMENT BUT A PRESENT HE DID NOT SEE NEW GOD UNDER PRESSURE TO SAY ANYTHING MORE THAN TriAT i IF ANYTHING AT ALL AFTER HIS t · _ CONSULT AT't'ONS i N COPENHAGEN - HE THOUGHT OUR TWO GOVERNMENTS COULD ' -' · EXPLORE iN RELAXED wAY PROBL E Le F MORE FORMAL ASSURANCES RE NUGL EAR Q EST I QN EITHER - t ONTtX T OF G E£NLAND DEFENSE AGREEMENT - · • OR IN DIP OMATIC EXCHANGE • · -' _ At TO it r TO -• PAQE t t ' -6 1 RU H P S E C R ' E I - HE ALSO SAID IT WAl PIF ICULT FOR HIM TO CONCEIVE IRCUMSTANCES WHERE WE WOULD DEP T FROM THIS ASSURANCE WITHOUT' CONSUL TIN GQg UNLESS CIRCUMSTANCES WERE SO EXTREM _REASONS FOR OEPARTuRE WOLJ I D 8 READI Y A PARENT HE ADDED THAT IF GOD lNTENDED _TO MAKE A ' USLIC STATEMENT WE WOULD LIKE TO BE CONSlJL 'l'ED IN ADVAN« i t ¾ J OUGH WE WOULD NOT BE IDENTIFIED w TH ITQ MB REPLIEDt t iiJi'iflTE UNDERSTOOD A D INDICAT D SATISF 1ACTION WITH UNDER SEC' l ARY 's REPL y 3• i- - ' t · _ · ' - -_ ' ·_ _· - ' _ t T J · • • ' - - CONVERSATION TOUCHED BRIEFLY ON SITUATION IN KOREA A D - UNDER SEC CONFIRMED WE WILLING TO HAVE DIRECT' TALKS VIETNAM• WifH NORtH KOREA $ AT NMUNJOM TO REACH DESlRED DI LOM T1C HE fHOUGHT DESPITE OUTBURST OF GUERRILLA i D • · TERROR I ST - V I OLE NC E I N V I ET NAM I S I T UAT I ON THE RE r E MA I NS M I L1 T AR I LY · MANAGEABLE AND S OULD Ncif BE TAKEN UNDULY SERIOUSL AS fo ' i WHET HER TH IS DEVEL OP MEN T WOULD LE AD TO F' UH THE R t S C ALA Ti ON -- •· ' UN iER SEC - REPLIED IT TA ES TWO TO ESCALAH AND IF NORTH SEfTLEMENt i5 • - NOT TO BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT THE AUTHORIZATION COPY LBJ LIBRARY OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETAR Y Department of State TOP SEC ET PAGE 03 109698 VIETNAMES _CONTINUED BUILD UP OF VIETNAM IT WAS THEIR ESCALATION RUSI PAGE 4t Ru Hc 109698 c R E i NOT TO BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT THE AUTHORIZATION COPY LBJ LIBRARY