DECLASSIFIED E O 12958 Sec 3 5 -J NL Jo 1- g NSC Memo 1 30 95 StateDept Guidelines By i NARA Date t S✓ Ul --o--J' 8'-2-0 I Moaclay May 27 1968 SiiiffTT MR PRESIDENT Attached for your appro al ta a draft note amendtq the 1951 U S Daatah Defeiue A1reemeat Secretary Rusk ha■ appr ed the note euject to yoar concurreace SlDce the B 52 craah bl Gree■land the D Jte ■ baYe been prea ■ iDI to am ad the A1r••meat Tiley haye aoqht an ab ■ elute prehtbt or the atora1• of maclear weapoa■ iD tion on maclear nernt1hta Gre•alaad The 1951 a1reement doe ■ nat contaill ■ach a prehibttlon u■ The Dan•• J aave now a1reed to an ezchaqe ef DOtes ameadln1 the malda1 nuclear cwerfilsht• Ad ■tora1e of nuclear 1951 a1reement weapcms In GreenlaM ■abject to joi■ t decision by the U S and Danish Gcwenameata Furthermore Job Leddy told the Dane ■ erally that there may be a need for U S auclear overfil1ht■ UDCler condition■ of a 1raYe Dd of the sudden threat that did DOt allow time t• obtain the a1reemeat Danish O er11me11t The Dam sh Foreip Office ha• taken formal note of this statement TIie Dane ■ baYe the ri1ht to req11est re1tpellin1 the 1951 agreement at aay time By a1reeua1 to thl ■ ameJMlmeat We will have the rt1ht to overRy or store Dllclear weapons iD Greeala■d ••bJect to Dalli ■h apprcwal ldilaterally ha caae of emergency and We will avoid a full scale reae1ettatton of the 1951 a1reemeat which cOYer ■ our air ba ■ e and radar inatallatiODa ha Greealand Paul Wanalte at Defense I concur in Secretary and the JCS haYe cleared Ru ■ lt' • recommendation W W Rostow rsssa the amendment DECLASSIFIED E O 12958 Sec 3 5 Nl J Of- j Staie Dept Ouidelin f-OP PROPOSEDU S NOTEBy eFJS NARA Datej' O Excellency I have the Jionor to refer to the recent our two Governments regarding made on February supplement 26 1968 that in Greenland nuclear weapons As a result of these pose the following of U S nuclear of Greenland by U S aircraft Government assures the in the exercise in accordance of its·rights and duties provisions of the agreement concerning the defen·se of Greenland it will nuclear the consent If the foregoing constitute carrying not or overfly nuclear weapons of the Government of Denmark proposal I have the honor to propose shall with the of Apr it 27 1951 weapons in Greenland Gpeenland with aircraft without weapons Agreement Government of Denmark that store to I have the honor to pro- discussions The United States ·effect of your Government 27 1951 on the Defense of to the storage and the overflight between the U and Denmark agree the Agreement of April Greenland with respect carrying the request discussions that is acceptable this an agreement 9MSPI» to your Government note and your reply to that between our two Governments §i Pilil 1 - 2 - effective -integral on the date of your reply part Accept which shall of the Agreement of April Excellency rui 27 1951 the renewed assurances consideration _L EUR ERBerlack EUR SCAN EKlebenov mbw form an of my highest