DECLASSIF iD Authoritbe 8 7197-14 I bucmw I INCUMING TELEGRAM Degartment of State mm ELL INTERNATIONAL HI Ilt l1li-J CONFIDENTIAL Qik p g Actio 1958 Control 102146 Io DWI 5' - Redd OCTOBER 16 1958 0mg 18 PM 03 NEW YORK NE 5 9' A We FROM SSAG CENTER rig RMR 95 T0 Secretary Of State uE g- ES NO DELGA 198 OCTOBER 16 8 PM 3T3 SP 8 SAE PRIORITY DISARMAMENT IRISH PROPOSAL AF 04 EUR 1 BARCO SAW AIKEN IRELAND TODAY AND URGED HE NOT SUBMIT HIS '0 NBA PROPOSALS ON TRANSFER OF NUCLEAR BARCO ON ARGUMENT ARA CONTAINED GADEL 35 HE EMPHASIZED THAT SUCH PROHIBITION WOULD FE BE OBEYED BY US AND COULD BE IGNORED AT WILL BY USSR HE ALSO EMPHASIZED THAT PROPOSAL WOULD INTRODUCE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT AND I DCL COMPLICATING ELEMENT AT TIME WHEN WE HAD PROSPECT OF REAL PROGRESS AT GENEVA LB 2 AIKEN SAID HE HAD DECIDED TO SUBMIT BOTH AMENDMENTS DELGA 182 AND RES DELGA 168 HE WOULD SAY IN SPEECH hf HE WOULD APPROACH HAD MOSIESUREORT BARCO REPLIED THAT HE HAD BEEN ASKED MOST TO INFORM AIKEN THAT HIS PROPOSAL CREATED SERIOUS DIFFICULTIES FOR US I IT TOUCHED UPON CRUCIAL PROBLEMS OF SECURITY WE DID NOT WANT NUCLEAR WEAPONS TO SPREAD ANY MORE THAN HE DID BUT IN 00 ABSENCE OF CONTROLS AND OTHER TYPES OF DISARMAMENT A PROHIBITION WHICH WE OBSERVED AND THEY COULD EVADE WOULD BE UNACCEPTABLE II AIKEN SAID HE HAD THOUGHT QUESTION OUT AND WAS CONVINCED 3 IT HOULD NOT HARM US WE WOULD NOT GIVE NUCLEAR WEAPONS TO ANYNAY USSR NOT GIVE THEM TO EASTERN WHAT CL WOULD HAVE HAPPENED FOR EXAMPLE IF THEY HAD GIVEN THBA t3 USSR UNDOUBTEDLY WOULD NOT WANT TO GIVE WBAP t TO CHINA EITHER SUCH GA RES AS HIS WOULD GIVE THEM Eicugg TO USE IN RESISTING CHINESE DEMANDS E3 CD 5 REPRODUCTION FROM PERMANENT DENT AL COPY IS PROHIBITED I a RECORD COPY - This copy mqus yin mawwm men UP A10 CONFIDENTIAL -2- DELGA 1989 OCTOBER 169 8 PM FROM YORK DECLASSIFFSD AuthoriWW HE THEN REPEATED HE HAD TO INTRODUCE TEXTS TONIGHT BECAUSE I HE INTENDED TO SPEAK ON THEM TOMORROW AFTERNOONO I 5 BARCO MADE REQUEST FOR DELAY AT SEVERAL POINTS AND AIKEN FINALLY AGREED TO SUBMISSION OF AMENDMENTS UNTIL TOMORROH FRIDAY MOVING AT Io SO THAT WE NOULD CONSULT DEPARTMENT AGAIN HE HAD APPARENTLY ALREADY QHRMITTED 7 OF COURSED HAVE LANGUAGE CONTAINED GADEL 39 IN CONTEXT HIS Two PROPOSALS WE DOUBT WHETHER THIS IS SUFFICIENTLY I STRONG TO MERIT PUTTING TO ESPECIALLY AS RES WILL HAVE BEEN - CIRCULATED BY THEN 8 DEPARTMENT CONSIDERS IRISH PROPOSALS SUFFICIENTLY DANGEROUS FOR US TO MAKE ANOTHER STRONG EFFORT TO AVOID INTRODUCTION AMENDMENTS AND SEEK SUBSTITUTE FOR HIS RES WE SUGGEST wE BE 9 INSTRUCTED SHOW HIM SOMETHING ALONG FOLLONING LINES TOMORROW MORNING AT IO THIS 3c MUCH EFFECT EITHER BUT BE TO TRYO THE IMPORTANCE IT ATTACHES TO THE EARLY ACHIEVEMENT OF A BALANCEQDISARMAMENT AGREEMENT UNDER EWONAL CONIBQL EHICH WOULD INCLUDE A PROHIBITION ON THE SPREAD OF I I AND ASSURE THE FUTURE USE OF FISSIONABLE MATERIALS SOLELY FOR PEACEFUL PURPOSE59 AND THE BEGINNING OF TRANSFER TO PEACEFUL USES OF FISSIONABLE MATERIAL IN EXISTING NUCLEAR POINT HAS CLEARLY BEEN REACHED UNLESS WE CAN GIVE AIKEN SOMETHING SUBSTANTIAL ALONG HIS THERE IS NO FURTHER CHANCE OF DISSUADING HIM FROM PROCEEDING HIS PRESENT PLANS LODG r CONFIDENTIAL This document is from the holdings of The National Security Archive Suite 701 Gelman Library The George Washington University 2130 H Street NW Washington D C 20037 Phone 202 994-7000 Fax 202 994-7005 nsarchiv@gwu edu