smas'r This DEPARTMENT OF STATE 6 6 0 ASSISTANT SECRETARY AUG 1 4 1961 T0 The Under Secretary THROUGH s s FROM NFL - Armin H Meyer Control Mechanisms for IBM's in Turkey In your absence Secretary McNamara Tab B responded to your letter of July 22 Tab 0 expressing your concern that a program be formulated to ensure that the Turks could not make effective use of IRm's without our cooperation during the life of the weapons Mr McNamara cited the conclusion of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and of his Assistant Secretary for Atomic mergy that the best feasible methods of control were being implemented and reported that a committee had been created to study how these methods could be improved as technical advance is accomplished There is attached a draft acknowledgment for your signature expressing your gratification at the information imparted by Mr McNamara and your hope to be informed from time to time as further progress is made Tab 11 Recomendation That you sign the letter Attachments Tab A - Suggested reply Tab - Letter from Secretary McNamara Tab 0 - Letter to Under Secretary of 1301 0389 8 11 6 SECRET DEPARTM ENT OF STATE WASHINGTON Dear Bob I very much appreciate your letter of July 29 relative to control mechanisms desiged to preclude unilateral firing of the 3134's by the Turks I am glad to know that the Joint Chiefs of Staff and your Assistant Secretary for Atomic Energy have concluded that current measures are as satisfactory as possible under existing technical capabilities I am also relieved that a compe- tent group is engaged in a study of how these measures may be improved in the light of technical advances I would be pleased from time to time in the future to be informed of such progress as the group under Dr Stern is able to make With wannest regards Sincerely Under Secretary The Honorable Se Hem Secretary of Defense SHEET 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