-J ----- o - 30 1 t com 1r t i oi o 8 a se1oit 1 i - -1 au 1h i a l 10 ooP 1e ber o C o -- t o Downgraded To EO ll6r i sr cr R Cj8 '19 5 9 1 t XGDS P l2 4 AuLLcri cd Ly - D L'll 't t r Au u t 4- 1S'7G f _j HHIIOkAIDVH POB 1'JIB PRBSIDBl1' 8ubJeot1 _ _ _ - RM R rllE f i I -------J J 1 If 0 1- j Bilateral Aa re nta Under the Atomio Energ7 Act In Implementation or the NATO Atomio Stookpile Concept l '7 p' - o -- r e o I encloao o 1ummaey ot the pre1ont atatua or our NA1 atockp11e nagotlat1ona 1n eo far aa our present planning tor ato mio oooperatlon agreements w1tb uel'Rlany Greece the Hetherlan4a and 1 utkey ia concerned ihe timing with reapeot to th o- atomlo cooperation agreements 1o a aatter ot put1ou1ar concern to ue oi 0 o 0 0 _ - J S CHRISTIAN A HERTER - Aatlng Seo etal'J I L' 1 o l _S S o RO lnoloftl'ea oo-nt1 Atom1o Bnooo Aot in B1lateoal _ r o' ___I Un4oo tu o - Imploono tat1oa ot the IA1 Atom1o Stookp1le Co11oepl EUR RA MJTibbetta adm - 4111 9 -r 1 c ro '-m s1dal l11 t r -- ---- o -- -- --_ f J 1 r C ' o ' _ V 111 lf-J1 ffit B1lateoal Agnaenta Un4oo lbo Atomic Energy Aot 1n Impleaen atlon ot tu IA'J 'O Atomic BtooJq 11o Couep I tou 11111 oooall that the oooonee or the NATO Atomic stookp11o oonoept 1a the pi-oolalon or atomic capabilltf ror KA'l'O toreoo with United Statea cuatody and control ot the warhead oo required bJ law To implement thia concept tv c t Jpe1 ot agreemento aro required between the United Statea and the oountl' ' tor the toroe o ot wbioh weapons f ll'e being auppl1e41 a n o tookpile agreement which covero euoh itemooo introduction ot United tatea custodial and traino ing personnel lo 1at1c aupport coating control nnd use arraniawent o J b a bilateral goverruuentotoogoverrunent agreement under the Atomic Energy Act 'l'bie latter type ot agreement provideo tor the tranBaliaaion or Restricted Data ancl equlp ment neoeasary tor the training of the host country torcea and 11 an eosential part o the etockpile ar angem nt since tbe atomic o pab111ty oC the b oat country toroea can not be achieved without an agreement ot th o nature Uter yolU' approval ot the text has been aecu red agreemento tor atom1o cooperation or thia sort must lie before Congreooo in 1e1a1on aixty daya betore l ecoining ettective A prerequ1 o 1te ot euch an agrooment 1a a aatiao taotoey aecur1tJ 1'1nd1ng with re o pect to tho hoet countey tac111t1ooo security eUl Veya by the interested United states ageno1oo have been ude ot GermanJ turkey the hetherlanda and Greece witb 1nd1oat1ono that 1n each 1netanoe the tac111o tie o or the hoet oountrr will meet the required atandard With Gel'llluq and Tui-koJ we have signed atockpile agreemento to remain claaa1t1ed to provide for the availability 1t need boo ot weapono tor their toroea the Netherlands and GNece approved 1n principle negotiating such ai-rangeo menta with ua and we hope to reach earlJ agreement with them 'J 'heretoiee 1n v1ev ot the 11ke11hood ot tbe ooo'11'1tJ requiremento being met we are negot1at1ne atomic cooperoo t1on agreement o v1th Tu rkeJ the Netberlan'da and Groooo with a to eu-11 conolu1 lon 'l'he agreer11ento theuelYea are largelJ teobnical and we do not conaicter them to be oontrovera1al haoo o1oo Ooo DJo Onoo 'f P 81GBPEJ_f$i t ' 1 ' t _ ' --- - -oo oo - o---- I I I C BlQ Mf't L l i o2- theoo Onoo eomp1ete4 agN ata haYe been aent to the Joint Oommlttoo on A'tomio Imooo t o lie before oongreae too tb e Nqv 1Jte4 alxt1 dqa the7 will ln all 11kel1boo4 b e - publlo knowledge u o oon u they are aubm1 tted or abor'17 tben tte11 Dlereton we are anxioua to complete 1iAe _a-ta to uoaaae tor tb eb o ut mlaa1on to Oongnaa aa IOOD u poaa1ble la order that tho publio attention atvaoted to tl lem m J au a14e4 before the opening ot tu Poreip Him atoooo Meeting oa Ma7 11 We would hope alao toodtvert publ1o attention h-om the agreement with Gel'IUID1' b7 bavi I tbe tlrat announcement ot these agreeo menta come in the tor moto generali ed otatement covering o nWllber ot countr1eo aade by a high NA1 tigure perhapa Secret 17o0eneral paak or Ueneral Noratud concerning tnia futher evidence ot progi-eaa 1n the J mplementat1on ot the Deoember 1957 lleacla ot GoYernment deo1a1on baoo _ r - - EUR BA MJj b ts I adm 4111s9 o a cfyf - looooooo ' '' - ---o- -' o r o l r1 ' 1 ' f I f ' o o o ' 'l_tv' Sft-9-Jt fr'k 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
OCR of the Document
View the Document >>