Thio tlnr man l r inoit15 Of i REPROOUC O AT TIil NMIONAL ARCHIVES uv _ ___ ' 13 JI --'-- '-- 4 o r 1g s 'VI Cvj e Series ---- A- - - - - ---- -- E t I o 'o - o I jo o o IJ o r I U REGISTERED o l H 'August 2 4 l 96C SECRET I 'l J_o Dear Mr cha iman 1 'I o Thia lotter vill inform tho CcrJl littae do'1'8lopcnntu vhiah h vc taken place oinco my lotter o January 27 concernillg i'urthor impleJlt2Jltntion or tho plan for n HATO otockpile of Unitcd Statco atanic llenpon 3 under uhich the ucapon s Yould bo readil v o vallo ble to tho Alli onco 1n caGc of noed o nd GBPor cooporo tion uith other countries under Sectiono 9lc and J l hb o tho Ata dc Imorgy Act cf 1954 as amended 01 0 I-'- C Sho attar I wroto my- letter Jam1Rry' 27 ngreon ents ltore sigued with BelgiUl I end the l l'etoorl ando to astabllah atockpileo in those countriao 11egotie t1 ons tor an agreement with ltoly are con- i timl1ns The atookpile agreement in th Frtuleo for atarl c support cf French forces atatioood 1n Oerma IJY committed to NATO brul near been concluded Only one rclativefy i dnor point 0 dli erenco between the French nnd ou rncl-w G r emains to be cl ari iedo An agreement Vall cono 0 eluded 1n April tdth Belgium to provido etan1c 13upport tor ita NATO camnitted torcoa i n and negotiations are currently in progress nth the Netharlnode to provide s1m t J sr support rar its NATO committed torce o thore Ragotiation of au agreamont id th th3 United Kingdm 11hercby BtcmiC aupport l d gbt - provided to all United Kingdo u NATO forces 1n Oerm lllY roqn tring it ll 9 l clJ as those stationed in otbor NATO countrioa ha o beai otartcd - This agreement would al so l ey tbo b uiis tor aubeequent agroon enta to provide atolllio support tor t he NATO c ittcd arces or othar NATO coantriaa i tationod 1n the Unit Kingdom i 0 j A J I have noted to yo- 1 o n proviOWJ occa 1iOIU1 cu l t he above-mentioned agreements which ru -o llecret explicitly prQvide that the custody cf soy etcck o of o to llic lleapons provided by t bs Unit ed States mil be t he rospons ibility o tho United Statos and that United States peroonnel will ba assigned 1n th3 respective countrica tor that purpose In addition t o the abovo- nentioned egr eoment we have under coneide tiOll nogotia tion of an agreement m th Portugal for the establisb nont of a tl TO Toa llonorable ' lbal 8 B E Morgan 9 Chairlr m liouso Foreign A ' aira coimn t ttee Co eso of the United States - SECiH T CU SS f EO R f - DEC' N ty D lr--f J5-W o ' ' o o 1 o 1 '- 1 Jd 1 l J o j AuihC i y __ I R EPROOUCl O AT THG' N a TtOUA L MC OV S ' 2- _ ' r _ rr _ 1J f ' l 1 f __ __ _ oo o o o o o SECRET -2- o r n llATO otcckp l lo 1n truit eou nt q General Uorstnd in hi a cnpa city M Supremo Al lied CCl IJ aoder iropa in He rob requ isted tho ngrooment in principle o r tho Portuguese Oovorm ant to such a ctockpile General lforotad io mro itint tho Po -tuguoae Govorn nonto o roply to thi o api roa ili Je arc aiting the Canadian Oovera ient 1 o roact1on to tho mil itacy di cew oiona noted in our proviouo lotter ooncsrnillg a posi ible ngreellloot for the atorago o United States ato nic wenponD in aupport of Canad 13 n oroes a so ed to SACmR SACL UlT c nd NORAD Wo understnnd thllt the mo ttor is still th3 subject o diocuusian tdthin the C dian GoVtlI'll Mot A rl agreement vi th Itnly for cooperation under Sectionn 910 and lh4b or tho Atomic Energy Aot o 1954 o s llll' ended uns initi lll lad in liOl l on August l O The text oon orm s to tho pattorn o e greMcnta w have proviowlly concluded vi th G o t he Hcthorlnnds Oraeco and Turkey nnd dll be 011b d tted to tho CClllg'l'o is in due course In April vo o ercd t o nsgoti o te a indJer eooperntion agreomont uith Frtinco Wo do not anticipnte an y oubntantllll problc ms in r eaching ngrooment llith tho F r lnch onoe tho ngroClOJ1t or the otockpllins o t atomic l7enpono 1n Oonnany far Fronch H TO force has boon oon cludad We a re coosidoring tho dooirabilii' ir of n nw cooperation agrec 4ont vi th llATO llhich llould in e ect updAte tho 0Jd 3ting l P eG n2ot -Wo expect aloo to neaotiato cooperation agrc ts n th BolgiUlU and if a stockpile ngreEURfflent iu negotiated nth Portuealo I Ata iic uimilarl y inforitlng tho Ch airman of the Joint Ca nmittee 0 1 Boera and the Chrdrman or the SElllato Foroign Relations Ooz mitteo ' m i Sincerely yCU1 s William i-co bor Jr Assisto nt Secreta %7 cc AEC I-Ir McCone EUR RA 1 f es RTBu 8 16 6Q1 - RA - S IS-CR AUG QI pw - Mr Fess endeno 1' SECaET ziH o M -rt 4 H - Mr -1 _ l NO'rE For other clearancessee l etter of identical substar tive text to Chairman Anderson JCAE - ' 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