REPROOUCEO AT THE NATIONAi ARCICVES o o f t - ' J J ao 'los l - 1o i -y l' lSh O p Th N - 3 ot Jc Cupies eu -- --- -- V 1 _ o S1 irE Lifil T DBCI ASSIFICATION REVlBW 0 E - cmpted EO 12958 7 Slo ----u Ded iaaify af'tcr _ --- l1 Dech111ify only with CX OCUl'TClnO 01 -- uaify O allllfy 1n JPS by f 1 4 G ' q OatC' 1 '7 lrO Otl1e - Agency Adlnng o- - - - - - 0 t 11n filf SEP 2 2 1960 1' 1 S 1 -i'PJ Britiah atm o awokpile l 8qui nlltn'8 u ym u - reoall haft hereteton bH D budled cm an g hoc 'bull acaetSaee intergovam- MDtal 1JPY and Cllll8t iaa1 between _l'Nl eCRi llllitar J aemou 'lhere i a tor the lntvgovoft1181ltal agretJJll8Jn cl Jftl J ag tbe lJDitad l lngdca Corporal forces 1n G l'IIIUQ and there 18 the interaem ce agree- oDIIPlo ment covering the Br Ueb Canberra Ullita In Yin of nn requinmienta tor Britiah forou it eetlNd tillaq to Mgoti '9 with the United u w have done with otbar KATO ' --- mMbva a general 1ntergo'981 11118ntal agreeaent aettiag forth the basic prinaipl ea gova rning all NATO nockpil in vtd cb the Briuah have an '3 interut SaViltg one comprebensin stockpile agre1mnt with the Britio h would be order and compatible with our praatioe with other HA'l'O allies 111 illportaut taokr 111 negotiating these ld th o ber govern- lingdo 1118Dta bas bean our usunnce that all tha agreements are n rtuaJ l7 identiaal With Deteue CODCOITeJICe ve baft opened aeptiatiaa for auob 1111 agreGllaD with the lritiah They- DGIJ wiah w be sure that tbe agn nt would be broad euov gh to cover all tcraeeable requiraaant a 1'- In tbat OODDeotifJII I undaratam SACLAJIT baft requireaenta tor molNr support ot Britiah Jaaritille patrol aircntt and tar 1tocn o t nuclear weapons on British naftl ftleel a It so we would want the baaic agreeaen to embrace noh aituatioms Before t ak1ng such stepa hwevar ve voald like to know the son ot actual auatoclial arrangemento 70'1 envisage m auoh aituatiou The baaio agra ut o ooune aoald aa eleelflwre be supplemented by detailed arrangemente befnretm the respeoti ve aemoee coftri Dg the teomaical aapecta ot the various etockpilooo AD7 nah existing arruge11 Dta voulA not tram OUl' atandpc d Dt need to be mod1f1ed it tbq a re consistent f' - T h o 1 5 '_-' tr-- ' - o I t J J ' I c -- ' - - --- Cat ________ _ 6 _ - 451 51 2 - uK f J _ If I RfPROOUCEO AT THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES Wto 11 o't S -6 d Nfl t luotpnV _I a'n IISSV'l 3 0 SCPST oanad atent vith the principles aet forth in the propoeed basic agreanent At this point va are not aure that nah 1a the cue in all inatancea linoo we haft not had an opportunit7 to review the independant interaer'fiee Arr D841111D'tll such u that conring ba Oanberru that have beu onucl nde4 I beliew ve ahoald ren ev thm before proceeding f'1rther with the Brit lah and uoo rd1ngq-1 I would appreciate it it you wauld awnd o copieo of the Canberra ad BJ' other such inter-service UTanplMIDU oontJ uded 111 the British forces toge her wit h deaoriptiou of the OWl'iodiaJ arrangam ato l1GII' in e tfec e Sinoerely Y'Oll1'8 S S-RO t J 'iSou A true copy of signed orrguraf EIJR RA 11tr L SFPi r bpw 9 15 60 IJJ Clearances EUR - Mr Kohler L - Mr S il - Mr Coury Heg ---'A RA - Mr Fessenden A Bm - Mr Rewinkei utiJ SJiSSI r 'o 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