unLLA lt lED I Authority in as 7 Flt-72 TOP SECRET June 1960 2 Re second question concerning atomic weapons you may assure Foreign Minister no atomic weapons stored at Keflavik and none Cara do ried throu KeflaVik in transit Gy e In our View it is not desirableWioluntler assurances to Government that we would seek its prior agreement to storage or trans sit of nuclear weapons Before we buld authorize you to give such assurances matter would have to be very carefully studied here Therefore we hepe you could avoid subject If Foreign Minister should press you and ask whether US would seek prior agreement Icelandic Government you mayEit 3that since such weapons have not been stored Iceland the question of consultation about future storage has not arisen The Foreign Minister's inquiry is therefore a hypothetical one and if he requires an answer you would have to seek instructions iyvfyi has wartime requirement for nuclear storage at Keflavik 5 2 we understand that appropriatetecilities are now being constructed Wide there by Navy However under present plans weapons would not be introduced except in wartime End FYI Request you impress on Foreign Minister delicacy of this entire subject and note to him that it is us policy neither to con rm nor one Wow deny publicly location of nuclear weapons gfu ez wweeflcelandiz Government would be willing ta followr a similar policy public inquiries are made about storage in or transit through Iceland of nuclear weapons mm w we to are- semw We ego fwweeow e ve W ems - wam or no