duced from the Unclassified Declassified Holdings of the National Archives D J CLASSUflJ D AuthorityjJN i qS 12dl l· L'''''I L •• I v l ccn' vV s of ---- - p30'es ' • Tl'liS - A OFFICIAL COMMUNICATJONS TO No THE SECRETARY OF STATE WASHINGTON of Copies Series rt - 25 D C DEPARTMENT OF STATE I WASHINGTON OFFICIAL- INFORMAL SECRET Dec ber 11 1959 Daar Mr Ambassador I though t it would be helpful if I answered your recent telegram The Hague t s 789 concerning the de1ay in imp1ementing the Atomic Cooperation Agreement with the Nether1ands by letter since I feel it enab1es me to give you a more complete picture of the prob1em When we received a copy of General Palmer's recent telegram to Mr Irwin which I understand was answered this week we discussed the problem extensive1y with Defense Ivan White has written Mr Irwin to express the Depar-tment s concern We a1so arranged a briefing by the Joint Atomic Information Exchange Group JAIEG this week for interested Department officers on the imp1ementation of these agreements As you may kn JATIEG is a non-po1icy body composed of Defense and AEC representatives to do the necessary paper work on imp1ementing these agreements I enc10se a copy of a memorandurn on this presentation which wi11 provide you with more detai1ed information about the prob1em In brief the de1ay in imp1ementing the Netherlands Agreement is due to au absence of the necessar rstatutory determination that communicating the pertinent Restricted Data to the Dutch wouJ d not endanger the common defense and security JAIEG has prepa red a determination for Germany which has been cleared by Defense and is now awaiting AEC actdon Originally JAIEG intended to wait until the detennination on Germany which was consädered the most urgent had been acted on favorab1y before submitting the determination on the Netherlands and the other two countries invo1ved We 1earned today that JAIEG has speeded up action on the Netherlands determination presumab1y as a result of the various expressions of concern about the delay in imp1ementing the Netherlands agreement I understand that the determination is expected to go to Iefense in a day or 50 and short thereafter to AEC for act äon According to an informal estimate by one of the members of JAIEG the Nether1ands determination should be completed within a The Honorable Philip Young American Ambassador American Embassy The Hague SECRET I Lv v J '- • • P7' h National Arenives ' he Unclassilied I Declassilied Holdings 0 e eed trom I D CLA l l fU D AuthoritytJN U Cf 020''L SECRET -2within a month or less Any delay at this point would pro ably be attributable to the holidays and the difficulty of getting a quorwn of the AEG Gommissioners Gertain administrative arrangements must still be completed with the Netherlands for the transmission of Restricted Data Lack of these houever is not the primary reason for the delay on the Dutch Agreemm t We understand that Seeretary Gates reeently wrot e to the Minister of Defense of the Netherlands urging Dutcll assistance in completing these arrangements I am told that no appreciable diffieulty in working out these ad inistrative arrangements is expe ctad In any event passing Restrieted Data is not dependent upon the completion of elaborate and detailed administrative arrangements aecording to JAIEG You may be sure that we will follow this matter elosely and do everything we ean to urge the ageneies involved to complete the necessary action as promptly as possible I hope the foregoing will be useful to you and that we will be able to send you favorable neus in the near future • Sincerely yours ' J ij · LA fi 4Y- Russell Fessenden Deputy Director Office of European Regional Affairs Enclosure Memorandum SECRET eed from the Unclassified Declassified Holdings of the National Archives D l CLASSUfl1 D AuthoritytJN q s 12u'i L Br l l i 1 bj thitJ rJt' ir tt l l p J lilf t C C J 'rnttc jàg l t V ii it ht tj Llr il 'ifit%4 ti n P 1'·' 1r 'i lt7tt'iiÏt t t_ t lft · l Ocr R·'tk jf ' t1t l r 1r t'tl h tl m m h • n Qf 'tJ' i r o1 'l i t '1 ier fQx W t r 't' b' SJ i J AAj -t'ld l l o l 4U rc t y f - 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Seestate WASIrrNGTON 146 Amembassy ANKARA ssy ATHENS Amembassy BONN A membassy PARIS Ol OI 09 O PARIS FOR USRO THURSTON AND FINN Refs Depts G-3 sent Ankara G-13 Athens m TN and Deptel 104 U S 0 -Dutch 144 B July 27 Bonn 0-18 rptd Paria Agreement brought into force with Bxchange Notes Texts follow - 7 PQL naugh os 1 21 59 7 liJ ---- --'---- ----- - -----'-c - _ ' UNLESS FROM FORM FS-413 3-1-55 UNCLASSlnEO THIS COPV IS NOT ''Singie-addrus messagu to th Department ca be dlverted to pauch apprapriale ta th classificatian of the message without r typing Type a ' Pauch afler th Iddn omlt tbe IIrill number and pouch in envelope marked Far DeIT REPRODUCTION f' AUTHORIZEO 4uced from the Unclassified Declassilied Holdings of the National Archives D CLASSU'J D AuthorityiJN IJ q S-C 2dl ------ ---- --- FOTO-BtZ 182218 U AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE GOVi RNMENT OF TRE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLAl' DS AND TRE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA FOR COOPERATION ON THE USES OF ATOMIC ENERGY FOR MurrUAL DEF 'iSEPURPOSES The GJvernment Government of the United Considering Agreement wit to wnich materials they be prepared Considering that pur uant services advanced by the transfer that risk to the defense Taking 1954 Hav types and security andall or prepared agreed and defense of atomic in require that warfare together in an international substantial defense and security concerning and transfer of either atomic and material will be energy and can be undeltaken country and States Atomic the Dnited applicable with assistance of equipment sUCh exchange into consideration as amended were enacted common to the available and securi ty of information of certain Believing security defense Assistance as may be agreed they are making that their by the exc ange will make they are participating to which Defense or other milita y tue contingencies con tz-Lbu t Lons to their mutual Recognizing a Mutua2 each Government that their mutual to meet and the of America such terms and conaitions Considering arrangement States of tl1e Netherlands that they have concluded pursuant other equipment accordance of the Kingdom statutes these purposes nergy of the Netherlands without Act of which in mind as follows ARTICLE I GENERAL PROVISION While the United States and the Netherlands are participating in an 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 Read related article US Nuclear Weapons in the Netherlands A First Appraisal 2021-01-08