i 3 f ï í r 9i t j r l tl t i ' t 'n i n t r ' t t fr i rs i r ' r1 ir i' t t rïI I i ri t r il 'i ' I'i ditrïj li 1rr í t Y a -' 'la fi n nlr im ï ri t lrni Ítt liiÈ # R r f -r t j iiriitr - rrli i Í i' i i ii i -e si i'it 1 't r Jï iïvli ïel i l l Vr t1 1 lr'it i i ii cr l ï rtr 'sïl'Lriitrri l i 1 g $ffi $ffffi i ' ïJ'á il ï lr r i'ir lj-i nl I n i l tJlí-ft-l -Y rïi I Í tn Ï'tlil i n di r i Lï r i i ryrri r i l lt i li'ï ' j tJ 'jiil'lru 'i ji ÀI' 1 ei 'f t' li 'L t i í iï'lïïiii i r'ri ï r ii r rr' l íi i ïi iril i ur i ril iiii tÍVtiï ri r r 1 t i it i i 'i i ii t i 'i il- 'í' r i i i i iu'ilqt lrir t' r i itlX-girfel i riï1 3 4 ÍÍffi $ b$ 'ÍH ili ii l ii Xslir Translation from the Dutch of the main points General Knoop to the Minister 23 June 1975 General Knoop wrote to the minister the following Questions are asked in parliament regarding the modernization of nuclear weapons in the Netherlands Knoop divulged to his minister the following The USAF proposed to the Belgian Italian German and Dutch air forces to replace the generation of US nuclear weapons on their soil including the Netherlands with new types of weapons in the beginning of 1977 The USAF wants to phase out the old weapons because the new generation is safer have lower maintenance costs and a better aerodynamic shape The new weapons do have the same ‘yield range’ compared to those presently ‘stored in The Netherlands’ Accordingly this is not an enlargement of nuclear capabilities but only a modernization in a technical and logistical sense Such a replacement had already taken place twice in the past and is a routine matter 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