REPRODUCED ATTHE NATIONAL ARCHIVES - - OUTGOING TELEGRAM INOICATE 0 0 Department of State I i96·1J 'L 27 Pi i 6 4 COUlCT cttAIIGI TO SECRET I 383 I Classification jlaxm ACTION Amembass1 ROME PRIORIT ' Wo 7 PARIS FOR USRO STOESSEL AND MCGUIRE ROME ALSO INFO FOR ROOD Embtel 243 rptd Paris 28 From Paris J45 rptd Rome 18 Embassy should approach Italians on matter of GOI voice in use of atomic weapons in accordance with guidance contained Department's A-13 as supple- mented by following l Avoid specific argumentation contained A-13 para 1 1 beg inning with QUOTE These procedures•••UNQUOTE and running to end of paragraph 2 We continue to have serious concerns over possible implicatione of adding my language to stockpile agreement itself which injects bilateral US-GOI understanding on employment of weapons Such modification is without precedent in other agreements and could lead to requests for similar most favored nation treatment if it became known to other NATO countries RM R GL _ a1__ y _______ _ t _________ c- t - of bilateral understandings to this or other stockpile agreements could -- easily lead to requests for sical operational control procedures to make such understandings effective which could have adverse effects on ability of NATO forces to respond in emergency 0 •lt•d by Addition mR RA RJAlbr pt jn 7 27 61 We believ ortant to limit procedures on T•l-o • phic tfa1umiuiori • n6 denfflcetic ft OPPIO•ocl 1 y RA r r c _J - - Pender drllft WE - Mr Frank draft ·s Fj·VR · i IA n _ _ _ SF CRE - T ----_ _ _ __ _ REPRODUCTION FROM THIS COPY IS PROHIBITED UNLESS UNCLASSIFIED REPRODUCE AT THE NATIONAL ARCHl'IIES Page 2 SECRET Classiflcatlon jceduree n weapons e pioyment mentioned in stockpile agreements to NATO procedures 7 If in course of dis ussion it appears useful to reassure Italians on NATO procedures Embassy may for purpa es of clarification suggest modifying end para 4 of agreement to read QUOTE•••• they will be employed in accordance with procedures established by SACEUR which will be in accord with approved NATO plans and policies UNQUO' E This would reflect our argument that GOI has real voice in use of weapons through NATO procedures but would avoid undesirable effects of inj•cting bilateral understanding' into a stockpile agreement for first time 3 Embassy should avoid proposing that text of paragraph 8 in IRBM memorandum or similar language be added to stockpile agreement If Italians propose this Embusy should attempt to dissuade them for reasons in para 2 above If ltaliane propose IRBM formula be contained in understanding separate from stockpile agreement Embassy should state that this is a matter on which the Embassy is not able to comment and would require Washington consideration CE _J Classification I NATIONAL SECURITY ARCHIVE 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 The U S Nuclear Presence in Western Europe 1954-1962 Part II 2020-09-17