SECRET 1·· I November 2 1962 Ty'Jd 1· o EUR - Mr William R l• Froin BNA - Willis C Annstroncwk II I i I refer to Ivan' s telegram number 610 sent you EYES ONLY and received this morning I am very much heartened by this initiative on the part of the Canadians which has for some months been predictable in view of our constant pressure on them in which we have identified failure to act on nuclear weapons as a major obstacle to good relations I believe we should take immediate advantaee of the offer in the following fashion 1 Promptly negotiate an agreement for the Canadian NATO forces in Europe apart from the other aspects of the matter · 2 We should then proceed to discuss the question of nuclear warheads for F-101 1 s and B$l1·1ARC ' s and we should seek agreement on storagEf ' °t t''t5apons at United States bases as the price of our dllingness to allow warheads fqr F - 101 ' s and BO - ARC' s to remain in the United States J We should insist that training of Canadian forces in use of both F 101 weapons and BOHARC' s be comprehensive and effective as an adjunct to any agreement The trai nil g could presumably take place •in the United States I have no idea how the military will r eact to this matter but will need help in takinc advantage of a basically very encouraging initiative the benefit of which could quickly be lost by an intransigent attitude I am sure that they I regard the suggestion about letting Diefenbaker off the hook a possibly the reverse of the situation I think re have an opportunity to get Hr Diefenbaker on the hook bY agreeing for the moment to what is p roposed as indicated above I think other results would follow later I think we should immediately take the matter up with the Defense Department assure secrecy work out a eovernment position and arrange for negotiators to go to Ottawa to help Ivr n In the course of our preparation it should of course be possiole to brine in Ivan and the other people fror i Ott lwa SECP ET EUR Bl- WCArmstrone SillW cc G P ·l - Hr Beyers • 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