2 II I EYES ONLY l THE SECRETARY OF STATE TD SECRET AllY OF DEFENS E I have h d the piete of pape r whlcb was agreed on thl• mOhUllg retyped for the President• file • with the $lngle correc• Uo u Enclosed ls a carbon for you -I I I I I I I I - - - - - ___ __J - I I I I I January 17 1973 EYES ONLY I MINUTE OF tfNDERST ANDINO The followlns mlnu embodiee the understanding reached by President K nnedy and Pi-lme Mtnbt•r F a ani on Thuraday Januuy 17 1963 l 1 The President and the Prime Mhllater ha' agreed on the tmponance of eatabll1htn1 multilateral NATO nuclUI loNe It la their beUof that Italy ebould pattlclpat• f n tble ton• d thllt la p rueular Italy •hould N 6 memb-•• of the NATO committee which lt l expe ted will lormad tot d•wlopln3 the plane fol' su ch o fc t-ce and fol' managing U• duectloa when eeta bllthed a tu antlelpatlon ot thia multilateral 4efen ae force the Unl1ed States will make available Po-laiob au bmarin•• tnour• moderntaed nu clear def•n•• of the Medlterruean 0£ the alliance Theee Polarte c w madne a will on eta Hon by Aprill •r•a S In the light ot tb••• art1angementa Prime Mlnlster Fanfani wtll propoa• to hia Government U t the pretieut Jupiter m tsaUe baee1 ln Italy be eUmtaat•d by AptU 1 aa•••d • • file Preetdent ln to rn to tu S epla cemat of c»clfrt tns Co J pol'al mh• lle• oy S 1t1eal t mhttUes 5 ltall technt al peteoruiet a ad •ptctaUy t-r-ataed troop• preeently Wol'Jdng at ml••U• baaee tn Italy v4ll ehue la s•ttlq u p new facWttes for Sergeant mbeUe1 6 To the extent that lt SI _pl' ctl eahle lqlt•I' m 1aeilea wUl be ueed fot peac tul apa ce experlaeata wkeNrYttJ' tide ca a 1M moat effectively dOAe c L 1 i t- p _ - • i• • L - ' I 7 2 'c I I I I I I I I I I I January 17 1963 I I I I I I I I The following minute embodies the understanding reached by President Kennedy and Prime Minister Fanfa ni on Thursday January 17 1963 1 The President and the Prime Minister have agreed on the importance o establishing a multilatoral NATO nuclear force It is their belie that Italy should participate in this force and that in particular Italy should be a member of the NATO committee which it is expected will be formed for developing the plans for such a force and for managing its direction when established a In anticipation of this multilateral de£e11se force the United States v 111 make available Polaris submarines to insure modernized nuclear defense of the Mediterranean area of the alliance These Polaris su bmal'ines will be on station by April l u bae64 '9 - Medilefl'9116W' ' E- -t #i 3 In the light of these arrangements Prime Minister Fan ani will propose to his Government that the present Jupiter missile bases in Italy be eliminated by April 1 4 The_President in turn agreed to ths replacement o existing Corporal missiles by Sergeant missiles 5 Italian technical personnel and specially trained troops presently working at missile bases in Italy will share in setting up new facilities for Sergeant missiles 6 To the extent that it is practicable Jupltei- missiles will be used £or peaceful space experiments wherever this can be most effectively done _ u --7 r ____ - t ' -· JY __ r · r er ·r f ✓ y - - J - J ✓- ---- - ---0 '-- _ - - R A - - -- l -- ✓ I I I II I I I