oreign S rvice of t e United Stat s of Ameri INCOMING AMERI CAN El-iBASSY RO lE P RI OR I T Y foV FRO ACTION r 37 INFO RU ACTION E cRt T Cl1111l l c•llo This document consists ot 3 Pf Nu ber otl6cop1es Series A Control 994 Recd JAN 2S 1963 CTIO i fN 'T rc TATE iA HINGTON to the • cords Unit R tnrn ROM£ PRITY J4l6 JAN 281 8PM Action Taken A -ra ACTION PARICi PRITY TOPOL 1017 ROME PRITY l4l6 ANKARA AD IN CINCLANT POLAD UNN ATTS MAAG POL-2 POLTO g7 ENT ROME POLTO 70 ANKARA POLTO 24 DCM EC USIS YOU 'HOl'LD COORDINATE WITH ITALIAN AND TURKISH coi11'Acur POLIT y'1fr'r - _-l l _ J LSN-2 MAKING STATENENT ALONG FOLLOWING LINE- JOINTLY wITH I AND TURJ ' IF FEASIBLE a 16 •Wt HAD HOPED BE IN POSITION CONSULT NAC AT JANUARY 23 MEETING ON UBJECT OF STATIONING POLARIS SUBMARINES IN MEDITERRANEAN A COUNCIL A ARt WE HAVE BEEN GIVING CONTINUING ERIOU CON IDrRATION TO CUESTION OF STRENGTHENING NUCLEAR DETERRENT CAPABILITY AVAILABLE TO NATO I N MEDITERRANEAN AREA A$ POLARIS MRBl'J vsTEM REACHED FULL PRODUCTION WE HAVE TAKEN HARD LOOK AT LICUID-FUELED JUPITER MI ILE5 NOW DEPLOYED ITALY AND TURKEY CONCLU ION WAS THAT JUPITERS RAPIDLY BECOMING OB OLETE AND HAVE BEEN OVtRTAKtN BY ADVANCES IN EAPON TECHNOLOGY THEY R£PRE ENT FURTHER DISADVANTAGE TO NATO $ CURITY IN THAT THEY FORM FI £D VULNRABLE TARGETS OLID-FUELED POLARIS Ml ILE Y PLACED IN SUBl'iARINES OULD BE MUCH LESS VULNERABLE THAN JUPITER POLAR cy TEM THUS HAS MUCH GEATER EFFECTIVENE S DEPLOYED IN r tDITERRANEAt- POLARIS WOULD NORE THAN MATCH THE NATO YiIL TARY REOUIREMENT ALONG ALLIANCE' $0UTHERN FLANK NOW COVERED BY J UPI T£R • ECRET ClassiJ atior DECLASSIFIED Authority i' NO q 9 2 O I N DECLASSIFIED Authority l f Jfl 'l J C R E T PAGE TWO CONTROL 994 ENTillE UESTION HAS BEEN UNDER DISCUS ION WITH ITAUAN AND TURK H GOVERNMINTC l ITH INTENTION THAT Ir EXCHANGE or POLARIS FOR JUPITERS ACCEPTABLE TO ITALY AND TURKEY WE WOULD JOINTLY PR NT PROPOSAL TO NAC AND MILITARY COMHJTEE FOR NATO ENDOT D1ENT AS or JANUARY 23 PRELIMINARY TALKS' vim ITALY AND nYRK Y HAD NOT REACHED POINT WHERE DISClf SJON IN NAC WAS FEASCBLE DESPITE PRECAtrrION PRESS AND PUBLIC SPCULATIOH DID OCC J l AND IT BECAME NECE SARY FOR GOVERNMENTS COa CERNED TO CONFIRM THAT TALKS mDERWAY AND THU PLACE SUBJECT IN PROPER CONTr T HOW 'TER IT 1c IMPORTANT FOR COUNCIL TO REALIZE THAT FORMAL CCIJSULTATIO NOT POSSIBLE UNTIL PRELIMINARY DISCUSSION BY THRZ COUNTRIES PRIMARILY AFFECTED HAS REACHED P0INT WHERE CON ETE PROPOSAL CAN BE PLACED BtFORE COUNCIL WE EXPECT SHORTLY TO M KE SUCH PROPO L IN WRITING TO COUNCIL AND MILITARY C Xti TTEE THI MOVE IS ANOTHER STRONG INDICCATION or us INTENTION TO INC H A E NATO' NUCLAR STRENGTH• GIVES CONTINUING ATTENTION TO £CE SITY TO MODERNIZE EAPONS SYSTEM S AVAILABLE TO THE ALLI NCE AND TO STRENGTHEN NATO DETERRENT ANY RUMORS TO THE ONTRARY ARE PATENTLY FALSEJ INFERENCE THAT US INTENDS TO WITHDRAW TACTICAL NUCLEAR 11 APON FROM EUROPE IS wrnrour FOUNDATION ACTUALLY NUMBER OF TACTICAL WEAPONS TATtONtD IN EtmOPE I INCREASING OUR INTENTION I TO IN URE THAT NATO'S NUCLEAR POSTURE IS NOT ONLY MAINTAINED BUT STRENGTHENED BY l DITION OF MOST MODERN AND LtAcT VULNERABLE WEAPONS r w FYI N CONVERSATION 1TH EC GEN rou SHOULDSTRtSS POINT THAT THI COULD NOT BE UNILATERAL MOVE BY US AND CON ErUENTLY CON JLTATION WITH NAC PRIOR TO Rt C ING BA IC UNDERSTANDING ti- IT ITALY AND Tl'RKEY WOULD HAVE BE'£N UNTIMELY AND INAPPROPRIATE END i Yl • S E CRt T DECLASSIFIEIJ Authority lJ fv-0 9 I Q_ l SECRET PAGE THREE CONTROL S4 AMBA ADOR RtINHARDT AND HARE ARE REC TtD TO CONFIRM TO AtlB JINLETTER DEPART 1ENTS ASSUMPTION INDICATED IN AOVE TEXT THAT GOI AND GOT WOULD BE WILLING IN NEAR FtrrURE MAKE JOINT PRESENTAnON TO NAC or WRITTEN PROPOSALS WOULD HOPE ITALIAN AND TURKISH PIRMREPS COULD BE APPROPRIAmY INSTRUCTED PRIOR JAN 30 l'IEETING IF A3 UMPTION NOT CORRECT FIR T SEtlTENCE or ECOND PARACRAPH PROPC ID TEXT ABOVE HOULD BE REVI St D TO READ ••••••WITH INTENTION THAT IF DISCUSSIONS DISCLOSE POLA JS-JUPITER EXCHANGE ACCEPTABLE WE W JLD FURTHER SUGGEST TO ITALY l ND TURKEY THAT WE MAKE JOINT PRE t TATION TO NAC AND MIL CTEE FOR NATO ENDORSEMENT • LA T ENTENCE AME PARAGRAPH SHOULD THEN BE REVISED TO READ •IF ITAt·r AND TURKEY AGREE WE OULD HOPE SHORTLY TO MAK£ WRITTEN PROPIHAL TO COUNCIL AND MIL crrr E CR E T