ORIGIN ACTION DEPARTMENT OF STATE ARA REP AF EUR FE i- NEA cu E p @ rfi £M -702 _ - • - TO -c 3 1 1 FOR RM USE ONLY UNCLASSIFIED 'I NO HANDLING INDIC DEP'D - • 116 1 10 INFO FBO _ r- t lr t ' INR $ 7fJ FEB 'T A 1 I c _ PARIS ROME AID i1i' 'I PARIS Pass USRO SHAPE ' PO fi A D - f ilillfWj ROME Pass CINCSOUTH POLAD' 'f'o 'f info COM INT LAB FRB FROM T AR SUBJECT TR A'5Y XMB A4 CIA NAVY 6 REF American Embassy ANKARA DATE January 30 19 63 Milliyet Quotes Foreign Minister on Nuclear Missiles Embtel 829 s ' Independent Milliyet on January 25 carried a news report quoting Foreign Minister ERKIN on the subject of Jupiter and 7 NSA 3 Polaris missiles An unofficial translation of the relevant paragraph of the article is given below Erkin Discloses Polaris Will be Given Ankara Mehmet Ali Kislali reports In statement to ''--' _ _ _e_t yesterday Foreign Minister Erkin disclosed that Jupiter missile bases in Turkey would be dismantled and that di s cussions were in progress on this subject that it was on the basis that Polaris fired from atomic submarines would be provided instead of Jupiters 11 Erkin denied a report published by the New York Times that Polaris would not be given to replace Jupiters In reply to a question Will Polaris submarines be furnished along with Polaris mis siles 11 Erkin said These are details Talks are continuing s -rt 1 1 I cannot say anything for the present 11 - v 40 r Philip Clock Counselor of Embassy J L FOR OEPT USE ONLY UNCLASSIFIED 0 0ut fmn Clcaraaccs DECLASSIFIED Autb NNQ 1Jff5 7