rli i S s AG E P IOR ITY- - ' IMO FROM •iir · · rv• f'AECLDENCE Atrl 11 y• • • DA ♦ - ✓ TO SECRET 1 JCS 45 IFI A1k N r Atr£ 11f'4CI 8283 Regu1ar JCS Di st ribution JACE not nec ssary From JCS The fo_llowing memorandu m by •he Sccreny ry of Defense dated 18 Januq ry 1963 is quoted for your informatio n SUBJECT ' Replacement of JU PIT ER and Related A tions S L1 the development of the U S ' position on this subject con - c _ sideration was given to the view - xii1·cssed ln JCSM- 1 032 - 62 - Following are decisions rcachec' on th e specific recommendations - r r l contained in that memorandum l Deployment of four SERGEANT missile battalions to r I 7 - -J 1 · C Central E urope and one SERGEANT n issilc battalion to Southern I • Europe SETAF is approved MAP l'•1u ipmcnt and materiel r esources currently programmed £or Bdg ium wH be transferred DATE I to the U S Army under a ppropnate a rang ements ior reimburse- -- SYM OOL MONTH J i 1 J CS _ Nc B@T D J llEt ic dmiral USM D r clcr DEC XO l JCS 8283 ' SCO FO lM 35 3 t l JUN PAGE 1 'REPRODUCTION 1PROHIBITED J 0000 - --- • GREJ- ' Es s AGE 'M ' - 1' • nt - -- DEP Jt ff lJ CF TH E A' MY S1 AFF t ICATIONS_OFFI - D pluynwr t to SET AF wi 11 iJ completed n o later than 31 I _ _ UdiDI D l't -ml L r 1' 6'3 and will be in 'r 1 pl ac1•m1 nt of the two existing COHPCRAL-cquippcd battalions N e further effort will be made t this im c to transfer to Italy lho c operational responsibilities pr1 scnt ly being discharged by the U 3 with re pect to the nuclear weapons assigned to SETAF 2 Dcploymen of PERSH ING Jnissil es to Itaty is not now -- co ntemplated - 3 Plans will be made for J hc assignment of th1 ee PO LARIS submarines to Mcditerr_a nean duty beginning no late than l A 1963 Additional i structions on t - c r w i T l be is sued scpd ratcly -- 4 Plans will be made for adjHstment of present F-104G - aircraft allocation$ and delive r r -schedules to insur_e deliver - to Turkey of 14 aircraft in April 1 J6'J • · 7hc ' foregoing r is furnishs d for ndvanc planning to insur pro mpt implementation upo111 rc cipt of ltalian and Turkish agreement to rcplacemer t of JUPITERS 1 2 JCSM-1032- 62 is memo to SECDEF contained in JCS 2421 17 copies of which have been forwarded to adees separately crp- 1 I l DISTR CJCS-2 DJS-3 SJCS-3 J2-1 J3-5 J4-4 JS•S SACSA-1 DIA CIIC-3 NMCC-2 NWSB-1 JSSC-1 USRSG-3 RRA-1 SAMAA-1 ··--' CN0 ' 'cs-Ar CMC CSA · -DCS Of' DC SLOG JCS 8283 DECLASSIFIE O Authority AO 7'tlll -aa- PAGE 1 rR EPRODUCTION DDl U IQ IT f 2 0000