I DECLASSU UW Authority INCOMING r1NO 9 J 9dt a_ United Sta American Embassy Rane JJ r-rr- f ·A he • nc - - - - - - _ - - - - - Jl 4 Thia docw o mt cona1ata of 2 pages Copy o _ 19 copiea aeries A SECRET Claui 'lcatluu Co trol· 238 A TT Pffli br 0963 R tu rn to the ACTION FRa t SECSTA'I£ AMB-2 - - - ACTION RCME 1490 February 6 8 Pf R io o rds -o Unit INFO RU CM AIMIN MDA•2 POL-2 MAA0-2 USIS Ac-I'ION RCJt1E 1490 MAJJlID 580 ANKARA 689 PARIS 378ot Ction Taken lntormatian Pario paoa Stoeeael a d McGuire and USRO Information POLAD CINCLANr by other means u___ Initials I ________ 11 b 1 it Joint State-Detense message EC NAVA'l'T ARMA'l'T rJ r 4 JtJvVIT Reivew of status or Polaris-Jupiter exchange neg H ions to date leadB to following conclusions as to what we have 1n hand so tar and what rema ins to be done AIRATT USRO RSO LSN-2 19 lcb l Italy Italian Government has accepted our proposal relative to r plecement ot JUpitera with three Polaris submarines assigned to SAc JR in th Mediterranean Reply by Secretary Mcnamara to Andreotti letter Wormlrrg US ot Italian acceptance now being prepared and will confirm US canmitmentt re Sergeant a end Polaris and make cc rta1n procedural suggestions Defense plans have Sergeants deployed in Italy by December 31 Question ot Garibaldi and 1 nuclear submarine propulsion should not be made part ot Polari s negotiations Deputy Secretary Gilpatric will be J l epared diaouas these questions with Italians during visit to Italy later this month TUrkey Aesessment is that m ct we hav rec ivod tram TUrks to date is conditional ecceptence 1n pr1nc1i -le FUll range ot conditions which kB intend to p resa still not clear f cnamara reply to Sancar letter will · ntorm Sancar that negotioticns which rently well underway will beccontiuued exclusively by Ambo11aador Hare in rder to insure single cbaMel ot com-dinated communications It is agreed tbnt actual delivery ot P-104 airc ratt to Turk3 18 contingent upm TUrkidh a0cep1 ce ot Jupiter replacement It is cons dered advisable however to take all nocessacy preliminary atepl I so it will be poaoible to deliver aircraft 1n A 11 and accelerate training of' TUrkish W peronnel 1n US and arrival ot US t i aining teams in TUrke y 2 - FOLTO 9 1 was noted garding Stikker report ot Danish Italian and othor NATO obJeotiona to ba• ing S t ElJR-aas1gned submarines at Rota No _e waa al ao taken of Madrid' s telegraDlll porting Spanish position untevorable to uee ot Rota and of need to develop n reaponse to these points 1'l 3 Spain us Preparation Detenae bas gun preparations tor moving Polarifl uba marinea Thi• becau ee preparatioru must oamence well 1n advance or x Ject l arrival date ot eubmarines 1n Mediterranean Preparations include is uJnce orders movement ot personnel and other administrative details leasitl0 of 4 C a IS SECRET i Ca ti O J ' _ _ TI J IS I DECLASSIFIED Authority 1 f Q Page two Control 2 38 SECRET NO q 7 I ocmnun1cat1ons 11nea and variety or ct her technical preparations which cannot be lett to last minute With reapeJt JUp1ters considerable lead-time required to etteot timely withdrawal For X8mple1 1t Jupiters are to be removed rather than deetroyed1 transporter• now in us muat be converted in any event dlamantllng will take place until aiJNelllent 1n principle 111 achieved Actual removal ot Jup1ters will not oommenJe until Polarie missiles are en station 1n Meditteranean It 1a agreed tba t at tbia time only such planning and prepnratary act1cns will ocmnence as a 'e necessary for lead-time purposes and which can be conducted without publicity and without requiring notice to other countries or to HATO 5 NATO and Bilateral Aspects Ih re ta need to proceed on urgent basis to meet timetable establiahed for Pole'l ia-Jupiter arrangements US interests 1s 1n expeditina tripartite notif1cati• l'l 1n accordance C•M 55 82 to NAC and SACEUR ot proposed modernization pr·Jgram To thia end Ambassadors Reinhardt and Hare should seek agreement of O· I and oor to 1 natruct their respective NATO permanent representatives 1n Paria to Join with US at proper time in presenting notU'1cistion to NAC and ASA EtJR Subsequently• bilateral aspects ot progrem would be subJect of appropriate exchange of ru tes between US and TUrkey and Italy we cantemplate that not'3s would refer to original diplanatic exchanges which brought Jupiter m18eilea into Italy and TUrkey to need fer modernizatian by substitution of Polaris 1 and to notiticatbn of SACEUR and HAC ot this substitution State and Der'ense are preparing fts ot notes to be exchanged and of doc lllentation to b•3 presented NAC and SACEm 6 Action Requested USRO and Embassies views on items dlacuaeed above am suggestions far nclus1on are weioaiied Request AmbaiiBiddr F1hletteP- seek obtain 8-tikker aaauranoe ot eupport for proposal when presented to HAC In so doing you might explain to him in o fflfidence wby preparatory aotims must be taken now as8Ul ing h1m thia being • one without preJudice to NATO procedures Iii notea and HAC dbdument Approach to NAC and SACEUR cannot ' e delayed witil all Turkish conditicns are negotiated St1kker already 1nd1ca·ting impatience have NAC discuss subject Ambesaador Hare should theretore ae3k agreement 'l lrlm to proceed in NAC on beuda ot Polaris exchange as ottere 1 plus F-105 deliveries defONtiAg f negM1aticna ethaP iasttea rdeed hll 'nl1'kar-wh-1-ob -a 1f shellld-t'ealtze cannot e t ott-handJ You should use Italian willingnesa to proceed with NAC presentation aa lever persuade T1rks they should tollow suit soonest Should delay 1n obtaining satisfactory Tur dab agreement threaten forward progress of US-Italian aspect of this modernize ion prosram you should at your discretion 1nd1oate to TUrks that we might be rarced to consider proceeding with usItalian not1tioat1on to NAC and SAC WR to RUSK 07 0930 lcb SECF3T