• nca Thia docu nent cona1sta ot 2 pages S E c RE T ff'U ocrr I ot 1 ooptea Ser1ea A ----- C -el-a-s s_J i-ca__ t - o- --- Con 075 Aotion Taken SBCSTA'm WAS HOO ACTI »f INFO RU • MDA- 2 ERBAT IM POL 1963 I o i ti a ls JIr t 1 RCIS PRlTY 1659 February 8 12 NOON CTI II RCINI PlllTY l 659 AlllWIA MDf i1J T lRIORITY 778 lliro PARIS 'roP i il J 1 3 TE X T You • hould aubmi t f ollowing dratt note to Foreign Office promptly and report e ir reaction s oonest 7 mb The Embaaay of the United Stat es ot America ·presenta 1ta compliments to the n1nlatry ot Porelgn Aftaira and has t he honor to r ef er to tbe recent conv at iona held by t he Oovermient of the United Statea of America with the Governcent of Italy and the Supreme Allied Carmander Europe and to the notificati on t o the Horth Atlantic Council that NATO weapons systems will be modernized by replacing t he J upi t er intermediate r nge ballist ic m1ea1lea 1n Italy with Polaris ubmar ines operatSng 1n t he Mediterr nean • All accordance with the f oregoing th Embassy of th Unit ed States or America haa the honor to camnun1cate the gr nt or th United States or America to the following under• tand1nga 1 To eneure that NATO continuea to hav the oat ffe ctive w pons ayat ms at 1ta d1apoaal the JUp1ter intermediate range ballistic missi les stationed 1n Italy will be replaced by Polaria aubuiar1nea in the Mediterranean It i s not 0 planned that these submarines will baaed in Italy Tb i f'irat submarine armed 1th Polaris m1sa1lea will arrive in the Mediterranean on ar about April lat - - ttJ 2 'l'h• Polari 8 aubmarinea operating 1n the Mediterranean will be assigned to upreme Allied Commander Europe Th mamer ot deployment and operation 1n the Mediterranean ot the Polaris submarines will be determined by the Supreme Allied Caaunder Europe • • In • coordanoe with the underetand lnge of the Government or the United States tt America and th• oovc-nment ot Italy the d1amantl1ng ot the Jupiter intermedLate range bllliatlo milleile weapona ayatem will begin concurrently with the 1n the Mediterran an 1 rr1val or th• Polarta submarine Any turther arrangements required to implement these under tllndinga • w01 ked out betw th Ministry ct Def nae a nd the Unit Stat s 1• ry t saiatance Advi sory Qroup r DECLASSIFIED Authority NIJD rs'l 2 ID SICRET PAGE 1WO COHmOL 1075 The rbaeey ot the United State• of Ame ic11 baa the honor to propoae that it these un4en tandSnga are acceptable to the ooverraent ot Ital 7 tb1a note and the note in Nt1Y ot the IUn1atry ot Poretgn Affairs sball oonatitute an agreement botween the b o Ooftzwrts whiah ahaU enter into taroe on thls date Identical text 1nHrt1- 'l'urkc7 1D place ot Ital¥ should with follfMf ng add1t1onal ohangea Pm A KARAa Paragiapb 1 Pa 1apb 3 be aubmltted Delete sentence lt 1a not p anned that these submarines will be baaed in Ita and add t1Dal sentence the aeoond aubmarine will arrive 1n the ar• ot tta aasJgiuent on or about April 15th 1fGr'IUns attar word arrival to read nor the second POlarla submarine on atat1an 1n its area ot aealgnment on or about April 15 1963 All itdressees requested advise urgent lf you believe any cbangea necessary ln abov1 texta RUSJC Read 01 Ambassador at 2000 28 2a O rnb SBCRBT I DECLASSIFIED I Authority NtJD C f3 2 j D