Thi cument consists ot lf 0 - -ot 1 2- ---'- Q_Copies Series page 4 SEClt T TO G - Mr Johnson THROUGH S S MAR 9 1963 NEA • Phillipa Talbot SUBJECT JY 1964 MAP Level•• Baai1 General Wood'• Diacu•aion1 in Turkey Gen•ral Wood 11 echeduled to proceed to Tu key tomorrow to diacuaa on behalf of Secretary MacNamara variou• que1tion1 which have been raised by th• Turkiah Ministry of Defense in connection with the replacement of Jupi t er misaile• in Turkey Although agreement in principle haa been reached and NAC haa been notified an impa1se in General Wood's discussion• could have serioua reper uasions with regard to a the phya1cal removal of the Jupitere in view of the Turkish military's capacity to 1tall either the Parliamentary ratification of our bilateral agreement to remove the Jupitera or the technical- level agreements aa to precise detail• of the physical diniantling of the miasilee and b the baaic context of our future relationship with Turkey in view of the eaeential internal element of ailiury aupport for the democratic and development-oriented Inonu aoverament and in view of the wide1pread crisi1 of confidence and doubt•• to the U S intere1t in Turkey engendered by the Jupiter replac•ent A key and critical el•ent in the 1ucce11 of the Wood Miaaion in both thu• context• 1• the nature of future U S NA l to Turkey•• it affect• the modernisation of the Turkiah araed fore••• 'lb a Turkish military'• coacem that it• capaaity i1 dqeuratina in comparison with it• ho•tile or potentially ho1tile neighber• haa bHn increaaing or the Tllrkilh Qovernaeat turn• alaoat frantically toward the u 1 •• •• wa• 10 clurlJ eviclencecl in th• cour1• of the Vice Preaident'• recent oonver• atiooa vitb Turki1h leader•• rM••ur•ac•• '1'b• Turk• badly want 1 and 1iacer• l7 believe they need and deaerve a aoderntaation rate aach higher than anythiaa we have in eight over the next few Should General Wood be forced to talk on th• baeis of a f120 million ff 1964 at proar•• he can utilize only a modernization element worth about tlO ailliQD bia will repre1ent to the Turka a y•r• audden and GIOUP 3 Down graud at 12-year interval• not autc aatic•lly decla11ified IICIII DECLASSIF1 D Authority 9'5 5'- 3 SECRET • 2 - tudden and cata• trophic decline in U S military intere• t in Turkey Deapite General Wood'• beet effort• we woul4 b• running an overvh•laing riek of • battering the Turkieh military'• confideru • in our continuing aupport of Turkey •• well a a concurrent riek that th• Turke out of etubbornneae and near•deapair would indefinitely delay th• Jupiter ramoval aither on the legal or tacbnical level We muat not forget that Inonu'• control over tba Turkish military 1• uncertain thouah hi• baeic dependence on th• ia total A r1•• in the program laval for VY 1964 to be uaad a a baaia for General Wood'• diecuaaion of itema of moderni•ation to $150 million would roughly double the modernization reaervoir on which ha could talk and would give him a reaaonable rather than a near-bopelea1 opportunity fo keeping the Turki1h llilitary in line Ivan so be will have to ala t convincing tha Turke that a di1appointing to them level of mdernimation not r epreaent a new atrateaic diplomatic attitude on the pa t of the U S which call• Turkey'• baaic foreign policy into question do•• lay Hare who is a profeaaional par excellence and who has never been auilty of alarmiat talk or of a parochial attitude toward the country to which he 1• aocredited aaid in Ankara'• 1059 of March 8 •••• would be difficult to conceive a wore• time foT maktns a aignificant reduction in HAP 'lbi• ia in no ••n•• an automatic reflex to the po111b111ty of reduction but ia • very coneidarad opinion II are alao atatea a $120 million J'Y 1964 proaraa could not provide for h th adequate fore• aaintenaace ancl appreciable aodenusation an4 wou14 ••verely caap11••t• our probl• not only a• reaarda relationlhip• with Turkiah ailitary and effectiv•n••• Turkiah force• but •• reaard• Tul'klah•jaMrican relation• a•nerally l hope you can continue to do anythina poealble to enaure that General Wood an talk fraa a bue of at luet f150 million l'Y 1964 MAP Such a ban vill be oec••••rJ if General Wood i• to have other than a bar• out•1u chance of accompliihina hi• aiaaion aucceaafully l1A10Tl JWlowll111 bah - C' onfi dent ial DECLASSIFJED Authority • 9l a J J NEA Mr Talbot Importanc SA in Turkey Mr Gaud has told Bowling this orning that provided Gen Wood does not di uss Supporting Assistanc with Turks ho Gaud wi l l agree to its in lusion in con ressional presentation Problem is to confirm Beli wili agree with Gaud Sa doubly important because of seve al aspects J removal apart from low map level covered in Bowling memo Among items Turks are demanding is tran fer of installation at Cigl f be se Jupe location Under agreement Turkish Air Gen Tansel an0 Jusmmat Gen Lawrenc installations would revert to us Air Force is insist ing that they take all and move one of elemants fr0 AdanR ther his is collision course Slight nossibility son'3 soften ns Alr Force PCB ition but not enough to satisfy Turke In this li ht any 1r1 ication cut off supporting assistance doubly d iR9 strous T B 13