s NO DISTRIBUTION D ' FRO __---- ------- - NO _ _ ___ __ DATE_- ---TO _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ LOU CONF SECRET TOP SECRET DISTRIBUTION READ BY AUTH BY CHEROKEE TOSEC _ _ _ _ _ __ DATE TIME SECTO _ _ _ _ _ __ EXSEC A EB p H E T M IO C L S IG OES S NM PM S P SCA S PRS OTHER _ __ FAST DESK SLOW DESK S S DO DIST BY S S- I _ _ DDO DATE TIME _ _ _ __ M CT I OTHER - - - M DG REPEAT TO BY __________ ACDA DATE TIME _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ OTHER AID OTHER SENSITIVE The attached document may be seen only by the addressee and if not expressly precluded by those officials under his authority whom he considers to have a clear-cut need to know This document has been made available only to those offices marked It is not to be reproduced qiven any additional distribution or discussed with nonrecipients without the express prior approval of the Executive Secretary Addressees outside the Department of State should handle the document in accordance with the above instructions and with current State instructions on NOOIS When this document is no longer needed the recipi· ent is responsible for seeinq that it is destroyed and for mailing of record of destruction to the Director 5 S-I Room 7241 NS Originals of nontelegraphic NODIS material however should be hand carried to S S- I for appropriate disposition Executive Secretary Department of Sta te NO DISTRIBUTION 0MB AF TREASURY ARA CIA LDX CIA COURIER EA NEA SECDEF LDX SECDEF COURIER TASK FORCE WH LDX WH COURIER WORKING GRP OTHER - - - S S CHRON OTHER-- - EUR S S- S S S- EX S S-I TOSEC CHRON C SECTO CHRON r DECLASSIFIED AuthorityN A B Nb bfl t l 7 • INCOMING ' D-e p artment of Sttth · 'TELEGRAM P' SECR T PAGE 01 PARIS 23882 NOD454 01 OF 02 ACTION NOOS l Hll INFO OCT 1 1so 00 181204Z - 001 W ·-·-------·-------081 63 1B1210Z 2 0 1B1143Z AU6 77 FM AMEM6ASSY PARIS TO SECSTATE ASHOC IMMEOI T 7204 SECRET S CTlON 1 Of 02 PARIS 23882 NCO IS CHEROKEE OR TH SEC ETARY fROM ARTM A E O 115 2 XG S•l 2 TAGS PAR M U C FR SF SUoJECT P SSI8Lt SOUTH A l A AR TEST REF I CA PARIS 2 8 1 B _ A I 23634 1 SOUTOU CA LED M OVER TO THt YUAI TO GIVE ME THE TEXT Of TME - INSTkUCTIONS BEING $ENT TUOAY TO TH I AMbASSAOOR I N PR TO IA Tnc TEXT OF THIS M SSAGE oLLOWS WITH IN URMAL EMBA55Y TRANSCAflONS PROJET Dt COMMUNICATION POUR NOTHE AMBA5 A E9 - EN A RIQUE ou - go A LA SUlTt DES INFORMATIONS PUBLIEES PAR L'AGENCE TASS l - DUVEHNEMtNT FRANCAIS DANS UNE DEC ARATION Ub lQUt t N DATt ou-1 AOUT A MARQUE SANS AM8IGUIT Ufl CUNOAMNER AIT TOUTt INITIATIVE Oc •Af RIQU uu · suu POUk t OOTt 0 1 UNt A ACITE NUCLEAIRE tXPCOSlVE DEPUIS Lt Gouv RN MENT D S tT ATS• uN IS Ul A FOU Nl OtS E E MEN T •APPH Cl TIU N QUI ACCROIS ENT ·soN APP REHENSION ET t CONOUlS NT A- fAI ESECRET - - DECLASSIFIED Authority I Nb l hft t PRODUC D WITHOUT THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY Department of State PAGE 02 PA RIS 23882 01 OF 02 INCOMING TELEGRAM 181204Z - - PART AU GOVERNEM t NT OE LA RE PUSLl UE SUD•AfRIC4INE DE SA TR ES VI V R O ' lO N - - - J IA I tcu INSTHUCT I ON DE vc us FAIR SAVOIR QUE LE GOUV RNEMtNT FRANCAIS EST I ME I NO IS E NSA L E QUE - LE GOUVERNtMENT SUO AFHlCAlN FASSE LA PR£UVE SANS EQUIVDQUE PUS Ib t -QUIIL Nt CHtRCH£ PAS A SE DOTER DES MOYENS Ut PROCEOtR A OE5 £X LUS IO NS - NUCLE AIRES LE GOUV RNEMENT FHA AIS ESPERE-QUE LtS AUTOR ITES - SUC• AFRICAINES tS ON A LES SAURONT PHEND E A CE TTE Fl NTOUTES LES MESUretS NECESSAIF E T N A I N ANT S IL EST A CRAINORE EN EFF T QUt FAUTt O'UNE ELLE PREUV LA TENSION INTERNA1IONA E - PROVOQU E-PAR CETTE AfFAI E AIL t N SIACCRUISSANr · lL tXISTE UN RISQUE tRI UX UUt CtTTt QUESTION SOIT PORTtE OEVANT LE CONSEIL OE ECUt- IiE - AUX NATIONS•UNic Si A IEC I ES - CONSEQUENCES tXTHEM MENT GRAV S QUE - CtLA PCURRAlT IMPLlQUER - POU LtAfRIQUE OU SUO UNE Tf LLE SITUATION METTRAIT MON GOUVERNEMENT DANS tOBLIGATION 0 R CUNSlOEREH SA COOPEHATION AVEC I VOT E DANS UM R X OMAIN S - - THE INFORMAL EM ASSY TRANS AT O INST UCTION FOR OUR AMBASSADOR IN SOUTH-AFRICA - --- · - - FOLLOWING THE REPORTS PUBLISHtO BY TASS NEWS AGENCY THE fHf NCH GOVERNMENT lN - A- PUB IC STAT MENT UF AUGUST 10 INDlCATEU UNA M6IGUOU LY THAT Ii OULO CONO MN ANY INITIATlVt 8Y -SOUTH AFRICA to · ACQUIRE A CAPABILITY ECRET DECLASSIFIED ' Authority Ni l h'fl± _ ITHOUT THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY Department of State 0 D I s N 0 D -1 - s PARIS 238 82 01 OF 02 INCOMING ·TELEGRAM 18120 - -4Z TO SET OFF A NUCLEAR EXPLOSION SINCE THEN THc US GOVERNMtNT HAS PHOVlD O THE FRENCH GOVEkNMEN T Wl TH INFOR MATIO -WH ICH MAS lNCREAStO ITS - APP EH NS I ON AN D WHICH LtAOS f ANCE TO INFORM THE GOVEHNM NT OF THE REPUBLIC OF OU 8 AtRICA Of I S · V RY AC TE - ON Cc RN I HAVE RECEIVED INST UCTIONS TO INFORM YOU THAT THE FRENC GovERNME T co SIDE S IT INUl PtNSI Lt THAT THE SOUTH ArRlCAN GOVE NMENT IVE-PkOOF WITHOUT ANY AMBIGUITY THAT IT DES NOT StE TO - ACQUIRE THt MEANS T O PRO CEE 0 h I TH N 1 CI c AR EX PL OS I ON 1 f H£ f Rt NC l'i - GOVERN MEN T HUPtS ThAT THE Rc SPONSlBLE -SUUTH ArRICAN AUTHORlTlES - lLL oc Adi I TO TA t AL NEC SSARY ANO ONVINC ING MtAS R TO THAT E o - - IT IS TC BE FEARED IN EFFECT THAT LACKI NG SUCH PROOF lNTE NATION L TENSION PROVOK D-6Y T IS AFFAIR WOU D NCREAS · TH HE EXISTS - A S R O S RlSK TH T THIS N· 0 D 'SECRET I s DECLASSIFIED Authority '- Nl bfl3· PRODUCED WITHOUT THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE EXECUTIVE SECR ETARY I - • f l01 t' 'C I I • Department of State SECRET PAGE 01 PARIS 2 882 INFO OCT•01 IS0•00 TELEGRAM N004 5 02 Of 02 ACTION NOOS•r Hil INCOMING 18121lZ 001 W ------------------081470 77 fM AME M ASSY PA IS TO SECSTATE WASHOC IMMEDIATE 125 0 181143Z AUG SECRET SECTION 02 OF 02 PA IS 2 88 NOOIS CHE OKEf QUESTION MAY SE BROUGHT BEFORE THE UNITED NATION S SECURITY COUNCIL ITH THE EXTHE M LY-GRAVE CO NSEQUENCES WHICH THIS 09L INVOLVE FO O T A I A - - -SUC A SITUATION WOU LD PUT MY GOVtRNMENT UNDER AN OBLIGATION- TO RE ONSIOER ITS-COOPE ATION WITfi GOVtRNMth IN MANY iREAS 2 - - - - OUR - SOUTOU EXPLAINEU IT WAS NEC SSARY TO MAKE SOME REFERENCE TO THt FACT THAT WE HAO SUPP IEO ADDITlUNAL I NFORMATiuN OR UTh RWISE SOUTH AFHICA-MIG T WONDER WH Y THE FRENCH CiOVE NMENT WAS MAKING THIS SORT OF SERIOUS APPROACH HE HOPED THE REftRtN E - WUULO NUT CAUSE DifFlCULTif FOH us Ht ALbO PUlNTt O T ThAT l Ll HT OF OUR OISCU blUN YtSTtROAY ThE WWriUS HAO cf E AkErU LY c r1 0 SE N TO I NU I CA Tf 1' ANY NUCL EAl EXP 0 S I ON t• k Ec AR OLE5 S Cf ITS STATED PU PO$ A O ALSO THE ME SAGf IS POlNT O AT CRf ATIN H1t MEANS TO PROCEt D WITH SUCh AN EXPLOSIO N T COVf R THE TEST FACILITY - TME LAST PARAGRPH IS I NTtNDED TO I NDICATt COOPtRATION BEYOND ThE UCLEAR FitLO SlNCE I N SOUTOUI OPINION FRANC WOU LU HAVE TO STOP ALL SHIPMENTS OF - SfAkE PARTS i N THE MILI TA RY FI D A W LL AS Cf ASf - N CLEAR - COO ERA lUN I ASKED SOUTOU WHY HE HAO PUT SUCH MPHASIS ON lHE St l RET - - DECLASSIFIED Authority - Nl b'6± EPR O DUCED WITHOUT THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY N 0 D I s N 0 D -1 s N 0 D I Department of State PAGE 02 PARlS 23882 02 OF 02 INCOMING TELEGRAM 1812l1Z FEDERAL REPUBLIC I N HIS INITIAL CONVE SA ION WITH US HE SAIO HE H O UONE THIS PRIOR TO RtAOING AN ACCOUNT OF WHAT G NSCH TOLU BOTHA H£ WAS NOW SATISFIED THAT THt GEKMAN HAO MADE THEIR PUSlTlON CLEAR TO - THE SOUTH AFRICANS UT HE WENT ON TO POINT OUT THAT - E MUST ALL RECO IZE THAT GERMA EFfO T - WHtTHER - OFFICI LLY ANClIONtO OR NOT HAVE E N GR ATEST lN THE SENS ITIVE A tAS OF SOUTH AFRICAN ACTIVITY -IN ADOITIO TO THt SIMILARIT Y BETWtEN THt CKtR • NOZZLt PROCESS A THE O E USED IN SOUTH ArRiCA SOUTOU POINTED TO THt FACT THAT THE SOUTH Af ICAN AMBASSAD OR IN BONN FOR MA Y ARS AS A UCL AR - XPERT ANO TnAT THE SCIENTIFIC COuNS LOR I N BONN IS _A_R CENTLY NATURALIZED-SOUTH AFRICAN CITIZtN · WHO A- VERY SHORT TIME AGO HAO 5 tN AN - ACTIVE GERMAN NUC EAR SCIENiIST 1 -SOU• TOU SAIU THAT THt -FtOERAL Rt PUB ICIS rRltNO$ IN FRANC ARt VERY co Ct RNt 0 - THAT INSUFrICitNT SENSITIVITY 1s· -BEING SHO WN BY THE rEOERAL REPU6LlC - I N THESt MAT TtRS ANO THAT EVE Y MtANS SHOULD B TAKEN TO REMIND THE GERMANS TO t XERCISE - SOME CARE - ONCE AGAIN HE REITERATED HI OWN PtRSONAL VIEW THAT THE WORST PART OF FRA NCE• A RAN t MtNT WITH PAKI$TAN WAS THE Tt RRIBLE PR CEOENT THIS S TS FOR THE GERMANS TO PURSUE EVEN MORE OANGEROu A IYlTIES WIT O N R t LIKE AZl • 4 TIS CLEAR TO ME THAT SOME FRENCH MEN SEE THE GERMANS AS A NON NUC EAR POWER W tH A- GREAT CAPACITY AND POTtNTIA FO NUCLt AR Rt St AkCH AND OEVELOPMtN T ANO THAT THIS COUNTRY NEEDS Ht LP ANO SYMPATHETIC GUIDANCE IN OEVt OPlNG ITS POTEhTIAC I N A WAY WH ICH DOES NOT ENOANGtR NO N•P RO LI ERA IU ObJ CTlVES 5 SOUTOU SAID THAT HE LOOKED O WAR TO A PURTHER SECRET s DECLASSIFIED AuthoritylJN bbft't OUCfD WITHOUT THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY Department of State PAGE 0J PARIS 23882 02 OF 02 INCOMING TELEGRAM 1612l1Z EXCHANGE OF VIEWS WlTH US ON NEXT STEfS ON THE SOUTH AFRICAN MATTER AFTER WE HAD CONSIDERE0 TH RESPO SE-TO OuR PA ALLEC OEMA CHESe · HE WAS - ALSO PL ASED TO LEARN TH T THt RlTISrl ARt MAKING AN AP RUA H· AS WELL SINCE WHILE RtCOGNIZING THEIR SPECIAL PROcL£MS Ht FELT IT WAS IMPORTANr THAT THEY NOT-APPEAR LESS - CONCERN D TRAN THE REST OF 9 - - -6 OEPA TMtNT R PEAT AS DESIRED ANO HOPEFULLY TO MOVE THIS SUdJECT OUT Of THE PRESENT - VtRY HESTRl TEO CATEGORY - HARTMAN 5 CRET DECLASSIFIED Authority lh H _kbfl3--_ RODUCE0 WITHOUT THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY