WEEKLY SUMMARY

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1 April 1966 OCI No. 0283/66 Copy No. 52 (b) (1) (b) (3) SUMMARY CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY OFFICE OF CURRENT INTELLIGENCE APPROVED FOR RELEASE^DATE: 09-24-2008 GENEVA DISARMAMENT TALKS The oft-repeated Soviet con- tention that the possibility of West,German participation in a NATO nuclear force rules out suc- cessful negotiation of a non- proliferation treaty, as drama- tized by the Soviet rejection of the revised US draft treaty, has also been advanced by some of the Western members of the Eight- een Nation Disarmament Committee (ENDC) in Geneva. Both the UK and Canadian delegates, in a recent meeting of the four Western members, vig- orously accused Bonn of using the problem of nuclear sharing to delay such a treaty. The UK delegate said that it is in NATO's interest to produce a plan for nuclear sharing which is compat- ible with nonproliferation whether Bonn likes it or not. The Italian delegate concurred with the view that Bonn is holding up the treaty and commented that if West Germany gets a role in nu- clear sharing, Rome wants one too. To counter anti-German prop- aganda, which has come chiefly from the Soviet Union and East Europe, West Germany has recently circulated a note stating its position on disarmament. The note would allow for a NATO nu- clear force by specifying that any nonproliferation treaty should preclude assignment of nu- clear weapons only to the na- tional control of a nonnuclear state. It also suggests a non- aggression pact with the Soviet Union and East Europe. Most Western delegations believe the note puts the Germans in a better light on certain disarmament issues, but some are disturbed that the disarmament recommendations are not tied in with the substance of the pres- ent Geneva talks. At Geneva the note will probably bring about renewed discussion on some sort of plan similar to Gomulka's proposal for the denucleariza tion of Central Europe. There will also be a call for nonag- gression pact discussions. The Soviets will probably use thee note as the basis for an attack on West Germany and on Western nonproliferation policy. In the ENDC, article-by- article discussion of Soviet and US versions of a nonprolifera- tion treaty has yet to begin. The Soviet rejection of the re- vised US draft, dissension among the Western delegations on nu- clear sharing, and weariness of the delegates after two months of fruitless debate hinder se- rious negotiations now. Page 5 WEEKLY SUMMARY