sLSENNOWEL « Lavesey (Ann Whitman file) ary im law, these nuclear elements would remain in the custody of the United States; but they would be accompenied by selected HATO units of different nationalities who would have been trained in the use of the nuclear-capadle weapons without their nuclear warheads. [oii syecseses @e@uwwerwrs mse wee w ede woernes cc cee wees cca cee erererseess en rese sen: eeoseeeennenr- -- Secondly, said Secretary Dulles, the United States will set forth the content of its accelerated missiles program. We will not fix any specific date, but will state that our IRBis will be ready to be deployed in the NATO area whenever the NATO nations are ready to receive them. As to the precise areas where the JR5iis will be deployed, Secretary Dulles indicated that there were differences of opinion, both military and political. It would presumably teke some time to iron out these differences. Further time would be required for the physical preparation of the launching sites of the IREMs and for the training of NATO forces in the use of IREMs. Finally, there was the financial problem of the costs of these missiles. In view of all these factors which tended toward delay, Secretary Dulles felt thet there wes very little doubt that the United States would be in a position to supply IRBMet::::lfiPhiiigirie:inisssaisuuinsiciils SILLIITIDEE Inn: I qrises: ecretery Quarles commented, in response to a question from Secretary Dulles, that the latter's surmary had been accurste. He added that the Joint Chiefs of Staff had made some preliminary selection in the NATO area of sites for launching IRBis, but that SACEUR had not yet acted officially on this selection. Secretary Dulles then pointed out that there wes a good deal of discussion being generated by the opposition varties in the verious NATO governments with respect to the question of where to deploy these missiles. Indeed, there wes a real denger thet this could becone 2serious -Political issue. Prossr: eeeneeneesevese ee ceeeoereernrescecenataeeerensecereroseraeevaen~~ sare aeonesteoevasece eee ee tener reece o ree naeeeee~~ em eeccereeereseceese s-~ Thirdly, said Secretary Dulles, we would announce at the KATO meeting that our Atomic Snergy Act would be enended in order to permit more liberal exchange of atomic energy informetion. We will certainly seek authority to exchange inforration with our HATO allies if it is of a character that we know the Soviets already have. In cases where such information is not of very great sisnificence ,» we will seek to exchange information with our allies even if we are not REPRODUCED AT THE DWIGHT, D. EISENHOWER LIBRARY sure vhether the Russians possess such information or not. -2- TOP“SECRET