Word: nato
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Higher & Higher. Europe wanted reassurance that the U.S.. despite its vulnerability to Russian nuclear assault-whether by aircraft in the present or ICBM in the near future-would really risk its cities to save Europe if not itself threatened. But if NATO means anything, Europe's safety still depends on the U.S., and will for a long time to come. Without the U.S.'s retaliatory power, Europe would not long be safe on a continent alone with Russia, and Europe knew it. Britain had already made clear its willingness to accept enough IRBMs to stock four bases...
...brought to the NATO conference table nine "position papers." Their contents...
...will give intermediate-range ballistic missiles and the nuclear warheads for them to the Supreme Allied Commander Europe-currently U.S. General Lauris Norstad. SACEUR can then pass the missiles on to any NATO country that i) wants them, and 2) in his opinion, has strategic need of them. Custody of the warheads will remain in the hands of SACEUR acting solely in his capacity as a U.S. officer. Thus no significant modification of the McMahon Act (which makes it illegal to put U.S. nuclear weapons in the hands of non-U.S. forces, or to share atomic military secrets with...
...calls for appointment of a top-level scientific adviser to NATO and establishment of a committee for pooling scientific information...
...proposes development of "a NATO family of weapons." Expanding on Papers Nos. i & 2, the U.S. contemplates a three-stage missile development program for Western Europe. In the first stage, the U.S. would turn over to its NATO allies missiles designed and produced in the U.S. In the second stage, missiles designed in the U.S. would be manufactured in Europe. In the final stage, NATO missiles would be both designed and produced in Europe...