Word: nuclear
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...leaders hit it off so well in their private talks and in conferences with their advisers that Wilson declared elatedly that the talks were "completely successful" and that "there is a total identity of view between the U.S. Administration and ourselves" on how to approach other allies on nuclear issues...
Wilson and Johnson agreed that the main purpose of MLF, whatever its ultimate form, was to stem nuclear proliferation. Explained Wilson: "The main emphasis has been on our determination to strengthen and unify the joint nuclear responsibilities of our partners and ourselves in such a way as to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons." Without MLF, this reasoning goes, West Germany might eventually demand its own nuclear force; De Gaulle's incipient force de frappe is enough of a NATO headache...
...Wilson stood firm on British insistence that an MLF must be broader than the U.S. proposal for a fleet of 25 ships armed with nuclear missiles and manned by crews of mixed nationality. He suggested that Britain might commit its entire nuclear deterrent, including V-bombers and Polaris submarines, now abuilding, to such a force. Johnson and his advisers received this suggestion with some interest...
...Prime Minister also softened his earlier denunciation of the surface fleet concept. He is not opposed to "mixed manning"; he only objects to "any proposals which recommend dropping the fundamental American veto" over the firing of nuclear weapons. Wilson's insistence on such a U.S. veto was meant to calm British fears that West Germany might get its finger on the nuclear trigger through MLF. Johnson assured him that the U.S. will retain its veto in any event...
...North Atlantic Treaty Organization gather in the great A-shaped building in Paris at the head of Avenue Foch. The U.S. and France seem set on a direct collision course that threatens to wreck NATO. The ostensible object of the trouble is the U.S. proposal to create a multilateral nuclear force of 25 Polaris-missile surface ships-although MLF does not even formally appear on the ministerial agenda. In fact, the malaise goes to the very core of Atlantic relationships, and how they have changed since the vision was born...