APPROVED FOR RELEASE DATE: 16-Sep-2009 DIRECTORATE OF INTELLIGENCE WEEKLY SUMMARY `Anrn~ - 4 4- 20 September 1968 No. 0038/68 s4r- ar. nnF ?,? (Information as of noon EDT, 19 September 1968) 94CR.E Page i WEEKLY SUMMARY 20 Sep 68 T:!}nT:r!` C1 NUCLEAR HAVE-NOTS MEET IN GENEVA The Non-Nuclear Conference is reflecting some non- nuclear - possessing countries' dissatisfactions with the Non-Proliferation Treaty, and could pro- duce proposal,s,disruptive to the treaty's orderly implementation. S_ U_ "_ AA T Page ii WEEKLY SUMMARY 20 Sep 68 'CET SEC" ET Page iii WEEKLY SUMMARY 20 Sep 68 eu-C E", Page iv WEEKLY SUMMARY 20 Sep 68 S4~ 4 f~+ NUCLEAR HAVE-NOTS MEET IN GENEVA The Non-Nuclear Conference meeting in Geneva this month has reflected the dissatisfaction of the nuclear have-nots with the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and the methods contem- plated for its implementation. The many far-ranging proposals being considered are variously designed to give nonnuclear countries greater security from nuclear attack and to improve their access to nuclear mate- rials, peaceful nuclear explo- sive (PNE) services, and tech- nology. Pakistan has put forth a resolution asking the nuclear powers to commit themselves not to use nuclear force against nonnuclear states. It further asks that the nuclear powers assist threatened nonnuclears through the UN Security Council without resort to veto. West Germany and Belgium may each table proposals asking the nu- clear powers to renounce the use of all force except as an act of individual or collective self-defense. Others recommend an international conference to work out nonuse formulas with great power guarantees pending nuclear disarmament. Considerable discussion has focused on ways to make various clauses of the NPT-- such as safeguards, material and technology rights, and PNE services--less susceptible to the control of nuclear powers. Among the proposals is an Ital- ian plan to establish a "fund" of nuclear materials to be re- plenished annually by the nu- clear powers for the benefit of the nonnuclears, and a or~rn,~rn Page 17 WEEKLY SUMMARY 20 Sep 68 demand by the Swiss for access guarantees to technology and fissionable material. West Germany announced that, under its interpretation of the NPT, the nuclear powers have an obligation to disclose to the nonnuclear all peaceful- use technology, including that related to isotope separation. Several nations have suggested fundamental changes in the In- ternational Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in order to facilitate nonnuclear rights. Mexico and Italy have even suggested a new international organization to review, authorize, and super- vise PNE services, matters that most countries believe,are'the exclusive prerogative of the IAEA. There seems to be little support for a new international organization or for substantial revamping of IAEA. The conference may, however, produce some recom- mendations that, if accepted, would complicate implementation of the tediously hammered-out provisions of the NPT. More- over, it will probably vote to perpetuate itself in some way, becoming perhaps a biennial Page 18 WEEKLY SUMMARY 20 Sep 68

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