WEEKLY SUMMARY

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• Collection: FOIA Collection
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• Document Creation Date: June 22, 2015
• Document Release Date: December 15, 2008
• Case Number: F-2008-00942
• Publication Date: January 26, 1968

DIRECTORATE OF
INTELLIGENCE
WEEKLY SUMMARY
APPROVED FOR RELEASE DATE:
09-24-2008 Secret-
26 January 1968
No. 0004/68
 DRAFT NPTMOVES TO NEXT STAGE OF NEGOTIATIONS
The draft nonproliferation
treaty (NPT) submitted by the US
and USSR last week is now being
reviewed by the other members of
the Eighteen Nation Disarmament
Committee (ENDC).
World-wide response to the
draft has been generally favor-
able. Even the West Germans, who
had been among the most critical,
were, positive, although they
noted that some problems remained.
Italy.and Japan reacted similarly.
At a session of the ENDC on 23
January, however, only Britain,
Canada, and Czechoslovakia pub-
licly endorsed the draft treaty.
The nonaligned members of the
committee have remained silent.
Among the problems remaining
is the 25-year duration of the
treaty, which West Germany and
Italy may try to get shortened.
In addition, Italy and Spain want
the ten countries most advanced
in nuclear energy development to
have the veto on amendments, a
power that the present draft gives
to the International Atomic Energy
Agency (IAEA) board of governors.
Both countries would also like to
increase from 40 to 80 the number
of ratifications necessary to put
the NPT into.effect. The Japanese
want a provision for an automatic
review conference to be held every
five years.
agreement between IAEA and Eura-
tom can be worked out in the two
years provided. Other nonnuclear
states want safeguards over the
peaceful nuclear activities of
the nuclear powers. The US and
UK, but not the USSR, have indi-
cated a willingness to accept IAEA
safeguards.
The Italians would like the
decision on providing nonnuclear
states with nuclear explosive de-
vices for peaceful purposes put
in the hands of an international
agency rather than left to the nu-
clear states. Underlying this and
other concerns of the nonnuclear,
states is a belief that they are
being asked to give up a great
deal while the nuclear powers: are
sacrificing very little.
The question of providing
security assurances to the non-
nuclear states remains to be worked
out. Such assurances, necessary
before India signs, will not be an
integral part of the treaty but
will probably take the form of
declarations by the nuclear states
and a UN resolution.
Despite the problems that
remain, the completed and revised
text has met many of the nonnuclear
states' objections, and it is
likely that the NPT will receive
at least a majority endorsement
from the ENDC before it is for
The Western European countries
question whether a verification
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