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January 13, 1967

Memorandum of Conversation between ACDA Director William C. Foster and West German Ambassador Heinrich Knappstein, 'Draft Articles of Non-Proliferation Treaty,' with draft treaty attached

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In this conversation, ACDA director Foster met with Ambassador Knappstein for an extended discussion of the NPT. Topics included the treaty’s compatibility with a future European federation, consultations by the NATO Nuclear Planning Group, the definition of a nuclear weapon, and the prohibition of national control over “peaceful nuclear explosives.”


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NAR0,A RG 59, Subject-Numeric Files, 1967-1969, DEF 18-6. Contributed to NPIHP by Bill Burr.

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2018-06-12

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Memorandum of Conversation

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177792

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Secret

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