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December 29, 1966

Memorandum of Conversation with West German Ambassador Heinrich Knappstein, 'German Concern Over Draft NPT Text'

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In this conversation, Ambassador Knappstein expressed concern over the draft of the NPT that Washington and Moscow had agreed on. Knappstein worried that the draft articles would foreclose “all of the available options for participation in nuclear defense."


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NARA, RG 59, Subject-Numeric Files, 1964-1966, DEF 18-4. Contributed to NPIHP by Bill Burr.

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2018-06-12

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Memorandum of Conversation

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177791

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Secret

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