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MEMORANDUM FOR THE MEMBERS OF THE MILITARY COMMITTEEIN PERMANENT SESSION

SUBJECT :

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Construction Criteria and Standards for NATO SM-T8 Weapons System (JUPITER) and Special Ammunition Storage Facilities (Type E)

a. MCM-101-59, 7 August 19595. AG 643O/S-226/59 LOG, 15 June 1959

1. In reference a, the members of the Military Committee in Permanent Session were requested to submit their commentson reference b by 1 October 1959* Replies have now been received from all representatives and all approve, without comment, the criteria and the forwarding statement in reference a except France and the United States. ~

2. Comments of the above nations have been incorporated in Enclosure 1 and the recommended action on each comment is included therein.

3. It is recommended that the Military Committee in Permanent Session consider this matter at their next meeting and take the following action:

a. Approve the recommendations in Enclosure 1.

b. Approve the criteria as amended by Enclosure 1.

c. Forward the criteria, as revised, to the Council with £he statement in paragraph 5b, reference a.

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Referenc es:' a. Aß 6430/E, 31^ - A/50" LOG, 25 Sep 58

□. AG 6U3O/E-226/59 LOG,” 15 Jun 59

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MENTAHY INFORMATION ON tTS> USEFULLNESS

tN ORDER TO REMOVE ALL RESERVATIONS

CONCERN ING IT.

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No. 31!9 1/EMGA/32/5C, 25 Nov 58 from MOO`Paris, which requested the aoo vc -,

INFORMAT ION."

”2. ROUSJ N Q : FOR PEKSOWWCL.

(page 6 , PARA. 7)

INFRASTRUCTURE COSTS COULD St

REDUCED DY HOT SEPARAT INO THE INSTALL-

iit i Oh s reu Am e r i c a n p e r s o n n e l f r o m

THOSE DESTINED TO FRENCH PERSONNEL.

TXE SEPARATION RECOMMENDED GY

SHAPE o e t w c e n t h e 'i n s t a l l a t i o n s foftSEÇtÎRITY UNtT3 FOR AMMUNITION DEPOTS

ANO THOSE op OTHEti: UNtTS OF THE OA.SC (S UNEt-ONOM i CAU A"HBt" i T VÖULB BE SÔOO....

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RECOMMENDATIONS

{. T m S COMMENT NOW REFERS

TO PARAGRAPH &A, PAttE k Z , REFER ­

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2. "A v o a s s t o r a g e a t SUPPORT

DAse 15 REQUIRED FOR TRANSPORT AIR­

CRAFT USED FOB WEAPONS SYSTEM

LOG 1ST I C ;3uPP0«T.n

3. :Hö CHANGE IN THE CRITERIA

IS NECESSARY.

1. This c o m m e n t n o w refers t o An n e x XHI a n d XI-I, r e f e r e n c e

2. "Co n c u r t h a t p e r s o n n e l

q u a r t e r s f o r c u s t o d i a n p e r s o n n e l

CAN ÔE LOCATED IN THÉ SAME GENERAL

AREA AS USER NATION PERSONNEL.8

3. NO CHAKÜC it-J TNE CftlTERiA

IS NECESSARY.

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TO HOLD THESE SEPARATE INSTALLAT I «43 TO THE MINtMUH IWOSEO »V SEt&fttTV REGULATIOHS.

Certain installations which prove necessary a# a result or thc prcscnce ON THE SAME SASE OF PERSONNEL OF DIFFERENT NATIONALITIES MAY SE.SUPER­FLUOUS WHCH ALL the PERSONNEL ts OF THE SAME NATIONALITY; IN THIS LATTER CASE,MOD Paris sixmests that separate INSTALLATIONS NOT BE CONSTftueTED OTHER THAN THOSE REQUIRES SV THC MEEDS FOR A CLOSE SURVEILLANCE OF THE STORAGE SITES ACCORD I NO TO THE SECURITY RECULAT IONS OF THE USER NATION.”

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*3.Para. ?}

Height or Fences. (page 8,

Fences, which arc stahmrd- ized in France at 2m.20 in height {instead of the 2m.I(0 foreseen), wouldSCCM TO ce SUFFICIENT. A CONS IWRAOLE SAVINS WOULD RESULT IN FRANCE 6Y THE AOOPTION OF THIS HEIGHT. |T |S SUGGEST 66 THAT TNE HEIGHT OF FENCES OE SHOWN IN A NOSE FLEXIBLE WAY BY AOOIWS THE WOIîD 'APPROXIMATELY' AFTER

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ftCCOWEtCAT tOWS

, t. This comment now refers toPARAGRAPH iÖA. PAGE II, REFERENCE 0.

2. "FENCING HEIGHT AND SPACING SPECIFIED IN SHAPE RECOMMENDS« CRI* TERIA HAS BEEN STANDARD IÏED FOR ALL SPECIAL AMMUNITION STORAGE AREAS AT Z.% M HI OH AND 6 M SPACING. MlNOR DEVIATIONS ACCEPTABLE TO HOST, USER, AND CU5TOD1A-L NATIONS W|U BE COM“ SJOEREO BY SHAPE Ofi A CASE BY CASE OASIS.*

3" NO CHANGE IS «EtJUtRCO IN THC CftfTCRiA#

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SpAC IMP Of INSTALLAT IONS. PARA. 3>

IT WOULD SEEM iNOtCATBB TO ESTABLISH THIS MAGAZINE VlTHSN THE PERIMETER OF THE P3(NCiPAL STORA&É DEPOT FOR MUNITIONS ON THÉ QÀSE.

: This request tor modification :'t-9 WADE WITH A DCSl»E FOlT&Oj&OMY.£ttD FOR FAC 1i.1 TATtwa THE’: PURCHASES Ô V THE "

MOST NATION F03 WHOM THE MANY PIECES OF LAMO TO DC ACQUIRED QCNCRATCS ADDITIONAL EXPENSES,*

France : i. This comment now refers to PARAGRAPH t$3j PASC l6, REFERENCE ?.

2, "Warhead storage structuresAf?E USED TO STORE OTHER HOSE CONE COMPONENTS AND FOR OPERATIONAL REASONS STORAOC SHOULD 3E ADJACENT TO SURVEILLANCE ÄNß tNSPCCt ION 2'JlLOlfM, WARHEADS ARC NORMALLY IN PLACE OH THE MlSSttK »TSÉUF AfjD ARE OHLV in ; STCBAOE DUKINO PERIODS ;OF MAJOR MAINTENANCE OF THE MISSILE. LOCAL CONSJDEflATl NS vàl. DICTAT« PEAS-. laiLlTV OT 3 | TE iNG IN REOULAR AMMUNITION AREA.*

3* No chanoc iN The CRITERIA IS REQUIRED,

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5 k 12 *é. Sentry Post for the LOX Factory, (page 12. para. 4)

■ ThC SENTRY POST PROVIDED TO OUARD THE INSTALLAT t ON FOR PRODUCINQ 11 QUID OXYGEN DOES NOT ..SEEM (NDISPCNS- AOLE SINCE SUCH A POST ALREADY IS lit EXiSTCMCC ON THE OASE."

France 1. This comment now refers to PARAGRAPH 19 £ <7> ANO ANNEX XI,.REFERENCE 0.

2. "IT IS INTENDED THAT A CREW ROOM RATHER THAN A GUARD ROOM Q£ PRO­VIDE» FOR 12OPERATIONAL PERSONNEL IN THE LOX OCNERATtON AREA."

3. NO CMANOC IS REQUIRED IN THEcriteria.

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c. MCM-IOI-59, 7 *»59

*tM ACCOftOANCt WITH PARAGRAPH 6, / REFERENCE S., 1HC UNITCO STATES APPROVESreference a suoject to the follow!no COMMCttTi M '. ■

'ANNEX XV »'OPCRATlONAl SUPPORTFacilities, Serial! o. The crew cuilo-1NO SHOULD QU INCREASED IK SIZE FROM 3.000 MUARE FEET to 5,000 SQUARE rCET TO ACCOMMODATE THE CREW WHO WILL SC ME- «UtRED AT THE LAUNCH POSITION. ?HC ORiaiMAL CONCEPT OP AN 8-HOUR SHIFT,UPON WHICH THE 3,000 SQUARE FEET FACILITY WAS BA»CO, HAS ÛECN CMAMQEO TO A ROUND-THE-CLOCK MANMIMA OV UtWCH PERSONNEL. NECESSITAT}!» MORE SPACE F«k

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