23 August 1961: Army Operations in Areas of Heavy Fallout

The file contains an interim report by a Canadian Army HQ Special Study Group on Operations in Areas of Heavy Fallout. The report suggests that developing a system of effective communications was one of the primary challenges that needed to be overcome to create a working system on fallout recording/reporting in Canada. In short, the idea was good in theory, but military planners in Canada doubted its practicality.

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Interim report by AHQ Special Study Group on Operations in Areas of Heavy Fallout, 23 August 1961, RG24-F-1, acc. 1983-84-167, vol. 7508, file DRBS-1600-3 vol. 1, LAC.

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