5 February 1951: Proposed Exchange of Notes
Attached is a draft copy of the Goose Bay lease agreement between Canada and the United States. Written one month after the Pentagon Paper draft, the agreement sets out a twenty year lease, free of charge, and emphasizes Canadian sovereignty. However, it contains little detail on the potential US Strategic Air Command operations to be conducted from the base.
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Draft memorandum, "Proposed Exchange of Notes Between Canada and the United States of America Relating to Goose Bay, Province of Newfoundland," 5 Feb. 1951, LAC, RG 25, vol. 4758, file no. 50069-C-40, part 1.
