CDWB00061: War Organization (8 January 1958)

This aim of this document was to “determine the central organization of the DND necessary to ensure effective control and administration of the Canadian forces in war.”  It lays out the assumptions and requirements of the military branches at an emergency headquarters, and the steps that needed to be taken to decentralize the military from Ottawa. 

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RG25-A-3-b, vol. 6028, file 50285-40, pt 2-1 "Emergency planning by National Defence Headquarters, in Ottawa in event of disaster", Library and Archives Canada.