1 20 4 https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/ccaa359457ae9760d0efd860d48d4f64.pdf 27b4a1b96d4279ad121bcf46922b98a0 PDF Text Text Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi sur I'acces a {'information 1 HOUSE p' , .JF COMMONS DEBATES Friday, February 1, 1966 Sb3<??-4-^ •It:- IclJ.SC By Charles Lynch Southam News ; Services Prime Minister Diefen- ! baker is understood to have in his possession a document that is the rootcause of much of his bitterness toward the United States, and a number of his supporters think he proposes to make it public in the closing days of the election campaign. Important bearing Whether he does or not, the reported document has an important bearing on this campaign and the stormy , events that preceded it here in Ottawa because more than any other single factor it has shaped the attitudes of Mr, Diefenbaker and External Affairs Minister Howard Green toward the Kennedy government in Washington. (Last night at Kelowna, B.C., Mr. Diefenbaker branded the report that he had the document in his possession as 'completely false' "I don't know where that story came from . . . I have to repudiate it,' he told newsmen.) Mr. Diefenbaker: is reported to have had the document for almost two years and has already gone through one full election campaign w i t h o u t using it. Canada-U.S. relations were not an issue in last June's vote. This time, however, Canadian-U.S. relations are an issue. One of the things that precipitated the fall of the government last month was the famous State Department press release taking issue with Mr. Diefenbaker's policy speech on defence in the. House of Commons. That press release touched just about the most sensitive nerve in Mr. Diefenbaker's makeup and caused him to retrieve the document and threaten to make it public. His desire to do this heightened the crisis within his own cabinet, a majority of whose members took the view that to make the document public would put an intolerable strain on relations between the two countries. Cabinet pressures Mr. Diefenbaker accepted the pressures brought upon" him within the cabinet to keep the document secret—although two cabinet ministers, George Hees and Pierre Sevigny, subsequently resigned, saying they were dissatisfied with, the Prime Minister's assurances that he would not go anti-American. ' At least one cabinet minister — Senator Wallace Mc-' Cutcheon, now minister of trade and commerce—stayed in the cabinet on the express understanding that the suspicious document would not be used by the Prime Minister in the election campaign. Early this month, the matter c a m e before cabinet again, with Mr. Diefenbaker wanting to use it to bolster his campaign. Once again,' a majority of the cabinet, led by Senator McCutcheon, talk-, ed him out of it. '-. (See PM, Page 5, Col. 3) 4 manifester un interet marque a toutes les questions ayant trait a cette exposition uni, verselle. ! L'hon. M. Chevrier: Monsieur le president, ipuis-je poser une question complementaire pour faire suite a la longue reponse que le ministre vient de donner a une courte question? Puis-je suggerer au ministre d'etudier bien (serieusement la rumeur qui circule actuellement a I'effet que les nominations seront exclusivement de caractere politique, et j'espere que' le "ministre verra a ce que ces nominations soient denuees de tout caractere politique. - . M.fJ'Orateur: A l'ordre! Je suis d'avis qu'il est contraire au Reglement de formuler des observations semblables. • .11:. -..•••*:•.:.* .FISHERIES r REFERENCE TO COMMITTEE OF REPORT OF NORTH Urtnco JW PACIFIC COMMISSION On-the orders of the day: Mr. Colin Cameron (Nanaimo-CowichanThe-jlslands): Mr. Speaker, I shouldillike to ask,,the,rMinister of Fisheries if any progress hasrJ>eenrmade. in the matter of referring the /recommendations, of >.the 'north Pacific comI' missionyto the committee on marine and I ('fisheries? -^ >, ••& •.. I I Hon.'J. A. MacLean (Minister of Fisheries): I I have nothing to add to the answer which I 000445 �Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi sur I'acces a I'information •«. V' •>• nppiea cnnaren in ~ine un your help. Please take a Easter Seal return envelope ROTARY CLU Chateau A Choose from000446 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context CDNW06987 Title A name given to the resource "Claims report 'false'," by Charles Lynch Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived "Canada-US Ministerial Committee on Joint Defence - Establishment and activities," RG25-A-3-b, vol 6049, file 50309-A-40, part 4-2, Library and Archives Canada (LAC). Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Government of Canada Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Canadian Crown Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Canada Declassified Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1-Feb-63 https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/9b72aa23ffc3a744120c60567e439ca9.pdf cb16b8b43f2c2d10f7251ae96a317b6b PDF Text Text ^02icj^f)L^2\-J7yy FM WASHDC F E B 1 / 6 3 UNCLAS , TO EXTERNAL 3 5 2 OPIMMED Ay-.r^y . . . 3 g : ?i;?g^ y ..,,nfyy^^ ,, n t f ^ H-,.. .-VITJ?^^ NUCLEAR,WEAPCWS8USA CDN,.NEGOTIATIONS^ ^,..,~J,.. „t v ,,,„ ™ ^ THE FOLLOWING ARTICLE. BY JOHN, GNORRIS^DEFENQE CORESPONDENT, - „,.. .,-. . APPEARED T H I S MORNING IN WASHDC POST UNDER THE HEADING QUOTE , USA LAW BARS OTT PLAN-JOINT. CONTROL DEMAND -BLAKS .CDA A-PACT UNQUOTE. TEXT BEGINS? ; IN SIMPLE,UNOIPLO,WORDS USA HAS.XPLAINED TO CDN PEOPLE THE HARD : . ;f MILITARY FACTS BEHIND A VITALvNORTH AMERICAN-DEFENSE ISSUE- THAT ;-HAD BECOME BADLY OBSCURED INr CURRENT CDN .POLITICAL DEBATE. ?L- ;. .,.,,, STATE DEPT STATEMENT ISSUED WED ,NIGHT BLUNTLY:CpNTRADICTEp"'CDN/'tPRIflfe MINISTER. JOHN, DIEFNBAKERS EXPLANATION,OF THE SITUATION LAST WEEK , BEFORE THE PARLIAMENT IN OTT.DIEFENBAKER STRUCK BACK YESTERDAY, - / • CALLING THE USA COMMENT ON CDA NUCLEAR WEAPONS POLICY QUOTE UN- : PRECEDENTED UNQUOTE AND AN QUOTE UNWARRANTED INTRUSION.UNQUOTE WHILE SEEMINGLY CONFUSING THE INTERNATIONAL ROW ACTUALLY -IS SIMPLE. FOUR YEARS AGO DIEFENBAKERS GOVT; ARRANGED WITH USA FOR THE SALE OF., DOLLARS 7 0 0 MILLION, WORTH OF BOMARC MISSILES AND VOODOO .PLANES FOR . THE JOINT DEFENSE OF THE NORTH .AMERICAN CONTINENT AGAINST SOVIET BOMBER ATTACKoCDAS FORCES IN- NATO ALSO ACQUIRED USA HONEST-JOHN , BATTLEFIELD MISSILES AND BEGAN/MODERNIZING THEIR LIGHTER,..BOMBER * FORCE. SINCE THEN CDA HAS FAILED TO COMPLETE EXPECTED ARRANGEMENTS TO ARM THEM WITH NUCLEAR WARHEADS AND BOMBS.TWO BOMARC B BATTERIES 'WITH 56 MISSILES,WERE INSTALLED IN ONTARIO AND QUEBEC LAST YEAR.THY , STAND USELESS AS THE BOMARC B WAS NOT RPT NOT DESIGNED TO CARRY CONVENTIONAL. WARHEADS. PLANES RPLACED . ,. ... SIXTY FOUR OF THE 1200 MILE AN HOUR USA BUILT INTERCEPTOR PLANES CARRYING AIR TO AIR MISSILES REPLACED OBSOLETE CF100 INTERCEPTORS AT BASES OF THE JOINT NORTH AMERICAN AIR DEFENSE COMMAND IN CDA. ... 2 A0012920 76-000540 �PAGE TWO 352 THEY COULD SHOOT DOWN INVADING BOMBERS IN ATTACK'WITH CONVENTIONAL/ ' WARHEADS, BUT LACK FULL EFFECTIVENESS. : -7/ 7s iIf <• -'/- - NOT RPT NOT ONLY I S AN ATOMIC T I P P E D ^ M ' DEFENSE MISSILE ASSURE* ' WEAPON TO SHOOT DOWN A BGMBER--BECAUSE OF THE LARGER AREA OF BLASTBUT MORE IMPORTANTLY IT CAN QUOTE KILL^ UNQUOTE THE NUCLEAR-BOMBS ' '. IN THE ATTACKER,PREVENTING THEM FROM EXPLODING ON OR OVER CDN* SOIL. . *.' " CDN ARMY AND AIR FORCE IN WEST GERMANY ALSO HAVE ONLY CONVENTIONAL WARHEADS AND BOMBS,WEAKENING THEIR POWER IN CASE OF WAR IN' EUROPE IN WHICH TACTICTICAL USA A WEAPONS MAY BE EMPLOYEDBY USA AND OTHER NATO NATIONS WHICH HAVE AGREED ON THEIR USE* '* '* ''' .'•' . TWO MAIN FACTORS HAVE BARRED ANY USA-CDN AGREEMENT ©'^ACCEPTING ; ' NUCLEAR WEAPONS FOR NORTH AMERICAN AIR DEFENSE AND NATO/ONE I S THE EXISTENCE OF SOME QUOTE BAN THE BOKB UNQUOTE SENTIMENT I N CDA, WHICH HAS INFLUENCED BOTH DIEFENBAKER S CONSERVATIVE PARTY/AND' ''*" OPPOSITION PARTIES. "' C: ..:. THE OTHER HAS BEEN CDAS INSISTENCE ON A JOINT SYSTEM OF CONTROL CF AMERICAN NUCLEAR WEAPONS IN CDA. IT HAS BALKED AT SIGNING/A TREATY PATTERNED AFTER THE TWO KEY SYSTEM'CONTROLLING USA ATOMIC WEAPONS; IN BRIGAND WANTS A CONTROL ARRANGEMENT' THAT IS BARRED BY A USA LAW WHICH REQUIRES RETENTION OF USA OWNERSHIP OF SUCH WEAPONS IN-PEACETIME. CDN GOVERNMENT HAS NEVER RENOUNCED NUCLEAR WEAPONS OUTRIGHT.. DIEFENBAKER HAS MAINTAINED THEY COULD BE DELIVERED QUICKLY TO CDN FORCES IF WAR COMES AND IN AMERICAN EYES HAS SIMPLY STALLED IN NEGOTIATIONS. BOTH USA AND CDN MILITARY OFFICIALS LONG HAVE BEEN CONCERNED.OVER THE LACK OF A WARHEADS FOR THE BOMARC BASES AT NORTH BAY, ONTARIO,.' AND LA MACAZA,QUEBEC*THEY LIE IN THE MAIN CORRIDOR OF ATTACK SHOULD SOVIET BOMBERS LAUNCH -AN ASSAULT ON NORTH AMERICA,LEAVING'A SAP IN DEFENSE OF SAC BASES AND CITIES ON BOTH SIDES OF~ THE BORDER. A0012920 77-000541 �PAGE THREE 352 WHEN CUBAN CRISIS STARTED, USA INSISTED ON NEW NEGOTIATIONS WITH CDA, EXISTENCE OF TALKS WAS KEPT SECRET,BUT LIBERAL PARTY LEADER LESTER B PEARSON MADE A DOMESTIC POLITICAL ISSUE OF THE LACK OF A WEAPONS Kf DEMANDING THAT THE GOVT LIVE UP TO CDAS DEFENSE COMMITMENTS AND ACCEPT THEM. IN THE POLITICAL DEBATE THAT HAS FOLLOWED, DIEFNBAKER HAS MADE A NUMBER OF STATEMENTS THAT AMERICANS SAY COMPLETELY MISREPRESENT THE FACTS.DURING THE DEBATE THERE HAS BEEN TALK OF THE BRIT AMERICAN AGREEMENT AT NASSAU MAKING CDN ACCEPTANCE OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS INAPPROPRIATE EITHER FOR NORTH AMERICAN AIR DEFENSE OR NATO • DECLARATIONS THAT THE INCREASED USA STRESS ON CONVENTIONAL FORCES MADE THEM UNNECESSARY,ASSERTIONS THAT SOVIET BOMBERS NO RPT NO LONGER ARE A THREAT AND ARGUMENTS THAT CDA SHOULD NOT RPT NOT FOLLOW FRENCH PRESIDENT CHARLES DE GAULLE BY QUOTE JOINING THE NUCLEAR CLUB. UNQUOTE STATEMENTS CHALLENGED STATE DEPT STATEMENT JUMPED INTO THE MIDDLE OF CDN PARLIAMENTARY DEBATE BY CONTRADICTING WHAT AMERICANS SAY WERE INACCURATE ASSERTIONS THAT MISLED CDN PEOPLE. IT SAID THAT THE NASSAU AGREEMENT HAD NO RPT NO BEARING ON THE ISSUE IT DECLARED THAT WHILE THERE IS A NEED FOR INCREASED CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS, THEY ARE A SUPPLEMENT, NOT RPT NOT AN ALTERNATIVE TO EFFECTIVE NATO FORCES.IT SAID FLATLY THAT THE SOVIET BOMBER FLEET WILL REMAIN A QUOTE SIGNIFICANT UNQUOTE THREAT TO NORTH AMRICA AT LEAST THROUGH THIS DECADE, AND IT ASSERTED THAT PROVISION FOR NUCLEAR WEAPONS FOR CDN FORCES 0>3 THE TRMS PROPOSED WOULD NOT RPT NOT INCREASE THE QUOTE NUCLEAR CLUB UNQUOTE AND WAS NOT RPT NOT FOLLOWING DE GAULLE* THIS UNUSUAL APPEAL TO THE CDN PEOPLE OVER THE HEADOF THEIR GOVT REFLECTS AMERICAN AWARENESS OF THE'CKOICE FACING CDA! BOLSTERING FURTHER THE NORTH AMERICAN DEFENSE EFFORT OR PERMITTING A FURTHER WEAKENING OF THE CDN AMERICAN ALLIANCE.TEXT ENDS, A0012920 78-000542 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context CDNW03305 Title A name given to the resource WashDC to External 352 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived "NATO - Nuclear weapons - Policy - NATO long term planning," RG25-A-3-b, vol 5959, file 50219-AL-2-40, part 6-2, Library and Archives Canada (LAC). Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Canadian Crown Subject The topic of the resource Nuclear Weapons Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Canada Declassified Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource en Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1-Feb-63 https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/7e51099aee978ec9642bff5d9eef57bb.pdf 2b3c0e3bf44fa3d361b585aa3bc8e4ce PDF Text Text 7,ZQQ OTT ' , . DE WD" ; ;; i /-' •'. : y ' ' 7 .... -'•"•-•..'. • ... FM WASHDC FEBT/63aUNCLAS. TO EXTERNA!/3-#B OPIMMED ,e. c / ytXt&yci FOLLOWING-COLUMN ^PEAREiDllN WASHDC POST AND CHICAGO NEWS SYNDICATE PAPERS' T O D A Y C F E B O V Q U O T E ^ IN PERSPECTIVE '• •"••'.•'• / '• 7- Xy'77--7.r7 •<;-"/•'". ,„>..". - . 'U BY MAX aFREEDMAN V^ ..• -' — ; ' % ' / ^ ; * v ^ f THE'.QUARREL^W.ITH'CbA-l'. r7S _ .-'• / / ; • / ' ; y. /'!./.., ~' y7 "/"' •'-."•''• ; • :.'•?. '•; ^ -W. / < ' / ' / '•' WHY DID. STATE DEPT DC IT7DTD I T REALLY THINK THAT' ITS 'PUBLIC REBUKE , T OF, THE DEFENSE POLICY. OF CDN. GO^^WAS ,ETT HER WISE OR -NECESSARY?,,, y IF I T - D I D , I T 'HAS BEEN ACTING ON- VERY BAD ADVICE C:: . X 7^ a THIS ERRATIC REBUKE HAS RAISED'MANY PAINFUL ISSUES W H I C H ' W I L L : ./- DAMAGE CDN-AME^ICAN RELATIONS UNLESS NEW WISDOM ^ND RESTRAINT ARE SHOWN IN WASHDC NO RPT NO LEJSS THAN IN t)TT. ^ a- y ' ;; , sZy} • IN FAIRNESS,THE| BLAME CANNOT RPTVNOT REST ON STATE DEPT ALONE,. FOR MANY MONTHS USA HAS BEEN DISCONTENTED WITH CDAS ROLE.THE REASONS "'••.•••• ,. Y •:• -7 • , ; •. •; -' ".*•• ' " J.'X- '•'•''• ' ' • • - ' .. .; •••''. FOR THAT DISCONTENT ARE ABUNDANT,ARE S E R I 6 U S , A N D ; ARE JUSTIFIED, THIS VERDICT WILL COME/AS A SEVERE SURPRISE TO MOST:AMERICANS WHO .. , LOOK UPON THEIR-'FRIENDSHIP WITH CDNS AS "A BLESSED FACT. IN AN UGLY WORLD.BUT THE OFFICIAL RELATIONS^ETWEEN,THE TWO GOVTS,HAVE BEEN MARKED BY DISAGREEMENTS WHICH HAVE DEEPLY ANNOYED MANY IMPORTANT '-.'. OFFICIALS T N ' W A H S H D C . I T I S POSSIBLE TO SYMPATHIZE FULLY WITH THEIR -" SENSE OF.IRRITATION; WHILEBELIEVING THAT THEIR PUBLIC PROTEST IS A PROFOUND AND MISCHIEVOUS BLUNDER.''-'"*./ : -;• X •• STATE DEPT CANNOTaCOMPLETELY EXCUSE-ITS PA)?T,BY-POINTING TO THE . PRESSURES WHICHyPRODUCED THE OFFICIAL REBUKE.SINCE WHEN HAS STATE •-_., DEPT BECOME A MERE DELIVERY SERVJCE FOR OTHER BRANCHES OF ADMIN? ' STATE.. DEPT HAS A SPECIAL" AND CONSTANT DUTY TO KNOW HOW AMERICAN •• • " •*•-'-•- • •••••' * - - ' ' *' ••'•'*'..'•» * 7 f ' - 'S y " POLICY WILL AFFECT OTHER -COUNTRIES.THE' CRITICISM OF THE; DOCU''.. ISSUED IN. THE NAME'OF'STATE DEPT I S THAT IT IS ;WRONG IN ITS TIMING, WRONG IN I T S TONE,AND,WRONG IN ITS ^IMPLICATIONS. '•.'./'. '' :./•' ITS TIMING IS WRONG FOR TWO,DIFFERENT REASONS.IN THE FIRSTyPLACE, USA HAS GIVEN ITS OWN VERSION OF THE SECRET NEGOTIATIONS WITH CDA TO .STRENGTHEN THE CDN CONTRIBUTION TO THEyDEFENSE OF THIS.CONTINENT AND WESTERN EUROPE. .. o '.-;a,, ;'• X .,' - " ..*'-.• •-X-';'-X'7' -> 7 '- ? 'X-JX^ X ' ' / * , ; ; JXt.\-.•""77 "' '•-'': .- / A0012920 79-000543 �ajr#. av. a • PAGE5TW0348 ' . . / '. .;'* " v / ' / ^ X ' 7 / " ' / • X''r7y 'X:: • y \ SECONDLY, THIS AMERICAN VERSION HAS BEEN 'GIVEN TO aTHE WORLD AT- THE V.. VERY-MOMENT WHEN^A STERN POLITICAL^ BATTLE-HAS, DiVIDED CDN • ;•'/. PARLIAMENT'OVER THESE SAME DEFENSE PROBLEMS. / ; / ' . 7 / / / • •.." ' - -y 7 THUS USA HAS COMMITTED TWO OFFENSES/lT HAS, NOT RPT NOT ONLY ACTED • 7 •,;.••''• •• X-r%.. .: . • •: _.-.'— •.-,:•"7;7'" s";- a'••. , « : s:- ..-y .. /y-s IN BREACH OF, DIPLO PRECEDENT^ A N D ^ . ATMOSPHEREyDRENCHED WITH' POLITICAL PREJUDICE^" AND. CONTROVERSY. : . \ ALL THIS EXPLAINS,THOUGH IT DOES7NOT,RPT-NDT EXCUSE,THE-UNFORTUNATE , TONE OF THE AMERICAN STATEMENTVTHE RESOURCES OF/CON EMB IN WASHDC -r WERE: OPEN TO THE STATE JDEPT %0R ANY MSG jFRANKaTO'THE.POINT OF BLUNTNESS,THAT USA WANTED To SEND TO OTT. •/'Z^/'y '.'" Ka ' / //•"*/ *'. '•/• RELATIONS BETWEEN CDA AND AMERICA" A RE" NOT .RPf NOTlSp>FRAG ILE THAT / THEY WILL BE ^URT BY THE ROUGHEST PLAIN SPEAKING,WITH 1^ ''• .. : RESTRAINTS OF DIPLOMACY *BUr THEY CANNOT /RPT: NOT BE7 HELPED BYaPUBLIC aCRITICISMrOF A'CDN^SOVT BY UNNAMED AND INVISIBLE OFFIClALs/lN ; WASHDC USING THE FULL AUTHORITY OF STATE. DEPT /TO .GIVE ADDED POWER TO THIS INDICTMENT. '•„ -.;-*-'._..' / » 7 7 , y / / : X l'X *• CDN OPINION WILL SURELY NOT RPT NOT BE ALONE IN THINKING THAT THE : TONE AND, LANGUAGE OF THE STATEMENT MAKE IT A HECTORING PROTEST RATHER THAN '-A .MODEL* OF PERSUASION. _ '"/ - :yl--y / ; WORST OF ALL,THE STATEMENT IS WRONG IN ITS IMPLICATIONS.USA CAN' 7V •'. NEVER HAVE ANY VALID REASONS FOR TRYING TO INFLUENCE ;THE*. POLITICAL.' ' DECISIONS OF"CDN P E 0 P L E ; A N D DEFENSE POLICY'HAS NOW BECOME VERY.y 7 MUCH A MATTER_OF POLITICAL ARGUMENT.KENNEDY ADMIN HAS NEVER HAD; ' ANY PURPOSE TO DEFEAT MR DIEFENBAKER,!HE CONSERVATIVE: LEADER, ; , OR TO ELECT MR >EARSON,fHE:%IBERAL LEADER.if HAS NO.RPT NO SUCH - / ' / _ PURPOSE; NOW.IT KNOWS THESE' QUESTIONS MUST.BE SETTLED BY CDNS .THEMSELVES; AND BY NO RPT NO ONE ELSE.IT .KNOWS ABOVE ALL THAT ANY AMERICAN 'INTERFERENCE WILL INEVITABLY BOOMERANG.ITS ONE CONSTANT PURPOSE IS .TO CONTINUE CDN-AMERICAN' RELATIONS T N A SPIRIT. OF. UNBROKEN COOPER- ' ATION AND MUTUAL '.RESPECT/.-/ / 7 - / \y '"'XX y^ . , '" -X ., THESE ARE~-BEYOND DOUBT- THE TRUE PRINCIPLES. OF AMERICAN PPL^^2920_80-000544 - "'•*•*' ' ; '-' : ' > . ' 7 ' •'"'"•• ..'•- X ,7 ••-.'. ,. - 7 a*.'; '•'-'_ 7 7 -[.'y.. s • . ; . . ' * . : �A .PAGE THREE-348'/ , / ',/ _ •' , - .'-'.' • •-• 7 ;*':' /'"" ///. BUT IT IS' A SAD AND OPPRESSIVE' FACT THAT > THEY /DO NOT RPT NOT LOOK THAI WAY TO MANY CDNS NOW,.DO;YOU KNOW WHATylS BEING SAID^ IN CDA? . ' DEVOTED-FRIENDS OF THIS COUNTRY ARE SAYING THAT/USA HAS BEEN FAR' •HARSHER WITH PM DIEFENBAKER THAN. WITH PRESIDENT DE GAULLE.THEY ARE SAYING THAT STATE DEPT HAS BEEN MORE CRITICAL OF CDA,OVER AN HONEST' DIFFERENCE ABOUT'PUBLIC POLICY STILL OPEN TO-NEGOTIATION,THAN IT " HAS 3EEN OF^FRANCE IN SPITE OF ITS CALLOUS AND SELFISH ROLE IN ; /WESTERN EUROPE,rIS THIS THE MOMENT IN THEaHISTORY OF THE WESTERNXZ ALLIANCE^WHEN WASHDC: SHOULD WIDEN THE BREACH;"wiTH OTT?/7 * *"/:" 7 MR DIEFENBAKER IS A!/TROUBLESOME/AND;UNRELIABLETCOLLEAGUE BUTX '7 '' COOPERATION WITH CDA 'MUST ALWAYS RISE ABOVE PERSONAL OR POLITICAL •." "• ' •-' ' " '. x. * -••...;•'' ' .' / . * •'/ * • * ••' t •-'.-• % "' ; '. IRRITANTS.THIS ESSENTlAL'PULE HAS;BEEN TEMPORARILY FORGOTTEN IN WASHDC.THE;FIRST^DUTY NOW*FOR ALL WHO\wiSH\TO REPAIR/THE DAMAGE, IS TO UNDERSTAND THE7DIVS IN CDN OPINION ABOUT DEFENSE MATTERS. WITH THAT PURPOSEyIN MIND/SUCH ANV EXPLANATION WILL BE OFFERED IN THE; NEXT COLUMN7IN THIS .SPACE. UNQUOTE.;. " '"" '"' 7 J , . " " • ' ; v - ' 011519Z; ' _ . ' ' ' . .17 '•-- ; 7 f , . *"'* ,-'.,/•'•*'*',- • Xjl'S •• X7'"/' GR720 " ."'•• •'"'-. '. / ••'/ •'.. -7> y'-X .. • * /'.'/"•• ' 7 / " '" ; . ; 7 • A0012920 81-000545 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context CDNW03304 Title A name given to the resource WashDC to External 348 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived "NATO - Nuclear weapons - Policy - NATO long term planning," RG25-A-3-b, vol 5959, file 50219-AL-2-40, part 6-2, Library and Archives Canada (LAC). Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Canadian Crown Subject The topic of the resource Nuclear Weapons Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Canada Declassified Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource en Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1-Feb-63 https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/ab31f4942ca1fc399469d90eb4477113.pdf 697650cc6ff57d04bd16ab4876f5e7f2 PDF Text Text Document disclosed under the Access to Information/Act Document divulgue en vertu de la Lpf sur sur j'occejrg f'acce^q fi^mpm fiffigpntation A$ 3* FM EMBPARIS FEB 1 / 6 3 UNCLAS TO EXTERNAL 133 OPIMMED INFO WASHDC NATOPARIS LDN PRIORITY REF YOURTEL PG1S JAN31 PMS STATEMENT DEFENCE-FRENCH PRESS REACTION NEWS OF PMS STATEMENT REACHED PARIS TOO LATE TO APPEAR IN MOST OF THE MORNING NEWS PAPERS (WITH EXCEPTION OF LE FIGARO AND LANATION WHICH CARRIED WITHOUT COMMENTS A BRIEF AFP REPORT ON THE QUESTION) AMONG THE AFTERNOON PAPERS, BOTH PARIS PRESSE AND LE MONDE GAVE IT A PROMINENT PLACE, 2.LE MONDE MENTIONED THE ISSUE BOTH IN ITS EDITORIAL AND IN ITS FRONT PAGE ART ICLE.COMMENT ING ON AMERICAN DEFENCE POLICY IN GENERAL. IT SAW IN THIS INCIDENT AN ADDITIONAL ILLUSTRATION OF RESULTS PRODUCED BY USA IMPATIENCE TO IMPOSE ITS DEFENCE POLICY LINE ON ITS ALLIES.LE MONDE HELD THAT,WHILE USA DEFENCE POLICY WAS QUITE JUSTIFIED FROM POINT OF VIEW OF EFFICIENCY, IT WENT AGAINST TO THE SUSCEPTIBILITIES OF THE ALLIES AND WAS FORCED ON THEM BY QUESTIONABLE METHODS THE RISK WAS THAT IT COULD CONTRIBUTE TO A FEELING OF HOSTILITY BETWEEN THE AMERICANS AND THEIR ALLIES.IN CDA,IT COULD WELL BRING ABOUT THE MOST ANTI-AMERICAN ELECTORAL CAMPAIGN WHICH THE COUNTRY HAD EVER KNOWN AND A COMPLETE REFUSAL TO ACCEPT NUCLEAR WARHEADS IN CDA. 3.F0R PARIS PRESSE,KENNEDY WANTED TO FORCE ON CDNS SAME PRINCIPLES WHICH BRIT HAD BEEN LED TO ACCEPT IN THE BAHAMAS AGREEMENT.IN PARIS PRESSES VIEW,HOWEVER,CDND WERE FAR MORE SENSITIVE THAN BRIT DUE TO ECONOMIC QUOTE RECOLONIZAT ION UNQUOTE OF CDA BY USA AND, e i o 2 000818 �Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi sur I'acces a I'information \. V, PAGE TWO 133 AS A RESULT,THEY HAD REBELLED AND ADOPTED A LINE CLOSER TO DE GAULLE THAN TO MACMILLAN IT HELD THAT THE PM HAD IN FACT ACCUSED AMERICANS OF FAVOURING LIBERALS WHO WERE MORE SYMPATHETIC TO USA DEFENCE POLICY.IN THE CIRCUMSTANCES,PARIS PRESS THOUGHT THAT THE CONSERVATIVES COULD WELL SEIZE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO LAUNCH AN ELECTION ON THE THEME OF NATIONAL INDEPENDENCE AND FIND THEMSELVES RETURNED TO POWER WITH AN INCREASED MAJORITY. 01 000819 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context CDNW01786 Title A name given to the resource EmbParis to External 133 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived "DEFENCE - Canada-US Arrangements - Acquisition of Nuclear Weapons for Use by Canadian Forces," RG2-B-2, Box 23-24, file D-1-5(f), Library and Archives Canada (LAC). Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Canadian Crown Subject The topic of the resource Nuclear Weapons Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Canada Declassified Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource en Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1-Feb-63