1 20 1 https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/6cbfd5fdae3b58bcca95eb9bbce42f26.pdf daa60daedb32421fec304f2ce8c7f81c PDF Text Text rtl Document disclosed under the Acce, 7Dj?c^jm«nXdflrilfu>e-en vertu de Itfiok S E C R E T M > erne. _ _M H _ I epjebii i i t i f f SECRET REB'JIT k SEGRO MEMORANDUM FOR MR. RAE: Overflight Arrangements FEB 2 1 1985 THE SO-CALLED MB-1 AGREEMENT Under this Agreement United States Air Force interceptors, under the operational control of NORAD, are authorized to carry nuclear air-to-air defence weapons over Canadian territory. The present Agreement expires on June 30, 196l at which time we have agreed to review it. Under the Agreement United States interceptors armed with nuclear weapons may enter Canadian air space whenever a condition of air defence readiness or i higher state of alert is declared by CINC NORAD. The aircraft may land or take off from military air fields in Canada. Additionally there are other provisions regarding rules for interception and engagement, precautions to be taken to avoid public hazards, the training of RCAF personnel to handle accidents and consultation on the release of information. "STRATEGIC AIR COMMAND BOMBERS AND STRATEGIC AIR COMMAND TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT" 2. The procedures governing these flights are laid down by Order-inCouncil P.C.2307 of April 1?, 1952. The particular provisions, i.e. Schedule "B" of this Order-in-Council^were revised on July 8, I960. The present practice, insofar as training flights are concerned, is for the Canadian Government to approve a programme of such flights over a period of approximately three months. Individual flights within this period are cleared between the Chiefs of Air Staff of the two countries. The procedures laid down also provide for clearance of Strategic Air Command transport aircraft flights and of course actual operational flights. 3. The most recently approved programme of training overflights extends through March 31, 1961. ...2 000204 �Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act | n v <[M^e£f& p | jij? ^Ecces a I'information SSS&BT -3SPECIAL CASES REBUIT A SECRET FEB 2^1 1985 U. During the negotiation of revised procedures for SAC aircraft, the United States was anxious to have the procedure' cover all United States military aircraft so as to facilitate programming of nuclear resupply overflights for military organizations other than SAG. The idea was to obtain prior approval covering a period of three or four months and then route resupply aircraft across Canada as might be necessary from time to time. The Canadian Government was not prepared to broaden the category of aircraft covered by Schedule "B". The State Department was informed that any flights not covered by Schedule "Bn (e.g. overflights of military transport aircraft delivering nuclear warheads to United States forces, other than SAC, in Europe or in connection with the NATO programme) should be submitted to the Canadian Government through the diplomatic channel as special cases for its consideration as in the past. The last spebial.'.easewas in i960. It involved a short programme of logistic overflights which was approved when winter conditions were interfering with regular logistic flights via the &qp%es. Ste fepEggtnafo&apdtgxxfegx^ For our own information we were told that the underlying reason prompting the Government not to expand the categories of aircraft covered by Schedule "B" was the desire to avoid any codification of procedures for authorization of nuclear overflights other than SAC on the grounds that this might imply that such requests would be approved as a matter of routine. NON-NUCLEAR OVERFLIGHTS 5>. Provisions are made for such flights in PJBD Recommendation of November 12, 19$1 and also PC2307. $l/$ 6. Attached is a copy of a Memorandum to the Cabinet dated March l£, I960 which may be helpful in explaining our position on restricting the category of overflights under Schedule "B". 000205 � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. 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/. 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