https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/07cd5460da0ba351f4dd0194c7024532.pdf b4dcd315b890156a618aaf05c84bb4d6 PDF Text Text I' Document disclosed under the Access to Information Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi sur I'acces a I'informi T O P S E C R E T TS.1S-24-61 (AHP) (X w*f x>-- mx-;i, 3 - ftl -!>n.X -^X jX)( (r^w MINUTES OP SIXTH 13EETING OF VULHERABILITT STUDY PANEL Present*A/V/U J.L. Plant Maj* Gen. F.F. Worthington Mr* G. JpeT Glasebrook !&•• I. Bowen Dr. W . James Dr. D.J. Deraar !&•* G. Carty Lt* Coi* W.J, I&oCailua w/C R.C. Weston Xo^ifti- TJ (Chairman) (CDC) (JIC) (JIB) (DTC) Vital Pts. Cte. (DRB) (DOT) (CDC) (Secretary) 1 The SIXTH Meeting of the Vulnerability Study Panel was held in Boom 2305, "An Bldg., national Defence Headquarters at 1000 hours, Tuesday, 15 £&y 51. 2 The Chairman reviewed the decision of the FIFTH meeting in regard to obtaining the services of a civilian contractor to conduct the physioal characteristics studies of Canadla.n cities. He explained that shortly after this meeting the Manial of Civil Defenoe, Whioh contained the necessary instructions for compilation of this data, had been approved and forwarded to ths cities, and in view of this lt had been agreed with the Civil Defenoe Co-ordinator not to proceed, for the time being, with the plan to engage a civilian contractor. The Chairman stated that no report on progress had as yet been made and invited the Civil Defence Co-ordinator to outline the present status of the physioal characteristics study. 3 The Civil Defenoe Co-ordinator informed the meeting that the rehired studies had been completed by three of the oities, namely, Ottawa, Victoria and Halifax, but that full co-operation was not being given by the other cities and the studies wore proceeding very slowly or not at all. 4 The Chairman then pointed out that of the three studies undertaken by the panel, i.e., Complexes and Vital Centres, Effects of the Atom Bomb, and Physioal Characteristics of Major Cities, the first two had been completed for soma time, while the lack of progress on the physical eharaoteristlos study made it impossible for the panel to combine these separate studies in order to produce the conclusions required by JIB, CDC, and othor Government agencies. He requested, therefore, that tha Panel re-affirm or otherwise the necessity of securing the specified data from all the cities listed in the physioal characteristics plan. a 5 After discussion it was agreed that data from all tho oities originally listed was essential to a complete picture of Canadian vulnerability, and that the contents of the physical characteristics study should be largely as originally planned. The Chairman proposed, therefore, that as it appeared very doubtful that satisfactory results oould be obtained through the efforts of the cities concerned, the postponed plan of engaging a civilian contractor should now be proceeded with. . The Panel agreed that this appeared to be the only possible solution. In this connection the Chairman reviewed for tho meeting the following decision of the Chiefs of Staff Committee taken at the 476th Meeting held 28 Nov 60i- 000052 �Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act DocumenffWivlJJguften v e A i d&\a&i a*r Itecima I'information - 2 . "It was agreed to recommend to the Deputy Minister that the study he undertaken by a civilian contraotor to handle the technical detail, in co-operation with civil authorities J* ® < £2Sll£i22* ** * a s <**°lded thai ths Civil Defenoe Co-ordinator would proceed.' ai' "onoe to find a suitable civilian firm to complete the gathering of data necessary to the physical oharaeteristios study, and ttet he would provide the Chairman with an estimate of the time and money involved* The Chairman would l&en seek the neoessary authority to engage the contraotor. 7 It was further, agreed that «hlle the data secured for Ottawa, Victoria and Halifax could, in combination vlth studies already completed, serve a useful purpose, it would not be economical for JIB to set up the necessary staff organisation to deal with only part of the final co-ordination if it was likely that this staff would have to be disbanded because of delay In obtaining information on the other cities* It was agreed, therefore, that JXB would take no further action until a reasonably firm estimate oould he made of the dates when further information oould be supplied through the medium of the civilian contractor* 8 The date of ths next meeting trill ho announced. 6 (R.C* Weston) Xl/C Secretary Vulnerability Study Panel DISTRIBUTIOH A/v/ll J.L. Plant I&J* Gen. F*P. Worthington &* G. £sT Glasebrook Mr* I . Bowen Dr. W* James . Dr* D.J* Dewar iar* G* carty <3iiefs of Staff v./o R.C. Weston Copy Ho. 1 Z 3. 4* r £ % %~f io 000053 � 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 CDIM02560 Title A name given to the resource Minutes, "Sixth Meeting of Vulnerability Study Panel" Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1951-05-15 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Nuclear Vulnerability Study, RG25, Vol. 4563, File 50041-40, LAC. 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