https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/514038e6d2b8baf8e52b52c3c0ede821.pdf 5740f4ecb996215bf2cd712f27cc34f6 PDF Text Text Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act - FILE COPY Defence Liaiscm/R.L2ocTOgi^if/etfude^ ^Ji0 fA TOP SECRET November lh, MEMORANDUM FOR MR. HEENEY 19^9. j S^Uif •-—T«—- 7~T7~ " " Re j Item No. *> on Chiefs of "StafFGommrttee Agenda for November 15. 19^9. Revision of ABO Intelligence In this item the Joint Intelligence Committee is recommending measures to replace Part II of ABCI. 15. fhe measures include two things! (a) an attempt to deter^ mine which targets in Canada the Soviet Union would wish to bomb and (bj an attempt to assess what the Soviet Union would be able to do and what it i?ould want to do. These points are covered In paragraph 3 of the paper of November 10 attached to CSC 2-1-3 of November 12. fhe method by which this should be done is outlined in the appendix to the paper already referred to. The Joint Intelligence Committee recommends that the Joint Intelligence Staff be provided with M a suitable officer" as chairman and with one additional officer from each Service. , This latter provision ls interpreted to mean that no additional officer would be required from the Department of External Affairs. It is also contemplated that the Joint Intelligence Committee would be required to secure information from departments of the Canadian Government other than External Affairs and National Defence, The Joint Intelligence Committee and the Joint Intelligence Staff have given considerable thought to the method of approaching this problem and the foregoing recommendations embody the compromise of views that seems most likely to be successful. In view of current conditions, it is probable that the Joint Intelligence Staff will not be able to cope with the problem set before it unless it receives a strong chairman from outside. A �Document disclosed under the Access io Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi sur I'acces a I'information ~ 2 similar procedure was followed at the time the Joint Intelligence Staff went to Washington when Group Captain Sean was appointed in a similar capacity. There can be little doubt that the project itself is a necessary one as it is necessary to determine with as much authority as can be what the Soviets would be likely to attack in Canada and what they would be able to do. If the Canadian Government is to have the benefit of the intelligence appreciations of the United States and the United Kingdom*, its own intelligence authorities will have to go to Washington with something in their hands, as it will not be possible again to sit down at a tripartite meeting as the United States authorities appear to object to that procedure. R.A. MacKay. 000429 � 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 CDIM02609 Title A name given to the resource Memorandum for Mr. Heeney from R.A. MacKay, "Revision of ABC Intelligence" Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1949-11-14 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Nuclear Vulnerability Study, RG25, Vol. 4563, File 50041-A-40, Part 1, LAC. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Department of External Affairs Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Canadian Crown Subject The topic of the resource Early Cold War, Atomic Vulnerability Description An account of the resource Ottawa 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