https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/c8f16890aef4a25b3ea0d7ece9057965.pdf a6e23e07e37ff33d2640a2f311550749 PDF Text Text , « • » ' ' • 1 -*4 OlflCS OF THE CHAIRMAN CHIEFS OF STAFF Ottawa, 10 January, 1958. COS CRS CAS NATO Defence ArrangeCTents in North America 1* In tho discussions which have tafcen place in the House of Commons regarding the s e t t i n g up of North American Air Defence Command t h e r e have been repeated statements t o t h e effect t h a t t h i s was not a command under NATO hut a npecial b i l a t e r a l arrangement made by Canada and tha United S t a t e s , and i t has boon quite apparent that there i s a general lack of understanding of t h e IJATo organization, p a r t i c u l a r l y as i t affects North America, In othor papers which have como to t h e a t t e n t i o n of the Chiefs of Staff there has bean frequent rofarenco t o Canada-US defence arrangements which hove tended t o croato the iraproaoion t h a t the defence of North America i s not part of NATO dofence arrangements and reference i s seldom mode t o the Canada-US Regional Croup in NATO. I would enphasizo t h a t the whole of Canada .and t h e T7nltod States i s p a r t of tho KATO area (reference the diagram attached) and as far as Canada i s concerned tho defence of t h i s area i s as much a NATO matter us the defence of Allied Command Europe, Therefore i t i s considered t h a t much more a t t e n t i o n should be paid to t h i s aspect of our NATO planning in drawing up papers and In malting submissions t o ' the government and roleases to the p u b l i c . I would dra\7 your a t t e n t i o n to the statement made in the Unite Fapor of 1956-5? which deals with Canada's defence programme and which s t a t e s as follows: "The aim of Canada*s defence programme end planning i s t o provide for the security of Canada. Under present and foreseeable conditions t h i s can be done most effectively by close co-operation with our a l l i e s in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, and e s p e c i a l l y with the United States In r e l a t i o n to the North American a r e a . Our defence plans raist also Include a capacity t o c a r r y out obligations t h a t may a r i s e out of Canada's membership in the United Ifotions Organization." 2. I would emphasize t h a t in future we should s t r e s s t h i s r e l a t i o n s h i p between Canada and the United States on dofence matters as always being within the Canada-US Regional Croup. This w i l l give us much greator l a t i t u d e and should cloar up any public misunderstanding regarding defence arrangements with tha United S t a t e s . I would dro**i your a t t e n t i o n t o the memorandum which I forwarded to the L'iniotrr regarding tha r e l a t i o n s of t h e Canada-US Regional Group and the NORAD organization, copies of which vrore passed t o you under f l l o CSC 1686-1 JPS/II doted 3 January, 1958. I would suggest t h a t you issue the necessary i n s t r u c t i o n s t o ensure t h a t In future more emphasis i s given to t h e Ccnada-US defence arrangements under tho Canada-US Regional Croup. c.c. Deputy t ' l n i s t o r Chairman Joint Planning Conaittee Coordinator J o i n t Staff ..2 �3. It is fully realized that there are still in existence the Permanent Joint Board on Defence aad the Uilitory Cooperation Committee, which are part of tha organization which existed before NATO was formed. This organization has been iaalntained at the express wish of tho United States, mainly on tho grounds that there ara certain defence matters on which tho United States would prefer to deal directly with Canada for reasons of security* However it le the intention of the government to give asrautchemphasis as possible to the NATO aspects of our defence in North America and to play down any special arrangements which exist on defence matters with the United States. Sgd* (Charles Faulkes) General, Chairman, Chiefs of Staff, '' lj •' .",;•••''' .'('' ^il/L'jJ __j/___\J iin__Uu �NATO CIVIL AND MILITARY ORGANIZATION EAR0H, 1957 I NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL PRESIDfflJT: CHAXRUAtf: Changes Annually The S e c r e t a r y General r SECRETARY GENERAL HIIITARY COmSTTEB MILITARY REPEI3S1TATI7ES COIBHTTES 4SUPREUE ALLIED CCIinANDER HJROPK to o> 00 I STANDING STANDING GROUP REPRESENTATIVE INTERNATIONAL STAFF/SECRETARIAT COUNCIL COiaHTTEES 1 3UPRJ32B ALLIED COtSUANDER ATLANTIC CHANNEL COBHETTES CHANNEL C0U2IAND6 CANADA - U . S . REGIONAL PLATING s GROUP o � 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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