https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/947ce2cd073d86509614aaf1c433cef3.pdf dfa763ead7f4df05c453c947c841bec6 PDF Text Text ^ Signal Centre Chairman, Chiefs of Staff Phone 9-2-4835 Room 48Q2A Bldg . / SECRET csc/as [BY S E P Y - S MiSANSl OCT 13 315HU53 S E C R E T REFERRED tO.. PP 1314302 ' F!Lc <ni(V0T0 Q> %r/2Z2-f PRIORITY FM CJSU <s3 c_s es —3 C5> *ffises •£•? TO CCOS BT JSW25S 13 OCT SUBJECT DRAFT NOTE CONCERNING ACQUISITION OF NUCLEAR WARHEADS. PARA 1* CM 9 OCT 59 MACDONALD CALLED ON LANG OF ISA AND WAS GIVEN SECOND US DRAFT CONTAINED I BELOW. WORDS BETWEEN QUOTATION MARKS IN BODY OF TEXT CONTAIN THE CHANGES. BRACKETED NUMBERS j r>4 REFER TO DETAILED COMMENTS WHICH FOLLOW IN JSN257, US. PARA 2* REDRAFT IS AS FOLLOWS: QUOTE SIR« 1 HAVE THE HONOR TO REFER TO ARTICLES 20 AMD 21 OF THE •XSTk COMMUNIQUE ISSUED BY THE NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL ON 19 DECEMBER., 1957 AND TO CONVERSATIONS WHICH HAVE TAKEN PLACE BETWEEN THE APPROPRIATE ALLIED COMMANDERS AND THE GOVERNMENT OF CANADA AND THE APPROPRIATE ALLIED COMMANDERS AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED 1 _ 1 STATES REGARDING THE STOCKPILING OF ATOMIC WEAPONS "FOR CANADIAN FORCES" (til, IT IS THE UNDERSTANDING OF MY GOVERNMENT THAT IN THE COURSE OF THESE CONVERSATIONS AGREEMENT IN PRINCIPLE WAS REACHED TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF ELEMENTS OF A STOCKPILE OF ATOMIC WEAPONS TO BE PROVIDED BY THE UNITED STATES n IN SUPPORT OF_CANAP£AN FORCES IN CANADA AND EUROPE.(Gj) IN ORDER TO IMPLEMENT THIS AGREEMENT IN PRINCIPLE MY GOVERNMENT SUGGESTS THE FOLLOWING ARRANGEMENTS? !• THE LOCATION OF THE STOCKS WILL BE DETERMINED BY THE APPROPRIATE ?• ALLIED COMMANDER IN AGREEMENT WITH CANADIAN AND UNITED STATES^CS? SECRET J/ 1000179 �BY SSCTiS MEANS) Signal Centre Chairman, Chiefs of Staff Phone 9-2-4835 Room 4802A Bldg SECRET PAGE TWO JSW25S SECRET MILITARY. AUTHORITIES *0R BY THE LATTER AUTHORITIES WHERE THERE IS NO APPROPRIATE ALLIED COMMANDER."C4) 2* EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE AGREED, THE COSTS OF CONSTRUCTION, DEVELOPMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF THE STORAGE SITES AND ASSOCIATED FACILITIES, INCLUDING THOSE REQUORED FOR STORAGE SITES AND ASSOCIATED FACILITIES, INCLUDING THOSE REQUIRED FOR THE SUPPORT OF THE US SPECIALUEAPONS CUSTODIAL AND SUPPORT PERSONNEL;, SHALL BE BORNE BY WCANADAW<5). "ARRANGEMENTS FOR« PROVIDING THE LAND INVOLVED,15 WITHOUT COST TO THE UNI TIED STATES" (6), WILL BE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT. " TO THE EXTENT"(7) THAT THE NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL AGREES TO THE NATO INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDING OF NATO ATOMIC STOCKPILE CONSTRUCTION COSTS, FOR THOSE INSTALLATIONS CONSTRUCTED AS PART OF THE NATO INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAM, APPORTIONMENT OF COSTS WILL BE SUBJECT TO NATO INFRASTRUCTURE PROCEDURES. INSTALLATIONS AND FACILITIES FOR ATOMIC WEAPONS STORAGE "AND MAINTENANCE"^) WILL BE BUILT AND MAINTAINZD "AT LEAST" IN ACCORDANCE WITH "NATO"(9) STANDARDS AND CRITERIA, INSTALLATIONS AND FACILITIES FOR NORMAL LOGISTIC SUPPORT CHOUSING, MESSING, OFFICES, ETC) WILL BE BUILT- *^ s * O-O "TV—-V 4- V. l*-Ltl f l 3« IT IS RECOGNIZED THAT THE CUSTODY OF ANY STOCKS OF ATOMIC WEAPONS PROVIDED BY THE UNITED STATES WILL BE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE UNITED STATES AND THAT UNITED STATES PERSONNEL "WILL BE wPROVIDED"( 1.1) FOR THIS PURPOSE, THE STATUS OF SUCH PERSONNEL'"IN CANADA"«tt£i\^ WILL BE GOVERNED BY THE PROVISIONS OF THE NATO STATUS OF FORCES AGREEMENT AND ANY SUPPLEMENTARY ARRANGEMENTS WHICH MAY BE AGREED UPON, SECRET 000180 �BY SEggfl MEANSJ SECRET PAGE THREE JSW25S SECRET Signal Centre Chairman, Chiefs of S t a f f Phone 9-2-4835 Room 4802A Bldg 4, WHEN THE WEAPONS ARE RELEASED BY APPROPRIATE AUTHORITY THEY WILL BE EMPLOYED IN ACCORDANCE WITH PROCEDURES ESTABLISHED BY "SACEUR IN EUROPE, BY SACLANT IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN AREA AND~IN ACCORDANCE WITH PROCEDURES GOVERNING NORADS OPERATIONS AS APPROVED IN ADVANCE BY :BOTH GOVERNMENTS"^ 13) 5e UNITED STATES FORCES WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MAINTENANCE, "MODIFICATIONS 14) AND ASSEMBLY OF THE ATOMIC WEAPONS, INCLUDING THE'PROVISION OF PERSONNEL AND TECHNICAL EQUIPMENT FOR THE PERFORMANCE OF THESE FUNCTIONS. ' 6. EXTERNAL SECURITY wFORn ALL ATOMIC WEAPONS IN STORAGE OR DURING MOVEMENT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF CANADA "WITHIN CANADA, AND ELSEWHERE AS MAY BE AGREED"»(15) THE DETAILS OF EXTERNAL SECURITY ARRANGEMENTS WILL BE DETERMINED BY THE APPROPRIATE UNITED STATES AND CANADIAN MILITARY AUTHORITIES "AND" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DIRECTIVES OF "THE" ALLIED COMMANDER, "WHERE APPROPRIATED!6) 7. UNITED STATES FORCES WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MOVEMENT, IN ACCORDANCE WITH AGREED PROCEDURES, OF THE ATOMIC WEAPONS INTO CANADA AND FROM CANADA« CANADIAN FORCES WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE TRANSPORTATION OF WEAPONS WITHIN CANADA, SUBJECT ALWAYS TO THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE 3 ABOVE* * UNITED STATES FORCES WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MOVEMENT OF THE ATOMIC WEAPONS INTO THE ACE AREA AND FROM THE ACE AREA. RESPONSIBILITIES FOR MOVEMENT WITHIN TiU: ACE AREA WILL BE AS AGREED BETWEEN THE APPROPRIATE UNITED STATES AND.CANADIAN MILITARY REPRESENTATIVES*.(17) So A RELIABLE MEANS OF SIGNAL COMMUNICATIONS WILL BE PROVIDED, "UHERE NECESSARY"CIS), BY THE GOVERNMENT OF CANADA TO MEET THE SECRET 000181 �BY SECURE MEANSJ SECRET Signal Centre Chairman, Chiefs of Staff Phone 9-2-4835 Room 4802A Bldg PAGE FOUR JSU256 SECRET PURPOSES OF T H I S A G R E E M E N T , 9 6 CANADA W I L L , I N GENERAL , PROVIDE A T NO EXPENSE T O THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT "REASONABLE" U 9 > ADMINISTRATIVE A N D LOGISTICAL SUPPORT FOR UNITED STATES FORCES AND DEPENDENTS IN SUPPORT OF CANADIAN U N I T S . THIS SUPPORT WILL INCLUDE COMMON ITEMS OF SUPPLY, ORGANIC TRANSPORTATION, AND SUCH OTHER SUPPORT A S MAY B E MUTUALLY AGREED* 10. SAFETY PROCEDURES FOR MAINTENANCE, T R A N S P O R T , L O A D I N G , DELIVERY - .. AND SALVAGE WILL BE A T LEAST "EQUIVALENT T O UNITED STATES STANDARDS AND WILL B E T H E SUBJECT OF.ARRANGEMENTS BETWEEN T H E APPROPRIATE MILITARY REPRESENTATIVES OF T H E UNITED STATES AND CANADA, TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION CLASSIFIED (ATOMIC) INFORMATION WHICH C A N BE TRANSFERRED UNDER EXISTING AGREEMENTS BETWEEN T H E TWO G0VERNMENTS.°(20) 1 1 . SUPPLEMENTARY SERVICE-TO-SERVICE A R R A N G E M E N T S , WITHIN T H E SCOPE OF THIS AGREEMENT PERTAINING T O "CUSTODY A N D C O N T R O L S 2 1 )9 THE VARIOUS DELIVERY SYSTEMS AND ASSOCIATED I N S T A L L A T I O N S , WILL BE NEGOTIATED SEPARATELY, "AS M A Y BE A P P R O P R I A T E 0 < 2 2 > , BETWEEN T H E DESIGNATED MILITARY REPRESENTATIVES OF T H E UNITED STATES AND CANADA• I PROPOSE THAT IF T H E FOREGOING I S ACCEPTABLE T O YOU*?GOVERNMENT, THIS NOTE A N D YOUR REPLY INDICATING SUCH A C C E P T A N C E WILL CONSTITUTE AM AGREEMENT BETWEEN T H E T W O GOVERNMENTS ON T H I S S U B J E C T , T H E AGREEMENT T O ENTER INTO FORCE ON T H E DATE OF YOUR NOTE IN REPLY* UNQUOTE BT CFN JSW256 130CT 9 O C T 59 LANG ISA U S JSW257 2 0 21 19 DECEMBER 1957 U S E T C SACEUR SACLANT NORADS A C E A C E A C E N O 13/1521Z 205S9/2Q592/20593/RJ/13 O C T 5 9 SECRET 000182 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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