https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/1a3e36ecb3c208725a7453c03caa86f8.pdf 967c7943dbb1f32c8d100a7828c19e55 PDF Text Text e s c / is BEST AVAILABLE COPY n "OCT IS' 3 30 W *H FM WASHDC OCT 14/39 SECRET^' TO EXTERNAL 2591 PRIORITY ^ ACQUISITION AND CONTROL OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS FOR CDN FORCES BY CDft AIR VICE MARSHAL HENDRJCK HAS INFORMED US THAT THE DISCUSSIONS WHICH HAVE BEEN CARRIED OUT OVER MILITARY CHANNELS ON THIS SUBJECT HAVE PRODUCED A WORKING DRAFT OF AN ASREEMENToTHE QUESTION HAS ARISEN REGARDING WHICH SIDE SHOULD INITIATE TH? PRRSE_I_IIPJL.flL.THE DRAFT -? AGREE3EMT THROUGH DI PLCKAT IC CHANNELSa I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE IS SOME SPECULATION ON THE USA SERVICE SIDE THAT FROM THEIR POINT OF VIEW I? MIGHT FACILITATE SPEEDIER PROCESSING OF THE DRAFT IF IT WERE PRESENTED BY THE STATE DEPT TO THE EMBASSY RATHER THAN VICE VERSAoYOU WILL N3 RPT MO DOUBT WISH TO CONSIDER THE IMPLICATIONS OF THE QUESTION OF WHO SHOULD PRESENT THE DRAFT AGREEMENT0INCIDENTALLY,AIR VICE MARSHAL HENDRJCK WILL UNDOUBTEDLY HAVE SPOKEN TO GENERAL FOULXES ABOUT THIS PROBLEMo 2oAS YOU WILL RECALL,THE STATE DEPT LAST RAISED WITH US THE QUESTION OF ACQUISITION OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS IN DEC57oAT THAT TIME WE MADE NO RPT 110 SUBSTANTIVE COMMENT ON THEIR SUGGESTIONS BUT AGREED TO INITIATE DISCUSSIONS THROUGH MILITARY CHANNELS*THERE WAS ALSO„AS YOU RECALL, DISCUSSION OF THE PROBLEM AT THE MEETING OF CONSULTATION. IN 1958 AND AQAi'H AT THE MEETING OF THE MINISTERIAL COMMITTEE IN PARISoFROM THE RECORD OF THESE MEETINGS THERE IS NO RPT NO PRECISE SUGGESTION AS TO WHICH SIDE WOULD INITIATE A PROPOSAL IN WRITING ON THE QUESTION OF ACPU"SITION AND CONTROL OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS BY CDA=HOWEVERpIT WOULD SE£W TO BE INHERENT IN THE NATURE OF THE PROBLEM AND THE CIRCUMSTANCES WHEREBY THE CDN GOVT ONCE HAVIEG DECIDED TO ACQUIRE NUCLEAR WEAPONS FOR CDN FORCES WOULD HAVE TO MAKE A REQUEST FOR THEtlpTHAT CDA WOULD BE THE VNITIATOR OF FORMAL NEGOTIATIONS TO "HAT ENDoTHIS CONCLUSION ALSO SEEMS TO FLOW FROM THE PRIME MINISTER S STATEMENT ON FEB20 IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS HT,ENEY° 000168 � 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 CDNW00238 Title A name given to the resource CDNW00238 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived "Acquisition And Storage Of Nuclear Weapons For Canadian Forces In Canada And Europe," RG24-B-1, vol 21439, file CSC 1888:9, part 1, Library and Archives Canada (LAC). Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Canadian Crown Subject The topic of the resource Nuclear Weapons 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