https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/439797b7b874ea5ef5e06cd6a91af8c8.pdf 182c32cb02f434682de7187d7fb79a6d PDF Text Text r c . c . DeiApr Minister C h W o f the Air Staff TOP SECRET OFFICE OF THE CHAIRMAN, CHIEFS OF STAFF OTTAWA b BEST AVAILABLE COPY 28 April, 1960. Mr. N.A. Robertson, Under-Secretary of State for External .Affairs, Ottawa, Ontario. c c < Q c '* ~ . <3 g >~ Acquisition and Control of Nuclear Weapons for the Canadian Forces 1. You win recall that 1 wrote to yon on 22 October regarding a message from our Embassy In Washington* No. 2591 of 14 October, regarding the arrangements for drafting an exchange of notes for the acquisition and control of nuclear weapons for the Canadian F o r c e s . In thi3 letter I pointed out that on 14 October I had sent you a copy of the draft note which had been worked out between cay staff in Washington and the Pentagon and 1 suggested that it was my understanding that the next step was t o request the State Department to negotiate United States Form. 175, which is permission to negotiate an agreement by the United States. EC 2. Up to the present I have not received any answer to this letter, and we a r e now being pressed by the NATO military authorities to make arrangements for the storage of nuclear warheads for the Army in Germany and the erection of the necessary buildings and accommodation for the airfields in France, Germany and Belgium for the storage of nuclear weapons t o arm the CF104. Funds have already been allotted in the Tenth Slice of Infrastructure for the facilities at Baden-Soelliixgen in Germany, and It is expected that arrangements for other construction in Germany and in Belgium will be made in future slices of Infrastructure. The arrangements for this construction will have to be made with the host governments, Germany, Francfe and Belgium, but before we can proceed with these negotiations with the host governments we should complete negotiations with the United States on the general conditions for the acquisition of nuclear weapons for the Canadian forces for UB& in both North America and Europe. You will also recall that the Prime Minister made a statement in regard to these negotiations in the House on 18 January, in which he stated: *'In these circumstances negotiations a r e proceeding with the United States in order that the necessary weapons can be made available for Canadian defence units if and when they are. required. I cannot comment in detail on these negotiations but I wish to state that the arrangements for the safeguarding and security of such weapons in Canada will be subject to Canadian approval and consent." 10M-2-51 (M.3180) H.Q. 224- 15-3 You may recall that at that time the US authorities asked this Department what negotiations the P r i m e Minister was referring to as they were unaware that there were any negotiations going on at the time regarding the acquisition of nuclear weapons, although the Joint Chiefs of Staff had agreed on 1 May 1959 to the general conditions on which nuclear weapons would be released to the Canadian forces. A copy of thio communication is available on your files. 000124 • * » * t* �fo* TOP SECRET - 2 - 3. 1 think you wilt agree that it is necessary to proceed with this m a t t e r j b order that we can fulfil the promises the government has made to J>lATO regarding the provision of atomic capability for our forces in Europe. tM*s\ General airman, Chiefs of Staff � 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 CDNW00252 Title A name given to the resource Charles Foulkes, General Chairman Chiefs of Staff to N.A.. Robertson, Under-Secretary of Secretary of External Affairs: Acquisition and Control of Nuclear Weapons for the Canadian Forces 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 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 28-Apr-60