https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/c9a698e5e1bab05c15d38062ac4a4567.pdf 945b27aafd1cfc8bbe9d135072a25e89 PDF Text Text C.S.A». RITC.HIE/LB J- Lo - I TOP SECRET U - / o - jf ®A(^A\. July Z$, 19$2. KEHORAKDDM FOR THE PRIME HINISTER The report of the united Kingdom Chiefs "Of* Staff on Defence Policy and Global Strategy to which reference is made in the personal message from Mr. Churchill to yourself Is undoubtedly a document of very significant importance* C- So 2* From the starting point of a fresh analysis &AAU of the problems facing the free world, the report (V < goes oh to suggest revisions of policy, both for the * °free world vis^a-vis th© Soviet Union and for the o-H-^ United Kingdom Government. The suggested, modifications In policy are primarily related to the increase in United States atomic power and to the world economic situation with special emphasis on the problems created by the Impact of the present United Kingdom armament programme on the United Kingdom's wide-spread foreign policy and defence obligations* A number of the suggested modifications of the United Kingdom policy and of western policy in general will have a bearing on Canadian intereste* From this point of view, the report of th© United Kingdom Chiefs of Staff should be subjected to close and careful analysis* 3. The United Kingdom objective in discussing this report with the United States Is indicated by Hr* Churchill when he speaks of its being of "the first importance that we should try to reach agreement with the United States on allied global strategy"* <t The lack of any top level agreement on global strategy has hitherto been conspicuous. She United Kingdom , Chiefs of Staff report suggests that a tripartite body should be established, including the United Kingdom, the Uhlted States and France to fill the gap* We understand that the United States view is that the North Atlantic Treaty Organization cannot be an appropriate body for global planning on a world-wide scale. * * .2 000104 �I • •-''• . 2,- Ij. From our own point of view, the request of Mr. Churchill for your views and the suggestion for a meeting between a representative of the Canadian Chiefs of Staff and the United Kingdom Chief of the Air Staff in Washington prior to the approach to the United States raises the important question of our proper relationship:) to any erganiisation which may be set up for global planning. My Minister will, I know* be very much interested both in the content of the United Kingdom paper and in the procedure adopted for dealing with the United Kingdom proposals for discussions* Hay I suggest, therefore, that as Mr* Pearson will be returning to Ottawa early next week, an opportunity should be given to him to consider the Important issues involved in this matter from the point of view of Canadian foreign policy before a decision is reached regarding the proposed discussions in Washington* In addition, Hr* Wrong will be in Ottawa at the beginning of next week and his views would be valuable and relevant* 5* The timetable suggested involves discussions in Washington beginning on August i| so that we have a week in which to consider the nature of any reply which we might wish to send to the United Kingdom Government* both on the substance of the policy questions raised in their paper and on the procedures for dealing with them* E* Raid Acting Under-Secretary of State for External Affairs � 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/. Title A name given to the resource NATO 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/. Title A name given to the resource NATO Global Strategy / 25 JULY 1952 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1952-07-25 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource en Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context CDTT00093 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Memorandum for the Prime Minister, 25 Jul. 1952, LAC, RG 2, vol. 223, file no. I-60-1. Defence Policy and Global Strategy Escott Reid Louis St. Laurent