https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/def010802074911c78f10fcfcca7bc1e.pdf fbf679fc38521fc692b4f88dd9bab685 PDF Text Text Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act • Documentt divulgue vertu de de la la Loi Loisur surI Faeces a Finformati divulgue ejn en vertu ace . son(1)/G.Ignatieff/HF Defence Liai: TOP SECRET f r i " t- £l?J;J A ^ilLiff •y?sy . M Ottawa, February 1 1 , 1955 \_ ^0 3 33My dear Colleague, Lj-0 I ! St) National Security Policy Under cover of my l e t t e r t o you of November 2$, I s e n t you a copy of a paper prepared in t h e Department of External Affairs e n t i t l e d "National S e c u r i t y P o l i c y " . I a l s o gave a copy Of t h e paper t o t h e Prime M i n i s t e r , who thought t h a t t h e proposals i t contained should be given serious consideration. \f I b e l i e v e t h a t i t i s i a matter of urgency and importance! t h a t t h e i m p l i c a t i o n s for Canadian n a t i o n a l s e c u r i t y of recent developments, p a r t i c u l a r l y i n thermonuclear weapons and t h e means of d e l i v e r i n g tnem, should be the subject of a comprehensive a n a l y s i s and study , a s t h i s paper s u g g e s t s. With your concurrence, t h e r e f o r e , I should l i k e t o take an e a r l y opportunity t o have t h e matter r a i s e d a t t h e Cabinet Defence Committee in order t h a t a u t h o r i s a t i o n be given for t h i s study t o proceed. Perhaps, i f you agree, the working group proposed could s t a r t on a preliminary a n a l y s i s of t h e problems, even in advance of t h e formal approval of t h e p r o j e c t by the Cabinet Defence Committee. lours sincerely, The Honourable R.O. Campney, M i n i s t e r of E a t i o n a l Defence, "A" Building, O t t a w a . C & f B N V d L R PEARSON 000180 /A D, *rtTCKS-l � 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 CDNW00023 Title A name given to the resource Letter, L.B. Pearson to R.O. Campney as Minister of National Defence, "National Security Policy" Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1955-02-11 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Study on Canadian National Security Policy, RG25, file 50333-40, LAC. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Department of External Affairs Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Canadian Crown Subject The topic of the resource Early Cold War, Canadian National Security Description An account of the resource Ottawa 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