https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/a318c1cef8568c4ed2351ea622dcf89a.pdf 2eae6aeca332d52363720045b9e7a44c PDF Text Text Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la~Icy sur I'accesirt'inffidmation J SECRET J7_,_ 0 y.} OTTAWA, March 2nd, 1961. The Honourable Douglas S. Harkness, Minister of National Defence, Ottawa. Dear Mr. Harkness: When the Prime Minister returned from Washington last week he outlined in Cabinet the following day, Tuesday, February 21st, the substance of his talks with President Kennedy. Part of these dealt with the Canadian position on storage of nuclear weapons, and I thought you should have a note on what I propose to record on this matter. Mr. Diefenbaker said he had stated that negotiations should continue regarding such storage at Harmon Field and Goose Bay, but that Canada would Insist upon Joint custody and control, and joint authority over use. The President had seemed to raise no objection. Regarding the submarine base at Argentia, Mr. Diefenbaker said he had stated that Canada would require Joint custody, but that use should be determined by N.A.T.O. He had further stated that, so long as serious disarmament negotiations continued, Canada did not propose to determine whether or not to accept nuclear weapons for the Bomarc bases or for the Canadian Interceptors; but that, if such weapons were accepted by Canada, this country would require joint custody and Joint control, and use would be determined in the same manner as on U.S. bases. Negotiations for the necessary agreements should now continue on the basis of a "package deal", no one agreement being signed before the others had been worked out. There would be no hold up if war should occur. The President had asked whether the same sort of "two key" arrangement as the United Kingdom had would be satisfactory and Mr. Diefenbaker had said it would. 000647 �Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi sur I'acces a I'information SECRET 2 You will remember that Mr. Green pointed out that President Kennedy had Indicated that the new U.S. government hoped to determine its basic policy on disarmament before participating in international discussions on the subject. The Cabinet the statement of the Prime discussions with President on the previous day on the weapons In Canada. noted with approval Minister on his Kennedy in Washington storage of nuclear It is my understanding that negotiations on the basis outlined above were to proceed forthwith. to Mr, Green. I have written a similar letter Yours sincerely, ORIGINAL S l G N t ' i l)\ R. & BtiYCE WEDHjcb R. B. Bryce, Secretary to the Cabinet. 000648 � 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 CDNW01648 Title A name given to the resource CDNW01648 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived "DEFENCE - Canada-US Arrangements - Acquisition of Nuclear Weapons for Use by Canadian Forces," RG2-B-2, Box 23-24, file D-1-5(f), 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