https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/dc812b6bad2102f510f32eda0776fb19.pdf c155d0e178cb0e73238aed09b5e09beb PDF Text Text Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en verfir»e la Loi sur I'tmcesAMnformation A-9-7 / O, / f £> 2~-" SECRET MEMORANDUM FOR MR. BRYCE: Nuclear Arming of Air Division in Europe I have gone through the Cabinet Defence Committee records for the 19jT7-19iT9 period and looked at the Cabinet Conclusions on the subject of a replacement for the F-&6. General Norstad visited Ottawa in November, 1957 and CDC records show an awareness of the proposed strike role at that time. Norstad does not seem to have referred specifically to this. In February, 1959, when decisions were being taken on the ARROW, the CDC began discussions of the choice of aircraft to replace the F-S6s in Europe. The document submitted on that occasion refers in the Appendix to the possibility of atomic or conventional armament but there does not seem to have been any discussion about this. The CDC resumed discussion of the replacement aircraft on June 27, 1959, during which it was pointed out that the cost figures being considered did not include allowances for "missiles, nuclear warheads or other armament". CDC referred the matter to Cabinet. In the meantime, Cabinet had been briefed by General Norstad again on May 18, 1959, and during his report he referred to the new role for the Air Division as being an atomic strike role. Cabinet had some discussion on June 19, 1959, of the replacement problem and it was recognized in the discussion that the role involved the use of nuclear weapons. 2 000428 �Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi sur I'acces a I'information - 2SECRET On June 30, 1959, the Cabinet had a report of the CDC meeting of June 27th and approved the selection of the CF-104 as the replacement aircraft. On July 2, Cabinet confirmed this decision. I am not sure whether this meets your needs but I believe these to be the only references in CDC and Cabinet on this question. I have flagged the CDC minutes and documents cthat I have referred to in the attached books. It was, of course, at the CDC meetings that General Foulkes was present. Attachments January 10th, 1962. 000429 � 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 CDNW01687 Title A name given to the resource Memorandum for Mr. Bryce from D.B.D. 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 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 10-Jan-62