https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/f671c16d473af57d68d0cdc4d3e2c55a.pdf b231aee802e3d3b1907aa0d0ac70df6d PDF Text Text Document disc lose cLunder the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertuVle la Loi sur^ccisJr£information / Y* FM WASHDC F E B 4 / 6 3 UNCLAS TO EXTERNAL 384 CDA USA RELATIONS FOLLOWING EDITORIAL APPEARED FEB2 IN CINCINNATI ENQUIRER QUOTE THE KENNEDY ADMIN TOOK A GRAVE CALCULATED RISK WHEN IT INTERVENED OPENLY AND DIRECTLY IN CDAS QUOTE GREAT DEBATE UNQUOTE ON ACQUIRING NUCLEAR ARMAMENTS.ITS OBJECT PRESUMABLY WAS TO MAKE AN END OF PRIME MINISTER JOHN DIEFENBAKERS STALLING AND FORCE HIM TO GO THROUGH WITH HIS FOUR YEAR OLD COMMITMENT TO ACQUIRE NUCLEAR WARHEADS AND BOMBS FOR THE VARIOUS MISSILES AND AIRCRAFT LONG SINCE READIED FOR THOSE WEAPONS.THE RESULT HOWEVER MAY BE TO FORCE CDA INTO A GENERAL ELECTION IN WHICH MR DIEFENBAKER WILL MAKE A JINGOISTIC CAMPAIGN ON HIS RESISTANCE TO USA INTERFERENCE. WHATEVER THE OUTCOME CDN AMERICAN RELATIONS ARE NOW THE WORST IN MANY DECADES.IT MIGHT BE WORTH A PERIOD OF STRAIN TO INDUCE CDA TO ARM ITSELF FULLY FOR THE PERILS OF THE NUCLEAR AGE.BUT WASHDC MAY BE CREATING A DANGEROUS ANT I AMERICAN EMOTIONAL WAVE WITHOUT GETTING NUCLEAR WEAPONS INTO CDN BASES. CDA HAS DEFENSIVE MISSILES AND AIRCRAFT OF VARIOUS SORTS BUT NO RPT NO NUCLEAR WARHEADS OR BOMBS TO USE WITH THEM.NUCLEAR WARHEADS HAVE BEEN OFFERED TO CDA BY USA GOVT-INDEED URGED ON HER-ON THE BASIS OF QUOTE JOINT CONTROL UNQUOTE THROUGH NORADWHICH TO MANY CDNS LOOKS LIKE USA CONTROL SINCE NORAD I S HEADED BY AN AMERICAN OFFICER AND HEADQUARTERED IN COLORADO .AFTER MANY MONTHS OF INDECISION MR DIEFENBAKER FINALLY ADOPTED A QUOTE COMPROMISE POLICY UNQUOTE. CDA WILL NOT RPT NOT ACCEPT NUCLEAR WARHEADS ON TERMS THAT REFLECT ADVERSELY ON CDN SOVEREIGNTY HE DECIDED.BUT IN THE EVENT OF HOSTILITIES IT WOULD TAKE THEM AND USE THEM .AND THEY WOULD BE ... 2 000813 �Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la loi sur I'acces a I'information \ PAGE TWO 384 QUOTE INSTANTLY AVAILABLE UNQUOTE*HE ASSERTED-POSSIBLY IGNORING THE FANTASTIC SPEED WITH WHICH A NEED FOR NUCLEAR WEAPONS COULD ARISE IN TODAYS WORLD. I S THIS A POLICY70R ONLY A SEMANTIC FORMULA TO AVOID MAKING A GENUINE POLICY DECISI0N7IT CAN BE ARGUED EITHER WAY.FOR THE OPPOSITION LESTER B PEARSON I S ARGUING THAT IT IS NOT RPT NOT A POLICY THAT THE ABSENCE OF A POLICY IS A REPUDIATION OF CDAS OBLIGATIONS TO USA AND TO THE NATO ALLIANCE. UNLESS SOMETHING MORE WAS DONE AT OTT THE QUOTE POLICY THAT I S NOT RPT NOT A POLICY UNQUOTE COULD LEAD ONLY TO THE SLOW FURTHER EROSION OF THE POLITICAL STRENGTH OF MR DIEFENBAKERS PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE MINISTRY .GIVEN TIME HE MIGHT HAVE GOT HELP IN A ROUNDABOUT WAY FROM WASHDC. IF THE KENNEDY ADMIN MANAGES IN THE PROCESS OF MTG CHARLES DE GAULLES CHALLENGE TO CREATE A MULTI NATIONAL NUCLEAR FORCE UNDER NATO COMMAND THE CDN GOVT WOULD BE TAKEN OFF THE HOOK VERY NEATLY. IT COULD ACCEPT NUCLEAR WEAPONS AT ITS BASES WITHOUT REFLECTING ADVERSELY ON ITS SOVEREIGNTY. UNWILLING TO WAIT FOR THE TEDIOUS FORMATION OF SUCH A MULTI NATIONAL NUCLEAR FORCE THE AMERICAN ^OVT SIMPLY GAVE CDA A BLUNT WARNING TO QUIT STALLING AND ACCEPT NUCLEAR WEAPONS.THIS DID NOT RPT NOT GET MR DIEFENBAKER OFF THE HOOK.I PUT HIM ON THE SPOT. HE RESPONDED AS A POLITICIAN NATURALLY WOULD WHEN CORNERED.HE DEFIED AND DENOUNCED USA INTERFERENCE AND PRESUMABLY WILL NOW DISSOLVE THE HOUSE OF COMMONS AND STAGE NEW ELECT IONS.THE ISSUE OF THAT CAMPAIGN WILL NOT RPT NOT MERELY WHETHER TO ACQUIRE NUCLEAR WEAPONS.IT WILL ALSO AND ESPECIALLY BE WHETHER CDA IS TO BE GOVERNED AT OTT OR WASHDC.A DIPLO MOVE THAT PRODUCES THIS RESULT I S NOT RPT NOT GOOD DIPLOMACY. 000814 � 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 CDNW01789 Title A name given to the resource WashDC to External 384 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 4-Feb-63