https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/18d53264fc0849e190b4afc802cca98e.pdf a9b22e49571aa007da8440156acc8f4d PDF Text Text ~~ /AZJ&A-A&A* 0"VI ^JJ ' ' " ^ ~—9 Document disclosed under the Access to Informafjon Act uocumeni aisuuseu U I I U C I I H C n n . « . « ^ - " - y r Document divulgue en vemT^talcjisurffQcefaMNi'ormation THIS DOCUMENT "IS'THE PROPERTY OF THE GOVERNMENT OF CANADA SECRET May 6 , 1963 MEMORANDUM FOR THE CABINET DEFENCE COMMITTEE Nuclear Policy CABINET DEFENCE COMMITTEE Document No. D ...3.-6.3. Pursuant to the Committee's directive of April 25, 1963, an inter-departmental committee of officials has considered Canadian requirements for nuclear weapons and U.S. requests for storage of nuclear weapons in Canada. Regarding weapons for Canada, it has been concluded that the requirements for Canadian forces in Europe and North America can be dealt with in one agreement. Attached are copies of a U . S. draft originally submitted on October 1 4 , 1959 and a redraft prepared by the inter-departmental committee (Annex " A " ) . The Department of National Defence prefers paragraph 4 in the U.S. draft to paragraph 5 in the redraft. Regarding United States requirements in Canada: (a) A Canadian draft Exchange of Notes on storage for U.S. interceptors at Goose Bay and Harmon, which was virtually agreed in i960, has been reviewed and brought up to date and a revised version considered satisfactory for submission to the U.S. for comment is attached (Annex "B"). In this agreement the use of nuclear weapons by U.S. forces has been related to the existing agreement whereby U.S. interceptors stationed in the United States may overfly and land in Canada when an attack is imminent. (b) There have been only preliminary discussions on storage of ASW nuclear weapons at Argentia. It is recommended that the U.S. be invited to submit a draft agreement for Canadian consideration. (c) Regarding storage for SAC at Goose Bay, there is some indication that the U.S. has reduced the priority of the requirement. This aspect should be subject to further discussion with the U.S. Recommendations Subject to the Committee's approval of them, it is proposed that the draft agreements be submitted to the Cabinet together with recommendations that: (a) the drafts be passed to the U.S. authorities for consideration,, (b) they be invited to open negotiations when they have studied the Canadian drafts, (c) an inter-departmental negotiating team be established. ..2 000717 �I— Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi sur I'acces a I'information S E C R E T - 2 (d) negotiations be conducted in Washington and Ottawa as may appear convenient and appropriate. Secretary of State for External Affairs Minister of National Defence 000718 � 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 CDNW01839 Title A name given to the resource Memorandum for the Cabinet Defence Committee from Secretary of State for External Affairs and Minister of National Defence 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 6-May-63