https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/0b3d1c863e0f588a2f90b37a872e29ff.pdf 902419c280cc0da71b9f5317dd318f5b PDF Text Text Document disclosed und.er.the Access to Information Act motion DEPARTMENT OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS MEMORANDUM TO: .^.^..VP.d A ^ S e p r e t a r y MWnfeJi.L ••'KiBUl Date... J ? l y . 1?. >. 1955, FROM: . .P.§£ e n?£. .Liaison (1) D i y i s i o n File No. JV.933 - y* S2-V&- REFERENCE: SUBJECT: Meeting, with Mr. Bryce and General Foulkes 6n'DeTeflce'St\ady I submit below some specific points for your consideration in the discussion of General Foulkes' proposals for the reassessment of Canada's defence policy. 2. First, as to the scope of the study, I think that we could accept the tripartite.division of the study suggested by General Foulkes, I.e., (a) Canada's aims and objectives; (b) Canada's commitments; (c) Assessment of priorities of the defence commitments, taking account of political, military and financial considerations. -1 3Canada's aims and objectives however should be considered in the light of the following factors: (a) that there is no distinctly Canadian concept of defence^ i.e., that Canada's defence must be collective, either through NATO or CanadaUnited States; (b) that new assumptions are necessary to take into account nuclear conditions of warfare; (c) that Canada's position in relation to other powers (including its autonomy), both friendly and otherwise,Yneeds to be protected. . 2 /9, 7. S-S-CV-S'J 000404 �Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi sur I'acces a Finformation TOP SECRET 2 - k. The Departmental memorandum has been revised and will be submitted under consideration of (a). The revisions include recognition of the following points made in comments: (a) Integration of nuclear weapons with conventional armaments in the United States and the difficulties therefore of drawing a clear distinction between nuclear and nonnuclear warfare; (b) the necessity of pushing air defence installations , in Canada northward to avoid nuclear air battles being fought over Canadian populated areas; (c) difficulties of putting an integrated air defence command of North America under NATO control; (d) the importance of maintaining an expanding economy to cope with the cold war; (e) the importance of the control problem in disarmament, especially methods of inspection, to give warning of aggressive preparations; and (f) the need for efforts to reach a detente In order to reduce the danger of war by miscalculation. 5. The analysis of Canadian defence commitments could be considered as primarily the concern of National Defence. 6. As regards (c) (Assessment of priorities), the study should: (a) attempt to come to grips with a forecast of the nature, size, and scope of probable U.S. requirements in continental defence, in or over Canadian territory, in the next five years, and 000405 �Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi sur I'acces a Finformation TOP SECRET - 3to reassess the political, financial, as well as military implications of these requirements; (b) should require that in arriving at the balance between our desire to maintain commitments in Europe and take an appropriate share in continental defence, there are important foreign policy considerations, particularly in the next year or two, and that consideration will have to be given to the outcome of the Four Power talks on European security in this connection. 7. With regards method, I do not believe that we should agree to having the papers Initially drafted by the Services and then considered at the Deputy Minister level, nor that the secretarial staff of the study should be provided by National Defence only. If our original proposal for a joint civil-military working group is not acceptable, then I suggest that at least it should be agreed that joint consideration should be given to the Service papers before these are discussed by the Deputy Minister. This could be done through an ad hoc joint committee, or possibly through the Joint Planning Committee. The secretariat should be provided by the Cabinet Secretariat. - 1' Defence Lijaison (1/ Division cc to Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Wershof Teakles Barton Brown � 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/. 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