https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/2ba6455121b393c32d0af0e07272fa9f.pdf 4d982ed70051dcbc98cfca179bf0d416 PDF Text Text A / TOPSECRET yr: CSC/JS 2. /o Z'/ REinQ 9% ^// m,': FN NSTQPAIUS APIU2/-SX) TOPSECp R A D I A N EYES ONLY] Signal Centre Chainnans Chiefs of Staff $ocm 4802A Bldg rhone 9-2-4835 mznnffltm BY SECURE MEANS P P TO jftBEKNAL 1034 OP. PRIOR I T / Xr3E^A£ CC& DHL DAG ATHE MY J PIC . ' ALtffC JH1 DISOUSSI £IL 3 OHM ilTifl AND DURI A)HE [JAi • UP OPINION ' OF WBS\ "10^ OF POME E CONRUSE SAL 1 DEFENCE PI E ADnr.PED TP. : . IF FRA ICI TERPITrp It. I DE IdP E ON CERUAIJ 30IL.HE PP. . -: P VXEU C Ul JXD! 0 OF . fER AT© BELIEVED 000942 �Signal Centre Chairman, Chiefs of Staff Room 4802A Bldg Phone 9-2-4835 TOPSECRET PAGE TUG U BT SECURE MEANS JHtANGENENTS COULD DE MA "' ! IN THE NEXT TWO OR THREE YEARS WIIPPI WOULD PERMIT THE LATTER TO ACCEPT QUOTE UPWARDS OF 50 OR 1O0 H OTE OF THOSE WEAPONS ON - II TERRITORY.(THIS SHOULD NOT EE'T P NECESSARILY ED TO ACCEPT THE W PORSTAD R PE OF US THE I FORMULA I . !HT DE WOP KR THE [ TO J. . m i twc E OF ' :EP GET T )ER WA. ES OU IEX EC Si M IN COUMCP. m $ THE I PC LES NOR SHOULD ANYONE TELL CO ; : I ALSO )V E TOTAL NUMBER I t Z DIST --ERTAIN I! HIT : AYS AND AT SEA*THE WHOLE 01 TIME AND A GOOD DEAL OF NO'r I PAT : FINESSE UHQUOTE.HE I ORE BE PRESSED TOO HARD IN COUNCIL. 000943 TflPSFHRFT �Signal Centre Chairman, Chiefs of Staff Room 4802A Bldg Phone 9-2-4835 TOPSECRET iiitimauM PAGE THREE 10S4 BY SECURE MEANS D)UE DID NOT RPT NOT HAVE TIME TO DISCUSS AT ANY LENGTH THE PONTROLS. EE FORI1UL/ APPLYING TO ARRANGEMENTS WITH TIP: W GOVT WOUP J APP' THE PROGAHME FOR THE POLARIS. ^THROUGHOUT THE CONVERSATION GEN NORSTAD SHOWED SERIOUS CONCP. OVER DEVELOPMENTS IN THIS FIELD ./PARTICULARLY IF ALLOWED TO DRIFT FOR SUCP >S WERE 3UTHEF IILES AND XT iHER. :ICAL IHPLH HQWEVE PRESSED ABOVE E ARRIVED AT,'.. fO DISENGAGE T WOtP IN DUE CC PE.tlD PTHER CO: • THE CE ET.IH .. . ElMISTER STE SQU 3 LEARNED T] .0 DE • 3 EONED E,POINTED C PJY WAS VERY li OR LESS ASKED WHEN THEY COULD EX PD TOC MOT' OF THE AT THAT Til IOT RPT NOT PGARDLESS OF WHAT STORIES DEFENCE NINIST STRAUSS MIGHT HAVE HEARD OF THEIR AVAILABILITY XII THE USA.IN ORDER TO OFFSET SOME OF THE COMPLICATIONS WITH WAS FACED GEN NORSTAD HAD OVER TILE LAST FEft MONTHS SUGGESTED EUROPEANS SHOULD ASSUME JOINT RESPONSIBILITY SPECIFICALLY IN 000944 �Signal Centre Chairman, Chiefs of Staff Room 4802A Bldg Phone 9-2-483 TOPSECRET m ////////// BT SECURE MEANS PAGE FOUR 1084 THE FIELD OF MRBMS AND EVEN MORE GENERALLY IN THE ATOMIC FIELD,HE ADDED«GUOTE POLITICIANS DONT SEEM TO SEE THE DANGERS AHEAD A H D X CANNOT RPT NOT BO MORE THAN I DID. BECAUSE OF TITE BAD RECEPTION THESE VIEWS OF NINE HAVE RECEIVED IN WASHDC AND LDN I DONT INTEND TO PURSUE THEM REJ ING TO A MORE SPECIFICALLY CDN INTEREST GEN NORSTAD \ RESULT OF CDN AND DUTCH CONCERN SHAPE WERE NOIv STUDY -NING THE R .CRAFT XSSILES ;E '.RING ED EXT FEW YEARS,IN HIS VIEW THESE WEAPON EOGETHER AS Pi IE COMPLEMENTARY AND WERE DESIGNED TO BE OF THE OVERALL WEAPON SYSTEMS HIS STAFF THJ ! ?\M ' USE HAD SEEMED Y HAD NOT RPT NOT CONSIDERED THAI 3W THE RE PiST TO Tl 500 3 GROUP P REALISE i THE J I NOW PEMAKRED THAT A CAPABILITY CAN NOW I CAGES PER PLANE.THIS FIGl ;T0 THE 104G DP e OF ABOUT DOLLARS 45,000 ) BEEN GIVEN BY THE LOCKHEED"EXPERT AND I /M DUNLAP TO PASS IT 01J TO GEN FOULKES.IT WOULD PROBABLY COST FIVE TIMES AS MUCH IF THE MODIFICATION HAD TO BE DONE TO THE P AFTER PRODUCTION.THIS MODIFICATION UOULD GIVE THE 104G AN ALMOST VERTICAL TAKE OFF CAPABILITY,THU5 OVERCOMING TO A CC. SIDERADLE EXTENT ITS VULNERABILITY AND DEPENDENCE ON LONG RUNWAYS, 000945 TnPSFHPFT �Signal Centre Chairman, Chiefs of Staff Room 4802A Bldg Phone 9-2-4835 TOPSECRET iil/nnmim BT SECURE MEANS PAGE FIVE 10C4 4. GEN NORSTADS VIEWS AS EXPRESSED ABOVE RAISE FAR-REACHING ISSUES. U TRY AND SEND YOU SHORTLY MORE CONSIDERED COMMENTS ON THIS ' COMPLEX PROBLEM.I AN NOT RPT NOT SURE THAT FURTHER INFO WILL LEAD TO GREATER CLARITY.FROM NOW ON TWO OUNCES OF DOCTRINE MAY BE BETTER THAN TWO POUNDS OF'FACTS.TLIE STARTING POINT OF THE PRESEL IS A MILITARY REQUIREMENT' FOR THE SETTING UP OF 300 MRBIP EURE '• TIE PERIPHERY OF THE SOVIET EMPIRE.THIS 1400 MILE MISSI IS DESCRIBED BY THE MILITARY AS A WEAPON TO DE USE! T TACTIC. TARGETS3 IT COULD AS APTLY BE DESCRIBED AS THE NEW STRATEGIC ARM OF • .IEUR.THIS REQUIREMENT IS MADE AT A TIME WILT: ITERATED THEIR DECIS IOT RPT NOT TO HAVE SBC RRITQRYFWHE T ACCEPT THE CONDI' . THEY ARE C POL T IS CONSIDERED THAT V PLY UNWISE TO BUILD UP T. 5SILES ' IESTGERNANYI AND,NORE OCC A CONCENTRATION OF SI )RTANTFWHEN OUR ON D R IN MY P USA I ON E» ' ON THE WHOLE FUTURE ERY DECEPTIVE CONCLUSION WOULD BE TO P IS MOST INOF PE.SUCII A CONCLP COULD ONLY CONCEIVABLY BE REACHED IF WE KNEW MORE THAN WE DO ADOUT SOVIET INTENTIONS,NOT RPT NOT TO MENTION CAP/ IS FAIRLY CLEAR FROM HERE HOWEVER IS THAT THE FUTURE OF THE" PIANCE MAY REST UPON THE CAPACITY OF ITS MEMBERS TO FORMULATE AND IMPLEMENT AN ATOMIC POLICY GENERALLY SATISFACTORY TO ITS MEMBERS. 000946 TnPSFn?FT �TOPSECRET Signal Centre Chairman, Chiefs of Staff Room 4802A Bldg Phone rnone 9-2-483 ____u__ /////////////// BT SECURE MEANS PAGE SIX 10S4 IEDIATE CDN INTERESTS MAY NOT RPT NOT BE TOO APPARENT)THE LAUNCHING FROM ANY GIVEN TERRITORY OF JUST ONE OF THE 500 MRBMS NOW UIBER CONSIDERATION WOULD FORCE US TO LOOK AT THE PROBLEM IN A MORE FULGURATING LIGHT LEGER, B9/FH/ 13 APR <S0 000947 TOPSFHRFT � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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