https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/d02afc3cdc3cea0e8eacf952d017cbd5.pdf d7764616a3713420b82b80892c90b2a3 PDF Text Text ^ SECRET,. OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY MINISTER OF NATIONAL DEFENCE MEMORANDUM IE 2^P1J /Lj us fC* x5 September 1961 o yi o%y Chairman. Chiefs of Staff Draft Multi-National Technical Arrangement NORTHAG SAS Support Sites I attach a copy of the third draft, dated 9 August 1961, of the proposed Multi-National Arrangement governing the establishment, operation and maintenance of the Special Ammunition Storage Support sites for Northern Army Group, and a copy of a letter of 23 August 1961 from the Financial Adviser XOverseas) reporting on two further negotiating meetings held at HQ NORTHAG on 13 and 20 July, 1961, from which the latest draft has emerged. The new draft, which incorporates the substance though not necessarily the wording of most of the amendments proposed by this Department, marks a considerable improvement on earlier drafts. It still requires some further modifications of which the most important appear to be a clearer statement of the interest of Second Allied Tactical Air Force in the Support Sites, a more precise definition of certain of the responsibilities of the user nations for logistic support of the US Custodial Forces manning the sites, and an agreement on an acceptable text of Annex F dealing with claims. Subject to these modifications and to any comments which the Department of External Affairs may have on it, I consider the Multi-National Technical Arrangement an acceptable document. You will recall that we sent copies of an earlier draft of the Arrangement to the Departments of Finance and External Affairs requesting their comments on it, in order that we might be in a position to seek Ministerial approval of the final draft when the Northern Army Group negotiations are completed. We have received comments from the Department of Finance supporting this Department's views on the financial and related provisions of the draft Arrangement. External Affairs have not yet replied and we have learned informally that officers of that Department do not feel that they can usefully comment on the draft Multi-National Arrangement until the Government have taken a decision on the proposed Bilateral Agreement between Canada and the United States on the provision of nuclear warheads for the Canadian Forces. • • • A, 001367 / 9 �- 2 - The position being taken by the Department of External Affairs in this particular matter places us in something of a dilemma. If we do not continue to participate in the Northern Army Group negotiations and to provide Canadian national comments on the proposed Arrangement, not only will we forfeit any opportunity we now have to influence the final outcome, but we will also have to face the probability that the other nations concerned will go ahead without us, putting us in a position where we are likely to have to accede eventually to an agreement which may contain some provisions we would^otherwise have accepted. On the other hand, if we go ahead with the final stages of the NORTHAG negotiations on a purely departmental basis, we will have no assurance that the final product, which we would be morally committed to accept, will be acceptable to other departments and to the Government. Ia view of this situation, I have had a memorandum to the Minister prepared for Mr. Armstrong's signature outlining the background and present status of the NORTHAG negotiations, stating the problem with which we are faced and suggesting that the matter be discussed with the Minister of External Affairs. A copy of this memorandum is attached. I should be grateful if you would confirm that the latest draft of the proposed Multi-National Technical Arrangement is generally acceptable to you and if you would let me have your comments on or concurrence in the draft memorandum to the Minister. I am sending a copy of this memorandum and its attachments to the Chief of the General Staff. / i U p . MacNeilliV Assistant Deputy Minister (Finance) 001368 � 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 CDNW04386 Title A name given to the resource Memorandum for Chairman, Chiefs of Staff from R.G. MacNeill, Assistant Deputy Minister (Finance) Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived "NATO Cooperation Regarding Nuclear Weapons And Missile Bases (IRBM)," RG24-B-1, vol 21468, file CSC 2108:1, part 4, 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 15-Sep-61