https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/91813e12ef24253975a17868411444ea.pdf 4ced5a44f79b57440ca95d5b23e869c2 PDF Text Text • Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu dear Loi sur I'acces a I'information i ' - . . • . ' £of>y so[ i1/'ey-y-4 .... • i 3 - ' - SW--2. c0p/£<r •FM WASHDC JAN15/60 TOPSEC TO EXTERNAL S3 OPIMMED .' '. ' - . • • " INFO TT CCOS OTT OPIMMED FM OTT REF" OURTEL 76 JAM 15 ' ' - • [) ... - ^y^ . STORAGE OF DEFENSIVE NUCLEAR WEAPONS AT GOOSE BAY AND HARMON /' /J-S^ " >. THE FOLLOWING I S AN OUTLINE OF OUR DISCUSSION'.WITH USA OFFICIALS. CONCERNING THEIR SUGGESTED REDRAFT OF OUR NOTE ON THIS SUBJECT. 2 . I N CONSIDERING PARA3 OF. USA DRAFT,IT BECAME IMMEDIATELY EVIDENT THAT THE DEFINITION OF QUOTE STORAGE SITES UNQUOTE REQUIRES CLARIFICATION. USA DEPT OF DEFENSE DEFINES STORAGE SITE AS THE QUOTE IGLOO PLUS THE . COMPOUND UNQUOTE RATHER THAN THE BASE' THEY WONDERED WHAT'WE HAD IN MIND IN. SUGGESTING JOINT RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE. SECURITY OF THE SITE* I F F O R INSTANCE WE HAD IN MIND THAT CDA MIGHT PROVIDE FOR QUOTE.EX. TERNAL SECURITY UNQUOTE WOULD THIS MEAN SECURITY MEASURES IMMEDIATELY OUTSIDE. THE COMPOUND. OR OUTSIDE" THE BASE?IF THE FORMER, THEY WERE CONCERNED THAT THIS WOULD'SEEM TO INVOLVE REVISION OF EXISTING AGREE, MENTS AT LEAST IN RESPECT OF "HARMON. IN ANY EVENT. YOU WILL SEE THAT IT I S THEIR DESIRE THAT SECURITY .ARRANGEMENTS—OTHER THAN WITHIN THE SITE FOR WHICH; USA WOULD: BE RESPONSIBLE—SHOULD BE SUBJECT TO QUOTE. EXISTING AGREEMENTS UNQUOTE BUT THAT THEY ARE QUITE PREPARED'TO CONSIDER ANY. PROPOSALS .WE MIGHT WISH TO MAKE. ' . '. " .3.'IT WAS THOUGHT THAT THE PROVISION REGARDING QUOTE SAFEGUARDS UNQUOTE - OR QUOTE SAFETY STANDARDS. UNQUOTE AS PARA3 OF THE REDRAFT DESCRIBES THEM; MIGHT BE THE SUBJECT OF A SEPARATE PARA. THE LANGUAGE PROPOSED I S GENERALLY THE SAME AS THAT PROPOSED FOR THE GENERAL AGREEMENT. WHICH YOU HAVE CURRENTLY UNDER CONSIDERATION.NOT RPT NOT KNOWING ' YOUR VIEWS ON THIS'PARA WE RESTRICTED. OUR COMMENTS ,TO THE QUESTION OF • THE RESPONSIBILITY-OF USA GOVT AND THE QUESTION OF THE APPROVAL.OF SAFEGUARDS BY THE CDN GOVT.WE EXPRESSED THE VIEW THAT PROVISION FOR QUOTE CONSULTATION BETWEEN THE APPROPRIATE MILITARY AUTHORITIES OF USA AND CDA UNQUOTE-WOULD HARDLY- MEET YOUR REQUIREMENT BEARING IN 000251 �Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi sur I'acces a I'information PAGE TWO.83 ' MIND THE RESPONSIBILITY WHICH WOULD ALSO REST ON, THE CDN GOVT,VIS-A- . • VIS THE CDN PEOPLE, WE WONDERED WHETHER USA COULD ACCEPT A PHRASE REPLACING THAT ALREADY QUOTED WHICH WOULD. PROVIDE,QUOTE AND SHALL BE SUBJECT. TO THE APPROVAL OF THE CDN GOVT UNQUOTE, ASSUMING THE. REMAINDER OF THEIR REDRAFT WERE ACCEPTABLE TO YOU. 4 , REGARDING PARA4AND THE SPECIFIC REF TO QUOTE CUSTODY UNQUOTE, THE STATE DEPT CONFIRMED THAT WHILE THE WORD QUOTE CUSTODY UNQUOTE . DOES NOT RPT NOT APPEAR • IN ..USA ACT,TH,IS INTERPRETATION FLOWS FROM . SECTIONS 9 1 , 9 2 , 1 0 4 , 1 2 3 AND 144 IN THE LEGISLATIVE HISTORY OF THE ACT. THIS EXPRESSION IS USED IN OTHER BILATERAL AGREEMENTS.IT IN TURN I S INTERPRETED TO MEAN,QUOTE PHYSICAL CONTROL UNTIL RELEASED FOR USE UNQUOTE. ' ' • 5 . I F THE CDN VERSION OF PARA5 RELATES ONLY TO THE XYZ PROCEDURES OF SCHEDULE B OF ORDER-IN-COUNCIL PC2307 IT WOULD BE ACCEPTABLE. USA . -\ CONCERN REGARDING THE FIRST'SENTENCE WAS THAT IT MIGHT INVOLVE PROCEDURES OTHER THAN -THE XYZ PROCEDURES AND THAT REF TO QUOTE EXPORT AND IMPORT UNQUOTE IN THE SECOND SENTENCE MIGHT INVOLVE CUSTOMS INSPECTION. THE WORD,QUOTE INTRODUCTION UNQUOTE WAS SUGGESTED AS ONE WHICH WOULD , '". AVOID THE INFERENCE REGARDING CUSTOMS INSPECTION IF IT WERE NOT. RPT NOT VALID. . . 6 . COMMENTING ON MORE GENERAL ' TERMINOLOGY SUGGESTED BY USA WE THOUGHT ... SOMETHING ALONG THE FOLLOWING LINES WOULD BE MORE IN KEEPING WITH, OUR. , OWN PROPOSAL;QUOTE THE TRANSPORT OF THESE WEAPONS BETWEEN USA.AND CDA AND IN OR OVER CDN TERRITORY WILL BE CARRIED OUT IN ACCORDANCE WITH . APPROPRIATE REGULATIONS OF THE CDN GOVT,AND PROCEDURES AGREED BETWEEN:. THE RESPONSIBLE AGENCIES OF BOTH GOVTS UNQUOTE. •-••••* ' ' . ' • • - ' - . • ' ' ' ' 7 . I N YOURTEL DLS10 0CT2 YOU INDICATED THAT MOVEMENT OF THE WEAPONS WOULD BE SUBJECT TO. THE CDN ATOMIC ENERGY ACTAND THAT USA OFFICIALS WOULD BE FAMILIAR WITH THESE REGULATIONS AS A RESULT OF THEIR EXPERIENCE WITH OVERFLIGHT PROCEDURES.UNLESS THE ORDER-IN-COUNCIL . . . O ' ••-'- 000252 ,>k �Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi sur I'acces a I'information * ' : ' :"• PAGE THREE 83..> '. INCORPORATES THE RELEVANT PROVISIONS OF THE ATOMIC ENERGY ACT THERE WAS SOME DOUBT BOTH ON USA OFFICIALS AND OUR OWN.PART AS TO WHAT '•.•'.. . ' . . ' „ , • ' • ' .a • , • THESE. REGULATIONS MIGHT REQUIRE.. , '• - 3 . I T TRANSPIRED DURING THE DISCUSSION THAT USA HAS'IN MIND,TRANSPORTING THE WEAPONS TO AND FROM CDA ONLY BY AIR.THE DEFENCE REP DID NOT RPT NOT THINK THERE WOULD BE ANY OCCASION FOR TRANSPORTING WEAPONS. • '. ." i "BETWEEN, GOOSE-BAY .AND HARMON ALTHOUGH HE ADMITTED THIS POINT HAD NOT RPT,NOT BEEN CONSIDERED.AGAIN ON THIS POINT,AS WITH SECURITY AND SAFEGUARDS, WE EMPHASIZED THE NEED TO SPECIFY THE BASIC CDN RESPONSIBI LITY. ' Q ° 9 . I N PARAS USA DIFFICULTY WITH OUR PROPOSAL FOR JOINT CONTROL OVER REMOVAL STEMS FROM THEIR INTERPRETATION THAT THIS WOULD MEAN JOINT CONTROL OVER REMOVAL FROM THE IGLOO AND COMPOUND FOR SUCH PURPOSES AS PLACING THEM ON AIRCRAFT WHICH I S THE NORMAL PROCEDURE DURING PRACT I C E ALERTS WHERE AIRCRAFT ARE 'BOMBED-UP,TAXI DOWN THE RUNWAY BUT DO NOT RPT NOT TAKE OFF.FURTHERMORE I F STORAGE S I T E S WERE INTERPRETED TO MEAN THE WHOLE BASE USA OFFICIALS CONSIDER OUR LANGUAGE WOULD. "SUGGEST THE INTERPOSITION OF CONSULTATIVE REQUIREMENTS ^OVER AND ABOVE THOSE ALREADY.REQUIRED UNDER THE XYZ PROCEDURES.AS A RESULT ,OF OUR DISCUSSION,THE STATE DEPT PASSED TO US THIS MORNING A FURTHER REVISION OF THE PARA WHICH HAS BEEN DRAFTED BY THE DEFENCE DEPT: QUOTE CONSONANT WITH THE JOINT RESPONSIBILITY OF THE TWO GOVTS,THESE > WEAPONS WILL. BE REMOVED FROM THE AREAS UTILIZED BY USA FORCES IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE PROCEDURES APPROVED BY THE TWO GOVTS AND WILL BE USED'ONLY IN SITUATIONS OF GRAVE EMERGENCY IN, ACCORDANCE WITH THE PLANS AND PROCEDURES GOVERNING THE OPERATION OF THE NORTH AMERICAN AIR DEFENCE COMMAND AS APPROVED BY THE TWO GOVTS UNQUOTE. THE-LATTER PROVISO I S INTENDED TO REFER TO THE XYZ PROCEDURES. 10.DURING OUR DISCUSSION YESTERDAY WE SUGGESTED THE FOLLOWING TEXT WHICH MIGHT BE MORE ACCEPTABLE FROM OUR POINT OF VIEWtQUOTE JOINT .#.4 . < "' 000253 �Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi sur I'acces a I'information PAGE FOUR S 3 '• ','•,/••'•'•;. ; .; "-'"V" -'"'"••'' .-'. / -••';,"• RESPONSIBILITY; FOR THE REMOVAL OF THESE WEAPONS FROM THE; LEASED. AREAS , WITHIN WHICH THEY-ARE STORED AND .FOR THEIR"USE WILL BE SHARED BY THE- ' . CDN; AND USA GOVTS.THIS JOINT RESPONSIBILITY WILL BE'EXERCISED; .IN-,.- . , " ..• ACCORDANCE WITH EXISTING OVERFLIGHT PROCEDURES AS APPROVED;..BY THE . CDN GOVT..AND ALSO IN'ACCORDANCE^ WITH PLANS ..AND PROCEDURES GOVERNING :; • :'• THE OPERATIONS OF THE NORTH AMERICAN ,AIR. DEFENCE COMMAND AS APPROVED . ^--.^ BY THE TWO. GOVTS WHICH P R O V I D F F O R THE; USE OF THESE WEAPONS ONLY IN SITUATIONS^ .PR' GRAVE EMERGENCY UNQUOTES.-.-' :..-• 11.;YOU WILL NO RPT NO DOUBT/HAVE .IN MIND THE IMPORTANCE OF ENSURING . ' ; THAT .THE AGREEMENT ON GOOSE;' AND HARMON .IS CONSISTENT WITH THE GENERAL /• ' ;: .AGREEMENT* IN THIS CONNECTION. YOU; WILL ALSO; WANT TO. BEAR IN MIND A . . POSSIBLE FURTHER/AGREEMENT REGARDING/STORAGE; AT ARGENTIA /AND. PARTICU- ; - ; ; '>LARLY IN. CONNECTION WITH ANY PROVISION REGARDING REMOVAL FROM; THE '/ , STORAGE SITE.OUR RECOLLECTION I S ,THAT THIS POINT WAS RAISED AT THE '•"-'• CAMP DAVID TALKS IN CONNECTION WITH THE REMOVAL OF ..WEAPONS FROM * THE. SITE AND PLACING. THEM ON BOARD SHIP.;! ;/ •; " •'' , ': ' ,/ • '/'. r •' / 000254 � 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 CDNW05335 Title A name given to the resource WASHDC to External 83 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived "DEFENCE - Canada-US Arrangements - Storage of Nuclear Weapons in Canada for Use by U.S. Forces - Air Defence Weapons," RG2-B-2, Box 23, file D-1-5(e)-2, Library and Archives Canada (LAC). 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