https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/871973c0e87d8b7471d9809ae129199c.pdf f181ad8c4eaaec309270365ec370b768 PDF Text Text DEPARTMENT OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS, CANADA DATE SECURITY FIL.E SECRET 50219-AL-2-40 l ElTERNAL OTT FM: I NUMBER .- DL-999 TO: NATOPARIS INFO: LDN Ref.: YOURTELS 1269 AND 1270 JUN7/6 3 Subject: NATO FORCE PLANNING EMBPARIS \'IASHDC BONN PRECEDENCE OPIMMED ROME coos Div1/DND I' THIS TEL OUTLINES OUR REACTIONS TO THE SECGEN'S DRAFT PROPOSALS FOR LAUNCHING THE NATO FORCE REVIEtJ. CERTAIN 0003IDERATIONS BEAR ON THE CDN ATTITUDE TO THIS REVDm1 AND SHOULD BE KEPT IN MIND: (A) CDA HAS AGREED TO PARTICIPATE FULLY IN THE REVIEW AND HAS APPROVED THE AIMS \1HICH THE SECGEN IS TRYING TO ACHIEVE .. I.E. TO ESTABLISH NATO LONG-TERM FORCE GOALS ON A SOUND BASIS; (B) CDA IS UNDERTAKING A COMPLETE REVIEW OF NATIONAL DEFENCE POLICY AND CDN MINISTERS HAVE EXPRESSED THE HOPE THAT THE NATIONAL REVIEW AND THE NATO CAN PROCEED IN PARALLEL; (C) NECESSARY INTERDEPTL CO-ORDINATION AND ESTABLISHMENT NO STANDARD LOCAL i •• DM/FIN DM/DDP SEC. TO CAB. DISTRIBUTION 2 I ORIGINATOR DIVISION SIQ •• '· •••••.•.•••••••••••••••••••••••••••• NAME ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• •••••' EXT. '8 (REV. '2/81) 000465 �SECRET ,. - 2 - OF PROCEDURES WHEREBY NATIONAL REVIEW OF DEFENCE POLICY IS TO BE CONDUCTED ARE STILL UNDER DISCUSSION IN OTT. THIS SHOULD NOT INHIBIT US FROM PRESSING FOR IN COUNCIL TO PROCEED AS SOON AS \'liTH NATO FORCE REVIEvJ BUT IT WILL HAVE TO BE BORNE . IN MIND WHEN THE . COMES FOR THE NATO PLANNING TEAM TO REVIE'i/ CDN PRESENT ANF FUTURE DEFENCE PROGRAMMES. · 2. FOR YOUR OWN INFO WE HOPE THAT THE PROCEDURES FOR THE NATIONAL REVIEW \'/ILL BE ESTABLISHED BEFORE THE NATO TEAM IS READY TO DEAL WITH CDA BUT IF THIS SHOULD NOT PROVE TO BE THE CASE AN IMPENDING VISIT OF THE NATO PLANNING TEAM COULD PROVIDE THE NECESSARY STll.fiJLUS TO ENSURE AGREED ·PROCEDURES FOR THE CDN REVIEW. 3. . OUR GENERAL REACTIQN TO THE SECGEN'S PROPOSALS ARE.AS FOLLOWS: , {A} THERE APPEARS TO BE NO QUESTION OF THE NEED TO RE-ESTABLISH NATO FORCE GOALS ON AN EQUITABLE BASIS. THE SECGEN'S PROPOSALS APPEAR SOUND.AND MIGHT PROVIDE REALISTIC FORCE GOALS· BEARING IN MIND OVERALL NATIONAL ' . I ' CAPABILITIES WITH DUE REGARD TO BASIC ECONOMIC AND / I ' MANP01i'ER CONSIDERATIONS; (B) T»E SUCCESS OF THE SECGEN'S REVIEW WILL DEPEND ON ll FULL CO-OPERATION FROM MEMBER COUNTRIES. ,,f TIME HOWEVER IT·IS IMPORTANT THAT NATIONAL AUTHORITIES AT SAME SHOULD HAVE READY ACCESS AT ALL STAGES OF THE REVIEW ( TO THE \'/ORK OF' THE PLANNING TEAM AND SPECIAL GROUP; f THIS CONTINUOUS CONSULTATION PROCEDURE PARTICULARLY (C) APPLIES TO THE CRITERIA, PLANNING ASSUMPTIONS AND STANDARDS ADOPTED BY THE NATO PLANNING TEAM AND SPECIAL GROUP. UNLESS THIS CONSULTATION'TAKES PLACE NATIONAL AUTHORITIES COME TO BELIEVE THAT THEY WILL BE FORCED INTO. MILITARY COMMITMENTS vJITHOUT FULL ACCOUNT BEING TAKEN OF NATIONAL FACTORS BY THE NATO PLANNING TEAM. .ANY UNNECESSARY COERCION BY THOSE . 111 Tn1ITAT CONDUCTING THE ·NATO REVIE\1 TO FORCE NA'000466 . . �SECRET. - 3-- · CONTRIBUTIONS TO MEET NATIONAL CAPABILITIES AS DETERMINED BY THE NATO PLANNERS COUIJD WELL LEAD TO THE FAILURE OF THE REVIEW. 4. OUR SPECIFIC COMMENTS ON THE-SECGEN'S PROPOSALS ARE: ROLE OF THE COUNCIL - THERE DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE ANY SPECIFIC ROLE FOR THE NATO COUNCIL DURING THE FIRST PHASE OF THE REVI:$W. 'VIE- BELIEVE IT ESSENTIAL THAT THE COUNCIL BE KEPT CONTINUALLY IN THE PICTURE AT ALL STAGES OF THE REVIEW PROCESS. THE SECGEN THEREFORE SHOULD BE INSTRUCTED TO )UXE REGULAR REPORTS TO THE NATO COUNCIL BOTH DURING PHASE 1 AS \1ELL AS PHASE 2 OF THE REVIE\·1. COMPOSITION OF NATO PLANNING TEAM - IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT THERE BE" AN A\qARENESS AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL OF \'lHAT IS BEING CONT,EL:.IPLATED BY THE PLANNING TEAM AND THE SPECIAL GROUP. THIS MIGHT BE ENSURED BY SOME DEVICE SUCH AS NATIONAL LIAISON OFFICERS ATTACHED TO THE PLANNING TEAM. WE ATTACH TO THIS AS N4TO WE WOULD WISH TO ENSURE THAT N*TIONAL PLANNING TEAM WAS KEPT AWARE AT ALL OF CDA'S OTHER DEFENCE COMMITMENTS IN NORTH AMERICA AND IN INTERNATIONAL PEACE KEEPING. NATIONAL PLANNERS - WE HAVE SOME RESERVATIONS ABOUT SUGGESTION THAT NATO PLANNING TEAM, AS PART OF THE DATA GATHERING PROCESS, SHOULD INTERVIE\•l NATIONAL AUTHORITIES AT PLANNING LEVEL ALONE. NATIONAL PLANNERS HAVE NO DIRECT RESPONSIBILITY FOR DEFENCE POLICY AND THERE WOULD APPEAR TO BE A DANGER IF THIS PROCEDURE WAS FOLLOWED OF THE NATO. PLANNING TEAM PUTTING FORWARD SUGGESTIONS ON A COUNTRY'S LONG TERM DEFENCE PLANNING AND PLANNING TRENDS QUITE UNRELATED TO OVERALL DEFENCE POLICY APPROVED BY GOVT OF COUNTRY IN QUESTION. 5. rm HAVE NO STRONG VIEWS ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THERE SHOULD BE BOTH'A NATO PLANNING TEAM AND A SPECIAL GROUP. \'JE BELIEVE THAT TIMING OF DIFFERENT PHASES ·oF REVIEW IS OVERA}m!TIOUS BUT FOR OUR PART WE SHALL DO OUR BEST TO MEET THE PROPOSED 000467 t � 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 CDNW03798 Title A name given to the resource External to NATOParis DL-999 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 19-Jul-63 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived "NATO - Nuclear weapons - Policy - NATO long term planning," RG25-A-3-b, vol. 5960, 50219-AL-2-40, part 10, Library and Archives Canada (LAC). Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Department of External Affairs Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Canadian Crown Subject The topic of the resource NATO, nuclear weapons Description An account of the resource NATO Force Planning 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