https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/571dda027c8fb2e792f62f87d6c8d47f.pdf 35269d3e5527dad526d7c3c4d0f0ddf0 PDF Text Text .. D.L.(l)/EPBlack/sh I • ;rr. Bm1 RESTRICTED (Through Flr. Canpbell) July 9, 1963. Defence Liaison (1) Division Your Ilemorandum of July $ Draft Speech by the SSEA in the House of Attached to this Memorandum for the I-Iinister• s consideration is a suggested re-trlte of that section of the draft speech concerning UATO and Uorth American De.fenee. DEFEUCE LIAISml (1) DIVISION 000503 �IiATO and 1{2$ Ame&is;ap, Defpnce It w-ill a.ll1ays be our policy to foster tol1ards disarmament but \1e cannot fasten all our hopes on it. of the atlful nuclear should not and This is the decade and tte are bound each day ·to tTork &n the realm of facts and possibilities. tie must maintain at all times and at all coats a realistic balance bettleen our aspirations disarmament and the stark necessity of an adequate defence and de• terrent military pot-ter. gical development Indeed, the rapid technolo- or ueaponry t-ihieh calls ·for unre- lenting efforts tot·1ards disarmament, at the same time requires more than ever that 'tie look for security in collective arrangements. In addition to the natural inclination to ally ourselves \1i th countries that share oux- values and pQlitieal traditions, the ideological differences bett1oen the Communist states md the free t1orld and the continuing existence of major and di... visive political problems between East and West. dictate that vte should associate ourselves with states t11th similar traditions and aspirations. Collective security arrangements are r.orked out tdthin the context of the North Atlantic Alliance and in. partnership mth our allies. Canada has contributed and will continue to contribute its full share to the defence ot the NATO Treaty area. As Honourable t:lembers trill recall, in my report to this House on the recent NATO :f.ieeting in Otta\1a, I mentioned that steps bad been taken at that Meeting to further integrate the deterrent forces o£ the Alliance and to improve the co-ordination and control of these forces • • • •/ 2 000504 �I also reported that UATO-. recognizing tho need to achieve a aatisfactory balance bett1aen nuclear and convontional forces, tras to undertake a thort)ugh revieti of defence policy • This reviet't is no't1 undert1ay and it is our hope that the tional revieu of defence policy and the na- being eandueted by the Government can go hand in hand to enable the Govern• ment to reach eatistactory decisions about future Canadian defence policy as part of the overall defeneo policy of the \'!estern Alliance_. NATO is, o£ course, much more than a military allianco as it provides a forum t1here tie and our partners can exchaxlge f'ull and frank information, opinions and intentions on the political, economic and scientific developments of the day. For- tunately, progress on political consultation has been such that llATO n0\1 provides Canada mth one of the major forums l'thereby are able to urge our v:i.etts on international developments on our laJOger and more po'trerful allies. It is only by this tull and timely consultation that tho Alliance can maintain that mutual confidence is vital if tiAro 1 as a mili· tary alliance, is to endure. Consultation is also an itnportant feature of our partnership 'tdth the United States in the de- renee of the North American region of NATO • and I refer here particularly to the North American Air Def'enee Command. This integrated Command pre-supposes, as the NORAD Agreement :recognizes., extensive colla- boration in both air defence planning and the operation of the Command. a Besides the· integrated Command itself, of machinery for defence consultation has ••• /3 000505 I\. �... 3 .... developed over the years and provisiOns tor consultation ato written into agreements on North American defence., It is our intention that full advantage should be taken of this organization tor conaultntion. The United States has by tar the greatest part of the nuclear deterrent forces of liATO. On these deterrent forces rests the final security of the free \10rld. Because ot its 5eographical position bett1een the Soviet Union and the United States, Canada has a special responsibility to assist 1n defending the Alliance's deter-rent torees based in the United States, vmUe nt the same time defending Canadian cities. For this reason l'te are negotiating vr.i.th the United States for the provision of nuclear warheads which td.ll enable the t1eapons systems tre have for the de£en ce of Uorth America to achieve full effective• ness. Arrangements are also being made for the pro. vision of '1arheods for Canadian Forces in Europe in order that they may play their full part in the deterronce of there. The 'negotiations \1ith the United States for the provision of nuclear quite satisfactorily. are proceeding The bilateral agreement cur• rently being negotiated defines the general principles under which nuclear 11arheada l1ill be made available for the Canadian forces regardless of the particular weapons systems involved. It Will deal tlf.th such im- portant matters as joint control of the Once this inter-govonunental agreement is concluded it will be necessary to conclude technical arrange- ments at service laval for the various weapons •••/4 000506 �r"- ·• - 4 .... M.eanwhile the necesaa.ry plana to give effect to these arrangements are being drawn up. no matter h0l'1 carefully we coordinate our attitude toward distu•raament with a-ur policy of collective defence through tiA'l'O• we cannot delude our• selves that these actions tdll be .sufficient to ensure our national security. What· the answer then in this interdependent world where the smallest spark in the most remote corner o£ the world could ignite a nuclear catastrophe? 000507 � 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 CDNW03808 Title A name given to the resource Memorandum to Mr. Bow from A.R. Menzies, Defence Liaison (1) Division Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 09-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 Re-write of House of Commons speech section 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