https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/cf16a942f8570c0d6f515aa22ca9d977.pdf 5f29db23a0b1458bd09eda57b8a2a6e6 PDF Text Text D.L.(l)/j.A.McCordick/AH # Mr. Holmes r CONFIDENTIAL June 13, 1957 J. A. McCordick Mr. Cadieux' memo to you of June 5/57 Disarmament: New U.S,A, proposals f0Af?-ftft ^T^~1 Thank you for letting me see the memorandum under reference. Paras. 2 and k thereof carry the idea of the "graduated deterrent", which has strong theoretical appeal but has not been accepted by NATO as practical strategy. Current WATO thinking concludes that the alliance can only hope to meet a large scale attack successfully if nuclear strategic retaliation is immediate and all out. Furthermore, attempts to make the sort of distinction suggested by Mr, Cadieux run up against the great and growing difficulty of classifying nuclear weapons as "tactical" or "strategic". 2. We should be grateful to know how Legal and U.N. Divisions view the suggestion. Defence Liaison (1) Division A0027625 110-000267 � 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 CDNW00916 Title A name given to the resource Message from Defence Liaison Division to Mr. McCordick Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 13-Jun-57 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived ÒAtomic weapons - Canadian policy,Ó RG25-A-3-b, vol. 5960, file 50219-AM-40, pt. 1.1, 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 Description An account of the resource Disarmament: New U.S.A. proposals 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