https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/90386699d243112101cf9c036eb3b025.pdf e1db8dfe0ccb55a03acb4a3b333f3ac1 PDF Text Text /»' TOP SECRET .7 ---------------- DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL DEFENCE OFFICE OF THE CHAIRnAN, CHIEFS OF STAFF • m m ^ . o V IJ $ z z z . : ; ° '".•: vu'.v \ '£'&*£•,• 7* T T A w A - 23 August, 1957. Acting Under-Secretary of Stato for External Affairs, East Block, Ottawa, Ontario. Atomic Enerrtv Control Legislation - United States Enquiry 1. V/ith reference to your letter of 19 August, to which you attached a copy of a letter from the United Statos Embassy concerning the remarks which the Minister of National Defence is reported to havo raade at his press conference on 1 August, concerning Canadian legislation which would prohibit the storage of nuclear weapon components in Canada. \ 2. I would suggest that in the reply to the United States Embassy you might draw to their attention the Atomic Energy Control Act R.S.C. 1952, ell and the Atomic Energy Control Regulations, para. 201, which states: "No person shall import into Canada or export from Canada any., proscribed equipment for the time being specified by order for the purposes of this section or any prescribed substance without first producing to the Collector of Customs and Excise at th© proposed port of entry or exit an import or export permit from the Board, and no Collector of Customs and Excise shall permit any ouch prescribed equipment or any prescribed substance (a) to be released for delivery to an importer in Canada; or (b) to be exported froa Canada, unless the appropriate permit from the Board is produced to him". 3. It would also be in order to inform the United States authorities that the Department of National Defence are ascertaining what changes in the Atomic Energy Control Act or the Customs Act of Canada will be required to allow the following conditions, which were laid down in para. 6 of my letter of 9 August to the Judge Advocate-General; (a) the free importation and exportation of nuclear weapons or components for the purposes of the defence of Canada; (b) the free import, export and passage through Canadian air space of nuclear weapons of the members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization or other military alliances which may be entered into by the Canadian Government; (c) the storage on Canadian territory of nuclear weapons and compondnts for the use of Canadian or NATO forces or whero the ownership in peacetime is vested in another MATO partner; and (d) the use of nuclear weapons in Canadian air space by tho United Statos air defonee forces under conditions of impending or apprehended attack on North America. c e . Secretary to tho Cabinet r>A A0027625 17-000174 Li- \ �TOP SECRET - 2 - 4. It is not expected that these proposed changes in legislation will be introduced by the Government in the next session but those preparations are boing made to bo ready to introduce thio legislation into somo future session of Parliament• (Sgd.) (Charles Foulkes) General, Chairman, Chiefs of Staff, A0027625_18-000175 � 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 CDNW00949 Title A name given to the resource Message from Chairman of Chiefs of Staff to Acting Under-Secretary of State for External Affairs Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 23-Aug-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 Concerning an appropriate reply to the Atomic Energy Control Legislation - United States Enquiry 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