https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/247f9a8b7fd20023c9d537148b9f301e.pdf f54e745452f370c84e7286000b708de5 PDF Text Text ^FS'Si*%pes%wes^^w a\ KHr wwiNPIW *iWf4edi %wn*S»^ Jb^flw eiP*e*^Swta'WHwW*iss RBOARDBW KBdOfriATIOHS OH ACQUISXTIO* u • nmtm m wmu*\% oajcm "... If these weapons er* released to Canadian forces, fer uee by Canadian forees fer the defenee ef Canada, they should he owned by Canada and should he need wider Canadian authority exclusively. Hansard, p. 139. . .-;a .- .ai-. ;vr "... the Prine Minister has said repeatedly that any atoaio warbeade stored in Caaada would this is net possible under United Stntes law. The nest that oould he conceivably expected, would he so-called Joint control. This is an errangenent under whieh Canada would hate the discretion whether te use atonic warheads but only after thsy had been released to Canada by the President of the United States. It would he a question ©f whether to use uncle*s ear but only after uncle and decided lt would he safe to turn ov9r the key." "... It (the Government) involves us in the acquisition ef weapons which only reach their full ... 2* A0027627 67-000593 �s9 potential when amed with atonic warheads he* for* aay decision has seen reached whether or not to so equip then. ..." "... It ia our contention, therefore, that an* government should discontinue nt ones ita participation in the 3*(tf •aoaaro system, and net proceed with the installation of radar gap fillers* ... Elimination of the SAfll nontrc systen in Canada would eliminate the necessity for Canada storing or using atonic warheads en Canadian territory, fhe supersonic interceptors, which we would he acquiring under this arrange* nent, could ha amed with conventional guided aiaallea such aa the aide-winder, There would then he so lumediate question ef extending con* trel of atonic weapons te another power. ...N Hanaard, p. 75oT. "... we regret tha decision of the governnent to re-equlp (the air division) on the basis of the strike attack role. Canada nan not in the paat contributed to the offenalve potential in any way snd especially any nuclear potential, ... Re-equipplng the air division in thia way creates a nunber of problems ,,. it creates ths problea of the una hy Caaadiaa forees in Sumps of nuclear weapons under national and not under soUnstive eontrol. By "national" X aeaa United Stntes control. If such weapons, even tactical ... �.... defence forcea, this should only he an a result of s collective SATO decision and if they n m brought wider MATO'. collective control. ...» Hanaard* p. 7363* "with respect to atomic weapona being ussd hy SATO, aa we have stated we urge a son* plete revaluation of the SATO policy to determine if it would not he possible to build up conventional forces. Wa have stated that wa would aat wlah to anticipate the results of suoh reconsideration. If sfter this reconsideration it waa felt that aituationn night arias when nuclear defenaive weapons have to ho uaed, then we would urge* provided lt waa a collective agreement, tbat theae wsansmn be nunnUnd snd used nr not • ••••» wwwww »*^PiBi«FWPw*me PFW *"~yir ^ * waa^m ^wsm^w^» m^w •***» used In respect to a collective SATO agreement. i ... Hanaard, p. 7572. Wincn "... So nuelear weapona should be permitted an or over Canadian soil." nns) T^Pmnsnwnme' n^asHPnr qsunmnmr ^^Sm iseWMS' & mt • ^ps^wssjs^™ mental revision of its present nuelear strategy coupled with a reorganisation of its forces so that aay aggression with conventional weapona ... ^. A0027627 69-000595 �7 can he repulsed with conventional weapons. ... Hansard, p. 7577. The leader of the Osnanitlon "... It seens to no* Nr. Chairman, that our experience in the last three yearn has SW—9^lw *we— ^ W S ^& i^a9W 99. ^P ^9^^^^^a^^T ^™WW—"^^H, ^9^& BrWmWr ^^^s^m ^•^^^^ ^^ —* ^* »w continental defenee in the nay wa have* wa a m becoming, nothing n a m than just the laat kite. X believe that in getting out of this position, which X consider ta he an ineffective one for Canada* no would be rejecting the une by us of any form of nuclear weapona far what is mistakenly called the defenee ef our territory « ... Hansard* p. 7606. "... X say in any event that Canada ahould categorically reject the proposition thnt her SATO forces should he equipped with auclear weapona of any kind Indeedj not only Caaadiaa SATO forcea* hut all SATO fames ahould reject thia proposition that there should he nuclear nteajanj pJ njsj K§S4 W0m hnJtSS&tt Sutttint control, whether it la the control of the country using thea—which might ha Franco, whieh has them nan or will have them—or the control of another country supplying them. SO SATO fames should he equipped with tact leal A0027627_70-000596 �I,. nuclear weapons st all in these circumstances. I have not some out finally and unconditionally againat such prohibition, because thia re* examination ia going on. Bat if SATO forces a m to be equipped with tactical nuclear weapons at all, until acme international agreement la reached outlawing thane weapons completely, i ^o*m'^pSp^nnP v wsesm ™ ™en,wnwp •ms'WiFensnsm WI^WM qm^^e^wip —mans^j asms waflwr result of a collective SATO decision taken on the highest political level af the council, a decision whieh would e l m provide for collective SATO control and une. ..." n t 9099"ww** asm—as ns a* • -dkranssdm am^nqs*dww«a^ww emoasm ^^^^^PSS mode by SATO an the highest political level, in my view Canada ahould not even consider equipping her European SATO fereee with any x* gees' ..'--.'.'"' ajftsjWhShjupwsa'SJi *— ^^a9^at0 %if 9f s^e^m^m ^m^wea* '..„..'•:;, n jejnj ml I ^w^m^wmpsms a "... we ahould not have our air division in Europe equipped with aircraft, the CF-104, carrying, not under collective control but under United States control, what has bean referred to aa a baby nuclear bomb in a strike attack role, ... Hansard, p. 7610. ,. I think this change of direction whieh I have mentioned ahould always have la mind tan desirability of preparing our femes on land* en aaa aad in the air for international service, ... n. �iI pmfemhly under the United Nations, and getting out of nuclear armament completely, without getting out ef our eolleetive commitments . ... •smennnew*m *m o 99 a s ^r^eMm* 4 A0027627_72-000598 J^ � 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/. 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