https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/3449ec807a32c03e6477ea44f7e095b4.pdf 43fc55ec6e9941af3a05f9aed34ba05a PDF Text Text Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi sur faeces a finformation SECRET THE DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL DEFENCE WAR BOOK OCTOBER, 1961 SECRET 000036 �Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi sur I'acces a /'information SECRET PACfe i DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL DEFENCE WAR BOOK TABLE OF CONTENTS Pages INTRODUCTION 1 -5 PART I - PHASED EMERGENCY MEASURES BY STATES OF MILITARY VIGILANCE AND FORMAL ALERT MEASURES CHAPTER 1 States of Military Vigilance and Formal Alert Measures DISCREET State of Military Vigilance READY State of Military Vigilance SIMPLE Alert Measures REINFORCED Alert Measures GENERAL Alert Measures PART II - PHASED EMERGENCY MEASURES CHAPTER 2 Initiation of Emergency Measures 7-9 10. - 11 12 - 13 14 - 16 17 - IS 19 20 - 21 Review of international military situation Declaring a state of emergency Implementing a state of emergency Review of UN and NATO obligation Informing successors to authority CHAPTER 3 General Security Measures 22 - 23 Security of information Security of facilities Manning of emergency headquarters Control of electronic emissions Control of illumination CHAPTER.4 Operational Employment of Canadian Forces 24-25 Emplementing defence plans Increasing readiness of headquarters and units Restriction of leave Placing on active service Employment of operational regular force units Reinforcement of operational regular force formations Employment of reserve forces Survival operations CHAPTER 5 Evacuation and Relocation of Personnel and Defence Materiel 26 Evacuation of non-combatants Evacuation of military hospitals Evacuation of materiel from probable danger areas SECRET 000037 �Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi sur I'acces a /'information SECRET PAci i i DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL DEFENCE WAR BOOK Pages CHAPTER 6 Detention of Persons and Seizure of Property 2? Reception ahd custody of internees and prisoners of war Seizure of enemy ships and•aircraft CHAPTER 7 Control of Movement of Merchant Shipping ahd Air* Traffic .. _ i 28 Control and protection of merchant shipping Control of movement of ait4 traffic CHAPTER 8 Meteorological Services 29 CHAPTER 9 Mobilization of Manpower 30 Plans for mobilization of manpower Augmenting of armed forces CHAPTER 10 Research and Development 31 CHAPTER 11 Materiel and Services 32 - 33 Review of requirements Requisition of property •. Movement of military personnel and materiel reconditioning of materiel Issue of materiel New materiel and services Acquisition of communication services CHAPTER 12 Financial 34 PART H I - UNPHASED EMERGENCY MEASURES CHARTER 13 Personnel Administration 35 36 Servicemen's pay and pension entitlements Administration of servicemen's estates CHAPTER 14 Acquisition and Disposition of Materiel and Services 37 Procurement of new materiel and services Liaison with defence procurement agencies CHAPTER 15 Wartime Research and Development 38 CHAPTER 16 Joint Training 39 Wartime plans for joint training SECRET 000038 �Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi sur faeces a finformation SECRET PAee i i i DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL DEFENCE WAR BOOK Pages ANNEX i - DRAFT SUBMISSIONS TO THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL Annex 1 (A) Authority to control air navigation aids Annex 1 (B) Control of illumination in coastal areas and lighthouses and beacons Annex 1 (C) Placing the Services on active service Annex 1 (D) Seizure of enemy ships and aircraft Annex 1 (E) Control of shipping in Canadian ports and waters Annex 1 (F) Control of air traffic in defended areas Annex 1 (G) Establishment of an active service force Annex 1 (H) Increase in strength of the Canadian forces Annex 1 (I) Retention of essential DND Employees Annex 1 (J) Personnel in Public and essential services Annex 1 (K) Power to take control and/or possession of property . Annex 1 (L) Amendments to pay and allowance regulations Annex 1 (M) Augmentation of pensions Annex 1 (N) Augmenting annuities of annuitants Annex i (o) Temporary rank to be substantive rank under Defence Services Pension Continuation Act Annex 1 (P) Administration and distribution of Canadian forces estates 40 - a 42 44 43 45 46 47 48 - 49 50 - 51 52 53 54 - 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 - 67 ANNEX 2 -LOCAL REQUISITIONING AND PROCUREMENT 68 69 ANNEX 3 - PREPARATION OF PUNS 70 71 ANNEX 4 - DISTRIBUTION LIST - DND WAR BOOK 72 ANNEX 5 - RECORD OF AMENDMENTS 73 SECRET 000039 �Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi sur I'acces a /'information SECRET DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL DEFENCE WAR BOOK INTRODUCTION War Plans 1. Broadly stated, a war book is a document which attempts to anticipate and list-the measures that will probably have to be taken to meet an emergency that might or does lead to war, and to assign responsibility for executing the measures. The measures to be taken by the Government of Canada in an emergency that might or does lead to war are set forth in two sets of documents, namely: (a) The Government War Book - This book states, in general terms, the measures that may be required in an emergency and indicates the department or agency of government responsible for plans for particular measures. (b) The Departmental War Books - These books, drawn up by each department or agency of government, elaborate the details of execution of measures assigned by the Government War Book, and, in turn, assign responsibility for execution to appropriate units of the department or agency. 2. Because of the magnitude of responsibility of the Department of National Defence in time of emergency and the way the Department is organized, the Department of National Defence War Book is broken down into five books, commonly referred to as: (a) The DND War Book -.This book covers the measures for which the Minister, the Deputy Minister, the Chairman Chiefs of Staff, and the Chiefs of Staff Committee have a responsibility. (b) The RCN, Army and RCAF War Books - These three books cover the measures for which the Chief of Naval Staff, Chief of General Staff and Chief of the Air Staff, • respectively, have a responsibility, (c) The DRB War Book - This book covers the measures for which the Chairman, Defence Research Board, has a responsibility. In addition to their war books, the Services have plans covering the raising, equipping and. use of Canadian forces in an emergency. Execution of War Plans 3. To appreciate how the DND War Book is to be used, it is necessary to understand the sequence of events which it is assumed, for planning purposes, vail occur in time of emergency. These are as follows: (a) The Chiefs of Staff will keep the international military situation under continuous review, and on the basis of the advice tendered by them the Chiefs of Staff Committee will, under normal conditions, request the Minister to declare or relax, as appropriate, a State of Military Vigilance. In an emergency, the Chiefs of Staff Committee will carry out this function (see paras 2.01 and 2.04 of this war book). There are two phases of the States of Military Vigilance System: U» So* »'•*. tlw %J l.n \a* 000040 �Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi sur faeces a finformation SECRET DEPARTMENT OP NATIONAL DEPENCE WAR BOOK (i) DISCREET Phase - This consists of measures that would hot alarm the public or give intelligence to an enemy. (ii) READY Phase - This consists of certain other purely military measures that cah be implemented without the formal declaration of an alert by the Canadian Government, and do not require Order in Council action. The States of Military Vigilance System is designed for a period of delicate international relations and consists of purely military precautionary measures which can be kept up for a fairly long time without ill effects and which would facilitate a rapid transition, if necessary, to one of the Formal Alert System stages. (Authority has also been given by the Chiefs of Staff Committee to Force Commanders to order a State of Military Vlgllanoe within their own Commands if information of impending attack is received by them.) (b) A minister of the Crown is expeoted to report to Cabinet any situation that he considers constitutes an emergency threatening the security of Canada and to make recommendations to deal with same. In turn, it is the responsibility of all officers of the Crown, through appropriate ohannels, to draw the attention of the Minister to any threatening situation. (The responsibility of ministers and officers of the Crown in this matter Is reflected In paras 2.01 and 2.03 of this war book.) (c) Cabinet will consider the representations made to it and will decide on a course of action. If the international situation is sufficiently ominous, the course of action may be to call a Formal Alert Stage. There are three successively more serious Formal Alert Stages. (1) SIMPLE Alert - To be initiated on receipt of credible information indicating definite preparation to attack NATO or on the existence of international tension on a scale anywhere In the world that might have serious consequences to Canada. (2) REINFORCED Alert - To be initiated when there is conclusive indication that the outbreak of hostilities is imminent. (3) GENERAL Alert - To be initiated when an overt act of aggression takes place In the NATO area or in any area where the consequences would affect Canada in the same way as an attack on NATO. It should be noted that a Formal Alert Stage is declared by the Government and applies to all parts of the public service, while a State of Military Vigllanoe is declared within the Department of National Defence and does not affect the oivillan component of the public service except at a few points. vUvKCI 000041 �Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi sur faeces a finformation SECRET PACE 3 DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL DEFENCE WAR BOOK 4« It should not be assumed that States of Military Vigilance and Formal Alert Stages will necessarily be called in sequence. For example, the-first Formal Alert called may be REINFORCED or GENERAL, or the SIMPLE followed by the GENERAL* Depending on how the international emergency develops, a considerable or very little time may elapse between the Formal Alert Stages. A relaxation of the Formal Alert Stage may be directed, .proceeding from a SIMPLE or other Formal Alert Stage to a State of Military Vigilance or to normal peacetime conditions. 5* Nor should it be assumed that the States of Military Vigilance and the Formal Alert Stages are exclusive* Thus, during a SIMPLE Alert, it might be appropriate not to execute certain measures designated for the SIMPLE Alert and to execute certain measures designated as falling in the REINFORCED Alert. On the other hand, when a REINFORCED or GENERAL Alert is declared, it should be assumed that this declaration carries with it authority to execute or complete the execution of any measures in a lesser State of Military Vigilance or Formal Alert Stage that may still be required, (see para 10 of this introduction). A check should accordingly be made that no relevant measures in a lesser State of Military Vigilance or Formal Alert Stage are being passed over. 6. Under conditions of a sudden emergency or a surprise attack an orderly initiation of the Formal Alert Measures at the ministerial level may not be capable of realization. This does not absolve officers of the Crown from action. The officers designated in this war book - or their successors - will then initiate emergency measures to the extent and in the manner which circumstances appear to warrant until communication with higher authority is again established. Authority to Execute Measures in the DND War Book 7. The calling of a State of Military Vigilance or Formal Alert " Stage implies that a set of measures appropriate to the gravity of the situation will be undertaken. It is the responsibility of ministers and senior officers of the Crown to determine the measures undertaken and their timing. The DND War Book and the plans that support it, are prepared to assist in discharging this responsibility expeditiously. 8. To facilitate the task of senior officers of the Department of National Defence in time of emergency, probable defence measures have been evaluated and compiled by States of Military Vigilance and the Formal Alert Stages. The measures enumerated and their grouping are considered appropriate for a deteriorating military situation that may result in a general war. The exact measures to be executed, their sequence and their timing will normally be subjects for collective or individual decision by the Minister and the senior officers of the Department in the light of the actual emergency that develops. 9. In summary, this book is an aide memoire to assist the Minister and his principal advisers in deciding what actions might be appropriate in a given emergency, and a convenient means of coordinating the development of plans against any emergency; it also constitutes a standing authority for the officers designated herein to take appropriate action in an emergency should no other.orders be received. %3*fc v* K.fz r 000042 �Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi sur I'acces a /'information SECRET t t u k DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL DEFENCE WAR BOOK Arrangement of Material in DND War Book 10* Defence measures in the DND War Book are arranged in the same sequence as in other war books of the Department* The book has five major divisions, as follows: (a) Part I - A listing of the measures that it is foreseen may have to be taken as the international situation deteriorates into a major war* The measures are categorized by the States of Military Vigilance and the Formal Alert Stages* The basis on which measures have been allocated to the various categories is as follows: DISCREET Vigilance Measures which are aimed at increasing security and adjusting defence plans in the light of the developing emergency; READY Vigilance Measures which are those preliminary steps taken to place Canadian forces in a position to meet overt attack* SIMPLE Alert Measures which are those additional steps to be taken by DND once the Government has placed all governmental departments on this first stage of alert; REINFORCED Alert Measures which are intended to ready the Services for imminent war and to obtain authority for the mobilization of additional resources should war occur; GENERAL Alert Measures Which include all measures executed immediately hostilities begin and which place the Department on a war footing. (b) Part II - A listing of the same measures found in Part I, but grouped by subject-matter rather than by urgency of need to execute. As a result, Part II and the list of States of Military Vigilance and the Formal Alert Measures are two classifications of the same set of emergency actions and are accordingly completely cross-referenced for flexibility of use. It should be noted, however, that Part II contains the precisely worded statement of an emergency measure and should prevail, for purposes of interpretation, over the wording used in the list of States of Military Vigilance and Formal Alert Measures. The latter has been abridged for the sake of brevity. (° ) Part III consists of measures that have not been phased by the States of Military Vigilance or the Formal Alert Stages. These are measures that it is unlikely will have to be acted on in the first few days of a general war, but for which it is nevertheless considered desirable to develop emergency plans in some detail, so that when the measures have to be taken in hand they can be acted on more expeditiously. SECRET 000043 �Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi sur I'acces a /'information SECRET PA0E5 DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL DEFENCE WAR BOOK (**) Aftftex 1 ** Draft submissions to the Governor in Council to obtain authority to execute certain emergency measures* (e) Annex 2 - DND Administration Branch Emergency regulations* (^)• Annex 3 *• A list of directorates and committees responsible for coordinating the planning of certain measures* 11* The contents of the first four columns of Parts II and III of the DND War Book have been worked out in consultation with other components of the Department through the Joint Planning Committee* All defence measures specified in the DND War Book to be implemented by a particular Service or Chief Of Staff Will be dealt with in that Servicers War Bbokj and under the same State of Military Vigilance br Formal Alert Stage and fully cross-referenced to the DND War Book* The term "Each Chief of Staff will ****' ih designating who will initiate a measure includes hot only the CNS, CGS and CAS but also the CCOS, C/DRB and DM when the measure is one which they should execute in their jurisdictions* SECRET 000044 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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