https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/02de0edaa3a2956a54a701857cc3c946.pdf 23664e7c60da0a6d64d1f8b27415725e PDF Text Text Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi sur I'acces a I'information mtUmW. AFFAIRS RSCCBOS Ottawa, March 3rd' Dr. C* 3. Mackenzie, President, National Research Council, Ottawa, Ontario. Dear Dr. Mackenzie: On February 24th Dr. solandt wrote me concerning proposals for maintaining a closer relationship between National Defence, the Atomic Energy Control Board and Chalk River in matters relating to atomic energy. Subsequently, you and Dr. Solandt and I had a talk about this and other related matters on March 1st. My personal understanding is that, instead of attempting to set up a new body for consideration of military aspects of atomic energy, we agreed somewhat as follows: (a) The Advisory Panel on Atomic Energy was the appropriate body for discussion of policy questions in this field including those having important military as well as political and economic implications. - Under its terms of reference the Panel has responsibility for advising the government on ail aspects of atomic energy. For the consideration of subjects having important defence implications, meetings of the Panel should be limited to Dr. Solandt, Hr. Robertson, yourself and myself, with the addition of one or more of the Chiefs of Staff. (b) The purposes of continuing contact between National Defence and the national Research Council �Document disclosed under the Access to Document divulgue en vertu de la Loisur f * 2 upon special problems involved in atomic warfare could best be achieved by direct arrangements at the technical level between the Defence Research Board and National Research Council. For this purpose no new committee was required. If the above is an accurate reflection of your ovm views and those of Dr. Solandt, it will be unnecessary to go further with the proposal for establishing any new body, . I / j For my own part I am quite satisfied that the organization of the Panel is sufficiently flexible to permit bringing together those directly concerned for consideration of the advice which should be tendered to the government on any aspect of atomic energy policy. The Panel was deliberately set up in such a way that attendance at any particular meeting would be determined by the Chairman according to the questions to be considered. When Horman Robertson arrives in a week or ten days, he will he assuming from me chairmanship of the Panel, and I am asking Evan Gill to familiarize himself with the files so that he may assist Mr, Robertson in this work from now on. Gill, as you know, is already Secretary to the Privy Council • Committee on Scientific and Industrial Research, I 1 propose that George of External Affairs continue to [ act as Secretary, I am sending a letter similar to this to Dr, Solandt and will look forward to your letting me know whether or not, on reflection, you are satisfied to have things worked out for the present in the way I have described. Yours sincerely, A, D. P. Heeney ( � 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 CDNW05674 Title A name given to the resource CDNW05674 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived "Atomic energy - Advisory Panel on Atomic Energy - Agenda," RG25-A-3-b, vol 5954, file 50219-A-40, part 1, Library and Archives Canada (LAC). Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Government of Canada Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Canadian Crown 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