https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/1708a2b14839ce1e6153a55d2289e786.pdf 9fd9ae2404f905e7091c3eb283a1be90 PDF Text Text Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi sur tpgcerit finfonftation | &AL-4 lTO^g-3o>sV* 14' 5 S 7 8 3 13 FM WASHDC OCT 1 4 / 5 9 SECRET TO EXTERNAL 2 5 9 1 PRIORITY i 6 OCT 1959 ^ W ACQUISITION AND CONTROL OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS FOR CDN FORCES BY CDA AIR VICE MARSHAL HENDRICK HAS INFORMED US THAT THE DISCUSSIONS WHICH HAVE BEEN CARRIED OUT OVER MILITARY CHANNELS ON THIS SUBJECT HAVE PRODUCED A WORKING DRAFT OF AN AGREEMENT0TH£ QUESTION HAS ARISEN REGARDING WHICH SIDE SHOULD INITIATE THE PRESENTATION OF THE DRAFT AGREEMENT THROUGH DIPLOMATIC CHANNELS.I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE I S SOME SPECULATION ON THE USA SERVICE SIDE THAT FROM THEIR POINT OF VIEW I? BIGHT FACILITATE SPEEDIER PROCESSING OF TKE DRAFT I F IT WERE PRESENTED BY THE STATE DEPT TO THE EMBASSY RATHER THAN VICE VERSA.YOU WILL NO RPT HO DOUBT WISH TO CONSIDER THE IMPLICATIONS OF THE QUESTION OF WHO SHOULD PRESENT THE DRAFT AGREEMENT.INCIDENTALLY,AIR VICE MARSHAL HENDRICK WILL UNDOUBTEDLY HAVE SPOKEN TO GENERAL FOULKES ABOUT THIS PROBLEMa 2*AS YOU WILL RECALL*THE STATE DEPT LAST RAISED WITH US THE QUESTION OF ACQUISITION OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS IN DEC37*AT THAT TIME WE MADE NO RPT MO SUBSTANTIVE COMMENT ON THEIR SUGGESTIONS BUT AGREED TO INITIAT E DISCUSSIONS THROUGH MILITARY CHANNELS.THERE WAS ALSO,AS YOU RECALL, DISCUSSION OF THE PROBLEM AT THE MEETING OF CONSULTATION. IN 1953 AND AGAIN AT THE MEETING OF THE MINISTERIAL COMMITTEE IN PARIS.FROM THE RECORD OF THESE MEETINGS THERE I S MO RPT NO PRECISE SUGGESTION AS TO WHICH SIDE WOULD INITIATE A PROPOSAL IM WRITING ON THE QUESTION OF ACQUISITION AND CONTROL OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS BY CDA.HOWEVER,IT WOULD 3E£M TO BE INHERENT IN THE MATURE OF THE PROBLEM AND THE CIRCUMSTANCES WHEREBY THE CDN GOVT ONCE HAVING DECIDED TO ACQUIRE NUCLEAR WEAPONS FOR CDN FORCES WOULD HAVE TO MAKE A REQUEST FOR THEM,THAT CDA WOULD BE THE -.INITIATOR OF FORMAL NEGOTIATIONS TO THAT EMD.THIS CONCLUSION ALSO SEEMS TO FLOW FROM THE PRIME MINISTER S STATEMENT ON FEB20 IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS HEENEY0 001012 �M7 WASHDC OCT 1 4 / 5 9 SECRET . f. \ Docmntfmdisc1o.se i underthe rtfcess to Information Act - '"" Document idWtilgtfS J f f W W ' f f l ' l i f ' t u ^ i H - f f i ^ i a finformat '0 EXTERNAL 2581 PRIORITY "/• "p tEFYOURTE-JjpLSl? 0CT2 ^CHANGE OF NOTES COVERING OVERFLIGHT OF CDN TERRITORY BY USAF IN'ERCEPTORS ARMED WITH NUCLEAR AIR-TO-AIR DEFENCE WEAPONS 'ARKERCCDN DESK)CALLED TODAY TO SAY THAT PROVIDED WE HAD NO RPT NO IBJECTION, THE STATE DEPT WOULD LIKE TO NAME OCTl 4 AS THE EFFECTIVE >ATE FOR DOWNGRADING THE CLASSIFICATION OF THllS AGREEMENT TO SECRE /E INFORMED HIM THAT THIS WOULD BE AGREEABLE TO US. 3 4 ' • 1 --—- 3' 6 • • 7 - 9 .. io :f r_2 0 OCT 1959 ' ... 1 001013 � 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 CDNW16519 Title A name given to the resource CDNW16519 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived "Continental defence - Atomic capability," RG25-A-3-b, vol 5930, file 50210-F-40, part 4.2, Library and Archives Canada (LAC).