https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/9225402e7eded609b76889c48d084396.pdf 118b5d379701c0b3bde6f9117c7e8590 PDF Text Text Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi sur I'acces'a I'information MENT OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS, CANADA OUTGOING MESSAGE DATE ' FM: • s f i r a / d - / ^ - -JAN 21 I960 EXTERNAL - OTTAWA UNCLAS COMCENTRE USE ONLY PRECEDENCE DL 62 * NATO - PARTS X & 5-z^ *?fi? NUMBER TO: SECURITY FILE OPIMMEDIATE 7 fi ' . ' . . • ' . -• INFO: ' • " . . •• ; - •• •• X ' 7 ' WASHINGTON. PARIS. BRUSSELS. BONN. ROME. HAGUE, LONDON. PERMISNY BY BAG FROM LONDON: .< A " COPENHAGEN, OSLO, STOCKHOLM, * LISBON, ANKARA, ATHENS Ref.: Subject: OWNERSHIP AND CONTROL OF U . S , NUCLEAR WEAPONS IN CANADA FOLLOWING FOR YOUR. INFORMATION I S THE TEXT OF AN EXCHANGE WHICH TOOK PLACE IN THE. HOUSE OF COMMONS ON JAN. 20 IN RELATION TO THE ABOVE-MENTIONED SUBJECT: • TEXT BEGINS: tr HON. PAUL HELLYER (TRINITY):. ' '. ' I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION TO ASK THE MINISTER OF.NATIONAL DEFENCE. WILL THE MINISTER OF NATIONAL DEFENCE INFORM THE HOUSE WHETHER, IN TRANSFERRING NUCLEAR WEAPONS TO THE ARMED FORCES OF CANADA, THE UNITED STATES ! ' RELINQUISHES ANY OF ITS LEGAL OBLIGATIONS AND RIGHTS TO CONTROL THE USE OF THOSE WEAPONS? ./'• \ HON. G.R. PEARKES (MINISTER OF NATIONAL DEFENCE): THIS MATTER WAS DISCUSSED BY THE PRIME MINISTER THE DAY BEFORE YESTERDAY, AND I UNDERSTAND HE STILL HAS SOME MORE REMARKS TO MAKE ON r THE MATTER. . '1 LOCAL DISTRIBUTION no standard • ' �: Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document.divulgue en veftu de La lo/ sur I'acces a I'information - 2. HON. L . B . PEARSON (LEADER OF THE OPPOSITION): SUPPLEMENTARY QUESTION. .MAY I'ASK A 7 MAY I ASK THE MINISTER' WHETHER. HE ;'•, STILL AGREES WITH'.THE .OPINION HE EXPRESSED ON-'NOVEMBER 1 0 , '.' THAT NUCLEAR WARHEADS FOR BOMARC MISSILES' STORED IN CANADAWOULD REMAIN UNDER UNITED STATES CONTROL?; MR. PERRKES: -''• - - '. NUCLEAR WARHEADS STORED'IN-CANADA ARE THE . . * .' PROPERTY OF THE UNITED STATES UNTIL THEYrARE*RELEASED FOR USE : BY THE CANADIAN FORCES. WHEN THEY.ARE RELEASED TO CANADA , 7 THEN CANADA HAS THE SOLE USE AND DIRECTION..'OF. USE> OF THOSE WEAPONS.- AS WAS EXPLAINED Tffl; DAY BEFORE YESTERDAY BY THE PRIME MINISTER, THAT WILL BE,-A DECISION FOR THE CANADIAN • ' GOVERNMENT. *•. i >x •;** "*' *' ' MR. PEARSON: 7 ' ' • '*** Y ' « -' .'""'* -A." ' ' "*" ' * - "^ "•".•** ' ' •-."* MR. SPEAKER, ANOTHER. SUPPLEMENTARY QUESTION. WILL THE MINISTER.CONFIRM THAT SUCH WEAPONS CAN NOW BE RELEASED TO CANADIAN FORCES 'UNDER UNITED STATES LAW? • MR. PEARKES: NO, MR. SPEAKER, THERE ARE NO SUCH WEAPONS STORED IN/CANADA. "'THEREFORE: THEY CANNOT NOW BE RELEASED TO THE CANADIAN FORCES..., '"' " A ; MR-. SPEAKER: A A '• . •• . -"f^. * T . £*f() ?- THERE IS A SECONDARY ASPECT TO* THAT' QUESTION. IT IS IMPROPER TO ASK FOR AN.OPINION ON CANADIAN LAW; THEREFORE I THINK THE SAME WOULD APPLY TO AN-OPINION ON UNITED-^. STATES LAW. MR. PEARSON: MRASPEAKER, NOTHING COULD BE MORE/IMPORTANT . yr ' TO US THAN FINDING OUT WHETHER, UNDER THE PRESENT*LAW OF THE -A ' v • yX UNITED STATES, THESE WEAPONS WHICH THE MINISTER SAID WOULD BE X X USED BY CANADIAN FORCES CAN^BE- RELEASED. 7 .".. ' MR. SPEAKER: I APPRECIATE THE IMPORTANCE OP THE INFORMATION, X' BUT MY OBJECTION, WHICH IS^BASED ON THE PRACTICE OP .THE HOUSE, IS THAT THE HON. MEMBER-'IS SEEKING THE ^INFORMATION FROM THE . • A • ' ' ' 7 7 A ' A ' • fi • WRONG SOURCE AND IN-THE WRONG WAY. « * y . "' • -• '" - - , MR. J . G . McILRAITH (OTTAWA WEST): MR. SPEAKER,sMAY I ADD A fi ' ' y - "-'. WORD ON THE POINT OF ORDER. IS NOT WHAT THE LEADER OF THE s /' . • - • • - - s • .• OPPOSITION IS ASKING POR A MATTER OF FACT? WHAT I S PROHIBITED X . • ' • " V BY^HE RULES I S AN INTERPRETATION OF OR AN OPINION ON LAWXTHAT •••• 3 001252 � 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 CDNW16559 Title A name given to the resource CDNW16559 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 5.1, Library and Archives Canada (LAC).