https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/3eb24c21a9896eb29ab13fd711979cb7.pdf 1fc18dc7d3eba2fecdf94cb4de6d13cf PDF Text Text V - * ~ \ T" United yment dis jt^ed^yider t t a Acce&Jo Information Act - , •" %Qu MQ!&i/uHffieMelM>rmation DEPARTMENT OP EXTERNAL AFFAIRS MEt^RANDUM 0 TO: _ tip. H.B. Roblncon . fcceraty UnCLASSIJ^EB* Dbte . ' S W O T . £?*, ..^Sfif. FBOH Unitod Uatlono Qivioion File Ko. RBPtmWCR: SUDJECT: Propooalo on Arotio Incpoofeica By uay of profaoinc cm anoaor t o tho opocifio quorioo i n your ncziorondun of January 28^ i t cay bo ucofal to r o o a l l ootra of t t o hiotorv of t h o ppopooalo fop on Arotio cono of inopoetion. iho publlo pooltion odoptod by Canada too boon t h o t t?o are p^opcpcd t o opon e l l OP papt of Ganadion t e r r i t o r y t o aoplol end ra?ound inopootion undor a plea Ehioh crould lncludo occpcrcbio OFOOO of tho Soviet ' Union. Shlo t?oo approvod by CoMhot oa Jtaly 1XP IBS?© Subooquently,, oh Auguot 87 Coblnot epprovod Canadian cuppc?fe fop t t o p o s i t i o n papop en di consonant ppopapod by POPPOOOOt a t i v e e of Canada, Fpanooj t h o Unitod KinQdcn cad t h e United S t a t e e . At t t o London dicaisnaont t a l b o p t h o Cootopn poait i o n trao pojootcd by t h o U.S.S.E, On Hay 17 a ropoPt fPOD • llocia® quoted dp. Qpctayfco ao oayins t h a t tho Soviot Cnico uculd p o r a i t copial incpeofcicn of i t o toppitopy only i f i t pooeivod aocoao t o on equal CPOO of tho Unitod Statoo* I t o peperfc ucnt.on t o oay t h a t dp* GCporsyiro tod cpooifieal&y tupc^d dotrn tho cuggootion of Canadian, toppifcopj;© ^ho foHoaing ycap p ao a coosa cf f o l l o u i n c up advantage (plssC by t&o GithdPQUQl i n t h o Security Council by t&o Soviot Uelca of chor^ao' t h a t f l i ^ t p by t h o Itod Statoo StPatocio Aip Ce~=and oonofeituted o t h r e a t t o ta poaoop tho United Statoo ppqpoood t o Ootaoh fpoo tho Wuot 27, 1057 plan t h a t papt uhich polatcd t o oafooucpdo againot oupppioo attaefe i n t t o area i n queation. • On April ~ \ 195S Cabinet epppevod tho Prico Hiniotop'o pooccrontfaLoa t h a t tho Ccnedlcn •Cfovopsr^oat approve and givo f u l l ipport t o tho Unitod Statoo i n i t i a t i v o e Althou#i Canafia 2« CIRCULATION 6 ^® Pat.325 (6/S5) >» »3 < & �Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi sur I'acces a I'information did not co-oponoor tho rooolution introducod i n tho Soeurity Council, Mr. Ritohie nao authorised by t t o Prime Minister to opeok in oupport of i t . 5?ho Soviot reprooentativo voted ogolnot tho rooolution.* Ehilo U.S.S.R. opposition wao undoubtedly oooaoionod p o r t l y by roluctanoo t o l o t tho U.S.A. got away with on i n i t i a t i v e and p o r t l y by t t o foot t h a t tho 2 ono propoood wao inoquitoblo i n Soviet oyoo,, i t oocmo aloo truo thot tho U.S.S.R. oooo no i n t r i n o i o valuo in on Arctic sono. ^horo io on f i l o a oenorondun of o eonvoroation of May 9 r 1858 botwoon John Holrjoo and tho Polish Charg6 d'Affairoo* 5?ho l a t t o r dodo two points about tho Soviot rofuoal to aooopt a o r i o l inopeotion i n tho Horth ao an answer t o t h o i r foaro about Acerloan nueloar f l i g h t o t h o r o . Ho oald t h a t tho Ruociano oould not aooopt an ioolatod ogrocnont on Arotio Inopoetion bocauoe t h i o wao a eonoeooion t o tho Uoot with* out any componoation and furthoraore t h a t tto JFtuosiano had node i t q u i t e oloar t h a t t.hoy uould agroo on nothing i n any fora oxcopt tho Suimit Conforoneo 0 3. nothing t h a t oo havo boon oblo to find on f i l o suggests t h a t thio io an inaoourhto i n t o r p r o t a t i o n of tho oonolotcnt Soviot viow. In a roport fron Moooow dated oo far back oo Juno. 19, 1957 Mr. Khruohchov io roportod to hove otated at a prooc oonfoponoo on June IS i n Holoinkl t h a t "doopite a l l our roopoct for Prooidont Eioonhowor, wo have deolarod fron tho outoot thot t p o n ckloo 0 t r i l l yiold nothing p o o l t l v o , and t h a t thoy w i l l only lnoroooo ouopioion of ono power towordo another. " Aftor r o f o r r i n g t o tho Soviot propooal f or a sone of inopoetion including tho Soviot Far Eaot, Alooka-Uootern Unitod S t a t o o , Hr. Khruohehov remarked: " I t io being oaid how t h a t a o r i o l photography ohould bo offootivo in tho Arotio rogiono, whieh io u t t o r l y coalc, t o oay tho l o o o t . 0 In hio oxchango of l o t t o r o with Mr, Khrushehov i n 1956, tho PTIEO Miniotor r o i t o r a t o d Canadian oupport for an Arctic oono. Ur. Khruohchov s i d e otoppod t h i o by roplying i n hio l o t t o r of Hoy SO OD f o l l o a o : "In connection with what you ooy iri favour of applying a e r i a l inopootlon t o provont a ouddon a t t a c h , I uould liko to reioind you thot tho Soviet Govorncont, nootlng tho wichoo of tho Uootorn poworo, olroody propoood l o o t yoar th© ootabliehnont of sonoo of o o r i a l inopootlon i n Central Europo, oo well oo i n tho Far Eaot, and i n tho corresponding p a r t of t t o U.S.A* A oimilar Soviot pooltion woo advanced a t tho ourprioo ottacE t a l i x o i n Gonova i n Dooaabop 1958„ / ' - a . »e 3 001249 , �jJftj^i tjytffl •& Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi sur I'acces a I'information 4. To round out thio background, I refor you to tho instructions on tho disarnenont item includod In tho Concontary' for the thirteenth regular ooooion of tho General Aosombly. This, liko tho disarmament mcaorandiin propared for tho Prino Minister's tour in 1958, drow attontlon to the doifcto which, of tor furthor intonoivo study, tho Canadian exports conoernod entertained about the practicability of eotobliohlng c oystoa of safeguard in the Arotio oroa olono, which by itself could add appreciably to notional seourity. The exports considered that a plan which did not offoct naval, military and oopoclolly oir fore© installations in other areas in whioh a nassive aosaUlt could bo based, but only provided for tho dotootlon of aircraft or nissiloo ontering tho son© undor ourvoysneo, would be dblo to contribute only marginally to oocupity ond to politioal confidonoo. 5, How to answer your opeclfio onquirloo. First, it will bo eloar that tho Soviot Govornaont hao conoiotontly rejocted tho Arctic inopoetion propoood. Secondly, so far as uo know, there is no specifio intention in thoraindoof the Canadian roprooontativoo or of any othor reprocontativoo on the Western sido to raiso tho Arotio proposals por oq at the current five-power meetings on dioarmamont in Washington. The subject of ourprioe attack will of course bo studied and tho quootion of tho Northorn regions, ao of other inportant googrophlcol areas, will no doubt roooivo thoughtful consideration oo tho problems and poosiblo anaworo tp thea emerge more oloorly from tho export's consideration of tho total disarmendnt picturoo Unitod Hot! ono Divioion. � 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 CDNW16560 Title A name given to the resource CDNW16560 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).