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J ' *M lLU? • - " 2 ; I' C © M E N C E ^ ^ T o t N * h W OUT; THAT THE*^REDR'AFT' OF*'THET ANNEX''C ONTAINED A CONSIDERABLE ^UMBER QF"CHANGE2 OVER BOTH T H E ' P R E V T O U W D N ' D R A F T ' > '.•" * ".'("' '.''*• "i'l'Y I »f' ,* VlO -f .— ' •• — , V I", .1,1 ,- — - -1*.*f. • :,ef .,, • -» 1 ANDUSA REDRAFT;:i* STRESSED'THAT CDN 'GOVT fa AD'MADE THE: CHANGES %. H S J ORIGINAL PROPOSALS" IN AN'ATTEMPT TO MEET THE 'RIGIDITIES*WITH WHICH USA V A S ' CONFRONTED' AND'THUS1 f O^FACIl/lTATE ' A W E W E N T / Ei ^ .VJ'iTj;? 3* AFTER READING lOVER THE1'ANNEX 'AND'QUOTE'PIECE OF PAPER'UNQUOTE " KOHLER SAID* THAT'At h^T^GLANCE^HE' 'TRFuflkT^-TOAT' OUR FuWESTIONS 'CAME'CLOSER -'TO lEETING 1 T H ^ ' D i m c ' l f L T x Y s V o s W BYT USA:'ilAW: AND ;BY OPERATIONAL 'REQWREMENTsI'HE'sAiD^tH^ L!: STUDY''THE ^VfsYD^ANNEX^&'D'-'buR-WoiY^ OF' PAPER-UNQUOTE" BUT THAT IN THE -MEANTIME1 HE 'HAD" ONE^"0R» TWO-PRELIMINARY atfQUIRIES/AS YOU ANTIC IP ATED, HE COMMENTED' ON >THE70MISSION;iQF ttHE iWORDi'QUOTE CUSTODY UNQUOTE. I .INDICATED.-CDN DESIRE TO AV0ID-THE--W0RD; AND; EXPLAINED THAT IT SEEMED TO US THAT THE QUESTION OF.-CUSTODY WAS NOT RPT NOT RAISED IN VIEW OF THE FACT THAT THE STORAGE SITES WOULD BE LOCATED ON TERRIROTY LEASED 3Y USA„ AS LESSEE USA WOULD BE IN FULL POSSESSION OF WEAPONS STORED ON THE BASES, ' 2 001105 �Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en v e f t u d e la Lpi sur I'acfes a I'information v• PAGE TWO 8 6 8 4oK0HLER NEXT ASKED WHAT WOULD BE THE ROLE OF CDN REPS WHICH UNDER PARA3 OF THE ANNEX WOULD BE STATIONED AT USA BASES.I SAID THAT AS I UNDERSTOOD IT THEIR FUNCTION WOULD BE TO BE IN A POSITION TO QUOTE CERTIFY UNQUOTE AS IT WERE THAT OBLIGATIONS UNDER PARAS4 5 6 AND 7 OF THE ANNEX HAD BEEN DISCHARGED IN ACCORDANCE WITH CDN REQUlREMENTSoKOHLER SAID HE THOUGHT THERE WOULD BE NO RPT NO PROBLEM REGARDING REPS AND SAID THAT HE FULLY UNDERSTOOD THAT CDN GOVT MUST BE ABLE TO CERTIFY THAT ITS REQUIREMENTS HAD BEEN MET. 5,WILLOUGHBY A r ^ WHETHER IN SUM OF NEW DRAFT ANNEX REQUIRED ADDITIONAL PROCEDURES FOR OBTAINING APPROVAL OF CDN GOVT OVER AND ABOVE THOSE ALREADY IN EXISTENCE*IN PARTICULAR HE REFERRED TO PROCEDURES CONCERNING TRANSPORT OF WEAPONS FOR LOGISTICAL PURPOSES. WE CALLED HIS ATTENTION TO PARA E OF THE QUOTE PIECE OF PAPER UNQUOTE WHICH CONTAINED COMMENTS REGARDING PARA5 OF THE DRAFT ANNEX POINTING OUT THAT THE PROCEDURES ENVISAGES- SERE THOSE PRESCRIBED^ UNDER SCHEDULE QUOTE B UNQUOTE TO ORDER IN COUNCIL PC2307 AND ANY '1HICH MIGHT BE ADOPTED BY CDN AUTHORITIES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE ATOMIC ENERGY CONTROL BOARD AND OF THE SAFETY STANDARDS REFERRED TO IN PARA4 OF THE DRAFT ANNEX.REGARDING THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE ATOMIC ENERGY CONTROL BOARD KOHLER EXPRESSED SOME CONCERN WHETHER THIS COULD RESULT IN UNILATERAL ACTION BY CDA WHICH COULD HAVE THE AFFECT OF PREJUDICING THE STORAGE PROGRAMME. I POINTED OUT THAT ANY REGULATIONS WOULD HAVE TO BE APPROVED BY CDN GOVT AND THAT I ASSUMED THAT WHEREVER PROSPECTIVE REGULATIONS MIGHT APPEAR TO AFFECT ANY AGREEMENT ON STORAGE THERE WOULD BE PRIOR NOTICE TO AKD CONSULTATION WITH USA* 6»XN CONCLUSION I EXPRESSED THE HOPE THAT IN THEIR FUTURE STUDY OF OUR REDRAFT USA AUTHORITIES WOULD BEAR IN MIND THE EFFORT WHICH THE CDtf GOVT HAD HADE TO REACH A MUTUALLY ACCEPTABLE TEXT.I STRESSED THAT QUESTIONS CONCERNING NUCLEAR WEAPONS ARE REGARDED BY CDN GOVT o ©»O 001106 �Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi sur I'acces a I'information t PAGE THREE 8 6 8 AS MATTERS OF HIGH POLICY AND INDICATED THAT CERTAIN PRINCIPLES WERE INVOLVED TO WHICH CDN GOVT ATTACHED THE HIGHEST IMPORTANCE. I THEREFORE HOPED THAT USA GOVT MIGHT SEE ITS WAY CLEAR TO ACCEPTING CDN REDRAFT WITH AS FEW COUNTER SUGGESTIONS AS POSSIBLE HEENEY 001107 � 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 CDNW16603 Title A name given to the resource CDNW16603 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).