https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/1fe402081b8290465c7beca1ccb030d5.pdf 8b27357c766baa195130d15c8924c633 PDF Text Text Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi surl'acces a I’information TO BE PLACED ON NARVIK FILE Copies—Publication - Montreal Star Oct. 10, 1952. CANADIAN CONTRIBUTIONS TO NATO CRITICIZED IN U.S._________ I H.M.C.S. Quebec ’Incident’ at Narvik Also to Fore 50/ By Ed. Hadley Star Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 - The Canadian embassy here prepared today to take a hand in a situation which, it seemed, held the threat of developing into an acrimonious incident between Canada and the'U.S. over their relative contributions to the North Atlantic alliance. An Embassy spokesman said that attention of government circles in Ottawa will be drawn to a published statement here that Washington officials are "much more annoyed" with Canada than with other Atlantic Treaty nations as "among the most stingy and foot-dragging" on mutual defence. NARVIK INCIDENT In the background of that statement was an assertion that reported difficulties involving the Canadian cruiser, H.M.C.S. Quebec, at the port of Narvik, Norway, during recent N.A.T.O. sea manoeuvres in what was called "Operation Mainbrace," was "the straw that broke the camel’s back" in criticism of Canada. Comment by the officer commanding Quebec, at Halifax yesterday, to the effect that reported "rioting" by the cruiser’s crew at Narvik merely involved souvenir ashtrays, had not reached here yet today to modify the criticism. Here it was still stated as a fact that, because of the "rioting", Quebec had been ordered to sail from Narvik ahead of her scheduled sailing time by Sir Patrick Brind, British Admiral commanding the northern flank of N.A.T.O. forces in Europe. The published statement on official annoyance with Canada appeared in the current issue of NEWSWEEK , a magazine with national U.S. circulation. Background assertions came from a representative of the magazine’s Washington staff assigned to N.A.T.O. affairs who was in Norway for the "Mainbrace" operation. ‘RELUCTANT ALLY’ Under the heading "Reluctant Ally?" the published statement was: "Although there has been a lot of publicity over the failure of some European countries to live up to their rearmament promises, Washington officials are privately much more annoyed with the Canadians. With one of the world’s soundest economies, Canada has been among the most stingy and foot-dragging with her contributions to the defence of the west." At the Embassy, it was said that statement would be brought to the attention of Ottawa, to make sure it had been seen, and that the further course would be to await instructions. It was suggested that Hon. Brooke Claxton, Canadian Defence Minister who svert last week here and to000213 ...2. �r Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi surl'acces a I’information 2 U.S. army central training installations as guest of Army Secretary Frank Pace, would have heard any real criticism at that time. SCANDINAVIANS SAID UPSET The NSWSWIEEK representative who had been in Norway at time of the Quebec-Narvik incident said today that "the Scandinavians were pretty upset about it" and that "all sorts of rumors were rife," even that there had been cases of rape involved. Norwegian and other Scandinavian papers were full of the story, he added. He said that the affair was of "intense concern" to N.A.T.O. leaders because of a particular situation in which Norway bars foreign bases from her soil in time of peace and it had been hoped that good relations in the "Mainbrace" operation might bring about modification of that position. 000214 � 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/. Title A name given to the resource CDEX (NATO Exercises) 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 CDEX00039 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived RG25, 50115-G-40, "North Atlantic Treaty Organization - Military, naval and air exercises," Part 1, Library and Archives Canada. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Canadian Crown Subject The topic of the resource Exercises 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 Language A language of the resource en