https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/02827f217c84ed4f295e7d943af2e401.pdf dfff850be5f2d70689b0178c0a5d02a7 PDF Text Text Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgu en vertu de la Loi surl’acces aj’informatign European/R.E.Reynolds/R.E. Collin s/kmb ‘( Ext. £/ FILE COPY OTTAWA FILE SolS-G-o 44//14 No Despatch Date Nof..?. 3 . ............ October 24, 1952 FROM: THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR EXTERNAL AFFAIRS, CANADA Reference Subject- Behaviour of Canadian Sailors in Narvik Copies Referred To.. .Erptp.CQX . .............................. No. of Enclosures I attach copies of the reports made by the Commanding Officer of the "quobeo" on the visit of his ship to Narvik. His reporto substantiate the main charges made by Dagbladet but indicate that fewer p er= sonnel took part and less damage was done. He limi te the incidents to (a) theft of a Norwegian flag, (b) theft of a bicycle (c) theft of an air pistol, d) \ breakage of a window and theft of candy, (e) failure to pay for two meals. The Captain summarises the d1scciplinary action taken in each case. 2. You will note that the Captain’s account differs considerably in dogree from that made by the British Vice-Consul. This fact has been noted by the Secretary, Chief of Naval Staff, who is asking the "Quebec’s" Comender to comment on the difference, 3. News reports based on the articlo in Donbladet and on the exaggerated accounts in the Russian prose have appeared in various Canadian and United States newspapers. The ship’s captain was interviewed by the press on his return to Canada and declared that the newspaper accounts wore considerably exaggerated. The Minister of National Defence, before he had been your despatch containing the letter from the British Vico-Consul, made a statement in Halifax on October 16 denying that any serious incidents had taken place, newspaper accounts of his statement stressed the exoggeratien of which the Russian press was guilty and quoted him as saying he deplored the publishing of this kind of material. 4. Post File No RESTRICTED Te MINISTER, CANADIAN LEGATION, OSLO, NORWAY Your despatch No. 337 of October 2, 1952 TO: One SECURITY CLASSIFICATION Should this quoetion he rained in Oslo in such a way that it would be necessary for you to diecuss it, I leave your handling of the matter to your own discretion. If any further developments should come to your attention, I should be grateful if you would inform mo immedictoly. 1 KE. 6 i Secretary of State / for Extornal Affairs 000171 � 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 CDEX00069 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