https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/e787a507ad392f3374d423c39dbc1711.pdf 7caee2e7940dbecbbd261dce35b75e48 PDF Text Text Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu dp la Loi syrl'acces a I’irVorniaijon- F FMOTOPARIS APR 16/59 CONFD TO EXTERNAL 779 OPIMMEDIATE INFO TT CCOS OPIMMEDIATE FM OTT REF YOUR TEL DL304 APR 14 1 5Z73-G- 4-0 70 2 3 4 $ O 5 Q7 NATO EXERCISES ON RECEIPT OF YOUR REF TEL WE PREPARED A NOTE BASED ON YOUR LET 8 _9 DL157 AND SENT IT TO THE ACTING EXECUTIVE SECRETARY UNDER COVER in OF A LET STATING OUR INTENTION TO REFER TO THE SUBJECT OF NATO 16APR1959 EXERCISES AT THE APR22 MEETING OF COUNCIL.WE SUGGESTED THAT THE - •(JQ col SUBJECT MIGHT BE PLACED ON THE AGENDA WITH APPROPRIATE REF DOCS.WENLz) ASKED THAT OUR NOTE BE REPRODUCED AND CIRCULATED TO DELS IN ORDER THAT THEY MIGHT )), INFORM THEMSELVES FOR THE APR22 MEETING. 2 .IN ORDER TO EXPEDITE TRANSMISSION OF OUR NOTE TO GEN PARKER IN WASHDC,WE DELIVERED A COPY PERSONALLY TO HIS DEPUTY0THE LATTER INFORMED US THAT THE SUBJECT OF NATO EXERCISES FORMED THE MAIN TOPIC OF GEN PARKER’S CURRENT DISCUSSIONS WITH THE STANDING GROUP IN WASHDC.HE SAID THAT THE STANDING GROUP REP’S OFFICE HAD BEEN ASKED BY THE STANDING GROUP TO PREPARE AND FORWARD A FULL DOSSIER ON THE SUBJECT COVERING,INTER ALIA,DEVELOPMENTS SINCE THE ISSUANCE OF MC13/3 AND ANY VIEWS WHICH HAD BEEN EXPRESSED BY DELS.HE THOUGHT IT PROBABLE THAT THE STANDING GROUP WOULD BE PUTTING FORWARD PROPOSALS WHICH MIGHT INCLUDE ALTERATION OF MC 13/3.IN THE CIRCUMSTANCES HE WONDERED IF WE MIGHT REFRAIN FROM RAISING THE SUBJECT ON APR22.HE WOULD OF COURSE IMMEDIATELY TELEGRAPH OUR NOTE TO WASHDC IN ORDER THAT GEN PARKER AND THE STANDING GROUP MIGHT HAVE THIS LATEST EXPRESSION OF CDN VIEWS. 3 .WE WERE ALSO INFORMED THAT UK AUTHORITIES HAVE BEEN SEIZED WITH THE SAME PREOCCUPATIONS AS OURSELVES BUT HAVE BEEN PERSUADED BY THEIR DEL HERE TO WITHHOLD ACTION PENDING DEVELOPMENT OF THE STANDING GROUP’S PROPOSALS. 4 .IN THE CIRCUMSTANCES WE THOUGHT IT BEST TO AGREE NOT RPT NOT TO RAISE THE SUBJECT ON APR22 BUT ASKED THAT OUR NOTE BE CIRCULATED NOW TO DELS FOR THEIR INFO.THIS WAS AGREED TO BY THE STANDING GROUP REPS OFFICE AND BY LORD COLERIDGECNOW RETURNEDJWHO WILL CIRCULATE IT TO DELS WITH A COVERING NOTE INDICATING THAT THE . . .2 000851 �Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi surl'acces a /'information PAGE TWO 779 STANDING GROUP HAS THE MATTER UNDER CONSIDERATION. 5o0N GEN PARKER’S RETURN NEXT WEEK WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO GIVE YOU A CLEARER IDEA OF WHEN THE STANDING GROUP PROPOSALS ARE LIKELY TO COME FORWARD AND PERHAPS SOME IDEA OF THEIR GENERAL NATURE. 6.WE HOPE THAT IN THE CIRCUMSTANCES YOU WILL AGREE THAT THIS IS THE WISEST COURSE. 70THE TEXT OF OUR NOTE IS IN A FOLLOWING TEL. 000852 � 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 CDEX00489 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 3, 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 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource en