https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/16a9ec0f19d60ce8e48fea00ab81044a.pdf c02f615dabde851aea0bcbe6ab104713 PDF Text Text PS' Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act information C . 6 Document divulgu 40 vertu de la Loi sur /j if ‘• 121307 — J FM NATOPARIS JUL17/59 CONFD EXERCISE FRESHWATER 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 c TO EXTERNAL 1462 REF OUR TEL 1368 JUL16 i A JUL-211959 WE HAVE RECEIVED AND ARE FORWARDING BY BAG COPIES OF RDC/59/207 WHICH INFORMS US THAT THE STANDING GROUP HAVE ASKED THAT CERTAIN COMMENTS REGARDING EXERCISE FRESHWATER BE BROUGHT TO THE ATTENTION OF DELS. 2oTHESE COMMENTS MAY BE SUMMARIZED AS FOLLOWS:THE STANDING GROUP HAS NOTED THAT: (A)EXERCISE FRESHWATER IS SCHEDULED TO TAKE PLACE IN AN AREA WHICH IN THE PAST HAS BEEN SHOWN TO BE OF ABOVE AVERAGE SENSITIVITY TO THE USSR; (B)THE”BIG FOUR”FOREIGN MINISTERS MIGHT BE CONTINUING THEIR NEGOTIA® TIONS AT GENEVA AT THE TIME THE EXERCISE IS SCHEDULED TO TAKE PLACE; CC)MR KHRUSHCHEV IS SCHEDULED TO VISIT COPEN FOR FIVE DAYS BEGINNING 10 AUG,I.E. THREE DAYS PRIOR TO THE SCHEDULED CONCLUSION OF THE EXERCISE. 30NEVERTHELESS,THE STANDING GROUP BELIEVES EXERCISE FRESHWATER SHOULD TAKE PLACE AS ORIGINALLY PLANNED SINCE:CA)NO MAJOR MILITARY FORCES ARE INVOLVED;(B)THE EXERCISE IS TO TAKE PLACE IN TERRITORIAL WATERS OF DENMARK AND WEST GERMANY AND INTERNATIONAL WATERS ADJACENT THERETO; (C)CLOSE CONTACT HAS BEEN MAINTAINED BY SACEUR WITH THE NATIONAL AUTHORITIES OF DENMARK AND GERMANY TO PREVENT SERIOUS POLITICAL IMPLICATIONS ARISING. 4.THE STANDING GROUP IS OF THE OPINION THAT A PRESS RELEASE SHOULD BE ISSUED,IF FOR NO RPT NO OTHER REASON THAN TO MAKE THE EXERCISE A MATTER OF RECORD SO AS TO PREVENT THE SOVIETS FROM BEING THE FIRST TO MAKE A PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT CONCERNING THE EXERCISEo 5.AT THE REQUEST OF THE STANDING GROUP AND BECAUSE OF THE ABOVE POLITICAL FACTORS,SHAPE HAVE MODIFIED THEIR PUBLIC INFO POLICY AND PROPOSED PRESS RELEASE FOR THIS EXERCISEOTHE RELEVANT MODIFICATIONS, 200909 000783 �Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi surl'acces a I’information PAGE TWO 1462 WHICH ARE REPRODUCED IN THE DOCUMENT INV OLVE( A)REDUCING TO A MINIMUM THE PROBABILITIES OF ATTRACTING PRESS AND PUBLIC ATTENTION TO THE EXERCISE;(B)EMPHASISING THE FACT THAT THE EXERCISE HAS BEEN PLANNED FOR MANY MONTHS; (C)POSTPONING THE PROPOSED PRESS RELEASE DATE FROM 24 JUL TO I AUG; (D) PRECLUDING A PKESS CONFERENCE BEING HELD BY THE FLAG OFFICER DENMARK AND THE COMMANDER GERMAN NAVAL FORCES IN THE BALTIC. 000784 � 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 CDEX00529 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