https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/fe7fd6006aa58e4339543c4817109e10.pdf 36752ac51e1a6ab1f7147f17e5a1b62d PDF Text Text Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la L^isw^acces a /’information M — C (( PULL WOu" % 4 --------- ------ - "KaAL 50/£& 58160 2 ,3 4 C 7 FM NATOPARIS SEP30/59/ SECRET TO EXTERNAL 1860 _9 I. r INFO TT CCOS FM OTT j1 OCT 1859 t EXERCISE SIDESTEP IN NATO COUNCIL THIS MORNING THE GERMAN, REP ASKED IF SACEUR MIGHT PREPARE FOR COUNCIL AN ANALYSIS OF EXERCISE SIDESTEP. HE THOUGHT THAT THIS WOULD BE OF ASSISTANCE TO PERM' REPS IN FORMING THEIR OWN APPRECIATION OF THE EXERCISE,ONE PART OF WHICH THEY HAD BEEN ABLE TO OBSERVE. 2.THE STANDING GROUP REP UNDERTOOK TO ASCERTAIN IF SACEUR AND SACLANT WOULD PREPARE SUCH AN ALALYSIS.HE RECALLED THAT REPORTS ON EXERCISES ARE NORMALLY PREPARED IN ANY CASE BUT CONCEDED THAT NORMALLY THEY ARE NOT RPT NOT AVAILABLE FOR SOME TIME. 3.THE SECGEN COMMENTED THAT HE HAD HIMSELF BEEN REFLECTING ON HOW THE y $ COUNCIL MIGHT MAKE USE OF THEIR VISIT TO GERMANY TO OBSERVE EXERCISE SIDESTEP.HE THOUGHT THAT A NUMBER OF IMPORTANT QUESTIONS HAD BEEN BROUGHT INTO FOCUS BY THE VISIT- EG,THE DEPLOYMENT OF TROOPS IN THE SHIELD AREA,THE FUNCTIONING OF THE VARIOUS HOS AND COMMANDS, THE PROi BLEM INVOLVED IN INTEGRATION OF NATO DEFENCE,AND THE PROBLEM OF DEAL- ING WITH REFUGEES IN THE EVENT OF WAR.HE THOUGHT THAT PROBLEMS OF THIS KIND MIGHT WELL BE DISCUSSED BY MINISTERS OF DEFENCE WHEN THEY MEET SINCE STUDIES OF THIS KIND WOULD ENABLE THEM TO BRING THEIR i ■ COLLECTIVE WISDOM TO BEAR ON PROBLEMS OF NATO DEFENCE IN A MORE TRUTHFUL MANNER THAN IS PERHAPS POSSIBLE IN THE COURSE OF THEIR NORMAL CONSIDERATION OF THE ANNUAL REVIEW REPORT. * ff 4. LATTER PART OF SECGENS REMARKS PROBABLY FORESHADOW ONE LINE WHICH THE INTERNATIONAL STAFF MAY SUPPQRT WHEN THE DISCUSSION OF THE FUTURE OF THE ANNUAL REVIEWCOUR TELS 1510 AND '1543 JUL27) TAKES PLACE. 9 000752 � 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 CDEX00555 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