https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/5c5c661b5a3918a100a9225c8a59ca04.pdf e5b33926c98c3b9c0bb38d2dc80cfed3 PDF Text Text Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi sur I’accS^^I’information 2 3 FM NATOPARIS 0CT7/59 SECRET TO EXTERNAL 1918 INFO TT CCOSCOTT) FM OTT 3 0. "ad CJS(LDN) 8, 90 ad. • 10 .8 OCT 1959 REF COUNCIL MEETING OCT7 DOC C-AC 59)33 ITEM II-NATO EXERCISES 1958 ROBERTSCUK)REITERATED HIS CRITICISM OF LAST YEAR TO THE EFFECT THAT THE RECEIPT OF A REPORT IN OCT OF EXERCISES WHICH HAD TAKEN PLACE IN THE PREVIOUS YEAR WAS OF LITTLE VALUE TO THE COUNCIL.HE DREW ATTENTION TO THE IMPORTANCE TO NATO OF EXERCISE SIDE STEP,PART OF WHICH THE COUNCIL HAD OBSERVED, AND SUGGESTED THAT A DELAY OF ONE YEAR IN RECEIVING THE CONCLUSIONS OF THIS EXERCISE WOULD BE QUITE UNACCEPTABLE. 2.STANDING GROUP REP IN REPLY ADVISED THAT THE MILITARY AUTHORITIES WOULD BE PRESENTING TO COUNCIL WITHIN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS A BRIEFING AND PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS OF EXERCISE SIDE STEP. HE WENT ON TO SAY THAT EVERY EFFORT WAS MADE TO IMPROVE THE TIME PHASING OF REPORTS OF THIS KIND. HE ALSO DREW COUNCILS ATTENTION TO THE FACT THAT WHILE THEY HAD ONLY JUST RECEIVED THIS COMPREHENSIVE REPORT ON THE 1958 EXERCISES THE FAULTS AND.DEFICIENCIES WHICH HAD BEEN HIGHLIGHTED BY INDIVIDUAL EXERCISES HAD LONG PAST BEEN BROUGHT TO THE ATTENTION OF NATIONAL MINISTRIES AND ALL POSSIBLE CORRECTIVE MEASURE HAD ALREADY BEEN INSTITUTED. 3. SPAAK EXPRESSED HIS PLEASURE AT THE MILITARY AUTHORITIES INTENTION TO PRESENT A TIMELY BRIEFING TO COUNCIL ON EXERCISE SIDESTEP SINCE IN HIS OPINION THAT WAS A PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT EXERCISE. SPAAK FELT THAT IT WAS INCUMBENT ON COUNCIL TO KEEP IN CLOSE TOUCH WITH THE FOLLOW-UP PROCEDURES INSTITUTED TO CORRECT FAULTS WHICH MIGHT BE SHOWN UP BY MILITARY EXERCISES.HE SAID THAT HE HAD MADE HIS OPINIONS KNOWN TO THE STANDING GROUP REP AND THAT THE LATTER HAD PASSED THEM ON TO THE STANDING GROUP. 4. THE COUNCIL NOTED DOC MC43/6. 000746 � 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 CDEX00558 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