https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/69f8b90e25efe2f8caf6e5bb76c62b23.pdf a0380906c1707e652a7f2fa6288bfcfd PDF Text Text Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de lo Loi sur l'occes a /'information Defence Liaison • TOP SECRET--~·r '.,<,: (l} M.H.Wershof/ams ~:.i..\./:~~,,;.) -.- · March 18, 1953•."' - .;;.;~J MEMORANDUM FOR FILE 50290-40 Soviet Air Attacks in Germany Possible\ Employment of ROAFSquadrons - · , £iu ,,-, • - ...- " ' 1'1\/ \.J_, .-·---·•--·---------i \ ft1,/ j'/ ~: r ),,,;r f~~- Telegram No. 215 of March 18 from Mr. Heeney was discussed this afternoon by the Under-Secretary, General Foulkes and Mr. Ritchie. 2. General Foulkes said that the Canadian Chiefs of Staff had been intending to reply to the Standing Group (with a copy to SACEUR) in respect of S.ACEUR's telegrams 2809? and 28099. It had been intended to tell the Ste.nding Group that Canada accepted the proposed rules of engagement. However, before this telegram could be sent to Washington, Chiefs had received a telegram from A/V/M Campbell raising doubts simil~r to those expressed in telegram No. 215. Therefore, the sending of a message to the Standing Group was beirn;i; delayed and it was possible that Gener~l Foulkes might go down to Washington in the next few days to discuss the whole q_uestion. 3. Before the latest messages were received from A/V/M Campbell and Mr. Heeney, Chiefs had interpreted SACEUR's proposals in exactly the same way as Mr. Heeney had interpreted them in paragraph 3 of telegram No. 215. Furthermore, it seems to General Foulkes that it should not be left to the Standing Group alone to authorize SACEURto put the rules of engagement into effect under paragraph 4(c) of SH 2809?. General Foulkes thought that this kind of decision was a political one and probably should be approved by the North Atlantic Council. In other words, it should be for the Council to decide that SACEURshould J?Ut the rules of engagement into effect under paragraph 4(c). 000135 �Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de lo Loi sur /'occes a /'information .......- .. ' - 2 - 4. General Foulkes thought that we might tell that this was the line of thinking in Ottawa. It was decided, however, to wait until tomorrow, by which time a further telegram from Mr. Heeney is expected. Mr. Heeney immediately 5. Mr. Wilgress added that Mr. Pearson will be in Ottawa on Saturday and that we should be ready to bring him up to date on the developments. 6. Other points that came out in the discussion were the following. Paragraph 4(a) of SH 28097 can have no application to Canada, as we have no areas of national responsibility in Germany. Another point was that, despite the loose wording of SH 28097, General Foulkes does not think th~t SACEURwas referring to territories outside his command responsibilities -- he was not intending his rules to be adopted in North America (although we might very well copy the rules of engagement for use in Canad.a on our own initiative.) M.H. Wershof. 000136 � 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 CDEX01142 Title A name given to the resource Memorandum for File 50290-40, "Soviet Air Attacks in Germany -- Possible Employment of R.C.A.F Squadrons." Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 18-Mar-53 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Soviet air attacks in Germany - Possible employment of RCAF, RG25-A-3-b, Volume number: 6030, File number: 50290-40, File part: 1. Library and Archives Canada. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource LAC ATIP A-2023-05125 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Canadian Crown 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 IIIF Item Metadata UUID bb879edb-aa3f-4c81-b611-57c890778704