https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/99ebc13cc2ccad92dea3a0901a02b327.pdf bf1e26121ef2e2025a966873b61cf3b7 PDF Text Text 9P, 68,— ewisilit CC: DM/DND DM/DOT DM/DDP Chief of Air Staff-Attn. W/C Hollows DM/Health & Welfare 1 Secretary to Cabinet Secretary to Treasury Board •USA Division Pickford - RCN; Col. Parker FM VASHDC MAR6/63 SECRET Canadian Army ce FILE nt disclosed ander the Access to Information Act reuidon vartudela/ oi sur l'acces a rinformation 50193- b's r TO EXTERNAL 701 OPIMMED 1 nuau .63 :08.15. INFO CCOS OTT DM/DND OTT PRIORITY FN OTT" REFYOURTEL DL290 MAR4 UCY G. Girt D) 1/ 12 3 4 SAC: PHASE-OUT OF REFUELLING FACILITIES $ ; WE CALLED YESTERDAY ON CARESON/oIC CNe AFFAIRS ,TO REITERATE YOUR— 8 ? DESIRE TO OBTAIN AS SOON AS POSSIBLE -AND AT THE LATEST BY Mm 10 j FORMAL NOTIFICATION OF USA INTENTIONS REGARDING THE PHASE-ouT OF SAC REFUELLING FACILITIES PARTICULARLY AT FROBISHER.IN THE COURSE OF OUR CONVERSATION (DURING PART F°inich ARMSTRONG, DIR BNA, WAS PRESENT)WE WENT OVER TEXT OFYOURLET TO USA MINISTER IN OTT IN ORDER TO ENSURE THATCDN POSITION WAS FULLY UNDERSTOOD. 2. CARLSON WHO HAD ALREADY RECEYVED SuARY OF YOURLET FROM THEIR EMB IN OTT EXPRESSED HIS APPRECTATTON OF YOUR WISH TO-OBTAIN EARLY NOTIFICATION OF USA INTENTIONS, BOTH HE AND ARMSTRONG MADE IT QUITE CLEAR HOWEVER THAT THERE WAS LTTTLE PROSPECT THAT THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO ACCEDE TO YOUR REGUEST ITHIN THE TIME YOU HAVE IN MIND.BY WAY OF EXPLANATIONTNEYSSAID THAT A FINAL DECISION REGARDING THE USE OF THE BASES IN CAUAS BEING HELD UP PENDING A REVIEW OF THE WHOLE QUEST ION or REF GELL ING BASES FOR SAC IN VARIOUS COUNTRIESCTHEY MENTIONED PORTUGAL, SPAIN'AND MOROCCO AS BEING AMONG THE OTHER COUNTRIES AFFECTED ).VH ILET APPEARED AT THE TIME OF THE PJBD MTG THAT A DECISION WAS IMMINENT WITH RESPECT TO THE BASES IN CD A, CARLSON SAID THAT IT HAD NOV BEEN AGREED,ON STATE DEPT RECOMMENDATION,THAT SUCH A DECISION WOULD HAVE TO BE RELATED TO THE WHOLE COMPLEX OF REFUELLING BASES ABROAD.STATE DEPT WERE ASKING DEPT OF DEFENCE TO QUOTE LAY ALL THEIR CARDS ON THE TABLE UNQUOTE SO THAT CAREFUL CONSIDERATION COULD BE GIVEN TO THE FOREIGN POLICY AND OTHER IMPLICATIONS OF USA DEFENCE PLANS IN THIS REGARD.PART OF THE REVIEW, CARLSON SA ID, WOULD ALSO COVER THE QUESTION OF WHETHER THE BASES IN CDA AND IN OTHER COUNTRIES COULD BE USED FOR OTHER MILITARY PURPOSES. 0 0.2 000269 �Document disclosed underthe Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi sur l'acces a Hnformation 63 PAGE TWO 701 - 3.IN REPLY TO OUR ENGUIRY,CARLSO: VENTURED A PERSONAL GUESS THAT THE REVIEW MIGHT TAKE SOME UEEKSoIN THE MEANT IME, HE SAID IT WOULD NOT RPT NOT BE POSSIBLE TO PROVIDE YOU WITH FORMAL NOTIFICATION OF USA INTENTIONS. 2 Siu HOT a 281. 4.B0TH ARMSTRONG AND CARLSQRASCC2 OMACNEAR UNFORTUNATELY THEY WERE NOT RPT NOT IN A POSITION TO MEET YOUR REQUEST FOR FORMAL NOTIFICATION,THEY THOUGHT THAT IT IGHT BE POSSIBLE FOR THEM TO ASSIST YOU IN DEALING WITH YOW? PROBLEI ^FYOU WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE INFO TO SUPPLEMENT THAS CONEAINED IN YOURLET TO USA MINISTER M IN OTT REGARDING THE PARTICULAR, S3UAFIO AT FROBISHER .THEY SAID IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO THEM TQ, MAYE. APDSTIONAL INFO CONCERNING (A)THE SCOPE OF THE CONSTRUCT!^ FRQgnar* ENVISAGED AT FROBISHER, (B)T HE EXTENT TO WHICH IT JQULP,BREODIEIED IF USA AUTHORITIES SHOULD FINALLY DECIDE TO CARRE QVEKAB,ORIGINAL PLANS CEG THE PARTICULAR FACILITIES IN, HMSGM-CD3 AMOR TIES WOULD BE INTERESTED >AND<C)W HET HER. IT YQUL2.BE,PQSSUBLE TO POSTPONE THE LETTING OF CERTAIN CONTRACTS L-YQU,WAD, AN, INDICATION INFORMALLY AS TO WHAT THE RESULTS OF TRE REVIEW ARE LIKELY TO H. . d, , O' ) 1 * EE .ARMSTRONG SAID THAT THIS, ADDIEIONAL INFO WOULD ASSIST THEM CONSIDERABLY IN UNDERSTAND ING, BETTER PRECISE NATURE OF THE iA18 . . e ; .. . PROBLEM YOU FACE AND UOULD_BE.PART ICULARLY USEFUL DURING THE "i-.. P .C COURSE OF THE REVIEW. r "Yi ...7 t 5.IN REPLY TO OUR ENQUIRY,CARLSON SAID THAT IF FOLLOWING THE < : ' i 'VI. » REVIEW A DECISION SHOULD BE REACHED TO PHASE-OUT THE FACILITIES . a IN CDA AS PLANNED,EVERY EFFORT WOULD BE MADE BY THE STATE DEPT • I.t " ' TO IMPLEMENT SUCH A DECISION IN A WAY WHICH WOULD BE ACCEPTABLE TO THE CDN AUTHOR IT IES. IF, FOR EXAMPLE, A FINAL DECISION WERE t.*s. * REACHED EARLY IN APR TO PROCEED WITH PHASE-OUT AND IF THE CDN AUTHORITIES DID NOT RPT NOT FAVOUR THE EVACUATION OF THE BASES L. *— IN FROBISHER AND CHURCHILL BY THE END OF JUNE,THEN THE STATE DEPT Q‘.1 ■. . 2, 6003 000270 �Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgueen vertu de la Loi sur l'acces a /'information PAGE THREE 701 FOR ITS PART, CARLSON THOUGHT, WOULD MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO ARRIVE AT SOME MUTUALLY ACCEPTABLE ARRANGEMENT. 6. WITH REGARD TO PUBLICITY, CARLSON SAID IT WAS THEIR INTENTION NOT RPT NOT TO MAKE ANY PUBLIC STATEMENT FOR THE TIME BEING AND,IF DECISION IS TAKEN FOLLOWING THE REVIEW TO PROCEED WITH PHASE-OUT,UNTIL AGREEMENT IS REACHED WITH CDN GOVT.HE ALSO THOUGHT THAT IT WOULD BE UNDESIRABLE TO CONDUCT THROUGH SERVICE CHANNELS ANY CORRESPONDENCE REGARDING POSSIBLE ARRANGEMENTS PENDING COMPLETION OF THE REVIEW WHICH IS BEING UNDERTAKEN IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPT OF DEFENCE.’00’0 000271 � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. 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/. 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