https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/699ebdffff37ab54cff2044a461c33dc.pdf dd92be6ec3d092355f9170449da6baa6 PDF Text Text X I JL)PIMME A 1 !V J e t t n Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi sur I'acces a I'information ACTION COP? ^filTNo." FMWrERNAL OTT JAN10/58 RESTD TO NASHDC RL?9 OPIMMEDIATE INFO LDN NATOPAPIS OVERFLIGHT OF CANADA ^Y ARME1" US AIRCRAFT FOR ACTION-TO-: THE FOLLOWING EXCHANGE CONCERNING OVERFLIGHT OF CANADA BY AIRCRAFT CARRYING NUCLEAR *TEAn0NS TOOK "LACE XN THE HOUSE i r i b MORNING JANIO.THE TEXT GIVEN nELO?-T IS THE UNCONFIRMED HAN^If! AND SHOULD NOT THEREFORE B E REGARDED AS FINAL.IT SHOULD n E GIVEN A"RESTRICTEP"CLASSIFICATION UNTIL YOUR HAVE THE FINAL TEXT AS IT APPEARS IN HANSARD. 2 . 1 SHOULD ^E GRATEFUL IF YOU COULD rR.ING THE SIPSTANCE OF TIT FOLLOWING TO THE ATTENTION OF THE STATE PF?T AS SA0N AS n ^ S S P L F EXPLAINING THAT nEC-AUSE THE REDLY OF THE MINISTER OF NATIONAL'' DEFENCE CASE AS AN ANSWER TO A QUESTION IN THE HOUSE9THERE T-TAS NO OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE ADVANCE INFO TO THE USA AUTHORITIES ON THE NATURE OF THE REPLY.YOU COULD PROVIDE THE STATE PFPT T''ITH A FINAL TEXT VHEN YOU RECEIVE COPIES OF TODAY'S HANSARD. NATIONAL DEFENCE S.C.NUCLEAR VEA^ONS-TRANS°ORTATION n Y US AIRCRAFT OVER CANADA ON THE ORDERS OF THF DAYS MR VJ HENDERSONCKINGSTON)sI ?'TISH TO DIRECT A QUESTION T n THE MINISTER OF NATIONAL DEFENCE.CAN HE ADVISE THE HOUSE WHETHER' UNITED STATES AIRCRAFT CARRY HYDROGEN AND ATONIC ^PM^S OVER CANADA IN MOVING TC EUROPEAN AND ALASKAN ^ASES? Y/.tfON.GR. PEARKES (MINISTER OF NATIONAL PEFEMSf MR SPEAKER ? I NAS ASKED A. SONENHAT SIMILAR QUESTION ON NOVEMBER ?7 REGARDING THE CARRIAGE OF LIVE r'OM^S -Y UNITED STATES nLANES ACROSS CANADIAN TERRITORY,! -'POINTED CUT AT THE TIME THAT UNITE^ STATES AIRCRAFT CARRYING LIVE "OM^-S ACROSS CANADA T'TERF RET'IRE" TO OBTAIN nRIOR PERMISSION FROM THE MINISTER OF NATIONAL ^EFENCE PEFCRE SUCH AIRCRAFT COULD FLY THAT TV^E A F ^OM^.THE SAME THING WOULD APPLY TO NUCLEAR n o ^ S IF THE UNITED STATES .DESIRE" TO .TRANSPORT ANY SUC/f ^EA-ONS THROUGH CANADIAN filR JSP#CE« : ' *'•• • THERE HAVE ^m? OCCASIONS VHEM BEQUESTS HAVE ^IXN RA^E tm THE PASSAGE OF NUCLEAR ^OW^S IN fTHICH CASES EVERY PRECAUTION HAS 000565 �Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi sur I'acces a I'information m ^Msla3, •r - n 1 " - ' 2 ^ r > " '-p*?'' "0 ',, fl Y ; > ;. ' •' '•'] 0 f £ TMJ*-) P ' IT T- -• -, i - -_,... r 000566 �/ /' Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi sur I'acces a I'information *^ iti'*0^'*** PAGE"^^\t29 BEEN T'\l^>frO SEE. THAT THEY ARE INACTIVATED AND THAT THERE IS NO DANGER TO CANADIAN LIVES OR PROPERTY*I DO NOT THINK IT I S ' ADVISABLE TO DRAW A. DISTINCTION EETWEEN ATOMIC AND HYDROGEN BOMBS o MR HENDERSONsI TAKE IT FROM THE MINISTER'S ANSWER THAT?WITH PERMISSIONjHYDROGEN AND ATOMIC BOMBS HAVE BEEN CARRIED ACROSS CANADAa MR PEARKESgI DID NOT SAY THAT.I REFERRED TO NUCLEAR WEAPONS* I SAID IT WAS UNDESIRABLE TO DRAW A DISTINCTION EETWEEN ATOMIC AND HYDROGEN BOMBS* MR HENDERSON:THEN DO I TAKE IT FROM THE MINISTER'S ANSWER THAT NUCLEAR WEAPONS HAVE BEEN CARRIED ACROSS CANADA BY UNITED STATES AIRCRAFT WITH THE PERMISSION OF THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT? MR PEARKESJTHAT IS CORRECT« MR REGIERjIS THE MINISTER AWARE THAT PUBLIC STATEMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE RECENTLY TO THE EFFECT THAT REGARDLESS OF WHAT PRECAUTIONS MAY BE TAKEN AN ACCIDENT IS POSSIBLE? MR PEARKESsI AM NOT AWARE THAT AN ACCIDENT IS POSSIELE* I DO NOT BELIEVE IT IS BECAUSE,AS I SAID,EVERY PRECAUTION IS TAKEN TO INACTIVATE THESE WEAPONS BEFORE THEY ARE CARRIED ACROSS CANADIAN TERRITORY,, I AM ASSURED THERE IS NO RISK TO CANADIAN LIVES OR PROPERTY AS A RESULT OF AN ACCIDENT OCCURING TO AIRCRAFT CARRYING THESE WEAPONS WHICH ACCIDENT WOULD EE THE DIRECT RESULT OF THE FACT THAT SUCH WEAPONS WERE BEING CARRIED BY THE AIRCRAFT,, MR HERRIDGEsI HAVE A SUPPLEMENTARY QUESTION,I HATE TO EOTHER THE MINISTER BUT CAN HE GIVE ME A MORE DEFINITIVE EXPLANATION OF THE MEANING OF THE WORD"UNDESIRABLE"IN THE CONTEXT IN WHICH HE USED IT? MR PEARKES11 BEG THE HON„MEMBER'S PARDON? MR HERRIDGEsTHE MINISTER USED THE WORD^UNDESIRABLE™IN ORDER TO DISTINGUISH EETWEEN THIS AND THAT.COULD HE GIVE A MORE DEFINITIVE EXPLANATION OF THE MEANING OF THE WORDBUNDESIRABLE* IK THE WAY IN WHICH HE USED IT* *. MR PEARKES 11 DO WOT KNOW THAT t USED THE WORD*U&pI§# l gilf tt ,DID I MR HERRIDGE*Y£S* oae3 000567 ' . �/ J Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi sur I'acces a I'information ?AGv^K' v lE DL29 M ^ ^ . R KES J OH 9 YES. UNDESIRABLE TO DRAW A DISTINCTION TT T ''EE^ THE HYDROGEN AND THE ATOM ^OM~.I QUESTION WHETHER IT IS DESIRAPLE OR IN TOE PUBLIC INTEREST TO DEFINE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE HYnR0GFN AND THE ATOM ^OVP IN RELATION TOTHEIR TRANSPORT ACROSS CANADA. (LATER>S ON THE ORDERS OF THE DAYS MR ERHART REGIER C^URNA^Y-COOUITLAM)! MR SPEAKER, I BONDER I F THE MINISTER OF NATIONAL DEFENCE WOULD CARE TO AM n LIF v SOMEWHAT THE STATEMENT HE MADE WHEN HE REFERRED TO THE PERMISSION THAT IS ^EING GRANTED FOR THE TRANSnORT OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS A-OVE CANADIAN TERRITORY.IS THIS PERMISSION ^EING GRANTED ONLY FOR SPECIFIC MOVEMENTS OR ARE ANY OF THESE PERMITS THAT ARE ^EING GIVEN ON A CONTINUING PASIS?THE STRATEGIC AIR COMMAND WE UNDERSTAND HAS ijOOO ^LANFS IN THE AIR AND DOES THE POSSIBILITY EXIST THAT THESE NUCLEAR WEAPONS ARE IN THE AIR A^OVE US AT ALL TIMES? I THINK THE MINISTER KNO^S W \ T I AM AFTER.IS IT FOR THE MOVEMENT FROM ONE DLACE TO ANOTHER ON A ^ARTICULAR DAY OR IS THERE A CONTINUING PERMIT IN EFFECT? HON.G.R.PEARKESCMINISTER OF NATIONAL DEFENCE):KR SPEAKER,I THINK THE SHORT ANSWER TC THAT IS THAT THERE IS NO nLANKET AUTHORITY GIVEN.EVERY PARTICULAR CASE MAKES APPLICATION FOR THE FLIGHT.THERE IS NO "LANKET OR CONTINUING AUTHORITY AT ALL.EACH SPECIFIC REQUEST IS DEALT VITH AT THE TIME. 000568 � 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/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context CDAC02041 Title A name given to the resource Overflight of Canada by Armed US Aircraft Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 10-Jan-58 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived RG25-A-3-b, Volume number: 5910, File number: 50195-40, pt 2 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource LAC Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Canadian Crown Subject The topic of the resource Overflight Policy 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