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Subject:

CDN NUCLEAR WEAPONS POLICY

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WE HAVE NOT YET HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO DRAW TO P t t ' S
ATTENTION TOE INDICATION GIVEN IN TOUR REFTEL OF SOVIET INTEREST
IN HIS VISVS ON NUCLEAR tfEAPGWS. WHEN WE DO SO I T KAY BE THAT VB
SHALL BE GIVEN SOME FURTHER ELABORATION OF HIS VIEtfS.
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WE ASSURE LAVROV WAS REFERRING TO PM'S RECENT T , V ,

INTERVIEW, EXTRACTS FROM WHICH WERE GIVEN IN UNNUMBERED PG JAH6.
LAVROV'S PARAPHRASE SEEMS TO US TO BE &amp;ORE SPECIFIC tflTH REGARD
TO THE ALLEGED AIM OF A NON-NUCLEAR ROLE III NATO THAN THE PM'S
REMARKS WOULD JUSTIFY.

THE PM*3 REMARKS SHOULD

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BE VIEWED IN THE LIGHT OF DECISION TO INTRODUCE A CONVENTIONAL
CAPABILITY INTO OUR STRIKE AIRCRAFT IN EUROPE, AS WELL AS TO BE
LOOKING AHEAD TO THE PERIOD WHEN THE PRESENT GENERATION OF NUCLEAR
WEAPONS AID CARRIERS WILL HAVE BECOME OBSOLETE.

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- 2 PROLIFERATION, TO WHICH THE PM I S OPPOSED IN PRINCIPLE, IT '"
I S NOTEWORTHY THAT HE HAS REPEATEDLY EMPHASIZED B , 0 . IN
PRESS RELEASE GIVEN IN PG 91 AUG 1 6 / 6 3 ON AGREEMENT WITH USA
ON NUCLEAR WEAPONS, THAT CANADA-USA ARRANGEMENTS DO NOT
•CONSTITUTE PROLIFERATION OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS IN THAT 1HBY 0 0
NOT QUOTE ADD TO THE NUMBERS OF GOVTS,HAVIN0 NUCLEAR WEAPONS
AT THEIR INDEPENDENT DISPOSAL UNQUOTS.C
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IT I S CORRECT THAT USA HAS Hi CDANO BASES FOR

LAUNCHING OFFENSIVE NUCLEAR WEAPONS, SUCH AS ICBJI'S OR UMi
RANGE BOMBERS,

IN ADDITION TO ARRANGEMENTS.FOR DEFENSIVE
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NUCLEAR WEAPONS FOR CDN FORCES HOWEVER-AGREEMENT OF SEP2B-30/63
COVERS DEFENSIVE NUCLEAR AIR TO AIR WEAPONS FOR USA INTERCEPTOR
AIRCRAFT STATIONED AT HAfitfON LEASED BASE AND LEASED AREA OF
GOOSE BAY.

WHILE THIS I S OBVIOUSLY NOT A POINT TO EMPHASIZE

TO SOVIET REPS IT SHOULD BE BORNE IN HIND,

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