https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/68b57dd12a1a68350456f722fb62e880.pdf 1cc3794df44602e91266f0598523adf3 PDF Text Text Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi sur I'acces a I'information Ju ™ 6 External Affairs Canada Affaires exterieures Canada TRANSMITTAL SLIP -NOTE D'ENVOI IDR/P.F.. MINA TO/A FROM/IJK Secur;ty Securite IDR SUUJECT/SI/;ET ATTACHMENT PIECE JOINTS Nuclear Deployment Contingenc Dossier Plans of the USA Date B a r t o n Z 2 - 9 2 6 3 71 h UNCLASSIFIED February 20, 1985 Proposed text for exchange in "Late Show" (IDR-0759) DISTRIBUTION RECORD OF CONSULTATION (Names / D i v i s i o n s ) RAPPORT DE CONSULTATION (Noms des individus/Directions) ACTION/SI//TE A DONNER MINA/par ~ec CIRC REQUIRED BY /DEMANDS POUR M. Kergin Director Defence Relations Divisior TO BE RETAINED WITH FILE COPY - A CONSERVER AVEC L'EXEMPLAIRE DESTINE AU DOSSIER EXT 4 01 000937 �Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi sur I'acces a I'information * P.E. Barton Defence Re"l-,a£Xons Division;""' 2 9263 O " ! 3 7^-gS^.J UNCLASSIFIED Z£? February 20, 1985 _ *•//-/ /-//-/Jh$*Z- IDR-0759 SUBJECT: "Late Show" proceedings on Adjournment of Motion: Deployment in Canada of U.S. nuclear weapons The following text would be appropriate as a suggested p / , " } response totMr 7~zmrcyr EnV on the subject of alleged United^States plans for ^ucl^ar-*dep±oyment in|Canadli. Text begins: Mr. Speaker, I would hope that I will be able to lay to rest the allegation that the United States would be allowed to disregard our sovereignty in the event of a global crisis by deploying without Canadian consent nuclear weapons indiscriminately into and over Canadian territory. As has been stated categorically by the Secretary of State for External Affairs many times in this House no nuclear weapons will be deployed in Canada without the prior consent of the Canadian Government. It has been suggested that the United States criticized Canada in a telegram sent to Ottawa for having a "nuclear allergy" and insisted that we must allow these nuclear weapons on our soil. The fact of the matter is that the the United States Embassy called to discuss and re-affirm our mutual understanding of and commitment to the policy enunciated by NATO heads of government in 1957, namely, and I quote from the declaration of the time: "the deployment of nuclear weapons and arrangements for their use 2 000935 �Document disclosed undej;ihe4ccess to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu do la Loi sur I'acces a I'information o - 2 will be decided in conformity with NATO defence plans and in agreement with the states directly concerned." The point here is that the U.S. wished to confirm with us that their policy regarding prior agreement for deployment of nuclear weapons during times of crisis still holds. Further, there is not now, nor was there previously, any lack of understanding between ourselves and the Government of the United States on this issue, as both Governments again re-affirmed some days ago. I must again repeat that public discussion of the details of the contingency plans of Canada or any other NATO partner is inappropriate given the role of such plans in maintaining a credible deterrent and thus enhancing Western security. 000936 � 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 CDNW18499 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived "Defence - Conventional and Nuclear Armaments - Nuclear Weapons Policy,” RG25-A-3-c, File number: 27-11-1, File part: 5, Library and Archives Canada (LAC) Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource LAC ATIP A-2017-00249 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Crown Copyright 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 ENG