https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/15e7a2c3fab9d1dd0c711d53472ec118.pdf ccf37d1f36b2acab1fda9612d01bb726 PDF Text Text Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act ■ Document divulge en vertu de la Loi surl’acces a /’information A c . .= TELETYPE MESSAGE AMBASSADOR TO THE UNITED STATES From: THE IGANADIAN To :THE 1SECRETARY OF STATE FOR EXTERNAL AFFAIRS WASHINGTON, April 5th, 1952. Originated by o G. . Ignatieff. ......... .... 6.2— . , Time . 10:50 . a.m. .. j)/0p l .. 7 . . X Time Authorized by0000000/0/0/0/0 70 8o 0 0 6% 0000/0/0/0/0/0/0/0 ... 4—....... No Time Cypher ( XX ) or En. clair ( _ ‘ lUfE n 55 0 ' ) ./ c.. -= ——. d — 445 Despatched by. 01110000 __________________ 1 ' 50= y orso0n00000000000001000010000 Time.. / o.v *^^^*^1*^* 0.4 , P THE APPROPRIATE:SECURITY OR URGENCY PREFIXES, WHEN REQUIRED BY THE CONTENTS, SHOULD BE TYPED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MESSAGE. No. WA- WISER - TOP SECRET. WISER NO. 39. Following for Heeney from Wrong. Begins: Procedures for S.A.C. flight clearances. Your Wiser messages Nos. 29 and 30 of April 1st and 2nd. 1. As suggested in paragraph 2 of your Wiser message No. 29, we let Arneson know that arrangements for the passage of the Order-in-Council are going ahead in Ottawa with all speed and showed him informally the schedule of procedures for the clearance of U.S. S.A.C. flights involving atomic weapons. Arneson said that the schedule was in accord with his recollection of what was discussed between Mr. Pearson and Mr. Acheson at the State Department on March 10th-. He asked, however, what was ■ meant by the requirement that in the case of flights undertaken as part of routine deployment, training, etc., and carrying nonnuclear components, any general programme should be cleared in advance between Chiefs of Air Staff, individual movements to be notified 48 hours in advance to Air Force Headquarters. He recalled that what the U.S. Department of Defense had been seeking was a blanket authorization for this kind of flight. subject only to notification of programmes of flights as they matured as well as of individual flight plans. Arneson was told that the new schedule for the clearance of S.A.C. special flights/ 00026 �Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act ■ Document divulge en vertu de la Loi suri’acces a I’information s -2- flights (involving atomic weapons) should be read in conjunction with the schedule of procedures to be followed in the clearance of normal U.S.A.F. and R.C.A.F. flights recommended by the Some official clearance was required for every type P.J.B.D. of flight, whether special or normal, and the intention was that the schedules should set out the channel of communication and clearing authority to be employed for the clearance of different types of U.S. S.A.C. flights into or over Canadian territory. Arneson was also told that these procedures had been worked out on the assumption that there could be no new intergovernmental agreement which would, as had been suggested by the U.S. Department of Defense, waive in effect the control of the Canadian Government for the movement of U.S. military aircraft in respect of certain types of flights into or over C anad a . Needless to say,—Arneson—was not, repeat not,—shown or toldabont the sohedule-of "Suggestedprocedure for the alesraneenf U.S. S.A.C—flights over-Ganadlar territory’ which—has—been-drewr up folour domestic use. 2. We took the occasion also *x to impress upon Arneson the importance which we attach to being assured that the State Department will continually and promptly volunteer information which would bear to any extent on their appreciation of the risks of general war in our Meetings of Consultation as / k a necessary corollary and quid pro quo sovthe new arrangements now contemplated® Arneson agreed and said that when the next Meeting of Consultation is arranged he will speak about this to Messrs. Matthews and Nitze as expressing his own point of view. 3. As to the method of officially notifying the State Department of the new procedures, Arneson had two sensible suggestions, as follows: after consulting his record of the discussion at the meeting on March 10th, he thought that the best way of notifying the State Department might be by letter from me to Mr. Acheson informing him of the Order-in-Council as representing a unilateral decision by the Canadian Government and as a description of the methods by which the Canadian Go ver nmen t/ 00027 �% Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulge en vertu de la Loi surl’acces a /'information ■. t. -3Government intended to proceed in the clearance of S.A.C. flights over and into Canadian territory. If I would prefer not to put this in the form of a letter, Arneson suggested that I might wish to leave a copy of the Order-in-Council with Mr. Acheson and accompany it with a verbal explanation, As to the Minute of June 14th, 1951, Arneson thought that onbalnce it would be advisable to leave it on the record. that this Minute contained three parts. He recalled lhe first part dealt with the continuing consultations on world developments and ke assumed that fJ defined the purposes of these consultations/ we would wish to leave this part undisturbed® The second part referred to procedures governing the clearance of S.A.C. flights, and this part would be regarded as having been changed as d s chalks by the terms of the Order-in-Council/ when adopted in Canada. The third part of the Minute specifically provided for changes in the arrangements agreed to in June of last year, and therefore would presumably cover the changes in procedures now contemplated® 4. Endsx Arneson, of course, was not shown or told about the 0 schedule of "suggested procedure for the clearance of U.S. S.A.C. flights over Canadian territory" which has been drawn up for internal Canadian use. If this were to become known to the U.S. Air Force, they would certainly be concerned about.it, especially about the entries in the column headed "approving they authority", which/would interpret in the light of the difficulties here in securing rapid concurrence between the President, the Secretary of State, and the Secretary of Defense. It is possible that they will try to develop arrangements through service channels which would not be consistent with this paper® Ends. gi.gm 00028 � 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 CDNW16919 Title A name given to the resource WASHDC to External, Wiser no. 39 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 05-Apr-52 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Wiser Consultations, RG25-B-2, Volume number: 3095