https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/e801405b35d9d0da1bfbdc61be2ec89a.pdf 0734047289c35e7c9ce0fd61960e788c PDF Text Text V y rs D . L * / A / Document disclosed underthe Access to Information Act ( 1 ) /o^c«ru>(jf d i \ & J l t l f e b / e © $ 6 l a Loi surfaces a I'information DEPARTMENT OF. EXTERNAL AFFAI RS. . % TO: MEMORANDUM FILE . <• •-• Security SECRET Date . fi'ctpber 1 6 , . I962'. FROM: . ?efon$0. REFERENCE: '.. . . . : . Z. . . . . A ".'...A,.•••;. . . ••••* - • SUBJECT- Liaison (1), Division . ' ; • . , . ' • , N u ' * File No. :y. 'o'2^y.jO-yA-4 . ... -'-••' a *2> ° l e a r -Weapons.\Policy • ; .;. Messrs^ Campbell,A,Hehzi'eSvNutt^^^ the Minister this morning to discuss the Memorandum to the Minister, of-October 3;'on Mr; Harkness1 proposal that • y negotiations be resumed with" the United -States, on. an ; agree** ment'to govern the stockpiling of nuclear, warheads for ' * v Canadian forces, / ; ' • .'':A:^ . -A 7 '•/•-•••' y2. * . The-Minister said that at a recent Cabinet discussion, it, was apparent'that there were no objections "to. "v proceeding-to an agreement for the, stockpiling.of warheads A for Canadian forces in Europe,, i.e., Hpnest Johns of the' Army. andAGF.loV's- of the RCAF., As far as acquisition -for forces in Canada'wa_s "concerned,, agreement*would have to be. on the basis "of •our„receiving -the warheads" as quickly as- V possible.when they were needed and not p n the basis of ,?' . stockpiling" them inyCariada in peacetime. The Minister* Relieved that we were'.theref ore faced with'drawing a "new - ^: , agreement. It was suggested to the Minister that, two V z" agreements might be preferable -.one covering stockpiling y,.; for our NATO forces in Eurppe which would presumably be •.';•;' of ..first priority cand the .other a; stand-by agreement for .,, "* forces Ain' Canada. The/latter would be a two stage agreement, the. first\to cover the period before the weapons were: brought into Canada and wouid-j among; other things /define '; the' conditions under which they might be brought in, and ,: the second stage" to 'coverythe period after-they had,-been V introduced into Canada and, among ;other things, would deal with matters, such as-operational, use, .In' re-drafting '•» these agreements it might be desirable to .bear in mind the possibility that the Government would wish, to table 'the - ' basic agreements in Parliament. A; y , v,. 3. .It was also suggested to the Minister .that it would be helpful if Cabinet could give a written"directive. .' since there had been no directive on-weapons policy "since I960. More particularly, . A ^ "'•''':'• (a) CIRCULATION it would be helpful if Canada could indicate \ » readiness to negotiate stockpiling arrangements in respect of Canadian forces in Europe.* The' 'United States would then undoubtedly provide • * the basic pro forma; draft agreement for the 4 purpose of negotiations; . V ' ,«2. Ext.326A (6/56) 002449 �• Document disclosed under tHfe.Recess tb Information Act -" Document divulgue en-vertu de la Loi sur. faeces a finformation - ' 2 ••-: y (h)'A it'•would;Vbe..'''n:ecess;ary: to/wor^-with*-Nati;onal *-'.'• *" .V • -,-yM Defence 'In* A draf t ing agreements ;arid- an. i n t e r - .-•' '"' '• -yZy'- -• /departmenta l -working -group' would-be necessary/ A: ,;• I to draw ' s a t i s f a c t o r y draft agreements;, ; '•*' jz\r- y ; •' Z '•• 7 • 7 Z' ' :. -'.•', "•:• ' • • ' ' "' V V '•'''• Z '•' .,•• ' V "*- •" •.'' ' •'; A} (c).V it would 'be necessary? to. reconcile;; the under- 'A ;;•' "standings of .the Departments of External "Affairs >. A: vr. ... ,-:- and;* National".Def ence..as-.toA the type of stand-by* . i:.. vW agreement which- the..Government had in mindrf or V ; forces in Canada.' (It. was pointed out that/the eV v.* Department of• National Defence considered the, •' •y'.'" present' draft" agreement; which .would come into .*..- / r A.'. A."-" V /force'at':a' time to .be- subsequently.'agreed but y V ' which contemplates^storage, on Canadian territory -•; ..during peactime, to be a -stand-by'agreement, -,'"' ZyZ- -'• .whereas'this Department's, concept, of a;stand-by A agreement was one-which would contemplate storage- \ on U.S.' territory and transportation to ;Canada '•".'/ in an emergency. .In this context it .was also •/' .v mentioned that both. the'Department of ^National ' ' - • • Defence and theU.S. authorities consideredAsucn A a stand-by/arrangement to be impractical and v , that it might therefore be proposed that a.-. .vl •.*'.' feasibility study be" undertaken which would -v - conclude that such'arrangements were not .y> militarily-feasible.) . .v -''.,, ,3.- .. A • The-Minister agreed that it would be desirable to,, work with National 'Defence -in drafting;agreements for Adiscussion with the United States; 'Meanwhile; he desired' that the. Department -undertake to prepare first draft %of ;'"' V ; tari.agreement covering stockpiling for Canadian forces attached to NATO and subsequently a first draft of a stand-} .. A..V' fby agreement for forces in Canada. The Minister" was . reminded that there was also outstanding a -request by the U.Si to stockpile nuclear weapons* forces at Harmon Airforcej -Baseband "Goose Bay for use by USA forces. TheA Minister. < agreed .that this aspect,.should be left to be raised by the U.S..,should they-'see fit, Ay y\ Defence Liaison (1) Division . • > A V " - - K J . ' •"'" � 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 CDNW17422 Title A name given to the resource "Nuclear Weapons Policy," memorandum to file from DL(1) Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 16-Oct-62 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Continental defence - Atomic capability, RG25-A-3-b, Volume number: 5931, File number: 50210-F-40, File part: 8.2