https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/5cc4aa33bf0af0e280c11bf622406757.pdf 85e5836c3ab1dcc4512f2ee70b39f1fb PDF Text Text Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi sur I'acces a I'information Ext. 162A OTTAWA 4. s. FILE r ' * * Letter N o . . 3 0 8 8 , _bte,December .2nd, , 1950 ' $ $ * uf *.* SECURITY V f O t CLASSIFICATION TOP SECRET FROM: THE CANADIA SSADOR, WASHINGTON, D.C. TO: ARY OF STATE FOR EXTERNAL AFFAIRS, CANADA THE UNDER Reference. Your .Letters. Npsr. D-3376. and.D.-3377. of. .Qc.tpb.er..2.5th. .and... Proposed November 3rd, 1950. Subject:. AV..S... .Strategic. A.ir. C.Qmmand. pro j e.ct.s. at. .Goose. Bay, , Copies Referred To No. of Enclosures 1 Post File No I enclose a Memorandum prepared by Mr. Ignatieff of a conversation which took place in my office yesterday with Mr. Gordon Arneson of the State Department, at his request. From this conversation I was able to get a coherent account of various developments of which I had previously only had fragmentary knowledge. It explained to me for the first time why the concern felt In Canada over the explosion of a bomb jettisoned by a U.S.A.F. bomber a few weeks ago while on a flight from Goose Bay to Maine had not resulted in the receipt of instructions to seek a full explanation from the U.S. Government. 2. After talking to Mr. Arneson I only know with certainty that Air Marshal Curtis and the Prime Minister are informed of the nature of the arrangements made for the temporary storage of special weapons at Goose Bay last August. I assume, however, from the instructions given in the last paragraph of your letter No. D-3376 that you are also aware of these arrangements. It would be helpful if in your reply you could indicate to me what others in Ottawa have knowledge of this very secret matter. At the Embassy it is only known to Mr. Ignatieff, myself, and my secretary, and I shall not mention it to the Chairman of the Joint Staff unless I learn definitely that he has already been informed. 3. You will note that Mr. Arneson1s particular purpose was to establish. the-b.a.s±_.chann,p1 i,„tp,(,em^1 ov for further communications .,j_____ibJj3M^3p4_jBc,t. The art"erna"trrv~es are"a~"Service "channel from the U.S. Air Force to the Chief of the Air Staff or a civilian channel from the State Department to me to you. The State Department would prefer not to use the United States Embassy in Ottawa in this connection. I told Mr. Arneson that on the whole I thought the Prime Minister would prefer the employment of the civilian channel, especially since the decision to seek our concurrence is made personally by the President on the recommendation of the Secretaries of State and Defence and the Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission. 4. In view of the gravity of the present international situation, I think it desirable that the procedure should be established within the next two or three weeks, although the present plans do not envisage the storage of special weapons at Goose Bay until the additional construction there is available. ^{--^vCC^^—y 000182 w � 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/. Title A name given to the resource Letter from WashDC to External no. 3088 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 02-Dec-50 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived RG25-A-3-b, File number: 50195-40, pt 1 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context CDAC01854