https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/4d22d096abffa94d09254e9e4a8591d4.pdf 4219f5ab1f14d3f31fa4787f303e3cb5 PDF Text Text ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ,^ ^ ^ ^ ^ D o cuua « mv e« .in e n ^ u s a o s e c U m d e i T n e T c c S ^ t ^ ^ ' Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi sur I'acces a I'information BEST AVAILABLE COPY ^ " F TOP 3SCBEP k raootin* of tho Mvisory Panol on Atomic Knorsy v&a hold in tho Privy counoil Offico on rhurodoy, Doccnbor £Srd, 1948, at S;00 p«m. Preoont: A.D.P. Hooney, Privy Counoil Office, in tho Choir. Tho Honourable A.G.I,. ItoHau^hton, TM Atoraio Snorcy Ooamlaaion, Dr. C.J. Haokonzio, National Honearch Counoil Dr* 0j: # solandt, Defence iloncorch f VR R7 .:'••(. •> ...'. ? <F Unreel Cadloux, external Affairo, Acting Secretary, s > y>j V Also p r e s e n t : G.t.. Marvin, Atoalc Energy Control Board, H.G. Hiddell, Kxtornal Affairo ! • Adoption by tho General Aoas^bly of the United Hationo of the ConaSTuh .ieoolutlon on 'utauiio T.nerny 1« General KoftauRhton outllnod ao follows tho p a r t played by hirtsoif and othor Canadian representatives, i n tho dioounolono concerning tho throo roporto of tho Atosaie snor^y Coraniooion: iQ) The Security Council. General KoHau^hton f i r o t presented tho vlotva of the Can»i(iian Oovornaont on 11th Juno, and then follox/in^ tho Doviet voto of th© United s t a t e s proposal put forward a Roaolution, on Juno SiJnd, to have tho throo r e p o r t s of tho Atomic Unor^y OonDiesion roferred to tho General Aaooubly "ac u n a t t e r of special eoneorn"; (b) Cocaalttoo I of tho General Aaoenbiy. aoneral i:oL T aujhton , n i n t e n t i o n an2 that of tho oupportoro of the n u j o r l t y proposals? v:aa to u^o tho 'Jonerul Assembly ao a forun to dlccuoo tho n l t u a t l o n which had arinon due t o the unoc^proclolnc a t t i t u d e of tho U.3.3.IU The r e e p o n s i b i l i t y for introducing a Resolution rccowiendiai tho endorncsent of tho thre e rcporto of tho Atonic Knerjy Cof-xiinoion A f e l l unexpectedly on the Canadian Delegation. Gonorul HclT-ai %top. ktnprovlaod a Roaolution nnd a p r e o c n t i t i o n of the oano ir,,tiyoij£ \ -J v \f tho throe r e p o r t s on aoptaafcor DOth, 19-18. -v^ l e n o r n l I'eHau hton nade unothor npooeh i n cornitt;.© I Gonoral Asnenbly on Puoadoy, i>th October, 1048, to c l e a r tir> doubto e n t e r t a i n e d by the Indian and a fow other yolc ;ationt3 . . ronpcot to c e r t a i n a s p e c t s of tho r e p o r t s of tho Atomic V •' \zy cosMiooion. kUio The Hon. Lionel Chevrlor made two f u r t h e r stntoisonto i n ^aittce I : a reply to ucviot propoaala on disornaiaont on October 1948, and a speech on atonic oner ;y on October 18th. 000280 �a Plenary i-o.otlnq of the aonoral Aooombly. A f l n o l ctotciiont EBtfaioseHeMheto^^ , . ... •,. . . m m ' ."*•• _ . T " . Document divulgui an vertirde la Loi surl'acces a I'info (c) on bohalf of Canada' in support of tho majority propone lo cac t^ido by, ^jgnoral icKaughton on iiovoubor 4 t h , 1940. BEST AVAILABLE COPY ^ ii. The Conadlcn Resolution, ao aiuondcd in Cotmlttco I , WJS approved by f o r t y actional only ai# voted e^einot (thooo were n i l jjonboro of the Goviet bloc) aad the root aboteinod. In tho P o l i t i c a l C o m i t t o e , the voto had boon forty-ono t o a i r , tho root abfitQininc. General Lain uchton reporte d t h a t the U.r» d e l e t e t i o n hod sodo a compilation of tho votes taken end hod reached tho conclusion t h a t f o r t y - p i x n a t i o n s hod uoclorod thenaolvco a t ono tirao or onothor i n favour of the n n j o r l t y propooalc, oi* nGUinot and o i s hod abotoinod. (Of tho l e n t o i x , ladlo and ^outh Africa have opocial r e s e r v a t i o n s co records the propone io Eicdo concerning raw n n t c r i o l o , but they favour the ploa on a w..olc.) 3 . The rooulfeo of tho dioouosiono in tho Gonornl Annoably, i n General 1 cUou&hton'o view, havo boon Lirp.tltyiQQ, ^o f a r reaching proposelo evolved by tho Atonic jJnorgy Oonnioolon hove boon aocoptod ovorwhol&in&ly by the conscience of the vrorld. (Copioo of tho vox'iouo etatonontn roferred t o above, osoopt t h o t Of Juno SBnd which io attached h e r e t o , wore c i r c u l a t e d before tho mooting.) II. Course of Aotion to be z?ollor?ed as reeierdo tho Atoaia ^norgy ooiSualoolon *0»imtpmimmr**m*xmi• 11.• i . • • * • a i f c i ^ i f l• t g i » i n . i . « mm• > H I » - # • »••••*•*• ** 1 4 . General I'cIJaushton pointed out thot tho Koaolutlou adopted by th© General Assembly ot i t s i'lonnry faossion on L'ovc^bor 4th d i r o c t o tho Cor&aiosion to rocuiao i t o n e s t i n g s and to proceed vdth tho c o n s i d e r a t i o n of such iterji resoaininc on tho ocendo oo con bo usefully d e a l t with; furfchoruoro, the nix peraiuaont nonboro of tho Conaisoion ore to csanino whether a bacio f o r a o r c e m n t with the U.Li.u.H., a s records the i n t o r n e t l o n o l c o n t r o l of otoiiic cnorcy, can be c o t c b l i s h c d . Thio c u t o u t s two l i n o o of approach: lo) f u r t h o r exploratory work of e tochnicol neturo i n the Conaisoion i t s e l f j and* - (b) o high lovoi raootioG t o oxploro tho p o l i t i c o l oopocto of tho plan of c o n t r o l . 5 . General Lcliaujhton roportod t h a t o f t c r discussion with L r , Ooborno, tho M,i.* aolo v ;ate on the Atomic .inoroy Comalooioa, he hod ticrood t o roconciond. t h a t the Atomic «norgy Cooalssion should uoot Biseiu in tho f i r s t wook i n January. Ho hod nlno agreed to rocoijaond t h o t the Co&Mloaion ohould undertake f i r s t a ro~writinc of i t o throe r e p o r t s . Certain nublcuitloe ond Inoonsiotcneica in thooo r e p o r t s havo ooi^o to l i c h t in Verio. tfurthoruorc, the delegates of c e r t a i n countrie s hnvo oxporlencod d i f f i c u l t i e s i n undorotondinc the majority proppoolo aa outlined i n tho r e p o r t s , I t i n f o l t t h a t a uoro r e a d a b l e, concise and coherent statei*ont tho xaajorlty proposals w i l l bo vory useful in ©aploinins thosc^ propooalQ t o tho ccncrel p u b l i c . l<"urthoraore, the r o - d r u f t i n g ~. tho rcporto w i l l enable tho dolocntoo of tho throo non nenborc o] tho Coaaicsion U g y p t , iuorray, Cuba; t o f c n i l i a r i s o thorjoolveo r L tho background and do t a i l s of tho work oocoaplishod up to now nnSfr the CoiLEdooion. �P^— mmmTfr « »•«»' ^- Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi sur I'acces a I'informdtioi . . 6. Gonorol ^cl-aughton emphasized thot in theoo forthcoming discussions there will bo no attempt to modify the principles laid dowo^ln the reports, fhoso principles hovo been endorsed by -•* the Gone™. Assembly as the only satisfactory basis for the ;/ . establishment of a system, of international control, and the Co^niijdl6c has no mandate to plan ito programme of work except within tho '\_/_^ framework alroody approved by the Assembly. The Commission* having" re-draftod its throe reports in a siaplified form, trill then consider how far discussions can usefully proceed on any of the itcno on the agenda (stages, organization of the control agency, etc.) In General Lcl.oughton's opinion, these discussions will primarily bo directed to preparing the ground for a meeting of tho permanent membera of the atomic Energy Coamioeion oo directed by the Resolution of the General Assembly. BEST AVAILABLE COPY 7. General Lehaughton ond fvr. Osborne, having alscuasod this meeting of representatives of the permanent members of the Commission, have agreed to recommend to their respective fovornments that the meeting should take place late summer or oorly next fall, so that a report nay be prepared for the nexttfoooionof tho Gonorol .Assembly. General KcJbsughton and IRr. Osborne hovo also agreed to [rocommend that the meeting should bo ot Foreign Liniotcrs lovol. 8, In answer to a question whether tho U.o.J.R. is lilcely to alter its stand on the majority proposals, even aftor they have boen simplified, General IRcKaughton stotod thot an important success had been achieved in Paris in securing very strong approval of tho reports; he is oonvlnced that tho pressure of world public opinion in support of the majority proposals v/ill be felt in Moscow. In his opinion, tho U.S.^.tl. may yield in the end and it would be undesirable, oven if tho General Assembly Resolution did not preclude this, to compromise now on tho essential principles of the plan. General H'cliaughton is hopoful that a solution will emerge from tho discussions in the Atomic Unergy Commission. 1 9. The Choiraan onquired whether consideration had been kgiven to the adoption of alternative policies in case tho K.S.3.U. •;cro to rofuso to compromise. General LcNoughton referred to tho lyariouo statements which ho and Lr. Chovrior had mode in support of Khe mojority proposals: these statements were drafted with a view to •rioting this and similar objections to considering the majority ^^opooalo as tho only satisfactory basis for the establishment of on ^•beraational system of control of atomic energy. Gonoral rc^aughton • isore convlnoed than over thot the majority proposals aro the ^•r> possible basis for agreement, aad in his opinion, there Is no ^•toraativo but to make every effort to convince the U.a.rf.Tl. of •olr soundness ond uniqueness. In General Lchoughton's viow, there Ws atlll four or five years to develop o plan of control and to induce the b.J.d.H. to accept suoh a scheme of control. In his opinion, it would be unwise ot thio stage to envisago publicly uiy^rnativc policies. 10. Failing agreement with the tJ.3.3.11., General t'cl.oughton agreed that it x/ill be essential to continue tho tripartite arrangements under the auspices of the C.P.C. General Iicneufhton felt that TttiSm. if afcorthAtlantic uecurity Pact v/ere concluded, it would still t;; accessary to continue these arrangements, but that, it would bo uuv.io© to broaden the agreement to include Franoe. Ko reported uhutAOolgium ia quite pleased with her present position and that in „jmiVl llkollhood, she will not press for tho establishment of nuclear 7>l:;^to on its territory as this would moke her strut'ogic position Ctah more dangerous. The 3candinavian countries hovo radio-active rrrte^ials, and if they were to join the lorth Atlantic Jocurity Pact, ;t *.t>uld bo necessary to give careful consideration to their relationshipfilththe C.P.C. countries. f* - ~^" - t N ' • 7 .11. Hr. Riddell enquired whether conaUltu£loi>u had taken X ,' y~> 000282 -\j �Document disclosed under the Access to information Act t^fciment divulgue en vertu de la loi sur faeces a {'information lace with A. ... and French oi of tho Atoilo oiOPfiy Ooti is©i report|g_7&liat the plan outlined ab^ . l o ajs-rdja: aho progr aadhton araal ^ ^ Ire^on deR s boo. ,ulted an io i n s u b s t a n t i a l agreement, -hers has boon ao f a r no di eon ©si on vdth tlio voson t i s known t h a t t h e y had r e s e r v a t i o n s a s to the ©our so toko .uy Jin t view© ',o th i c e to bo followou when th© Cr .ion resumes i t o iw York, 12, 'ihe i'anel noto o v a l tlio course of a c t i o n which General l&oKau#itoa o follow as r e g a r d s the Atanio JSner Gocsalsclon, sad £ 7 i s © t i l l too t e n t a t i v e to warrant a formal r e p o r t bo. the Cabinet. I t was agreed, however, t h a t the minutes of the mec should be c i r c u l a t e d t o the M i n i s t e r s concerned fo r t h e i r information. II- • F9Pm\* Pf Itfpgaatfr)a 4 ^ . , . % , ^ r-t ^ -ten;? x , J r . Maekenzio imported t h a t vhilo there ia a t i g h t e n l in th© United s t a t e s as regards the exchange of information goner i while the si on la not completely s a t i s f a c t o r y , t h e r e boon an a^ds the ox a of Information he two c i o s a s a r e s u l t of ludod i n last 3 .'. . io pointed out t h a t t h i s ant may bo due 1 o the valuablo info m a t ! ioh oon v a s turned out _ t r a o r d i n a r i l y good instrument, and - , uthorities i t c r o s t e d in i t s o p e r a t i o n s . I t provides m a t e r i a l s and whloh cannot be obtained a t any of the largoi .. „ . i f , , build p i l e s using heavy water i n s t e a d of graphit era to i . take s t e p s which would moke i t d i f f i c u l t to obtain f u r t h e r s u p p l i e s of heavy w a t e r . 14. •/?, ndt reported t h a t the exchange of Inform t i o n i s not so s a t ..ary i n connection with a l l l t a r y m a t t e r s . In thi© f i e l d , the exchange i a s t r i o t l y l i m i t e d to the tanas of tiie ry agreement: info nun tion 5a exohaagod only when research lias boon ar taken in p a r a l l e l f i e l d s i n th© two c o u n t r i e s . Otherwise, th© nhon Act operate© and no information i s d i s c l o s e d . Vj, RA.O a n d noted the e i t u a t i o n eonoexning tho exeliange of information a© o u t l i n e d b; Mackenzie and Or. Solandt. EUtttay intumi QOTnUfejMui lm* Dim* Alondt reported t h a t c o n s i d e r a t i o n has been given •o the s o t t i n g up of ' l i t a r y l i a i s o n Goaaittee to adviae urtnent of 1-atlonal Jefonoo on the m i l i t a r y aspect af atomio .is Ooamitteo i o to bo ?aado up of National defence und ^search Council o f f i c i a l s . ITiero has been sar.io d i s c u s s i on whet1., ..too should be interdepartmental and whether i t o r t d i r e c t t o the Gabinot ^ f e n c litteo. sc fan a] re: 17. ^JBrrfl noted with approval t h a t when the Committee i a i t is proposed t h a t i t should subvdt period!0 r e p o r t s to the R i l l thus serve a s a c l e a r i n g point for developments o atomio energy, both i a I t s defenoe and c i v i l i a n aspeot 9LM U ^ uncil Office, Jeorcber 27th, 194: . 0 bf£^ £*•• yFisr . loux, Acting Aotii. s©j©j»tj.i- . � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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