https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/e39859d03357b438f9d710c0a8148858.pdf bf7f4db4d66c5fad6a91a27955bfff10 PDF Text Text Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act ■ Document divulge en vertu de la Loi surfaeces a finformation WISER - TOP SECRET Minute Sheet June 13th, 1952. The Amobsyedor. Possible Public Statement on Use of Canadian Facilities by Strategic Air Command “ The one item of "Wiser" business which you may wish to take up when you are in Ottawa is the question of a statement which might be agreed with the U.S. Government and kept available for use in the event that a public statement in Canada is required on the use of Canadian facilities by the Strategic Air Command, You will recall that the discussion of this question started on Mr. Pearson’s suggestion about what might be said publicly in answer to questions regarding the possible use of Canadian territory or airspace by United States forces for Mr. Acheson said that the atomic warfare. contents of a statement might be agreed and kept In a Wiser letter (No. 24 of available for. use, March 20th) you followed up the discussion in Mr. Acheson’s office of March 10th by sending the text which had been.agreed last year for possible use with Mr. Attlee, together with the modified, text subsequently agreed with Mr. Churchill. This letter also gave the text of the questions and answers actually used in the British House of Commons at the end of last year. The State Department expects us to take the initiative in proposing for agreement a text which might be acceptable to the Canadian GovernThe only view which the State Department ment. have expressed on the text is that it would be advisable to have it in very general terms, to the effect that no Canadian facilities would be used by any foreign government for offensive operations except with the express consent of the Canadian Government. gi.gm 00181 � 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 CDNW (Wiser) 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 CDNW16856 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context CDNW16856 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Wiser Consultations, RG25-B-2, Volume number: 3095, Library and Archives Canada.