https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/9eb3a43d0e865e226b8c3d43c905d472.pdf 0a61e1d8581c6ce2d2f86cacae347158 PDF Text Text Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulge en vertu de la Loi suri’acces a I’information *===599* Copy No. 2- of two copies. WISER - TOP SECRET 13(1)(a) 15(1) Minute Sheet March 11th, 1952. The Minister. PENTAGON BRIEFING ON S.A.C. OPERATIONS This is a short note on the briefing which you, A.V.M. Miller and I attended in the office of Major General Lee at the Pentagon this morning. The first part of the briefing was devoted to the procedures for target selection in the U.S.S.R.. on which are based the S.A.C. activities under the Emergency War Plan. The missions of the S.A.C. are three in number: 1. Limitation of the Soviet capacity to undertake atomic warfare, 2. The retardation of deployment of Soviet forces, and 3. The. destruction of the industrial capacity of the Soviet Union to maintain a war. (These are not in the exact words used in defining the missions.) It was said that there was no priority in time between any of these missions. v It was stated that these plans had been drawn up in great dds.il and were based on the present availability of atomic weapons of all types to the S.A.C. and of carriers for these weapons. The second part of the briefing was devoted to what may be called plans for delivery. Photographs were displayed on the various types of carriers, from the B-36 down to the F-8l. It appears/ rr 00078 �Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act ■ Document divulge en vertu de la Loi surl'acces a /'information 13(1)(a) 15(1) 8 Minute Sheet -2- We were told that completed atomic weapons would not be carried until after take-off on strike missions, as mechanism has been perfected for inserting the It was fissionable materials' when in flight. said that there was really less risk of accidental explosions in handling atomic weapons than. in the case of certain types of conventional bombs. . Mention was also made of the new types of weapon, ranging from destructive capacity several times that of the Hiroshima bomb to one of limited We were assured that there were carriers effect. in. existence, as well as bombs, to garry out the operations outlined to us and that/new carriers came into service and the production of weapons increased, the plans would be expanded. General Lee expressed considerable confidence that a substantial proportion of the No claim carriers would reach their targets. was made that this atomic counter-offensive wou of itself end a war, with the Soviet Union, and' not much was said about the tactical use of the weapons in support of ground forces. hhw.gm 00079 1 � 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 CDNW16898 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context CDNW16898 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Wiser Consultations, RG25-B-2, Volume number: 3095, Library and Archives Canada.