https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/b00e21221b063463e3029f0da2bb7fab.pdf ed9711871604e4ce8772106b454606b2 PDF Text Text LBP/U: Ott~-a, Jan'Wll"y 16, 19S4.. There 11 no doubt nov that tar-reacbinc deciaiono have been made 1n Uishlngton in i-eepect. of detence ·ur. Ou1lee'e 1peecb on Januru."112 in policy and strategy. Sew York sakes that clear. The implementation of these doeieiono will ba e;radual and no dou'btc ev,u:-y effort will be ude br-1-na t.bem n°t'out 1n c w1 t.o caueei leaot. anxiety t,c aeons triends Ao ?:r. Ow.lee pute lt in N1,1w Iort: and alli.ea. wa, "It imperative t.bat chsnge abould be accompan1ed by undv8'tand1ng of' our true purpos•s, eUdden and speci.cular ebnnt;e had to be &'IOld•d• Otbemse there micht bnvo been a panic aiaong our friend& and miac:alculated 4ggroaeion by our enn1es." Neverthaleae, action deaia1ons would cppear.to be proceeding. .· .. to impl•ent new It will have tar- reaching conH(ltiencosfw'.:Canada • . •, : !' • One evidence of eh:1nr;0 in Onttted f'.tates policy t~ri.can ia th.tit. IUSO c:ount.r1•• .r~ no J.~r pressure tc> .tn.crun• ~•f'once expenditures. r..r. Dulles lective o.t. least subject now t.alke about "readJustmanta security effort" to Inde-ed• _ 1:i' the fft.'70 col• e.nd he mee.nareadjustment. downwarde, in t ems of cost tor both the United Ctatre• and 1 ts llATOal.lie•• IUTO 000204 �It'i.TO de£nnce f'orcee to be etabili•ed at t.bout, fifty in nu.rope are now D:1v1sione. plus w~at.evur Germon:,eMl produce •. Ybera 1s no longer any Pent;azon talkt .ot; lee.st 1n public• about ninety hundred.tl1v1s1onf>t1.ebs1ng eacentinl the defence or peace lo much tnlk. of tho nnew On the c;t?1or bnnd• t~re in Burope. or one or ninety-ti·ve look" end tl1e "lor15 ooultt, ui~ econmnic etnb111ty 11& the .foundot14n £or da1'enct, '81".ful"t.. All tb-ase concc,p~n ,u·c new put forward by !Jr. Dulloa, speciflcallJ at Va.rte in Decembor and 1n bi& r.ew·Yo~kspeeoh, as n nm, Jicarican a nev rn?o polloJ·• d1eoo'V'ery lo .fact, they b.:·u.'l~oviously su:-;;est.cd t.it ut~t.J meetings by llrit.t&~1 tmd. ether and etrona].y opposed by PJnor1candelo~at;ea. and b~en dele5at(ls• The hcer1enno clao in those aare strongly deproca~ed talk ot more defence for less cost by relyt.ns all on (!Ual1ty end ttnew :wee.pons". Ct.'t t.bia baa now cbs.i'tged. fbe.ra ie now no apparent . to build up fVi'i·Oforces in Europe to a point .'!.~ricnna ootloiderod ooeessar, a yeu 8t1t"Opewar, to be d•f'endad against effort Whlcb t.he or so ~o it :'."'e&tern aggreaoion. !he chnnse may be due to a genuine defence·by belie£ in th9 efficacy in part ot new method&ot/retal1ot1cn; to a £eel1n · tbat t.he cr161s ba aloo du.e t.o t,he oev A~erican policy ,,. ' ina;,ired b30 eased. But 1~ may of "diseP~T-lCo~nt p<>sa1blyes much by bUd5etnry. aa by stratenic considerations. olso 1t, 000205 �t The present pos1.t1on of the European Defence CommunitJ has a beor1ns on the new American policJ. Though EDOnow see.ms to be stalled. still talks about nm,c or notbing". and disappointaent .is one roason focussing .Americans ma¥ now arsu.e that on this The not coma together or certnin be1na tho case, should now become per·1pberal, respons1.b1llt1ee b7 atomic retaliation a sea and eir strateu line Spain running and the 1n case ot \.'ar • victory line, can be ech1eved. of the prevention achievement of victory pr-edcalnantly - and.Pakistan? More and more stress new doctrine States ltingdom through to Greece ond Turkey From this United holdinc from ttorwny to the United Mediterranean put policy • defence which can, in eny event, now bG left to the OeJ!'IISnst fbis Dullea, defence delay my be a as Europe trill they are relieved to det"end itself, this the BDOinto effect in United States attention frustration that of, or evon. an excuse for thin shitt. rationalization rougbly marbe It over the dela1 in bringing tor the sbi.tt .Alterna.t1 vely, tor that the Amer1oan·Government by developillg, •massive retaliatory power". 1a being placed on of war or. it it coees, tbe to use the- words of Mr. A&the Secretary ot State 1t in Sew York, "The basic dec1s1.on wss to depend primarilf upon a great capacitJ to retaliate, instantly, bg means and at plao.es ot our ehoos1ng." This 000206 �,Thia 1s to be made possible featuring up a strategic by building atomic weapons and "highly mobile naval I resorve 1 air and a.mphibious units". As a oonsequ.cnca of this new strateu less emphasis 1s to be placed on \'ihat Rr. Dnlles calla, phrase that mu.st sound ominous to Russia' a tree ttlocnl defensive To make this l)OWer". neighbours,, sound a little better, n1ocal defence will alwa7s be important", Mr. Dulles added. that but then he spoiled in a the ette,et somewhat by stating detenco alone would never be enough to contain tba.t such the mighty land arm., ot the ~OJllffllUl.1st worl4. there ls such a large The fact.that stookp1l.e ot a to.mic bombs and that increasing in voltule and etteot1vonesa to adopt th1s no.w strn.tas.,. decision believe othor atomic weapons are that lt commends itnelr, must ba•e aade easier There 1s reaaon to ls nO\'l becoming the feeling new otratety The tact cbcapor that perm.\ e "thinning t'ilson, as well as that detence b7 those methods than .1t otherwise would bo contirms there is a close connoot1on between the and budgetary reduction. to Pentagon espeo1ally, :people like Admiral Redford and Charles to the Treasury. the poller Thia strategy, Which 1s pledged, to tax ot course, out" of American toroea will fllso in Burope, 000207 �.,J _.J,· , t:.urope• of "br1.ng1ng boys boca 11, which will be popular tdth United Stotoa public op1n1cn. It is no~ surprisina becoru.ng 1norcaa1naJ.y unem3y ecbout thie tbot Buropenno ore new str.r.to6Y t1hich rniees n dor,rosoina tco.r tbnt. the Americans may consider that auropo, etm ' if no~ expondoblo, toreee, ovcroeea 1 tdll h~vo .to bo de.fended by its ueaJ.otca. · by t1oversttas. weapons.,, rot.her than by toreos: Europeans \dll tinht bloody, mon-to-mon way, while victory by atomic t-otnli.atlon. If tn t,he old-.taeh1oned, wlll con,e from t.bEt skies such v1ctoi-y comes only after oceupct1on nod des~ruot1on and liberation, it bao little Zo thlo the Acorieons m2y well reply nppoal for iuropennn. that- Guropean countrie_e a.re now st.i-onc enoU6h theoeelvoe, tdt.b some British nnd At:erican help .. but not too mueb ... to tr tboy will only unite I hold tho Cuosicns off; especially Naturally, the Uni tecl ~t:..t 1s to r~e every affort will be mde by thaao roars and tlml"'tl will be nothing liko erudo Qr ic.;mdi~to td.thn.rnvale from Uuropean soil. Indeed Prosident 1 .ndhorener! t.o tMSO polialea ~1oenho~r did, in .tact.. bis r.t'!to of tho tznion cpeech. Operation Disengagement slowly &u1 c.:-re£ull7 will a1•e such be re-ntfirnad. roassuranea Out J.t eeerui clear io baGinntne, dona no doubt. thoue;i1 te will th.11t. be in �6. of two Divisions The announced uithdrawal trom Korea and the great, interest Pakistan into tills tit now peripheral In short• the and e.tamic-naval. strategy. Americans a.re at.tempting and ~e should be well adv1sod. l think. to re-exnm1.Jle our own these 4evelopaenta. Of I am JlOt suggesting · .Am.er1can policy cannot be made without wenkening tho North Atlantic will roqu1re skill to undertaken oomm!.tments previously free thot1Selves fro• certain pol1oy 1a tbe light 1n strel16th-en1ng in \:ashington a.nd care Cong:res.e of the issues that abandoning collective obn:nge of or e•en arrongeraents. in t:ashilllJton involved this But this and en appreciation end tenrs end the teel1nss by of allies. It polic1 th~se qualities ere not shown, the new ma7 be oe.r.ried out 1n. auob e way that system, will be waallonec1amt e•en disappear. gran.to4 that wlll the oomuniats, in.terpret developmonts end exploit the whole N.ATO It ma1 be taken to~ tor whom NATOremains the olliet ena»J'; new American detence so a.s to te.cilitate and str•tegic th.ts disappearance. They will undoubtedlJ 'try to show tba t the Americans are abandoning end leaving the Bu:ropeans to their tete, take refuge in atom bombs and oontinentnl NATO• While they the.mselYes detenoe. Ca.ne.d1an 000209 �'I. Cana.d.1sn detenoe and rightly, pollo.v has been tirnl.y, founded on :NATO,and we should do everything can to keep thie foundation atrons. ie not going to be easy, polltloally, on the other to maintain at Wlimpe:1rod stre!l(Sth our forces overseas, are raducins their comltments hand, we it ruu and r.hile our neighbours through these •new decisions", the import of \Yhich botb Pros1dent Gisenhouer and Secretor1 Dulles hnve now made clear. It aoy be tha.t the American sda!nletratlon will not be the onl,y ones who will have to uke :reappr1aise1• of rorelgn an -'agonizing pollcJr. 000210 � 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 Deterrence 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 New Look / 16 JANUARY 1954 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1954-01-16 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource en Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context CDTT00015 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Department of External Affairs draft memorandum for the Prime Minister, 16 Jan. 1954, Library and Archives Canada (LAC), RG 25, vol. 4903, file no. 50115-P-40, part 2. atomic war Dwight Eisenhower John Foster Dulles Louis St. Laurent NATO US-Canada relations