https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/25ca5e0f492a5684481616a0fa1e5b15.pdf 2875d918b9f1445bf4a84e3882b1ba69 PDF Text Text Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi sur I'acces a I'information AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT , OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE GOVERNMENT.-OF.CANADA -F-0R.COOPERATIQE.5EGARDING-JIT0MIC INFORMATION FOR MUTUAL DEFENCE PURPOSES PREAMBLE The Government of the United States of America and the Government of Canada, Recognizing that their mutual security and defence requires that they be prepared to meet the contingencies of atomic warfare, Recognizing that their common interests will be advanced by the • • exchange of information pertinent thereto, Believing that the exchange of such information can be undertaken ^ without threat to the security of either country, and Taking into consideration the United States Atomic Energy Act of / 1954 and the Canadian Atomic Energy Control Act and Atomic Energy Regulations, which were prepared with these purposes in mind, Agree as follows: ARTICLE I 1. While the United States and Canada are participating in international arrangements for their mutual defence and security and making substantial and material contribution thereto, each government will from time to time make available to the other government atomic information which the government making such information available deems necessary to: (a) the development of defence plans; (b) the training of personnel in the employment of and defence against atomic weapons; and (c) the evaluation of the capabilities of potential enemies in the employment of atomic weapons. 2. Atomic information which is transferred by either government pursuant to this Agreement shall be used by the other government exclusively for the preparation and implementation of defence plans in the mutual interests of the two countries. �Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi sur I'acces a I'information - 2 ARTICLE II 1. All transfers of atomic information to Canada by the United States pursuant to this Agreement will be made in compliance with the provisions of the United States Atomic Energy Act of 1954 and any subsequent applicable United States legislationo All transfers of atomic information to the United States by Canada pursuant to this Agreement will be made in compliance with the Atomic Energy Control Act and the Atomic Energy Regulations of Canada or subsequent applicable Canadian legislation and regulations. 2. Under this Agreement there will be no transfers by the United States or Canada of atomic weapons or special nuclear material, as these terms are defined in Section 11 (d) and Section 11 (t) of the United States Atomic Energy Act of 1954. ARTICLE III 1o AAtomic information made available pursuant to this Agreement shall be accorded full security protection under applicable security arrangements between Canada and the United States and applicable national legislation and regulations of the two countries. In no case shall either government maintain security standards for safeguarding atomic information lower than those set forth in the applicable security arrangements in effect on the date this Agreement comes into force. 2. Atomic information which is exchanged pursuant to this Agreement will be made available through channels existing or hereafter agreed for the exchange of classified defence information between the two governments. 3» Atomic information received pursuant to this Agreement shall not be transferred by the recipient government to any unauthorized person or;, except as provided in Article V of this Agreement, beyond the jurisdiction of that government. Each government may stipulate the degree to which any of the categories of information made available to the other government pursuant to this Agreement may be disseminated, may specify the categories 000037 �Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi sur I'acces a I'information - 3of persons who may have access to such information, and may impose such other restrictions on the dissemination of such information as it deems necessary. ARTICLE IV As used in this Agreement, "atomic information'! means: (a) So far as concerns the information provided by the United States, Restricted Data, as defined in Section 11 (r) of the United States Atomic Energy Act of 1954? which is permitted to be communicated pursuant to the provisions of Section 144 (b) of that Act and information relating primarily to the military utilization of atomic weapons which has been removed from the Restricted Data category in accordance with the provisions of Section 142 (d) of the United States Atomic Energy Act of 1954(b) So far as concerns information provided by Canada, Classified Information relating to the military application of atomic energy. ARTICLE V Nothing herein shall be interpreted or operate as a bar or restriction to consultation and cooperation by the United States or Canada with other nations or regional organizations in any fields of defence. Neither government, however, shall communicate atomic information made available by the other government pursuant to this Agreement to any nation or regional organization unless the same information has been made available to that nation or regional organization by the other government in accordance with its own legislative requirements and except to the extent that such communication is expressly authorized by such other government. 000038 �Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi sur I'acces a I'information -4 ARTICLE VI This Agreement shall enter into force on the date of receipt by the Government of Canada of a notification from the Government of the United States of America that the period of thirty days required by Section 123 (c) of the United States Atomic Energy Act of 1954 has elapsed, and shall remain in effect until terminated by mutual agreement of both governments. Done at Washington this fifteenth day of June, 1955, in two original texts. For the United States of America: (Sgd) C. Burke Elbrick For Canada: (Sgd) A.D.P. Heeney 000039 �Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi sur I'acces a I'information ACCORD ENTRE LE GOUVERNEMENT DES ETATS-UNIS D'AMBRIQUE ET LE GOUVERNEMENT DU CANADA SUR LA COOPERATION DANS LE DOMAINE DES RENSEIGNEMENTS ATOMIQUES. AUX FINS DE. DEFENSE. MUTUELLE , ' PREAMBULE Le Gouvernement des Etats-Unis d'Amerique e t le Gouvernement du Canada, Reconnaissant que leur defense e t leur securite mutuelles exigent q u ' i l s soient prets a f a i r e face aux risques d'une guerre atomique, Reconnaissant q u ' i l e s t de leur int&ret commun que des renseignements s'y rapportant soient echanges, Croyant que l'echange de t e l s renseignements peut s'effectuer sans danger pour la securite de l'un e t de 1'autre pays, e t Considerant la Loi am4ricaine de 1954 sur l ' e n e r g i e atomique e t la Loi du Canada sur le contr6le de l ' e n e r g i e atomique e t du Reglement sur l'energie atomique, mesures qui ont ete elaborees dans 1 ' i n t e n t i o n de s e r v i r les fins precitees Sont convenus de ce qui s u i t s ARTICLE I 1. Aussi longtemps que les Etats-Unis e t le Canada participeront aux en- t e n t e s internationales en vue de leur defense et de leur s e c u r i t e mutuelles e t q u ' i l s y contribueront dans une mesure importante e t concrete, chaque Gouvernement ^mettra, de temps a a u t r e , a la disposition de 1'autre Gouvernement, t e l s renseignements atomiques que le Gouvernement informateur jugera necessaires pour t a) 1'elaboration des plans de defenses b) l'entralnement du personnel a l'emploi des armes atomiques et a la defense contre de t e l l e s armess e t c) 1'evaluation du potentiel de tous ennemis eventuels en ce qui concerne l'emploi des armes atomiques* 2. Les renseignements atomiques fournis par l ' u n ou 1'autre Gouvernement en vertu du present accord devront Stre u t i l i s e s par 1'autre Gouvernement e x c l u s i " vement aux fins de 1'elaboration e t de 1'execution de plans de defense servant les interests mutuels des deux pays.. 000040 �Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi sur I'acces a I'information _ 2 lo ARTICLE I I Tous l e s renseignements atomiques communiques au gouvernement du Canada p a r l e s E t a t s - U n i s en v e r t u du p r e s e n t accord s e r o n t t r a n s m i s en oonformite des d i s p o s i t i o n s de l a Loi americain e de 1954 s u r l ' e n e r g i e atomique e t de t o u t e a u t r e l o i u l t e r i e u r e p e r t i n e n t e des E t a t s - U n i s o Tous l e s renseignements atomiques communiques au gouvernement des E t a t s - U n i s par l e gouvernement du Canada en v e r t u du p r e s e n t accord s e r o n t t r a n s m i s en conformite de l a Loi sur le c o n t r S l e de l ' e n e r g i e atomique e t du Reglement du Canada r e g i s s a n t l ' e n e r g i e atomique, ou de t o u t e l o i ou r e g l e m e n t , u l t e r i e u r s e t p e r t i n e n t s , du Canada© 2o Sous le regime du p r e s e n t accord i l ne s ' e f f e c t u e r a , du gouvernement des E t a t s - U n i s au gouvernement du Canada, aucune c e s s i o n d'armes atomiques ou de m a t e r i e l n u c l l a i r e s p e c i a l , au sens ou i l s sont d e f i n i s aux a r t i c l e s 11(d) e t l l ( t ) de la Loi americaine de 1954 sur l ' e n e r g i e - atomiqueo ARTICLE I I I lo Les renseignements atomiques communiques en v e r t u du p r e s e n t accord devront f a i r e l ' o b j e t de l ' e n t i e r e p r o t e c t i o n exige e par l a s e c u r i t e aux termes d ' a r r a n g e m e n t s p e r t i n e n t s de s e c u r i t e , arrangements c o n c l u s e n t r e l e Canada e t l e s E t a t s - U n i s e t des l o i s e t reglements p e r t i n e n t s des deux payso L'un ou l ' a u t r e pays ne devra m a i n t e n i r , en aucun c a s , aux f i n s de l a sauvegarde des renseignements atomiques , des normes de s e c u r i t e i n f e r i e u r e s & c e l l e s qui s e r o n t s t i p u l e e s aux arrangements p e r t i n e n t s de s l c u r i t e en v i g u e u r a l a d a t e ou le p r e s e n t accord deviendra e x e c u t o i r e o 2o Les renseignements du domaine atomique echang^s en v e r t u du p r e s e n t accord s e r o n t communiques par l e s v o i e s u t i l i s e e s a c t u e l l e m e n t , ou dont on aura convenu par a p r e s pour I ' e c h a n g e , e n t r e l e s deux gouvernements, de renseignements c l a s s i f i e s sur l a d e f e n s e . 3. Les renseignements atomiques r e c u s en v e r t u du p r e s e n t accord ne d e v r o nt § t r e t r a n s m i s par l e gouvernement qui l e s r e c e v r a a aucune personne non a u t o r i s e e , n i autrement que selon l e s d i s p o s i t i o n s de l ' a r t i c l e V du p r e s e n t a c c o r d , h o r s de l a competence d u d i t gouvernemento Chaque gouvernement peut s t i p u l e r 000041 �Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi sur I'acces a I'information - 3 le niveau auquel toute categorie de renseignements fournis a.1'autre gouvernement en vertu du present accord peut ©tre divulgue, et specifier les categories de personnes qui pourront avoir acces auxdits renseignements, et imposer quant a la diffusion desdits renseignements toutes autres restrictions jugees necessaires. ARTICLE IV Dans l e p r e s e n t a c c o r d , l ' e x p r e s s i o n "renseignements atomiques" s'entend § a) En ce qui concerne l e s renseignements f o u r n i s par l e s / Etats-Unis, des donn^es de diffusion restreinte.. et .definies a l'article ll(r) de la Loi americaine de 1954 sur l'energie atomique et qu'il est permis de communiquer en vertu des dispositions de l'article 144(b) de ladite loi, et des renseignements portant essentiellement sur 1'utilisation militaire d'armes atomiques, renseignements qui ont ete soustraits de la categorie des donnees de diffusion restreinte, aux termes de l'article 142(d) de la Loi americaine de 1954 sur l'energie atomiqueo b) En ce qui concerne les renseignements fournis par le Canada, des renseignements c l a s s i f i e s p o r t a n t sur 1 ' a p p l i c a t i o n m i l i t a i r e de l ' e n e r g i e atomiqueo ARTICLE V Rien dans le present accord ne devra §tre interprets ou applique en tant qu'un emp§chement ou une restriction a la consultation ou H la collaboration de la part des Etats-Unis ou du Canada avee d'autres pays ou organismes regionaux dans tout domaine de la defenseo Cependant, ni l'un ni 1'autre des gouvernements ne devront communiquer a toute autre nation ou organisme regional des renseignements atomiques obtenus de 1'autre gouvernement en vertu du present accord, k moins que les mtmes renseignements n'aient et6 rendus accessibles a une telle nation ou i un tel organisme par l'autre gouvernement selon les exigences de ses propres lois et si ce n'est dans la mesure ou la communication de tels renseignements est expressement au'torisee par ledit autre gouvernemento 000042 �Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi sur I'acces a I'information i - 4 ARTICLE VI Le present accord entrera en vigueur le jour ou le gouvernement du Canada recevra du Gouvernement des Etats-Unis avis que la periode de trente jours requise en vertu de l'article 123(c) de la Loi americaine de 1954 sur l'energie atomique est ecoulee, et restera en vigueur jusqu'i ce qu'il soit resilie de gre a gre par les deux gouvernements. Fait & Washington, ce .XJ>3 •••'•• jour de .juia.. 1955 en deux textes# originaux. Pour les Etats-Unis d'Amerique: (Sign6) C. Burke Elbrick Pour le Canada: (Signe) A . D . p. H e e n e y 000043 � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. 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/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context CDNW01197 Title A name given to the resource Agreement Between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of Canada for Cooperation Regarding Atomic Information Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource undated Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived "Canada/US Agreement for Cooperation concerning military aspects of atomic energy." RG25-A-3-b, vol. 5957, 50219-AK-40, part 1, Library and Archives Canada (LAC). 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