https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/3f05a4bdbd588ab5d004bd55c32c63ff.pdf 94a26875c8e1f0df77fd93465e1c55f8 PDF Text Text FILE CIRC DIARY m %- Tr-Nfc.' . - Dacifment disclosed underthe Access/to Information Actl • Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi sur Taccesla Tinfotfmatib F1LE7PQSSIER FM/DE EXTERNAL OTTAWA TO/A WASHDC APR. 25 -1967 ^ i -£5/^e-~w-b57# •/ t*" tfnTofMl CANFORCEHED INFO &?~iyj • m x B£L 1494 APR21 W$ML. SUB/SUJ 7rrj7^z£&t j7^*7>r7rJ>— • SECURITY SECURITE SECRET DL-. ya IMMEDIATE h IMMEDIATE # frfJO^*T?P4Xfc NATO NUCLEAR PLANNING GROUP ' - - TBL ?9-7. #/>/€/£ ^-TABM STUDY BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENCE HAS BOTH NATO-WIDE AND NORTH AMERICAN. DEFENCE : IMPLICATIONS SOMEWHAT LIKE AIR IS&SNCS OF NATO AREA'HAS. WE HAVE DIRECT , INTEREST. IN BOTH ASPECTS AS A NATO COUNTRY LOCATED IN NORTH AMERICA* OBVIOUSLY THE FORUM FOR STUDY MAY VARY DEPENDING ON WHICH ASPECTS ARE " EMPHASIZED. UflXIS I T I S EASY TO POSE THIS PRDICIPLE^WE REALIZE I T I S MORE DIFFICULT-IN PRACTICE TO DETERMINE WHAT ARE THOSE NORTH AMERICAN ASPECTS MORE APPROPRIATE TO BILATERAL .TREATMENT; ONE ASPECT OF BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENCE WE CAN SEE, WHICH I S CLEARLY FOR BILATERAL CONSULTATION, I S DETAILED PLANS FOR DEPLOYMENT IN USA'. SIGNIFICANCE TO. CANADA; DETAILED DEPLOYMENT PLANS ARE OF VITAL AS OPPOSED TO A DECISION TO DEPLOY SUCH DETAILS ARE OF NO SIGNIFICANCE TO EUROPEANS; SUCH QUESTiONS^WHICH ARE DIRECTLY RELATED TO OUR GEOGRAPHIC POSITION $ WILL, IN OUR VIEW* HAVE TO BE DISCUSSED BILATERALL WITH USA BEFORE'' CANADIAN POSITION I S ESTABLISHED* 2, WE WONDER^ HOWEVER,. I F QUESTION^ POSTED BY STRAUS DOES NOT COMPLICATE PROBLEM tINNECESSARILY. . SPECIFICALLY* « ; ' NUCLEAR PLANNING GROUP WILL Siffltf CONSIDER POLITICAL AND MILITARY.CON^QUENCES OF * (A) DISTRIBUTION LOCAL/LOCALE - . > NO DEPLOYMENT OF ABMs BY NATO COUNTRIES; CC: NO STD» ORIGINATOR/ REDACTEUR ^z:::im^mmmi:^\~::Z0. * EXT 18/BIL (REV 0 / 6 4 ) (COMMUNICATIONS DIV) DIVISION . BLtl) TELEPHONE 2*7921 DISARMfeMENT D I V . ^ EUROPEAN DIV. APPROVED/AUTORISE Sl0 M. CADIEUX 000372 �Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi sur Tacces a Tin, X -2- SECRET (B) DEPLOYMENT OF ABMs 321 USA ONLY} (C) EMPLOYMENT OF ABMs BOTH IN NORTH AMERICA AND EUROJE, ^f ASSUMPTIONS (A) AND (B) RAISE NO PROBLEMS IN THIS CONTEXT. AS TO ASSUMPTION (C) IT SEEMS TO US THAT FOR PURPOSES OF STUDY, IT IS OF LITTLE SIGNIFICANCE TO EUROPEANS WHETHER A5SU&££§eN=©F-=8§Pfce®SH$¥=m QUOTE . NORTH AMERICA ANS^URGPF-UNQUOTE IS BROKEN DOWN INTO USA AND CANADA. WHAT IS OF INTEREST TO EUROPEANS ARE THE IMPLICATIONS FOR EUROPE ASSUMING DEPLOYMENT IN NORTH AMERICA AND EUROPE. SINCE USA HAS ALREADY INFORMED NATO AT A EECENT MEETING OF DISARMAMENT EXPERTS (NATOPARIS TEL 550 MARCH 9) THAT DEPLOYMENT AS CURRENTLY ENVISAGED DID NOT CAIX FOR ANY INSTALLATIONS TO BE PLACED ©UTSIDS CONTINENTAL USA, IT CAN BE ASSUMED FOR 0 PURPOSE OF STUDY THAT THIS DEPLOYMENT IS TANTAMOUNT TO DEPLOYMENT IN NORTH, AMERICA,' % HOWEVER, PROBIEM RAISED BY STRAUS WOULD BE SOLVED BY SUGGESTION B NATOPARIS REFIEL, WELCH WE COULD SUPPORT, THAT STUDY OF EUROPEAN AND L NORTH AMERICAN ASPECTS BE SEPARATED AND MATTER LEFT IN ABEYANCE, � 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 CDBM00099 Title A name given to the resource External to DC/NATOParis 1055 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 4/25/1967 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived RG25-A-3-c, file 27-11-7, "DEFENCE - CONVENTIONAL AND NUCLEAR ARMAMENTS - ANTI - BALLISTIC MISSILES (ABM) = DEFENSE - ARMEMENTS DE TYPE CLASSIQUE ET NUCLEAIRE - ENGINS ANTIMISSILES (ABM)," vol. 10357, part 2, Library and Archives Canada, (LAC). Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource External Affairs Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Canadian Crown Subject The topic of the resource Anti-ballistic missiles Description An account of the resource NATO Nuclear Planning Group- ABM Study Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Canada Declassified Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource en