https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/7c12abc99417381117a26c254ffc0c10.pdf e976c2be50edc6b3d7dfa2bb398e255e PDF Text Text Document disclosed i Pocy V to information Act •r I'acces a I'information FM WSHDC MAR24/69 CONFD TO EXTER 1 0 5 3 IMMED INFO TT CANFORCEHED IMMED DE OTT REF OURTEL 1041 MAR22 ABMS-SENATE HEARINGS FOLLOWING I S TEXT OF QUOTE BRIEF UNQUOTE ON USA-CDN DISCUSSIONS ON ABMS PREPARED BY PFNTAGON FOR INSERTION IN SENATE SU3-CTTFE RECORD, 2,TEXT BEGINS:PRIOR TO TVT ANNOUNCEMENT OF T^F SENTINEL SYSTEM ON S E P 1 8 / 6 7 , T H E USA AND CDN POVTS CONSULTED TOGETHER ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS ON ABM QUESTIONS AND ON THE SENTINEL ABM PLAN.ON A P R 5 / 6 7 , USA SECRETARY OF DEFENSE MCNAMARA MET WITH CDN MINISTER OF DND PAUL HELLYER TO DISCUSS THE STATE OF USA THINKING ON THE CUFSTIOK OF DEPLOYING AN ABM SYSTEM IN THE USA.FO AND DEFENCE OFFICIALS OF BOTH SIDES PARTICIPATED IN THESE DISCUSSIONS.AT THIS MTG SECRETARY MCNAM-* ARA EXHLORED WITH THE CDN REPS THE POTENTIAL IMPACT OF ANY USA ABM DEPLOYMENT ON CDA,INCLUDING THE POSSIBLE EFFECTS OF DEFENSIVE NUCLEAR BURSTS OVER CDA ON INDIVIDUALS AND PROPERTY ON THE GROUND. DR FOSTER,THE DND DIRECTOR OF DEFENSE RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING, DISCUSSED A NUMBER OF POTENTIAL DEPLOYMENT OPTIONS.HE ALSO DESCRIBED A POTENTIAL ABM SYSTEM CONSISTING OF AREA AND TERMINAL DEFENCE INSTALLATIONS AND THE COVERAGE PROVIDED BY SUCH INSTALLATIONS. THE IMPLICATIONS FOR CDA OF RELEVANT ASPECTS OF THE PROPOSED SENTINEL ABM SYSTEM WERE DISCUSSED BY USA SECRETARY OF DEFENSE MCNAMARA AND CDN MINISTER OF DND PAUL HELLYER ON S E P 1 2 / 6 7 ( S I X DAYS PRIOR . • .2 000036 �Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi sur i'acces a I'information 1 PAGE TWO 1053 CONFD TO THE USA PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE SENTINEL DEPLOYMENT).REPS OF CDN MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS AND THE DEPT OF STATE ALSO PARTICIPATED IN THESE DISCUSSIONS.AT THIS MTG THE PURPOSES OF THE PROPOSED SENTINEL DEPLOYMENT WERE EXAMINED WITH THE CDN REPS.IN ADDI?ION USA OFFICIALS DESCRIBED IN CONSIDERABLE DETAIL THE PROPOSED SENTINEL SYSTEM AND DISCUSSED WITH THEIR CDN COUNTERPARTS THE ASPECTS OF THE PROPOSED DEPLOYMENT MOST DIRECTLY RELATED TO CDN INTERESTS INCLUDING THE QUESTION OF THE EFFECT UPON CDA OF THF. USE OF THE SPARTAN MISSILE, THE USA GOVT INFORMED THE CDN GOVT OF PRESIDENT NIX0N3 ABM DECISION'BEFORE IT WAS ANNOUNCED ON MAR14. THE MODIFIED SENTINEL OR SAFEGUARD SYSTEM IS NOT/NOT SUBSTANTIALLY DIFFERENT FROM THE ORIGINAL SENTINEL SYSTEM IN ITS RELATIONSHIP TO CDN TERRITORY.THE TWO MISSILE SITES SCHEDULED UNDER PHASE I OF THE SAFEGUARD PROGRAM ARE TWO OF THE SITES THAT WERF INCLUDED IN X ORIGINAL SENTINEL PROGAM.TEXT ENDS. 3,STATE DEPT HAVE EMPHASIZED URGENCY OF OBTAINING CDN COMMENTS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. 000037 � 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 CDBM00207 Title A name given to the resource DC to External 1053 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 3/24/1969 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 5, 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 ABMs- Senate Hearings 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