https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/57439c749551b8102942029040bb1432.pdf 03b6a85af325588b715704b5a8101562 PDF Text Text ent disclosed under the Ace/ess ta infarrrfation Act t divulgue en vertu de?fe LofsurI'accefc) fl DEPARTMENT OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRE Subject. f'i^fnrmrr. jQn Z. dSMk Date...Ma.X....?.2-.....I5i9 Publication The...Gazette. •Consultation sought on ABAI Earlier in the session Carl OTTAWA - (CP) - Dr. G. R. Lindsey, chief of the L e g a u l t (L — Nipissing) d e f e n c e research analysis asked whether Dr. Lindsey, in establishment, said today that his testimony and in a paper if Canada wants protection presented to the committee from the American ABM, Wednesday, was trying to the idea that the sites system, it should consult the "sell" should be farther north to U.S. before final decisions are prevent interceptions o v e r made on base sites. populated areas of Canada. ". . . It's their system and Dr. Lindsey said he wasn't we're not being very co- trying to sell anything. He operative about it at the was only trying to explain moment," he told the Com- that analysis by his branch mons defence committee. . showed the sites might proDr. Lindsey was replying to vide better protection, farther Perry Ryan (L — Toronto north. Spadina) who suggested the The question of the value of Canadian population along the i moving the sites farther north U.S. border would be left in an "extremely disadvantage- has never been investigated; ous position" by the location . he said. He supposed the of the anti-ballistic missies of Americans had not asked the proposed U.S. Safeguard Canada's opinion and Canada system. had not offered it. For phase 1 of the Safeguard system, involving two bases to protect Minutemen missiles on the U.S. Prairies, , it might be difficult to change; \ But he did not think it was ! too late to change sites for the remaining 10 sites of the system. Gerald Laniel (L — Beauharnois) suggested Canadians were dreaming if they thought the Safeguard system might , be aimed to protect Canadian cities. Dr. Lindsey said he believes the American plan for final deployment of the system was intended to protect American cities. Canada had not asked whether the system would cover Canadian cities, but it probably would be physically possible if the sites were adjusted. A \ 000185 � 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 CDBM00260 Title A name given to the resource Transcript from The Gazette Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 5/23/1969 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 6, 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 Consultation Sought on ABMs 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