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                  <text>Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi sur I'acces a I'information

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Hovember 2d, 1957

Dear Genera.*, /oulko®,
I attach for your consideration a copy of telegraa
Mo. 2527 of Hovember 27 from our Ambassador la Washington,
which sets out an invi
n frora the United States anu
United Kin^doo Governments for Can«tdi
roserttatlon
m«etia.;s in Washington, beginning on ueceacer 3, to consider the area®
M of cooperation which might be
undertaken by the three Governiaeuts in the atomic energy
field.
It was decided earlier today by the Prima 1
j in
consultation with your Minister and »iae, that Hr. Robertson
might attend the firet meeting of tha Tochnical Coamitteo
aa the senior
.ian represent,. tive, and that the Department of National uofeace ®aould designate technical personnel
aa required to advise Mr. Robertson. This was recognized
to be an iateriw arrangement which could be reviewed when
further information became •
Labia to enable a judgement
to be aade oa the nat._
ermanent flawed 1 an representation.
My
aad tha Unitod

orated the Uaited States ambassador
. Somen
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lenarai •... Poulkea, tSB, z..,y BSO, EE
Chairman, Chiefa of Staff
Department of 9U
Defanoo
Ottawa, Canada

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Government's acceptance of Ih® ii
«s well
t h a t we would be informing I
a® soon a®
p o s s i b l e of t h e name® of the Canadian representative® a t tho
.aeetings.
I ehould be g r a t e f u l i f you toold let us have a s soon aa
os s i b l e t h e names of i n d i v i
i who® tho g p p a r f n n t of National
efence would wish to seed t o Washington as
'esomt a t l v o a on t
ah-group®
i u d e g r a m.
I t i s r e g r e t t a b l e t h a t we have not been ^iven more time to
obtain background inform
n
. jo®
I il
be discussed a t tha meetings i n Haohlttgtom. 'The Department of
Nation;
-efore wish.
.ovide Canadian
-:'enentatlon t o t h e s e ®nb-groups
on
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The United Kingdom and United S t a t e s representative® have
l a i d great emphasis on the f
loot t h e r e should be no p u b l i c i t y
fcrtlalBatloa
xn th® t o ^ x t t e a ' s work.
A®i3a" ha® beea offered I
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.'^ramoat® t h a t , short of aaswers to dlroot .uestioas i n the
s e , t h e Canadian Goveruueat w i l l do a l l in i t s power t o prevent
any leaK of information u.n t h i s r e s p e c t .
I e would hope i t ^ouid be p o s s i b l e for fm. to provide ua
with tha name® of the te;
tt% of nationa l Defence represin time for us t o inform Mr. Robertson by not l a t e r than early

ves

four® a l n c e r e i y ,
3UXES LEGER
Under-Secretary of S t a t e for

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