https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/984f498be9a1ac45156e00faf27ec3e5.pdf 962283eaf3e7207c26ec4f207cc5b643 PDF Text Text Docum Is to Information Act Tacces a Tinformation disclosed CONFIDENTIAL / . March 1 1 , 1955. . .V MEMORANDUM FOR %3E MINISTER. 5JL^14JJK^J 4 £ j NATO Agreoment/for Exchange of Atomic Information Attached, for your approval, is a draft press release, for issue at a date and time to be determined by the North Atlantic Council, concerning the proposed Agreement for Co-operation regarding Atomic Information. 2. The press release includes the statement that it is expected that the Agreement will be signed within the next two months when the governments of the NATO countries have indicated their readiness to do so. It does not make any reference to the intention of the Canadian Government to sign the Agreement, since I thought you would consider it more appropriate that you should announce this in the House when you are tabling the text of the draft agreement. 3. I am preparing a separate memorandum for your use in reporting recent developments on this matter to the Cabinet, 000337 �Document disclose*d under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue e n vertu de la Loi sur Tacces a Tinformation p^* CONFIDENTIAL DRAFT PRESS RELEASE For release at a date and time to be determined bv the North Atlantic Council The Department of External Affairs today announced that the North Atlantic Council has recommended to member governments the signature of an Agreement for Co-operation regarding Atomic Information. It is expected that the Agreement will be signed within the next two months when the Governments of the NATO countries have indicated their readiness to do so* The draft agreement proposed by the Council will, when concluded, make it possible for the United States to make available to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, including Its civil and military agencies and commands, atomic information which the Government of the United States of America deems necessary to the development of defence plans, the training of personnel in the employment of and defence against atomic weapons, and the evaluation of the capabilities of potential \_ enemies in the employment of atomic weapons. The draft V agreement also provides that the Parties to the North Atlantic Treaty, other than the United States, will, to the extent they deem necessary, make available to NATO information in the same categories under conditions similar to those which will apply with respect to the United States. Note: It is intended to make the texts of the North Atlantic Council Resolution and the Draft Agreement available to the Press, although they are not being attached to the press release itself. 000338 \ � 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 CDNW02070 Title A name given to the resource Memorandum for the Minister Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 3/11/1955 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived "NATO agreement for cooperation regarding atomic information," RG25-A-3-b, vol. 5958, 50219-AL-40, Part 1.2, Library and Archives Canada (LAC). Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Department of External Affairs Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Canadian Crown Description An account of the resource NATO Agreement for Exchange of Atomic Information 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