https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/b1caa38a27ffb1163e26f84a77632af3.pdf fa8223a04530c01598e09bfe931483f3 PDF Text Text / Document disclosed under the Afcess to Information Act - ^pocumentyftMlu^^vefta^eiaW^/w^^^/n/ormof/o/i The Acting Under-Secretary v*A lP\ TOP SECRET ^ ^ Defence Liaison (1) Division < $ ^ J \ August 19, 1957 ±^FL?ALMF-I ^ ^A </J Atomic Energy Control Legislation - United States Enquiry There is attached for your signature, if you concur, letters addressed to the Chairmau, Chiefs of Staff and the Secretary to the Cabinet concerning the United States enquiry about Canadian legislation which prohibits the storage of nuclear weapon components in Canada. There has been considerable correspondence, in which this Department has been involved, concerning the application of paragraph 201 of the Atomic Energy Control Regulations (PC 19541643) which provides that "No person shall import into Canada or export from Canada any prescribed equipment • . . or any prescribed substance without first producing for the Collector of Customs and Excise in the proposed port of entry or exit an import or export permit from the Board* . .' At first reading this regulation would not seem to prohibit the import of prescribed material (i.e. any substance containing radioactive elements or isotopes) but simply requires import or export permits. We have not raised this question in the letter proposed for your signature because we would wish to have a more thorough examination of the relevant legislation made (and incidentally because the Minister of National Defence has evidently used the word "prohibit"). We shall be asking Legal Division for an opinion on the legislation in question. 2, Whatever the outcome of an investigation of the current legislation may be, we believe this Department should recommend, as we do in the attached letter, that as forthcoming an attitude as possible be taken towards the , , , d. 000499 �Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi sur I'acces a I'information - 2 - TOP SECRET American enquiry. The State Department has done its best in the past to keep us informed of the plans and progress of the United States Government in revising United States atomic legislation. We are not certain why the United States enquiry has been made but it may be that it is part of the process of examination by the United States authorities of the problems involved in making nuclear weapons available to their allies. Defence Liaison (1) Division 000500 � 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 CDNW02227 Title A name given to the resource Letter to Acting Under-Secretary from Defence Liaison (1) Division Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 19-Aug-57 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived �NATO - Stockpiling of atomic weapons in NATO countries,� RG25-A-3-b, vol. 5958, 50219-AL-1-40, pt. 1.1, 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 Subject The topic of the resource atomic cooperation, NATO, nuclear weapons, Europe Description An account of the resource Atomic Energy Control Legislation - United States Enquiry 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