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Volume #16 - 846. | |
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CHAPTER VIII RELATIONS WITH THE UNITED STATES | |
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PART
1 DEFENCE ISSUES | |
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SECTION
G ESTABLISHMENT OF UNITED STATES NORTHEAST COMMAND | |
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Memorandum from Minister of National Defence
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CABINET DOCUMENT NO. 143 50 TOP SECRET |
Ottawa,
May 16th, 1950 |
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PROPOSED U.S. NORTHEAST COMMAND 1. The U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff have proposed the establishment of a U.S. Northeast Command located at Fort Pepperell. This would be a unified command for the purpose of facilitating planning and the technical employment of U.S. forces assigned to it. 2. The missions assigned to this command will be in consonance with the following two principles: (a) maintenance of the security of the U.S. forces concerned; (b) planning in concert with the Canadian forces for the defence of such parts of North America and the sea and air approaches thereto as may be agreed upon from time to time by the Governments of the United States and Canada. 3. The forces which the command would control would be: (a) U.S. Air Force establishments in North eastern Canada, Newfoundland and Greenland (at present under the U.S.A.F.'s Newfoundland Base Command); (b) the Argentia base and U.S.N. bases in Greenland. 4. When this proposal was raised before it was indicated that the name of the command might be something like Northeast Command. Naturally, we preferred not to have this name used without any qualification as it would then tend to indicate that the command was over a geographical area which might be taken to include Canadian forces. As changed, it is considered that the same objection could not be made to the name. The matter, however, is referred to the Cabinet for noting, should there be any objection.53 53 Note marginale:/Marginal note: | |
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