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Volume #14 - 911. | |
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CHAPITRE X RELATIONS AVEC LE COMMONWEALTH | |
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6E PARTIE DÉFENSE | |
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911. |
DEA/50255-40 |
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Résumé du compte-rendu d'une réunion du Comité de la défense du Cabinet | |
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TOP SECRET |
Ottawa,
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COMMONWEALTH ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON DEFENCE SCIENCE; REPORT OF 1947 MEETING | |
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At a meeting of the Cabinet Defence Committee on March 3rd, the Chairman, Defence Research Board submitted the report of the 1947 meeting of the Commonwealth Advisory Committee on Defence Science.† The report was concurred in by the Defence Research Board and the Chiefs of Staff. The main conclusions were that: (a) steps designed to increase the flow of fully trained scientific graduates and to promote post-graduate training in research should be encouraged in an effort to overcome the serious shortage of scientific and technical manpower; (b) applied research and development effort on guided weapons should eventually be concentrated mainly in Australia; (c) importance was attached to extension of research relating to the comfort and efficiency of personnel, e.g. clothing and general stores; (d) the governments of the Commonwealth be urged to resume research and investigation into the production of dry and compacted foods. The governments were asked to endorse these conclusions and to note that the Advisory Committee proposed to hold their next meeting in Canada in February, 1949. An explanatory memorandum had been circulated. The Secretary of State for Extemal Affairs indicated that there appeared to be no objection to the next meeting being held in Canada, and presumably a formal request would be received in due course. To avoid undesirable publicity, it might be treated as an ordinary meeting of scientists and be held under the auspices of the National Research Council. The Committee, after further discussion, approved, on behalf of the Canadian Government, the report of the 1947 meeting of the Commonwealth Advisory Committee on Defence Science and agreed that the governments of the other countries of the Commonwealth be so informed. | |
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