— l — ook Foe tums C __ — £ 1 Sova f — — A pug hoa 70 dive dois _A—S ‘ § 023 eep £ 4 1d A Par —— # — g 2 vI ge y B tare 2 2099 $ a do tl i a 009 10 ra patil rok the toting Slefetery 22 f boopetcs ts sermer Tnrought 3 8 # w Nies sot commsnm @ leyser6s From — BM — Livingston t terctant F wissen wa it B Or her t Ceuta tors Ale — c Subjects Canadian Attitudes tomnd U 8 Poltticoi litary Poltey 14 on several occasions recently high Canadian officials have in— dicated an unrealistic tendency toward softness in their attitude tevazd the 598 Coe manifestation has been over the development — oF nuctear weapons as a deterrent to attack by the USS This — difference in attitude between Canadian politica officials and our — oun 4s one which must be reckoned with in the coning nonths and which e we should endeavor to modity as the occasion arises i At the meeting in Faris last Decenber 25 of the U5—Caneda i iiniaterial Comntttee on Joint Defense the Canadian Government showed in us‘n draft etatement relating to the acquisition and control of mclean weapons which ves sonestiat modified and delivered in Farlgnent a s fortni¢ht ago — The Canadtane did not accept the Secretary a suggestion that 1t be specified that nuclear veapons worn boing acquired for de terrance as well as defence Since then the U hao asked approvel for HOMD training exercises this spring involving a relatively large nunber of overfli¢hts of Caradian territory ty planes anned with nuclear weapons Toman Zebertsony Canadian Under Secretary of State for Srternal Affairs told liz ¥i1loughty BIA in Ottava that the request ins emtaing © problems at Cabinet level n Febrvary 27 Anbassador Heeney «Zaboreted w in a conversation with ne that Canadian officiale vere worried about f the timing and possible Anplications of an extensive exercise of this 1 nature shite the Rerlin situation mms acute h Last week Anbassador Heeney spelt out nore explicitly the appre— henstons of Canadian officials in comection with a briefing which T gave hin on the Berlin sttuation enorandun of Conversation attronea —Sebrainy 270 7 27 7 1 exilained thet 4f our communications with Berlin vere severed by force after the Soviets turned the autobahn check See points IL i 2 I Ieusseien P Es 275156 2 tro — oue C toZ e s 2 5 SiThd points over to the st Gemans one of our next steps coincident with diplemtic efforts might be to increase the state of readiness of our armed forces in wa s that vould be clearly apparent to Sovict in— teldsgence — Antassador Hleency indicated considerable concern at this prospect questioning whether such action considered in conjunction with SNC bases surrounding the 99% might not lead the Soviets to attack ite oupgested that the Soviets nicht misread our intentions and belteve that ve vere ectully preparing for a nuclear attack on the USSR Anbassador Heeney feels that Ihrushche 48 particularly dangerous be— cause he 42 enotiona ond that his enottonaltannight lead hin to take trrational action We dtscussed the general question of tactics at sose length 1 told Anbassador Heaney that I felt very strongly that the danger of var would be reduced in direct relation to the Sinmess and unity of purrose demonstrated ty the west T said thet Z ins convinced that the Soviets know the 19 well enough to bo sure espectally as long as Blsenhover 48 Prestdent that ue could not Jeunch a nuclear attack on then Anbesodor Keeney said that he had consulted with his linistery Snaith and Bryce Secretary of the Cabtnet anong others and Snplied that he ws reflectine their views no well as his om ‘le asked that parts of the above be lett off the record of our meetings and therefore no direct reference should be mde to the above Copter tor 0 lins iiply Rh — liz Timmons u mme CRsBRaNMeughiy rome