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Air Defence in Europe
CA ON00093 99/7; 85/320; 112.3M2 (D570)-5-1 · Subseries · 1954-1964
Part of Directorate of Military Operations and Planning fonds

Sub-series consists of files pertaining to NATO air defence in Europe, and its efforts to integrate defence control of all member countries to enhance security and military capabilities. Topics include the development of the Supreme Headquarters of Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE) Air Defence Technical Centre, as well as the development of an early warning system for allied command in Europe. Also discusses the rules of engagement for unidentified aircraft, defence against very low-flying aircraft, and long-term requirements for air defence.

CA ON00093 99/7; 85/320; 112.3M2 (D570)-11-1 · Subseries · 1957-1964
Part of Directorate of Military Operations and Planning fonds

Sub-series contains files that contributed to the development of NATO’s Annual Review of Defence Build-Up. Documents mainly include correspondence, meeting minutes and memoranda from the working group on annual review procedure. Includes draft questionnaires and Canadian replies to the finalized questionnaires.

CA ON00093 99/7; 85/320; 112.3M2 (D570)-1 · Series · 1950-1962
Part of Directorate of Military Operations and Planning fonds

Series contains files on infrastructure development in the North, which was done to better equip the region to respond to enemy threats. Topics include Canadian sovereignty over Arctic waters and Soviet economic aspects in the North. Includes meeting agendas and minutes from the Advisory Committee on Northern Development. Also contains annual government reports on Northern Canada such as: Progress Report on Federal Government’s Building Programme in Northern Canada, Proposed Building Programme in Northern Canada, and Report on Army Activities in the North.

Canada. Advisory Committee on Northern Development
CA ON00093 99/7; 85/320; 112.3M2 (D570)-3-1 · Subseries · 1948-1964
Part of Directorate of Military Operations and Planning fonds

Sub-series includes various files from the Canada-USA Military Cooperation Committee. Topics include the Canada-USA Basic Security Plan, Canadian Army operating requirements in the United States, rules of engagement for unidentified submarines, and air defence objective plans. Also includes files from the Meteorological Sub-Committee, which examined the impact of weather events on North American defence plans. The majority of the files consist of meeting minutes, memoranda, draft reports and proposed amendments to reports.

Canada-United States Military Cooperation Committee
Mobilization Planning
CA ON00093 99/7; 85/320; 112.3M2 (D570)-10 · Series · 1944-1965
Part of Directorate of Military Operations and Planning fonds

Series consists of files regarding mobilization plans for the Canadian Army, and files on plans to defend key resources in North America. Files on mobilization plans for the Canadian Army focus on the Canadian Army Defence Plan, the Canadian Army War Book, and the role of the 1st Canadian Infantry Division. The files which discuss the protection of key resources in North America centre on missile and anti-aircraft technologies, and defence of vital infrastructure in Canada. There are 6 sub-series:

  1. Canadian Army Defence Plan
  2. Employment of Guided Missiles
  3. 1st Canadian Infantry Division
  4. General Mobilization Planning
  5. Records and Returns, Procedure, Policy
  6. Vital Points
CA ON00093 99/7; 85/320; 112.3M2 (D570)-11 · Series · 1950-1964
Part of Directorate of Military Operations and Planning fonds

Series contains files pertaining to NATO defences in the event of an attack. Documents include those from NATO’s annual and triennial reviews of defence build-up and reports from NATO’s Military Committee on military activities. Also includes documents from the Supreme Headquarters of Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE), which maintained NATO’s allied command operations. Files discuss military capabilities and efforts to improve defences against enemy attack, and assess whether current plans are adequate. Files also include documents which evaluate Canada’s contribution to NATO defence plans. There are 7 sub-series:

  1. Committees – Annual Review of NATO Defence Build-up
  2. Committees –Military Committee
  3. Committees – Triennial Review of NATO Defence Build-up
  4. Future capabilities and plans – NATO
  5. NATO Conferences in France
  6. Organization – Defences - North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  7. Supreme Headquarters of Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE)
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Nuclear Weapons
CA ON00093 99/7; 85/320; 112.3M2 (D570)-12 · Series · 1954-1965
Part of Directorate of Military Operations and Planning fonds

Series consists of files pertaining to disarmament and controlled use of nuclear weapons, including reports and correspondence contributing to the development of treaties on the cessation of nuclear weapons tests. Contains United Nations drafts of the Agreement on Cessation of Atomic and Hydrogen Tests with suggested amendments from countries including the USA and USSR, and the 1961 Canadian Policy on Disarmament. Also includes files on controlled use of nuclear weapons within North America, such as the Canada-USA agreements on the acquisition of nuclear warheads, and reports on Honest John, a missile free flight rocket to be used in peace and war time.

CA ON00093 99/7; 85/320; 112.3M2 (D570)-13 · Series · 1957-1964
Part of Directorate of Military Operations and Planning fonds

Series contains files regarding plans to establish an emergency headquarters. Files consider the political climate and the likelihood of an attack and the motivations for building an emergency headquarters. They outline the required infrastructure, equipment and personnel. Includes papers to be reviewed and discussed by planning committees about the establishment of an emergency headquarters. Also contains supply lists, floor plans, communication requirements, operating procedures and branch organization charts for the emergency headquarters.

Reports and Returns
CA ON00093 99/7; 85/320; 112.3M2 (D570)-14 · Series · 1950-1963
Part of Directorate of Military Operations and Planning fonds

Series consists of reports and returns from units posted in Korea, Vietnam and Laos. The reports detail the status of the unit and key events that occurred, including political negotiations and correspondence with foreign countries, military situations, order of battle and finance. Includes one map of a Korea with locations of Canadian bases. Also contains documents detailing negotiations with the United Nations.

Training
CA ON00093 99/7; 85/320; 112.3M2 (D570)-15 · Series · 1948-1964
Part of Directorate of Military Operations and Planning fonds

Series consists of files on training given at the National Defence College on various topics. Includes lecture outlines, weekly programmes of college courses, and lecturer biographies.

CA ON00093 99/7; 85/320; 112.3M2 (D570)-16 · Series · 1963
Part of Directorate of Military Operations and Planning fonds

Series consists of memoranda regarding casualties in conventional and nuclear warfare in the early 1960s. Includes a conventional casualty estimate for Ground Forces Allied Command Europe in 1956. Also includes extracts from the minutes of the Army Policy Co-ordinating Committee (APCC) 9 May 1954 meeting defining the division of responsibility between the General Staff (GS) and Adjutant General (AG) branches.

CA ON00093 99/7; 85/320; 112.3M2 (D570)-17 · Series · 1952-1955
Part of Directorate of Military Operations and Planning fonds

Series consists of material from the Directorate of Military Operations and Planning including assorted reports, messages and correspondence, as well as information they collected on nuclear warfare from the years 1952-1955. These papers include:

• Messages from Army Headquarters in Ottawa to the various directorates, or messages from one directorate to another.
• Requests sent to the Department of Defence Production recommending the purchase of weapons.
• Staff Ammunition Scales which include information on the distribution and types of weapons found across the Canadian Forces.
• After action reports.
• Tables of Seaward Defences for both the east and west coasts that assess the defences of the ports and bases.
• Extracts from conferences about the design of the uniforms for various exercises performed by soldiers.
• Information on the Canadian military’s desire to work out a deal with the British so that they could store unit equipment in the United Kingdom.
• Correspondence between the Canadian military and the Military Adviser for the High Commissioner for India to Canada, with advice on weapons.

British Armed Forces
CA ON00093 99/7; 85/320; 112.3M2 (D570)-2 · Series · 1942-1964
Part of Directorate of Military Operations and Planning fonds

Series consists of files pertaining to the British Armed Forces. Includes messages, reports and memoranda that discuss the reorganization of British Forces, and the command and administrative structure of the army in the field. Also includes booklets on defence and pay rates, the 1948 National Service Bill, and maps showing locations of British Armed Forces.

General Files
CA ON00093 99/7; 85/320; 112.3M2 (D570)-3-2 · Subseries · 1948-1961
Part of Directorate of Military Operations and Planning fonds

Sub-series consists of files on Canada and the United States’ joint efforts to develop security plans and warning systems to defend North America against enemy threats. Files consist mainly of reports, charts and draft agreements which assess the threat and discuss ways in which Canada and the United States could collaborate to protect North America, including the development of a Distant Early Warning line, shared occupancy of key geographic locations, and security plans.

CA ON00093 99/7; 85/320; 112.3M2 (D570)-5-2 · Subseries · 1957-1964
Part of Directorate of Military Operations and Planning fonds

Sub-series consists of files contributing to the development of the Canada-USA Emergency Defence Plan, which was to provide guidelines for the mutual defence of North America in the event of war with Soviet Union. Also includes files on the ALCANUS EDP, which was developed to support the Canada-USA Emergency Defence Plan. Files mainly include reports from conferences, draft emergency plans and proposed amendments.

CA ON00093 99/7; 85/320; 112.3M2 (D570)-10-2 · Subseries · 1955-1963
Part of Directorate of Military Operations and Planning fonds

Sub-series consists of files on Canada’s role in developing new missile technologies and assessing enemy threats to North America. Many documents are from the Joint Ballistic Missile Defence Staff, and speculate on USSR’s missile technologies and capabilities, and assessed whether the current or developing technologies were adequate to address the threat. Key topics include NIKE ZEUS missile system, protection of key resources and borders in North America, and details about different missiles being developed. Includes memoranda, meeting minutes and reports on various projects such as Projects VELA and HELMET.

CA ON00093 99/7; 85/320; 112.3M2 (D570)-11-2 · Subseries · 1957-1964
Part of Directorate of Military Operations and Planning fonds

Sub-series consists mainly of annual NATO reports on military activities from the past year and committee meeting minutes from the NATO Military Committee. Also includes progress reports on issues that confronted the Committee.

North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Military Committee
CA ON00093 99/7; 85/320; 112.3M2 (D570)-10-3 · Subseries · 1950-1965
Part of Directorate of Military Operations and Planning fonds

Sub-series consists of documents that discuss plans for the 1st Canadian Infantry Division in the event of war or heightened political tensions. Topics include equipment and personnel reserves in Europe, estimated personnel wastage rates, and the logistics required to move the balance of the 1st Canadian Infantry Division to Europe. Also discusses the estimated costs associated with these plans. Includes charts, reports, case studies, memoranda, correspondence and draft copies of new or amended policies.

Canada. Canadian Army. Canadian Infantry Division, 1st
CA ON00093 99/7; 85/320; 112.3M2 (D570)-11-3 · Subseries · 1960-1963
Part of Directorate of Military Operations and Planning fonds

Sub-series consists of files that contributed to the preparation of NATO Triennial Reviews. Files include comments and amendments from the working group that developed the Triennial Review procedures, procedures for assembling the review, and Canadian replies to the review questionnaires. Also includes reports of NATO force requirements and comments about the reports from different member countries.