At the last meeting of the PJBD [July 12-15, 1954] the United States Air Member suggested that discussion by the PJBD with respect to the proposed establishment of temporary radar stations in Canada should be deferred until the conclusion of studies being carried out by the United States and Canadian Air Defence Commands. The External Affairs member referred to the draft agreement which had been prepared in consultation between officials of the two countries in anticipation that the United States Government would submit a formal request to the Canadian Government to construct these temporary stations. It was pointed out that there were two sections in the draft agreement still under discussion. The first related to the requirement that electronic equipment be manufactured in Canada when practicable. The proposed text of this section had been concurred in by the Department of Defence Production. The second of these two sections dealt with the problem of the cost of modifying the communications arrangements for the existing Pinetree network in order to link in the new temporary stations. The RCAF had drafted a proposed text for this section which had been given to the United States Authorities. No word has yet been received as to whether this proposed text is agreeable to the United States Government.

The External Affairs member also pointed out that the draft agreement, and in particular the section relating to the provision of electronic equipment, had been drafted over a year ago in the light of circumstances existing at that time. He reiterated that the proposed agreement was only a draft which had not been submitted to or approved by the Canadian Government. The Canadian authorities reserved in particular the right to reconsider Article 4 regarding the provision of electronic equipment.