1959 NORAD CONAD History Jul-Dec.pdf - US Northern Command

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NORAD informed th~ COSC ar.c2 t:1e JCS on 2:J Oc\:ober
1959 that it concurr~~ ~ith the proposal for Cana~ian
deputy commanders for th;;! 29th R~gj.cn and Grand Forks
Sector Headquarters, NORAD sail. t~at although the Canadian
force contribution in ti1:~:.· ill'eas was modest, the
Canadian territory involved was 1at';]; ::, But NORAn said
that it did not agree with the pr(;posal for a Canadian
deputy commander at t:1.e Detroit SI.:l'.tor lleac:.quarters.
The air defense forces involv~x. we:l'. be all U. S .•
NOHAn pointed out. as would abc·ut 'our-fifths of t~le
territory, Canadian interests WO\1J.c: bid servea., NORAD
felt, by pro~idicg f~r Cana(ian x ~0resentation on the
Detro!t Sector staff (n L.l:; 0./:. i ',1.:"-; and twenty enlisted
m;::n) to include a i:,1':")'.') i.!aptai" ·:h-: operat ions anc~
planning staff.
NORAD requested approval of:. -.;: comman.("\i~i~/(eputy
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commander alignment as outli.neci 0,1 25 February Wit!l the
two addi tiona1 depu t Y CODllllandeI' .f:'):i. itions and for approval
of tha ten-region SCC bounc'arr plan, Unc:er thic
plan. what was c~rrentl~' tilp. 30::h ..lORAD F..egicn would
become, with shifts in ·oo\lndari·~s. ·,he ::;l~t NORAD
Region.
The JCS agr~ed wi"l:l1 th~ i'e ,i~::.1 apport ionml::nt of
Canadian and U. S. cffi~! .. !·~; for co;nmandCl' anC: deputy
(";onunander post t ions, On 12 ~I,)v.~mb:·r 19::.;9. N,1RAD was
informed '.:hat th(! Canad!ar~. Cl..ic ,'s ,,f Staff c("n•."u:·red
with the l'Gds( d NORAD aligom",nc,
In tiL) mea.:H.imt~. the RCAP iler.;an provicilnt; officers
in a liaison f~a.:::acity to certain l"~gion ant: ~