“Bertrand Russell’s Views on

| Nuclear Arms

The following articles by philosopher Bertrand Russell deal-
ing with Canada's acquisition of nuclear arms were reprinted in
part from the Star Weekly issue of March 23, 1963.

The present demand that Canada should accept nu-
clear weapons is a monstrous hypocrisy on the part of
the United States. It is open contempt for the remnants
of Canadian sovereignty and ‘an insult to the integrity
of individuals in your country.

The weapons in question are nuclear warheads in-
tended for strike reconnaissance aircraft for NATO front
lines in Europe. The weapons are also for artillery and
anti-aircraft missiles such as Honest John and Bomarc.

: Each weapon is capable of annihilating entire cities
if so employed. The United States proposes that she
will keep the nuclear missiles under lock and key and

_ will require a presidential order for their use. After this

presidential order is given, the government of Canada

will then be permitted to say whether or not they may

be used. This, in the words of British Foreign Secretary
Lord Home on another occasion, is double-dealing. It is
a calculated lie so obvious that it is embarrassing. It is
a “sick joke.”

Presumably, during the minutes an attacking missile
is sighted on a radar screen, or a flock of geese noted,
or the rising of the moon mistaken, the U.S. president
will consult with Canadians and a referendum will be
held to determine whether Kennedy may fire the “Cana-

| dian” nuclear warheads. Let us nail this lie.

Nuclear missiles are usable only at a moment’s notice,
if at all. An occasion for their use will permit no con-
sultation of anyone. The control will be U.S., the crisis

= one of U.S. choice and more than likely of U.S. creation,
= as in Cuba. Did Kennedy consult with anyone over his
= intention to blockade Cuba, let alone about the use of
= missiles?

Do Canadians wish the life of mankind to depend

Z on the military whims: of the Pentagon with the tame

acquiescence of Ottawa?

Russell’s Views on

Lester Pearson

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Lester Pearson, the former
recipient of the Nobel Peace
Prize, maintains that Canada
should accept nuclear wea-
pons. His reasons are that this
is an implied consequence of
the membership of Canada in
NATO and the previous ac-
ceptance of the missiles to

which the nuclear warheads

are to be fitted.

It is curious that he no
longer minds the spread of
nuclear weapons. He once

paid lip-service to the opposi-
tion to their spread. It is odd
that he should provide argu-
ments for nuclear weapons in
Canada on the basis of facts
which lead to the conclusion
for Canadian neutrality. Only
recently Mr. Pearson himself
called for comparable poli-
cies.

If, as Mr. Pearson contends,
the acceptance of these mis-
siles could not have occurred
without awareness that they

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would eventually be armed
with nuclear warheads, then
the acceptance of the war-
heads also implies their even-
tual use, to which he will no
doubt add similar support!
Canada will not control these
missiles. She will become one
more dispensable rocket base
marked for certain elimina-
tion and at the disposal of the
Pentagon.

NATO was shown (during
Cuba) to have no influence

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on U.S. policy whether the

-vital interest of member

states was involved or not.
NATO states, moreover, are
deprived of the right to main-
tain nuclear weapons trained
upon the Soviet Union by the
very argument Mr. Stevenson
advanced to justify US.
aggression against Cuba.

I urge Canadians to re-
member that it was only after
the Cuban crisis that we

learned from the American

Air Force Association that
U.S. officials had “exaggerat-
ed” the range of missiles in
Cuba. The policy of your
country should be indepen-
dent. It ought not to be
spoken for by others, who in-
clude you in their own deceit.

The Conservative policy
group in Ottawa proposed a
resolution seeking one year’s
delay in the hope that rela-
tions between East and West

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