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Distant Early Warning (DEW) System
  • This is the official document establishing the use of the Distant Early Warning (DEW) System within Canadian territory by the Canadian Ambassador to the United States of America to the Secretary of State of the United States of America.
  • The DEW Line was an integrated chain of 63 radar and communication centres stretching over 3000 miles from Alaska through Canada and into Greenland and Iceland.
  • This document outlines that the Canadian Government would act to assist the United States in building, governing and maintaining the DEW system.
Citation

Canada. Treaties. Exchange of Notes Between Canada and the United States of America Governing the Establishment of a Distant Early Warning System in Canadian Territory. 1955. https://www.treaty-accord.gc.ca/text-texte.aspx?id=101010

Overlapping Topics
Military, Defence, and Peacekeeping
Policy Type
Correspondence