No. 988
Editorial Note
On April 8 at 2:30 p.m., the Secretary of Defense and the Canadian Foreign Minister released a joint statement on continental defense describing the cooperative efforts of the two countries in the development of the “Pinetree” chain of radar stations across southern Canada and a more northern radar chain to screen northern Canada as well as the northeastern and northwestern seaward approaches to North America. The release also referred to cooperative efforts to protect major target areas and stressed the point that all measures to defend North America were an integral part of the larger effort under the North Atlantic Treaty to preserve peace and defend freedom. For text, see Department of State Bulletin, April 26, 1954, pages 639–640.