Planing, Negotiating and Constructing the DEW Line

1950-1952

Road to the DEW Line

1952-1953

External Affairs in Ottawa learns about U.S. plans for an extended radar line in the Canadian Arctic

1953

Early Test Sites and the creation of the Military Study Group (MSG)

1953

Eisenhower's 'New Look' national security revision: NSC 162/2

1954

The MSG Report

1954-1955

Ottawa debates Canadian participation and issues statement to begin constructions on the DEW Line

1955

Exchange of diplomatic notes and the question of Canadian participation