CANADIAN DEFENCE
Training Of Civilians
(N.Z. Press Assn.—Copyright) OTTAWA, September 14.! The Canadian Prime Minister (Mr Diefentnaker) told, the House ot Commons yes-! tendaiy that the braining o£i “great numbers” of civilians i for duty in the event of; nuolear war was being considered by the Canadian Government. This would be in addition to present plans to train* 100.000 militiamen for six: weeks each for rescue oper-| aliens, he said. Mr Diefen baker was pre- [ senting the Appropriations I for the Emergency Measures) Organisation, which comes: under the Prime Minister’s! office. Canadian Press re-1 I ported. I Tenders had been called for construction of a variety of prototype fallout shelters, he disclosed. The Works Department had surveyed 4820 Federal buildings in Canada to determine what fallout protection they afforded and how much accommodation could be made available to the public.
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Press, Volume C, Issue 29620, 16 September 1961, Page 16
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