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INTRODUCTION

Headings/Sub Headings List

COLD WAR GENERAL & MISCELLANEOUS

  • CW Personalities
  • Links To Mike Braham’s Fact Sheets
  • Response ‘Stuff’
  • Threat ‘Stuff’
  • What High Schools are Teaching about the CW these days

CIVIL DEFENCE

  • Civil Defence Plans and Arrangements (Intro & Examples)
  • “Plan for Tomorrow…TODAY” (History of EPC 1948-98)
  • The Canadian Emergency Broadcasting System (EBS)
  • The National Attack Warning Siren System (Sounding a Siren Link HERE!)
  • The Canadian Forces Warning and Reporting System (CFWRS)
  • The North American CONELRAD System
  • The Civil Alerts System
  • The Dept Health & Welfare National Emergency Strategic Stockpile (NESS)
  • The Dept Public Works Public Protection (fallout shelters) Program
  • PCO Emergency Public Information Planning
  • The Radiation Defence (RADEF) System
  • The National Exercise Program
  • The Continuity of Government Program
  • Postal System Arrangements
  • National Survival Planning (including Re-entry Operations) (Army)
  • Military Mapping of Cities (Military Town Plans)
  • Emergency Planning Order 1981 (PCO) Link and go to Anx B Page 63 for EPO 1981
  • The Civil Defence Training College (Arnprior, ON)
  • Provincial (and Municipal) Emergency Measures Organizations (EMOs) Roles in CD
  • National Emergency Agencies
  • Federal/Provincial Emergency Planning Co-operation Arrangements
  • Other Nations Civil Defence
    • Soviet Union
    • United Kingdom
    • United States
  • Chronology of (Canadian) CD Events 1948 to 94
  • Approximate Canadian and Other Nations CD Expenditures in the 1980s
  • Paper – Canadian Military History “Preparing for the Bomb: The Development of Civil Defence Policy in the in Canada 1948 to 1963” (paper by Mark Davidson)
  • History of Emergency Planning in Canada (Table of Contents)

CONTINUITY OF GOVERNMENT

  • Principles (Details in Link)
  • Origins (with Hansard extract)
  • PM Diefenbaker
  • Leader of Opposition Pearson
  • Continuity of Government History, Plus….
    • from 1958 to 1992, more detail in link
    • changing status of Continuity of Government – late 50 to mid 60s by Dave Peters
    • Paper “Dr Strangelove…Projects Rustic, EASE & Bridge… by Sean Maloney
    • Constitutional’ aspects of CoG resulting from the new EP Act 1989
    • Paper 2012 “Need for a C of CG Program” by LCol J.P. Cunningham
    • Paper Cof CG during a pandemic
  • Extract – Hansard 21 Aug 1958 CoG Announcement in The House
  • Paper – Principles of the Continuity of Government (CoG) Program by Dave Peters

EMERGENCY GOVERNMENT FACILITIES

  • Hierarchy of EGFs Chart Link
  • EGFs Across Canada
    • CEGHQ (Carp & Richardson)
    • CRUs
    • REGHQs (4 of 6)
      • Shilo, MB
      • Nanaimo, BC
      • Valcartier, QB
      • Debert, NS
  • What has become of the REGHQs Today? by Dave Peters
    • RRUs
    • ZEGHQs
    • MEGHQS (Aurora, ON)
  • Article – Beyond the Diefenbunker: Canada’s Forgotten “Little Bunkers” 2003
  • Paper – External Communications at The Central Emergency Government Headquarters/Canadian Forces Station Carp) ca 1999
  • Paper – Emergency Government Situation Centre (EmGovSitCen) (Evolution, development, capabilities at the CEGHQ/CFS Carp from 1961 to1992)

CEGHQ (Central Emergency Government HQ at Carp, ON) – THE ‘DIEFENBUNKER’

GENERAL BACKGROUND & INFORMATION

  • Paper – The Diefenbunker by Dave Peters
  • Video – Condensed version of original 16 mm film ‘The Nuclear Roof”
  • Biography – Lt Col “Ed” Churchill EASE Project Mgr for the Construction of The Diefenbunker
  • (Includes Links to Critical Path mgnt tool methodology)
  • Federal Warning Centre (including ICONORAMA) by Dave Peters
  • Military Information Centre & Federal Warning Centre in the CEGHQ at CFS Carp by Dave Peters
  • The War Cabinet Room in the CEGHQ (the Diefenbunker) by Dave Peters
  • Telecommunications at Canadian Forces Station CARP (External Communications….)
  • Chart – Basic Relationships Between the Functional Elements of the CEGHQ…
  • Link – Notes on Nuclear Attack/Warning Crisis Operations in the CEGHQ (the “Diefenbunker”)
  • Diagram – Diefenbunker Schematic (Cross Section) at CFS CARP
  • Video link – CEGHQ ‘In-Briefing for Officials’ Reenactment
  • Paper – The Role of the “Diefenbunker” (The Central Emergency Government Headquarters) in CFS Carp by Dave Peters
  • Canada’s Civil  Defence/Continuity of Government Program
  • Link to article – Nuclear Fallout Decontamination (of people entering the diefenbunker)
  • Agencies Responsible for the Construction of the E.A.S.E. Site “Bunker” at Carp (1959 -1961)
  • Paper – Background Information and Events Pertaining to the Closure of CFS CARP and the Central Emergency Government Headquarters (CEGHQ
  • Article – A Mysterious ‘Square Lake and The ‘Lost’ Bunker Site
  • Emergency Preparedness within the Bunker by Dave Peters

EMGOVSITCEN

  • Emergency Government Situation (Civil) Centre
  • EPC Manual for Assessing Casualty and Damage Information (manual prepared by Ron P. Kreitzer for EPC June 8, 19870)
  • EmGovSitCen Briefing Format
  • Brief Job Descriptions of the Staff of the EmGovSitCen at the CEGHQ
  • “Key” Series of CEGHQ Readiness/Activation Exercises – Overview and Summary

NUCLEAR ATTACK/WARNING CRISIS OPERATIONS IN THE CEGHQ AT CFS CARP

  • Background Information
  • NORAD HQs
  • National Defence Operations Centre (NDOC)
  • FWC Signals Room
  • FWC Plotting Room
  • FWC Display Room
  • Civil Defence Information Centre (now EmGovSitCen)
  • STRAD/OSAX
  • Message Control Centre (MCC)
  • Cabinet Secretariatnow
  • Federal Departments and Agencies
  • Provincial Offices and Officials

THE ICONORAMA IN THE FWC AT THE CEGHQ AT CFS CARP

  • Introduction News Article
  • Link -Air Defence Doctrine
  • Paper – ‘Carp Memories’ by Brian Johannesson – FWC, Iconorama, Decoder cabinet, General images, displays, Info sources

IMAGES, VIDEOS, MUSIC, LINKS, BOOKS

IMAGES (a curated?collage collection)

VIDEOS (a selection/collection of illuminating CW relevant film/video clips)

MUSIC (a selection of CW related military and pop music excepts and links)

LINKS (a relevant selection)

  • Early Diefenbunker CCW Museum Web Site
  • Other Cold War Museums and Related Sites
  • Secrets’ of the Diefenbunker
  • The Canadian Arctic Early Warning Radar Dew Line
  • The Civil Defence League of Canada
  • The (Physical) United States Civil Defense Museum, Vint Hill, Virginia
  • Oak Ridge Associated Universities
  • Richard Brisson’s “CampX” Website on Spys and Cryptology
  • Simple Shelters by Andrew Burtch
  • Monitoring Radioactive Fallout Across Canada, 1959-63
  • YouTube Video of a Titan II Launch Crew Procedure Re-Enacted at the Titan II Museum south of Tucson, AZ
  • YouTube Video of a USAF ICBM Launch

BOOKS ( an eclectic selection of related books

  • Andrew Burtch – War Museum historian’s tale of the Cold War in Canada
  • How the Cold War Began by Amy W. Knight
  • Finding Diefenbunker: Canadian Nationalism and Cold War Memory
  • Life After Doomsday by Bruce Clayton
  • Paul Ozorak ‘Bunkers, Bunkers Everywhere’
  • Underground Structures of The Cold War
  • Cold War Canada: the Making of a National Insecurity State

PEACEKEEPING

  • Peacekeeping (General – Cdn – Background)
  • Memorial Plaque (in the bunker’s Bank of Canada Vault)
  • The Peacekeeping Exhibit in the Diefenbunker
  • UNMOGIP (and Dave Peters Personal Experience as an ‘UNMO’ in Kashmir in 1973)

DOCUMENTS & REFERENCES ( a selection of relevant links to readings about the CW)

  • History of Emergency Preparedness in Canada by David McConnell
  • You Will Survive Doomsday by Bruce Beach
  • A Cold War Museum in Sunny Climes
  • Epilogue: The Cost of the Cold War

Compendium of Links – In Case of a Nuclear War Emergency …BREAK GLASS! (useful sources of information ‘just in case’).

History Paper -‘Plan for tomorrow …TODAY!’ (The Story of Emergency Preparedness Canada 1948-1998 by David McConnell Heritage Research Associates Inc. 1998)

Various Fed/Prov Govt Manuals & Pamphlets

  • Cdn Army Manual of Training (CAMT 2-92) – Basic Rescue
    • Radiological Defence Officers Course Manual (Jan 1974)
  • (more to be added)

ABOUT…

  • Dave Peters- the davescoldwarcanada.com site author’s background and ‘qualifications
  • Some of the Diefenbunker, Canada’s Cold War Museum’s Volunteers Over the Past Two & Half Decades.
  • An update with information about the Original Founders Groups and Volunteer Members compiled by Connie Higginson-Murray

DIEFENBUNKER, CANADA”S COLD WAR MUSEUM

  • DCCWM Mandate and ‘Vision’
  • Parks Canada’s Commemorative Integrity Statement July 1, 2014 for the Diefenbunker,
  • Canada’s Cold War Museum and a National Historic Site (link).
  • THE COLD WAR – (A DRAFT- Never Realized – Script Proposed as a short video
  • Introduction to the Cold War and the Diefenbunker by Dave Peters
  • Notes about Misc. Events in the History of the Diefenbunker as a Museum During the early years from 1997 to 2006
  • Past and Continuing Exhibits and Functional Re-Creations at the Diefenbunker compiled by Doug Beaton
  • THE DIEFENBUNKER, CANADA’S COLD WAR MUSEUM – THE ORIGIN STORY of The Making of CANADA’S COLD WAR MUSEUM by Connie Higginson-Murray

BLOGS

  • The Replication (circa 2008-10) of the Federal Warning Centre (FWC) at the Diefenbunker Canada’s Cold War Museum
  • A Bus Tour of Cold War Ottawa
  • Who Built the ‘Bunker(s)
  • ’Security Guards at the Bunker
  • EPC’s Emergency Radio (HF / Amateur Radio – ‘Ham’) Room – Background
  • Nicknaming the “Diefenbunker”
  • Did the Cold War begin in Ottawa with the defection of Soviet Cypher Clerk Igor Gouzenko? Did it End with a Walk on Eugene Whalen’s Farm in Amherstburg, Ontario?
  • ‘Diefenbunker’ Visit by PM Trudeau March 1976
  • Article from the Cornwall Standard-Freeholder) about the, R.H.Saunders Generating Statiion Cornwall, United States, Canada
  • SOXMIS and “Moscow Molly
  • ”The STRAD -Signal Transmit Receive And Distribution System and TARE – Telegraph Automatic Relay Equipment at the EASE Site ( “Diefenbunker”) site at Carp, Ontario
  • Continuity of Government versus Continuity of Constitutional Government (Consequences for the Central Emergency Government Headquarters )
  • A Speech Given at the Official Dedication of the “Diefenbunker” as a National Historic Site June 27th 1998
  • Bed Spaces, Hot Bedding & Much More in the CEGHQ (‘Diefenbunker’)
  • The Bikini and the First Nuclear Bomb Tests

WHAT’S NEW… ( a list of pertinent additions, corrections and changes to this site)