Policies, Organisation and Procedures in the Technical Cooperation Program
Abstract
On 25 October 1957, the President of the United States and the Prime Minister of Great Britain made a Declaration of Common Purpose containing the following: The arrangements which the nations of the free world have made for collective defense and mutual help are based on the recognition that the concept of national self-sufficiency is now out of date. The countries of the free world are interdependent and only in genuine partnership, by combining their resources and sharing tasks in many fields, can progress and safety be found. For our part we have agreed that our two countries will henceforth act in accordance with this principle. Immediately afterward, the Canadian Government subscribed to this principle of interdependence and joined in the common effort. The resulting organization was called the Tripartite Technical Cooperation Program. As a result, an exchange of notes was made which reconstituted the Combined Policy Committee (CPC) which comprised the Foreign and Defense Ministers of the United States, the UK and Canada and also the heads of the atomic energy agencies of the three nations. It was further decided that two Subcommittees of the Combined Policy Committee should be established, one to deal with matters in the atomic field and the other to facilitate cooperation in non-atomic research and development. The latter body, eventually named the Subcommittee on Non-Atomic Military Research and Development (NAMRAD), comprised the heads of defense research and development organizations in the United States, the UK and Canada. Australia joined the NAMRAD Subcommittee in 1965, and New Zealand joined in 1969. These five nations form the current membership, and the organization governed by the NAMRAD Subcommittee is now called The Technical Cooperation Program (TTCP).
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 10, 2009
- Accession Number
- ADA540418