1940
Ogdensburg Agreement
[HEMISPHERIC DEFENSE August 18, 1940 (Department of State Bulletin, Aug.
24, 1940)]
[Issued after a conference between President Roosevelt and Prime Minister
Mackenzie King of Canada at Odgensburg, New York on August 17, 1940 to discuss
mutual defense concerns of the United States and Canada. LWJ]
The Prime Minister and the President have discussed the mutual problems
of defense in relation to the safety of Canada and the United States.
It has been agreed that a Permanent Joint Board on Defense shall be set
up at once by the two countries.
This Permanent Joint Board on Defense shall commence immediate studies relating
to sea, land and air problems including personnel and materiel.
It will consider in the broad sense the defense of the north half of the
Western Hemisphere.
The Permanent Joint Board on Defense will consist of four or five members
from each country, most of them from the services. It will meet shortly.
