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Record 1 2000-08-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Organizations, Administrative Units and Committees
  • Emergency Management
OBS

Constructed over a two year period when nuclear fear was at its zenith, the Central Emergency Government Headquarters began operation in 1961. Intended to be a secret relocation centre for government leaders, civil servants and military personnel in the event of a nuclear war, it quickly became the focus of media and public speculation.

OBS

The Central Emergency Government Headquarters was built at Carp near Ottawa with a transmitting station a few miles away. Essentially a hardened concrete box of four levels, surrounded by a gravel envelope and buried in sandy soil, the Central Headquarters (irrevently referred to as the Diefenbunker) was capable of withstanding a 5 megaton hydrogen bomb blast with a ground zero at 1.1 miles.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes, unités administratives et comités
  • Gestion des urgences

Spanish

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