'''Exercise Tocsin''' was an emergency preparedness drill held by the Government of Canada on November 13, 1961,<ref>[http://www.cbc.ca/player/Digital+Archives/War+and+Conflict/Cold+War/ID/1638420909/ The Exercise Tocsin radio broadcast]</ref> that simulated a nuclear attack by the USSR on Canada. Every law enforcement agency, provincial, and municipal government took part in the exercise. Part of the exercise was a 13-minute radio program that was broadcast by every radio transmitter in the country. The broadcast told citizens of Canada what to do in the event of nuclear war.
==References== {{reflist}} *[http://www.cbc.ca/archives/categories/war-conflict/cold-war/cold-war-culture-the-nuclear-fear-of-the-1950s-and-1960s/tocsin-b---this-is-not-an-emergency.html Cold War: Tocsin B - This is not an emergency]
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