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As mentioned in his letter of 16th October reference YH 114/9,
Ted Maltby has passed me your letter of 8th October about the
re-routing of the telegraph channel between Bracknell and Montreal.

Before dealing with the points which arose at the discussion
2.
between members of your staff and Milner I should like to stress
that our motives for urging the rationalisation of transatlantic
In addition, we
telegraph cable channels are not solely financial.
wish to obtain the increased flexibility which routing via L.T.C.
and O.T.C. will give particularly under breakdown conditions.

Your point a. accurately states the position, although the
Post Office has accepted Government Departments as an individual
agency, subject to all orders and accounts being handled by one
Department.
3.

As to b., it is confirmed that the bulk tariff arrangements
apply to channels routed in more than one cable.
4.

Point c. must, as you infer, be looked at against the background
Indeed, having regard to all the considerations which
of d. and e.
you raise in d. and e. it would seem best to defer any further
consideration of this particular question, at least until action is
contemplated on the lines referred to in e.
5.

In conclusion may I thank you and your staff for all the trouble
6.
you have taken in considering this question and for the assistance
you have given and are giving us as regards the other channels routed
or to be routed via 0.`T'.C.
7.

I am copying this letter to Colonel Lockhart in External Affairs.

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C.D.,
Colonel P.D. Smith, h ?.i3. ..
Director, Royal Canadian Corps of Signals,
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