https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/d377d3fb2ad968a532274862ef7c9c75.pdf 66b2b2cfff958a4d72cb34fdc9dce513 PDF Text Text L.0 From: 'bt N N ñ.a .,77ith, Colonll 1?irACtor of .ss (4,r7 iáE'A -nala CA ADIAN FOR E3 1..t Dear? 125036 t. "igs) l!AAJAR RS 4, Ontario 84 Colonel ilr r of the Commonwealth Rol tl ors discussed with my staff on 5 October 64 the implications of a tau Ling to iroud e certain ontreal with r..eteorolo ,iaal circuit from London to some circuits in the :;%1,:,A system in order to obtain :As latter is u reduced rent ai across the Atlantic. directed to you as the only previou reference to a meteorological circuit was contained in your letter YH 114/1/G dated November 19, 1963. : o fion r. ; The principal points made were thn x cil. iva'. reduced rental appli-3 only to airouits terminating at the same location and leased at either terminal by an individual aj ncy; a. ;fit I c. it is not clear whether the circuits must all be in the same, cable or can be in different cables to :1ua1tfy for the rata reduction; oat Office dropoaal a, p tiara to apply to a crow.. of circuits in corm than one cable; if it dona net, this is a major die ac.v©ntae a as we Want to diversify our circuits over as many routes as possible; it relay centre will oa relocated from LEITRIM to CAY,1 during the next twelve months under present plans; it does not therefore seem worthwhile to negotiate for case, but only for the situation wz,flu the relocation to CATC has been achieved; the nyli /2 �-2 d. e. if the whole t2roup of circuits is tmrr° in'i j at CAM', t=ais ë,Aann t',at we must provide cable access in our l i:::ited military carrier; cable system for a distance of approximately 30 mirs; in the case of Vie cseteorolo. tical circuit we ;'ust also provioe a second circuit t will be necessary to back to Montreal. procure dore carrier equipment to do this, and it would not be a:_oropriate to ur_u rwrite from Defence funds these costs arising The costs would froc i a non-Defence circuit. be in the order of y.;20,000 on a pro -rc t c:;. basis. Regardless of these costs, it is undesirable for tie department to become res ;onsible for the continuity of service of this meteorolo ical circuit; * er our hardening oritnria all operational "post -attack" circuits must be routed throughout no closer than 35 mirs froc, probable taret areas such as O2.0 \o and ntention, when it is our M'KTR7AT . finances permit, to wooly tis criterion Thus, an alternative to the ° ARA circuits. arrangement to brin;i nt all circuits, including the meteorolo,_ical one, to CARI, is to terminate all of them at a point 35 tai.. 'he HYDRA ::.:: miles or more east of circuits could then ;roo,ed to CAT' via A, 1,tz-AL anc3. safe routes avoidin routed is while the meteoroloL-ioal circuit R AL. rince the circuits are carried to by more than one comp: a% (on separate routes) it may be difficult to s .rzoify a suitable breakout location. un t ' ' Via:, /3 CONFIDENTIAL �In all the o ir cur"e taciee, t? .e Inclusion of tAe non-Defence circuits of the meteorolo,:icnl 31rvicn in the reduced rental ßrran,° rame:ats snyims to i7,ive riss to problems which need furth,,r assessment. I will be clad to hear your ft.xrterS su:-;: .° .tiaras in this matter. 3. 4. the :;3 i?-NA Arranoments ere already in hand to reroute bnsey circuits via Lï3I?'RIk. "I,; .ON _ "'r Ì am sIndfi: a cx?y of this letter to Colonial ',ocxkhart at the e>>artment of 7actarnai Affaire IP ir.tRer^eted in any arrangements wtiitti affect S. . ADRA circuits. i i eî Col ;,p Smith (P D Smith) Colonel Arecstor of Signals ;tgnei:t F Maltby Mr Foreign Office London SN 1 17:`1CiT,A cc: Z Col 1 t a. JAA/wjm Lockhart of `xt'rnal Affairs ntmrio - as b.a � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Hydra Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context HY00360 Title A name given to the resource [Meteorological Circuit, Montreal to London] Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 10/08/1964 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Hydra Communications - Policy, RG24, 1250-36 Vol. 3, Library and Archives Canada (LAC) Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Department of National Defence Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Canadian Crown Subject The topic of the resource Canada/UK relations, Transatlantic cables, Carp, Emergency planning. Description An account of the resource Letter from P.D. Smith to E.F. Maltby concerning a recent meeting with Col. Milner of Commonwealth Relations office. Milner had discussed grouping a meteorological circuit from Montreal to London with Hydra circuits to reduce cost of transatlantic cable rental. 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