https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/ae9124fd681f21b7da01354350e3e48d.pdf 77531a3d5926fea7fa8ea02ac8ee7a99 PDF Text Text Document disclosed under the Access ioTnTomiatio^Act Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi surl'acces a Hnformatk _ Q. 4O So 1I > LEG OF SWEDEN Ottawa, November 23, 1953. TAWA ( S ---------- - No. 81. N "Kk ’ ' v-) ' D- ho 5 —== . 80// -ssw* 3 F 7 1 Sir, 2 Acting upon instructions from my Government, I have the 10 honour to bring the following to your attention. 25 NOV 1953 In the course of the naval and air operations recently carried out on and over Danish, Norwegian and adjacent territory by forces belonging to the North Atlantic Treaty Organi- zation, foreign aircraft have on several occasions violated Swedish territory. Thus foreign aircraft were observed over Vaderdarna at 11.36 a.m. on the 26th of September, over Smgen- Hallinden-Vaderdarna between 12.05 and 12.08 p.m. on the 27th of September and over Kosterdarna-Strdmstad-Kosterdarna be- tween 12.21 and 12.23 also on the 27th of September. All the points enumerated above are located in the province of Bohuslan, < No i.e. on Sweden’s coast on the Skagerack. — Mo F At 07.13 a.m. on the 30th of September twelve foreign jet aircraft flew in from a south-westerly direction over a Swedish air-base north of N Angelholm in the province of Skane, whereafter they left 5" 4 <y / Swedish territory on a north-westerly course over the Katte- gatt. Later in the same day, between 12.09 and 12.14 p.m., foreign aircraft were observed over the region of Falkenberg and Varberg in the province of Halland, i.e. on Sweden’s coast on the Kattegatt. The observations made as well as subsequent investigations indicate that the aircraft involved in the above flights belonged to the air forces of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization then operating in the Scandina- vian area. These forces, according to available information, The Secretary of State for External Affairs, Ottawa. 000026 �Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi surl’acces a I’informatio t 4 -2- sisted of aircraft of American, British, Canadian, Danish and wegian nationality. Q The Swedish Government, therefore, lodges rotest with the American, British, Canadian, Danish and Norian Governments against the violations of Swedish territory re- red to in this note and requests that measures be taken to preit any recurrence. Accept, Sir, the renewed assurances of my highest consideron. Uu Kias Book C ' S' 000027 � 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 CDEX (NATO Exercises) 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 CDEX00163 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived RG25, 50115-G-40, "North Atlantic Treaty Organization - Military, naval and air exercises," Part 1, Library and Archives Canada. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Canadian Crown Subject The topic of the resource Exercises Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Canada Declassified Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource en