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                  <text>Document disclosed under the Access tc Information Act•
Document divulge en vertu de la Loi sur l'acces j'mformalion

a

TAS/~.

OTTAWA,April

17, 1944..

;.,

My. µear Leokie,
•

_I,,... As you perhaps know British,S~Qurity
Co•ordinationjfrom time to time secured personnel from
branches of the Armed Forces in Canada. 1lley have
only :requeste9. this personnel tor essent1a;J.·work in the
various :fields such as ~oromunications and special,
operatione. in which tl1ey are interested.
Arrangements
under which members ot the Armed Forces have been made
.available to them either after- discharge.or t)y loan
have been made through the representative
ln Canada ot
the Director pf British Security, co-ordination,
Mr. T.G.
Drew-Brook ot'Toronto~
•

.
The R.c.A;F. has been most
hitherto in making personnel av~ilable and
of British Security Co-ordiuation hnve had
in cases specifically
the full approval ot
I understand that there are at present two

co-operative
the requests
generally and
this department.
members of the

R•.O.J\.F. who are experts

in communications

and whose·

to the R.c.A.F.

I-. am in a

services

would be most useful to British Seeurity coOrdination.
~. Drew-Brook will be in Ottawa next
Monday and·if it would be convenient to you I,should be
very gl~d indeed if_ you would be good enough to see him
_ to· discuss the possibility,of
making these two men available. If you·would have word sent througl'i to me I will.
_pass it on to Mr. Drew-Brook. I cannot pass, ot course,
upon their

;·. 1.-'1J,

importance

position, however, to assure you that the work which
they would do with British Security Oo..-ordination is

very important.

•

•

Yours sincerely~
N.A. ROBERTSON
.

Air Mars~a.1/ R~,Leck.ie, •
Chief of the .Air Staff,
Department of National
OTTAWA.

for the

.UnigF-itl~i~MfIY
A~ta~~i~e

Defence,

000061

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