https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/c8c2879b226ed8f6aeaa015f325ccd7f.pdf e60284a41bdf20d189e710c7143e1be3 PDF Text Text Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi suTl^ces 9 CONFIDENTIAL MEMORANDUM FOR MK. 271 BRYCE_ Gold. Telephone Network In our discussions of this matter in late March and April of this year, I had informed you that the R.G.A.F. was in the process of establishing an interim Gold Telephone System in the Operations Centre in National Defence Headquarters, and that. they hoped to be able to install the final standard equipment by the end of June, at which time it would be possible to arrange for the Prime Minister to be tied into the network. After a number of discussions with the Director of Communications, R.C.A.F., concerning the security and other limitations of the network, I was informed by Group Captain Bowes that, owing to technical difficulties in adapting the final version of the system to available circuitry in Ottawa, it would not be available until Autumn. When I mentioned this to you verbally on or about May 16th, and suggested that the Prime Minister might wish to be included in the interim system, we agreed that the matter would have to be deferred until after the June election, and I so informed Group Captain Bowes. On May 17th, while you were away on your holidays, G/C Bowes called to say that National Defence had tested the interim Gold Telephone system which they had installed in the • offices of the Minister, the Chairman of Chiefs and the Chief of Air Staff, and had found it technically unsatisfactory. He agreed to let me know sometime after the election whether these technical difficulties had been overcome. I heard nothing further from him, and regret that through my own oversight, I failed to raise it with him again during the summer. When I spoke to Bowes this morning, he gave me to understand that Mr. Harkness' letter of November 2nd to the Prime Minister had been written without reference to him, and was somewhat premature, in that the technical difficulties of which he spoke in May have still not been overcome. The equipment necessary to complete the final installation will not .. 2 P.7.0 000044 �Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi sur l'acces a I'information - 2 - be available for some weeks yet, even though it was expected this month. The interim system presently in operation does not provide either the capacity or the quality of performance which he considers necessary for the inclusion of the Prime Minister's Office and residence. He will let me know later today when they expect to be able to offer this service to the Prime Minister,' and will also inform David Brown, Mr. Harkness' Executive Assistant, of the facts of the matter. DT.W. aeA , W 00 @4 k 1ov / 4 A Privy Council Office, November 13th, 1962. 000045 � 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 CDGT00013 Title A name given to the resource Memorandum for Bryce from D.F.W. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 13-Nov-62 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived RG2-B-2, Box number: 24, File number: D-1-5(o), "DEFENCE - Canada-US Arrangements - Gold Telephone Network," Library and Archives Canada. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource LAC ATIP A-2023-05513 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Canadian Crown 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