https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/b4e3ac4afc3856fac9dab4f967254669.pdf ae64cdedb823eb7f01b68bf2154d54b1 PDF Text Text Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de lo Loi sur /'occes a /'information ,. ,I. CONFIDENTIAL Shooti!!g_dovm of R.A.F. Lincoln Bomber On 13th March an R.A.F. Lincoln Bomber was attacked and shot down by Soviet fighter aircraft. It fell in the Hamburg Berlin air corridor near the zonal frontier. There were two other incidents within 12 hours and as a result the United Kingdom High Commissioner in Wahnerheide was instructed to make two protests in the strongest terms. 2. In reply the Soviet representative, General Chuikov challenged the truth of tho United Kingdom's contentions. It seems from subsequent investigations on the spot, in which tho Soviet authorities have been helpfully co-operative, that tho bomber had lost its way and had been some di stance over the Soviet zone~ The Soviet au thoPi ties furthermore have requested that a joint conference be called to consider revising tho existing rules of flight to prevent such incidents reoccurring. 3a Tho Soviet letter appears more conciliatory .than might have been expected and their offer is to be accepted. The Soviet authorities have previously alleged that they never formally accepted 11 the present "flight rules • 'rho Uni tod Kingdom c.onsidcr it important not to convoy any indication that in agreeing to the Soviet request in principle they aro propar-ed to concede anything on the present rules. Particular attention will therefore bo paid to tho wording of tho United Kingdom reply and tho agenda for the meeting. 4. Tho French and United States representatives in Berlin associated their Governments with the United Kingdom protest and are being kept fully informed a The talks will in the first instance be bi.parti to 9 but in the event of preliminary agreement to amend the quadripartite flight rules~ the talks vrould need to pr-oceod quadi->iparti tely. 5. Tho United Kingdom Government welcome this move together with tho latost Soviet offor over British civilian internees in North Ko~ea and General Chuikov's on tho spot instructions to speed up the passage of traffic thr-ough the Soviet checkpoint on the United States "autobahn" into BePlin, but they do not consider that they rcprer3ont sufficient indicstion as yet of any change in Soviet policy. 000084 � 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 CDEX01172 Title A name given to the resource “Shooting down of R.A.F. Lincoln Bomber,” message enclosed sent under cover of [UK] CRO Y. No. 64 to HICOM[Canada]. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource undated Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Soviet air attacks in Germany - Possible employment of RCAF, RG25-A-3-b, Volume number: 6030, File number: 50290-40, File part: 1. Library and Archives Canada. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource LAC ATIP A-2023-05125 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 IIIF Item Metadata UUID defa066f-8c99-4411-b9ed-140971f50dcc