https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/1943a18fbf9e421289926ba543bf2d3f.pdf 21b82e8648fd8ef22e4c0d6ab949b06b PDF Text Text Document disclosed under the Access to Information Document divulgue en vertu de lo Loi sur /'occes ./ ' OTTAWA No Act a/'information FILE ?.t! r:l.-./1.~ ...!."... 7 () SECURITY CLASSIFICATION CONFIDENTIAL iv- --f-- I FROM: 3 i====: TO: 4 ~,·__ -.?____ -f Hef.rence , 9 APR1952 Copies Re £erred To .............. . ................. ' ~\ of Enclosures , 'Ii l Post MOSCOW, U • S.S THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR EXTERNAL AFFAIRS, .¥9~~.. l!P.~~~~-~ .. March 21, 19530 ..~.~-~?-My .R(\,, \ ,t/ CANADA v~ Telegram Noo 36 of • • •• • •• • • • • • • • • • • ••• •• • • • • • • •• •• • • • Sub ·ect: •••••• lP.t~~c~p~j,.9_I}._ .Qf . .$9.Yi.~1:i. .:!;>~.~-~. P.Y ..G~~?:~~- 10 ---I ll~ .... THE CANADIAN CHARGE D I AFF AIRES A. I., R~.&?-~~~- On the morning of March 21st the United States Embassy approached us over this incident and left a paraphrase of a telegram they had just received from Washington, a copy of which I attacho They were rather worried about the possible consequences of the • action of the Canadian aircraft and asked us if we could take a line similar to the one proposed by Washington in the event that we were approached by the Soviet authorities. 2o I discussed the matter with the United Kingdom and French Ambassadors, who had also been approached by the United States Embassyo They had had nothing from London at the time on the questiono I saw them again Sunday night and since at that time the Soviet authorities had not yet made any move they both were of the opinion that no protest vru.ld be madeo Since it has subsequently turned out, according to the United States Embassy, that the Soviet plane was an hour and a half behind schedule, it seems likely that the Soviet authorities decided to ignore the incident particularly in view of the fact that their recent interference of United States and United Kingdom aircraft would have considerably weakened their protest on moral grounds if not on strictly legal ones. It may also be connected with their obvious desire to play down the incident of the shooting of the United Kingdom bombero To have protested about the Canadian incident would probably to their way of thinking exaggerate the importance of the other incidents. File No............... . Copies to: London Bonn Paris 000080 �Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de lo Loi sur /'occes a /'information C OP Y I \ CONFIDENTIAL -. ., -~' ../ \.__./ March 21, Airforce Department has received Headquarters Wiesbaden authorized overflight transporting United Soviet over Metz, France, Frankfort, He later reported that that planes Soviet made five 80 degrees you have received in any way implying planes may be informed undertaken to ascertain Canadian missions take if Soviet they will around his planes at Soviet plane. express preliminary States to procedure fired. from base. Foreign report Office, for clearing that group, tripartite regrets in Moscow should be advised of line take similar line if approached it that incidento investigation and that incident and state French forthcoming Without such flights British, protest details. you should of incident. responsibility for states F-86 UK and US authorities clearance all invo1ved C-47 over Metz No shots from Soviet by French, US, as member tripartite Soviets to Air Traffic with him and reqµested on instruction United you may refer of Soviet passes off course. broke off contact itself, to Berlin did not specifically Center for fighter In event protest state on at 1332 hours were flying pilot . was intercepted reported were staying _. '~ to Frankfort. two F-86 aircraft aircraft fighters leave. Air Control and turned pilot / States Zone from Paris from United Nations Soviet T~' C-47 plane by tv,o Canadian F-86 fighters they be instructed alarm in calls Soviet _1 1953 from United stating States delegate Greenwich time March 190 Control, report ' will be and we propose is our hope that individually. 000081 �Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de lo Loi sur /'occes a /'information 000082 � 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 CDEX01174 Title A name given to the resource Moscow no. 260 to SSEA Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 26-Mar-53 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 23753330-0077-4a71-af5c-1d1e62306e3f