https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/45407a88259985b3360088efb2c66536.pdf d5bce705854d0478ce36ca5926d572dd PDF Text Text Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de lo Loi sur /'occes /'information a MESSAGE INCOMING • ~,-·--------------- ORIGINAL I 1 FROM: ecurity Classificotion THE CANADIAN AMBASSADOR, PARIS, FRANCE i TO: THE-;CRITARY l__ OF STATE FOR EXTERNAL aA S E CRE T A _ l------·--~---------;-----------.--------------Priority System I CYPHER-AUTO 1 No. 255 Departmental Refarence: Circulation Your telegram t~-t..~t-J.. MINISTER_.....Ce-,~--., UNDER/SEC..,........ Interception D/UNDER/SEC..,........ Subject: Fighters over A/Ut-,JDER/SEC'S,,,,. POL/CO-ORD' N-An officer of this SEC'l'IOH 2. r---·- I_ .• . ----- --- Dot •··-······-··· -·-·---e ences· I -~:---1 13 h-~ APR195Z: g cA--5 e_c.?. v ~d'~/J--J pJ__(w) (!,- April 12, 1953 No. 152 of March 21~ l t;_i.11.-::, oih~ '- 1 I\~ ~1 of Soviet Plane by Canadian France. Embassy was called to the Quat d'Orsay yesteI'day (April 10) and given a memorandum which contains the text of a verbal statement made by the Soviet representative at the Air Security Centre in Berlin to his French colleague. Before replying to the Soviet statementi .. the French would like to have our comments. Please-telegraph instructions. You will note that in the statement the Soviet are under the impression that their C.47 was intercepted! by tighter aircraft bearing Un'lted States mark1ngs9 l Do Dote 'L-t ~,<)\>J " l avril 1953. Le 28 mars, le representant Soviet1que au centre de security aer1enne de Berlin a fa.it a son collegue Franca1s la declaration verbale suivante: Citation .. - Le 19 mars, a 16. h. 30 heure de Mo~,;.;OU: l 1aviot1 sov1et1que C,,47 revenant de Paris vers Berlin a ete attaque par deux chasseurs portant les marques d'1dentiricat1on ame~icaines, a 20 KMa l'est de Merzig, en zone rr.ancaise J 0 occupat1on. Les chasseurs americains ont tourne a quatre reprises autour de l 1 appareil sov1et1que, s'en approchant Jusqu•a une distance de 20 a 30 metreso Au cours de cette manoeuvre des chasseurs america1ns, le commandant de 1aequipage sovietique a a~tire l'attent1on de l P equipage d t accompagnement franca1s sui• cette violatton des regles de vol des appareils americains et a demande que soit ~ontacte le centre americain du Rh1n-Ma1n pour faire cess:ar cette violation. L'equipage d'accompagnement francais a informe le centre du Rh1n-Ma1n. A la suite de ce con t;a,,t, les av1ons militaires america1ns ont disparu en ci.ire(:tion du nordo L' action inadmissible des chasseurs americains s'est produ1te en depit du rait que, deux ..1ours avant :ie vol de 1 1 appare11 sovietique, les representants F:t'ancais, Americains et Br1ta.nn1quea au Centre de Secrn.rity Aer1enne en ava1ent ete avises et l 1 avaient autoriseo En vous informant de ce qui precede, je vous demande de pren~re toutes dispositions pour eviter le :retour de Done.... t· i _· ---·-·-·-_!: , semblables '1iolations dans l' aven1r." Pin de c1tat1on" ...... ...... Date ...... :.....,.; ....,........ ...:.~ t t BLaimteme declaratt1on a ete .f~ite aupres des represen, ans r ann 1ques e Amer1cainso .. ==- ;, ___..,_______ _ 000042 � 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 CDEX01194 Title A name given to the resource Paris no. 255 to SSEA Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 12-Apr-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 cddb3051-eabc-46b3-ae73-e9d2eeae05bc