https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/b371f4c61c41a870c52c8abf042d3e4f.pdf 75d6bff3f1b31302f80041acd19ebab3 PDF Text Text Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de lo Loi sur /'occes /'information a • MESSAGEFORM File No, 50290-40 OUTGOING ;;;V tPI/ I FROM:THE SECRETARY OF STATEFOREXTERNAL AFFAIRS, CANADA TO: THE PERMANENT DELEGATION OF CANAD!TO THE UNITEDNATIONS, ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• ••••••••••••• . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -~. X9~, !" •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• '¥-. 0 •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• .. / -N161 AIR CYPHER EN CLAIR CODE CYPHER j Date Message To Be Sent April v For f.omnunications 19530 ~o Section ·0n1y AF'~ 1 5 195: SEXT REFERENCE: xx Priority Interception SUBJECT: Fighters of Soviet Plane by Canadian over Franeeo ORJGINATOR Following for Mre Pearson: ....... Bo .. BEGINS: Roge.:t'al ll1AC. (Nmne Typed) My immediately following telegram contains the text of Telegram Noo 255 ot April 12 from the Local Tel. .. 29.2l ........ .. APPROVEDBY ·······~~ Embassy in Paris regarding the Soviet representative representations made by at the Air Security ..... . 1n Berlin to his French colleagueo Centre I am seeking the approval of Mr. Claxton and Chairmanp Chief's of Staff In tern al Distribution: ; S.S.E.A.V-U.S.S.E.AV for a draft reply in the follotling BEGINS: Our comments on the representations the Soviet representative &ropea-& Berlin , ( ;.,I. llc,ne.··r· ............... terms: (a) ..... . at the Air Security to his French colleague The Soviet aircraft intercepted To: (b) Mr. Claxto~ Centre in are as follows: was not attacked: by aircraft operating tions from a ground control C.Opies Referred made by According to our in.formation, it tlas on instruc- centre; the interception occurred over a point about ten miles (16 kms.) southeast of Thionville (Latitude 4921 Northp Longitude 0611 East); 2 • Done.. /} o., •.. Jfl.. ~#~!.~ ... 0 ,,,. q.,.'.•1/(;. /'-: :;,.... Ext. 97 (Rev, 1/52) 000035 • �Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de lo Loi sur /'occes /'information a • (e) 'rllc oil"OX'l".x't carried out nornal identif'ication proc¤dm~o~ at no tine did they Jeop81"dize tho Soviet aircraft, provocative tire uarning shotsr or take oction of eny kind. United States authoritioo, reportin~ the Sov1et pilot (Rhin&s>Hain) did not alloge action by intorceptors inpropel' end d,.d not express alri·o; uccord3.na to the United States nuthoritios~ S0v-10t aj.1•cre.tt t."Bsr.pproxiootely . in to the United Stnt0s elir T.rntfic Cont~ol// / at Fro.nlt.fort (d) LlccordinB to tho minutes behind schedule tho one hotu."l mid 5Q endt in sucb ci1~c~str.noooo c •' b .;,.;L_~.:.i'l'rn!«ht expect to bo intercepted.,, 2., l'Je tho ~ir Security 'l:!ould suggest that tho Frencb. ropresentative Centre in Berlin United Kinadom and United States should eonsult with hie collongnos and detoratns t1l:u,the:r any us0x"ul purpose uoulcl be served Soviet representative aircrafte ct that the interceptors 1n inf orn!ng tho uere Canedinn • Ue have no object:tch to this .fact be!na 1Jevealcd, nlthot1«b. ue doubt thnt its 1?evciction uould e::,rvo any U£aful purpose e.nd rught inclecu complicate matters unneo0asarily., It it should bo dcGided to tell tho Soviet authorities the interoeptox-s 11ore Canadicn nircre!t, thct then ue th.ink thnt it suould be pointc~ out that the Cenadian ni~oreft nro otetionc~ 1n Franco and aro op~rct1ng ovor Fronco uith the !u12 approv=i.l of the French Governoent and ere oporatill8 over ~ostern Germany u!th the f.ull approval oK tho French, United Kingdon and United Statoo Oocup~tion authoritios~ In any cases wo th1nlt that the French 1~aprescntative ' in Berlin should mske nul'e thnt ho and his United Kingdon and tJnj~ ted Stnteo oolle!\gucs tako the se.r:ioline in 1"opl.yins to tho Soviot repreoontationoe I should be grateful Elms. it you tlould let me knou ~hother you concur 1n the terns of. tbo drai't telegram. EMDSo 000036 � 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 CDEX01198 Title A name given to the resource SSEA no. 169 to New York Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 14-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. 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