https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/97b53a32d93f43227578ee0dea2043f1.pdf e755f41cbe85bfe783d81f508e29f814 PDF Text Text •r Document disclosed underthe Access to Information Act Dogtiygpeasetdeorsurlaccs rinformation SO96-109-1 (IM) , ............ .... . .. .... Department of National Metenc: 50/05 RRopal Canadian Air JForce 33 CANADA Vo 50 OTTAWA, Ontario. June 13, 1961. Under Secretary of State for External Affairs, Department of External Affairs, East Block, Parliament Buildings, OTTAWA, Ontario. 4 Aerial Refuelling Facilities Cold Lake, Namao, Fort Churchill and Frobisher wFt 1 27 X 1 3 ~ Al 5 6 8 9 10 JUN 141961 1 1 refer to the Canada-United States agreement concerning the establishment and operation of aerial refuelling facilities as recorded in the Exchange of Notes dated June 20, 1958, and to the Letters of Understanding which accompanied this Exchange of Notes. In order that your records of the extent of USAF activities at these refuelling bases may be kept current, the following is passed for your information. 2 The USAF Strategic Air Command refuelling facilities at Cold Lake, Namao, Fort Churchill and Frobisher have now been in operation for some six months. During this initial period of operation it has become apparent that, because of unserviceabilities, the number of tanker aircraft at each base has been insufficient to maintain the desired readiness state. In addition, it has been shown that the numbers of support personnel originally authorized are not adequate to maintain the requested combat capability. To alleviate this situation the Minister of National 3 Defence, in response to a request received through the Service-toService channel, has authorized the USAF to maintain one additional aircraft at each of the refuelling bases. However, there is to be no increase in the number of aircrews and the number of aircraft kept at readiness will remain at the six originally authorized. Approval has also been given for an immediate increase of 23 personnel at Cold Lake and Namao and 24 at Fort Churchill, and approval in principle for a possible further increase of 16 personnel in July 1962 at each base to support additional communications ) equipment which the USAF is proposing to install at that time. The Department of Transport was consulted with regard to 4 the increase in aircraft at Frobisher, and has also been advised as to the authority granted to the USAF. (E.B. Armstrong) Deputy Minister -168 1/6 a COu c CMlo 2& RCAF G-32J 800M—4-56 (24-4223) • /52 ! bi 001324 �Document disclosed underthe Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la Loisur l'acces a Tinformation 1961 JUN 13 PM 4:08 • .1 j i (V C< i ■ • 001325 � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. 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 CDAC02462 Title A name given to the resource Letter from the Department of National Defence to External Affairs Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 6/13/1961 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived RG25-A-3-b, Volume number: 5911, File number: 50195-40, pt 5 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource LAC Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Canadian Crown Subject The topic of the resource SAC Refuelling Facilities 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