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                  <text>Document disclosed u n d e f t M T y c e O p Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi sur I'acces a /'information

DEPARTMENT OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS, CANADA.

(FILE COPY)

Copy No. 5 o f 5

NUMBERED LETTER
TO: THE UNDER-SECRETARY OF STATE FOR
EXTERNAL AFFAIRS, OTTAWA, CANADA.

Security: .WISER. .&lt;*. .TOR . 3RCRB.T.
No:

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FROM: The. Canadian asbsssy,. .Washington,. .R»C«.

Date:

J b l y . 2 6 , . .1957*

EnclosuresOnc ...
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Reference:

Subject:

Roejaeat • for Overflights, •

Post File No:
Ottawa File No.

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References

Farley asked us to s a i l on him this morning to
l o t us know that too Strategic Air Command art planning
s number of *X" flights and would be grateful to have too
concurrence of the Canadian Government.
2.
This series of flights f a l l in two categories.
the f i r s t la a regular "Y* flight to the United Kingdom
involving 16 B~36*s which will enter Canada on September 12
at W&gt;3&lt;r* and 8ij*30"V (Seult St. Mario) and leave
Osnsdlsn air apace at 57°00*H and 62°0Q*W (Paul Island,
Labrador). The same number and typo of alroraft will
return with the seme cargo over the same route on
September 16. The remainder are training exercises.
The f i r at, operation COBBA KILLKR involving

80 B^k7*a w i l l enter Canadian air apaoc at «,9°00nH and

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at $6°36"* and 83°30%turn again at
$2°lt&gt;n&lt;l! and 6l0A"W at which point (0 A airoraf t will break
off to leave Canadian air apace at 58°1$*H and 88°30"M
and the remaining group leaving Canadian air apace at
2t7°2$"X end 86°iO"W. This exercise w i l l l a s t from
Auguat 19 through August 2i #
Internal
Circulation

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The seoond flight involving
$ B-36 , s will enter
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Cansdisn air space at k9°00"H
and 99 00 W on September 12
turn at 60°00*V and 62°00nW leaving Canadian sir apsoe
s t Heasroetion point on the Yukon-Alaska boundary.
On September 16 the aame exercise will re-enter Canadian
air apece at ei°l#"lt and lUl°00nV and leave Canadian air
spsee s t lt9°00*ir and U2°00"W.
•&gt;•
The third exeroiee involving 29 B-47'a will enter
Canadien air apace on September 12 at l^OO"! end ll6°00*tf
leaving Canadien air space at $5°00*H and 130°00"W. I t will
return over Canada on September lit, IS and 16, re-entering
Canadian air apaeo at 63°00*N and lla°30"W leaving Canadian
air apace at k9°00*H and I22°00"a\ The last exercise
Involving 25 sWrf'a will enter Canadian air apaeo on
September 12 at, &amp;9°00"ff and 112°00"W leaving Canadian eir
spsee at 65°00' H and Uj.0°30*W. This exercise will return
the following day with the same cargo and over the acme
route*
6.
Detailed flight plena w i l l , of course, be filed
through service ehannala, but to a s s i s t you in plotting
these flights Parley gave us a map with flight routes
sketched in end this i s attached.

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