https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/ecd115f59e975b6b6d621e765129fb13.pdf 6e2c4625c0bc70e36e33a1c800244169 PDF Text Text Document disclosed underthe Access to Information Act Document divulque en vertu de la Loisur l'acces a rinformation ' " 7 DEPARTMENT OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS, CANADA BeouEORAoRUTGOING MESSAGE 28FEB59 19112 CANADIAN EMBASSY WASHINGTON WASHINGTON, D.C. FM: DATE Feb. 28 1959 toP —*"pse2) None INFO: COMCENTRE USE ONLY ECEDENCE WISER 66 EXTERNAL OTTAWA SECURETY ISER _ TOP SECRET NUMBER TO: ( FILE 2" 1 / O b 1985 —T p- — O— C cm —X X_ o! “# o_ OC 2D C 0 — NI ‘) Ref.: Subject: United States Request for Clearances on Over-Flights. For Under-Secretary Only: In the context of our discussion yesterday with Merchant on Berlin and in particular in the course of his description of measures to be taken by way of increasing military states of readiness, I put to him on a frank and off-the-record basis our worries in Ottawa in the light of the Murphy letter of February 6. In doing so I emphasized the danger that the Soviets might draw misleading conclusions How about the Western response in the Berlin crisis and indications of what they might interpret as a step-up of the preparedness of SAC during this period of mounting tension. Merchant made the following observations which will be relevant to your 2. final consideration of the over-flight"request: 1. He accepted my general point that in interpreting the doctrine of meeting force with force, the greatest care should be taken not repeat not to i LOCAL DISTRIBUTION NONE — Return to Miss Trowbridge for file. ORIGINATOR SIG. NAME S.F.Raeipt e x t . 18(REV. 12/56) DIVISION PHONE Alo co (g w. (oOPPROVED "y sc- 000109 �Document disclosed underthe Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi sur l'acces a information WISER — TOP SECRET J - 2 .3 S• undertake military preparations as disproportionate to the local situation as to lead to a serious miscalculation on the part of Soviet planners. At the same time Merchant said that he believed that military tests and exercises which had been long in preparation and which were unconnected with the Berlin situation should not repeat a • not at this time be discontinued. He had in mind for example the NATO air. exercise affecting European air defence about which he expected a public announcement would be made about March 1 but he emphasized that •. • , this exercise was wholly in a European context and had long been under preparation in NATO. ; » . a prt r ■ ; i - s i ■ " ~ . . . '.:■■■ ... ■ . ... .*2. With regard to the background of the recent over-flight r equest we have „ Mecka nr received:he: emphasized that so far as he was aware this. agsin was mr & and A pcidaHs hthesAfs - cepeatw continuation of previous arrangements, followed proeedures ** A : A discussed in November at our last Meeting of Consultation, and was *—?3n*** '■ 5 ded.-•* *=2—-m=r 492* . 2 *** . ••■- - — - . . f • ’not repeat not connected with the Berlin problem. —8‘s •.*** - : 1 —wi * -: 1 -- ■ The improvement of the state of readiness of SAC was a matter of continuing concern to the United States authorities and the exercise envisaged was one which was .... based on previous tests aimed at his general objective; 3 2 Ki . who wa wt o p . _ Myghedl thu Cmv“ssms,w40 W w @ftias Wnba we 2 oJ wil W Abt k oWs .%, N toney r rT SEN . oND rt qdl — mm Jaia pike QOW.gyot ASSY) busmd hhosu 1 «ut 5 1150 .465 Jwtusw A e%l\ h Y 000110 � 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 CDAC02291 Title A name given to the resource United States Request for Clearances on Overflights Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 28-Feb-59 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived RG25-A-3-b, Volume number: 5911, File number: 50195-40, pt 3.3 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 Overflight Policy 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