https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/c74b2f785724e3042c26637fe3728ff9.pdf ff8438ae9bc02235df1828e9fc7a82f4 PDF Text Text Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act ■ Document divulge en vertu de la Loi suri'acces a I'infomation COPY NO WISER NO. 6 OTTAWA 9 AUGUST 16TH, 1951. t or . 7809 P,M. TOD: 7:30 P.M. . TOP SECRET-CYPHER-AUTO 12(12 OF AUGUST 6(6TH AND AUGUST , YOUR WISER LETTER 11(11 WAND RE: 9C9TH. SUB: PROCEDURES.FOR HANDLING URGENT U.S. REQUESTS. FOLLOWING FOR MATTHEWS(MATTHEWS FROM HEENEY.(HEENEY, BEGINS: WE UNDERSTAND ARNESON(ARNESON’S ANXIETY THAT OUR EXPLANATORY LETTER TO HIM SHOULD BE WORDED IN THE MANNER BEST CALCULATED' TO REASSURE THE PENTAGON(PENTAGON THAT WE HAVE NO(NO WISH TO INSIST UPON PROCEDURES INVOLVING UNNECESSARY DELAY. WE ARE 9 ACCORDINGLY, PERFECTLY READY TO ACCEPT ANY CHANGE OF WORDING WHICH .HE MAY CONSIDER DESIRABLE THAT DOES NOTCNOT ALTER THE SUBSTANCE OF THE LETTER. YOU MENTIONED IN PARTICULAR THE PHRASE "MINISTERIAL CONSIDERATION"3 YOU MIGHT SUGGEST TO .HIM AS A POSSIBLE ALTERNATIVE "IMMEDIATE CONSIDERATION", MAKING IT CLEAR TO.HIM THAT IF HE HAS SOME OTHER SUGGESTION WHICH HE THINKS MIGHT BE MORE SATISFACTORY WE SHOULD BE GLAD TO CONSIDER IT. 2. IN CONSIDERING THIS QUESTION, HOWEVER, WE HAVE COME TO REGARD THE PROMBLEM IN A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE. THE PROCEDURES WHICH WE HAVE ESTABLISHED,OUTLINED IN YOUR LETTER TO ARNESON, HAVE BEEN WORKED OUT IN RELATION TO "URGENT" USCUS REQUESTS AND WE HAVE THOUGHT OF THIS TERM AS INDICATING REQUEST HAVING IMPORTANT POLITICAL SIGNIFICANCE. IN THIS CATEGORY I WOULD INCLUDE FLIGHTS INVOLVING . AOTTENSIVE OPERATIONS FROM CANADIAN TERR ITORY,"B) OFFENSIVE OPERATIONS REQUIRING OVERFLIGHT OF CANADIAN TERRITORY, C) DEPLOYMENT OF SPECIAL WEAPONS ON CANADIAN TERRITORY IN PREPARATION FOR POSSIBLE OPERATIONS OR D) SIMILAR DEPLOYMENT OF WEAPONS REQUIRING OVERFLIGHT OF CANADIAN TERRITORY. 3. SINCE THE ADOPTION OF THE AGREED MINUTE, HOWEVER2 THERE HAS ARISEN - THE QUESTION OF A U.S.S.A.C.(USSAC TRAINING FLIGHT TO ALASKA, AND YOUR LETTER NO. 11(11 INDICATES' THE S.A,C.(SAC WOULD WISH TO . BE ABLE TO MAKE OVERLAND FLIGHTS TO ALASKA WITHOUT ON EACH OCCASION HAVING TO FOLLOW A CUMBERSOME PROCEDURE........................................... ' 'I • • f ’ / 00020 ’ �Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act ■ Document divulge en vertu de la Loi suri’acces a /'information O-1 NOs 6 PAGE TWO TOP SECRET .....PROCEDURE..... IN OBTAINING AUTHORIZATION. WE ARE NOW INVESTIGATING THE POSSIBILITY OF MAKING A CLEAR DISTINCTION BETWEEN FLIGHTS OF POLITICAL SIGNIFICANCE SUCH AS I HAVE DESCRIBED AND ROUTINE TRAINING OR TESTING FLIGHTS NOT(NOT WITHIN THIS SPECIAL CATEGORY. IF SUCH A DISTINCTION CAN BE MADE, WE MIGHT BE PREPARED TO HAVE FLIGHTS OF THE ROUTINE SORT CLEARED BY A SIMPLE AND MORE DIRECT METHOD SUCH AS THE SERVICE TO SERVICE CHANNEL. OUR ONLY HESITATION IN PUTTING FORWARD THIS EXPLANATION NOW ARISES 4. FROM OUR UNCERTAINTY AS TO WHETHER IT IS POSSIBLE IN PRACTICE TO' DISTINGUISH FLIGHTS OF POLITICAL SIGNIFICANCE FROM ROUTINE FLIGHTS. AS WE HAVE NOT(KOT IN OUR OWN AIR FORCE A STRATEGIC BOMBING COMMAND, WE HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO ASCERTAIN WHETHER THERE IS A CLEAR DISTINCTION BETWEEN FLIGHTS WHICH WOULD BE POLITICALLY SIGNIFICANT AND ROUTINE TRAINING OR TESTING FLIGHTS. 5. 1 I SUGGEST THAT YOU TRANSMIT • TO ARNESONGARNESON INFORMALLY THE GIST OF WHAT I HAVE WRITTEN. YOU MAY SAY TO HIM THAT IF HE SEES NO(NO OBJECTION THE AIR MEMBER OF THE CANADIAN SECTION OF THE PJBD MIGHT' HAVE A PRIVATE AND INFORMALU CHAT WITH HIS OPPOSITE NUMBER AT THE PJBD MEETING NEXT WEEK TO -INVESTIGATE THE TECHNICAL VALIDITY OF THE DISTINCTION WE HAVE SUGGESTED. LIKE ARNESON AND THE AMBASSADOR WE WOULD DEPRECATE ANY FORMALACTION THROUGH THE PJBD, BUT WE WOULD HAVE NO(NO OBJECTION TO INFORMALU DISCUSS IONS.BETWEEN THE AIR MEMBERS. WE WOULD HOPE THAT AFTER AN INVESTIGATION OF THE TECHNICAL QUESTION WE WOULD BE ABLE TO PUT FORWARD THROUGH THE CHANNEL IN WHICH THE WHOLE SUBJECT HAS BEEN HANDLED UP TO NOW AN INTERPRETATION WHICH WOULD BE QUITE SATISFACTORY TO EVERYONE CONCERNED 6. AS THE PJBD MEETING OPENS ON THE 19(19TH OF AUGUST, IT IS IMPORTANT THAT YOU SHOULD GET IN TOUCH WITH ARNESON AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. IT WILL BE USEFUL TO LEARN ARNESONARNESON ’S INITIAL REACTION AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, IN PARTICULAR ON THE QUESTION OF WHETHER OR NOTCNOT THE TENTATIVE INTERPRETATION WHICH WE HAVE SUGGESTED IS LIKELY TO SETTLE THE DOUBTS WHICH HE ANTICIPATES IN THE PENTAGON(PENTAGON. ENDY. MESSAGE ENDS. 00021 � 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/. Title A name given to the resource CDNW (Wiser) 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/. Title A name given to the resource CDNW16812 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context CDNW16812 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Wiser Consultations, RG25-B-2, Volume number: 3094, Library and Archives Canada.