https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/37e03e4753f4cb972db3c8d534010dba.pdf b500a6c0652dc3182f82e71e73df662d PDF Text Text Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la Loisur I'acces a I'information y From* COPY Squadron Leader H.G. Davies SECRET OFFICE OF THE SENIOR AIR LIAISON OFFICER UNITED KINGDOM SERVICE LIAISON STAFF The Roxborough Laurier Avenue West OTTAWA Ut Canada 3rd January, 1955. Dear Mr. Crean, You will recall that three weeks ago Mr. Dean of the Foreign Office notified you to be represented at a meeting of the JIC in London when the question of Alerts was to be discussed. You expressed a desire not to be represented but wished to be informed of the discussions which were due to take place at the meeting on the 23rd December. 2. I have now received a copy of the minutes of that meeting and have been asked to pass on to you an excerpt from that item of the minuses so that you may see how the UK JIG are tackling this subjects <T "ALERTS (Previous references JIC(54)ll4th Meeting, Minute 10) THE COMMITTEE continued their discussion on this subject which had been covered in three separate papers.* MR. DEAN said that it was clear from the discussions which had taken place in Paris that it would be necessary at the earliest possible stage to examine the machinery whereby an agreed US/UK/Canadian evaluation of urgent indicator intelligence could be reached and passed to the highest political levels in all three countries. The first step, however, was carefully to study the present system of handling alerts iii the UK which was not by any means clear. This study was ajiecessary preliminary to any discussions with the Americans and "Canadians* The urgent need for closer coordination was accentuated by the changes the Americans proposed to make in their Watch Committee system, which had been covered in a recent Secretary* s minute**' In discussion it. was agreed that an examination of the UK system was required which would high-light any weaknesses or, deficiencies and recommend measures to correct them. THE COMMITTEES Invited the Deputy Directors of Intelligence to arrange for the examination proposed above to be carried out. * JIC/3213/54 dated JIC/3279/54 dated JIC/3304/54 dated JIC/3352/54 dated 6th December, 1954 • 10th December, 1954* 13th December, 1954* 17th December, 1954* ** Hot held by UKSLS." Yours sincerely, G*G. Crean, Esq*, Department of External Affairs, Ottawa* (Sgd.) H.G. Davies 000352 � 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 CDIW00010 Title A name given to the resource CDIW00010 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived "Tripartite Intelligence Alerts Agreement," RG25, Box 34, File 29-3-1-2, Part 1, Library and Archives Canada (LAC). Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Department of External Affairs Subject The topic of the resource Intelligence 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 https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/staging/CanadaDeclassifieditems-November2020/CDIW00010.pdf Language A language of the resource en