https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/51eb91ac7e727b299b8aefdd5c983c69.pdf 9c9307c2848d11504694227c1ff37a3e PDF Text Text Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act • Document divyJguj^ifKyer^^e-te E ^ l i f i f ] / 5 ^ ^ ^information IffM BEST ORIGINAL AVAIDBtSi MEILLEUR QRIGIKAQ / BESI ORIGINAL AVAILABLE s MEILLEUR ORIGINAL CoOury B u i l d i n g Ottawa, Ontario* 704-10 (BIRP) CONFIDENTIAL Kovenfoor 27, i*?6<5« Chief of tho i'cferxG Staff, Canadian Forces Headquarters, E-epartrasnt of National Pofeiice, Ottawa 4, &itario« Dear Sir: This refers to recent verbal discussions concominfl- a U.S, request for a ejecting as soon as poaoible to further discuss the technical aspect:) of the proposed U„3. Sentinel rtadar sitirsg tioar t"rand Forks, ii.D. On Kovedbsr 19, 1963 ^e received sa:*© technical data fro's the t',,5. Military . including an EOAG analysis end a brief tccVsnical jataso froia the Technical !5ev©lopce*nt Division, A further analysis i s being undertaken to ascertain the effects of tire U„S, radar siting to CcMadian cc»3su*deatic>n3 systens-, • Wo aro prepared to taeot in Washington cn Se-ccsber 3* X9&S for further technical discussions in ar* attess.pt to reach a jsutually satisfactory arrann^Eient in regards to possible rotter interference. At the SETJC t i ns wo acknowledge t t e 0 , 3 . l e t t e r CMO-4 dated &ov caber 19* I960, *;hich apparently states tho current tf,S, poaition in relation to rixlar interference to Canadian systessio. This l e t t e r has given us coiisiderable concern sinco i t its not in l i n s with the desire expressed at a l l previous vwckiiigis to arrive at a iHki3^X acceptable solution* In Tact para. 3 pre-aupposca tho outcome of the forihecwing Decs&ber 3rd -sect-ins HitJjput carrying; tho technical e:<sr&naiion to i t s full conclusion* Tho concopt of building a reds? in lin» with a i&ijor &icrowavo route cn & t r i a l and error (or fix l a t e r ) basis i s unacceptable to Canada. The Caeiadian position on t h i s ni-ttar reri&incs unchained becauno siting a radar iii line vdth iicngitivo jsierov/avc routca i « building a probleia that in our experience inevitably leads to difficulties or restrictiono to cither the coasfiiaicatianai or radar ijystcaas* So far t«j bavo aeon ra reason to deviate froa this jjrinciple, particularly since cooa of tha asainptlone jra.de in the calculations arc under question. Ve have dors? further propagation woaisureri-fiitD in the area sijnulatjjug as closely as possible the interference KechanisK3» lte also have further questions on cess of the out-of-basd radiation figures presented. Until these subjects aro f u l l / discussed *<o are in no position to reply to General Pickett r c l e t t e r by early December. 000243 �Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divfil^^jifViiWfljerjI^ii&PsPE/'acp^ affliiilormation pnih y ! r [ n l * • J C * Irifc II • / A f * Jfeanwhile, i,e wish t o otre3s our desire t o continue the technical diocussiona and KelcoGStf tho noeting of December 3rd, Xcura t r u l y , • r^r •—»-»•-. BEST ORJ'GINAT MAfrARM MHLLEUR OSI:I..:.'.I (F. C, Hixon), Director, Teleca^unlcationj} Bureau. 000244 � 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 CDBM00180 Title A name given to the resource Letter for Chief of Def Staff Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 11/27/1968 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived RG25-A-3-c, file 27-11-7, "DEFENCE - CONVENTIONAL AND NUCLEAR ARMAMENTS - ANTI - BALLISTIC MISSILES (ABM) = DEFENSE - ARMEMENTS DE TYPE CLASSIQUE ET NUCLEAIRE - ENGINS ANTIMISSILES (ABM)," vol. 10357, part 4, Library and Archives Canada, (LAC). Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource External Affairs Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Canadian Crown Subject The topic of the resource Anti-ballistic missiles Description An account of the resource Sentinel Project 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