https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/bf2101bac45d26209af2567e3ce796ae.pdf b9f9920ab493e0b75d4b842dc99ba847 PDF Text Text Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi sur I'acces a f information %•' ... dieted jthe formal a r r t r g of tho t r i p a r t i t e a l e r t s procedure, he es' dori .ane or xuttint"-the ve i—ve >. iure intc i t i c a l e f f e c t , t 1 hnvs olreaa th Arnold Smith, aa \I <ex±»ect it questions whioh we have to 13 r.k p a l e r t s ^urpoeos on a continuous 2l+-hcjr b a s i s . It noe a l l t r a n s a t l a n t i c ,arbanoe owing to ionospheric fererce, a submarine cable can provide; the Recessar; ah cable i s at preeent available for the talon of I n t e l l i g e n c e telegrams without r i s k of, antic submarine oabl* offerfe a ^ i r c u i t wh,ich would free us . from dependence on r * ' i i l coiViilitfons aha,from the Mc channalii. v, tha c a r r i e r of our t r a n s a t l a n t i c tr •esent i s i i $ i speed r a d i o t e l e - t y p e ; Kin^ iada known as s c e r t a * n l ; highly e f f i c i e n t , but laqtl be auditions, At such timesv urgent telegrams dlveH einnels5* Ar. h we have considered io the new view of i t s operatior would avoid the danger of dela^ throi I n t e l l i g e n c e Committee, ionospheric/ �Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi sur I'acces a {'information s *m*» •' > lerference. The d i f f i c u l t y In t h i s case, a i n i o i , i s that this i s an international commercial the operation of which i s not normally under the rol cf Governments. * Sven i f arrangements were made for * immediate clearance of .the l i n e s in an emergency for the je of alerts i n t e l l i g e n c e , the execution of such arrangements would s t i l l remain partly in the hands of an outanjaation and thus would not provide us with tfie teed coi.B,,unic& ivH3 which in our opinion are v i t a l . of achieving reliable and guaranteed between tho throe Governments seems to us to l i e >1 tt w circuit Ir the transatlantic cable. ral Poat Office here have given uS tc i t to Canada would be of C,CQC e year. Post Office expect that 4 r c u l t JTMICMO Jn October, cxtOmf Tier i f we it urgentlyT Th* link from . resumabl; be a special direct shlngton alerts roc I hev* the impression fr r previous discussidn of ^vernment would be w i l l i n g t-e of a cir CUT. the transatlantic cable ght in this#*£ should b« very .oial confirmation, as we are now engat reasury ^pre or this subject and cesaful conclusion once we have « (P. K? Dean) 000146 � 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 Hydra 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 HY00056 Title A name given to the resource [Dean to Crean] Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 08/23/1957 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Hydra Communications - Policy, RG24, 1250-36 Vol. 1, Library and Archives Canada (LAC) Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Department of National Defence Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Canadian Crown Subject The topic of the resource External Affairs, Tripartite Alerts, radio communications, transatlantic cables Description An account of the resource Letter from P.H. Dean to G.G. Crean, External Affairs pertaining to practical communications aspects of Tripartite Alerts. Dean suggests dedicated undersea cable circuit provided by Post Office, as Hydra is subject to outages during periods of ionospheric interference. Canada could then have direct link to Washington alerts room. 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