https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/7a4f9162607012da9b9e4e8d646f28f9.pdf 01db2cfebc94fbf364b3d7d85091f4ab PDF Text Text w. 1 "V Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act - \ . Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi sur I'acces a f information R E S T R I C T E D DEPARTMENT OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS CANADA REPLY TO BE ADDRESSED TO: THE UNDER-SECRETARY OF STATE FOR EXTERNAL AFFAIRS OTTAWA Ottawa, February 20, 1958. The Director of Signals, Room 3048, "C" Building, Department of National Defence (Army), Ottawa, Ontario. We have recently Issued instruction to Canadian National Telegraphs that, effective April 1, 1958, this Department will no longer lease the duplex teletype circuit in operation between your Station at Leitrim and our Consulate General in New York City. Discontinuance of the lease is being effected as an economy measure. The present New York traffic load can be carried quite adequately on our private Ottawa-New York circuit. Therefore, I should appreciate if you would issue instructions to the effect that as of April 1, 1958, all traffic passed through Leitrim addressed to F3E (New York) be relayed to External Affairs for onward transmission. Di of Communications 000131 * �Document disclosed under the Access to In, Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi sur I'acces a f information Lkatis? HQTS 715-10-16-6-4 Vol 4 (Sigs 2) ARMY HEADQUARTERS, OTTAWA, Ont. H Mar 8. The Director of Communications, Department of External Affairs, East Block, Parliament Buildings, OTTAWA, Ontario. Teletype Circuit NEW YORK - OTTAWA VJe regret the delay In answering your letter of the 20th February 195o* Your announced intention of altering the traffic handling arrangements bet'ween your Consulate General in Hew York and our station at Leitrim has caused concern. Inasmuch/ ac the Arsrf is responsible for the major HYDRA installations and operations, we are unable to account for this unilateral decision on your part. Further,,we deem the change unjustified in the light of the following considerations; (a) Traffic figures for the last eighteen months show that a rnonthly average of 630,360 groups were passed over the Leitrim - NT. Consulate circuit. During that period the monthly total rose to a peak of over 1,700,000 groups. We question the capacity of your private circuit to carry this additional load during the limited working hours of tho Hew York office. It would have to be raised to duplex facilities or additional staff provided for longer hours of operation* In either case, you would require more equipment In your comraunicatlon centre and additional tie-lines to Leitrim to handle the relayed traffio. *We, therefore, fall to see how the economy would be achieved. (b) Moreover, the routia? of all traffic from New York through your communication centre would, in effect, create another HYDRA relay centre in Ottawa. This ' would not only be an uneconomical duplication of effort but would introduce unnecessary delays and procedural complications into an already complex system. It is therefore requested that no action be taken to change the present arrangement without prior discussion and agreement. In this connection it is suggested as a more practical alternative and feasible saving that the press traffic now borne by your private circuit be carried over the New York - Leitrim duplex circuit* (CA*m*t) Colonel Director, Royal Canadian Corps of Signals k?wmjf 000129 �Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act ocument divulgue en vertu de la Loi sur I'acces a f information -\ TS 715-10-16-6-4 m (sigs 2A) Ottawa, Ont. 20 Mar 58 Officer Commanding Ottawa Wireless Station LEITRIM, Ont. HTDRA Circuits 1. The Director of Communications, Dept of External Affairs has Issued Instructions to CNT to cease the lease of the duplex circuit on 1 Apr 58 between Leitrim and the Canadian Consulate General in New York City. 2. The advisability of this change is now under discussion with External Affairs and there is a possibility this change may not be made. However, we must be prepared to take this into effect at the last moment. 3. Will you therefore warn all concerned that, subject to confirmation, effective 1 Apr 58 all traffic passed through you addressed to F3E will be relayed, through External Affairs for onward transmission. ^ WEG/tfp Colonel D i r e c t o r , Royal Canadian Corps of S i g n a l s CONFIDENTIAL 000128 � 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 HY00067 Title A name given to the resource [Teletype Circuit New York Ottawa] Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 02/20/1958 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 DND, External Affairs, teletype lines, Canadian Consulate General, New York Description An account of the resource Series of correspondence between W.W. Lockhart of External Affairs and C.A. Peck of D Sigs pertaining to discontinuance of lease of Hydra teletype line connecting External Affairs to the Canadian Consulate General in New York. 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