https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/8aaff0a9704a58604603150bbed916e2.pdf 49da10127e9656f00902984c0c27320f PDF Text Text ^ .^ Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi sur I'acces a I'information SECRET SECRET HQS 1263-0 TD 1159 (PES) MEMORANDUM OTTAWA, 25 J u l 61 D Sigs Attention; Lt Col WH Finch Leased Landline Circuits Priority of Restoration 1. Herewith a copy of a letter received from the chairman of the JIC reference the marginally noted subject. It clearly states the Canadian Government position, 2. It is pointed out that the Canadian Government is strongly committed and that any changes of priorities would have to be agreed on at the highest level* r Col^fiel Director of M i l i t a r y I n t e l l i g e n c e Encl.' SECRET r 000328 �Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu,de_la Loi sur I'acces a I'information ,-^-y C o SECRET * p Y SECRET DEPARTMENT OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS CANADA Our File: 1-2/144-1 (D.L. (2) Sp. Reg.) OTTAWA, July 21, 1961 The Acting Director of Military Intelligence, Department of National Defence, Ottawa. At the 834th meeting of the Joint Intelligence Committee on July 19, 1961, you asked me to provide you with a letter concerning the priority to be accorded to communications exchanged with the United Kingdom and the United States under the Tripartite Intelligence Alerts Agreement. As you are aware, the Canadian Government, with the approval of the Prime Minister, concluded an agreement in 1957 with the United States and. the United Kingdom which required the three governments to exchange "automatically and by the most expeditious means possible" intelligence and assessments bearing on the likelihood of a Soviet or Soviet satellite attack on the NATO area. This agreement was subsequently widened in scope in October, 1959, with the approval of the Prime Minister, to cover any Sino-Soviet military threat in any part of the world. Since the agreement calls for the exchange of messages of intelligence warning with the "maximum of rapidity" and also involves a constant exchange of information concerning situations throughout the world which might lead to hostilities and about which the Canadian Government requires to be forewarned, it is important that we give the traffic concerned the highest priority. I have spoken to Mr. Bryce about this question and he endorses these views. I trust, therefore, that nothing will be done to accord lesser priority to this traffic than in the past. ^*-.^F\L_ 3tarnes , Chairman, J.ointu.E.ntellierencje_Gommittee. J# K# � 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 HY00125 Title A name given to the resource Leased Landline Circuits Priority of Restoration Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 07/25/1961 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Hydra Communications - Policy, RG24, 1250-36 Vol. 2, 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, JIC, emergency planning, emergency communications, Tripartite Alerts Description An account of the resource Memorandum from R.E. Hogarth (Director of Military Intelligence) to Lt. Col W.H. Finch, D Sigs. Hogarth forwards correspondence from J.K. Starnes of JIC - expresses Canadian government position on Alerts Traffic as high priority. Changes in restoration priority therefore need high level approval. 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