https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/2d7fec591d5b4a4d42288038789836ef.pdf 89010d1489c6717c50f267b09a1e0fa9 PDF Text Text Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la to^surVacces'a I'informatio ,56J RESTRICTED __ i_ £ 3.31. £ I J. £ HQS 1268.3 Vol 2 (D Sigs) D__PAR_3___IT OF NATIONAL DEFHJCE - AKU • mX HEADQUARTERS CTTA./A Us O n t a r i o y^vseat (& Leased Circuit Raliabllity and Restoration Priorities 1. Attached as advance infozmation is a copy of a draft D SIGS Technical Bulletin which is under consideration within this directorate,, 2p The list of Army Protected Leased Circuits attached to the draft Technical Bulletin is being passed to the cozomunioatlons coot-on carriers now. 3« The Trans-Canada Telephone System has already instituted measures to provide special supervision and protection for the eirouits in tho list which are allocated to tho telephone companies. It is to bo expected, therefore, that interruptions to those circuits will result in the tdophone companies taking prompt action in consultation with local RC SIGS operating units* Tho RC SIGS units concerned should cooperate fully in this activity. 4. Pending review and issue of tho draft Technical Bulletin, Command and Area Sig Offrs are requested to givo special attention to the reliability, performance and continuity of all the circuits on the list, regardless of supplier, and to arrange that RC SIGS stations concerned ensure that Anny equipment and plant associated with these eirouits is given priority attention. Cases of substandard performance of any of these circuits will bo reported to D SIGS by deferred message giving a brief description of the fault and responsibility, ponding implementation of a detailed reporting and analysis procedure. (H> Smith) Colons! Director, Royal Canadian Corps of Signals Distribution See next page RESTRICTED RESTRICTED �Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi sur I'acces a I'information - 2 - Distribution Cosoaand Signal Officer, UQ Eastern -kmraand CJommand Signal Officer, HQ Quebec Coomnd Consmand Signal Officer, HQ Central Command Ccsmaand Signal Offioeor, HQ tfeotero Command Area Signal Officer, Newfoundland Area Area Signal Officer, Nova Sootia Area Area Signal Officer, Now Brunswick Area Area Signal Officer, Eastern Quebec Area Area Signal Officer, Eastern Ontario Area Area Signal Officer, Central Ontario Area Area Signal Officer, Uestera Ontario Area Area Signal Officer, Ilanitoba Area Area Signal Officer, Saskatchewan Area Area Signal Officer, Alberta Area Area Signal Officer, British Columbia Area CO No 1 A m y Signal Squadron CO Petawawa Signal Squadron Copies. DSOSP DID£_? H-IO (It Sigs RESTRICTED 000208 �Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi sur I'acces a /'information RESTRICTED IUS1268-3 Vol 2(0 Sigs) DRAFT (dated 14 Mar 63) D SIGS TECHNICAL BULLETIN 6 3 / PROTECTED LEASED CIRCUITS AIM i<, The aim of t h i s technical b u l l e t i n i s t o e s t a b l i s h the p o l i c y and procedures r e l a t i n g to the s e l e c t i o n , designation and supervision of protected leased c i r c u i t s DEFINITION 20 A protected leased c i r c u i t i s one v.'hich i s so important t h a t i t s interruptio n for more than a very short time (in the order of five minutes) w i l l s e r i o u s ly affect the readiness of t h e Government o r the Army, and/or seriously impede Defence or Survival capabilit y „ 3o Protected leased c i r c u i t s within the above d e f i n i t i o n are sometimes referred to by c e r t a i n communications common c a r r i e r s as " s e l e c t " circuitSo 4o The Army protected leased c i r c u i t s w i l l c o n s t i t u t e the Army l i s t of P r i o r i t y 1 c i r c u i t s under t h e Emergency National Tele<* coxonunications Organization (__VT0) Restoration P r i o r i t y categorieso SELECTION OF PROTECTED LEASED CIRCUITS 5„ D SIGS (SIGS 3) w i l l be responsible for coordinating the selection of protected leased c i r c u i t s with __•& and within the Canadian Army, and for notifying ENTO, the communications common c a r r i e r s ( s u p p l i e r s ) , the RCN and RCAF Communications Directorates and/or the J o i n t Telecommunications Staff, as appropriate,, 6o Command Signal Officers and CO No 1 Army Signal Squadron may submit proposals to D SIGS for the inclusion of leased c i r c u i t s on the protected leased c i r c u i t l i s t * 7» The o f f i c i a l l i s t of Canadian Army protected leased c i r c u i t s w i l l be the current issue of the ,trmy Protected Leased Landline Circuit List attached to t h i s Technical Bulletin* CONCEPT OF PROTECTION 8o I t i s anticipated t h a t the communications common c a r r i e r s ( s u p p l i e r s ) w i l l , i n due course, e s t a b l i s h procedures to maintain up-to-date information on the s t a t u s and perfomt-nce of protected leased c i r c u i t s , and w i l l undertake special measures to ensure t h e i r r e l i a b i l i t y , performance, and prompt restorationo These measures w i l l include the following: a, c i r c u l a t i o n of threatening conditions r e p o r t s within t h e i r organization, reporting such events as cable pressure system alarm a c t i v a t i o n , storm or flood warnings, or n o t i f i c a t i o n of work in progress near a routej RESTRICTED �Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi sur I'acces a I'information RESTRICTED - 2 - b0 on receipt of threatening condition reports, taking preparatory action such as checking readiness of alternate systems and routes, suspending current work affecting a v a i l a b i l i t y of alternate routes; preparing and testing patches; and commencing route patrols, as appropriate; c. review and improvement of maintenance procedures for protected c i r c u i t s , including special inspections; transmission t e s t s ; special safeguarding measures; t e s t 6et availability; t e s t jack provision; spare equipment; written t e s t procedures; employee training; routine maintenance; and reporting procedures; d. provision of alternate routes, including routing on different structures; pre-arrangement; relaystype patching; and secondary backup; e. review and improvement of circuit design, including use of best available f a c i l i t i e s ; elimination of unnecessary t e s t appearances, distribution frame wiring, and old-type equipment; combining circuit components; use of plug-in assemblies; and standardization of terminating arrangements; f. thorough reporting of performance and analysis of faults t o determine incidence, cause and required remedial or preventative action; and review by appropriate l e v e l s of management <> 9o Similar measures and procedures w i l l be adopted in the CASS t o ensure that CASS equipment and plant associated with these circuits meets the highest standards of r e l i a b i l i t y , performance and prompt restoration, and to monitor the performance of the leased portion of these c i r c u i t s . 10o I t w i l l be apparent that considerable expense and effort are involved in ensuring the readiness, r e l i a b i l i t y , performance and prompt restoration of protected leased circuits* For t h i s reason, and to avoid effort being dissipated over an excessive l i s t and thus reducing the effectiveness of the measures, the l i s t must be s t r i c t l y confined to c i r c u i t s which meet the definition of a protected leased circuit under this bulletin. llo I t i s anticipated that ENTO w i l l introduce a Restoration Priority system consisting of three or four categories. Until definitions of these categories and the speed of restoration to be expected for them are s e t t l e d the Canadian Army w i l l concentrate upon obtaining the best possible protection for the Protected Leased Circuits designated under t h i s bulletin j these w i l l be submitted by D SIGS as ENTO Priority 1„ CONCEPT OF SELECTION 12c The basis of preparation of the Army Protected Leased Circuit List i s as follows: a, certain special alerting, warning, and intelligence c i r c u i t s ; a a o•o/j RESTRICTED 000210 �Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi sur I'acces a I'information R£STR^CTED - 3 b. selected circuits of the I, SAWS t o obtain information from NoRAD or NORAD Regions, and to disseminate i t t o PWCs; c. CASS teleprinter main c i r c u i t s t o interconnect AHQ, and peacetime Command and Area HQs for alerting & operational purposes; and extending to AEHQ and Interim (or final) REHQ; d. a minimum number of voice t i e - l i n e s t o connect AHQ, Command and Area HQs and Interim (or final) REHQs to the public long distance telephone system. ARttY ACTION 13o Each RC SIGS communication station served by a designated Protected Leased Circuit w i l l ensure: a. that the circuit i s properly identified for the guidance of a l l RC SIGS personnel concerned; b, that the internal and external circuitry i s maintained to the highest standard; Co that prompt restoration action i s taken in event of failure of the c i r c u i t ; d. that alternate circuitry and equipment are capable of being patched to the circui t immediately in event of failure ; e« that any failure i s reported to and reviewed by an officer designated by the Command Signal Officer, CO No 1 Army Sig Sqn, and the CO Ottawa Wireless Station; to that the timings, cause, and action taken are reported in the form prescribed at Annex A t o t h i s b u l l e t i n ; go that transmission t e s t s to the standard given or the circuit record card are made (daily, weekly?) and after any outage; and that cases when performance i s sub standard are reported. 14. D SIGS (SIGS 3) w i l l issue a monthly analysis of the performance of a l l Protected Leased Circuits covering the following points, on the basis of reports to be submitted on normal channels: a. number of c i r c u i t s on Protected L i s t ; b. c i r c u i t s experiencing failures or outages indicating the number of outages for each; c. cases where service was l o s t for more than five minutes,, stating the length of l o s s of service for each case; RESTRICTED 000211 �Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi sur I'acces a I'information 4ft H RESTRICTED 4d. cause of fault and agency responsible; cases where cause unknown; e. cases where service was restored by patch and time required to effect patch; . fo for ca31up or EM3 circuits results of supplier t e s t s ; go analysis of principal causes of failures (eg type of failure, type of system); h0 cases where performance was reported, sub-standard* - RESTRICTED 000212 �Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi sur I'acces a I'informatio RESTRICTED HQS 1268-3 Vol 2 (D S i g s ) 1 4 Mar 63 ARMY PROTECTED LEASED CIRCUITS REQUIRING FIRST PRIORITY OF RESTORATION ISSUE NO 1 DATED 14 MAR 63 TO REMARKS SERIAL SUPPLIER CIRCUIT NO TYPE 1 CPC 11922 T Ottawa Leitrim London Bag 2 TEL 31573 T Ottawa Leitrim Ottawa - NDHQ Room A4802 3 TEL 11923 T Ottawa Leitrim Washington (CIA) 4 TEL 31558 V(T) Ottawa Leitrim Oshawa Wrls Sta 5 TEL 31936 T Ottawa Leitrim Oshawa/Arlington/ CHNRC 6 TEL 31945 T Ottawa Leitrim Montreal (COTC) 7 TEL 31576 T Ottawa Leitrim Washington (NSA) 8 TEL 11924/ 31925 T Ottawa Leitrim Ottawa (CBNRC) One FDX cct 9 CNT 31942/ 31943 T Ottawa Leitrim Ottawa (EXT AFF) One FDX cct 10 TEL 14100 T Smiths Falls (Amoury) Colorado Springs (HQ NORAD) 31 TEL 14104 T Renfrew( Armoury) St Hubert 12 CNT 14105 T St Hubert Debert FWC 13 TEL 14101 T Edmonton Tacoma 14 CNT 14102 T Regina Kansas City 15 CPC 14103 T Borden Madison 16 CPC 14201 T Smiths Falls (Armoury) Western PWCs 17 TEL 14301 T Smiths Falls (Armoury) Central PWCs 18 CNT 14401 T Renfrew (Armoury) Eastern PWCs 19 TEL 14507 V Smiths Falls (Armoury) Colorado Springs 20 TEL 34511 V Carp - FWC Ottawa - CE Exchange FROM • I . • • Of <• RESTRICTED 000213 �Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi sur I'acces a I'information R E S T R I C T E D • - 2 - » SERIAL SUPPLIER CIRCUIT NO TYPE FROM TO REMARKS 21 TEL 34106 V Smiths Falls (Armoury) St Hubert 22 TEL 34109 V Smiths Falls (Armoury) Syracuse/ St Hubert 23 TEL 14505 V Carp - FWC Ottawa-RCAF Op3 24 TEL 14504 V Carp - FWC Ottawa-Ottawa Govt 25 CPC 11272 T Smiths Falls (Anuoury) Fredericton (TRC) 26 CNT 31646 T Renfrev( Armoury) Montreal(TRC) 27 CPC 12003 T Smiths Falls (Armoury) Edmonton(TRC) 28 CPC 11880 T Smiths Falls (Armoury) Borden (TRC) 29 TEL 11888 T Carp PTRC Ottawa-AHQ Msg Cen 30 CPC 31270 .T Fredericton TRC Halifax-Msg Cen 31 CPC NIL T Edmonton TRC Edmonton-Griesbach Bks 32 TEL 13115 T Borden TRC Oakville-Msg Cen 33 TEL 31524 T Montreal TRC Montreal Msg Cen 34 CNT 31197 T Edmonton TRC Vancouver TRC 35 CPC 31196 T Edmonton TRC Winnipeg TRC 36 TEL 11897 T Renfr ew( Armoury) Petawawa Msg Cen 37 TEL 11973 T Freder:lcton TRC Debert^Msg Cen 38 TEL 11980 T Edmonton TRC Penhold » Msg Cen 39 CPC 31529 T Msntreil TRC Quebec - TRC 40 TEL 12046 T Carp Fi"8G Ottawa-NDHQ Room A 4802 1 !h leased cable •o o / 3 R E S T R I C T E D 000214 �Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi sur I'acces a I'information R E S T R I C T E D -3- • SERIAL SUPPLIER CIRCUIT NO TYPE FROM TO REMARKS 41 CPC 11967 T V a n c o u v e r TRC Nanaioo-MSg Cen 42 CPC 11703 T W i n n i p e g TRC Shilo-Msg Cen 43 CPC 31314 T B o r d e n TRC Kingston TRC 44 CPC 11113 T B o r d e n TRC London TRC 45 CPC 31696 T W i n n i p e g TRC Regina TRC 46 CPC 31645 T Ren fTew( Armoury) Winnipeg TRC 47 TEL 31684 T Quebec TRC Valcartier Msg Cen 48 TEL 31785 V Carp Ottawa Sherwood 49 TEL 11786 V Carp Ottawa Sherwood FE 50 TEL 11787 V Carp Ottawa Central FE 51 TEL 31793 V Carp Ottawa(Govt PL OP) TOLL Ottawa(Govt Exch) FE Ottawa(Govt Exch) FE FE 52 TEL 12018 V Carp 53 TEL 12019 V Carp 54 TEL 12020 V Carp Ottawa(Govt Exch) FE 55 TEL 12021 V Carp Ottav;a(Govt Exch) FE 56 TEL 12022 V Carp Ottawa(Govt Exch) FE 57 TEL 11795 V Renfrew( Armoury) Renfrew c i v i l TOLL 58 TEL 11796 V Renfrew( Armoury) Renfrew c i v i l TOLL 59 TEL 31797 V Ren frew( Armoury) Renfrew c i v i l TOLL 60 TEL 11800 V Smiths F a l l s (Armoury) Smiths F a l l s civil TOLL Smiths F a l l s (Armoury) Smiths F a l l s civil TOLL Smiths F a l l s (Armoury) Smiths F a l l s civil TOLL Smiths F a l l s (Armoury) Smiths F a l l s civil TOLL 61 62 63 TEL TEL TEL 11801 11802 11803 V V V A R E S T R I C T E D 000215 �Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi sur I'acces a I'information R E S T R I C T E D 4 . SERIAL SUPPLIER 64 TEL 65 TEL 66 TEL 67 TEL 68 TEL CIRCUIT NO TYPE FROM TO 31804 V Smiths F a l l s (Armoury) Smiths F a l l s civil TOLL 11805 V Smiths Falls (Armoury) Smiths F a l l s civil TOLL V Smiths Falls (Armoury) Smiths F a l l s civil TOLL V Smiths F a l l s (Armoury) Smiths F a l l s civil TOLL Smiths F a l l s (Armoury) Smiths F a l l s civil TOLL Smiths F a l l s (Armoury) Smiths F a l l s civil TOLL FE 31806 31807 11808 69 TEL 70 TEL 31798 V Ren f rew( Armoury) Renfrew c i v i l 71 TEL 31799 V Renf rev: (Armoury) Renfrew c i v i l 72 TEL 31810 V Smiths Falls (Armoury) Smiths F a l l s civil Smiths Falls (Armoury) Smiths F a l l s civil Smiths Falls (Armoury) Smiths Falls civil 73 74 TEL TEL REMARKS 11809 31811 31812 V V FE FE FE FE PW 75 TEL 11990 V Renf rev; ( Armoury ) Petawawa 76 TEL 11870 V Smith3 F a l l s (Armoury) KemptvHle(WSA) Dial t i e - 77 TEL Smiths Falls (Armoury) Kemptville(TSA) Dial t i e - 78 TEL 11860 Carleton Place (Armoury) Carleton Place (WSA) Dial t i e line 79 TEL 11861 Carleton Place ( Armoury) Carleton Place (WSA) Dial t i e line 80 TEL 11862 Carleten Place (Armoury) Carleton Place (WSA) Dial t i e line a TEL 31310 V Halifax(HQ Eastern Comd) Halifax civil 82 TEL 11331 V Halifax(HQ Eastern Comd) Halifax civil 83 TEL 11475 V Montreal(HQ Quebec Comd) Montreal civil 11871 V line line FE FE FE « o e« of J R E S T R I C T E D 000216 �Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi sur I'acces a I'information RES£ RIOTED - 5 . SERIAL SUPPLIER CIRCUIT NO TYPE FROM. xq REMARKS 84 TEL 11476 V Mont real (HQ Quebec Comd) Montreal civil FE 85 TEL 31536 V Oakville (HQ Central Comd) Oakville civil FE 86 TEL 11537 V Oakville (HQ Central Comd) Oakville civil FE 87 TEL 11158 V Edmonton (HQ Western Comd) Edmonton civil FE 88 TEL 11159 V Edmonton (HQ Western Comd) Edmonton civil FE 89 TEL 11963 V Holyrood (Adv HQ Nfld Area) St John's civil FE 90 TEL 31978 V Debert Debert civil FE 91 TEL 11976 V Debert Truro civil FE 92 TEL 11672 V Valcartier Loretteville civil FE 93 TEL 11673 V Valcartier Loretteville civil FE 94 TEL 31&7 V Petawawa Petawawa civil FE 95 TEL 31618 V Petawawa Petawawa civil FE 96 TEL 11355 V Kingston Kingston civil FE 97 TEL 11356 V Kingston Kingston civil FE 98 TEL 11086 V Borden Borden civil FE 99 TEL 11087 V Borden Borden civil FE 100 TEL 11415 V London London civil FE 101 TEL 31416 V London London civil FE 102 TEL 31224 V Fredericton Fredericton civil FE 103 TEL 31225 V Fredericton Fredericton civil FE 104 TEL 11277 V Gagetown Oromocto civil FE 105 TEL 31278 V Gagetown Oromocto civil FE • o a a I v> RE S T R I C T E D 000217 �Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi sur I'acces a I'information BESTRICTgfi • SERIAL SUPPLIER CIRCUIT NO nppE FROM TO REMARKS 106 TEL 11752 V Winnipeg Winnipeg civil FE 107 TEL 11753 V Winnipeg Winnipeg civil FE 108 TEL 31686 V Regina Regina civil FE 109 TEL 31687 V Regina Regina civil FE 310 TEL 31035 V Shilo Brandon civil FE 111 TEL 31036 V Shilo Brandon civil FE 112 TEL 11044 V Calgary Calgary 6ivil FE 133 TEL 31045 V Calgary Calgary civil FE 114 TEL 31742 V Wainwright Wainwright civil FE 115 TEL 31743 V Wainwright Wainwright civil FE 316 TEL 31983 V Penhold Penhold civil FE 317 TEL 31984 V Penhold Penhold civil FE 118 TEL 31710 V Vancouver Vancouver civil FE 119 TEL 31711 V Vancouver Vancouver civil FE 120 TEL 11964 V Nanaimo Nanaimo civil FE 121 TEL 31965 V Nanaimo Nanaimo civil FE 122 TEL 14110 V Vancouver Tacoma when called up 123 TEL 14112 V Winnipeg Kansas City when called up 124 TEL 14113 V Borden Madison when called up RESTRICTED 000218 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context HY00157 Title A name given to the resource Draft D Sigs Technical Bulletin 63/Protected Leased Circuits Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 03/14/1963 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, emergency planning, emergency communications, radio communications, telegraph communications, landlines Description An account of the resource Letter and technical bulletin from P.D. Smith (D Sigs) for distribution to various Command Signal Officers, Area Signal Officers, No 1 Army Signal Squadron, Petawawa Signals Squadron, DSO&P, DMO&P, EHO, Sigs 2. Bulletin aims to establish "the policy and procedures relating to the selection, designation, and supervision of protected leased circuits" (defined as circuits that would affect government/military readiness should they go offline longer than 5 minutes). D Sigs to select and designate lines for restoration priority, and will inform Emergency National Telecommunications Organization, RCN, RCAF and Joint Telecommunications Staff. 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