https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/3bc580f71faa9fbe34c5d0bfe1cb7662.pdf e58cf5038337b38417db46eac42230ae PDF Text Text Document disclosed under the Access to information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi sur I'acces a I'informtKionr t - 1i . From C o l o n e l PD Smith 0 Yl HQTS 1250-36 (Sigs 2A) /'' /) £ P0 ARMY HEADQUARTERS kt Ontario. , 7 Dec 63 Dear 0*f^ **t?c~ei ^ I am in receipt of your letter YH lllt/l/Q dated November 19* 1963 in which you propose certain changes to your trans-Atlantic telegraph channel routingsa I have investigated your proposal and find that we can handle the switching of the Ministry of Defence/Washington Embassy Circuit as you suggest at O.TaC. Leitrim and later at Carpa Any additional circuits will have to be considered as the occasion arises. We are assuming that the UK would assume any installation and recurring costs involved in the provision of the two landline tails between COTC terminal at Montreal and OTC Leitrim, Please advise if this is agreed, and, if so, what your arrangements will be for implementation. Yours sincerely, ^C^> Mr EF Maltby Foreign Office London SW 1 Englanda MHW/2-F 1 36/gcs cc: Sigs 3 Sigs 5 000110 /v- ._*v« �Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi sur I'acces a I'information DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL DEFENCE SECURITY CLASSIFICATION MINUTE SHEET F I L E NUMBER fi_*\ TD REFERENCE DATED REMARKS REFERRED TO (Totbe slgnffl In tall ahowtng Appointment, Telephone Number and Date) tiJK*^ttf # * * 7%, %< A U G U S T v p r . 'coxites s /3 , . O^^S / ^ <L Q. A . A U G U S T X.T. C O U SIGS S /3/4U&£3 DND 317 7530-21-882-7241 -000111 �li fw - ** - K^U H 'uvi TT Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act - U i r ' V v r L ^ * 0 0 0 1 " 1 1 6 1 1 * divulgue €oionei¥& smith en vertu de la Loi sur I'acces a^'information m$B 1250-36 {Bi$& 2k) ARMY IffiABStfjMSRS k, Ontario*, '7 Be© 63 Sear 4**- ** . 1 am in receipt of yonr letter tR lUj/l/G dated isfovember 19* 1963 in which you propose certain changes to your trans-Atlantic ^telegraph channel routings* 1 have investigated your proposal and find that we oan handle the ewiteMng of the'.Miniaw of Befeneeywaetilngton iMibaeay Qlfcottit as fou suggest at 0*f*C*- Leitrim Mid later, at Ga^p* • '• , Ax& additional circuits will have to be considered | at' the occasion arises*. ; ' . f fe are aaaoming thai the UK would aeaume any installation and recurring costs involved in tho provision of the two landline talis between COTO terminal at Montreal and GTd Leitrim* Fleas© advise if this is. agreed, and*.if ao#. 'what jremr arr^agementa will- be for implementat-len*. Yours sincerely Mr EF Maltby foreign Office London sw 1 Bngland* «3«W/2*7l36/gcs sigs 3 ec? Sigs Sigs 5 CyiWii.EEMTiE Qo v ^ 000112 �M^ „_„ -__,,»._,_»_ __ Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi sur I'acces a I'information CONFIDENTIAL V ^ > (YH1U/1/G) " *-. FOREIGN OFFICE, S.W.I. November 19, 1963. "~>^c- CL*L, We have for some time been thinking of trying, to obtain the full benefits which can be derived from the central ordering of trans-Atlantic cable telegraph channels which terminate at two set points. Indeed, we are already enjoying these benefits to some extent in that the second channel between L.T.C* and O.T.C. which we ordered on behalf of G.CH.Q. in November, 1962, was provided at the reduced rate for a second channel of £18,000 per annum, as against the full rate of £24,000 per annum. 2. The Post Office has agreed, so far as they are concerned, that if other trans-Atlantic cable telegraph circuits used by H.M.G. were ordered centrally, and were also switched at L.T.C. and O.T.C, as necessary, to the appropriate tails, these other " circuits would also be charged at the reduced tariff - £15,000 for a third channel, £12,000 for a fourth, £9,000 for a fifth, and £6,000 per channel thereafter. 3. To meet the Post Office requirements we shall have to make available at L.T.C. a jack-field and double-ended cords providing —-—-—a*—-complete flexibility as between the main channels and "tails" to user's premises. Similar facilities would be required at O.T.C. but it may be that these are already available and used for switching the G.CH.Q. channel. If this is the case, would it be possible for you to extend the existing arrangements to other trans-Atlantic telegraph cable channels used by H.M.G., or alternatively, to provide facilities of the type indicated above? h' There are, at present, only two trans-Atlantic telegraph . cable channels used by H.y.G. which are not provided between L.T.C. and O.T.C. These are an Air Ministry/Montreal circuit used for meteorological purposes and a Ministry of Defence/ Washington Embassy circuit used exclusively for on-line working. For a number of reasons, not least that we understand, it is likel; to be taken over by the,World Meteorological Organisation (W.M.O.), we would not suggest inclusion of the former circuit in the scheme, at least for the present.__ This leaves the Ministry of Defence circuit which, subject to your agreement, would be ceased and then •re-provided as an L.T.C- O.T.C channel and a Washington Embassy - O.T.C. "tail". ' There is also a strongy /possibility ... Colonel P.D. Smith, Director, Royal Canadian Corps of Signals, ' y^_. „_^__J^ Y*?/ r 4MlL Dept. of National Defence, '"^ -"* *-~*v* Army H.Q., ^P * j v % Ottawa. y } 3? "2 ? A/A S CONFIDENTIAL ^Cttfo y^^r>^f b c w.,*, y YY^lK ,^ ' ^^>000113 r y �Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi sur I'acces a I'information CONFIDENTIAL - 2- possibility that a further channel will be required to meet increasing traffic between a number of U.K. users and Canada. In this event we would wish to make similar arrangements with you for this channel to be terminated and switched 'at O.T.C 5. Switching would normally be carried out in accordance with pre-arranged schedules and would certainly.not be onerous. Agreement to such changes to the schedules as might be found necessary and responsibility for notifying L.T.C and O.T.C. respectively of such changes would be a matter for the appropriate users. • • ' 6. I very much hope you will be able to help us with the proposed arrangements and that similar facilities can be provided, in due course, when the Hydra terminal is transferred to Carp. it ( (E.F. Maltby) CONFIDENTIAL 000114 � 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 HY00188 Title A name given to the resource [Changes to Trans-Atlantic Cable Routings] Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 12/17/1963 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, MOD, transatlantic cables, telegraph circuits Description An account of the resource Series of correspondence between P.D. Smith (D Sigs) and E.F. Maltby (UK Foreign Office) pertaining to Maltby's request for changes to the Ministry of Defence/Washington Embassy circuit - Smith confirms requested changes can be made. 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