https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/6a7e97a0f39ce7768958d6a2b1a4b180.pdf 5a995ad8b8786593240cd074851b80aa PDF Text Text Document disclosed under the Accesstolnfonnationl^ct^^m Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi sur faeces a {'information HQS 5115-050^1 e* Mr. J.A. MacDonald, Assistant Secretary, The t r e a s u r y Board, Confederation Building, Ottawa, Ontario. Dear S i r : This l e t t e r deals with a proposal t o increase the scope of project SASJS by expanding t h e automatic telegraph relay ecuipment t o provide service t o the i n t e l l i g e n c e community. The i n t e l l i g e n c e ooaeaunlty i s a t present served by a special coMmunications system known as "HYDtiA" with c i r c u i t s to t h e United Kingdom and United S t a t e s i n t e l l i g e n c e agencies and t o the Canadian c i v i l and m i l i t a r y departments concerned* The focal point of t h i s system i s a manual "torn t a p e 0 r e l a y centre at Ottawa Wireless S t a t i o n , LEITRIM. Within t h e past year studies undertaken for the Chiefs of Staff have indicated t h e need t o r e l o c a t e t h i s r e l a y centre to safer accommodation outside Ottawa* One possible solution 1 B t o expand t h e automatic r e l a y centre at JSA3& t o serve also the i n t e l l i g e n c e community. I t has now been determined t h a t t h i s expansion i s p r a c t i c a b l e a t a cost of #700,000.00. This would include t h e t r a n s f e r of the radio receiving t o r a i n a l , and would r e l e a s e fifty-four c i v i l i a n operating staff of t h e sixty-four now employed. Only ten operators would be needed i n peacetime at EASiS to deal Kith t h e added portion and none in wartime. In addition t o effecting a major economy in manpower without i n t e r f e r i n g with MASE operations, and providing safe accossodaticn more cheaply than by any other scheme, t h e proposal effects an expansion of tha KASE r e l a y which would be impossible i n time ot war. The expansion w i l l increase t h e growth capacity Of EASE from 13 t o 16 c i r c u i t s while at the same time providing 21 c i r c u i t s for HYDRA. This growth capacitj for EASE i s considered sufficient t o meet foreseeable needs, and t h e proposal has been agreed by tho Director, Emergency Measures Organization. The manufacturer's schedule i s such t h a t he cannot incorporate t h e expansion and meet t h e a c t i v a t i o n date for EASE unless aivice to amend his contract i s received by 27 April 1962. After t h i s date, t h e expansion would involve e i t h e r a delay i n a c t i v a t i o n or e l s e closing down t h e whole s t a t i o n for several weeks at some future date* In view of t h i s timing I have requested tho Deputy Minister of t h e Department of Defence Production t o submit to your staff an amendment t o the existing contract for t h i s ©equipment covering Part I below. The t o t a l cost of $700,000«00 f a l l s i n t o three components: a. Fart I : $90,00G«00 t o enable the manufacturer tc supply additional relay cabinet equipment and eodify t h e storage drums i n order t o incorporate t h e expansion p r i o r t o f i n a l assembly. This i s the urgent part of the p r o j e c t , since i t involves basic design changes which must be made now; ../2 T !> 000348 �Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi sur faeces a {'information - 2~ b, Part XXi c. Part H i t #410,000,00 to complete the expansion of the automatic relay equipment. This la less urgent; commitment authority for t h i s eraount will be requested separately, $200*000,00 to transfer the radio receiving terminal from Ottawa (LBTTRIM) to CAR**, and provide terminal equipment to connect the various "HlDttA" circuits through the CA&P communications plant to the expanded automatic relay system. This amount will be included in 1963/64 estimates. I t i s , therefore, recommended that authority be granted to increase the scope of project iSASJS by incorporating communications for the intelligence community in the automatic telegraph relay equipment at a t o t a l cost of #700,000,00. Commitment Authority in tho amount of §90,000,00 which i s required to implement this project in 1962/63 i s available within the departmental leeway on Project iSASJs. The t o t a l of $90,000,00 will be expended in 1962/63. Mo provision was made in 1962/63 Estimates for t h i s expenditure j and the cash authorized for the Army*a major construction program is now fully obligated for National Survival projects and essential items of normal Army program. Furthermore, no surplus cash can be forecast in the 1962/63 major equipment primaries within Vote 203« I t may, therefore, become necessary to seek authority for additional cash, by way of Supplementary estimates, later in the 1962/63 fiscal year. Tours sincerely, Orir •-.! s (JS»B, Armstrong) Deputy Minister a-8171/nd 000349 � 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/. 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Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context HY00309 Title A name given to the resource [Relocation of HYDRA Telegraph Relay Centre/Expansion of EASE Automatic Telegraph Relay Centre] Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource undated Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Fixed Communications - Hydra Telegraph Relay System - Relocation of Hydra - Plans and Policy, RG24, S-2723-2, 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 Emergency planning, Emergency communications, EASE Description An account of the resource Material duplicated in <a href="https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/items/show/9078" target="_blank" rel="noopener">HY00133</a>. 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