https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/bd170e27d894fdc17e8d3dcf44aff136.pdf caa1422549245bad2c0baa0eaf4f7cf8 PDF Text Text Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi sur faeces a {'information * /Z^0B6 DEPARTMENT OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS CANADA REPLY TO BE ADDRESSED TO: T H . UNDER-SECRETARY OF STATE FOR EXTERNAL AFFAIRS OTTAWA Ottawa, October 10, l°e2. Colonel P.O. Smith, Tirector of ' oTral Canadian Signals, Department of National Defence, Ottawa, fLTTETTTI^K ' a j o r M*H. Watson - 3129 it -it jl±l a t t a c h e d f o r your information is a copy of a l e t t e r from M r Hugh Stephenson of the F o r e i g n Office concerning tho i n t r o d u c t i o n of STRAD in Canada. Although £ i r Hugh's l e t t e r i s d a t e d September 1 ? , i t waf a p p a r e n t l y Tils-directed and. was r e c e i v e d by us on] y a th o r t t lire a r c . I i h c i l d be r r a t e f u l for your comments on S i r Hugh's l e t t e r and in p a r t i c u l a r f o r i n f o r m a t i o n on the r e f rence he made t o the h a n d l i n g of high p r i o r i t y traffic. As Mr. J . J . McCardle, D i r e c t orr of oomi Lcations S e c u r i nt y , w i l ] be meeting Sir- Hugh In ashington next week, i t wo 3 • r e c i a t e d i f you could send ,s a r e p l y before r ' i ay i -', Or- t o >er 1 2 . | ternal all s. �Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi sur faeces a {'information TOP SECRET Foreign Office. S.W.I. Seotember L2. 196' (ZR 30) yo*- \*»-r You will prooably have heard from Colonel Smith that Sharpe and Robin had a most useful series of meetings in Ct.tawa. 2. We now realise that the introduction of in Canada is imposed by the need to com^res Signals Centre into th« new Hardenea site. problem, therefore, is how to incorporate Hydra into tnis system rather tha-u whether or not this will be done. It seems, from the discussions, that tnere are unlikely to be any insuperable difficulties although there is one important question regarding the handling of high priority traffic still to be solved ana we shall have to obtain mirror Detecting and Correcting equipment for installation in this country. 3I suggest that this is now a matter which we can leave to be worked out by direct correspondence between Royal Canadian Signals and the Diplomatic Wireless Service but I will let you know if we seem to be running into difficulties. 1 (H. Stephenson) MI " ^pprtmenfof^ador,;! Defence, LepRT Army Headquarters, ^ •tawa. ^ ^ ^ ^ —~~ � 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 HY00312 Title A name given to the resource [Hydra Communications System] Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 10/10/1962 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, STRAD, DWS, Tripartite Alerts Description An account of the resource Material duplicated in <a href="https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/items/show/9120">HY00147</a>. 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